Autograph (CD8 + DVD)

CD1

1. Bizet: Mais nous ne voyons pas la Carmencita! (Chorus; Act 1)   
2. Bizet: Quand je vous aimerai?....L’amour est un oiseau rebelle [Habanera] (Carmen, Chorus; Act 1)
3. Bizet: Mon officier, c’était une querelle…Tralalalala, coupe-moi, brûle-moi (José, Zuniga,Carmen, Chorus; Act 1)          
4. Bizet: Où me conduisez-vous? (Carmen, José; Act 1)        
5. Bizet: Près des ramparts de Séville [Seguidilla and Duet] (Carmen, José; Act 1)
6. Bizet: Les tringles des sisters tintaient [Chanson bohème] (Carmen; Act 2)
7. Bizet: La-la-la-la… Attends un peu, Carmen (José, Carmen; Act 2)          
8. Bizet: Au quartier! pour l’appel! (Carmen, José; Act 2)
9. Bizet: Voyons, que j’essaie à mon tour (Carmen; Act 3)
10. Bizet: En vain pour éviter les réponses amères (Carmen; Act 3)
11. Bizet: …la mort! … Parlez encore, parlez mes belles(Carmen, Frasquita, Mercedes; Act 3)
12. Bizet: Tu ne m’aimes donc plus (José, Carmen, Chorus; Act 4)
13. Saint-Saëns: Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix (Dalila; Act 2)
14. Massenet: Je suis encore tout étourdie (Manon; Act 1)
15. Massenet: Restons ici, puis-qu’il le faut! (Manon; Act 1)         
16. Massenet: Voyons, Manon, plus de chimères (Manon; Act 1)  
17. Massenet: Adieu notre petite table (Manon; Act 2)
18. Massenet: Je marches sur tous les chemins (Manon; Act 3)
19. Massenet: Obéissons quand leur voix appelle [Gavotte] (Manon, Brétigny, Chorus; Act 3)
20. Massenet: N’est ce plus ma main (Manon, Des Grieux; Act 3)
21. Massenet: Ah! Des Grieux! …Ô Manon! Tu pleures! (Manon, Des Grieux; Act 4)
22. Massenet: Qu’ai-je à te pardonner (Des Grieux, Manon; Act 4)
23. Massenet: Nous parlerons du passé (Manon, Des Grieux; Act 4)
24. Massenet: N’est-ce plus ma main que cette main presse? (Des Grieux, Manon; Act 4)        
25. Puccini: In quelle trine morbide (Manon; Act 2)
26. Puccini: Sola, perduta, abbandonata (Manon; Act 4)

CD2

1. Puccini: Mario! Mario! Mario! …. Son qui (Tosca, Cavaradossi; Act 1)
2. Puccini: Ora stammi a sentir (Tosca, Cavaradossi; Act 1)
3. Puccini: Non la sospiri, la nostra casetta (Tosca, Cavaradossi; Act 1)
4. Puccini: Or lasciami al lavoro (Cavaradossi, Tosca; Act 1)
5. Puccini: Ah, quegli occhi… Quale occhio al mondo (Tosca, Cavaradossi; Act 1)
6. Puccini: Mia gelosa! (Cavaradossi, Tosca; Act 1)
7. Puccini: Orsu, Tosca, parlate (Scarpia, Tosca, Cavaradossi; Act 2)
8. Puccini: Vissi d’arte (Tosca; Act 2)
9. Puccini: Senti, l’ora e vicina, amaro sol per te (Tosca, Cavaradossi; Act 3)
10. Puccini: Amaro sol per te m’era il morire (Cavaradossi, Tosca; Act 3)
11. Puccini: Gran Ventura (Butterfly, Chorus, Pinkerton, Sharpless, Goro; Act 1)
12. Puccini: Ieri son salita tutta sola (Butterfly; Act 1)
13. Puccini: Vogliateme bene (Butterfly, Pinkerton; Act 1)
14. Puccini: Un bel dì vedremo (Butterfly; Act 2, Part 1)
15. Puccini: Ora a noi. (Sharpless, Butterfly; Act 2, Part 1)
16. Puccini: Due cose potrei far (Butterfly, Sharpless; Act 2, Part 1)
17. Puccini: Ah! m’ha scordata? (Butterfly, Sharpless; Act 2, Part 1)
18. Puccini: Sai cos’ebbe cuore (Butterfly, Sharpless; Act 2, Part 1)
19. Puccini: Io scendo al piano (Sharpless, Butterfly; Act 2, Part 1)
20. Puccini: Glielo dirai? (Kate, Suzuki, Butterfly; Act 2, Part 2)
21. Puccini: Vespa! Voglio che tu risponda (Butterfly, Suzuki, Sharpless, Kate; Act 2, Part 2)
22. Puccini: Come una mosca prigioniera (Suzuki, Butterfly; Act 2, Part 2)
23. Puccini: Tu? tu? tu? tu? (Butterfly; Act 2, Part 2)
24. Puccini: Va, gioca, gioca (Butterfly, Pinkerton; Act 2, Part 2)          
25. Puccini: Signore, ascolta!
26. Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta (Liù; Act 3)

