Joan Sutherland (The Art of Joan Sutherland, Serate musicali) [Box Set] (2005) [Re-Post]

This is my favorite Sutherland collection. It has so much from so many periods. The bits from The French Opera Gala are beyond belief. It is some of the best coloratura she ever did and was recorded at a great part of her career. Both the Wagner and the Mozart discs were recorded when she was close to 60, which doesn't mean that much with Sutherland. Still it would have been great to have heard the Wagner recorded a decade earlier when she recorded the Turandot. She would have been better at Wagner than anyone around today. Not Nilsson or Flagstad's equal, but better by far than Voigt, who isn't bad. On the Mozart bits, a couple sound old, but the rest are as good a performance of Mozart as you are ever going to hear. Many people only like the young Sutherland, but I like the color and richness her voice developed with age. She does a Hamlet Mad Scene on this disc at around 60 that is simply amazing! She sounds 45. I heard someone say that when she was old it took her longer to warm the voice up, could sound old when she first started out singing, but by the time she was warmed up you couldn't hear the age anymore. By all means, get this collection. You will wear the 2 discs of French opera arias out. BTW, most of the French stuff is from never, ever performed operas these days so you will not ever have heard them before.

Tracklists
The art of Joan Sutherland; CD1:78.16; CD2: 74.49; CD3: 78.57; CD4: 80.39, CD5: 77.27; CD6: 77.05
CD1:
01. Tornami a vagheggiar (Handel Alcina) (5:21)
02. Ah! Ruggiero crudel…Ombre pallide (Handel Alcina) (10:52)
03. Let the bright Seraphim (Handel Samson) (5:56)
04. With plaintive note (Handel Samson) (5:17)
05. Rejoice greatly, o daughter of Zion (Handel Messiah) (4:44)
06. My vengeance awakes me (Handel Athalia) (4:57)
07. V'adoro, pupille (Handel Guilio Cesare) (4:44)
08. Se pietа di me non senti (Handel Guilio Cesare) (4:57)
09. Da tempeste il legno infranto (Handel Guilio Cesare) (5:37)
10. Per la gloria d 'adorarvi (Bononcini Griselda) (5:09)
11. Nel cor piщ non mi sento (Paisiello La Molinara) (4:02)
12. Furie di Donna irata (Piccinni La buona figiuola) (3:14)
13. The Traveller benighted (Arne Love in a Village) (1:58)
14. The soldier tir'd (Anre Artaxerxes) (4:05)
15. When William at eve (Shield Rosina) (2:32)
16. Whilst the village maids (Shield Rosina) (3:04)
17. Light as thistledown (Shield Rosina) (1:46)
CD2:
01. Marten aller Arten (Mozart Entfьrung) (8:46)
02. O Zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn (Mozart Zauberflцte) (4:51)
03. Ach, ich fuehl's (Mozart Zauberflцte) (4:21)
04. Or sai chi l'onore (Mozart Don Giovanni) (2:50)
05. Non mi dir (Mozart Don Giovanni) (5:36)
06. Porgi, amor (Mozart Le nozze di Figaro) (3:48)
07. Voi che sapete (Mozart Le nozze di Figaro) (2:45)
08. E Susanna non vien! Dove sono (Mozart Le nozze di Figaro) (6:54)
09. Giunse alfin il momento..Deh vieni, non tardar (Mozart Le nozze di Figaro) (5:42)
10. L'Amerт, saro' costante (Mozart Il re pastore) (8:24)
11. Vorrei spiegarvi, o Dio! (Mozart K418) (7:08)
12. Ch'io mi scordi di te ..Non temer (Mozart K505) (11:13)
