The Voice of Mozart: version 2
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# The Voice of Mozart <!--product-->
## Identity <!--identity-->
gtin: 00028947050520
name: The Voice of Mozart
summary: 2002 US two-CD Decca compilation of Mozart arias, ensembles, songs and sacred music sung by Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa and others.
brand: brand/decca
category: category/10001459
country_of_sale: US
pack_quantity: 1
pack_format: jewel case
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## Relations <!--relations-->
| role | target | market | from | until | ended | status | source | note |
| -------------- | ------------------------------------------ | ------ | ---- | ----- | ----- | ------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| marketed_by | company/umg-recordings | US | | | | derived | ^discogs | Discogs credits Universal Classics Group as publisher and © holder of this release; Universal Classics Group is recorded here as a trading name of a division of UMG Recordings, Inc. on the strength of another 2002 US Decca back cover (see that company stub), not of this pack |
| distributed_by | company/universal-music-video-distribution | US | | | | sourced | ^discogs | Discogs credits Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. as distributor; its Discogs label profile describes it as the US distribution company of Universal Music Group |
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## Markets <!--markets-->
| country | status | source | note | observed | condition | origin | price |
| ------- | ------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | --------- | ------ | ----- |
| US | sourced | ^discogs | Discogs lists release country US and a US distributor (Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp., Universal City, California, per ^discogs-umvd); MusicBrainz records a 2002 US release event. Catalogue records, not retail listings | 2026-09-13 | | | |
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## Aliases <!--aliases-->
| name | type | locale | from | until |
| ------------------------------------- | ------ | ------ | ---- | ----- |
| Various Artists - The Voice of Mozart | search | en | | |
| 289 470 505-2 | search | | | |
<!--/aliases-->
## Release <!--release-->
artists: Various
label: brand/decca
record_company: company/umg-recordings
copyright: © Universal Classics Group
catalogue_number: 289 470 505-2
media: cd
discs: 2
released: 2002
release_country: US
genre: Classical, Opera
runtime_min: 137.3
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## Tracks <!--tracks-->
| position | title | artist | duration | source | note | writers |
| -------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ------------ | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------- |
| 1-1 | The Magic Flute: Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja | Mikael Melbye | 3:03 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Staatskapelle Dresden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-2 | The Magic Flute: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd Schön | Peter Schreier | 3:56 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Staatskapelle Dresden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-3 | The Magic Flute: Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herze | Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Luciana Serra | 2:56 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Staatskapelle Dresden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-4 | The Magic Flute: O Isis und Osiris | MDR Rundfunkchor Leipzig, Kurt Moll | 2:56 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Staatskapelle Dresden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-5 | The Magic Flute: Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Pa-Papagena! | Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel | 2:25 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Myung-Whun Chung; Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-6 | The Abduction from the Seraglio: Welche Wonne, welche lust | Kathleen Battle | 2:45 | ^musicbrainz | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-7 | Il Rè Pastore: L'amero, saro costante | Angela Maria Blasi, John Constable | 7:36 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-8 | Idomeneo, Rè di Creta: Se il padre perdei | Barbara Hendricks | 6:18 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-9 | Cosi fan tutte: Soave sia il vento | Karita Mattila, Anne Sofie von Otter, José van Dam | 3:24 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-10 | La Clemenza di Tito: Ah, perdona al primo affetto | Lucia Popp, Frederica von Stade | 3:13 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-11 | Don Giovanni: Notte e giorno faticar | Gilles Cachemaille | 4:45 | ^musicbrainz | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-12 | Don Giovanni: Madamina, il catalogo è questo | Wladimiro Ganzarolli, John Constable | 5:25 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-13 | Don Giovanni: Ah fuggi il traditor! | Della Jones | 1:07 | ^musicbrainz | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-14 | Don Giovanni: Dalla sua pace | Stuart Burrows, John Constable | 4:24 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-15 | Don Giovanni: Fin ch'han dal vino | Bryn Terfel | 1:20 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Georg Solti; London Philharmonic Orchestra | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-16 | Don Giovanni: Deh vieni alla finestra | Ingvar Wixell | 1:59 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-17 | Don Giovanni: Il mio tesoro intanto | Stuart Burrows | 4:31 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-18 | Don Giovanni: Mi Tradì quell'alma ingrata | Kiri Te Kanawa | 3:59 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Colin Davis; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 1-19 | Don Giovanni: 'Don Giovanni, a cenar teco | Kristinn Sigmundsson | 5:22 | ^musicbrainz | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-1 | The Marriage of Figaro: Se vuol ballare, signor contino | José van Dam | 2:37 | ^musicbrainz | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-2 | The Marriage of Figaro: Non so piu | Teresa Berganza | 2:46 | ^musicbrainz | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-3 | The Marriage of Figaro: Non piu andrai | Samuel Ramey | 3:36 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Georg Solti; London Philharmonic Orchestra | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-4 | The Marriage of Figaro: Voi, che sapete | Frederica von Stade | 2:55 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Georg Solti; London Philharmonic Orchestra | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-5 | The Marriage of Figaro: Che soate zeffiretto | Barbara Hendricks, Lucia Popp | 2:57 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; title as in MusicBrainz; Discogs spells "Che Soave Zeffiretto" | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-6 | The Marriage of Figaro: Deh vieni, non tardar | Cecilia Bartoli | 3:55 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor György Fischer; Wiener Kammerorchester | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-7 | Das Kinderspiel | Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin | 1:09 | ^musicbrainz | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-8 | Die Alte | Elly Ameling, Dalton Baldwin | 2:36 | ^musicbrainz | | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-9 | Mass in C minor: Kyrie | Arleen Augér, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quiristers | 7:00 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Christopher Hogwood; Academy of Ancient Music | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-10 | Kommet her, ihr frechen Sünder | Ann Murray | 6:03 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Radio‐Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart des SWR | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-11 | Mass in C minor: Gloria | John Mark Ainsley, Arleen Augér, Lynne Dawson, David Thomas, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quiristers | 2:22 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Christopher Hogwood; Academy of Ancient Music | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-12 | Ave verum corpus in D, K. 618 | Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, James Vivian | 3:36 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Stephen Cleobury | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-13 | Vesperae solennes de confessore: Laudate Dominum | Emma Kirkby, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Winchester College Quiristers | 4:31 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Christopher Hogwood; Academy of Ancient Music | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-14 | Exsultate, jubilate: Alleluia | Leontyne Price, Wiener Großstadtkinderchor, Wiener Singverein | 2:57 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Herbert von Karajan; Berliner Philharmoniker, Wiener Philharmoniker | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-15 | Requiem in D minor: Introitus | Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Sylvia McNair | 5:05 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-16 | Requiem in D minor: Dies irae | Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus | 1:59 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-17 | Requiem in D minor: Tuba mirum | Francisco Araiza, Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNair, Carolyn Watkinson | 3:50 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-18 | Requiem in D minor: Confutatis | Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus | 2:23 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
| 2-19 | Requiem in D minor: Lacrimosa | Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Francisco Araiza, Robert Lloyd, Sylvia McNair, Carolyn Watkinson | 3:36 | ^musicbrainz | Conductor Sir Neville Marriner; Academy of St Martin in the Fields | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart |
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## Specifications <!--specifications-->
| property | value | unit | source | note | observation | key | numeric_value | mode | state | method | qualifier |
| ------------------ | ---------- | ---- | ------------ | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | --- | ------------- | ---- | ----- | ---------- | ------------- |
| Packaging | Jewel Case | | ^musicbrainz | | us-release | | | | known | printed | |
| Discs | 2 | | ^discogs | Discogs format: 2 × CD, Compilation; MusicBrainz also lists two CDs | us-release | | | | known | printed | exact |
| Total running time | 137:17 | | ^musicbrainz | Sum of the 38 MusicBrainz track lengths, not a timing printed on the pack; runtime_min is converted from it | us-release | | | | known | calculated | approximately |
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## Observations <!--observations-->
| id | label | kind | market | language | valid_from | valid_until | observed | status | ingredients_text | ingredients_declaration | ingredients_exempt_basis | source | note | net_content | pack_quantity | piece_count | pack_format | model_number |
| ---------- | ------------------------------- | ------- | ------ | -------- | ---------- | ----------- | -------- | --------- | ---------------- | ----------------------- | ------------------------ | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- | ------------- | ----------- | ----------- | ------------ |
| us-release | US release, 289 470 505-2, 2 CD | edition | US | | | | | supported | | | | ^discogs | Barcode 0 28947 050520 per Discogs and 028947050520 per MusicBrainz; read from catalogue records, no photo of the pack read here | | 1 | | jewel case | |
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## Credits <!--credits-->
| observation | name | role | source | note |
| ----------- | ------------------------------------------- | ---------------------------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------- |
| us-release | Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Composer | ^discogs | All tracks; MusicBrainz credits him as the release artist |
| us-release | Universal Classics Group | Publisher and copyright (©) holder | ^discogs | |
| us-release | Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. | Distributor | ^discogs | |
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## Research gaps <!--research_gaps-->
| observation | domain | state | detail | source |
| ----------- | ------------- | -------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------ |
| | relationships | unknown | No source names the GS1 registrant of prefix 0028947, which Universal classical releases on both sides of the Atlantic carry; gs1_prefix_owner is omitted | |
| us-release | identity | disputed | Artist credit: Discogs credits "Various", MusicBrainz credits Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart as release artist; Release.artists follows Discogs and the Credits table names Mozart as composer | ^discogs |
| | markets | not_researched | No retail listing printing this barcode could be read: amazon.com (ASIN B00005UWKX per MusicBrainz) answered 503 to the server, an eBay listing answered 403 and AllMusic served a maintenance page on 2026-09-13; whether the CD is still in print is unknown, so status is left blank | ^musicbrainz |
| us-release | media | not_researched | Exact release date, label code, matrix and SID codes, recording dates and producer credits of the compilation are not transcribed in the Discogs or MusicBrainz records read | ^discogs |
| | identity | not_researched | Other editions: the MusicBrainz release group d4a802f4-49fe-3662-a772-0539f30f5cc1 answered 503 when fetched, so no family was created; a web search found only this Discogs release for the barcode | |
| | images | unknown | Cover Art Archive holds front and back scans for the MusicBrainz release, but no reuse licence is stated for them; no image was added | ^musicbrainz |
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## Research <!--research-->
structure_version: 2
reviewed_on: 2026-09-13
note: Identity confirmed by MusicBrainz (barcode 028947050520, Decca Classics imprint, catalogue number 289 470 505-2) and Discogs release 10161574 (barcode 0 28947 050520, Decca, 289 470 505-2), which agree on title, 2002 US release and two CDs. Track titles, timings and per-track performers from MusicBrainz recording relationships; publisher, copyright and distributor from Discogs. No photo of the pack was read.
