Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of Lucia Popp, one of the most celebrated sopranos of our time, with her compilation album "Great Moments of Lucia Popp." Released on October 23, 1995, under Warner Classics, this collection is a testament to Popp's extraordinary vocal range and versatility, spanning opera, classical, and operetta genres. With a runtime of 3 hours and 54 minutes, the album is a comprehensive journey through some of the most iconic and beloved pieces from the classical repertoire.
The album features a diverse selection of arias and songs, showcasing Lucia Popp's ability to bring depth and emotion to each performance. From Handel's timeless compositions like "Ombre piante, urne funeste!" from Rodelinda and "Un cenno leggiadretto" from Serse, to Mozart's iconic works such as "Exsultate jubilate" and arias from "Le nozze di Figaro" and "Die Zauberflöte," the album is a treasure trove of musical masterpieces. Additionally, it includes lesser-known but equally captivating pieces from composers like Smetana, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, and Lehár, highlighting Popp's ability to excel in a wide range of styles.
Lucia Popp's crystalline voice and impeccable technique shine through in every track, making this album a must-listen for both seasoned classical music enthusiasts and newcomers alike. Whether you're drawn to the dramatic intensity of opera or the charm of operetta, "Great Moments of Lucia Popp" offers something for everyone. This compilation is not just a collection of songs; it's a celebration of Lucia Popp's extraordinary career and her enduring legacy in the world of classical music.
Tracks
Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act 1, Scene 7: Aria e recitativo. "Ombre piante, urne funeste!" (Rodelinda)George Frideric Handel, Lucia Popp, English Chamber Orchestra, György Fischer
Handel: Serse, HWV 40, Act 1, Scene 15: Aria. "Un cenno leggiadretto" (Atalanta)George Frideric Handel, Lucia Popp, English Chamber Orchestra, György Fischer
Handel: Rodelinda, HWV 19, Act 1, Scene 1: Aria. "Ho perduto il caro sposa" (Rodelinda)George Frideric Handel, Lucia Popp, English Chamber Orchestra, György Fischer
Handel: Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15, Act 1: Aria. "Vinto è l'amor" (Matilda)George Frideric Handel, Lucia Popp, English Chamber Orchestra, György Fischer
Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV 17, Act 3, Scene 1: Recitativo. "E pur così in un giorno" - Aria. "Piangerò la sorte mia" (Cleopatra)George Frideric Handel, Lucia Popp, English Chamber Orchestra, György Fischer
Handel: Joshua, HWV 64, Act 3: Air. "Oh! had I Jubal's lyre" (Achsah)George Frideric Handel, Lucia Popp, English Chamber Orchestra, György Fischer
Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K. 165Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, English Chamber Orchestra, György Fischer
Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, 'Solemn Vespers' K339 (1988 Digital Remaster): Laudate DominumWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, György Fischer, English Chamber Orchestra
Vesperae de Domenica K321 (1988 Digital Remaster): Laudate DominumWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Ambrosian Singers, Leslie Pearson, György Fischer, English Chamber Orchestra
Mozart: Il rè pastore, K. 208, Act 2: "L'amerò, sarò costante" (Aminta)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: Idomeneo, K. 366, Act 3: "Solitudini amiche" - "Zeffiretti lusinghieri" (Ilia)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 2: "Voi, che sapete" (Cherubino)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 3: "Giunse alfin il momento" - "Deh vieni, non tardar" (Susanna)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K. 492, Act 3: "Porgi amor" (Contessa)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, Act 2: "Gift und Dolch...Durch Zärtlichkeit und Schmeicheln" (Osmin, Blonde)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Josef Krips, Wiener Philharmoniker, Gottlob Frick, Lucia Popp
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K. 384, Act 2: "Welcher Kummer" - "Traurigkeit ward mir zum Lose" (Konstanze)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "In quali eccessi" - "Mi tradì quell' alma ingrata" (Donna Elvira)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527, Act 2: "Crudele?" - "Non mi dir bell' idol mio" (Donna Anna)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Così fan tutte K588 (1991 Digital Remaster), ATTO SECONDO/ACT TWO/ZWEITER AKT/DEUXIÈME ACTE, Scena prima/Scene One/Erste Szene/Première Scène: No. 19 Aria: Una donna a quindici anni (Despina)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Mozart: Così fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Come scoglio" (Fiordiligi)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K. 621, Act 2: "Non più di fiori vaghe catene" (Vitellia)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Leonard Slatkin
