1. Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7, Act 2: "Lascia ch'io pianga" (Almirena)

    George Frideric Handel, Joyce DiDonato, Maxim Emelyanychev, Il Pomo D'oro

    05:32
  2. Madama Butterfly / Act 1: Sorride Vostro Onore?

    Giacomo Puccini, Christa Ludwig, Luciano Pavarotti, Robert Kerns, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

    03:30
  3. Adriana Lecouvreur / Act 2: Acerba voluttà, dolve tortura

    Francesco Cilea, Giulietta Simionato, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Franco Capuana

    04:13
  4. Tristan und Isolde / Act 2: "Einsam wachend in der Nacht"

    Richard Wagner, Brigitte Fassbaender, Staatskapelle Dresden, Carlos Kleiber

    02:44
  5. Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

    Camille Saint-Saëns, Olga Borodina, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Carlo Rizzi

    05:57
  6. Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Act 3: "J'ai perdu mon Eurydice" (Orphée)

    Christoph Willibald Gluck, Susan Graham, Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

    04:22
  7. Madama Butterfly / Act 2: Una nave da guerra...Scuoti quelle fronda

    Giacomo Puccini, Fiorenza Cossotto, Renata Tebaldi, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin

    07:49
  8. Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection": V. Finale: k. Mit Aufschwung, aber nicht eilen

    Gustav Mahler, Waltraud Meier, Cheryl Studer, Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Erwin Ortner

    04:57
  9. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 2: "Voi che sapete" - "Bravo! che bella voce!"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Frederica von Stade, Kiri Te Kanawa, Lucia Popp, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

    03:53
  10. Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act 2: Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix

    Camille Saint-Saëns, Elena Obraztsova, Plácido Domingo, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim

    05:31
  11. West Side Story: XIIId. Somewhere

    Leonard Bernstein, Marilyn Horne, Leonard Bernstein Orchestra

    02:37
  12. Verdi: Il trovatore, Act 2 Scene 1: "Stride la vampa! La folla indomita" (Azucena)

    Giuseppe Verdi, Fedora Barbieri, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Herbert von Karajan

    02:40
  13. Macbeth, Act I: Vieni t'affretta - Or tutti sorgete

    Giuseppe Verdi, Shirley Verrett, Giovanni Foiani, Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Milano, Claudio Abbado

    07:32
  14. Die Fledermaus / Act 2: Nr.7 Couplet: "Ich lade gern mir Gäste ein" - Edit

    Johann Strauss II, Regina Resnik, Waldemar Kmentt, Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

    02:56
  15. Samson et Dalila, Op. 47, R. 288 / Act 2: "Mon coeur s'ouvre à ta voix"

    Camille Saint-Saëns, Grace Bumbry, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kulka János

    05:30
  16. Norma: Act II Scene 1: Deh! Con te, con te li prendi (Norma, Adalgisa)

    Vincenzo Bellini, Ebe Stignani, Maria Callas

    04:18
  17. Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 1: Arioso. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse)

    George Frideric Handel, Jennifer Larmore, Jesús López-Cobos, Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne

    03:35
  18. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244, Part II: No. 39, Aria "Erbarme dich"

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Bernarda Fink, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs

    05:44
  19. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: "Erbarme dich"

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Anne Sofie von Otter, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

    07:01
  20. Cavalleria rusticana: Voi lo sapete

    Pietro Mascagni, Agnes Baltsa, Munich Radio Orchestra, Heinz Wallberg

    03:15
  21. Idaspe: Aria "Qual guerriero in campoarmato"

    Riccardo Broschi, Vivica Genaux, Akademie für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs

    08:08
  22. Tito Manlio, RV 738 / Act 3: Sonno, se pur sei sonno

    Antonio Vivaldi, Magdalena Kozená, Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon

    02:54
  23. Carmen, WD 31, Act I: Habanera. L'amour est un oiseau rebelle

    Georges Bizet, Teresa Berganza, Ambrosian Singers, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

