Britten - Peter Grimes \"To hell with all your mercy\" Britten - Peter Grimes "To hell with all your mercy"
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This excerpt is from the 1969 televised production; the final act of Benjamin Britten's opera "Peter Grimes", the title character's descent into madness.
Peter Grimes - Peter Pears
Ellen Orford - Heather Harper
London Symphony Orchestra and Ambrosian Chorus, conducted by Benjamin Britten

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Prokofiev - Classical Symphony - First Movement Prokofiev - Classical Symphony - First Movement
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Herbert von Karajan conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in the first movement of Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, op. 25 (1917).

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Mendelssohn - Italian Symphony - Kurt Mazur Mendelssohn - Italian Symphony - Kurt Mazur
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Kurt Mazur conducts the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra in the first movement to Mendelssohn's Symphony no. 4.

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Rimsky Korsakov - Hymn to the Sun - Le Coq d\ Rimsky Korsakov - Hymn to the Sun - Le Coq d'Or
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Olga Trifonova sings the Queen of Shemakha's marvelous aria "The Hymn to the Sun". Kent Nagano conducts the Orchestre de Paris.

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Don Giovanni Act I_a Introduction Don Giovanni Act I_a Introduction
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No. 1 - Introduction (HMWC anthology pages 76-82).
This is a film version of the opera, directed by Joseph Losey.
Leporello - José van Dam
Donna Anna - Edda Moser
Don Giovanni - Ruggero Raimondi
The Commendatore - John Macurdy

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Don Giovanni -- Act I_e \"Madamina\" Don Giovanni -- Act I_e "Madamina"
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No. 4 -- "Madamina" (HMWC anthology pages 93-97)

Metropolitan Opera -- James Levine; staged by Franco Zeffirelli (2000)
Leporello -- Ferruccio Furlanetto
Donna Elvira -- Solveig Kringelborn

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Don Giovanni Act I_b \"Ma qual mai s\ Don Giovanni Act I_b "Ma qual mai s'offre, oh Dei"
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No. 2 -- "Ma qual mai s'offre, oh Dei" (HMWC anthology pages 82-88).

Milan Teatro alla Scala -- Ricardo Muti (1987)
Don Giovanni -- Thomas Allen
Leporello -- Claudio Desderi
Donna Anna -- Edita Gruberova
Don Octavio -- Francisco Araiza

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Don Giovanni -- Act I_d -- end of \"Ah! chi mi dice mai\" and fo Don Giovanni -- Act I_d -- end of "Ah! chi mi dice mai" and fo
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No. 3 -- "Ah! chi mi dice mai" and following recitative (HMWC anthology pages 91-93)
From the Salzberg Festival, the Vienna Philharmonic - Wilhelm Furtwängler (1954)
Donna Elvira -- Lisa della Casa
Don Giovanni -- Cesare Siepi
Leporello -- Otto Edelmann

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Pergolesi - La serva padrona \"Aspettare e non venire\" Pergolesi - La serva padrona "Aspettare e non venire"
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Opening aria from Pergolesi's two-act intermezzo "La Serva padrona" (1733).
Here, Uberto rants over having to wait for his evening cup of hot chocolate.
Uberto - Donato di Stefano
La Petit Bande - Sigiswald Kuijken, conductor
History of Music in Western Culture Anthology pages 62-66

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Don Giovanni Act I_c \"Ah! chi mi dice mai\" Don Giovanni Act I_c "Ah! chi mi dice mai"
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No. 3 -- "Ah! chi mi dice mai" (HMWC anthology pages 88-91)

Zürich Opera Nicolaus Harnoncourt, staged by Jürgen Flimm (2001)
Donna Elvira -- Cecila Bartoli
Don Giovanni -- Rodney Gilfrey

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