40 Most Beautiful Arias

Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. Among the compilation's featured artists are some of the most important operatic voices ever to grace the stage including Roberto Alagna, Cecilia Bartoli, Maria Callas, Jos? Carreras, Pl?cido Domingo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Angela Gheorghiu and others.

Tracks:
Disc: 1
1. Turandot, opera: Nessun dorma!
2. Carmen, opera: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
3. L'elisir d'amore, opera: Una furtiva lagrima (excerpt)
4. Carmen, opera: Je dis que rien ne m'?pouvante
5. Les P?cheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Au fond du temple saint (excerpt)
6. Serse (Xerxes), opera, HWV 40: Ombra mai fu
7. Dido and Aeneas, opera, Z. 626: Whan I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament)
8. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Voi che sapete
9. Cos? fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Soave sia il vento
10. Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47: Mon c?ur s'ouvre ? ta voix (excerpt)
11. Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Pourquoi me r?veiller
12. Rigoletto, opera: La donna ? mobile
13. Rusalka, opera, B. 203 (Op. 114): O silver moon
14. Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Un bel di vedremo
15. Manon Lescaut, opera: Donna non vidi mai
16. La Traviata, opera: Brindisi: Libiamo ne' lieti calici
17. Tosca, opera: Vissi d'arte
18. La boh?me, opera: Che gelida manina
19. La boh?me, opera: S?. Mi chiamano Mimi
20. La boh?me, opera: O soave fanciulla

Disc: 2
1. Gianni Schicchi, opera: O mio babbino caro
2. La Wally, opera (dramma musicale) in 4 acts: Ebben? Ne andr? lontana
3. Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Belle nuit, ? nuit d'amour (Barcarolle, excerpt)
4. Carmen, opera: La fleur que tu m'avais jet?e (Flower Song)
5. Turandot, opera: Signore, ascolta!
6. La Traviata, opera: Un di felice
7. Lakm?, opera: D?me ?pais le jasmin (Flower Duet)
8. Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492: Pongi amor
9. Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Dalla sua pace
10. Norma, opera: Casta diva
11. Rinaldo, opera, HWV 7: Lascia ch'io pianga (excerpt)
12. Orph?e et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41: J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (Che far? senza Euridice)
13. Die Zauberfl?te (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Bei M?nnern, weiche Liebe f?hlen
14. Aida, opera: Celesta Aida
15. La Rondine (The Swallow), opera: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
16. Fedora, opera: Amor ti vieta
17. Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow), operetta: Vilja-Lied
18. Tosca, opera: E lucevan le stelle
19. Otello, opera: Ave Maria
20. La cenerentola (Cinderella), opera: Non pi? mesta