I Couldn't Agree More

Gramaphone's review of one of the latest opera "collections":

Perhaps, in such collections as this, it is best to forget about the aria’s context and simply take each item as it comes; but that is not always possible, as (for example) “Porgi, amor� cannot suddenly be disassociated from the Countess, and it is a piece of surreal effrontery to have her finish and Blonde from Die Entfuhrung come cavorting in, vivace e presto, with “Welche Wonne, welche Lust�. Then when she skips off, Konstanze arrives – same opera, same voice, different character. It won’t quite do. And then why, one wonders, is the second of Konstanze’s arias, “Ach, ich liebte�, not allowed to follow the first, as Zerlina’s is?

Well put! DG take heed — the order does matter! Actually, to be completely honest, let's get rid of the "greatest opera arias of all time" disks completely, shall we?