Gok's Divas - 2CDs

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Favourite arias & ensembles by opera's greatest female stars, selected by TV personality & opera lover Gok Wan from the EMI back catalogue. Warner, 2017.

Bellini - Casta Diva [Norma] - Maria Callas (soprano) with the orchestra of Teatro alla Scala conducted by Tullio Serafin

Catalani - Ebben? Ne andrò lontana [La Wally] - Cristina Gallardo-Domas (soprano) with the Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Maurizio Barbacini

Puccini - O mio babbino caro [Gianni Schicchi] - Montserrat Caballé (soprano) with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras

Puccini - Un bel di vedremo [Madama Butterfly] – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with the Orchestre de l'Opéra de Lyon conducted by Kent Nagano

Puccini - Vissi d'arte [Tosca] - Maria Callas (soprano) with the orchestra of Teatro alla Scala conducted by Victor de Sabata

Puccini - O soave fanciulla [La Boheme] - Ailyn Pérez (soprano) & Stephen Costello (tenor) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Patrick Summers

Puccini - Chi il bel sogno di Doretta [La Rondine] - Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Antonio Pappano

Giordano - La Mamma morta [Andrea Chénier] - Maria Callas (soprano) with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Tullio Serafin

Rossini - Una voce poco fa [Il Barbiere di Siviglia] - Maria Callas (soprano) with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Alceo Galliera

Mozart - Soave sia il sento [Cosi fan tutte K588, Act 1] – Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Jules Bastin (bass) & Frederica von Stade (mezzo-soprano) with the Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alain Lombard

Mozart - Voi che sapete [Le Nozze di Figaro] - Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) with the Berliner Philharmoniker conducted by Daniel Barenboim

Mozart - Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio [Le Nozze di Figaro] - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) with the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Sir John Pritchard

Verdi - Sempre libera [La Traviata] - Natalie Dessay (soprano) + Roberto Alagna (tenor) with Concerto Kšln conducted by Evelino Pidò

Verdi - Ah fors'e lui [La Traviata] - Maria Callas (soprano)with the Orchestra Sinfonica di Torino della RAI conducted by Gabriele Santini

Verdi - Libiamo ne' lieti calici (Brindisi) [La Traviata] - Alfie Boe (tenor) & Natasha Marsh (soprano) with The London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Terry Edwards

Delibes - Sous le dome épais (Flower Duet) [Lakmé] - Delphine Haidan (mezzo-soprano) & Natalie Dessay (soprano) with the Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse conducted by Michel Plasson

Offenbach - Barcarolle [Les Contes d'Hoffmann] - Jennifer Larmore (mezzo-soprano) & Hei-Kyung Hong (soprano) with the Munich Radio Orchestra conducted by Jesús Lopez Cobos

Offenbach - Les Oiseaux dans la charmille (Doll Song) [Les Contes d'Hoffmann] - Natalie Dessay (soprano) with the Orchestre Philharmonique de Monte-Carlo conducted by Patrick Fournillier

Saint-Saens - Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix [Samson et Dalila] - Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) + José Cura (tenor) with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sir Colin Davis

Bizet - Quand je vous aimerai?...L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera) [Carmen] - , Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with the Choeurs et Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion-Télévision française conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham

Mozart - Der Holle Rache [Die Zauberflote K620] - Diana Damrau (soprano) with Le Cercle de l'Harmonie conducted by Jérémie Rhorer

Wagner - Mild und leise wir er lächelt (Isolde's Liebestod) [Tristan und Isolde WWV 90] - Nina Stemme (soprano) with the orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden conducted by Antonio Pappano

Dvořak - Song to the Moon [Rusalka B.203 / op.114 - Eva Urbanova (soprano) with the Prague Symphony Orchestra conducted by Ondrej Lenard

Handel - Lascia ch'io pianga [Rinaldo] - Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano) with I Solisti Veneti conducted by Claudio Scimone

Handel - Frondi tenere... Ombra mai fu (Largo) [Serse HWV 40] - Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano) with Il Complesso Barocco conducted by Alan Curtis

Gluck - Che farò senza Euridice? [Orfeo ed Euridice Wq.30] - Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) with the Netherlands Opera Orchestra conducted by Charles Bruck

Purcell - When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) [ Dido and Aeneas] - Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano) with Le Concert d'Astrée conducted by Emmanuelle Haïm

Gershwin – Summertime [Porgy and Bess] - Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) with the New Princess Theater Orchestra conducted by John McGlinn

Bernstein - Tonight [West Side Story] - Ailyn Pérez (soprano) & Stephen Costello (tenor) with the BBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Patrick Summers

Schonberg - J'avais reve d'une autre vie (I Dreamed a Dream) [Les Misérables] - Katherine Jenkins (mezzo-soprano) with the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by David Temple