Daily Playlist: VivaLaVoce

12:02 am
Jacques Offenbach
La Périchole: Aria. "On me proposait d'être infâme" [Act III]
José Carreras (tenor) | Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse | Michel Plasson (conductor)

EMI 74971

12:07 am
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 34. O ewiges Feuer, o Ursprung der Liebe (O eternal fire, O source of love)
Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) | Christoph Genz (tenor) | Panajotis Iconomou (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | [Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage: Holy Trinity, Long Melford, Jun 11, 2000]

SDG 121

12:23 am
Franz Schubert
Auf dem Strom (On the River), D 943 [poem by Ludwig Rellstab]
Mark Padmore (tenor) | Paul Lewis (piano) | Richard Watkins (horn)

Harmonia Mundi 90.7520

12:34 am
Jules Massenet
Hérodiade: Act IV Finale
Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Salomé] | Nadine Denize (mezzo-soprano) [Hérodiade] | Martine Olmeda [Une jeune Babylonienne] | Ben Heppner (tenor) [Jean] | Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Hérode] | José van Dam (baritone) [Phanuel] | Marcel Vanaud [Vitellius] | Jean-Philippe Courtis [Le Grand Prêtre] | Jean-Paul Fouchécourt [Une voix dans le temple] | Chour et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse | Michel Plasson (conductor)

EMI 55378

12:56 am
Amilcare Ponchielli
La Gioconda: Aria. "Suicidio!...In questa fiere momenti"
Jane Eaglen (soprano) | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Carlo Rizzi (conductor)

Sony Classical 89443

1:00 am
Gaetano Donizetti
Anna Bolena: Act I, Scene 3
Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Anna Bolena] | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Enrico VIII] | Jerry Hadley (tenor) [Lord Riccardo Percy] | Susanne Mentzer [Giovanna Seymour] | Bernadette Manca di Nissa [Smeton] | Giorgio Surian [Lord Rochefort] | Ernesto Gavazzi [Sir Hervey] | Chorus of the Welsh National Opera [Cortigiani, dame, paggi, scudieri, cacciatori, sceriffi, guardie] | Richard Bonynge (conductor)

London 421.096

1:35 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Regina coeli, K 108
Emma Kirkby (soprano) | Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir | Chorus and Orchestra of the Academy of Ancient Music | Christopher Hogwood (conductor)

L'Oiseau-Lyre 411.832

1:48 am
Giuseppe Verdi
Un ballo in maschera: Aria. "Ecco l'orrido campo"
Mirella Freni (soprano) | Philharmonia Orchestra | Giuseppe Sinopoli (conductor)

Decca 0004244

2:01 am
George Frideric Handel
Ariodante: Act I, Scenes 5-8
Joyce DiDonato [Ariodante] | Matthew Brook [King of Scotland] | Karina Gauvin [Ginevra] | Topi Lehtipuu [Lurcanio] | Marie-Nicole Lemieux [Polinesso] | Sabina Puértolas [Dalinda] | Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani [Odoardo] | Il Complesso Barocco | Alan Curtis (conductor)

Virgin Classics 70844

2:24 am
Joseph Haydn
Missa in tempore belli "Paukenmesse", HOB XXII/9: III. Credo: "Et resurrexit"
Nancy Argenta (soprano) | Catherine Denley (mezzo-soprano) | Mark Padmore (tenor) | Stephen Varcoe (baritone) | Collegium Musicum 90 | Richard Hickox (conductor)

Chandos 0633

2:29 am
Giacomo Puccini
Turandot: Act II, Finale
Joan Sutherland [Turandot] | Luciano Pavarotti [Calaf] | Montserrat Caballé [Liù] | Nicolai Ghiaurov [Timur] | Peter Pears [L'Imperatore Altoum] | Tom Krause [Ping] | Pier Francesco Poli [Pang; Il Principe di Persia] | Piero de Palma [Pong] | Sabin Markov [Un Mandarino] | John Alldis Choir | Wandsworth Boys' Choir | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Zubin Mehta (conductor)

London 414.274

2:50 am
Gioacchino Rossini
L'italiana in Algeri: Act II, No. 12, Quintet. "Ti presento di mia man"
Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Mustafà] | Patrizia Pace [Elvira] | Anna Gonda [Zulma] | Alessandro Corbelli [Haly] | Frank Lopardo (tenor) [Lindoro] | Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Isabella] | Enzo Dara [Taddeo] | Vienna State Opera Concert Chorus | Vienna Philharmonic | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

