Immerse yourself in the enchanting world of opera and classical music with Lucia Popp's "Great Moments of Lucia Popp," a captivating compilation released on October 23, 1995, under Warner Classics. This extensive collection spans a remarkable three hours and fifty-four minutes, showcasing the extraordinary vocal prowess and versatility of the renowned soprano Lucia Popp.
The album is a treasure trove of iconic arias and songs, featuring works by esteemed composers such as Handel, Mozart, Smetana, Dvořák, Tchaikovsky, Lehár, and many more. From the delicate beauty of Mozart's "Exsultate, jubilate" to the dramatic intensity of Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades," Popp's performance is nothing short of breathtaking. Her ability to navigate the intricate melodies and emotions of each piece is a testament to her artistry and dedication.
Lucia Popp's voice is a beacon of clarity and warmth, effortlessly transitioning from the tender innocence of Mozart's "Voi, che sapete" to the fiery passion of Strauss's "Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler." The album also includes lesser-known gems like "Spiel mir das Lied von Glück und Treu" from Dostal's "Die ungarische Hochzeit," offering a delightful mix of popular and obscure selections.
Whether you are a seasoned opera enthusiast or a newcomer to classical music, "Great Moments of Lucia Popp" is a must-listen. It's a celebration of Lucia Popp's extraordinary career, capturing the essence of her remarkable talent and the timeless beauty of the compositions she brings to life.
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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