附註:Principally opera excerpts; the 1st work from an oratorio, the 2nd, a song.
Previously released material (p1960-p1968).
Compact disc.
Biographical notes by Alan Blyth (7 p.) inserted in container.
Samson. Let the bright seraphim / Handel (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, conductor) (5:51) -- Il bacio / Arditi (London Symphony Orchestra; Richard Bonynge, conductor) (3:56) -- The merry widow. Vilja / Lehar (Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Bonynge) (7:06) -- Casanova. Nuns' chorus / Johann Strauss II ; arr. Benatzky, Gamley (Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Bonynge) (3:44) -- La fille du regiment. Pour ce contrat fatal/Salut a la France! / Donizetti (Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Bonynge) (4:46) -- Lakme. Ah! Ou va la jeune Indoue = (Bell song) / Delibes (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Molinari-Pradelli) (7:51) -- Norma. Casta diva / Bellini (London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus; Bonynge) (6:29) -- Faust. O Dieu! que de bijoux!/Ah! je ris de me voir = (Jewel song) / Gounod (Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden; Molinari-Pradelli) (4:34) -- Lucia di Lammermoor. Il dolce suono mi colpi di sua voce!/Ardon gl'incensi = (Mad scene) / Donizetti (Cesare Siepi, Robert Merrill, Rinaldo Pelizzoni; Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma; Sir John Pritchard, conductor) (18:51).
