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Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Graunke Symphony Orchestra ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; Munich Radio Symphony Orche...

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; Acis & Galatea (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; Di Stef...
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra ; Bavarian State Orchestra ; Bavarian Symphony Orchestra ; Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...
This is an Enhanced CD, which contains both regular audio tracks and multimedia computer files....continue...

Verdi: Requiem / Domingo, Gallardo-Domâs, Brillembourg, Berti, Abdrazákov, et al

2 CD / GLOR Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Berti, Marco; Brillemburg, Fredrika; Gallardo-Domâs, Cristina
Ensemble: Youth Orchestra of the Americas

Verdi wrote the Requiem in 1874 to mark the first anniversary of the death of Alessandro Manzoni, the grand old man of Italian literature. In...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: Overture to Der fliegende Holländer (The Flying Dutchman), for orchestra; Tannhäuser, opera, WWV 70; Lohengrin, opera, WWV 75; Die Walküre (The Valkyrie), opera, WWV 86...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi; Ameling, Elly; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy; Arkhipova, Irina; Arroyo, Marti...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale ; Consort of Musicke ; Ensemble Artaserse ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris ; Fretwork ; Hesperion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco ; Il Seminario Musicale ; La Grande Ecurie et La...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; Acis & Galatea (as used in the film "Got Rot Tunbridge Wells"); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; Di Stef...
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra ; Bavarian Symphony Orchestra ; Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; Berlin State Opera Orches...

Verdi: La Traviata (Zeffirelli) / Domingo/Arturo Toscanini Orch. & Chorus, Bonfadelli, Piper, Bruson [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2008-07-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bonfadelli, Stefania; Bruson, Renato; Casalin, Luca; Di Stefano, Riccardo; Leveroni, Paola; Peebo, Annely; Piper, Scott; Reschitz, Alessandro; Ricci, Christian; Sarti, Gastone; Snarsky, Andrea; Tisi,...
Ensemble: Coro della Fondazione Arturo Toscanini ; Orchestra della Fondazione Arturo Toscanini

Run Time: 139 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Spani...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Domingo, Dessi, Armiliato, Pons, Rinaldi, et al

2 CD / Dynamic / 2008-07-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Arnaud, Monique; Borin, Elena; Camastra, Marco; Casalin, Luca; Colla, Stefano La; Dessì, Daniela; Ferrari, Salvatore; Fruzza, Raul; Mellace, Sandra; Meozzi, Alessandra; Pons,...
Ensemble: Orchestra Citta Lirica

Tenor Placido Domingo is on the podium of this magnificent production which features a great international cast. This opera was first staged in 1904 at...continue...

The Puccini Experience / Mehta, Italian Radio SO Rome, Italian Radio Chorus Rome

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Giacomo Puccini; La bohème; Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut); Il canto del pastore (Tosca); La Rondine; Il cielo di Nagasaki (Madama Butterfly); Crisantemi "Elegy"; Il Trit...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose; Cowan, Richard; Cura, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hendricks, Barbara; Hong, Hei-Kyung; Larmore,...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra ; French National Orchestra ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome ; Lyon Opera Orchestra ; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra ; Munich Radio...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Fantasia, Atto 1 (Turandot); Il cielo di Nagasaki (Madama Butterfly); Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut); Il canto del pastore (Tosca); La bohème; Giacomo Puccini; La Rondine;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Gens, V...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

The Essential José Carreras

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: Il canto del pastore (Tosca); Fantasia, Atto 1 (Turandot); Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Wer...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert; King, Sarah; Kovacs, Pal; Marton, Eva; Midgley, Juliet; Pav...
Ensemble: ; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra ; Hungarian State Orchestra ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Tallis Chamber Choir ; Vienna State Opera Chorus ; Vienna State Opera Orchestra ; Vienna Symphony ...

A beloved member of "The Three Tenors," Spain's Jose Carreras endures as one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

Viva Villazón!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut); Il canto del pastore (Tosca); Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: Der Liebestrank; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida; La traviata; Jule...
Performers: Villazon, Rolando
Ensemble:

In the last four years Rolando Villazon has become one of the most outstanding tenors of his generation. The range of repertoire he has recorded...continue...

Gitano - Zarzuela Arias / Villazón, Domingo, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-02-06

Works: Pablo Sorozabal: La tabernera del puerto; La del manojo de rosas; Amadeo Vives: Doña Francisquita; Simeon José Serrano: La alegría del batallón; La dolorosa; El trust de los tenor...
Performers: Villazon, Rolando
Ensemble: Madrid Community Orchestra

"The greatest compliment I can pay to Villazon is that, as his trumpet tones rang out in the first of these arias (and I had...continue...
This album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Vocal Performance."...continue...

Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Placido Domingo / Orchestra e Coro Citta Liricia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2004-10-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Armiliato, Fabio; Dessi, Daniela; Pons, Juan
Ensemble: Orchestra Citta Lirica

On the anniversary of the first success of Madama Butterfly in Brescia on May 28th, 1904, Placido Domingo conducted, from the podium of Torre del...continue...
Run Time: 130 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: USA
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Artist Portrait - Daniel Barenboim

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-03-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Ludwig van Beethoven: "Pathétique" Sonata; Franz Liszt: Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie"; Johannes ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel; Lupu, Radu
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Artist Portrait - José Cura

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-03-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Fantasia, Atto 1 (Turandot); La bohème; Il canto del pastore (Tosca); La Rondine; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida; Ave Maria; Der Troubadour; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, ...
Performers: Bitetti, Ernesto; Borodina, Olga; Cura, Jose; Delgado, Eduardo
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Chorus ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Simply the Best - Classical Passion - Music for Lovers

2 CD / Nonesuch / 2003-05-20

Works: Erik Satie: Gnossienne No. 1; Camille Saint-Saëns: The Swan (from "Carnival of the Animals"), original (for 2 pianos & ensemble) and arrangements; Samson et Dalila, opera in 3 acts, Op. 47; Dmit...
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Borodina, Olga; Brodsky Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; Cura, Jose; Katsaris, Cyprien; Klocker, Dieter; Legrand, Michel; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Little, Tasmin; London Symphony Or...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra ; German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen ; London Symphony Orchestra ; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra ; Philharmonia Orchestra ; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra ; St. Paul ...

Personnel: José Cura (tenor); Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Dieter Klöcker (clarinet); Güher Pekinel, Süher Pekinel, Michel Legrand, Cyprien Katsaris, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai Lug...continue...

The Very Best of Placido Domingo

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Così fan tutte, K 588; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jul...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Graham, Susan; Grist, Reri; Horton, Peter; Urmana, Violeta; Voigt, Deborah
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Madrid Symphony Orchestra ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra ; National Philharmonic Orchestra ; N...

Fire & Ice / Sarah Chang, Placido Domingo, Berlin PO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-01-08

Works: Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25; Ziegeunerweisen; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Maurice Ravel: Tzigane; Antonin Dvorák: Romance for violin & ...
Performers: Chang, Sarah
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Great Tenors of the Century - Cura, Seiffert, Alagna, et al

1 CD / Teldec (USA) / 2000-03-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Fantasia, Atto 1 (Turandot); Il canto del pastore (Tosca); La bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida; La...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Anders, Peter; Araiza, Francisco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boutet, Benoit; Carreras, Jose; Caruso, Enrico; Clark, Graham; Cottone, Salvatore; Cura, Jose; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placi...
Ensemble:

Simply the Best Night at the Opera / Algana, Bartoli, et al

2 CD / Erato / 1999-07-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Fantasia, Atto 1 (Turandot); Giacomo Puccini; La bohème; Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut); Il cielo di Nagasaki (Madama Butterfly); Il canto del pastore (Tosca); Jacques Off...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, Jose; Cura, Jose; Dam, Jose van; Daniel, Susan; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Dubosc, Catherine; Gheorghiu, Angela;...
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Orchestra ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra ; English Chamber Orchestra ; Hallé Orchestra ; I Solisti Veneti ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra ; Lyon Opera Orchestra ;...

Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, etc / Domingo, Philharmonia

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-04-20

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet, fantasy-overture for orchestra in B minor (3 versions); None but the lonely heart, song for voice & piano, Op. 6/6; Capriccio Italien, for orchestra (or pi...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Harnoy, Ofra
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Puccini: Arias / Cura, Domingo, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Erato / 1997-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Fantasia, Atto 1 (Turandot); Giacomo Puccini; Il Tabarro; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Il cielo di Nagasaki (Madama Butterfly); Il canto del pastore (Tosca); La bohème; ...
Performers: Cura, Jose
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Verdi - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida; Der Troubadour; La forza del destino; La traviata; Falstaff; Luisa Miller; Nabucco; Messa da Requiem; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose; Dale, Laurence; Dickie, Murray; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Millo, Aprile; Pavarotti, Luciano; Plishka, Paul; Raimondi, Ruggero; Sylve...
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra ; Lausanne Pro Arte Chorus ; London Philharmonic Orchestra ; London Symphony Orchestra ; Metropolitan Opera Choru...

All Star Tenors Salute The World

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-05-17

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Anonymous: Cancó de Taverna; Els Contrabandistes, catalan folk song; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Manuel Alejandro: Sevil...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bottone, Bonaventure; Carreras, Jose; De Lucia, Paco; Domingo, Placido; Hoffmann, Peter [Tenor Vocal]; Hofmann, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Tucker, Richard [Vocals]
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra ; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company ; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra ; London Symphony Orchestra ; New York Philharmon...

Opera Duets / Baltsa, Carreras, Domingo, London SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-01-11

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; La traviata; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma; Georges Bizet: Carmen
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose; Hintermeier, Margaretha
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra ; Tallis Chamber Choir