Verdi / Bellini / Myerbeer / Ponchielli

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1À l’aimé (To My Beloved)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
À l'aimé
lyricist:
Jeanne Dortzal
composer:
Hercule de Fontenailles
Hercule de Fontenailles3:54
2The Nightingale and the Rose
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
Восточный романс: «Пленившись розой, соловей», op. 2 no. 2 (Eastern Song: The Nightingale Enslaved by the Rose, Op. 2 No. 2)
lyricist and librettist:
Алексей Кольцов (Aleksey Koltsov, XIX century Russian poet)
composer:
Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
part of:
4 Romances, op. 2
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov3:52
3Ernani: “Surta è la notte” … “Ernani, involami”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
Ernani: Atto I. (no. 4a) Scena “Surta è la notte” (Elvira)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Ernani: Atto I (Il bandito)
recording of:
Ernani: Atto I. (no. 4b) Cavatina “Ernani!… Ernani, involami” (Elvira)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
part of:
Ernani: Atto I (Il bandito)
Giuseppe Verdi4:36
4Otello: “Piangea cantando” … “Salice, salice” (Willow Song)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
Otello: Atto III. Canzone del salice “Assisa a piè d'un salice” (Desdemona, Emilia) (Willow Song)
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto III
recording of:
Otello: Atto IV. “Piangea cantando nell’erma landa” (Desdemona) (Willow Song)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer) (from 1884 until 1886-11-01)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
Otello: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:33
5La forza del destino: “Pace, pace, mio Dio”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV, scena 2. “Pace, pace, mio Dio” (Leonora)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi4:40
6La forza del destino: Finale “lo muoio!” … “Non imprecare”
bass vocals:
Ezio Pinza (operatic bass)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
tenor vocals:
Giovanni Martinelli (tenor)
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV, scena 2. “Io muoio! Confessione!” (Leonora, Alvaro, Don Carlo)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV
recording of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV, scena 2. “Non imprecare, umiliati a Lui ch'è giusto e santo” (Leonora, Alvaro, Guardiano)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Francesco Maria Piave
part of:
La forza del destino: Atto IV
Giuseppe Verdi8:08
7Aida: “Ritorna vincitor”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
conductor:
Rosario Bourdon (French Canadian cellist, violinist, conductor, arranger and composer) (on 1923-09-09)
recording of:
Aida: Atto I, scena 1. Scena: “Ritorna vincitor!” – “E l’amor mio …” – “I sacri nomi di padre, d’amante” (Aida) (on 1923-09-09)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto I
Giuseppe Verdi4:45
8Aida: “O patria mia”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
Aida: Atto III: Romanza: “Qui Radamès verrá!” … “O patria mia” (Aida)
composer:
Giuseppe Verdi (Italian opera composer)
librettist:
Antonio Ghislanzoni
part of:
Aida: Atto III
Giuseppe Verdi4:35
9Carmen, Carmela (Folk Song/Volkslied/Chanson folklorique/Canto popolare)
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
Carmen, Carmela
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
[traditional]2:30
10L’africana: “In grembo a me”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
L’africana: “In grembo a me”
composer:
Giacomo Meyerbeer (composer)
Giacomo Meyerbeer3:40
11La Vestale: “O nume tutelar”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
La vestale: Atto II. "O Nume tutelar" (Giulia, Gran Sacerdote)
composer:
Gaspare Spontini (composer)
librettist:
Étienne de Jouy and Giovanni Schmidt (librettist)
translated version of:
La Vestale : Acte II. « Ô des infortunés déesse tutélaire ! » (Julia, Le grand pontife)
part of:
La vestale: Atto II (italian version)
Gaspare Spontini3:29
12La Gioconda: “Suicidio!”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
La Gioconda: Atto IV. Aria “Suicidio!” (Gioconda)
composer:
Amilcare Ponchielli (composer)
librettist:
Arrigo Boito (librettist, composer)
part of:
La Gioconda: Atto IV. Canal orfano
Amilcare Ponchielli4:09
13Norma: “Sediziose voci” … “Casta diva”
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Recitativo “Sediziose voci” (Norma, Oroveso, Druidi, Guerrieri)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
recording of:
Norma: Atto I, scena 1. Scena e cavatina “Casta diva, che inargenti” (Norma, coro)
composer:
Vincenzo Bellini (Sicilian opera composer) (until 1831)
librettist:
Felice Romani (Librettiste, écrivain, poète, traducteur) (until 1831)
part of:
Norma: Atto I
Vincenzo Bellini7:53
14Amuri, amuri
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
Amuri, amuri
composer:
Geni Sadero
Geni Sadero4:09
15Ave Maria
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
lyricist:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist)
composer:
Johann Sebastian Bach (German Baroque period composer & musician) and Charles Gounod (French composer) (in 1853)
is based on:
Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de Piano de S. Bach
is based on:
The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book I: Prelude and Fugue no. 1 in C major, BWV 846: Prelude
Johann Sebastian Bach, Charles Gounod4:37
16When I Have Sung My Songs
soprano vocals:
Rosa Ponselle (soprano)
recording of:
When I Have Sung My Songs
lyricist and composer:
Ernest Charles
Ernest Charles2:15