Alto Take:2 presents a remastered collection of 19 of opera's best-loved melodies in orchestral arrangements recorded by the twentieth century's leading light music conductors.

Legendary conductors, Carmen Dragon (1914-84), Alfred Newman (1900-70), Annunzio Paolo Mantovani (1905-80), and Herbert von Karajan head the Capitol Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and of course Montovani and His Orchestra in these operatic favorites from Nessun Dorma and the Habanera.

For every opera house lover, there are many who also admire the glorious melodies in their own right these are 19 of the original best orchestrated versions, from Hollywood to London