Franck, César > Tenor

Favourite Sacred Masterpieces - works by Tallis, Allegri, Pergolesi, Mozart, Bach-Gounod & Franck / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus
Performers: Faulkner, Julie; Kertesi, Ingrid; Mukk, Jozsef [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László

Taken from the recent 25th anniversary boxed set, Great Sacred Masterpieces (8.501062), this single disc ranges roughly over three centuries....continue...

Mariage - Mendelssohn & Wagner Wedding Marches and vocal airs sung by Marc Hervieux, Karina Gauvin, Suzie LeBlanc

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-06-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Louis Vierne: Carillon de Westminster; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Antonio...
Performers: Beaulac, Stephane; Belanger, Philippe; Boucher, Vincent; Gauvin, Karina; Hervieux, Marc; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Rousseau, Regis; Swartz, Jennifer; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Weimann, Alexander; Labadie, Bernard; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Ensemble: Académie Baroque de Montréal ; Arion (Canada); Les Violons du Roy; Tempo Rubato

Mariage offers two of the most celebrated wedding marches of the Romantic repertoire, one by Richard Wagner and the other by Felix Mendelssohn, played on...continue...

Great Sacred Masterpieces - Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

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

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Charles Gou...
Performers: Baylon, Jay; Beckley, Lisa; Carey, Colm; Colombara, Carlo; Faulkner, Julie; Filipova, Elena; Gedge, Nicholas; Genz, Christoph; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hernandez, Cesar; Im, Sunhae; Ke...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Oberfrank, Géza; Spering, Andreas; Kosler, Zdenek; Jun, Märkl,; Sch...

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...

Music for Royal Weddings

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Water Music 1;...
Performers: Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; Palmer, Felicity; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Runnett, Brian; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Riddle, Nelson; Schreier, Peter; Hill, David; Guest, George; Page, Neil; ...

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

Franck: Works for Voice with Organ, Vol. 2

1 Super Audio CD / Aeolus / 2010-12-14

Works: César Franck: Messe solennelle, for 3 voices, chorus, organ, harp, cello & double bass, Op. 12, M. 61; Justus ut palma florebit, for bass, chorus & organ; L' organiste Vol.2; John Blow: Bow down...
Performers: Bona, Jacques; Innocenzi, Diego; Kostyak, Botond; Pierre, Fabrice; Sappey-Triomphe, Edouard; Vidal, Mathias
Conductors: Tetu, Bernard

This second volume in the series of César Franck’s works for voice with organ includes liturgical compositions that were considered suitable for concert performance....continue...
Recording information: Lyon, Eglise Saint-François-de-Sales (10/27/2009-10/29/2008)....continue...

Santo: Sacred Songs / Juan Diego Flórez

1 CD / Decca / 2010-10-25

Works: Johann Joseph Fux: Plaudite, sonat tuba; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Vincenzo Bellini: Ma...
Performers: Ayala, Carlos; Breddermann, Ulrich Stephan; Espinoza, Edgar Espinoza; Florez, Juan Diego; Guerrero, Armando; Mezzini, Nicoletta; Milani, Luca; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele

Today's leading bel canto tenor, and one of the world's biggest opera stars, celebrates this Christmas season with a very personal choice of sacred arias...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/15/2010-01/27/2010); Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/2010)....continue...

Liederabend: Salzburg Festival 1959 / Gedda, Werba

1 CD / Orfeo / 2010-08-10

Works: Niccolò Piccinni: O Nuit, Déesse du mystère, song for voice & piano; Andrea Falconieri: Vezzosette e care; Ottorino Respighi: Notte, song for mezzo-soprano & piano (from Liriche (6) Se...
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Werba, Erik [Piano]

Recording information: Mozarteum, Salzburger Festspiele (08/18/1959)....continue...