DG 427.331

3:01 am
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor
Constantin Chekerliiksi [Igor Svastoslavich] | Boris Christoff [Prince Galitsky; Khan Konchak] | Todor Todorov [Vladimir] | Cyril Dulguerov [Eroshka] | Alexei Milkovsky [Skula] | Luben Mikhailov [Lovlur] | Julia Wiener [Yaroslavna] | Reni Penkova [Konchakovna] | Radka Gaeva [Nurse] | Liliana Bareva [Polovtsian Girl] | Chorus and Orchestra of the National Opera Theatre of Sofia | Jerzy Semkov (conductor)

EMI 66814

5:37 am
Franz Schubert
Songs. Fahrt zum Hades; Freiwilliges Versinken; Das Weinen; Des Fischers Liebesglück; Der Winterabend (Journey to Hades; Voluntary Oblivion; Weeping; Fisherman's Luck in Love; Winter Evening)
Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Elisabeth Leonskaja (piano)

Harmonia Mundi 901988

6:05 am
Gioacchino Rossini
La Cenerentola: Act II
Agnes Baltsa [Cenerentola (Angiolina)] | Francisco Araiza [Don Ramiro] | Simone Alaimo [Dandini] | Ruggero Raimondi (baritone) [Don Magnifico] | Carol Malone [Clorinda] | Felicity Palmer (soprano) [Tisbe] | John Del Carlo [Alidoro] | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Academy of St. Martin in the Fields | Sir Neville Marriner (conductor)

Philips 420.468

Vocal CD Pick of the Week

6:59 am
George Frideric Handel
La Resurrezione (The Resurrection), HWV 47: Angel's aria. "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno (Be unbarred, you gates of Avernus)
Lucy Crowe (soprano) | The English Concert | Harry Bicket (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi 90.7559

7:05 am
Erich Wolfgang Korngold
Die tote Stadt: Act III
René Kollo (tenor) [Paul] | Carol Neblett (soprano) [Marietta/Apparition of Marietta] | Benjamin Luxon (baritone) [Frank] | Rose Wagemann (mezzo-soprano) [Brigitta] | Hermann Prey (baritone) [Fritz Kothner] | Gabriele Fuchs (soprano) [Juliette] | Patricia Clark (soprano) [Lucienne] | Anton de Ridder (tenor) [Gaston] | Anton de Ridder (tenor) [Victorin] | Willi Brokmeier (tenor) [Count Albert] | Tölzer Knabenchor | Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Erich Leinsdorf (conductor)

RCA 7767

7:48 am
Robert Schumann
Drei Gesänge (3 Airs), Op. 83
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | Edith Mathis (soprano) | Christoph Eschenbach (piano)

DG 477.8816

8:01 am
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 187. Es wartet alles auf dich (They all wait upon thee)
Katharine Fuge (soprano) | RIchard Wyn Roberts (alto) | Stephan Loges (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | [Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage: St Mary's, Haddington, Aug 5-6, 2000]

SDG 156

8:23 am
Franz Liszt
Der Hirt [Friedrich Schiller's "Wilhelm Tell"]
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) | Daniel Barenboim (piano)

DG 477.9525

8:27 am
Richard Wagner
Götterdämmerung: Prologue-Daybreak and Siegfried's Rhine Journey
Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Siegfried] | Violetta Urmana (soprano) [Brünnhilde] | Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Antonio Pappano (conductor)

EMI 57242

8:49 am
Jacques Offenbach
Les contes d'Hoffmann: Act III, Finale
Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Hoffmann] | Edita Gruberova [Antonia] | Claudia Eder [Nicklausse/La Muse] | Harald Stamm [Crespel] | James Morris (bass) [Miracle] | Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano) [La voix de la mère d'Antonia] | Orchestre National de France | Seiji Ozawa (conductor)