    04:26
  24. The Music Makers, Op. 69: II. We Are the music makers

    Edward Elgar, Sarah Connolly, Greg Beardsell, Bournemouth Symphony Chorus, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Simon Wright

    02:08
  25. Vedrai, carino

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Vesselina Kasarova, Sir Colin Davis

    03:48
  26. Schubert: Ave Maria, Op. 52 No. 6, D. 839

    Franz Schubert, Janet Baker, Gerald Moore

    06:44
  27. Rinaldo / Act 2: Lascia ch'io pianga

    George Frideric Handel, Cecilia Bartoli, Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood

    04:45
  28. Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Havanaise)

    Georges Bizet, Tatiana Troyanos, John Alldis Choir, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

    04:15
  29. Cavalleria rusticana: "Voi lo sapete, o mamma"

    Pietro Mascagni, Elina Garanca, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Roberto Abbado

    03:38
  30. Idaspe, Act II Scene 11: Aria "Ombra fedele anch' io" (Dario)

    Riccardo Broschi, Ann Hallenberg, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

    09:43
  31. Falstaff: Act III: Una, due, tre ....

    Giuseppe Verdi, Anna Bonitatibus, Maurizio Comencini, Alessandro Cosentino, Franco de Grandis, Dilber, Enrico Facini, Julia Faulkner, Anna Maria di Micco, Roberto Servile

    03:58
  32. Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Vierte Szene: "Weiche, Wotan, weiche! Flieh des Ringes Fluch!"

    Richard Wagner, Oralia Dominguez, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

    05:05
  33. Aida / Act 1: Quale insolita gioia

    Giuseppe Verdi, Rita Gorr, Jon Vickers, Leontyne Price, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Sir Georg Solti

    06:33
  34. Tannhäuser, WWV 70, Act II: Dich, teure Halle, grüß ich wieder

    Richard Wagner, Lise Davidsen, Philharmonia Orchestra, Esa-Pekka Salonen

    03:41
  35. The Tsar's Bride, Act I: You Will Pay ("Lyubasha's Aria")

    Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Anita Rachvelishvili, Giacomo Sagripanti, Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della RAI

    04:24
  36. Ottone in villa, RV 729, Act II Scene VI: II. Leggi almeno, tiranna infedele

    Antonio Vivaldi, Julia Lezhneva, Giovanni Antonini, Il Giardino Armonico

    05:35
  37. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Atto II Scena 2: No. 12, Arietta "Voi che sapete" (Cherubino)

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Angelika Kirchschlager, Concerto Köln, René Jacobs

    02:59
  38. BWV82: Aria: Ich habe genug

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson

    07:41
  39. El amor brujo: Danza del juego de amor

    Manuel de Falla, Huguette Tourangeau, Orchestre Symphonique de Montréal, Charles Dutoit

    02:45
  40. The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Pt.2: Softly and gently

    Edward Elgar, Alice Coote, Sir Mark Elder, Hallé

    06:50
  41. Fausto, Act I: Introduzione. Tutte volsi e rivolsi

    Louise Bertin, Karine Deshayes, Les Talens Lyriques, Christophe Rousset

    02:07
  42. Il trovatore: Act IV: Se m'ami ancor (Manrico)

    Giuseppe Verdi, Rosalind Elias, Richard Tucker, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Arturo Basile

    03:52
  43. Symphony No. 8 in E-Flat Major "Symphony of a Thousand", Pt. 2: VIII. Uns bleibt ein Erdenrest - IX. Ich spür' soeben

    Gustav Mahler, Yvonne Minton, René Kollo, Vienna Boys' Choir, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

    02:58
  44. Messa da Requiem: IId. Liber scriptus - Live

    Giuseppe Verdi, Daniela Barcellona, Coro Teatro Regio Torino, Verbier Festival Orchestra, Gianandrea Noseda