Le Premier Noël / Marc Hervieux

1 CD / ATMA / 2009-10-27

Works: Christmas Traditional: Venez divin Messie (O Come, Divine Messiah), carol (French); Le premier Noël, carol (French); Minuit Chrétiens; Il est né, le divin enfant (French); Ça, ber...
Performers: Hervieux, Marc; Rousseau, Régis; Swartz, Jennifer

"Quebec star opera tenor Marc Hervieux presents this homage to traditional French Christmas carols, using familiar, old arrangements. The dead-traditional selection of carols and anthems...continue...

Ave Maria / Aarburg, Lang, Clément, Zürcher Sängerknaben

1 CD / Tudor / 2009-09-29

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria; Virga Jesse, gradual for chorus in E minor, WAB 52; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Ave Maria, M 62; Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for...
Performers: Clément, Alain; Egger, Roy; Höhn, Adrian; Lütschg, Andrej; Lang, Frieder; Perret, Daniel; Rütti, Praxedis; Winiger, Daniel
Conductors: Von Aarburg, Alphons
Ensemble: Zurich Boys' Choir

Emilia / Graham Dalby, Esterházy Orchestra

1 CD / Signum UK / 2009-05-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Nicholas Brodszky: I'll Walk with God, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); English Traditional: Over the H...
Performers: Busher, Andrew; Dalby, Emilia; Whyman, Pete
Conductors: Dalby, Graham; Lamb, Ben

Emilia Dalby was born in London in 1995 but migrated to Wiltshire after winning a choral scholarship to Salisbury Cathedral, where she sang for four...continue...
Recording information: Olympic Studios, London....continue...

Pavarotti: The Duets

1 CD / Decca / 2008-11-11

Works: Tony Renis / Alberto Testa / Fabio Testa: I Hate You Then I Love You, song (after Manuel de Falla); Elton John: Live like horses; Mariah Carey / Walter Afanasieff: Hero; Brian Eno: Miss Sarajevo; Eri...
Performers: Afanasieff, Walter; Armon, Vaughan; Babylon, Guy [Keyboards/Composer]; Baron, Christopher; Barron, Alex; Benham, Bill; Birch, Bob [Bass]; Bocelli, Andrea; Bon Jovi, Jon; Bono; Borsari, Alberto; Bradb...
Conductors: Boemi, Marco; Armiliato, Marco; Molina, Jose; ; Sisillo, Aldo; Magiera, Leone; Rossi, Silvia; Miller, Bill
Ensemble: ; Eurythmics; The Edge

Luciano Pavarotti was the rare artist who could easily bridge the divide between classical and popular music. Together with an impressive roster of the best-known...continue...
Personnel: Corale Voci Bianche, Liberian Children's Choir, The East London Gospel Choir (vocals); Davey Johnstone , John Jorgenson, Rob Mathes (guitar); Walter Afanasieff (acoustic guitar, keyboards, ...continue...

Wedding Music & Words / Newman, Moss, Musica Antiqua NY

1 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-11-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 "Wedding Cantata"; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Conce...
Performers: Briggs, Anne; Butler, Amy; Feld, Melanie; Hoyt, Thomas; Moughalian, Sato; Newman, Mary Jane [Conductor, Organ, Harpsichord]; Norderval, Kristin; Ossenfort, David; Wiersma, Calvin
Conductors: Newman, Mary J.
Ensemble: Members of Musica Antiqua (Members); Musica Antiqua New York

José Carreras - Christmas Concert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-10-28

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles "O Come, All Ye Faithful"; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Traditional: Lulayze Yezuniu; La Virgen Lava Pañales; George Frideric Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; St...
Performers: Carreras, Jose
Conductors: Gimenez, David
Ensemble: Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra

A special Christmas performance filmed at the Basilica di Sant'Ambrogio, Milan, with Jose Carreras. Conducted by David Giminez this spectacular event features works by Bach,...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
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The Three Tenors at Christmas / Carreras, Pavarotti, Domingo

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore ...
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gormley, Michael G.; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sissel
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Viotti, Marcello; Solti, Sir Georg; Gamba, Piero; Sutej, Vjekoslav

This brand-new compilation brings together three of the greatest opera singers of our time: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. This generously filled CD...continue...