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## Images <!--images-->
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| ------------------- | ----- | ----------------- | --------- | ------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ---------- | ---- | ------------------------------------ | ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------ | --------------- | ------------ | ---------------- | -------------- | --------------- | ------------ | ------------- | ----------- |
| front-3b20a891.webp | front | cover-art-archive | editorial | Cover Art Archive / MusicBrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/release/606886fc-52cb-480d-893e-7c1c37d909a8/cover-art | 2026-09-13 | | 606886fc-52cb-480d-893e-7c1c37d909a8 | 29018710183 | https://coverartarchive.org/release/606886fc-52cb-480d-893e-7c1c37d909a8/29018710183.jpg | https://coverartarchive.org/release/606886fc-52cb-480d-893e-7c1c37d909a8/29018710183-1200.jpg | 2026-09-13T19:14:13.361Z | 028947050520 | barcode | 1 | 1200 | 1191 | 1200 | 1191 | |
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## References <!--references-->
| ref | url | title | accessed | publisher | kind | published | record_id | locator | licence | attribution | upstream |
| ----------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ---------- | ----------------------- | --------- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ----------- | --------------- |
| musicbrainz | https://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/606886fc-52cb-480d-893e-7c1c37d909a8?fmt=json&inc=labels+recordings+artist-credits+release-groups+artist-rels+recording-level-rels+work-rels | MusicBrainz release: The Voice of Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart), US 2002 | 2026-09-13 | MusicBrainz | catalogue | | 606886fc-52cb-480d-893e-7c1c37d909a8 | label-info, media, recording relationships | CC0 | | |
| discogs | https://api.discogs.com/releases/10161574 | Discogs release 10161574: Various - The Voice Of Mozart, US 2×CD 289 470 505-2 | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 10161574 | labels, companies, identifiers, formats, tracklist | | | |
| discogs-ucg | https://api.discogs.com/labels/166563 | Discogs label 166563: Universal Classics Group | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 166563 | profile, contact info, parent label | | | |
| discogs-umvd | https://api.discogs.com/labels/265436 | Discogs label 265436: Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. | 2026-09-13 | Discogs | catalogue | | 265436 | profile, contact info | | | |
| barcodepedia-2007 | https://web.archive.org/web/20070912210848/http://en.barcodepedia.com/028947050520/various-artists-the-voice-of-mozart | Barcodepedia 2007 page: Various Artists - The Voice of Mozart (Wayback Machine) | 2026-09-13 | Barcodepedia (archived) | other | 2007-09-12 | | | | | upcdatabase.com |
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## About <!--about-->
The Voice of Mozart is a two-CD Decca compilation of vocal music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, released in the United States in 2002 under catalogue number 289 470 505-2.[^musicbrainz][^discogs] Its 38 tracks are drawn from existing recordings: arias and ensembles from The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, The Marriage of Figaro, Così fan tutte, Idomeneo and other operas, then two songs, sacred works including the Mass in C minor and Ave verum corpus, and five movements of the Requiem.[^musicbrainz] The singers include Cecilia Bartoli, Bryn Terfel, Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa and Lucia Popp, under conductors such as Sir Colin Davis, Sir Neville Marriner and Sir Georg Solti.[^musicbrainz] Discogs credits Universal Classics Group, based in New York, as publisher and copyright holder, and Universal Music & Video Distribution, Corp. as distributor.[^discogs][^discogs-ucg]
The 2007 Barcodepedia page for this barcode, taken from upcdatabase.com, listed it as a CD by various artists.[^barcodepedia-2007]
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