ABC Classic FM CD of the week. Week commencing 30th November 2009

Track Listing -

Catalani: Ne mai dunque avro pace…Ohime! from La Wally

Cilea: O mia cuna fiorita: Gloria

Giordano, U: Tutto tramonta from Fedora
with Arturo Chacón-Cruz and Emma Latis

Giordano, U: Nel so amore from Siberia

Leoncavallo: Musette svaria sulla vocca viva from La Bohème

Leoncavallo: Mimi Pinson la biondinetta from La Bohème
with Paolo Cautoruccio, Marco Calabrese, Saito Kaoru, Annalisa Dessi, Carlos Gomez, Gilles Armani and Choir

Leoncavallo: Angioletto, il tuo nome? from Zaza
with Emma Latis

Mascagni: Un dì (ero piccina)

Mascagni: Ah, il suo nome… Flammen perdonami from Lodoletta

Puccini: Suor Angelica: 'Senza Mamma, o bimbo'

Puccini: Ore dolci e divine from La Rondine
with Saito Kaoru, Lucia Mencaroni, Barbara Vignudelli

Puccini: La Boheme: 'Si, mi chiamano Mimi'

Puccini: Addio… Donde lieta from La Bohème
with Arturo Chacón-Cruz

Puccini: Manon Lescaut: 'Sola, perduta, abandonnata'

Puccini: Turandot: 'Tu che di gel sei cinta'
with Arturo Chacón-Cruz, Marco Calabrese, Barbara Vignudelli and Choir

Puccini: Bevo al tuo fresco sorriso from La Rondine
with Jonas Kaufmann, Barbara Vignudelli, Paolo Cauteruccio and Choir

Zandonai: Ier della Fabbrica from Conchita

Renée Fleming sings opera arias by Puccini and his contemporaries. Celebrating the composers of the Verismo style.

Favourite Puccini arias from La Bohème, Turandot, Manon Lescaut, Il Trittico etc.

Rarely heard arias by other Verismo composers.

World Premiere recording of the original manuscript version of the aria from Puccini’s Manon Lescaut.

Star tenor Jonas Kaufmann joins Renée Fleming for an irresistible melody from Act II of Puccini’s La Rondine.