Caroline Myss' Voices of the Sacred - Mozart, Handel, etc / Bellisima Opera Ensemble

1 CD / Gemini Sun Records / 2008-10-07

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Louis Niedermeyer: Pietà, Signore; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618; Traditional: Deep river; Ste...
Performers: Martorana, Franco; Steyer, Christine
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bellissima Opera Ensemble

"This music is wonderful. The music is songs of prayers many of us are familiar with depending on the traditions we grew up with. The...continue...

Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème

2 CD / Gala Import / 2008-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Poliuto; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Carlos Gomes: Il Guarany, oper...
Performers: Bonetti, Margherita; Ciavola, Giovanni; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Micheluzzi, Mefalda; Monachesi, Walter; Passarotti, Piero; Schimenti, Frances; Sopena, Carmen; Tatozzi, Victor; Titta, Enzo
Conductors: Paoletti, Alberto; D'Angelo, Gennaro

Lebendige Vergangenheit - James Melton

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-02-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Jules Massenet: Manon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, op...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Melton, James
Conductors: Breisach, Paul; Levi, Sylvan; Morel, Jean Paul; Weissmann, Frieder; Black, Frank

The musical crossover is a phenomenon not just of our time; it was already commonplace in the early decades of the 20th century. With one...continue...

Pavarotti - The Studio Albums

12 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; I due Foscari; Un ballo in maschera; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; La Favorita; Dom Sébas...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bartoli, Alberto; Beck, Jeff; Bonaviri, Daniele; Brown, Kameron; Bunger, Reid; Centonze, Michele; Cortesi, Manuela "Manu"; Fabbri, Giorgio "Cartolo"; Flossman, Gilels; ...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Mehta, Zubin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, ...

'The Studio Albums' comprise the twelve original studio albums Luciano Pavarotti recorded during the course of his unparalleled career spanning four decades from the earliest...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Gabriel's Message (Basque); In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); I Wonder As I Wander (American); This is the truth sen...
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; George, Michael; Hampson, Thomas; Harjanne, Jouko; Jo, Sumi; Lipovsek, Marjana; Ochs, Barbara; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Upshaw, Dawn [So...
Conductors: Stapleton, Robin; Higginbottom, Edward; Wolff, Hugh; ; Gardiner, John Eliot; Sutej, Vjekoslav; Schneider, Michael; Scimone, Claudio; Werner, Fritz; Glahe, Will; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Lazarev, Al...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; London Brass; Will Glahe Soloists

Personnel: Marjana Lipovsek , Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Michael George, Thomas Hampson, Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw (vocals); Jouko Harjanne (trumpet); Gottfried Bach (forte...continue...

The Ultimate Wedding Album

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Domingo, Placido; Hurford, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rudel, Julius; Chailly, Riccardo; Bonynge, Richard; Riddle, Nelson

O Holy Night

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore (Agnus Dei), aria di chiesa (spurious, by Niedermeyer o...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti - Essential Gold Collectors Edition

10 CD / MRI (Red) / 2007-10-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Lucia di Lammermoor; Il barcajuolo; Soirées Musicales a l'Infrascata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; Vincenzo Bellini: I P...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

2 CD / Decca / 2007-09-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattin...
Performers: Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Laccardi, Gian Carlo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Gamba, Piero; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Magiera, Leone; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Patanè, Giuseppe; Guadagno, A...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

First released as an LP in 1980 and then again in 1985, Pavarotti's Greatest Hits is one of his best-selling albums. Back by popular demand...continue...

