Great Soprano Arias
June Anderson, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Victoria de los Angeles, Mirella Freni Edita Gruberova, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Anna Moffo, Lucia Popp, Renata Scotto Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Dame Joan Sutherland
Great Soprano Arias
June Anderson, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Victoria de los Angeles, Mirella Freni Edita Gruberova, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Anna Moffo, Lucia Popp, Renata Scotto Elisabeth Schwarzkopf & Dame Joan Sutherland
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- Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)
- Teatro dell'Opera, Roma
- Gabriele Santini
- Recorded: 1958-07-27
- Recording Venue: 7-13, 23, 24 & 27 July 1958, Rome Opera House
Bizet:
Carmen, WD 31, Act 1: Habanera. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Carmen, Chœur)
Work length4:19
- Maria Callas (soprano)
- Chœurs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra de Paris
- Georges Prêtre
- Recorded: 1964-07-20
- Recording Venue: 6-20 July 1964/Salle Wagram, Paris
- Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Renata Scotto (soprano)
- National Philharmonic Orchestra
- James Levine
- Recorded: 1900-01-01
- Recording Venue: August 1979, Walthamstow Town Hall
- Dame Joan Sutherland (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Carlo Maria Giulini
- Recorded: 1959-11-24
- Recording Venue: 2-15 October/22-24 November 1959 - No.1 studio, Abbey Road
- Maria Callas (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Tullio Serafin
- Recorded: 1954-09-21
- Recording Venue: 21 September 1954, Watford Town Hall
Verdi:
La Traviata (1990 Remastered Version): E strano...Ah, fors' è lui...Sempre libera (Act I)
Work length3:04
- Anna Moffo (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Sir Colin Davis
- Recorded: 1959-12-01
- Recording Venue: 2, 4 & 6 December 1959, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Maria Callas (soprano)
- Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française
- Georges Prêtre
- Recorded: 1961-04-05
- Recording Venue: 28 March - 5 April 1961, Salle Wagram, Paris
Dvořák:
Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: Song to the Moon. "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka)
Work length5:57
- Lucia Popp (soprano)
- Munich Radio Orchestra
- Stefan Soltesz
- Recorded: 1987-09-30
- Recording Venue: September 1987, Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich
- Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 1989-10-19
- Recording Venue: 19, 20, 23 & 24 June and 17-19 Oct 1989, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Mirella Freni (soprano)
- Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Italiana, Milano, Italiana Radiotelevision Orchestra, Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Italiana Milano
- Leone Magiera
- Recorded: 1966-01-12
- Recording Venue: 10-12 January 1966, Basilica, Milan
- Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Charles Mackerras
- Recorded: 1987-01-01
- Recording Venue: 6 & 10 April 1970, Kingsway Hall, London
- June Anderson (soprano)
- Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse
- Michel Plasson
- Recorded: 1989-09-07
- Recording Venue: 7, 8, 10, 12, 13 & 15 Sept 1989, Halle aux Grains, Toulouse
- Anna Moffo (lead vocals), Dora Gatta (lead vocals), Eberhard Wächter (lead vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elisabetta Fusco (lead vocals), Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (lead vocals), Giuseppe Taddei (lead vocals), Ivo Vinco (lead vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (lead vocals), Renato Ercolani (lead vocals)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Carlo Maria Giulini
- Recorded: 1959-11-21
- Recording Venue: 17-19,21-25,27 IX. & 21 XI.1959 Kingsway Hall, London
- Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Myung-Whun Chung
- Recorded: 1989-10-19
- Recording Venue: 19, 20, 23 & 24 June and 17-19 Oct 1989, No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London
- Montserrat Caballé (soprano)
- London Symphony Orchestra
- Sir Charles Mackerras
- Recorded: 1970-04-08
- Recording Venue: 8 April 1970 / Kingsway Hall, London
- Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Elizabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
- Philharmonia Orchestra
- Otto Ackermann
- Recorded: 1957-07-05
- Recording Venue: 3-5 July 1957, Kingsway Hall, London
Mozart:
Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen" (Königin der Nacht)
Work length2:51
- Edita Gruberova (soprano)
- Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks
- Bernard Haitink
- Recorded: 1981-04-13
- Recording Venue: 1-13 April 1981, Herkulessaal, Munich Residenz
