Album of Opera Choruses

Description

This album for mixed choir and piano contains a selection of richly varied choruses from Italian, French, German, English and Russian operas from the 17th to 19th centuries, illuminating the great diversity of the genre.

Content:

Composer / Author: Monteverdi, Claudio "Vieni Imeneo - Lasciate i monti, lasciate i fonti" from "L'Orfeo" Librettist: Striggio, Alessandro (junior) Composer / Author: Händel, Georg Friedrich "Smiling Venus, queen of love" from "Acis and Galatea HWV 49b" Librettist: nach John Gay, John Hughes, Alexander Pope und Nicola Giuvo Composer / Author: Gluck, Christoph Willibald "Regna a noi con lieta sorte" from "Alceste (Wiener Fassung 1767)" Librettist: Calzabigi, Ranieri de' Composer / Author: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus "Placido è il mar, andiamo" from "Idomeneo KV 366" Librettist: Varesco, Giambattista Composer / Author: Schubert, Franz "Lasst Friede in die Hallen des Fürstensitzes ziehn" from "Fierabras D 796" Librettist: Kupelwieser, Josef Composer / Author: Bellini, Vincenzo "Guerra, guerra!" from "Norma" Librettist: Romani, Felice (nach Alexandre Soumet) Composer / Author: Saint-Saëns, Camille "L'aube qui blanchit déjà les coteaux" from "Samson et Dalila" Librettist: Lemaire, Ferdinand Composer / Author: Bizet, Georges "Les voici, voici la quadrille !" from "Carmen" Librettist: Meilhac, Henri / Halévy, Ludovic (nach Prosper Mérimée) Composer / Author: Tschaikowsky, Peter "Bolijat moi skory nožen'ki" from "Evgenij Onegin / Eugene Onegin" Librettist: Schilowsky, Konstantin / Tschaikowsky, Modest Iljitsch / Tschaikowsky, Peter (nach Alexander Puschkin)