Franck: Works for Voice and Organ / Innocenzi, et al

1 Super Audio CD / Aeolus / 2007-08-01

Works: César Franck: Quare fremuerunt gentes, M 67; Veni creator, M 68; Quae es ista, M 63; Offertoire for Organ in F sharp minor; O salutaris, M 56; Domine Deus in simplicitate, M 64; L'organiste, V...
Performers: Favaro, Rodrigo; Gonzalez-Toro, Emiliano; Innocenzi, Diego; Macleod, Stephan; Pierre, Fabrice; Velletaz, Katia
Conductors: Tétu, Bernard
Ensemble: Geneva Public Conservatory of Music Choir; Les Solistes de Lyon-Bernard Tétu

Franck's accomplishments as a composer best known for his orchestral music and secular organ works have overshadowed his connection to the church. This first volume...continue...

The Ultimate Collection [2006]

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2007-07-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Domenico Modugno: Volare; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Lu...
Performers: John, Elton; Pavarotti, Luciano

This disc includes "La Donna E Mobile", "Brindisi", "O Sole Mio", "Volare" and "Nessun Dorma"....continue...
Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Elton John (vocals).

No one in the opera world has really ever matched the popularity of the late Luciano Pavarotti. Having sold millions of records and br...continue...

Sacred Songs

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Repentir "O Divine Redeemer"; Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile; La salutation angélique (Angelic Greeting), song for voice, piano, violin or cello & organ ad l...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto
Conductors: ; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Capitole Orchestre Toulouse; Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix Potencée ; Toulouse Capitole Chorus

This is one of Roberto Alagna's most beautiful recordings featuring inspired interpretations of sacred songs and spirituals by French composers....continue...

Prima Voce - Caruso in Song Vol 3

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2006-02-14

Works: Richard Barthélemy: Triste Ritorno for voice & orchestra; Adorables Tourments for voice & orchestra "Valse Lente"; Paolo Tosti: Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Canzoni-stornelli (3); L...
Performers: Bourdon, Rosario; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; Elman, Mischa; Gogorza, Emilio de; Journet, Marcel; Kahn, Percy; Lapitino, Francis J.; Scognamiglio, Gaetano
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.

One might expect with these Neapolitan songs that two or three would be quite enough at a time. In fact I found that, having put...continue...

O Holy Night [Special Edition] / Pavarotti, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Louis Niedermeyer: Pietà, Signore! for voice & piano (or orchestra); César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Gamba, Piero; Kertész, István; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone

Luciano Pavarottis classic album O Holy Night is one of the truly great Christmas albums of all-time, ranking alongside Bing Crosbys White Christmas and Nat...continue...

Sacred Songs / Beniamino Gigli

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2004-09-01

Works: Vito Carnevali: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Percy Kahn: Ave Ma...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino

The Essential Wedding - Wedding favorites by Bach, Handel, Stainer, Pachelbel, Wagner

2 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Michael Laird Brass Ensemble; National ...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; ; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Morris, Wyn; Guest, George; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Page, Neil; Rudel, Julius; Ingman, Nick...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Choir of Uppingham School; English Sinfonia; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's College Choir of Cambridge; Michael Laird Bras...

Personnel: Felicity Palmer, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Anthony Way (treble); Harry Dilley (trumpet); Stephen Cleobury , Richard Farnes, Peter...continue...

Christmas Around the World / Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra

1 CD / Arts / 2003-12-01

Works: Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; James Pierpont: Jingle Bells; Traditional: Hajej, Nynej, Jezisku; Kommet, ihr Hirten; Señora Dona Maria; Kling Glöckchen, klingeling; Dormi, dormi bambin...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Breedt, Michelle; Gabba, Armando; Grisales, Ernesto; Macculi, Sabina; McKay, Dana; Nold, Simone; Siragusa, Antonio; Thomson, Jeannette
Conductors: Faldner, Barry; Rudner, Ola; Campori, Angelo
Ensemble: Bolzano-Trento Haydn Orchestra; Leonhard Lechner Children's Choir

A Little Bit of Heaven / Butt, Gigli, Robeson, Lough, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2003-11-11

