Ten top mezzos - Bartoli, Cecilia; Von Stade, Frederica; Resnik, Elena; Baker, Janet; Cossetto, Agnes; Bumbry, Grace; Berganza, Teresa; Horne, Marilyn (London Decca Record, 1989)
Il barbiere de Siviglia / Rossini -- Le nozze di figaro / Mozart -- Samson et Dalila / Saint-Saens -- Dido and Aeneas / Purcell -- Idomeneo / Mozart -- La favorita / Donizetti -- Gotterdammerung / Wagner -- Don Carlo / Verdi -- Paride ed Elena -- La Cenerentola / Rossini.
Decca Record: 436 462-2
Program notes by Alan Blyth (18 p.) in French, German and Italian texts with English translation inserted in the container
Sung by Cecilia Bartoli, Frederica von Stade, Regina Resnik, Janet Baker, Agnes Cossetto, Grace Bumbry, Teresa Berganza, Marilyn Horne.
Keywords: Songs (Medium voice) with orchestra; Operas -- Excerpts; Mezzo-sopranos.