Berlioz, Hector > Opera/Operetta

Early Romantic Overtures by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Weber, Schumann, Schubert, Wagner / Norrington

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Hector Berlioz: Les Francs Juges, Op. 3; Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Franz Schuber...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; London Classical Players

Roger Norrington was the first conductor to rediscover the original sound of the Romantic era. His recordings of famous overtures from Schubert to Wagner showed...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (11/1988)....continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique; Concert Overtures / Norrington, Cambreling

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-10-30

Works: Hector Berlioz: Waverley Overture, Op. 1; Les Francs-Juges, opera, H. 23a (fragments); King Lear Overture, Op. 4; Rob Roy Overture, H.54; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catac...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden und Freiburg

This release features the most famous orchestral works by Berlioz in electrifying performances by Roger Norrington and Sylvain Cambreling. Hector Berlioz remains to this day...continue...

Romantique - Elina Garanca sings arias from Sapho, Dalila, Joan of Arc et al. / Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orléans); Charles Gounod: Sapho; Faust; La Reine de Saba; Nic...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Romantique is a knockout!

In Romantique, Elina Garanca makes a smashing return to the studio and puts her imprint upon the big Romantic repertory, brilliantly

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Recording information: Bologna, Salone Bolognini (03/2012)....continue...

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

30 Years at La Monnaie

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Richard Strauss: Salome; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Falstaff; W...
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Cupido, Alberto; Dufrasne, Arnaud [Vocals]; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Kozlowska, Joanna; Krause, Carlos [Vocals]; Lascarro, Juanita; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; McI...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Pritchard, John; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Fischer, Iván; Benjamin, George

Legendary baritone José van Dam celebrates a triple anniversary: his 70th birthday, 50 years onstage, and 30 years at La Monnaie, Brussels' opera house. This...continue...
Recording information: La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium....continue...

Great Romantic Symphonies - Schubert, Brahms, Mendelssohn Berlioz, Mahler et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Robert Schu...
Performers: Szabo, Imrich
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Rahbari, Alexander; Wit, Antoni; Seifried, Reinhard; Talmi, Yoav; Tintner, Georg; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Benzi, Roberto; Kosler, Zdenek

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Overtures - Dvorak, Offenbach, Verdi, Auber, Berlioz et al. / U.S. Air Force Band

1 CD / Klavier / 2012-04-24

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Jacques Offenbach: La Fille du Tambour-Major; Giuseppe Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Fra Diavolo; Hector Berlioz: B&eac...
Conductors: Graham, Lowell
Ensemble: ; U.S. Air Force Band

Recording information: Center for the Performing Arts Auditorium, George Mason (06/09/1999-06/13/1999)....continue...

The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra: 75th Anniversary - Great Moments

2 CD / Helicon Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Sinfonia Concertante, K. 364; Concerto for Piano no 27; Don Giovanni; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5; Concerto ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Benyamini, Daniel; Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Perlman, Itzhak; Stern, Isaac; Taub, Chaim; Ulivieri, Nicola; Zukerm...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Masur, Kurt; Blomstedt, Herbert; Bertini, Gary; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

Released to celebrate the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra's 75th anniversary, this two disc set features a collection of twenty-two key tracks excerpted from the Helicon Classics...continue...

Anna Netrebko sings Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera...
Performers: Aronson, David; Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon presents First Choice, its new flagship mid-price series. The series features top artists - Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herber...continue...
Recording information: Vienna, musikverein, Grosser Saal (03/2003)....continue...

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust / Kuebler, Grundheber, Uria-Monzon, Sedov

2 CD / Helicon Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, ballet music
Performers: Grundheber, Franz; Kuebler, David; Sedov, Denis; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice
Conductors: Bertini, Gary
Ensemble: ; Transylvania State Philharmonic Choir

More than any other musician, Gary Bertini brought Israeli music-making to a standard that could readily bear international comparison. On this set, Bertini conducts the...continue...
Recording information: Mann Auditorium, Tel-Aviv....continue...

Journey Around the World / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Anonymous, Mexican: La Cucaracha; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, Op. 47; Arthur Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba; Sergey Rachmaninov: Two Pieces, Op. 2; Alexander Borod...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Byzantine, Julian; Lympany, Moura; Montero, Gabriela; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Robinson, Eric; Cluytens, André; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Barbirolli, John; Jansons, Mariss

Classical Music doesn't get much more exciting than this! With the help of wonderful music (some familiar, some new) this collection encourages children to experience...continue...

