Arias and duets from various Mozart operas

Program notes and notes on the performers in English on insert

Anna Netrebko, Erika Miklósa, Miah Persson, sopranos ; Elina Garanča and Christine Rice, mezzo-sopranos ; Christoph Strehl, tenor ; Thomas Quasthoff and Bryn Terfel, bass-baritones ; René Pape, bass ; Orchestra Mozart, Claudio Abbado, conductor (works 1, 5, 7, 12) ; Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor (works 2, 13) ; Staatskapelle Dresden, Sebastian Weigle, conductor (works 3, 4, 8, 10 and 11) ; Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado, conductor (works 6, 9)

Recorded at Teatro Manzoni, Bologna (works 1, 5, 7, 12); Teatro Comunale, Modena (works 6, 9); City Hall, Glasgow (works 2, 13); and Palais im Grossen Garten, Dresden (works 3, 4, 8, 10, 11)

Primarily sung in Italian with 3 selections in German

Le nozze di Figaro. Giunse alfin il momento...Deh vieni, non tardar (Anna Netrebko) ; Ho già vinto la causa!...Vedrò mentr'io sospiro (Bryn Terfel) -- La clemenza di Tito. Parto, parto, ma tu, ben mio (Elina Garanča) -- Don Giovanni. Madamina, il catalogo è questo (Thomas Quasthoff) -- Idomeneo. Oh smania! oh furie...D'Oreste, d'Aiace (Anna Netrebko) -- Die Zauberflöte. In diesen heil'gen Hallen (René Pape) -- Don Giovanni. Fuggi, crudele fuggi! (Anna Netrebko, Christoph Strehl) ; Là ci darem la mano (Anna Netrebko, Thomas Quasthoff) -- Die Zauberflöte. Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (Erik Miklósa) ; Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Thomas Quasthoff) -- La clemenza di Tito. Ah, perdona al primo affetto (Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanča) -- Idomeneo. Zeffiretti lusinghieri (Anna Netrebko) -- Così fan tutti. Soave sia il vento (Miah Persson, Christine Rice, Bryn Terfel)