CD3

1. Verdi: Cielo di stele orbato (Gabriele, Amelia; Act 1)
2. Verdi: Vieni a mirar la cerula (Amelia, Gabriele; Act 1)
3. Verdi: Gualtier Malde…..Caro nome (Gilda; Act 1)
4. Gounod: Non! non! Je ne veux pas t’écouter plus longtemps ….Ah! je veux vivre dans le rêve (Juliette; Act 1)
5. Gounod: Ô nuit divine! Je t’implore! (Roméo, Juliette, Gertrude; Act 2)
6. Gounod: Ah! ne fuis pas encore! (Roméo, Juliette; Act 2)     
7. Gounod: Adieu mille fois! (Juliette, Roméo; Act 2)
8. Gounod: Va! Je t’ai pardonné, Tybalt voulait ta mort (Juliette, Roméo; Act 4)
9. Gounod: Roméo! qu’as-tu donc? (Juliette, Roméo; Act 4)
10. Gounod: Dieu! Quell frisson courtdans mes veines! (Juliette; Act 4)
11. Gounod: Amour, ramine mon courage (Juliette; Act 4)
12. Gounod: À toi, ma Juliette! (Roméo, Juliette; Act 5)
13. Gounod: Console –toi, pauvre âme (Roméo, Juliette; Act 5) 
14. Massenet: Werther! Werther! (Charlotte; Act 3)          
15. Massenet: “Des cris joyeux d’enfants montent sous ma fenêtre” (Charlotte; Act 3)
16. Massenet: À cette heure supreme, je suis heureux (Werther, Charlotte; Act 4)
17. Massenet: Pleurez, mes yeux (Chimene; Act 3)
18. Charpentier: Depuis le jour où je me suis donnée (Louise; Act 3)
19. Puccini: O mio babbino caro (Lauretta)
20. Bernstein: Only you…Tonight, tonight (Maria, Tony; Act 1)

CD4

1. Scarlatti: O cessate di piagarmi (Sesto, Act 2)
2. Handel: Lascia ch’io pianga (Almirena; Act 2)
3. Gluck: O del mio dolce ardour bramato oggetto! (Paride, Act 1)
4. Mozart: Porgi, amor (Countess; Act 2)          
5. Cherubini: Dei tuoi figli la madre tu vedi (Medea; Act 1)        
6. Rossini: Una voce poco fa… (Rosina; Act 1)
7. Rossini: Io sono docile (Rosina; Act 1)
8. Bellini: Casta Diva (Norma, Chorus; Act 1)  
9. Bellini: Ah! bello a me ritorna (Norma, Chorus; Act 1)
10. Bellini: Ah! non credea mirarti (Amina; Act 2)
11. Bellini: Qui la voce sua soave – Ah! rendetemi la speme (Elvira; Act 2)
12. Bellini: Vien, diletto (Elvira; Act 2)
13. Donizetti: Piangete voi? (Anna, Chorus; Act 2) 
14. Donizetti: Al dolce guidami castel natio (Anna; Act 2) 
15. Donizetti: Regnava nel silenzio (Lucia; Act 1)
16. Donizetti: Quando rapito in estasi (Lucia; Act 1)          
17. Parisotti: Se tu m’ami
18. Martini: Piacer d’amor
19. Bellini: Malincolia, ninfa gentile
20. Donizetti: Amor marinaro: Me voglio fa’na casa