French Ballet Music: Debussy, Delibes, Gounod, Saint-Saens / Sir Thomas Beecham

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Léo Delibes: Le roi s'amuse, incidental music ("Six airs de danse dans le style ancien"); Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; L'Enfant prodigue; Camille Saint...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
The great thing about Beecham's conducting of such pieces as the dances from Samson and Delilah is that he enjoyed himself so enormously and,...continue...

The Very Best of Herbert von Karajan

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 13 in G, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for flute & harp in C, K 299; German Dances (3), K 605; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat, K 495; Symphony no 40 ...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Edelmann, Otto; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Kremer, Gidon; Oistrakh, David; Richter, Sviatoslav; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Vocals], Ernst ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

His name became synonymous with the best in orchestral music and his legacy of outstanding recordings is enormous. This selection can give just a taste...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

Berlioz: Les Troyens / Francoise Pollet, Deborah Voigt

4 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a
Performers: Belleau, Marc; Schirrer, Rene
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Artists:
Gary Lakes (Enée), Françoise Pollet (Didon), Gino Quilico (Chorèbe), Deborah Voigt (Cassandre), Michel Philippe (Panthée), Hélène Perraguin...continue...
Recording information: St Eustache, Montreal (10/07/1993-10/23/1993)....continue...

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été; Harold en Italie / Anne Sofie Von Otter, Minkowski

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Tamesit, Antoine; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Antoine Tamestit and Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble have joined forces to offer a thrilling performance of two...continue...
Recording information: Opéra Royal de Versailles, France (04/2011)....continue...

Les Héroines Romantiques, Vol. 3: Tragédiennes / Véronique Gens

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Ariodant; Rodolphe Kreutzer: Astyanax; Antonio Salieri: Les Danaïdes; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; François-Joseph Gossec: Thés...
Performers: Gens, Veronique
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

In her third 'Tragédiennes' album for Virgin Classics, French soprano Véronique Gens continues her exploration of French operatic repertoire. Tragédiennes Vol. 3 covers the late...continue...
Recording information: IRCAM, Paris (06/30/2011-07/05/2011)....continue...

Hector Berlioz: The Trojans / Beecham

3 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Recorded Sound: Applause
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir

This recording was taken from two studio performances in 1947 and is sung in French. There is no libretto, but a synopsis of the opera...continue...
Recording information: BBC Maida Vale (1947-06-03&1947-06-06&1947-)....continue...

Opera Scenes and Arias; Italian Songs / Ruggero Raimondi

1 CD / Apex / 2011-09-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Jules Massenet: Don Quich...
Performers: Benedetti, Rene; Bris, Michele Le; Fremeau, Jean-Marie; Jaclin, Meral; Lublin, Elaine; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Tchakarov, Emil; Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Paris National Theatre Orchestra

Richard Strauss once was quoted saying, "The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play." Contained...continue...
Recording information: Notre-Dame Du Liban, Paris, France (02/1981); Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, Padova, Italy (02/1981); Notre-Dame Du Liban, Paris, France (06/1984); Villa Contarini, Piazz...continue...

The Britannic Organ, Vol. 1 / Historic Welte rolls played back on the Britanic Organ

2 CD / Oehms / 2011-08-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro, KV 492; Piano Sonata, K331; Fantasia for Mechanical Organ in F minor, K 608; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont; Wellington's...

This first volume (the first of a longer series) presents various recordings of the Seewen Britannic Organ, which was built for the ocean liner Britannic,...continue...
Recording information: Museum für Musikautomaten, Seewen, Switzerland (02/2011/03/2011)....continue...

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Eruptions / Orchestral Excerpts for Low Brass

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-07-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 8 in C minor, WAB 108; Symphony No 4; Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107...
Performers: Bobroff, David; Buzbee, Jessica; Buzbee, Timothy; Colomer, Javier; Rogers, Lee

This is a recording for low brass lovers! Eruptions not only displays a good starting point for learning the excerpts on this recording, but it...continue...