13. Alleluja (Mozart Exsultate, jubilate) (2:31)
CD3:
01. Santo di patria…Allor che i forti corrono (Verdi Attila) (5:45)
02. Dall'infame benchetto io m'involai.. Tu del mio Carlo al seno.. Carlo vive! (… (9:04)
03. Che! e segnar questa mano potrebbe l'onta mia? Tu puniscimi, o Signore (Verdi… (3:05)
04. Surta и la notte Ernani! Enarni, involami (Verdi Ernani) (8:06)
05. Mia madre aveva una povera ancella… Piangea cantando (Verdi Otello) (8:07)
06. Merce', delette amiche (Verdi Vesperi Siciliani) (3:34)
07. Gerechter Gott ..In seiner Blьte (Wagner Rienzi) (6:58)
08. Johohohe (Wagner Fliegende Hollдnder) (6:32)
09. Dich, teure Halle (Wagner Tannhдuser) (3:11)
10. Allmaecht'ge Jungfrau hoer mein Flehen (Wagner Tannhauser) (6:29)
11. Einsam in trueben Tagen (Wagner Lohengrin) (6:46)
12. Du bist der Lenz (Wagner Walkьre) (2:17)
13. O Sachs, mein Freund (Wagner Meistersinger) (2:40)
14. Mild und leise wie er laechelt (Wagner Tristan und Isolde) (6:22)
CD4:
01. Conduit moi vers celui que j'adore (Offenbach robinson Crusoй) (4:11)
02. Bellah! ma chevre cherie! .. Dors, petite (Meyerbeer Dinorah) (6:30)
03. Depuis le jour (Charpentier Louise) (4:08)
04. Dites-lui qu'on l'a remarque (Offenback La Grand-Duchesse de Gerolstein) (2:50)
05. C'est l'histoire amoureuse (Auber Manon Lescaut) (4:13)
06. Non temente,milord.. Or son sola (Auber Fra Diavolo) (8:19)
07. Me voila seule… Comme autrefoise dans la nuit sombre (Bizet Les Pecheurs de… (6:38)
08. Les oiseux dans la charmille (Offenbach Les Contes d'Hoffmann) (4:44)
09. Ah! que mes soeurs sont heureuses… Reste au foyer, petit grillon (Massenet … (3:37)
10. O legere hirondelle (Gounod Mireille) (2:59)
11. Vous aimer le danger…Ah! que j'aime les militaires! (Offenback La Grand-Duc… (3:45)
12. C'est bien lui…La,la,la air chйri (Meyerbeer L'Etoile du Nord) (4:41)
13. Ce Sarrasin disait (Gounod Le Tribut de Zamora) (3:01)
14. En vain j'espere…Idole de ma vie (Meyerbeer Robert le Diable) (9:05)
15. Un soir Perez le capitaine (Lecocq Le Coeur et la main) (3:42)
16. Au bord de chemin… Cette nuit, sur ma croisee (Massй Les Noces de Jeannette) (8:15)
CD5:
01. Si le bonheur (Siebel) Faust Gounod (2:56)
02. La marguerite a ferme sa corolle … Ouvre ton coeur (Leonard) Vasco da Gama … (2:30)
03. Veille sur eux … Vaisseau que le flot balance (Catherine) L'Etoile du Nord … (4:11)
04. O beau pays de la Touraine … Sombre chimere … A ce mot seul s'anime (Marg… (12:35)
05. Dieu! Comme cette nuit est lente … Ombre legere (Dinorah) Dinorah Meyerbeer (7:59)
06. De cet affreux combat … Pleurez mes yeux (Chimene) Le Cid Massenet (5:38)
07. De moi je veux bannir (Sita) Le Roi de Lahore Massenet (7:20)
08. Esprits de l'air! Esprits de l'onde! … Roland! Roland! Roland! (Esclarmonde… (6:40)
09. O Dieu! que de bijoux … Ah! je ris de me voir (Marguerite) Faust Gounod (4:41)
10. Ah! je veux vivre (Juliette) Romeo et Juliette Gounod (3:33)
11. Le Rossignol Delibes (5:03)
12. Serenade Gounod (2:59)
13. Les Filles de Cadiz Delibes (3:06)
14. Pastorale Bizet (3:36)
15. Oh! Si les fleurs avaient des yeux Massenet (2:01)
16. Le Papillon et le fleur Faure (2:38)
CD6:
01. Pour ce contract fatal…Salut а la France (Donizetti La Fille de rйgiment (4:54)
