100 Best Adagio Voices – Various Artists

1

14 Romances, Op. 34: No. 14, Vocalise

Natalie Dessay & Sergei Rachmaninoff

5:23

2

Agnus Dei (After Adagio for Strings, Op. 11)

Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill & Samuel Barber

7:48

3

Pavane, Op. 50

Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestre de Paris, Daniel Barenboim & Gabriel Fauré

6:22

4

Giustino, RV 717, Act 1: "Vedrò con mio diletto" (Anastasio) (feat. Ensemble Matheus)

Philippe Jaroussky & Antonio Vivaldi

5:13

5

Cosi fan tutte, K. 588, Act 1: "Soave sia il vento" (Fiordiligi, Dorabella, Don Alfonso) (feat. Claudio Desderi & Delores Ziegler)

Carol Vaness & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:05

6

Saul, HWV 53, Act 1, Scene 5: Aria. "O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless" (David) (feat. Paul Esswood)

Philip Ledger & George Frideric Handel

4:04

7

Le nozze di Figaro (1989 Remastered Version), Act II: Porgi, amor

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:43

8

Le Siège de Corinthe, 'Assedio di Corinto': Juste ciel! ah, ta clémence est ma seule espérance

Katia Ricciarelli/Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Gabriele Ferro & Gioachino Rossini

3:38

9

La Wally, Act 1: Aria. "Ebben? Ne andrò lontana" (La Wally)

Barbara Hendricks, Paavo Järvi & Alfredo Catalani

4:24

10

La forza del destino, Act 2 Scene 10: Finale, "La Vergine degli Angeli" (Leonora, Chorus)

Montserrat Caballé, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Anton Guadagno

3:29

11

Lakmé, Act 1 Scene 4: No. 2, Duetto, "Dôme épais, le jasmin" (Lakmé, Mallika)

Alain Lombard

4:49

12

Les contes d'Hoffmann, Act 4: Barcarolle. "Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour" (Nicklausse, Giulietta, Chœur) (feat. Ann Murray, Chœurs de la Monnaie & Jessye Norman)

Sylvain Cambreling & Jacques Offenbach

4:21

13

Les Pêcheurs de perles: A cette voix quel trouble... Je crois entendre encore (Nadir)

Rolando Villazon, Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson & Georges Bizet

3:08

14

Gianni Schicchi: "O mio babbino caro" (Lauretta)

Montserrat Caballé & Giacomo Puccini

2:42

15

Rusalka, Op. 114, B. 203, Act 1: "Mesicku na nebi hlubokém" (Rusalka)

Lucia Popp & Antonín Dvořák

5:54

16

Madama Butterfly, Act 2 Scene 1: Intermezzo. Coro a bocca chiusa

Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lamberto Gardelli & Giacomo Puccini

3:09

17

The Tsar's Bride, Act I: Lyubasha's Song. "Snaryazhay skoryy matushka rodimaya"

Galina Vishnevskaya/London Philharmonic Orchestra/Mstislav Rostropovich & Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

4:32

18

Norma, Act 1: "Casta diva"

Maria Callas & Vincenzo Bellini

5:36

19

Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a, Pt. 2: Aria. "Lascia la spina cogli la rosa" (Piacere) (feat. Ann Hallenberg)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée & George Frideric Handel

6:30

20

Dido and Aeneas, Z. 626, Act 3: Song. "When I Am Laid in Earth" (Dido) (feat. Susan Graham)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée & Henry Purcell

3:56

21

Serse, HWV 40, Act 1: Largo. "Ombra mai fù" (Serse) (feat. Emmanuelle Haïm)

Stephanie Blythe, John Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris & George Frideric Handel

2:50

22

Interotte speranze

Rolando Villazon/Topi Lehtipuu/Le Concert d`Astrée/Emmanuelle Haïm & Claudio Monteverdi

2:41

23

Hippolyte et Aricie: Acte III, scène 1 - Air de Phèdre: Cruelle mère des amours

Véronique Gens/Les Talens Lyriques/Christophe Rousset & Jean-Philippe Rameau

5:14

24

Il delirio amoroso, HWV 99: Aria. "Lascia omai le brune vele"

