For the climax of the Puccini Year - The ultimate collection of the greatest recordings of his most popular operas! This 11 CD set includes full notes and 4 language libretti. Each recording has, for the first time, been remastered in 96kHz 24-bit sound.
Tosca:
Floria Tosca: Mirella Freni;
Mario Cavaradossi: Luciano Pavarotti;
Il barone Scarpia: Sherrill Milnes;
Cesare Angelotti: Richard Van Allan;
Il sagrestano: Italo Tajo;
Spoletta: Michel Senechal;
Sciarrone: Paul Hudson;
Un carceriere: John Tomlinson;
Un pastore: Walter Baratti;
London Opera Chorus;
Wandsworth Boys Choir;
National Philharmonic Orchestra;
Nicola Rescigno La Boheme:
Rodolfo: Luciano Pavarotti;
Mimi: Mirella Freni;
Marcello: Rolando Panerai;
Musetta: Elizabeth Harwood;
Colline: Nicolai Ghiaurov;
Schaunard: Gianni Maffeo;
Schoneberger Sangerknaben;
Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin;
Berliner Philharmoniker;
Herbert von Karajan Madama Butterfly:
Madama Butterfly: Mirella Freni;
B.F.Pinkerton: Luciano Pavarotti;
Suzuki: Christa Ludwig;
Sharpless: Robert Kerns;
Goro: Michel Senechal;
Il Bonzo: Marius Rintzler;
Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor;
Wiener Philharmoniker;
Herbert von Karajan Manon Lescaut:
Manon: Mirella Freni;
Des Grieux: Luciano Pavarotti;
Lescaut: Dwayne Croft;
Geronte: Giuseppe Taddei;
Edmondo: Ramon Vargas;
Un musico: Cecilia Bartoli;
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus;
James Levine Turandot:
Turandot: Joan Sutherland;
Calaf: Luciano Pavarotti;
Liu: Montserrat Caballe;
Timur: Nicolai Ghiaurov;
Imperatore Altoum: Peter Pears;
Ping: Tom Krause;
Pang: Pier Francesco;
Poli Pong: Piero de Palma;
Un Mandarino: Sabin Markov;
Il Principe di Persia: Francesco Poli;
John Alldis Choir Wandsworth School Boys Choir;
London Philharmonic Orchestra;
Zubin Mehta