Works: Stephen Adams: The Holy City; Arthur Sullivan: The Lost Chord; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Traditional: My Lord, what a morning; Swing low, sweet chariot; Amazing Grace; Oh, what a beautifu...
Performers: Allin, Norman; Anderson, Marian; Bettendorf, Emmy; Brown, Lawrence [Classical]; Butt, Clara, Dame; Crooks, Richard [Tenor]; Francis, James; Gigli, Beniamino; Harris, Phil; Jackson, Mahalia; Lough, Er...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John, Sir; ; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir; Greenwood, Clifford; Wilbur, Jay; Robinson, Stanford
Ensemble: ; BBC Chorus; Berlin Philharmonic Chorus; Chorus; Orchestra; Temple Church Choir; Vienna Boys' Choir

Nessun Dorma: The Amazing Tenor

1 CD / Silva America / 2003-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Luigi Denza: Funiculì Funiculà, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib); Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voic...
Performers: Beltran, Tito; Crouch End Festival Chorus; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Bateman, Paul; Stapleton, Robin
Ensemble: Crouch End Festival Chorus; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Chilean-by-way-of-Sweden opera tenor Tito Beltrán's recording of Nessun Dorma from Puccini's Turandot (an aria that has gained surprising ubiquity outside of the opera world) was heard in the 200...continue...

Sacred Arias (CD & DVD Special Edition) / Andrea Bocelli

2 CD / Philips Import / 2003-10-14

Works: Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; Steven Mercurio: Sancta Maria (based on the Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana); Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, sc...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun

This album is also available on VHS.

This limited edition package includes the SACRED ARIAS DVD, an enhanced CD with the original SACRED ARIAS music plus 2 bonus tracks, a 14 photo picture gall...continue...

Simply Christmas

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Lowell Mason: Jo...
Performers: Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen; Corkhill, David; Domingo, Placido; Finucane, Tom; Haynes, Simon; Hughes, Christopher; Keenlyside, Simon; Kendall, William; Lamb...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Willcocks, David, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Stephen; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Guadagno, Anton; Münchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, C...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group members; Goldsborough Orchestra; Ki...

The Very Best of Beniamino Gigli

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Werther; G...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Conti, Gino; Dawson, Herbert; Gigli, Beniamino; Marcucci, Maria; Noto, Giuseppe; Simionato, Giulietta; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Goehr, Walter; Ghione, Franco; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Berrettoni, Umberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mascagni, Pietro; Sabajno, Carlo; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Serafin, Tullio; Zamboni...
Ensemble: ; Solisten-Vereinigung der Bachworche Ansbach; Strings & Harp

The #1 Wedding Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-05-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; John Stanley: Voluntaries (10) for Organ, book 2, Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Trumpet Tune; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum in D major, H 146; Johann Sebas...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Augér, Arleen; Bilgram, Hedwig; Carreras, José; Cleobury, Stephen; Cochereau, Pierre; Delmotte, Roger; Domingo, Placido; Francescatti, Zino; Hurford, Pe...
Conductors: Howarth, Elgar; ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Münchinger, Karl; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Arndt, Günther; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Bernstein, Leonard; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Hogwood, Christopher; Mackerr...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Handel Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Mus...

Sacred Songs / Placido Domingo

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-09-10

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Ave Maria, for voice & orchestra; Paolo Rustichelli: Kyrie, for voice, keyboard, synthesizer, guitar & orchestra; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Fermin Maria Alvarez: Plegaria (...
Performers: Domingo, Luisa; Domingo, Placido; Rustichelli, Paolo; Sissel
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello

Personnel: Plácido Domingo (tenor); Sissel (vocals); Paolo Rustichelli (guitar, piano, synthesizer).

Recording information: Auditorium Milano, Milano, Italy (02/2002)....continue...

