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LISTENING ROOM
Sunshine in winter...
LISTEN «Mattinata» (Morning Serenade) sung by Beniamino Gigli (recorded Milan, 1935)
LISTEN «La flor de la canela» (The Cinnamon Flower) sung by Juan Diego Flórez (recorded live, Miami, 2007)
LISTEN «'O sole mio» sung by Luciano Pavarotti (recorded 1979)
LISTEN «Nel blu dipinto di blu» (Volare) sung by Domenico Modugno (recorded 1968)
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Previous Listening Room Programmes
Music from previous programmes is not archived on this site.
The lyrics from most previous programmes are archived here
September - December 2007: Dreaming... «En fermant les yeux» from Massenet's Manon
Francesco Meli (recorded live 2007)
Ferruccio Tagliavini (recorded circa 1940
February- September 2007: Gentle spirit... «Spirto gentil» Fernando's aria from La Favorita
Alfredo Kraus (recorded live 1975)
Giuseppe Di Stefano (recorded live, date unknown)
Juan Diego Flórez (recorded live 2006)
Enrico Caruso (recorded 1906)
Giuseppe Filianoti (French version, recorded live 2006)
December 2006 - February 2007: Canta, canta, O mio cor!... In honour of José Carreras on his 60th birthday
«Recondita armonia», Tosca (live recoding, Barcelona, 1976)
«Che gelida manina», La bohème (live recording, Barcelona,1977)
«Ma se m'e forza perderti», Un ballo in Maschera (live recording, Los Angeles, 1974)
«Quando le sere al placido», Luisa Miller (live recording, Vienna, 1983)
«Ingemisco», The Verdi Requiem (live recording, Salzburg, 1976)
«Damunt de tu només les flors», Combat del Somni (studio recording, 1984)
«La donna è mobile», Rigoletto (live recording, first public appearance, age 8, Spanish National Radio, 1954)
September - November 2006: Tenors do Broadway...
José Carreras sings «Memory» from Cats (recorded 1983)
Mario Lanza sings «All the Things You Are» from Very Warm for May (recording date unknown)
Juan Diego Flórez sings «You'll Never Walk Alone» from Carousel (recorded live 2005)
Mario del Monaco sings «Tonight» from West Side Story (recorded 1962)
June - September 2006: Tragédie de l'amour...
José Carreras «Pourquoi me réveiller» (recorded live 1978)
Roberto Alagna «Ah! lève-toi, soleil!» (recorded 1998)
Juan Diego Flórez «J'ai perdu mon Eurydice» (recorded live 2003)
May - June 2006: «A te, O cara»
Alfredo Kraus (recorded 1987)
Giuseppe Sabbatini (recorded live, date unknown)
Juan Diego Flórez (recorded live 2004)
March - May 2006: Love and longing...
José Cura «Canción al arbol del olvido» (recorded 1997)
Ian Bostridge «Greensleeves» (recorded 2001)
José Carreras «Del cabello más sutil» (recorded 1984)
January - March 2006: For Mozart's birthday...
Nicolai Gedda «Il mio tesoro» from Don Giovanni (recorded 1966)
Ernesto Palacio «Dalla sua pace» from Don Giovanni (recorded 1993)
Fritz Wunderlich «Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön» from Die Zauberflöte (recorded 1964)
Juan Diego Flórez «Un'aura amorosa» from Così fan tutte (recorded live 1999)
January 2006: Quel vino è generoso... «Addio alla madre»
José Carreras (recorded 1980)
Giuseppe di Stefano (recorded 1954)
Roberto Alagna (recorded 2003)
Enrico Caruso (recorded 1913)
Mario Lanza (recorded 1950)
Jussi Björling (recorded 1944)
December 2005 - January 2006: Christmas Carols...
«Los Reyes Magos» sung by José Carreras (recorded 1987)
«Mille cherubini in coro» sung by Beniamino Gigli (recorded 1935)
«Minuit, Chrétiens!» sung by Enrico Caruso (recorded 1916)
November - December 2005: The Lady of the Lake... «Oh fiamma soave»
Juan Diego Flórez (recorded live 2004)
Rockwell Blake (recorded live 1981)
September - November 2005: Songs by Francesco Paolo Tosti...
«Segreto» sung by José Carreras (recorded1979)
«Ideale» sung by Ernesto Palacio (recorded 1994)
«A vucchella» sung by Roberto Alagna (recorded 1997)
«L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra» sung by Juan Diego Flórez (recorded live 2003)
June - August 2005: The elixir of love revisited... «Una furtiva lagrima»
José Carreras (recorded live 1975)
Dario Schmunck (recorded live 2004)
Giuseppe di Stefano (recorded live, date unknown)
March - June 2005: The ungrateful heart... «Core 'ngrato»
José Carreras (recorded live 1984)
Roberto Alagna (recorded 1997)
Enrico Caruso (recorded 1911)
February - March 2005: «Che gelida manina»
José Carreras (recorded 1977)
Giuseppe Sabbatini (recorded 1992)
Luciano Pavarotti (recorded live 1972)
Alfredo Kraus (recorded 1980)
Enrico Caruso (recorded 1906)
December 2004 - January 2005: Christmas Programme
José Carreras - «El cant dels ocells» (recorded 1990)
Roberto Alagna - «Ave Maria» (recorded 1996)
Luciano Pavarotti - «Panis angelicus» (recorded 1976)
September - December 2004: Tenor/Baritone Duets
Juan Diego Flórez & Alfonso Antoniozzi «Pace e gioia», Il Barbiere di Siviglia (recorded live 1999)
José Carreras & Vicente Sardinero «O Mimì tu più non torni», La Bohème (recorded live 1977)
June - August 2004: Not their usual repertoire...
Juan Diego Flórez «Firenze è come un albero fiorito», Gianni Schicchi (recorded live 2000)
José Carreras «Oh come il fosco...Quell'alme pupille», La Pietra del Paragone, (recorded live1972)
February - May 2004: Love duets in honour of St. Valentine's Day
Juan Diego Flórez & Natalie Dessay «Son geloso del zefiro», La Sonnambula (recorded live 2001)
José Carreras & Katia Ricciarelli «Verranno a te sull'aure» Lucia di Lammermoor (recorded live 1982)
January - February 2004: «Una furtiva lagrima» from L'elisir d'amore
Juan Diego Flórez (recorded 2002)
Fritz Wunderlich (recorded 1962)
Enrico Caruso (recorded 1911)
December 2003 - January 2004: Christmas Programme
«Gloria» from the Misa Criolla sung by José Carreras (recorded 1987)
«Minuit, Chrétiens!» sung by Roberto Alagna (recorded 1996)
November - December 2003: «Cujus Animam» from Rossini's Stabat Mater
Juan Diego Flórez (recorded live 19 April 2003)
Giuseppe Sabbatini (recorded 1998)
September- October 2003: «L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra» (Tosti)
José Carreras (recorded live 1978)
José Carreras (recorded 1979)
Juan Diego Flórez (recorded live 2003)
