Anja Harteros - Verdi: Aida (CD)

Probably the best recent version available of Aida with the finest possible cast of singers and a wonderful conductor. It was previously available in deluxe casebound 3CD original version (0825646106639) which was too expensive to remanufacture. In addition the total number of CDs was reduced from 3 to 2 by combining the first two which were short. The original cover remains unchanged, but the rest of the artwork is designed according to the Home of Opera Series. 'Who needs elephants when the music sounds this good?' declared The Times of this milestone recording event in Rome with it's 'luxurious, surely never-to-be-repeated cast'. Once again proving his mastery of Italian opera, Sir Antonio Pappano moves between sumptuous grandeur and touching intimacy.

Track List:

Disc: 1

1. Aïda: Preludio
2. Aïda, Act 1: "Sì: corre voce che l'Etiope ardisca" (Ramfis, Radamès)
3. Aïda, Act 1: "Se quel guerrier io fossi!" (Radamès)
4. Aïda, Act 1: "Celeste Aida" (Radamès)
5. Aïda, Act 1: "Quale insolita gioia nel tuo sguardo!" (Amneris, Radamès)
6. Aïda, Act 1: "Vieni, o diletta, appressati" (Amneris, Aida, Radamès)
7. Aïda, Act 1: "Alta cagion v'aduna" (King, Messenger, Radamès, Ramfis, Priests, Ministers, Captains, Aida)
8. Aïda, Act 1: "Su! del Nilo al sacro lido" (King, Ramfis, Ministers, Captains, Aida, Radamès, Amneris, Priests, Messenger)
9. Aïda, Act 1: "Ritorna vincitor!" (Aida)
10. Aïda, Act 1: "Possente, possente Fthà" (High Priestess, Ramfis, Priests, Priestesses)
11. Aïda, Act 1: "Sacred dance of the Priestesses" (Priestesses, Ramfis, Priests)
12. Aïda, Act 1: "Mortal, diletto ai Numi" (Ramfis, Priests)
13. Aïda, Act 1: "Nume custode e vindice" (Ramfis, Radamès, Priests, Priestesses)
14. Aïda, Act 2: "Chi mai fra gl'inni e I plausi" (Slaves, Amneris)
15. Aïda, Act 2: Dance of the Moorish slaves
16. Aïda, Act 2: "Vieni: sul, crin ti piovano" (Slaves, Amneris)
17. Aïda, Act 2: "Fu la sorte dell'armi a' tuoi funesta" (Amneris, Aida)
18. Aïda, Act 2: "Pietà ti prenda del mio dolor" (Aida, Amneris)
19. Aïda, Act 2: "Su! del del Nilo a sacro lido" (Chorus, Amneris, Aida)
20. Aïda, Act 2: "Gloria all'Egitto, ad Iside" (Chorus, Priests)
21. Aïda, Act 2: Triumphal march
22. Aïda, Act 2: Ballet
23. Aïda, Act 2: "Vieni, o guerriero vindice" (Chorus, Priests)
24. Aïda, Act 2: "Salvator della patria" (King, Radamès, Ramfis, Priests)
25. Aïda, Act 2: "Che veggo! Egli? Mio padre!" (Aida, Amneris, Radamès, Ramfis, King, Priests, Chorus, Amonasro)
26. Aïda, Act 2: "Ma tu, Re, tu signore possente" (Amonasro, Aida, Slaves, Prisoners, Ramfis, Priests, Amneris, King, Radamès)
27. Aïda, Act 2: "O Re, pei sacri numi" (Radamès, King, Amneris,Priests, Chorus, Ramfis)
28. Aïda, Act 2: "Gloria all' Egitto, ad Iside" (King, Slaves, Prisoners, Chorus, Ramfis, Priests, Aida, Radamès, Amneris, Amonasro)
29. Aïda, Act 3: "O tu che sei d'Osiride" (Priests, Priestesses)
30. Aïda, Act 3: "Vieni d'Iside al tempio" (Ramfis, Amneris, Priests, Priestesses)
31. Aïda, Act 3: "Qui Radamès verrà!" (Aida)
32. Aïda, Act 3: "O patria mia" (Aida)
33. Aïda, Act 3: "Ciel! mio padre!" (Aida, Amonasro)
34. Aïda, Act 3: "Rivedrai le foreste imbalsamate" (Amonasro, Aida)
35. Aïda, Act 3: "In armi ora si desta il popol nostro" (Amonasro, Aida)
36. Aïda, Act 3: "Padre! a costoro schiava non sono" (Amonasro, Aida)
37. Aïda, Act 3: "Pur ti riveggo, mia dolce Aida" (Radamès, Aida)
38. Aïda, Act 3: "Nel fiero anelito di nuova guerra" (Radamès, Aida)
39. Aïda, Act 3: "Fuggiam gli ardori inospiti... Là, tra foreste vergini" (Aida, Radames)
40. Aïda, Act 3: "Ma, dimmi: per qual via" (Aida, Radamès, Amonasro, Amneris, Ramfis)
41. Aïda, Act 4: "L'abborrita rivale a me sfuggia" (Amneris)
42. Aïda, Act 4: "Già i sacerdoti adunansi" (Amneris, Radamès)
43. Aïda, Act 4: "Ah! tu dei vivere! " (Amneris, Radamès)
44. Aïda, Act 4: "Ohimè! morir mi sento!" (Amneris)
45. Aïda, Act 4: "Spirto del nume, sovra noi discendi!" (Ramfis, Priests, Amneris)
46. Aïda, Act 4: "Radamès, Radamès, Radamès" (Ramfis, Priests, Amneris)
47. Aïda, Act 4: "A lui vivo, la tomba!" (Amneris, Ramfis, Priests)
48. Aïda, Act 4: "La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse" (Radamès, Aida)
49. Aïda, Act 4: "Presago il core della tua condanna" (Aida, Radamès)
50. Aïda, Act 4: "Vedi? di morte l'angelo" (Aida, Priests, Priestesses, Radamès)
51. Aïda, Act 4: "O terra, addio" (Aida, Radamès, Priests, Priestesses, Amneris,)