Berlioz: Les Troyans / Gergiev, Ryan, Barcellona, Matos [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2011-06-28

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Bulycheva, Zlata; Cutler, Eric; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Matos, Elisabete; Milling, Stephen; Ryan, Lance; Shilova, Oksana; Viviani, Gabriele
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

"Ancient myth meets Star Wars. This is a worthy and compelling, glittering version of a sublime work" (International Herald Tribune). Monumental Operas deserve epochal staging....continue...
Run Time: 260 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Engish, German, French, Spanish, Korean...continue...

Berlioz: Les Troyans / Gergiev, Ryan, Barcellona, Matos [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2011-06-28

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Bulycheva, Zlata; Cutler, Eric; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Matos, Elisabete; Milling, Stephen; Ryan, Lance; Shilova, Oksana; Viviani, Gabriele
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana; Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

"Ancient myth meets Star Wars. This is a worthy and compelling, glittering version of a sublime work" (International Herald Tribune). Monumental Operas deserve epochal staging....continue...
Run Time: 260 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: Engish, German, Fren...continue...

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénedict / Susan Graham

2 CD / Erato / 2011-06-28

Works: Hector Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon

a genuine competitor.. The first reason for this may seem an odd one. ... The longer stretches of talk heard in this new recording prove...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon, France (03/1991)....continue...

Maurice André Edition / Suites, Dances and Arrangements [6 CDs]

6 CD / Erato / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata, Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Cantata, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Barboteu, Georges; Bernard, Joelle; Bylsma, Anner; De Antoni, Charles; Giebel, Agnes; Holtmann, Jacques; Jaap Schroder [Violin/Conductor]; Karius, Wolfgang; LaGorce, Marcel; Maliponte...
Conductors: Pichaureau, Claude; Soustrot, Marc; Ristenpart, Karl; Rauber, François; Lagrange, Claude; Corboz, Michel; Leonhardt, Gustav; Faerber, Jörg; Gotti, Tito; Paillard, Jean-François; Martin...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble De Cuivres De Paris; Ensemble of Bologna; Harmonie Municipale D'alès ; Trombone Quartet of the RTF Orchestra

Fourth in the series of 6CD box sets of the extensive Erato recordings of Maurice André, famous French trumpet player with the silvery touch....continue...
Includes j'ai du bon tabac (anon.) / menuet d'isis (j.-b. l by various composers.

Includes work(s) by Giuseppe Torelli....continue...

Opera Arias / Samuel Ramey

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Les Vêpres siciliennes; Don Carlos; Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Hector Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust; Giacomo M...
Performers: Greiner, Gottfried; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Weber, Heinrich
Conductors: Delacôte, Jacques

More than 35 years into an extraordinary career, Samuel Ramey continues to reign as the foremost interpreter of bass and bass-baritone operatic and concert repertoire....continue...
Recording information: Studio No. 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (04/1988)....continue...

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini / Gergiev, Fritz, Kovalevska, Naouri [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-04-26

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23
Performers: Fritz, Burkhard; Kovalevska, Maija; Mas, Xavier; Naouri, Laurent; Petrenko, Mikhail; Plachetka, Adam; Tagliavini, Roberto
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

"A mix of futurism a la Metropolis, fantasy a la Batman and quotes from Piranesi's Carceri, juxtaposed in the form of photo montages, enhanced with......continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

50 Best Berlin Philharmonic / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Gustav Holst: The Planets; Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 2; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; ...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Chang, Sarah; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Menuhin, Yehudi; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Oistrakh, David; Kempe, Rudolf; Jansons, Mariss; Domingo, Placido; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pappano, Antonio

Diva Divo / Joyce DiDonato

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Jules Massenet: Chérubin; Cendrillon; Ariane; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; La Clemenza di Tito; Christoph Willibald Gluck: La Clemenza di Tito; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di ...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Montvidas, Edgaras; Obrecht, Pascale; Semenova, Elena; Stupenengo, Paolo; Suliman, Nabil
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi

Joyce DiDonato’s capacity for characterization is as astounding as the range and flexibility of her voice. This new collection showcases DiDonato’s multi-faceted art, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/18/2010-09/28/2010)....continue...

1956 Nixa-Westminster Stereo Recordings Vol. 2: Schumann, Berlioz / Boult

3 CD / First Hand / 2011-01-11

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Hector Berlioz...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian

This significant historical recording follows on from First Hand’s acclaimed first release this series. All the Schumann symphonies and the complete Berlioz overtures – some...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (08/21/1956-08/24/1956); Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London (08/28/1956/08/29/1956)....continue...

