Part I. Enrico Caruso ; John McCormack ; Leo Slezak ; Tito Schipa ; Richard Tauber ; Dialogue with eternity --Part II. Lauritz Melchior ; Beniamino Gigli ; Georges Thill ; Helge Rosvaenge ; Ivan Kozlovsky ; Joseph Schmidt ; Jussi Björling --

Bonus: Tito Schipa: two arias and two songs (1929). M'appari (from Martha) / Friedrich von Flotow (3:48) ; Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) / Gaetano Donizetti (5:05) ; I shall return / Tito Schipa (2:58) ; Princesita / José Padilla (3:33) -- Joseph Schmidt: two movie trailers (1934). Wenn du jung bist, gehört dir die Welt (3:35) ; Ein Stern fällt vom Himmel (4:36) -- Richard Tauber: two songs (1934). If you were mine / Richard Tauber (0:56) ; Once there lived a lady fair / George H. Clutsam (3:13) -- Ivan Kozlovsky: one aria and six songs (1940s). Petro's aria (from Natalka Poltavka) / Mykola Lysenko (2:28) ; On the hills of Manchuria / Ilya Shatrov (3:02) ; O cease thy singing / Sergei rachmaninov, Alexander Pushkin (4:32) ; I recall a wonderful moment / Mikhail Glinka, Alexander Pushkin (3:35) ; Voronie, udalie = Mettlesome black horses (Russian folk song) (1:34) ; Cossack went to war (fragment, Michailo Gaivoronsky (0:34) ; I loved you / Matvey Sacharov, Alexander Pushkin (3:06) -- John Steane on bel canto singing (London, 1996) (21:50) -- Stefan Zucker on the origins of modern singing (New York, 1996) (26:28).

Soundtrack, CD 1: Enrico Caruso. Mi batte il cor... O Paradiso (L'africaine) / Meyerbeer (3:39) -- Alessandro Moreschi: Ave Maria / Bach, Gounod (3:15) ; Fernando de Lucia: Questo o quella (Rigoletto) / Verdi (2:31) -- Enrico Caruso: bella figlia dell'amore (Rigoletto) (with Bessie Abott, Louise Homer, and Antonio Scotti) / Verdi (3:45) ; Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d'amore) / Donizetti (5:27) ; Core 'ngrato / Cardillo (4:33) -- Leo Slezak. Oh, Mathilde (William Tell) / Rossini (3:05) ; Ora per sempre (Otello) / Verdi (2:22) ; Verschwiegene Liebe / Wolf (2:47) ; Auf der Heide blüh'n die letzten Rosen / Stolz (1:57) -- John McCormack. Il mio tesoro (Don Giovanni) / Mozart (4:07) ; In Waldeseinsamkeit / Brahms (2:18) ; I hear you calling me / Marshall (3:47) -- Beniamino Gigli. Apri la tua finestra (Iris) / Mascagni (2:22) ; E lucevan le stelle (Tosca) / Puccini (3:02) ; Tu sei la vita mia / Becce (1:12) ; Donna non vida mai (Manon Lescaut) / Puccini (2:07) ; Il primo amor sei tu (traditional) (1:47) -- Tito Schipa. M'appari (Martha) / Flotow (3:30) ; Ah! Non mi ridestar (Werther) / Massenet (3:58) ; Princesita / Padilla (3:10) -- Lauritz Melchior. Ein Schwert verheiß mir der Vater (Die Walküre) / Wagner (5:06) ; Hoho, hoho, hohei! (Seigfried) / Wagner (3:47) ; Gott, warum hast du gehäuft dies Elend (Otello) / Verdi (4:51).

Soundtrack, CD 2: Richard Tauber. Es war einmal am Hof von Eisenack (Hoffmanns Erzälungen) / Offenbach (4:12) ; Frohe Botschaft (traditional) (1:42) ; Ständchen / Schubert (3:17) ; If you were mine / Tauber (1:01) ; Die Fledermaus (Overture, exc.) / Joh. Strauss (2:00) ; Dieser Anstand, so manierlich (Die Fledermaus) (with Vera Schwarz) / Joh. Strauss (3:31) -- Helge Rosvaenge. Gott, welch Dunkle hier (Fidelio) / Beethoven (6:31) ; Der Feuerreiter / Wolf (4:27) -- Georges Thill. Salut, demeure (Faust) / Gounod (6:25) ; In fernem Land (Lohengrin) / Wagner (3:59) -- Joseph Schmidt. Recha, als Gott dich einst (La Juive) / Halévy (4:41) ; Ano avdoh (traditional) (2:38) ; Wo beim Wein ein Walzer klingt / May (2:13) ; Mal d'amore / Buzzi-Peccia (2:12) ; Tiritomba (traditional) (0:49) -- Ivan Kozlovsky. Boris, listen Boris (Boris Godunov (with Alexander Pirogov) / Mussorgsky (2:25) ; E il sol dell'anima (Rigoletto) / Verdi (3:25) ; O cease thy singing / Rachmaninov (4:59) ; It's not the wind that bends the branch (traditional) (1:36) ; Tears be flowing (Boris Godunov) / Mussorgsky (1:54) -- Jussi Björling. Di' tu se fedele (Un ballo in maschera) / Verdi (3:13) ; Ingemisco (Messa di Requiem) / Verdi (4:09) ; An Silvia / Schubert (2:36) -- Lauritz Melchior. Land so wunderbar (Die Afrikanerin) / Meyerbeer (3:28).