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Full title is: Icon: Nicolai Gedda SPARS: ADD Length: 840:02 Released: 2010 Booklet: 36 pages Booklet printed in the following languages: German, English, French Libretto printed in the following languages: German, English, Spanish, French, Italian
If you're considering a career in opera, it doesn't hurt to have your parents speaking Swedish and Russian at home while your school teaches you French, German and English. It also helps to have one of the most beautiful tenor tones and strongest technical foundations in the world. The wide-ranging repertoire that resulted for Gedda is explored across 11 CDs; he sings in German, French, Italian, Russian, English, Norwegian, Swedish, Finnish and Spanish (!) as you hear his performances of Mozart (from Die Zauberflote ), Beethoven (from Christus Am Olberge ), Wagner (from Lohengrin ), Rossini (from Guillaume Tell ), Berlioz (from Benvenuto Cellini ), Gounod (from Faust ), Massenet (from Manon ), Glinka (from Boris Godunov ), Rimsky-Korsakov (from May Night ), Puccini (from Manon Lescaut ), Lehar, Faure, Debussy, Poulenc, Grieg, Sjoberg, Sibelius and more including the CD debut of his Russian folk songs. Bravo! |
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Tracks and Sound Clips
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Cantata No. 189, 'Meine Seele ruhmt und priest' (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189: Aria: Meine Seele ruhmt und preist
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Cantata No. 189, 'Meine Seele ruhmt und priest' (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189: Recitative: Denn seh' ich mich
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Cantata No. 189, 'Meine Seele ruhmt und priest' (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189: Aria: Gott hat sich hoch gesetzet
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Cantata No. 189, 'Meine Seele ruhmt und priest' (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189: Recitative: O was vor groSSe Dinge treff' ich an
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Cantata No. 189, 'Meine Seele ruhmt und priest' (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189: Aria: Deine Gute, dein Erbarmen
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Cantata No. 55, 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht,' BWV 55 (BC A157): Aria: Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht
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Cantata No. 55, 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht,' BWV 55 (BC A157): Recitative: Ich habe wider Gott gehandelt
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Cantata No. 55, 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht,' BWV 55 (BC A157): Aria: Erbarme dich, erbarme dich
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Cantata No. 55, 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht,' BWV 55 (BC A157): Recitative: Erbarme dich! Jedoch nun trost' ich mich
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Cantata No. 55, 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sundenknecht,' BWV 55 (BC A157): Chorale: Bin ich gleich von dir gewichen
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Cantata No. 160, 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erloser lebt' (by Telemann TWV 1:877), BWV 160: Aria: Ich weiSS, daSS mein Erloser lebt
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Cantata No. 160, 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erloser lebt' (by Telemann TWV 1:877), BWV 160: Recitative: Er lebt und ist von Toten aufersta
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Cantata No. 160, 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erloser lebt' (by Telemann TWV 1:877), BWV 160: Aria: Gott Lob, daSS mein Erloser lebt
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Cantata No. 160, 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erloser lebt' (by Telemann TWV 1:877), BWV 160: Recitative: So biet' ich allen Teufeln Trutz!
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Cantata No. 160, 'Ich weiss, dass mein Erloser lebt' (by Telemann TWV 1:877), BWV 160: Aria: Nun, ich halte mich bereit
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Alceste (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 44: Act 2. Bannis la crainte el les alarmes
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Iphigenie en Tauride, opera in 4 acts, Wq. 46: Act 2. Unis des la plus tendre enfance
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Iphigenie en Tauride, opera in 4 acts, Wq. 46: Act 3. Divinites des grandes ames
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Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: Act 1. Konstanze!
