Vissi d'arte: the magnificent voice of Montserrat Caballé

disc 1: Così fan tutte. Temerari! Sortite ... Come scoglio immoto resta (5:34) ; Ei parte, senti, ah no! (1:35) ; Per pietà, ben mio, perdona (7:35) / Mozart ; Da Ponte (with Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor)

Il corsaro. Nè sulla terra creatura alcuna (4:29) ; Ah conforto è sol la speme (2:58) ; La terra, il ciel m'abborrino (2:17) / Verdi ; Piave (with Alexander Oliver ; José Carreras ; Ambrosian Singers ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor)

I masnadieri. Venerabile o padre (2:43) ; Lo sguardo avea degli angeli (3:57) ; Qual mare, qual terra (3:23) / Verdi ; Maffei (with Carlo Bergonzi ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Lamberto Gardelli, conductor)

Elisabetta. Quant'è grato all'alma mia (3:28) ; Questo cor ben lo comprende (3:05) / Rossini ; Schmidt (with Ambrosian Singers ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Gianfranco Masini, conductor)

Les Huguenots. Ô beau pays de la Touraine / Meyerbeer ; Scribe (with New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Reynald Giovaninetti, conductor) (7:09)

Turandot. Signore, ascolta! (2:44) ; Tu che di gel sei cinta (2:29) / Puccini ; Adami, Simoni (with John Alldis Choir ; Wandsworth School Boys' Choir ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Zubin Mehta, conductor)

La Gioconda. Suicidio! (4:59) ; La barca s'avvicina (7:46) / Ponchielli ; Boito (with Agnes Baltsa ; Luciano Pavarotti ; London Opera Chorus ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Bruno Bartoletti, conductor)

Andrea Chénier. La mamma morta (5:30) ; Vicino a te (3:40) ; La nostra morte è il trionfo dell'amor! (3:21) / Giordano ; [Illica] (with Luciano Pavarotti ; Giuseppe Morresi ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Riccardo Chailly, conductor)

disc 2: Un ballo in maschera. Ecco l'orrido campo (1:27) ; Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (5:04) ; M'ami, m'ami! (4:17) / Verdi ; Somma (with José Carreras ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor)

Luisa Miller. Padre, ricevi l'estremo addio / Verdi ; Cammarano (with Luciano Pavarotti ; Bonaldo Giaiotti ; London Opera Chorus ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Peter Maag, conductor) (5:26)

Mefistofele. Notte cupa, truce / Boito (with London Opera Chorus ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; Oliviero de Fabritiis, conductor) (3:07)

Tosca. Vissi d'arte / Puccini ; Giacosa, Illica (with Ingvar Wixell ; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden ; Sir Colin Davis, conductor) (3:38)

Louise. Depuis le jour / Charpentier (with New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Reynald Giovaninetti, conductor) (6:12)

Lucia di Lammermoor. Ah! Verranno a te sull'aure (5:27) ; Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! (6:49) ; Ardon gli incensi (4:02) / Donizetti ; Cammarano (with José Carreras ; Samuel Ramey ; Vincenzo Bello ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus ; New Philharmonia Orchestra ; Jesús López-Cobos, conductor)

Norma. Mi chiami, o Norma! (2:16) ; Deh! Con te, con te li prendi (3:48) ; Mira, o Norma (5:14) ; Si, fino all'ore estreme (2:16) / Bellini ; Romani (with Joan Sutherland ; Orchestra of Welsh National Opera ; Richard Bonynge, conductor)

Salome. Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen (closing scene) / R. Strauss ; Wilde, trsl. Lachmann (with Orchestre national de France ; Leonard Bernstein, conductor) (17:13)