    04:09
  45. Granada (Arr. for Soprano & Guitar)

    Agustín Lara, Isabel Leonard, Sharon Isbin

    03:08
  46. Conservatevi fedele, K.23

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Hanna Schwarz, Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Leopold Hager

    06:18
  47. Rückert Lieder: No. 5. Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen

    Gustav Mahler, Jamie Barton, Brian Zeger

    06:48
  48. Symphony No. 2 in C minor - "Resurrection": IV. "O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!" (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht) Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: "Urlicht"

    Gustav Mahler, Michelle DeYoung, Wiener Philharmoniker, Pierre Boulez

    05:36
  49. Rigoletto / Act 3: + amabile invero cotal giovinotto (Maddalena, Sparafucile, Gilda)

    Giuseppe Verdi, Denyce Graves, Roberto Scandiuzzi, Cheryl Studer, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

    05:44
  50. Porgy and Bess / Act 1: "My Man's Gone Now"

    George Gershwin, Florence Quivar, Willard White, Arthur Thompson, William Brown, Robert Snook, Ralph Neally, Barbara Conrad, Isola Jones, The Cleveland Orchestra Chorus

    06:35
  51. Filiae maestae Jerusalem, RV 638: II. Sileant zephyri

    Antonio Vivaldi, Delphine Galou, Accademia Bizantina, Ottavio Dantone

    06:02
  52. Rusalka, Op. 114 / Act 1: Cury mury fuk

    Antonín Dvořák, Dolora Zajick, Franz Hawlata, Czech Philharmonic, Sir Charles Mackerras

    02:49
  53. Alcina, HWV 34 / Act 2: Verdi prati

    George Frideric Handel, Maite Beaumont, Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

    04:07
  54. Jenufa / Act 2: Co chvila ... co chvila

    Leoš Janáček, Eva Randová, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras

    03:47
  55. Stabat Mater, P. 77: IV. Quae moerabat

    Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, Lucia Valentini Terrani, London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, Leslie Pearson

    02:49
  56. Hänsel und Gretel / Act 2: "Abends will ich schlafen gehn"

    Engelbert Humperdinck, Ann Murray, Edita Gruberova, Staatskapelle Dresden, Sir Colin Davis

    03:23
  57. Hör mein Bitten, WoO 15

    Felix Mendelssohn, Julia Hamari, Ensemble '76 Stuttgart, Kammerchor Stuttgart, Frieder Bernius

    09:53
  58. Anna Bolena / Act 1: "Oh! qual parlar fu il sono!"

    Gaetano Donizetti, Susanne Mentzer, Samuel Ramey, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

    05:03
  59. Siroe, Re di Persia - Dresden Version, 1763 / Act 1: "D’ogni amator la fede"

    Johann Adolf Hasse, Mary-Ellen Nesi, Armonia Atenea, George Petrou

    04:54
  60. Combat del Somni: Damunt de Tu Només les Flors - Remastered

    José Janés, Federico Mompou, José Janés Federico Mompou, Nan Merriman, Gerald Moore

    03:42
  61. Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492 / Act 2: "Voi signor, che giusto siete"

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jane Berbié, Robert Tear, Kurt Moll, Thomas Allen, Lucia Popp, Kiri Te Kanawa, Samuel Ramey, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

    03:46
  62. Samson and Delilah (Highlights): Act III, Scene II, "Bacchanale"

    Camille Saint-Saëns, Rise Stevens, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Leopold Stokowski

    07:18
  63. Bach, JS: Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170: No. 1, Aria. "Vergnügte Ruh beliebte Seelenlust"

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Monica Groop, Juha Kangas, Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

    06:22
  64. Mahler - Urlicht

    Gustav Mahler, Christianne Stotijn, Julius Drake

    05:13
  65. All-Night Vigil, Op. 37: Psalm 103 (104), "O praise the Lord"

    Sergei Rachmaninoff, Irina Arkhipova, State Symphony Capella of Russia, Valery Polyansky

    05:26
  66. La Cenerentola / Act 2: Dunque non siam burlate?