Natalie Dessay, Le Concert d'Astrée, Emmanuelle Haïm & George Frideric Handel

5:28

25

La Sonnambula, Act II Scene 2: Ah! no credea mirarti (Amina)

Natalie Dessay/Orchestre de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Choeurs de l'Opéra National de Lyon/Evelino Pidò & Vincenzo Bellini

4:48

26

Otello (1994 Remastered Version), ATTO QUARTO/ACT 4/VIERTER AKT/QUATRIEME ACTE, Seconda scena/Scene 2/Zweite Szene/Deuxième Scène: Ave Maria, piena gi grazia ... (Desdemona)

James McCracken, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Piero de Palma & Florindo Andreolli

5:34

27

Gustaf Wasa, ACT ONE, Scene 8: Aria: Från tronen uti bojor sänkt (Christina)

Lena Nordin & Philip Brunelle

3:48

28

La légende de Saint Cécile Op. 22, ACTE 2: Cantique de Sainte Cécile: "Que d'étoiles dans vos cheveux"

Various Artists

4:48

29

Hamlet, Act 4: "Le voilà, je crois l'entendre" (Ophélie) (feat. Choeur Les Elements, Michel Plasson & Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse)

Natalie Dessay & Ambroise Thomas

4:55

30

Turandot, Act 1: "Signore, ascolta!" (Liù) (feat. Mirella Freni)

Alain Lombard & Giacomo Puccini

2:53

31

Peer Gynt, Op. 23, Act 4: No. 18, Solveig's Song (feat. Camilla Tilling)

Paavo Järvi & Edvard Grieg

4:53

32

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen: No. 1, Wenn mein Schatz Hochzeit macht

Ann Murray, Andrew Litton & Gustav Mahler

4:49

33

5 Lieder, Op. 41: No. 1, Wiegenlied (Version with Orchestra)

Gundula Janowitz, Academy of London & Richard Stamp

3:57

34

8 Lieder, Op. 49: No. 1, Waldseligkeit (Version with Orchestra)

Gundula Janowitz, Academy of London & Richard Stamp

2:56

35

Pulcinella: II. Serenata. “Mentre l’erbetta”

Ann Murray, Martyn Hill, David Thomas & City of London Sinfonia

3:21

36

Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147: No. 10, Choral. "Jesus bleibet meine Freude"

Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, David Willcocks & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:30

37

Matthäus-Passion, BWV 244, Pt. 2: No. 39, Aria. "Erbarme dich" (feat. Nadja Zwiener & The English Concert)

David Daniels & Johann Sebastian Bach

6:49

38

Dixit Dominus, HWV 232: VII. De torrente in via bibet (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée)

Emmanuelle Haïm, Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens & Le Concert d`Astrée

3:31

39

Stabat Mater: I. Stabat mater dolorosa

Véronique Gens, Gérard Lesne, Il Seminario Musicale & Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

4:43

40

Ave verum corpus, K. 618

Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:33

41

Messiah, HWV 56, Pt. 1, Scene 1: Accompagnato. "Comfort Ye My People" (feat. Joseph Cornwell & Taverner Players)

Andrew Parrott & George Frideric Handel

3:21

42

Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339: V. Laudate Dominum

Barbara Hendricks, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5:28

43

Magnificat in D Major, BWV 243: VI. Duet. "Et misericordia" (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée, Philippe Jaroussky & Toby Spence)

Emmanuelle Haïm & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:25

44

Great Mass in C Minor, K. 427: I. Kyrie (feat. Le Concert d'Astrée & Natalie Dessay)

Louis Langrée & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6:41

45

Mass in B Minor, BWV 232: Dona nobis pacem (feat. Ensemble instrumental de Lausanne & Ensemble vocal de Lausanne)

Michel Corboz & Johann Sebastian Bach

3:01

46

Requiem in D Minor, K. 626: VIII. Lacrimosa (feat. Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne)

Michel Corboz & Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3:17

47

Requiem in D Minor: V. Recordare (feat. Aquiles Machado, Coro Gulbenkian, Elisabete Matos & Luis Rodrigues)

Michel Corboz

5:47

48

Requiem to the memory of Luiz Vaz de Camos, Op. 23: Agnus Dei. "Requiem aeternam" (feat. Coro Gulbenkian)

