#1
Philippe Jaroussky countertenor sings arias from Alcina by George Friderich Handel
00:00 Verdi Prati 04:50 Sta nell'Ircana 10:54 Le Dolci Labbra 12:43 Mio Bel Tesoro
#2
Sonya Yoncheva and Kate Lindsey - Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea "Pur Ti Miro"
Contrast below:
MONTERVERDI: L'incoronazione di Poppea "Pur ti miro, Pur ti godo" (Jaroussky, De Niese)
#3
Grand Inquisitor scene from Verdi's Don Carlo: Filipo's line "Dunque il trono piegar dovrà sempre all'altare!"
Eleven great basses go head to head in this one-of-a-kind cage match. The passage is taken from the very end of the Grand Inquisitor scene from Verdi's Don Carlo: Filipo's line "Dunque il trono piegar dovrà sempre all'altare!" begins on a high F and ends two octaves lower.
In chronological order:
1. Cesare Siepi (1950)
2. Boris Christoff (1958)
3. Nicola Rossi-Lemeni (1967)
4. Jerome Hines (1967)
5. Ruggero Raimondi (1971)
6. Evgeny Nesterenko (1978)
7. Nicolai Ghiaurov (1979)
8. Paul Plishka (1980)
9. Ferruccio Furlanetto (1986)
10. José van Dam (1996)
11. Robert Lloyd (2003)
All excerpts are live EXCEPT Raimondi and Ghiaurov. There are plenty of live recordings of Ghiaurov, but I really like his sound on this studio recording.
I would have liked to include Samuel Ramey, who recorded this in the mid-80's, and sounded great, but I couldn't find the recording anywhere. If you have it, please post as a response!
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