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Opera Gala
Famous arias featuring
Karita Mattila · Elina Garanca · Soile Isokoski · Juha Uusitalo · Tommi Hakala · Jorma Hynninen



Artists:
Soile Isokoski, soprano
Karita Mattila, soprano
Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
Jorma Hynninen, baritone
Tommi Hakala, baritone
Juha Uusitalo, bass-baritone
Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra
Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra
Leif Segerstam, conductor
Tampere Philharmonic Orchestra
Estonian Symphony Orchestra
Eri Klas, conductor
Tapiola Sinfonietta
Peter Schreier, conductor
Latvian National Symphony Orchestra
Alexandrs Vilumanis, conductor

Genres:
Opera
Vocal

Series:
Compilations

Features:

Boxed set of 5 CDs; booklet in English

Format:
CD

Released:
October 2008

Catalogue No.:
ODE 1139-2F

EAN/UPC Code:
0761195113929

Track listing

CD 1 - Jorma Hynninen 52:48
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
1 Si può? Signore! Signori! (Tonio), from: I Pagliacci 5:15
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
2 Di Provenza il mar (Germont), from: La Traviata 4:29
3 Il balen del suo sorriso (Luna), from: Il Trovatore 3:15
4 Alzati! Là tuo figlio (Renato), from: Un ballo in maschera 6:06
5 Urna fatale (Carlo), from: La forza del destino 3:01
6 Cortigiani, vil razza (Rigoletto), from: Rigoletto 4:28
7 Per me giunto (Rodrigo), from: Don Carlo 3:50
8 Io morrò (Rodrigo), from: Don Carlo 3:39
Peter Tchaikovsky (1840-1893)
9 Vi mnye pisali (Onegin), from: Eugene Onegin 4:44
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
10 Hai già vinta la causa! (Almaviva), from: Le nozze di Figaro 4:58
11 Deh per questo istante, from: La Clemenza di Tito 2:10
12 Fin ch'han dal vino (Don Giovanni), from: Don Giovanni 1:27


CD 2 - Soile Isokoski 61:28
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1 Temerari... Come scoglio (Fiordiligi), from: Così fan tutte 5:48
2 Ei parte... Per pietà, ben mio (Fiordiligi), from: Così fan tutte 8:54
3 Bella mia fiamma, Concert aria K.528 9:34
4 Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (Zaide), from: Zaide 6:39
5 Ah, lo previdi, Concert aria K.272 12:57
6 E Susanna non vien!... Dove sono (Contessa), from: Le nozze di Figaro 6:35
7 Ch'io mi scordi di te?, Concert aria K.505 10:30


CD 3 - Tommi Hakala 54:40
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
1 É sogno, o realta?, from: Falstaff 4:36
2 Son io, mio Carlo... Io morro, from: Don Carlo 8:42
3 Di Provenza il mar (Germont), from: La Traviata 4:41
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
4 Blick ich umher, from: Tannhäuser 5:04
5 Wie Todesahnung Dämmrung deckt die Lande - O Du, mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram), from: Tannhäuser 4:53
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1857-1919)
6 E fra quest'ansie... E allor perchè, from: I Pagliacci 4:10
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
7 Questo amor, from: Edgar 3:07
Umberto Giordano (1867-1948)
8 Nemico della patria, from: Andrea Chénier 4:47
Charles Gounod (1818-1893)
9 O sainte médaille... Avant de quitter, from: Faust 4:06
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
10 Hai già vinta la causa! (Almaviva), from: Le nozze di Figaro 4:36
11 Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, from: Così fan tutte 5:09


CD 4 - Elina Garanca 58:20
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
1 Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio, from: Le Nozze di Figaro 2:46
2 Voi che sapete, from: Le Nozze di Figaro 2:49
3 Deh per questo istante, from: La Clemenza di Tito 6:17
4 Parto, parto, from: La Clemenza di Tito 6:16
Gioachino Rossini (1792-1868)
5 Una voce poco fa, from: Il barbiere di Siviglia 6:13
6 Nacqui all'affanno, from: La Cenerentola 6:42
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835)
7 Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio., from: I Capuleti e i Montecchi 6:56
Gaetano Donizetti
8 Per questa fiamma indomita., from: Anna Bolena 4:56
Jules Massenet (1842-1912)
9 Werther, Werther, from: Werther 7:24


CD 5 - Juha Uusitalo - Karita Mattila 67:33
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
1 Overture, from: Der fliegende Holländer 11:40
2 Die Frist ist um (Holländer), from: Der fliegende Holländer 12:51
3 Ja, Wehe! Wehe! Weh' über mich! (Amfortas), from: Parsifal 8:03
Richard Wagner (1813-1883)
4 Dich teure Halle (Elisabeth's Greeting to the Hall of Song), from: Tannhäuser 3:16
Antonín Dvorák (1841-1904)
5 Měsíčku na nebi hlobokém, from: Rusalka 5:26
Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901)
6 Ritorna vincitor, from: Aida 6:29
7 Pace, pace mio Dio, from: La forza del destino 5:18
Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924)
8 Vissi d'arte, from: Tosca 2:56
Johann Strauss II (1825-1899)
9 Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein, from Die Fledermaus 2:45
10 Mein Herr Marquis, from: Die Fledermaus 3:15
11 Klänge der Heimat, from: Die Fledermaus 3:52


Complete description

Ideal as a gift: packaged in an elegant box, these 5 CDs feature six opera stars with nearly thirty famous arias:

  • Baritone Jorma Hynninen with recordings from the late 1980s, after he conquered the world's foremost opera houses and concert stages (ODE 731-2);
  • Lyric soprano Soile Isokoski with her famous 2004 recording of Mozart arias, which led The Daily Telegraph to wonder, "Is there a finer Mozart singer today than Soile Isokoski?" (ODE 1043-2);
  • Acclaimed young baritone Tommi Hakala with his 2003 début recording, which he recorded shortly after winning the BBC 'Singer of the World' contest (ODE 1048-2);
  • Mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca with her 2001 début recording, which Ondine released in order to launch the career of this international superstar of today (ODE 969-2);
  • Bass-baritone newcomer Juha Uusitalo, who joined Ondine's roster in 2008, with three extracts from his acclaimed Wagner album (ODE 1121-2);
  • Soprano Karita Mattila with a live captured recording from 2000, performing among other arias, 'Vissi d'arte' from Tosca in front of an excited audience of 11,000 people in Helsinki (complete album ODE 968-2).