"La Superba" was the ecstatic nickname bestowed on the Spanish soprano Montserrat Caball when RCA Red Seal released her first solo recording in 1966. As she celebrates in 2008 the 75th anniversary of her birth, she can look back on a career of incredible diversity and sublime achievement. Caball 's richly expressive voice - capable of immense power but also the most delicately spun high notes - represents a golden age in and of itself, triumphant in everything from the limpid bel canto of Bellini to the thundering drama of Verdi, Wagner and Strauss. This collection highlights some of the most sheerly beautiful singing ever committed to disc - essential in every sense of the word.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Puccini : Mi Chiamano Mimi from La Boheme
2. Puccini : Ehi! Rodolfo! from La Boheme
3. Puccini : O Soave Fanciulla from La Boheme
4. Verdi : E Strano, E Strano!..Ah, Fors'e Lui from La Traviata
5. Verdi : Follie! Follie! Delirio Vano E Questo from La Traviata
6. Verdi : Sempre Libera from La Traviata
7. Verdi : Teneste La Promessa from La Traviata
8. Verdi : Addio Del Passato from La Traviata
9. Donizetti : Tranquillo Ei Posa..Come'e Bello! Quale Incanto from Lucrezia Borgia
10. Rossini : Serbami Ognor.Alle Piu Calde Immagini from Semiramide
11. Bellini : Oh! S'io Potessi Dissipar Le Nubi.Col Sorriso D'Innocenza from Il Pirata
12. Bellini : Casta Diva from Norma
13. Bellini : Fine Al Rito from Norma
14. Bellini : Ah! Bello A Me Ritorna from Norma
15. Massenet : Il Faut Nous Separer. From Werther
16. Massenet : Mais Vous Ne Savez Rien De Moi. From Werther
17. Massenet : Reve! Extase! From Werther
18. Mascagni : Tu Qui, Santuzza?... From Cavalleria Rusticana
19. Mascagni : La Tua Santuzza From Cavalleria Rusticana
20. Bizet : C´est Toi! C´est Moi. From Carmen
21. Bizet : Mais Moi, Carmen, Je T´aime Encore From Carmen

Disc 2:

1. Donizetti : Eccomi Sola Alfine from Gemma Di Vergy
2. Verdi : No, Mi Lasciate.Tu Al Cui Sguardo Onnipossente from I Due Foscari
3. Verdi : Che Mi Rechi?... La Clemenza from I Due Foscari
4. Verdi : Ciel, Ch'io Respiri! From Aroldo
5. Verdi : Gualtier Malde..Caro Nome from Rigoletto
6. Verdi : Libera Me from Messa Da Requiem
7. Cilea : Io Son L'umile Ancella from Adriana Lecouvreur
8. Leoncavallo : Qual Fiamma Avea Nel Guardo! From I Pagliacci
9. Strauss : Ah! Du Wolltest Mich Nicht Deinen Mund from Salome
10. Strauss : Sie Ist Ein Ungeheuer, Deine Tochter from Salome
11. Strauss : Ah! Ich Habe Deinen Mund Gekubt, Jokanaan from Salome
12. Wagner : Mild Und Leise (Liebestod) from Tristan Und Isolde
13. Bellini : Vaga Luna, Che Inargenti
14. Bellini : Per Pieta, Bell´idol Mio
15. Bellini : Il Fervido Desiderio
16. Bellini : Dolent Immagine Di Fille Mia
17. Alvarez : Pregaria
18. Strauss : Wiegenlied
19. Feliciano : Feliz Navidad