Michel Corboz

1:39

49

Psalm XLII, Op. 42, MWV A15 "Wie der Hirsch schreit": No. 1, Chor. "Wie der Hirsch schreit" (feat. London Symphony Chorus)

Richard Hickox & Felix Mendelssohn

5:55

50

Missa solemnis in B-Flat Minor, WAB 29: VI. Agnus Dei (feat. Christiane Oelze, Jörg Dürmüller, Chor der Bamberger Symphoniker & Claudia Schubert)

Karl Anton Rickenbacher

3:30

51

Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu (feat. Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne, Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne & Magali Dami)

Michel Corboz & Gabriel Fauré

3:18

52

Requiem, Op. 48: VII. In Paradisum (feat. Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne & Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne)

Michel Corboz & Gabriel Fauré

4:01

53

Requiem Op. 9 (version with organ): In paradisum

Janet Baker, Stephen Roberts, John Butt & Choir of King's College, Cambridge

2:56

54

Miserere (excerpts)

Andrew Parrott, Taverner Choir & Gregorio Allegri

6:51

55

Funeral Sentences: Man That Is Born of a Woman, Z. 27

Taverner Choir, Taverner Players & Andrew Parrott

2:40

56

Selva morale e spirituale, SV 252-288: No. 24, Salve Regina, SV 285

Dame Emma Kirkby, Nigel Rogers, Rogers Covey-Crump & David Thomas

5:49

57

Messa Da Requiem : Libera Me - Requiem

Michel Plasson - Orchestre Du Capitole De Toulouse - Orfeon Donostiarra - Malcolm Stewart - Julia Varady & Giuseppe Verdi

2:56

58

Gloria, FP 177: V. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei

Michel Corboz, Orquestra Gulbenkian, Coro Gulbenkian & Brigitte Fournier

4:43

59

2 Motets, Op. 65: No. 1, Ave verum (feat. Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne & Ensemble Vocal de Lausanne)

Michel Corboz & Gabriel Fauré

3:29

60

4 Motets pour le temps de Noël, FP 152: No. 1, O magnum mysterium

The Sixteen, Harry Christophers & Francis Poulenc

3:26

61

Vespers, Op. 37: VI. Bogoroditse Devo (feat. Nils Högman, Per Björsund & Swedish Radio Choir)

Tõnu Kaljuste & Sergei Rachmaninoff

2:44

62

Magnificat

Choir of King's College, Cambridge & Arvo Pärt

6:22

63

The Lament of the Mother of God (feat. Winchester Cathedral Choir)

Solveig Kringelborn/Winchester Cathedral Choir/David Hill

4:46

64

Maitia nun ziran

Benat Achiary

3:50

65

Loch Lomond

The Swingle Singers

3:56

66

Kondakion de l'Office de la Nativité (Byzantine Melkite tradition): Al-yawma-l-batûl

Soeur Marie Keyrouz & Ensemble de la Paix

2:24

67

Veni Creator Spiritus (feat. Peter Matthews)

Monks and Choirboys of Downside Abbey

3:10

68

Lord, I can't turn back

Derek Lee Ragin, Bridget Bazile & Moses Hogan Singers

2:07

69

Salve Regina

Monks And Choir Boys Of Downside Abbey

2:33

70

Away in a manger

Derek Lee Ragin, Bridget Bazile & Moses Hogan Singers

2:32

71

Berceuse de Gráinne pour Diarmait (After Vivaldi's Nisi Dominus, RV 608) (feat. Nollaig Casey, Emer Mayock, Robert Harris & Dónal Siggins)

Le Orfanelle della Pietà & Antonio Vivaldi

5:09

72

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos, W. 389: I. Aria in A Minor (Cantilena. Adagio) (feat. Cello Ensemble)

Mady Mesplé & Albert Tétard

6:30

73

Oedipus, Z. 583: No. 2, Song. "Musick for a While" (Version for Voice and Guitar)

David Daniels, Craig Ogden & Henry Purcell

3:49

74

Hor che’l ciel e la terra e’l vento tace, SV 147 (No. 2 from "Madrigals, Book 8")

