"Vissi d'arte" from the opera "Tosca"

Giacomo Puccini

"Vissi d'arte" from the opera "Tosca"

Information

Performers Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (Soloist, soprano)
National Philharmonic Orchestra London (Orchestra / Ensemble)
Sir Georg Solti (Conductor)

Composers Giacomo Puccini
* 23/12/1858, Lucca, Toscana, Italy
† 29/11/1924, Bruxelles, Belgium

Date of recording 1984

Album

The Essential Kiri Te Kanawa

Barry Rose, Julius Rudel, Jeffrey Tate, Sir Georg Solti, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Charles Dutoit, Riccardo Chailly

The Essential Kiri Te Kanawa

Record Label Decca Records / 436 286-2

Year of production 1992

Tracks
Georg Friedrich Händel
(extract:) Samson, Oratorio in 3 parts, for soloists, choir and orchestra (HWV 57)
1. Let the Bright Seraphim
Johann Sebastian Bach
Ave Maria. Meditation über das 1. Präludium von J.S. Bach, für Singstimme und Orchester
2. Ave Maria
Heitor Villa-Lobos
(extract:) Bachiana Brasileira Nr. 5, für Sopran und 8 Violoncelli
3. Aria (Cantilena)
Johann Strauss
(extract:) Casanova. Operette
4. Nonnenchor = Chor der Nonnen
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(extract:) Le nozze di Figaro. Opera buffa In 4 Acts (KV 492)
5. Dove sono. Arie/air/aria (La Contessa), III
Richard Strauss
(extract:) Vier letzte Lieder für Sopran und Orchester
6. Beim Schlafengehen
Sergej Rachmaninov
(extract:) 14 Songs For Voice And Piano (Op.34)
7. 14. Vocalise
Richard Rodgers
(extract:) Carousel. Musical
8. You'll never walk alone
Georg Friedrich Händel
(extract:) Messiah. Oratorio In 3 Parts For Soloists, Choir And Orchestra (HWV 56)
9. I know that my redeemer liveth, III
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
(extract:) Le nozze di Figaro. Opera buffa In 4 Acts (KV 492)
Giacomo Puccini
(extract:) Tosca. Opera In 3 Acts (Schickling 69)
Gabriel Fauré
(extract:) Requiem For Soprano, Baritone, Choir, Organ And Orchestra (Op.48)
12. Pie Jesu
Georges Bizet
(extract:) Carmen. Opéra comique In 4 Acts
13. Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante. (Micaëla), III
Giacomo Puccini
(extract:) Manon Lescaut. Opera In 4 Acts (Schickling 64)
14. In quelle trine morbide. (Manon Lescaut), II
Giuseppe Verdi
(extract:) Otello. Opera In 4 Acts
15. Mia madre aveva una povera ancella... Piangea cantando... Ave Maria. (Desdemona), IV