DG 427.682

9:01 am
Giuseppe Verdi
Rigoletto: Act I
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Il Duca di Mantova] | Vladimir Chernov [Rigoletto] | Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Gilda] | Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass) [Sparafucile] | Denyce Graves [Maddalena] | Jane Shaulis [Giovanna] | Ildebrando D'Arcangelo [Il Conte di Monterone] | Dwayne Croft [Marullo] | Paul Groves [Borsa Matteo] | Yannis Yannissis [Il Conte di Ceprano] | Heidi Grant Murphy [La Contessa di Ceprano] | Robert Maher [Usciere di corte] | Elyssa Lindner [Paggio della Duchessa] | The Metropolitan Opera Chorus [Cavalieri,Dame, Paggi, Alabardieri] | The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra | James Levine (conductor)

DG 447.064

9:56 am
Franz Schubert
Das Heimweh, D 851 (Homesickness)
Matthias Goerne (baritone) | Ingo Metzmacher (piano)

Harmonia Mundi 902035

10:03 am
Giacomo Puccini
Madama Butterfly: Aria. "Un bel dì vedremo"
Renée Fleming (soprano) | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Sir Charles Mackerras (conductor)

Decca 0001024

Vocal CD Pick of the Week

10:09 am
George Frideric Handel
Salve Regina, HWV 241
Lucy Crowe (soprano) | The English Concert | Harry Bicket (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi 90.7559

10:22 am
Hector Berlioz
Requiem, Op. 5: II. Dies irae
London Symphony Chorus | London Symphony Orchestra | Wandsworth Boys' Choir | Sir Colin Davis (conductor)

Philips 416.283

10:36 am
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mitridate: Act III, Scene 9, Aria. "Già dagli occhi"
Brian Asawa [Farnace] | Les Talens Lyriques | Christophe Rousset (conductor)

Decca 460.772

10:46 am
Gioacchino Rossini
Il viaggio a Reims: Aria. "Partir, oh ciel! desio"
Lella Cuberli [Contessa di Folleville] | Chamber Orchestra of Europe | Claudio Abbado (conductor)

DG 415.498

10:57 am
Gustav Mahler
Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Lied des Verfolgten im Turm (Song of the persecuted man in the tower)
Thomas Hampson (baritone) | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

SFS 60036

11:02 am
Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele: Prologue
Samuel Ramey (bass) | Hungaroton Opera Chorus | Nyiregyházi Boys' Choir | Hungarian State Orchestra | Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)

Sony Classical 44983

11:28 am
Francis Poulenc
Deux Poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire. Dans le jardin d'Anna; Allons plus vite (In Anna's Garden; Come Along Make Haste)
Holger Falk (baritone) | Alessandro Zuppardo (piano)

MDG 603.1658

11:34 am
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 102. Herr, deine Augen sehen nach dem Glauben! (Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth!)
Daniel Taylor (alto) | Christoph Genz (tenor) | Gotthold Schwarz (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | [Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage: Dom, Braunschweig, Aug 27, 2000]

SDG 147

11:56 am
Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov: Coronation Scene
Vladimir Ognovienko (bass) | Konstantin Tostobrov (tenor) | Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow | Peter Feranec (conductor)

Melodiya 74321

12:06 pm
Richard Strauss
Der Rosenkavalier: Act II
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf [Die Feldmarschallin] | Otto Edelmann [Der Baron Ochs auf Lerchenau] | Christa Ludwig [Octavian] | Eberhard Wächter [Herr von Faninal] | Teresa Stich-Randall [Sophie] | Ljuba Welitsch [Marianne] | Paul Kuen [Valzacchi] | Kerstin Meyer [Annina] | Nicolai Gedda [Ein Sänger] | Philharmonia Chorus | Loughton High School for Girls & Bancroft's School | Philharmonia Orchestra | Herbert von Karajan (conductor)

EMI 56242

1:07 pm
Ambroise Thomas
Hamlet: Act III
Thomas Hampson (baritone) [Hamlet] | June Anderson [Ophélie] | Samuel Ramey (bass) [Claudius, Roi du Danemark] | Gregory Kunde [Laërte] | Denyce Graves [La Reine Gertrude] | Jean-Philippe Courtis [Le Spectre] | Gerard Garino [Marcellus] | François Le Roux [Horatio] | Michel Trempot [Polonius] | Thierry Felix [Premier Fossoyeur] | Jean-Pierre Furlan [Second Fossoyeur] | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | London Philharmonic Orchestra | Antonio de Almeida (conductor)