02. Ocean! thou mighty monster! (Weber Oberon) (8:19)
03. А vos jeux, mes amis, permettez moi… (Thomas Hamlet) (12:39)
04. Le Voilа! Je crois entendre (Thomas Hamlet) (4:05)
05. Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce…Ardon gl'incensi (Donizetti Lucia di La… (16:13)
06. E' strano! Ah fors' e' lui! (Verdi Traviata) (7:02)
07. Follie! Delirio vano и questo…Sempre libera (Verdi Traviata) (5:02)
08. Dormono entrambi (Bellini Norma) (5:01)
09. Mi chiami, o Norma! (Bellini Norma) (2:33)
10. Deh! Con te, con te li prendi (Bellini Norma) (3:34)
11. Mira, o Norma (Bellini Norma) (5:12)
12. Si, fino all' ore estreme (Bellini Norma) (2:13)








Serate musicali; CD1:63.48; CD2: 69.13
CD1:
01. Rossini Serate musicali 01 La promessa (4:02)
02. Rossini Serate musicali 02 Il rimprovero (3:12)
03. Rossini Serate musicali 03 La partenza (4:18)
04. Rossini Serate musicali 04 L'orgia (3:28)
05. Rossini Serate musicali 05 L'invito (3:42)
06. Rossini Serate musicali 06 La pastorella delle Alpi (2:31)
07. Rossini Serate musicali 07La gita in gondola (6:39)
08. Rossini Serate musicali 08 La danza (3:08)
09. Leoncavallo Serenata francese (3:08)
10. Donizetti Il sospiro (4:07)
11. Respighi I tempi assai lontani (4:34)
12. Bellini Dolente immagine de Fille mia (3:24)
13. Rossini Adieux a la vie (4:09)
14. Bellini malinconia ninfa gentile (1:46)
15. Verdi Il poveretto (1:54)
16. Bellini Vaga luna che inargenti (3:16)
17. Cimara Stomello (2:53)
18. Ponchielli Il trovatore (5:08)
CD2:
01. Pietro Mascagni - La tua stella, song for voice & piano (2:25)
02. Gioachino Rossini - Chanson de Zora (La petite bohemienne) ('Gens de la plain… (5:35)
03. Gioachino Rossini - Arietta all'antica, dedotta dal O salutaris ostia ('Mi la… (2:23)
04. Fabio Campana - L'ultima speme, for voice & piano (2:53)
05. Gaetano Donizetti - A mezzanotte ('Quando notte sara oscura'), arietta for vo… (4:32)
06. Gaetano Donizetti - J'attends toujours ('Dans la course rapide'), romance for… (4:24)
07. Charles Gounod - Au printemps, song for voice & piano (2:09)
08. Benjamin Godard - Chanson de Florian (2:22)
09. Jules Massenet - Pensee d'automne: L'an fuit vers son declin, for voice & pia… (5:17)
10. Nicolas Dalayrac - Nina, opera (Quand le bien-aime reviendra) (2:38)
11. Edouard Lalo - Melodies (3) for voice & piano (L'Esclave) (2:18)
12. Ambroise Thomas - Le Soir (3:16)
13. Camille Saint-Saens - Aimons-nous, song for voice & orchestra (4:06)
14. Gabriel Faure - Le Papillon et la Fleur, song for voice & piano in C major, O… (2:52)
15. Georges Bizet - Pastorale, song for voice & piano (3:47)
16. Jules Massenet - Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux, for voice & piano (from … (2:11)
17. Giacomo Meyerbeer - Komm du schones Fischermadchen (Guide au bord), song for … (3:03)
18. Felicien David - Les Hirondelles, for voice & piano (1:59)
19. Cecile Chaminade - Berceuse, for voice & piano (2:17)
20. Jules Massenet - Puisqu'elle a pris ma vie, for voice & piano (from 'Melodies… (2:05)
21. Leo Delibes - Les Filles de Cadix, bolero for voice & piano (or orchestra) (3:19)
22. Reynaldo Hahn - Aimons-nous!, for voice & piano (2:25)
23. Adolphe Adam - Mariquita, for voice & piano (2:20)