Portrait: Opera Arias

On this CD:

1. Faust, opera Vous qui faites l'endormie
Composed by Charles Gounod
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

2. Don Carlo, opera Dormirò sol nel manto mio regal
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

3. Norma, opera Ite sul colle, o Druidi!
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

4. Il barbière di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera La calunnia
Composed by Gioachino Rossini
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

5. Mefistofele, opera Ave Signor
Composed by Arrigo Boito
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

6. La Sonnambula, opera Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni
Composed by Vincenzo Bellini
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

7. Robert le diable, grand opera in 5 acts Le rovine son queste
Composed by Giacomo Meyerbeer
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

8. Lucrezia Borgia, opera Vieni la mia vendetta
Composed by Gaetano Donizetti
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

9. Ernani, opera
Composed by Giuseppe Verdi
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

10. Sadko, opera in 3 (or 5) acts Song of the Viking Guest
Composed by Nikolay Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

11. Prince Igor, opera (completed by Rimsky-Korsakov & Glazunov) Konchak's Aria
Composed by Alexander Borodin
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

12. Boris Godunov, opera (Rimsky-Korsakov edition, 2 versions) Farewll, Prayer and death of Boris
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

13. Die beiden Grenadiere ("Nach Frankreich zogen zwei Grenadier"), song for voice & piano, Op. 49/1
Composed by Robert Schumann
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

14. Mephistopheles' Song of the Flea, for voice & piano or orchestra, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov
Composed by Modest Mussorgsky
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

15. Black Eyes
Composed by Anonymous
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

16. In questa tomba oscura, arietta for voice and piano (or orchestra), WoO 133
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Feodor Chaliapin

Tracks:

Hochsterwunschtes Freudenfest BWV 194: Was des Hochsten Glanz
Apollo e Dafne: Mie piante correte
Le nozze de Figaro K. 492: Vedro mentre io sospiro
La Boheme: O Mimi, to piu non torni
Les pecheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint
Die erste Walpurgisnacht Op. 60: So weit gebracht, dass wir bei Nacht
Requiem: Libera me
Drei Balladen Op. 2, Nr. 2: Herr Oluf
Drei Lieder Op. 84, Nr. 3: Jagdlied
Funf Lieder Op. 40, Nr. 4: Der Spielmann
Funf Lieder Op. 49, Nr. 4: Wiegenlied
Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Nr. 2: Ging heut' morgen uber's Feld
Symphony No. 4, 4th Movement: Das himmlische Leben
Funf fruhe Lieder, Nr. 2: Zu Strassburg auf der Schanz'
Zwei Lieder Op. 12, Nr. 1: Nachtlied
Meeres Stille
Du bist wie eine Blume
Das bucklichte Mannlein
Old American Songs, No. 3: Long Time Ago

Customer Reviews:

A perfect introduction.......2004-07-09

If you have never heard Thomas Hampson sing, this is the perfect introduction. Every Lied/aria is beautiful, beautifully sung. Thomas Hampson has awakened me for Verdi, Puccini, Bach, and others, whom I thought I did not like. But no matter what the composers are, his voice is just out of this world. Beautiful, sweet, velvety, when it needs to be so. It truly lifts me up out of this world, onto a higher plane of existence - a bit like the final song of "Das Lied von der Erde". Extatic!

Hampson's Pretty "Portrait".......2000-08-16

Thomas Hampson's wonderful baritone voice shines in his CD "A Portrait of Thomas Hampson - From Bach to Zemlinsky." The songs vary greatly from one another, showcasing Mr. Hampson's ability to adjust his voicings to accuratlely reflect the spirit of the piece.