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Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384: Act 3. In Mohrenland gefangen war
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Così fan tutte, opera, K. 588: Act 1. Un'aura amorosa
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La clemenza di Tito, opera, K. 621: Act 2. Se all'impero
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Per pieta, non ricercate, aria for tenor & orchestra, K. 420
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St. Matthew Passion (Matthauspassion), for soloists, double chorus & double orchestra, BWV 244 (BC D3b): Aria: Geduld, wenn mich fals
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Mass in B minor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra, BWV 232 (BC E1): Benedictus
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Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act 1. Dies bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
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Christus am Olberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives), oratorio, Op. 85: Recitative: Jehova, du mein Vater -
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Christus am Olberge (Christ on the Mount of Olives), oratorio, Op. 85: Aria: Meine Seele ist erschuttert
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Der Freischutz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Act 1. Nein langer trag' ich nicht die Qualen -
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Der Freischutz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77): Act 1. Durch die Walder, durch die Auen
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Oberon, opera, J. 306: Act 1. von Jugend auf schon im Kampfgefild'
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Oberon, opera, J. 306: Act 2. Vater! Hor mich fleh'n zu dir
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Zar und Zimmermann, opera: Act 2. Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Madchen
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Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: Part 1. Ye people, rend your hearts -
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Elijah (Elias), oratorio, Op. 70: Part 1. If will all your hearts
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Die Lustigen Weiber von Windsor, opera: Act 2. Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain!
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Alessandro Stradella, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Jungfrau Maria
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Martha, opera: Act 3. Ach, so fromm, ach, so traut
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Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Act 3. In fernem Land
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Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75: Act 3. Mein lieber Schwan
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Die Konigin von Saba, opera, Op. 27: Act 2. Magische Tone, berauschender Duft
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Le Devin du village, opera: Je vais revoir ma charmante maetresse... Quand on sait aimer et plaire
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Orphee et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41: Act 2. Quel nouveau ciel
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Orphee et Eurydice (French version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 41: Act 3. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice
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La Muette de Portici, opera: Act 4. Du pauvre seul ami fidele
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Les Huguenots, grand opera in 5 acts: Act 2. Beaute divine enchantresse
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L' Africaine, grand opera in 5 acts: Act 4. O Paradis
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Guillaume Tell (William Tell), opera: Act 4. Asile hereditaire... Amis, amis, secondez ma vengeance
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Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, opera: Act 1. Mes amis, ecoutez l'histoire
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Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 1. Une heure encore... La gloire etait ma seule idole
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Benvenuto Cellini, opera, H. 76a, Op. 23: Act 3. Seul pour lutter
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Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 2. Adieu, Mignon, courage!
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Mignon, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candeur naive
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Faust, opera: Act 3. Salut! demeure chaste et pure
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Mireille, opera: Act 4. Anges du paradis
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Romeo et Juliette, opera: Act 2. L'amour, l'amour!... Ah! leve-toi, soleil
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Les contes d'Hoffmann, opera in 4 acts: Act 1. Va pour Kleinzach! (Legende de Kleinzach)
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Les Pecheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. Zurga, qunad tous deux... Au fond du temple saint
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Les Pecheurs de perles, opera in 3 acts: Act 1. A cette voix... Je crois entendre encore
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Carmen, opera: Act 2. La fleur que tu m'avais jetee
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Le Roi d'Ys, opera in 3 acts: Act 3. Puisqu'on ne peut pas flechir... Vainement, ma bien-aimee
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Lakme, opera: Act 3. Lakme! Lakme! Ah! Viens dans la foret profonde
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Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 2. Instant charmant... En fermant les yeux
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Manon, opera in 5 acts: Act 3. Je suis seul... Ah! fuyez, douce image
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Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Act 2. Un autre est son epoux!... J'aurais sur ma poitrine
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Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Act 3. Toute mon ame est la!... Pourquoi me reveiller
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A Life for the Tsar (Ivan Susanin; Zhizn' za tsarya), opera, G. xii: Act 4. Brother! in the darkness
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Boris Godunov, opera: Act 3. At midnight, in the garden, by the fountain
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Boris Godunov, opera: Act 3. That wily Jesuit has firmly seized me
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Sorochintsi Fair (Sorochinskaya yarmarka), comic opera (incomplete): Act 1. Why cry & lament, my poor heart?
