Gioachino Rossini (1782 - 1868)
1. Almaviva"s Cavatina (// Barbiere di Siviglia, Act 1) 4.13
Daniel-Frangois-Esprit Auber (1782 - 1871)
2. Barcarolle (Fra Diavolo, Act 2) 3.20
Stanislav Moniuszko (1819 - 1872)
3. lontek"s Thought (Halka, Act 4) 6.21
Ambroise Thomas (1811 - 1896)
4. Wilhelm"s Romance (Mignon, Act 3) 4.26
Leo Delibes (1936-1891)
5. Gerald"s Aria (Lakme, Act 1) 5.36
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858 - 1919)
6. Harlequin"s Serenade (/ Pagliacci, Act 2) 1.56
Mikhail Glinka (1804- 1857)
7. Bayan"s Second Song (Ruslan and Ludmila, Act 1) 4.32
Alexander Dargomyzhsky (1813 - 1869)
8. The Prince"s Cavatina (The Mermaid, Act 3) 6.25
Anton Rubinstein (1829 - 1894)
9. Sinodale"s Recitative (Demon, Act 1) 5.31
Pyotr Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893)
10. Lensky"s Arioso (Eugene Onegin, Act 1) 3.06
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844 - 1908)
11. Song of Indian Guest (Sadko, Scene 4) 3.58
12. Berendey"s Cavatina (Snow Maiden, Act 2)
13. Berendey"s Cavatina (Snow Maiden, Act 3) 2.46
14. Levko"s Recitative and Song (May Night, Act 3) 7.18
Edouard Napravnik (1839- 1916)
15. Vladimir"s Recitative and Romance (Dubrovsky, Act 1) 6.15
Anton Arensky (1861 - 1906)
16. Singer"s Song Behind the Scene (Raphael) 2.19

The Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Conductors: Samuil Samosud (1), Boris Khaikin (2 - 6, 8),
Alexander Melik-Pashaev (7, 9, 13); Unknown (10, 11, 14- 16)
Recorded in Moscow, 1945 (5), 1948 (7,9, 13), 1951 (10, 15), 1952 (14), 1953 (1, 11, 16), 1955 (2,4), 1956 (3,6,8, 12)

MEL CD 10 00562