CD5

1. Verdi: È strano! … Ah fors’è lui che l’anima (Violetta; Act 1)
2. Verdi: Follie! follie! … Sempre libera (Violetta; Act 1)
3. Verdi: Tenesta la promessa … Addio del passato (Violetta; Act 4)
4. Verdi: Ascolta! Tacea la note placida (Leonora; Act 1)
5. Verdi: Quanto narrasti di turbamento m’ha piena l’alma! (Ines, Leonora; Act 1)
6. Verdi: Di tale amor che dirsi (Leonora, Ines; Act 1)           
7. Verdi: D’amor sull’ali rosee (Leonora; Act 4 Scene 1)
8. Verdi: Miserere… Quel suon ,quelle preci (Chorus, Leonora, Manrico; Act 4 Scene 1) 
9. Verdi: Di te, di te scordarmi (Leonora; Act 4 Scene 1)
10. Verdi: Tu vedrai che amore in terra (Leonora; Act 4 Scene 1)
11. Verdi: È dessa! … Un ditto, un sol … (Carlo, Elisabetta; Act 5)
12. Verdi: Ma lassù ci vedremo (Elisabetta, Carlo; Act 5)
13. Verdi: Qui Radames verrà…..O patria mia (Aida; Act 3)
14. Verdi: Libera me, Domine (Soprano, Chorus)
15. Verdi: Dies irae (Soprano, Chorus)
16. Verdi: Requiem aeternam (Soprano, Chorus)
17. Verdi: Libera me, Domine (Soprano, Chorus)
18. Verdi: In solitary stanza             
19. Verdi: Brindisi
20. Verdi: Stornello

CD6

1. Leoncavallo: Qual fiamma avea nel guardo! … Stridono lassù (Nedda; Act 1)
2. Mascagni: Suzel, buon di… (Fritz, Suzel; Act 2)
3. Mascagni: Tutto tace (Fritz, Suzel; Act 2)
4. Puccini: Si. Mi chiamano Mimi (Mimi; Act 1)
5. Puccini: O soave fanciulla, o dolce viso (Rodolfo, Mimi; Act 1)
6. Puccini: Donde lieta uscì (Mimi; Act 3)
7. Giordano: La mamma morta (Maddalena; Act 3)
8. Cilea : Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l’umile ancella (Adriana; Act 1)
9. Cilea: Poveri fiori, gemme de’ prati (Adriana; Act 4)        
10. Catalani: Ebben? ne andrò lontana (Wally; Act 1)      
11. Catalani: Ebben? ne andrò lontana (Wally; Act 1)
12. Puccini: L’amore è un’altra cosa… Laggiù nel Soledad (Minnie; Act 1)
13. Puccini: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (Magda, Yvette, Bianca, Suzy, Gobin, Périchaud, Crébillon, Prunier; Act 1)
14. Puccini: “Figliuolo, tu mi dici” (Magda, Ruggero; Act 3)
15. Puccini: “Donale il bacio mio” (Magda, Ruggero; Act 3)
16. Puccini: No! Non dir questo! (Ruggero, Magda; Act 3)
17. Puccini: Ma come puoi lasciarmi? (Ruggero, Magda; Act 3)    
18. Puccini: Senza mamma (Angelica)
19. Puccini: In questa reggia (Turandot, Calaf, Chorus; Act 2)

