This 2-DVD set charts the 1st 20 years of one of the world's most important vocal competitions. The 1st disc contains 170 minutes of performances from the 10 winners, the 2nd disc covers the lieder prize, with documentaries.
Featuring:- Karita Mattila, David Malis, Valeria Esposito, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Lisa Gasteen, Inger Dam-Jensen, Katarina Karnéus, Guang Yang, Anja Harteros, Marius Brenciu, Neal Davies, Paul Whelan, Kirsi Tilhonen, Christopher Maltman, Dea-San No & Bryn Terfel
CD 1:
Bellini - Qui la voce [I Puritani] - Esposito, 1987
Bizet - Comme autrefois [Pearl Fishers, The] - Esposito, 1987
Bizet - Seguidilla [Carmen] - Karnéus, 1995
Brahms – Am Sonntag Morgen op.49 no.11 – Harteros, 1999
Copland - Heart, we will forget him & Why do they shut me out of heaven? [12 Poems of Emily Dickinson] - Karnéus, 1995
Enescu – Changeons propos [7 Chansons de Clement Marat] – Brenciu, 2001
Handel - Let the Bright Seraphim [Samson] - Dam-Jensen, 1993
Mahler - Ging heut' morgen [Lieder eine fahrenden Gesellen] - Karnéus, 1995
Mozart – Come scoglio [Cosi fan Tutte] – Harteros, 1999
Mozart - Misero, dove son? - Dam-Jensen, 1993
Mozart - Non mi dir [Don Giovanni] – Mattila, 1983
Ponchielli - Cielo e mar! [Gioconda, La] – Brenciu, 2001
Puccini - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta [La Rondine] - Esposito, 1987
Rossini - Largo al factotum [Barber of Seville, The] - Malis, 1985
Rossini - Non piu mesta [Cenerentola, La] - Karnéus, 1995
Rossini - Non piu mesta [Cenerentola, La] - Yang, 1997
Schubert – Nacht und Traume op.43 no.2 - Yang, 1997
Schubert – Tod und das Madchen op.7 no.3 - Yang, 1997
Schumann – Was will die einsame Traume? op.25 no.21 – Harteros, 1999
Strauss, R – Amor [Brentano Lieder op.68: no.5] - Dam-Jensen, 1993
Strauss, R – Nacht, Die op.10 no.3 – Brenciu, 2001
Tchaikovsky - Jeletzky's Aria [Queen of Spades] - Hvorostovsky, 1989
Tchaikovsky - Lensky's Aria [Eugene Onegin] – Brenciu, 2001
Thomas - Connais-tu la pays? [Mignon] - Yang, 1997
Verdi - E un sogno? [Falstaff] - Malis, 1985
Verdi - Eri Tu [Ballo in Maschera, Un] - Hvorostovsky, 1989
Verdi - Pace, pace [Forza del Destino, La] - Gasteen, 1991
Verdi - Rodrigo's Aria & Death [Don Carlo] - Hvorostovsky, 1989
Verdi - Sempre Libera [Traviata, La] – Harteros, 1999
Wagner - Dich, teure Halle [Tannhäuser] - Gasteen, 1991
Wagner - Schlafst du, Gast? [Die Walküre] - Gasteen, 1991
Weber – Leise, leise [Freischutz, Die] - Mattila, 1983
CD 2:
Brahms – Es traumte mir op.57 no.3 – Tilhonen, 1995
Brahms – Wehe, so willst du mich wieder op.32 no.5 – Tilhonen, 1995
Enescu – Changeons propos [7 Chansons de Clement Marat] – Brenciu, 2001
Medtner – Winter Evening – Maltman, 1997
Mozart – Ha gia vinto la causa[Nozze di Figaro, Le] – Whelan, 1993
Mozart – Non piu andrai [Nozze di Figaro, Le] – Terfel, 1989
Rachmaninov – Did you hiccup, Natasha? & Letter to K.S.Stanislavski – Davies, 1991
Rachmaninov – Spring Waters – Tilhonen, 1995
Respighi – Nebbie – No, 1999
Schubert – Am bach im Fruhling D361 – Whelan, 1993
Schubert – Erlkonig – Davies, 1991
Schubert – Standchen [Schwanengesang: no.4] – Maltman, 1997
Schumann - Im der Fremde, , Intermezzo & Waldesgesprach [Liederkreis op.39] – Brenciu, 2001
Schumann - Im der Fremde, Intermezzo, Schone Fremde & Die Stille [Liederkreis op.39] – Terfel, 1989
Shin – Oh! Mountain! – No, 1999
Strauss, R – Nacht, Die op.10 no.3 – Brenciu, 2001
Wagner – Die Frist ist um [Flying Dutchman, The] – Terfel, 1989