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 1 Scene 6: No. 4, Rezitativ und Arie, "O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn!" (Königin der Nacht)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Die Zauberflote - highlights, Act 2: Der Hölle RacheWolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K. 620, Act 2: "Ach, ich fühl's, es ist verschwunden!" (Pamina)Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Lucia Popp, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
Smetana: Dalibor, Act 2: "Jak je mi?" (Milada)Bedřich Smetana, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Stefan Soltesz
Prodaná Nevesta (The Bartered Bride): O, jaký, xal! Jaký to zal (That dream of love) (Act 3)Bedřich Smetana, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Stefan Soltesz, Muenchner Rundfunkorchester
Dvořák: Armida, Op. 115, B. 206, Act 1: "Za stihlou gazelou" (Armida)Antonín Dvořák, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Stefan Soltesz
Dvořák: Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka)Antonín Dvořák, Lucia Popp, Stefan Soltesz, Munich Radio Orchestra
Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades, Op. 68, Act III, Scene 6: Scene."Utzh polnoch blizitsya" - Arioso. "Akh, istomilas ya gorem" (Lisa)Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra, Stefan Soltesz
Suppé: Boccaccio: "Hab'ich nur deine Liebe"Franz von Suppé, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Benatzky & Strauss II, J.: Casanova, Act 1: Nonnenchor. "O Madonna, auf uns sieh!" - Lied der Laura. "O Marie, wie entflieh" (Laura, Chor)Johann Strauss II, Ralph Benatzky, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Andrew Lucas
Strauss, J. II / Orch. Stalla: Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler, Act 2: "Draußen in Sievering" (Fanny)Johann Strauss II, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Zeller: Der Obersteiger, Act 2: "Sei nicht bös" (Martin)Carl Zeller, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Mackeben & Millöcker: Die Dubarry: "Ich schenk mein Herz nur dem allein" (Jeanne)Carl Millöcker, Theo Mackeben, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Lehár: Die lustige Witwe, Act 2: Vilja-Lied. "Es lebt eine Vilja, ein Waldmägdelein" (Hanna)Franz Lehár, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Lehár: Giuditta: "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiss" (Giuditta, Chor)Franz Lehár, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Ambrosian Opera Chorus
Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns, Act 2: "Ich möcht' einmal die Heimat seh'n" (Lisa)Franz Lehár, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Lehár: Friederike, Act 2: "Warum hast du mich wachgeküsst?" (Friederike)Franz Lehár, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Die Kaiserin · Operette in 3 Akten (1995 Digital Remaster): Was ich will, das will ich richtig (Kaiserin - Franz)Leo Fall, Lucia Popp, Harry Friedauer, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Charles Wildmann
Die Kaiserin · Operette in 3 Akten (1995 Digital Remaster): Mir hat heute Nacht von ein' Tanzerl geträumt (Maria Theresia - Franz)Leo Fall, Lucia Popp, Harry Friedauer, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Charles Wildmann
Die Kaiserin · Operette in 3 Akten (1995 Digital Remaster): Du mein Schönbrunn (Maria Theresia - Chor)Leo Fall, Lucia Popp, Harry Friedauer, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Charles Wildmann
Liselott · Operette (1995 Digital Remaster): Glücklich am Morgen (Liselott)Eduard Kuenneke, Lucia Popp, Harry Friedauer, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Charles Wildmann
Liselott · Operette (1995 Digital Remaster): Die elegante Frau (Liselott - Herzog)Eduard Kuenneke, Lucia Popp, Harry Friedauer, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Charles Wildmann
Liselott · Operette (1995 Digital Remaster): Wir dreh'n ein Ding (Liselott - Herzog - Temple, Apachen-Terzett)Eduard Kuenneke, Lucia Popp, Harry Friedauer, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Charles Wildmann
Lincke: Frau Luna: "Schlösser, die im Monde liegen"Paul Lincke, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Stolz: Der Favorit: "Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein"Robert Stolz, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Stolz: Frühjahrsparade, Act 1: "Wien wird bei Nacht erst schön"Robert Stolz, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Dostal: Die ungarische Hochzeit, Act 2: "Spiel mir das Lied von Glück und Treu" (Janka)Nico Dostal, Lucia Popp, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
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