Inspired Voices - Music to Enhance Your Spirit

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-01-08

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Hodie aperuit nobis; Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johannes Brahms: Der englische Gruss ("Gegrüsset"), for mixed ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Domingo, Placido; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Haider, Friedrich; Kasarova, Vesselina; Knutson, Lydia Heather; Lamb, Andrew; Moffo, Anna; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Piau, Sandrine...
Conductors: Thornton, Barbara; Marlow, Richard; Fiedler, Arthur; Davis, Colin; Froschauer, Helmuth; Goodman, Roy; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Levine, James; Hills, Margaret; Eichhorn, Kurt; Westenburg, Richard
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; La Petite Bande; Sequentia (Early music ensemble); Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

Lebendige Vergangenheit - André d'Arkor

1 CD / Preiser / 2001-11-01

Works: François-Adrien Boieldieu: La dame blanche; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giusep...
Performers: Cernay, Germaine; d'Arkor, Andre

The #1 Christmas Album / Domingo, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditi...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David; Chester Cathedral Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Cond...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Guadagno, Anton; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, Colin; ; Music], John Scott [Choral; Boskovsky, Willi; Maazel, ...
Ensemble: ; Members of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Personnel: Douglas Gamley (conch shell).

Recording information: 1958-1996....continue...

The Voice - Verdi, etc / Russell Watson

1 CD / Decca / 2001-04-17

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Stephen Warbeck: Captain Corelli's Mandolin, film score; Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Zucchero: Miserere, song; César Fr...
Performers: Brennan, Moya; Cottle, Richard; Dale, Caroline; Harvey, Richard [Gryphon]; McIntosh, Robbie; Pigott, Steve; Ryder, Shaun; Savannah, John; Smith, Mark; Themis, John; Watson, Russell
Conductors: Hayward, William

A French Collection - Bizet, et al / Hill, Johnston, Ferber

1 CD / Meridian / 2001-03-06

Works: Charles Gounod: Où voulez-vous aller?; Viens, les gazons sont verts, song for voice & piano; César Franck: Nocturne, M 85; Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Clair de lune; Ta...
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Johnson, Graham [Piano]

Best-Loved Wedding Music

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-12-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Chorale Improvisations (66) for Organ, Op. 65; Léon Boëllmann: Suite Go...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Corelli, Franco; Goossens, Leon [Oboe]; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ohlsson, Garrick; Parker-Smith, Jane; Ra...
Conductors: Mingardo, Raffaele

Catholic Latin Classics / Richard Proulx, Cathedral Singers

1 CD / GIA Publications / 2000-10-17

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Anthony Werner: O Salutaris Hostia, for chorus; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Samuel Webbe: Tantum Ergo; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Anonymous: O Sanctissima; Jubila...
Performers: Cathedral Singers, The; Eskola, John; Hartman, Stephen; McDermott, Lorelei; Trier, Collins; Yang, Thomas; Yeo, Richard

Sacred Arias / Andrea Bocelli

1 CD / Philips / 1999-11-09

Works: Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, schlafe, holder süsser ...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun

This album is also available on VHS.

This limited edition package includes the SACRED ARIAS DVD, an enhanced CD with the original SACRED ARIAS music plus 2 bonus tracks, a 14 photo picture gall...continue...

Ten Tenors in Prayer / Domingo, Lanza, Heppner, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Allmacht, D 852; Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Percy Kahn: Ave Maria; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angel...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Domingo, Placido; Elman, Mischa; Hadley, Jerry; Heppner, Ben; Kahn, Percy; Kreisler, Fritz; Lanza, Mario; McCormack, John; O'Brien, Vincent; Pavarotti, Luciano; ...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter; Froschauer, Helmuth; Santi, Nello; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Roberto; Sinatra, Ray; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bass, Warner; Ellstein, Abraham; Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Alexander (New Age); English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Bo...

Viaggio Italiano

1 CD / / 1997-11-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Franz Schubert: Av...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir

Andrea Bocelli's is a strikingly individual voice, a plangent tenor given to shaded crooning yet capable of exhilarating, effortless lifts to high C. The individual behind the voice is equally remark...continue...