"In my opinion, an opera singer has a rightful claim to recognition as an artist only when it can be said that he has personalized the original composition by placing his own stamp on it. I look back with fondness and warmest appreciation at the moments when the live-recordings which form this collection were created during the period from 1978 to 2007. The aura of being a Mozart-Tenor accompanied me from the beginning of my career and was a pre-requisite to my eventual crowning achievements as observed in my performance in the roles of Tamino and Belmonte, to entering artistic knighthood as bestowed upon me by Herbert von Karajan and Karl Böhm and finally, to reaching the apex of my career for the celebrity year of Mozart 1991 with highlight performances."

Contents:
1. Dalla sua pace
Mozart - Don Giovanni
1987
Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Ralf Weikert

2. Il mio tesoro
Mozart - Don Giovanni
1994
Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Johan Arnell

3. Kavatine: Ecco ridente
Rossini - Il Barbiere di Seviglia
1978
Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Heinz Wallberg

4. Je crois l'entendre encore
Bizet - Les Pecheurs de Perles
1987
Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Ralf Weikert

5. Salut demeure chaste et pure
Gounod - Faust
1987
Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Ralf Weikert

6. O Souverain!
Massenet - El Cid
1997
Orchester der Bayerischen Saatsoper Munchen/Gustav Kuhn

7. La donna e mobile
Verdi - Rigoletto
1988
Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Rico Saccani

8. Che gelida manina
Puccini - La Boheme
1987
Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Ralf Weikert

9. Improvviso: Un di all'azzurro spazio
Giordano - Andrea Chenier
1997
Orchester der Bayerischen Saatsoper Munchen/Gustav Kuhn

10. Kuda, kuda
Tchaikovsky - Eugen Onegin
1987
Munchner Rundfunkorchester/Ralf Weikert

11. Gralserzahlung
Wagner - Lohengrin
1990
Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice/Christian Thielemann

12. Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater
Wagner - Die Walkure
2007
Festspielorchester