Top Ten Baritones & Basses

1. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera Largo al factotum
   Composed by Gioachino Rossini
   Performed by Bologna Community Theater Orchestra
   with Leo Nucci
   Conducted by Giuseppe Patane
   
   
2. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492 Non più andrai
   Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
   with Samuel Ramey
   Conducted by Georg Solti
   
   
3. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 O Isis und Osiris
   Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
   Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
   with Martti Talvela
   Conducted by Georg Solti
   
   
4. L'elisir d'amore, opera Udite, udite, o rustic
   Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
   Performed by Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
   with Fernando Corena
   Conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
   
   
5. Nabucco, opera (Nabucodonosor) Son pur queste mie membra!...Dio di giuda!...Cadran, cadranno i perfidi
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   Performed by Vienna State Opera Orchestra
   with Walter Krautler, Tito Gobbi
   Conducted by Lamberto Gardelli
   
   
6. La Traviata, opera Di Provenza il mar...no, non udrai rimproveri
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   Performed by Berlin State Opera Orchestra
   with Jaume Aragall, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
   Conducted by Lorin Maazel
   
   
7. Don Carlo, opera Ella giammai m'amò
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   Performed by English Concert
   with Paata Burchuladze
   Conducted by Sir Edward Downes
   
   
8. La forza del destino, opera Morir! Tremenda cosa!...Urna fatale delk mio destino
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   Performed by Roma Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
   with Eraldo Coda, Ettore Bastianini
   Conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli
   
   
9. Otello, opera Credo
   Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
   Performed by London Philharmonic Orchestra
   with Sherrill Milnes, Ian Caley
   Conducted by Silvio Varviso
   
   
10. Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition) Death of Boris
    Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
    Performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
    with Olivera Miljakovic, Nicolai Ghiaurov
    Conducted by Herbert von Karajan
    
    

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Average customer rating: Great Music from Great "Low Men"

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Tracks:

1. Largo al factotum (Il barbiere di Siviglia) - Leo Nucci
2. Non piu andrai (Le nozze di Figaro) - Samuel Ramey
3. O Isis und Osiris (Die Zauberflote) - Martti Talvela/Wiener state opr chor
4. Udite, udite, o rustici (L'elisir d'amore) - Fernando Corena/Chor del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
5. Son pur queste mie membra!... Dio di Giuda!... Cadran, cadranno i perfidi (Nabucco) - Tito Gobbi/Walter Krautler/Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor
6. Di Provenza il mar... no, non udrai rimproveri (La traviata) - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau/Giacomo Aragall
7. Ella giammai m'amo (Don Carlo) - Paata Burchuladze
8. Morir! Tremenda cosa!... Urna fatale del mio destino (La forza del destino) - Ettore Bastianini/Eraldo Coda
9. Credo (Otello) - Sherrill Milnes/Ian Caley
10. Death of Boris (Boris Godunov) - Nicolai Ghiaurov/Olivera Miljakovic/Sofia Radio Chor/Wiener staatsopernchor

Customer Reviews:

Great Music from Great "Low Men".......2002-10-18

I would invite you to also read my review for "Top Ten Baritones & Basses, Vol. II" since it contains my basic views on this collection as well. Both collections are well worth getting and highlight some of the very best low male voices in the past 40 years. This CD has some of the most familar arias (Rossini's Figaro's, "Largo", and Mozart's Figaro's, "Non piu andrai", for instance)written for the baritone and bass as well as some perhaps lesser known to American ears, or casual opera fans,(the "Death of Boris" from Mussorgsky's "Boris Godunov" is a wonderfully emotional piece).

I have played both these cd's numerous times and still marvel at the beauty and power of the voices represented here. I highly recommend both of these fine collections as worthy additions to any opera fan's collection.

Average customer rating: The Real Men of Opera Strut Their Stuff

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Tracks:

1. Pagliacci: Si puo? - Robert Merrill
2. Don Giovanni: Madamina! il catalogo e questo - Geraint Evans
3. Macbeth: Studia il passo... Come dal ciel precipita - Samuel Ramey
4. Szenen aus Goethes 'Faust': Hier ist die Aussicht frei - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
5. Il duca d'Alba: Nei miei superbi gaudi - Leo Nucci
6. Tannhauser: Wie Todesahnung... O du mein holder Abendstern - Tom Krause
7. Der fliegende Hollander: Die Frist ist um - George London
8. Don Carlos: C'est moi, Carlos!... C'est mon jour supreme - Sherrill Milnes
9. Sadko: O skali grozniye - Nicolai Ghiaurov
10. I puritani: Or dove guggo mai?... Ah! per sempre io ti perdei - Piero Cappuccilli

Customer Reviews:

The Real Men of Opera Strut Their Stuff.......2002-10-18

While the tenors and sporanos always seem to [obtain] the limelight, it's the sturdy Basses and Baritones that provide the foundation for most operas. Often relegated to what I call the "bads and dads" roles, the lower men serve to give both darkness and stability to the dramas. While most Bass and Baritone stars will never be as popular as a Domingo, Pavarotti, Sutherland or Calas, the gentlemen represented on this disk are some of the best voices in the business--period. There are some great recordings in this collection of some underheard arias (for instance check out, "O skali grozniye" from Rimsky-Korsakov's little heard opera, "Sadko". It is one of the most thrilling arias I have ever heard).

If you like opera or singing in general, this is a CD well worth your while to own. I would also recommend Volume 1, to complete the experience. Enjoy!

Meditation Music:

1. Verdi: Aïda [Enhanced]
2. Verdi: Il Trovatore
3. Verdi: La Traviata
4. Verdi - Un ballo in maschera / Arroyo · Domingo · Cappuccilli · Cossotto · Grist · NPO · Muti
5. Viktor Ullmann: Der Kaiser von Atlantis/Hölderlin-Lieder
6. Wagner: Das Rheingold
7. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
8. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
9. Wagner: Die Walküre, Act 3
10. Wagner: Lohengrin

Meditation Music

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Meditation Music

Outsiders Relax//Cq [Import]

Weber Liszt Mahler

Vanhal: Viola Concertos/Double Bass Concerto

Music: Megatron Man [Import]

Tough Love [Box set] [Import]

Ultimate Chillout Ibiza Album [Import]

To His Grandfather Hafiz Ali Khan

Under the Table and Dreaming

Very Best of All Woman [Import]

The Royal Scam [Import]

Typhareth

Trio Alto Astral [Import]

Vengeance Is Mine [Explicit Lyrics]

BBC Radio Sessions

Folksy Nina/Nina with Strings