EMI 54820

1:44 pm
Heinrich Schütz
Motet. "Stehe auf, meine Freundin"
The Netherlands Bach Society | Jos van Veldhoven (conductor)

Channel Classics 27308

1:52 pm
Joseph Haydn
The Creation (Die Schöpfung): #19. Trio and Chorus with Soloists. "In holder Anmut stehn.Der Herr ist groß"
Ruth Ziesak (soprano) [Gabriel] | Herbert Lippert (tenor) [Uriel] | René Pape (bass) [Raphael] | Chicago Symphony Chorus | Chicago Symphony Orchestra | Sir Georg Solti (conductor)

London 443.445

2:01 pm
Gustav Mahler
Kindertotenlieder
Michelle DeYoung (mezzo-soprano) | San Francisco Symphony | Michael Tilson Thomas (conductor)

Mahler Feest

2:27 pm
Gioacchino Rossini
Il turco in Italia: Act II, Opening
Michele Pertusi [Selim] | Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) [Donna Fiorilla] | Alessandro Corbelli [Don Geronio] | Ramon Vargas [Don Narciso] | Roberto de Candia (baritone) [Poeta] | Laura Polverelli [Zaida] | Francesco Piccoli [Albazar] | Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Chailly (conductor)

London 458.924

2:39 pm
Giuseppe Verdi
Il trovatore: Act I
Giorgio Zancanaro [Il Conte di Luna] | Rosalind Plowright [Leonora] | Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano) [Azucena] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Manrico (Il trovatore)] | Evgeny Nesterenko [Ferrando] | Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano) [Ines] | Walter Gullino [Ruiz] | Alfredo Giacomotti [Un vecchio zingaro] | Aldo Verrecchia [Un messo] | Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [Seguaci] | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)

DG 413.355

3:10 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach
Cantata, BWV 131. Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Out of the depths have I cried unto thee)
Joanne Lunn (soprano) | Kobie van Rensburg (tenor) | Peter Harvey (bass) | The Monteverdi Choir | The English Baroque Soloists | John Eliot Gardiner (conductor) | [Live recording from the Bach Cantata Pilgrimage: Blasiuskirche, Mühlhausen, July 23, 2000]

SDG 141

3:33 pm
Gaetano Donizetti
La Fille du régiment: Aria. "C'en est donc fait.Salut à la France!"
Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Chour Les Eléments | Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse | Michel Plasson (conductor)

Virgin 45610

3:42 pm
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger
Mass in F Major for Male Choir and Organ, Op. 190
Gloriæ Dei Cantores | David Chalmers (organ) | Elizabeth C. Patterson (conductor)

Gloriae Dei Cantores 121

4:04 pm
Vincenzo Bellini
La sonnambula: Act II
Joan Sutherland (soprano) [Amina] | Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) [Elvino] | Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) [Rodolfo] | Isobel Buchanan [Lisa] | John Tomlinson [Alessio] | Piero de Palma (tenor) [Notaro] | Della Jones [Teresa] | London Opera Chorus | National Philharmonic Orchestra | Richard Bonynge (conductor)

London 417.424

5:01 pm
Johann Pachelbel
Ingressus in G Minor, P 98
The King's Singers | Charivari Agréable | Kah-Ming Ng (conductor)

Signum Classics 198

5:09 pm
Giacomo Puccini
La bohème: Aria. "Che gelida manina"
Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) | Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma | Per Giorgio Morandi (conductor)

Sony 775257

5:15 pm
Jules Massenet
Le Cid: Act II, Scene 1
Grace Bumbry [Chimene] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Rodrigue] | Paul Plishka [Don Diegue] | Clinton Ingram [Don Arias] | Theodore Hodges [Don Alonzo] | Arnold Voketaitis [Le Comte de Gormas] | Eleanor Bergquist [L'Infante] | Jake Gardner [Le Roi] | Peter Lightfoot [l'Envoye Maure] | John Adams [St. Jacques] | Byrne Camp Chorale | Opera Orchestra of New York | Eve Queler (conductor)

CBS 79300

5:29 pm
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Cantata. Nel chiuso centro (In the inescapable depths): Aria. Euridice, e dove sei? (Where are you, Euridice?)
Anna Netrebko (soprano) | Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Antonio Pappano (conductor)