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Eugene Onegin, opera, Op. 24: Act 2. Where, where, where have you gone?
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Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68: Act 1. Forgive me, loveliest of creatures
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Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades), opera, Op. 68: Act 3. What is our life? A game!
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May Night (Mayskaya noch'), comic opera in 3 acts: Act 1. The sun sinks low
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May Night (Mayskaya noch'), comic opera in 3 acts: Act 3. How calm, how peaceful
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Sadko, opera in 3 (or 5) acts: Tableau 2. Oh, you dark, little wood!
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Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Act 1. Dalla sua pace
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Don Giovanni, opera, K. 527: Act 2. Il mio tesoro
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Il barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville), opera: Act 1. Ecco ridente in cielo
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L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 1. Quanto e bella, quanto e cara
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L'elisir d'amore, opera: Act 2. Una furtiva lagrima
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Lucia di Lammermoor, opera: Act 3. Tombe degl'avi miei... Fra poco a me ricovero
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Don Pasquale, opera: Act 2. Povero Ernesto!... Cercherò lontana terra
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Don Pasquale, opera: Act 3. Tornami a dir che m'ami
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La favorita, opera: Act 4. Favorita del re!... Spirito gentil de' sogni miei
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La sonnambula, opera: Act 1. Prendi! L'anel ti dono
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Rigoletto, opera: Act 2. Ella mi fu rapita!... Parmi veder le lagrime
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Rigoletto, opera: Act 3. La donna e mobile
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Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 1. Di' tu se fedele
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Un ballo in maschera, opera: Act 3. Forse la soglia attinse... Ma se m'e forza
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Aida, opera: Act 1. Se quel guerriero io fossi!... Celeste Aida
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Requiem Mass, for soloists, chorus & orchestra (Manzoni Requiem): Ingemisco
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La Gioconda, opera in 4 acts: Act 2. Cielo e mar!
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Manon Lescaut, opera: Act 1. Donna non vidi mai
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La boheme, opera: Act 1. Che gelida manina!
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Tosca, opera: Act 1. Recondita armonia
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Tosca, opera: Act 3. E lucevan le stelle
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Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Bimba degli occhi pieni di malia
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Turandot, opera: Act 3. Nessun dorma
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L'Arlesiana, opera: Act 2. E la solita storia
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Eine Nacht in Venedig (A Night in Venice), operetta (RV 510): Act 1. Komm in die Gondel, mein Liebchen
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Der Zigeunerbaron (The Gypsy Baron), operetta (RV 511): Act 1. Als flotter Geist - Ja, das alles auf Ehr'
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Der Bettelstudent, operetta: Act 3. Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei
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Ein Walzertraum (A Waltz Dream), operetta: Act 1. Ich hab' mit Freuden angehort
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Paganini, operetta in 3 acts: Act 2. Gern hab' ich die Frau'n
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Der Zarewitsch, operetta in 3 acts: Act 1. Allein, wieder allein... Es steht ein Soldat am Wolgastrand
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Friederike, operetta in 3 acts: Act 2. O Madchen, mein Madchen
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Das Land des Lachelns (The Land of Smiles), operetta in 3 acts (revision of 'Die gelbe Jacke'): Act 2. Dein ist mein ganzes Herz!
