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ALTO TAKE 2

MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA / CAPITAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA / PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA / HERBERT VON KARAJAN / ALFRED NEWMAN / CARMEN DRAGON - Only The Strings Sing: Great Opera Tunes MANTOVANI AND HIS ORCHESTRA / CAPITAL SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA / HOLLYWOOD BOWL ORCHESTRA / PHILHARMONIA ORCHESTRA / HERBERT VON KARAJAN / ALFRED NEWMAN / CARMEN DRAGON

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Condition: Brand New
Release date: Sep 25, 2026
Catalogue number: ALN1992
Barcode: 5055354419928
Format: CD

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Alto Take:2 presents a remastered collection of 19 of opera's best-loved melodies in orchestral arrangements recorded by the twentieth century's leading light music conductors.

Legendary conductors, Carmen Dragon (1914-84), Alfred Newman (1900-70), Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (1905-80), and Herbert von Karajan head the Capitol Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and of course Montovani and His Orchestra in these operatic favorites from Nessun Dorma and the Habanera.

“For every opera house lover, there are many who also admire the glorious melodies in their own right … these are 19 of the original best orchestrated versions, from Hollywood to London”

Track List:

1. Gianni Schicchi: O Mio Babbino Caro
2. La Traviata: Libiamo, libiamo (Drinking Song)
3. Barber of Seville: Largo al factotum
4. Faust: Gloire immortelle (Soldiers’ Chorus)
5. I Pagliacci: ‘On with the Motley’
6. Rigoletto: La donna é mobile
7. Turandot: Nessun Dorma
8. Tannhäuser: Pilgrim’s Chorus
9. Samson & Dalila: Softly Awakes my Heart
10. La Traviata: Amami Alfredo
11. Carmen: Habanera (L’amour est un oiseau rebelle)
12. Carmen: Toreador Song
13. Tales of Hoff mann: Barcarolle
14. Madame Butterfl y: Love Scene (Act I)
15. Madame Butterfl y: One Fine Day (Act II)
16. Madame Butterfl y: Butterfl y’s Farewell (Act III)
17. La Bohème: Love Scene (Act I)
18. La Bohème: Musetta’s Waltz (Act II)
19. La Bohème: Mimi’s Farewell (Act II)
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