    Gioachino Rossini, Gloria Banditelli, Fernanda Costa, Michele Pertusi, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly

    02:11
  67. Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 1: "Weia! Waga! Woge du Welle!"

    Richard Wagner, Hetty Plümacher, Oda Balsborg, Ira Malaniuk, Gustav Neidlinger, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

    02:24
  68. Dido & Aeneas: Dido's Lament

    Henry Purcell, Stéphanie D'Oustrac, Ensemble Amarillis, Héloïse Gaillard, Violaine Cochard

    05:08
  69. Eugene Onegin, Op. 24, TH.5 / Act 1: Peasants' Chorus and Dance. "Bolyat moyi skori nozhenki so pokhodushki" - "Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku"

    Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Sarah Walker, St.Petersburg Chamber Choir, Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov

    04:37
  70. Tristan und Isolde, Act II: Act II: Der deiner harrt - O hor mein Warnen! (Brangane, Isolde)

    Richard Wagner, Blanche Thebom, Margaret Harshaw, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Fritz Stiedry

    04:52
  71. Das Rheingold, WWV 86A / Scene 4: "Weiche, Wotan, weiche!"

    Richard Wagner, Jean Madeira, George London, Kirsten Flagstad, Waldemar Kmentt, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

    06:00
  72. Love Sublime

    Brad Mehldau, Sasha Cooke, Steven Blier, New York Festival Of Song

    04:41
  73. Maria Stuarda / Act 3: "Deh! Tu di un umile preghiera"

    Gaetano Donizetti, Iris Vermillion, Edita Gruberova, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra, Giuseppe Patanè

    03:40
  74. Matthäuspassion, BWV 244: Aria: Buss und Reu (Alto)

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Marianne Beate Kielland, Kolner Kammerorchester, Helmut Müller-Brühl

    03:49
  75. Arabella / Act 1: Laßt uns allein, meine Kinder

    Richard Strauss, Ira Malaniuk, Otto Edelmann, Karl Kolowratnik, Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti

    04:42
  76. Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17 / Atto primo: No. 4 Aria "Priva son d'ogni conforto" - Live

    George Frideric Handel, Charlotte Hellekant, Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski

    06:01
  77. Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59 / Act 2: "Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren"

    Richard Strauss, Sophie Koch, Diana Damrau, Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Christian Thielemann

    07:29
  78. I Vow to Thee, my Country

    Gustav Holst, Della Jones, Royal Choral Society, BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth

    04:43
  79. Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K.339: 5. Laudate Dominum omnes gentes

    Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Felicity Palmer, Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, The Wren Orchestra, George Guest

    04:47
  80. Carmen, WD 31 / Act 1: "Quand je vous aimerai?...L'amour est un oiseaux rebelle" (Habanera)

    Georges Bizet, Marina Domashenko, Choeur de Radio France, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Myung-Whun Chung

    04:46
  81. La donna del lago, Act I: Quali accenti! Quai tormenti! (Uberto, Elena)

    Gioachino Rossini, Sonia Ganassi, Maxim Mironov, Marianna Pizzolato, Ferdinand von Bothmer, Wojtek Gierlach, Olga Peretyatko, Stefan Cifolelli, Prague Chamber Choir, Tubingen Festival Band

    02:23
  82. Parsifal, WWV 111 / Act 2: "Ich sah das Kind an seiner Mutter Brust" - Live

    Richard Wagner, Irene Dalis, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra, Hans Knappertsbusch

    05:28
  83. Falstaff, Act II: Mia signora! C'è Mistress Meg

    Giuseppe Verdi, Larissa Diadkova, Bryn Terfel, Adrianne Pieczonka, Stella Doufexis, Thomas Hampson, Anthony Mee, Anatolij Kotscherga, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado