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Die Csardasfurstin (The Gypsy Princess), operetta: Act 2. Tanzen mocht ich... Tausend kleine Engel singen
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Grafin Mariza (Countess Maritza), operetta: Act 1. Wenn es Abend wird... GruSS mir die suSSen
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Grafin Mariza (Countess Maritza), operetta: Act 1. Auch ich war einst... Komm, Zigany
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Das Veilchen vom Montmartre, operetta: Heut' Nacht hab' ich getraumt von dir
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Nell, song for voice & piano in G flat major, Op. 18/1
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Poeme d'un jour, song cycle (3) for voice & piano, Op. 21: Rencontre
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Poeme d'un jour, song cycle (3) for voice & piano, Op. 21: Toujours
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Poeme d'un jour, song cycle (3) for voice & piano, Op. 21: Adieu
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Apres un reve ('Dans un sommeil'), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1
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Ici-Bas!, song for voice & piano in F sharp minor, Op. 8/3
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Fleur Jetee, song for voice & piano in F minor, Op. 39/2
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Paganini ('Violon hippocampe et sirene'), song for voice & piano (Metamorphoses), FP 121/3
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Air champetre ('Belle source, je veux me rappeler...'), for voice & piano (Airs chantes), FP 46/2
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Air grave ('Ah! fuyez a present'), for voice & piano (Airs chantes), FP 46/3
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A sa guitare, for voice & guitar (or harp/piano), FP 79
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Banalites, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 107: Voyate a Paris
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Banalites, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 107: Hotel
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Romance ('L'ame evaporeee est souffrante'), song for voice & piano, L. 79/1
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Fleur des bles ('Le long des bles que la brise fait onduler'), song for voice & piano, L. 7
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Mandoline ('Les donneurs de serenades'), song for voice & piano, L. 29
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Beau soir ('Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivieres sont roses'), song for voice & piano, L. 6
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D'une prison, for voice & piano (from 'Melodies, Book I')
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Paysage, for voice & piano (from 'Melodies, Book II')
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Chansons grises, song cycle: L'allee est sans fin
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Chansons grises, song cycle: L'Heure exquise
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Adelaide, song for voice & piano, Op. 46
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An die ferne Geliebte, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 98: Auf dem Hugel sitz' ich spahend
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An die ferne Geliebte, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 98: Wo die Berge so blau
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An die ferne Geliebte, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 98: Leichte Segler in den Hohen
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An die ferne Geliebte, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 98: Diese Wolken in den Hohen
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An die ferne Geliebte, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 98: Es kehret der Maien, es bluhet die Au'
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An die ferne Geliebte, song cycle for voice & piano, Op. 98: Nimm sie hin denn, diese Lieder
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Heimliche Aufforderung ('Auf, hebe die funkelnde Schale empor zum Mund'), song for voice & piano, Op. 27/3 (TrV 170/3)
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Standchen ('Mach' auf, mach' auf, doch leise, mein Kind'), song for voice & piano, Op. 17/2 (TrV 149/2)
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Die Nacht ('Aus dem Walde tritt die Nacht'), song for voice & piano, Op. 10/3 (TrV 141/3)
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Befreit ('Du wirst nicht weinen'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 39/4 (TrV 189/4)
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Liebeshymnus ('Heil jenem Tag'), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 32/3 (TrV 174/3)
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Doubt (Someniye), song for voice & piano, G. x176
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Ah, my sweetheart, thou art a beautiful maiden (Akh ti, duschecka), song for voice & piano, G. x18
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I recall that wonderful moment (Ya pomnyu chudnoye mgnoven'ye), song for voice & piano, G. x201
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Where art thou, little Star? (Gde ti, zvezdochka?), song for voice & piano
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The Garden by the Don (Po nad Donom sad tsvetyot), song for voice & piano (edited by Rimsky-Korsakov)
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A Society Tale: The Goat (Svetskaya skazochka: kozyol), song for voice & piano
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In this moonlight, song for voice & piano, Op. 73/3
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Amid the noise of the ball, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/3
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Legend (When Jesus Christ was but a child), song for voice & piano or orchestra (16 Children's Songs), Op. 54/5
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Don Juan's Serenade, song for voice & piano, Op. 38/1
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Dulgt kjaerlighed (Hidden love), song for voice & piano, Op. 39/2
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Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3
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En Svane (A Swan), song for voice & piano, Op. 25/2
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Ein Traum (A Dream), song for voice & piano, Op. 48/6
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Skogen sover (Sleeping Forest), song for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 28/6, R63/6
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Nar jag for mig sjalv i morka skogen gar (When I Walk by Myself in the Dark Forest), song for voice & piano
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Bland Skogens Hoga furustammar (Among the high fir-trees in the forest)
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Tonerna, for voice & piano
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Sigh, sedges, sigh (Sav, sav, susa), song for voice & piano, Op. 36/4
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Black Roses (Svarta rosor), song for voice & piano, Op. 36/1
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Georgian Song ('Do not Sing, My Beauty'), for voice & piano, Op. 4/4
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Spring waters, song for voice & piano, Op. 14/11
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How fair this spot, song for voice & piano, Op. 21/7
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Aleko, opera, TN ii/70: Look how beneath the distant vault (Young Gypsy's Romance)
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Meco verrai (from Rosalinda), for voice & piano
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Notte, song for mezzo-soprano & piano (from Liriche (6) Series II)
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Stornellatrice, song for soprano & piano, P. 69 (from opera 'Re Enzo')
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Poema en forma de canciones, for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 19
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Das Wandern
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Wohin?
