Ripping CD Question

I recently purchased the Opera La Boheme on London with
Pavarotti. The sound is excellent. I attempted to copy the entire 2 cd's onto Windows Media Player and Real Player making sure that I maintained the lossless compression.
In any case, my goal was to load the entire Cd on Windows or Real Player and then delete what I did not want. In short, I wanted to make a CDR with the arias that I wanted the most. I made the CDr and I've encountered many skips
and errors that were not on the original cds. I tried it three times and three cdr's in the garbage, I figured why not try Exact Copy software which was recommended by other members. The only problem with Exact Copy was that it would only rip the entire Cd and would not let me
delete anything. My goal was to convert the 2 CD original into hit greatest hits if you would. Any help would be appreciated.