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Table of Contents:

• West Side story. Prologue. Tonight. Rumble. Somewhere / Bernstein (14:00)
• Faust. Il se fait tard/O nuit d'amour! / Gounod (9:15)
• Día que me quieras / Gardel (4:20)
• Quisiera verte y no verte! / Moreno Torroba (2:22)
• Jota castellana / Moreno Torroba (3:07)
• Otello. Già nella notte densa / Verdi (9:57)
• In a sentimental mood / Ellington (3:35)
• Do nothin' till you hear from me / Ellington (2:54)
• Prelude to a kiss / Ellington (4:15)
• Land des Lächelns. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz / Lehár (3:30)
• Die lustige Witwe. Lippen schweigen / Lehár (3:01).

Contributors:

Fleming, Renée , singer

Domingo, Plácido, 1941- , singer

Barenboim, Daniel, 1942- , conductor, performer

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990

Gounod, Charles, 1818-1893

Gardel, Carlos, 1890-1935

Moreno Torroba, Federico, 1891-1982

Verdi, Giuseppe, 1813-1901

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974

Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948

Chicago Symphony Orchestra , instrumentalist, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/itr

Languages:

English
French
Spanish
Italian
German

Language Notes:

Sung in English, French, Spanish, Italian and German.

Included Works:

West Side story [by Bernstein, L.] (Selections)

Faust [by Gounod, C.] > Se fait tard

Día que me quieras [by Gardel, C.]

Quisiera verte y no verte! [by Moreno Torroba, F.]

Jota castellana [by Moreno Torroba, F.]

Otello [by Verdi, G.] > Già nella notte densa

Songs [by Ellington, D.] (Selections)

Land des Lächelns [by Lehár, F.] > Dein ist mein ganzes Herz

Lustige Witwe [by Lehár, F.] > Lippen schweigen

Subjects:

Operas — Excerpts

Musicals — Excerpts

Songs (High voice) with piano

Popular music — 1991-2000

Popular music

1991-2000

Operas

Musicals

Genres:

Songs

Popular music

Operas

Musicals

Live sound recordings

Excerpts

Performers:

Renee Fleming, soprano (1st-2nd, 6th-9th, and 11th works) ; Plácido Domingo, tenor (1st-6th, 10th-11th works) ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra (1st-2nd, 6th, and 10th-11th works) ; Daniel Barenboim, conductor (1st-2nd, 6th, and 10th-11th works) and piano (3rd-5th and 7th-9th works).

Performance Medium:

2 performers and 1 ensemble: solo soprano voice; solo tenor voice; orchestra
2 performers: tenor voice; piano
2 performers: soprano voice; piano
1 performer and 1 ensemble: solo tenor voice; orchestra

General Notes:

Additional numbers on issues from BMG Direct: D126787.
Excerpts from operas (2nd, 6th, and 10th-11th works), from a musical (1st work), and songs.
Title from disc label.
Recorded live, January 26, 1998, in Orchestra Hall, Chicago (1st-3rd, 6th, and 10th-11th works), and October 10, 1998, Hit Factory, New York (4th-5th and 7th-9th works).
Program notes by Roger Pines, and texts with English translations (25 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
From the collection of Joe Morris.

Physical Description:

1 audio disc ; 4 3/4 in.

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal; 4 3/4 in.; 1.4 m/s; mass-produced

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 028946079324
Publisher Number, London: 289 460 793-2
Publisher Number, BMG Direct: D126787

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2002595311

OCLC Numbers:

40741479