DG 0015444

5:38 pm
Franz Schubert
Klage der Ceres, D 323
Cheryl Studer (soprano) | Irwin Gage (piano)

DG 431.773

5:56 pm
Amilcare Ponchielli
La gioconda: "O monumento!"
Bryn Terfel [Barnaba] | Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra | Paul Daniel (conductor)

DG 0014107

Vocal CD Pick of the Week

6:01 pm
George Frideric Handel
Album. Il caro Sassone: Handel in Italy
Lucy Crowe (soprano) | The English Concert | Harry Bicket (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi 90.7559

7:16 pm
Gaetano Donizetti
Maria Stuarda: Act I
Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano) [Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra] | Edita Gruberova [Maria Stuarda, Regina di Scozia] | Iris Vermillion (mezzo-soprano) [Anna Kennedy] | Francisco Araiza [Roberto, Conte di Leicester] | Simone Alaimo [Lord Guglielmo Cecil] | Francesco Ellero d'Artegna [Giorgio Talbot, Conte di Shrewsbury] | Bavarian Radio Chorus | Munich Radio Orchestra | Giuseppe Patanè (conductor)

Philips 426.233

7:51 pm
Gabriel Fauré
Pavane, Op. 50
Chœur de l'Orchestre de Paris | Orchestre de Paris | Paavo Järvi (conductor)

Virgin Classics 70921

7:57 pm
Joseph-Marie Canteloube
Chants d'Auvergne: Series III: Malurous qu'o uno Fenno
Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) | English Chamber Orchestra | Jeffrey Tate (conductor)

Decca 410.004

8:01 pm
Francesco Cilea
Adriana Lecouvreur
Renata Scotto (soprano) [Adriana Lecouvreur] | Plácido Domingo (tenor) [Maurizio] | Sherill Milnes [Michonnet] | Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano) [La Principessa di Bouillon] | Giancarlo Luccardi [Il Principe di Bouillon] | Florindo Andreoli [L'Abate di Chazeuil] | Lillian Watson [Mlle. Jouvenot] | Anne Murray (mezzo-soprano) [Mlle. Dangeville] | Paul Crook [Poisson] | Paul Hudson [Quinault] | Paul Crook [Un Maggiordomo] | Ambrosian Opera Chorus | Philharmonia Orchestra | James Levine (conductor)

CBS 79310

Vocal CD Pick of the Week

10:17 pm
George Frideric Handel
La Resurrezione (The Resurrection), HWV 47: Angel's aria. "Disserratevi, o porte d'Averno (Be unbarred, you gates of Avernus)
Lucy Crowe (soprano) | The English Concert | Harry Bicket (conductor)

Harmonia Mundi 90.7559

10:23 pm
Felix Mendelssohn
Elias (Elijah): Part I, Conclusion (Nr. 11-20)
Andreas Schmidt (baritone) [Elijah] | Andrea Rost (soprano) [The Widow] | Cornelia Kallisch [The Angel] | Deon van der Walt [King Ahab] | Johannes Dietzel [The Youth] | Cornelia Kallisch [Queen Jezebel] | Deon van der Walt [Obadiah] | Chor des Städt. Musikvereins zu Düsseldorf | Gürzenich-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker | James Conlon (conductor)

EMI 56475

10:52 pm
Johann Sebastian Bach
Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Aria & Chorus - "Quoniam tu solus Sanctus.Cum Sancto Spiritu"
Michael George (bass) | The Sixteen | Orchestra of the Sixteen | Harry Christophers (conductor)

Collins 70322

11:01 pm
Gioacchino Rossini
Guglielmo Tell: Act III
Giorgio Zancanaro [Guglielmo Tell] | Chris Merritt [Arnoldo] | Giorgio Surian [Gualtiero] | Franco de Grandis [Melchthal] | Amelia Felle [Jemmy] | Luciana D'Intino [Edwige] | Vittorio Terranova [Un pescatore] | Alberto Noli [Leutoldo] | Luigi Roni [Gessler] | Cheryl Studer (soprano) [Matilde] | Ernesto Gavazzi [Rodolfo] | Ernesto Panariello [Un cacciatore] | Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala | Riccardo Muti (conductor)

Philips 422.391