Description
Alto Take:2 presents a remastered collection of 19 of opera’s best-loved melodies in orchestral arrangements recorded by the twentieth century’s leading light music conductors.
Legendary conductors, Carmen Dragon (1914-84), Alfred Newman (1900-70), Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (1905-80), and Herbert von Karajan head the Capitol Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and of course Montovani and His Orchestra in these operatic favorites from Nessun Dorma and the Habanera.
- Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (2:31)
- Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata: Libiamo! (2:53)
- Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum (4:44)
- Charles Gounod: Faust: Déposons les armes “Soldiers’ Chorus” (3:46)
- Ruggero Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba (3:46)
- Verdi: Rigoletto: La donna e mobile (2:04)
- Puccini: Turandot: Nessun dorma (3:02)
- Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser: Beglückt’ darf nun dich “Pilgrims’ Chorus” (4:05)
- Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix A (4:23)
- Verdi: La Traviata: Amami Alfredo (2:22)
Georges Bizet
Carmen
- L’amour est un oiseau rebelle “Habanera” (2:49)
- Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre “Toreador Song” (3:47)
- Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann: Belle nuit, ô nuit d’amour “Barcarolle” (4:03)
Puccini
Madama Butterfly
- Vogliatemi bene “Love Duet” (8:22)
- Un bel dì, vedremo (4:33)
- Con onor muore “Butterfly’s Farewell” (5:33)
La Bohème
- Che gelida manina… O soave fanciulla “Love Scene” (10:03)
- Quando me’n vo’ “Musetta’s Waltz” (2:30)
- Addio, dolce svegliare “Mimi’s Farewell” (4:25)