    02:41
  84. Ihr werdet weinen und heulen (Bass, Chorus)

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Doris Soffel, Peter Schreier, Walter Heldwein, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Bach-Collegium Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling

    06:12
  85. Symphony No. 1 "Jeremiah": II. Profanation

    Leonard Bernstein, Jennie Tourel, New York Philharmonic

    06:39
  86. Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Aria. Agnus Dei

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Catherine King, Norwegian Baroque Orchestra, Julian Podger

    05:00
  87. Faust, CG 4 / Act 4: "Marthe! - Dieu soit loué! C'est vous!...Déposons nos" (Soldiers' Chorus)

    Charles Gounod, Margreta Elkins, Monica Sinclair, Robert Massard, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge

    06:22
  88. Lohengrin, WWV 75, Act II: Entweihte Götter! Helft jetzt meiner Rache! (Ortrud, Elsa)

    Richard Wagner, Susanne Resmark, Annette Dasch, Marek Janowski, Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin

    03:47
  89. St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244 / Part Two: No. 39 Aria (Alto): "Erbarme dich"

    Johann Sebastian Bach, Marie-Claude Chappuis, Gewandhausorchester, Riccardo Chailly

    05:45
  90. Preludio a Colón (Live)

    Julián Carrillo, Mitsuko Shirai, Roswitha Staege, Bernd Buß, Ronald Hoogeveen, Rainer Sachtleben, Frank Wolff, Monique Rollin, Juan Pablo Izquierdo

    08:44
  91. Symphony No. 2 in C minor - "Resurrection": 4. "O Röschen rot! Der Mensch liegt in grösster Not!" (Sehr feierlich aber schlicht) Text from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: "Urlicht"

    Gustav Mahler, Petra Lang, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

    05:34
  92. Falstaff, Act I: Fulgida Alice! Amor t'offro - Quell'otre! quel tino! - È un ribaldo, un furbo

    Giuseppe Verdi, Stella Doufexis, Adrianne Pieczonka, Larissa Diadkova, Dorothea Röschmann, Enrico Facini, Anthony Mee, Daniil Shtoda, Anatolij Kotscherga, Thomas Hampson

    03:41
  93. L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers): Sinfonia

    Gioachino Rossini, Marianna Pizzolato, Marco Vinco, Maxim Mironov, Bruno De Simone, Barbara Bargnesi, José Maria Lo Monaco, Alex Esposito, Prague Chamber Chorus, Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

    07:56
  94. L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25, H 130: Part I, Le Songe d'Hérode, Scene 5 - O Mon Cher Fils

    Hector Berlioz, Karen Cargill, Sir Colin Davis, London Symphony Orchestra, William Dazeley

    08:20
  95. Alcina, HWV 34: Sta nell' Ircana pietrosa tana

    George Frideric Handel, Christine Rice, La Nuova Musica, David Bates

    06:00
  96. Beautiful Dreamer

    Stephen Foster, Jan DeGaetani

    03:34
  97. Orlando, HWV 31 / Act 1: No. 12 Aria "Se'l cor mai ti dirà"

    George Frideric Handel, Kristina Hammarstrom, B'Rock Orchestra, René Jacobs

    03:42
  98. La forza del destino: Pace, pace mio Dio

    Giuseppe Verdi, Beatrice Uria-Monzon, Orchestra della Fondazione Teatro Lirico Giuseppe Verdi di Trieste, Fabrizio Carminati

    05:14
  99. Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: 2. Virgam virtutis tuae

    George Frideric Handel, Diana Montague, Orchestra of Westminster Abbey, Simon Preston

    02:50
  100. Carmen, WD 31 (Highlights Sung in German): Habanera. Ja, die Liebe hat bunte Flügel

    Georges Bizet, Elisabeth Höngen, Saxon State Opera Chorus, Dresden, Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Böhm

    04:04