CD7

1. Gounod: Ô Dieu! que de bijoux! (Marguerite; Act 3) 
2. Bizet: Je dis que rien ne m’epouvante (Michaela; Act 3)  
3. Bizet: L’amour est un oiseau rebelle [Habanera – ORIGINAL VERSION] (Carmen, Chorus; Act 1)
4. Gounod: Serenade
5. Bizet: Chant d’amour
6. Massenet: Élégie           
7. Brel: La chanson des vieux amants
8. Brediceanu: Câte flori pe deal in sus
9. Grigorio: Muszica
10. Grigorio: Muszica
11. Alessandrescu: Cind perdeaua dragli mele
12. Gheciu: Si Daca
13. Brediceanu: Floricicá de pe apá
14. Brediceanu: Bade, pentru ochii tai
15. Brediceanu: Vai, badita, dragi ne-avem
16. Dendrino: Lăsati-mă să Cĭnt (Let me sing): Această melodie…Te lubesc
17. Dendrino: O, ce vesle minunalã!
18. Dendrino: Coroanã de trandafiri
19. Dendrino: Naşlerea Domnului

CD8

1. Introduction
2. Early years in Romania, Bucharest School and Conservatoire, and becoming a singer
3. Research, Method and Approach to interpretation
4. Further discussion of Research, Method and Approach to interpretation
5. Introductory Narration about La traviata  
6. La traviata
7. Introductory Narration about Manon (Massenet)
8. Manon (Massenet)  
9. Adriana Lecouvreur
10. Introductory Narration about Werther
11. Werther
12. Introductory Narration about Madama Butterfly
13. Madama Butterfly
14. Introductory Narration about La Scala recital and Se tu m’ami (Parisotti)   
15. Se tu m’ami (Parisotti)
16. French Melodies
17. Romanian Song

DVD

1. Puccini: Vogliateme bene (Butterfly, Pinkerton; Act 1)
2. Puccini: Un bel dì vedremo (Butterfly; Act 2, Part 1)
3. Puccini: Tu che di gel sei cinta (Liù; Act 3 Scene 1)
4. Schicchi: O mio babbino caro (Lauretta)
5. Verdi: Pace, pace, mio Dio (Leonora; Act 4)          
6. Franco Zeffirelli, in conversation with Paul Cozighian, discusses Angela Gheorghiu’s qualities as an artist

In 2015, Angela Gheorghiu celebrates 25 years since her career was launched with a performance of Mimì in La bohème at the National Opera of Romania in Cluj. She shot to international fame in 1994 when she sang La traviata, conducted by Sir Georg Solti, in a new production at the Royal Opera House in London. She retains a close relationship with the house and has performed and recorded regularly with its Music Director, Sir Antonio Pappano.

With her voice of velvety beauty, her refined sense of style and expression, her physical beauty and her skill as an actress, she is established as one of the leading operatic sopranos of our time, especially noted in the Italian repertoire. Her most celebrated stage roles are Violetta, Mimì, Tosca, Magda (La rondine) and Adriana Lecouvreur. All these feature in her Autograph collection, as do many characters that she has not sung on stage, including Cio-Cio San (from her prizewinning complete recording of Madama Butterfly, made in Rome with Pappano and Jonas Kaufmann), Carmen, Norma, Charlotte (Werther) and even Turandot. Also included are a selection of haunting Romanian songs and a DVD of performance extracts.

Drawing on the EMI, Erato and Teldec catalogues, each Autograph box focuses on a single artist, providing a biographical panorama of his or her career through a series of thematically programmed CDs and fascinating documentation. Each collection - which tracklisting is personally overviewed by the artist - is devised in collaboration with the artist in question, who also features in a specially-recorded exclusive interview. Illustrated with musical extracts to illuminate the artist’s life and work, the interviews are conducted by the distinguished journalist and broadcaster Jon Tolansky.

Autograph is a new series of Warner Classics box sets at. Drawn from the EMI, Erato and Teldec catalogues, each box focuses on a single artist, providing a biographical panorama of his/her career through a series of thematically programmed CDs and fascinating documentation. Each collection - which tracklisting is personally overviewed by the artist - is devised in collaboration with the featured artist and includes a newly-recorded exclusive interview with him/her, discussing the artist’s life and work. Illustrated with musical extracts, the interviews are conducted by the distinguished journalist and broadcaster Jon Tolansky. The first artists to feature in the Autograph series are three leading singers of recent decades: soprano Angela Gheorghiu, baritone Thomas Hampson and bass-baritone José van Dam, all of whom have important anniversaries in 2015.

http://www.angelagheorghiu.com/