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Halt!
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Danksagung an den Bach
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Am Feierabend
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Der Neugierige
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Ungeduld
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): MorgengruSS
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Des Mullers Blumen
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Tranenregen
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Mein!
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Pause
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Mit dem grunen Lautenbande
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Der Jager
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Eifersucht und Stolz
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Die liebe Farbe
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Die bose Farbe
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Trockne Blumen
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Der Muller und der Bach
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Die schone Mullerin, song cycle, for voice & piano, D. 795 (Op. 25): Des Baches Wiegenlied
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Tiritomba
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La danza. Tarantella Napolitana ('Gia la luna e in mezzo al mare'), for voice & piano (Soirees musicales)
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Funiculì Funicula, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)
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Berceuse de Jocelyn ('Angels Guard Thee')
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Gute Nacht, mein holdes, suSSes Madchen
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Non ti scordar di me, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib)
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Schlaf ein, mein blond Engelein
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Ein Stern fallt vom Himmel, film score
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Du bist die Welt fur mich (for the operetta 'Der singende Traum')
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Mamma, for voice & orchestra
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Granada, for voice & orchestra (with chorus ad lib)
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Ich kusse Ihre Hand, Madame, song for voice & orchestra
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In Wien hab'ich einmal ein Madel geliebt
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Ob blond, ob braun, ich liebe alle Frau'n (for the film Ich liebe alle Frau'n)
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Das Lied ist aus ('Frag nicht, warum ich gehe'), for voice & orchestra, Op. 557
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Ich liebe die Welt, song for voice & orchestra
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Abendglocken (Evening Bells)
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Troika, folk song
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The weeping willow's dream
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The snow storm
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Snow covered Russia
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Odnozvuchno gremit kolokolchik (Monotonously Rings the Little Bell), Russian folk song
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The young peddler
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O could I express in song
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Grey foggy morning
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The soldier's farewell
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Caucasian Melody
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Nicolai Gedda recalls his career (Interview): The beginning of his career & his stage debut (contains La donna e mobile from Verdi'
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Le Postillon de Lonjumeau, opera: Act 1. Mes amis, ecoutez l'histoire
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Nicolai Gedda recalls his career (Interview): Formative years & Pinkerton with Callas & Karajan
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Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly), opera: Act 1. Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia
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Nicolai Gedda recalls his career (Interview): Recording Don Jose
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Carmen, opera: Act 2. La fleur que tu m'avais jetee
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Nicolai Gedda recalls his career (Interview): More on recording Carmen with Beecham
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Carmen, opera: Act 3. tu me dis de la suivre
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Nicolai Gedda recalls his career (Interview): Colleagues, stage & studio life, & repertoire choices
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Friederike, operetta in 3 acts: Act 2. O Madchen, mein Madchen
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Nicolai Gedda recalls his career (Interview): Singing traditions & schools, & Massenet's Werther
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Werther, lyric drama in 4 acts: Act 3. Pourquoi me reveiller
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Nicolai Gedda recalls his career (Interview): Repertoire choices; Die Zauberflote with Klemperer
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Die Zauberflote (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620: Act 1. Dies bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
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