The Consort of Musicke, Anthony Rooley & Claudio Monteverdi

4:54

75

Du bist die Ruh, Op. 59 No. 3, D. 776

Arleen Augér, Lambert Orkis & Franz Schubert

4:06

76

Vier Gesange Op. 17: Es tont ein voller Harfenklang

London Symphony Chorus, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox & Johannes Brahms

2:50

77

5 Lieder, Op. 55: No. 3, Mich zieht es nach dem Dörfchen hin

Choeur de Chambre Accentus, Laurence Equilbey & Robert Schumann

2:48

78

5 Songs, Op. 104: III. Letztes Glück

Choeur de Chambre Accentus, Laurence Equilbey & Johannes Brahms

2:23

79

Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, Op. Posth. 167, D. 714

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Wolfgang Sawallisch, Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Franz Schubert

11:01

80

Les Nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b: II. Le spectre de la rose, H 83b

Janet Baker, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox & Hector Berlioz

6:55

81

2 Songs from "Idyll and Epigram", Op. 4: No. 2, Flickan knyter i Johannenatten

Anne Sofie von Otter, Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra & Paavo Järvi

1:55

82

Chanson perpétuelle Op. 37

Felicity Lott, Armin Jordan, Kammersensemble de Paris & Jean-Claude Bouveresse

6:57

83

Carmina Burana, Pt. 3, Cour d'amours: In trutina (feat. Janice Watson)

David Hill

2:44

84

Les illuminations, Op. 18: No. 3a, Phrase (feat. Martyn Hill)

Richard Hickox & Benjamin Britten

1:09

85

Seven Elizabethan Lyrics Op. 12: VI. By a Fountainside (Ben Jonson)

Sir Thomas Allen & Geoffrey Parsons

3:50

86

Concerto for Soprano Coloratura, Op. 82: I. Andante

Natalie Dessay

8:44

87

L' Air (Banville)

Rachel Yakar & Claude Lavoix

3:43

88

Shéhérazade, M. 41: III. L'indifférent (feat. Kenneth Smith)

Arleen Augér, Philharmonia Orchestra, Libor Pesek & Maurice Ravel

4:14

89

3 Mélodies, Op. 7: No. 1, Après un rêve

Véronique Gens, Roger Vignoles & Gabriel Fauré

2:37

90

3 Chansons de Charles d'Orléans, CD 99, L. 92: No. 1, Dieu ! Qu'il la fait bon regarder ! (feat. Ensemble vocal Jean Sourisse)

Jean Sourisse & Claude Debussy

1:58

91

Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11 (feat. Stephen Farr)

Winchester Cathedral Choir & Gabriel Fauré

5:53

92

2 Duos, Op. 11: No. 1, La nuit (feat. Emmanuel Strosser & Ensemble vocal Jean Sourisse)

Jean Sourisse

2:20

93

2 Duos, Op. 11: No. 2, Le réveil (feat. Emmanuel Strosser & Ensemble vocal Jean Sourisse)

Jean Sourisse

4:14

94

3 Chansons, M. 69: No. 2, Trois beaux oiseaux du paradis (feat. Brigitte Vinson, Delphine Collot, Ensemble vocal Jean Sourisse & Gérard Wieclaw)

Jean Sourisse & Maurice Ravel

2:42

95

2 Chœurs, Op. 68: No. 1, Calme des nuits (feat. Ensemble vocal Jean Sourisse)

Jean Sourisse & Camille Saint-Saëns

2:18

96

Chants d'Auvergne, Book 1: No. 2, Baïlèro

Arleen Augér

6:43

97

Vocalise en forme de habanera, M. 51

Natalie Dessay & Maurice Ravel

3:25

98

L'invitation Au Voyage

François Le Roux, Jeff Cohen & John Nelson

3:46

99

Quatre poèmes hindous: Lahore - Heinrich Heine

Felicity Lott, Armin Jordan, Kammersensemble de Paris & Jean-Claude Bouveresse

3:53

100

Musique de scène pour les Chansons de Bilitis, CD 102, L. 96: XII. La pluie du matin (feat. Marisa Robles)

Delphine Seyrig, Nash Ensemble, Lionel Friend & Claude Debussy

2:39