Royal Swedish Opera Archives 3

2 CD / Caprice Records / 2011-01-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Sampson et Dalila; Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Les Troyens à Carthage
Performers: Bjorling, Sigurd; Dellert, Kjerstin; Ericson, Barbro; Hendriksen, Arne [Vocals]; Hoiseth, Kolbjorn [Vocals]; Jonsson, Busk-Margit [Vocals]; Kjellgren, Ingeborg; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals];...
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert

James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years At The Met

193 CD / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera; Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; John Harbison: The Gr...
Performers: Adams, Warren; Baker, Matt; Baker, Matt [Photography]; Bjorneboe, Andreas; Cardoso, Simone; Davis, Brian [Vocals]; Flair, Nicholas; Fracker, Richard; Gallo, Sarah Weber; Greenlaw, Ian; Guyer, Joyce; ...
Conductors: Levine, James

The Met Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of James Levine’s Company Debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met: a Box Set of 32...continue...

The Art of Susan Graham

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Iphigénie en Tauride; Orphée et Eurydice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze de Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio S...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants

Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-10-26

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Werther; Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts; Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette; Les Troyens, o...
Performers: Hanon, Philippe; Lis, François; Nemtanu, Sarah [Violin]
Conductors: Gabel, Fabien

"The programme is formidably intelligent: well-known items are placed alongside some terrific music by composers we rarely hear (Halévy and Wormser, for instance), the aim...continue...
Recording information: Studio 103, Maison De La Radio, Paris, France (07/2010)....continue...

Berlioz: Grande Symphonie Funebre et Triomphale; Overtures

2 CD / Apex / 2010-10-19

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, for band, strings & chorus, Op. 15; La Mort de Cléopâtre, for soprano & orchestra, H.36; Benvenuto Cellini, Op. 23, Overture; Le car...

Joyous Classics for Spring Cleaning

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-14

Works: Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Sorochintsï Fair; Pictures at an Exhibition; Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Nathaniel Gow: Work(s); Andrea Falconieri: Fi...
Performers: Grigoryan, Slava; Kain, Timothy; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Taylor, Virginia
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Verbitsky, Vladimir; Ponkin, Vladimir; Challender, Stuart; Lehmann, Wilfred; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom

Glinka: Overture to Rusland and Ludmila; Ponchielli: Dance of the Hours; Berlioz: Hungarian March

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2010-08-10

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmila; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65...
Conductors: Simonov, Yuri

Yuri Simonov studied at the Leningrad Conservatoire with Rabinovich, and assisted Mravinksy at the Leningrad Conservatoire conducting The Mermaid by Dargomizhsky. Following first prize in...continue...

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Norrington

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Les Francs-Juges, opera, H. 23a (fragments)
Conductors: Norrington, Roger

Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London....continue...

Brilliant Opera Collection - Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict / Barenboim, Domingo, Minton, Fischer-Dieskau, et al

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Berlioz claimed he wrote this opera to relax after the stress of completing the vast Les Troyens - and said it was "a caprice written...continue...
Recording information: 1981....continue...

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939

6 CD / Danacord / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Missa Solemnis, Op. 125; Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan...
Performers: Berettoni, Umberto; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Brems, Else; Bruusgaard, Holger; Busch, Adolf; Byrding, Holger; Cassado, Gaspar; Ettl, Karl; Fidesser, Hans; Gigli, Beniamino; Granfelt, Hanna; Hamm...
Conductors: Weisbach, Hans; Malko, Nicolai; Walter, Bruno; Tango, Egisto; Grondahl, Launy; Mahler, Fritz; Schneevoigt, Georg; Wöldike, Mogens; Busch, Fritz; Paray, Paul; Fitelberg, Grzegorz; Hoeberg, Georg;...

Berlioz: Symonie Fantastique; Damnation de Faust

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2010-05-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra,...
Performers: Crespin, Regine
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva Switzerland....continue...

Berlioz: Les Troyens / Graham, Antonacci, Gardiner [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-04-27

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Graham, Susan; Kokkos, Yannis; Kunde, Gregory
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 0900. Sir John...continue...
Run Time: 314 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...