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Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

Kiri Te Kanawa in Concert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-03-31

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Turandot; La Rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Traditional: Pokarekare Ana; Home Sweet...
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Hopkins, John; Barlow, Stephen
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Early in 1990, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa made a triumphant return to her native New Zealand to give three concerts, the last of which –...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Christmas Traditional: Good King ...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bonney, Barbara; Clark, Patricia; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; McNair, Sylvia; Price, Leontyne; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Ka...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delfs, Andreas; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard; Marin, Ion; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pinnock, Trevor; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Guadagno, Anton; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; R...

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and...continue...

The #1 Baroque Album

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Handel - Bourée; Rinaldo; Der Messias; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; MEDLEY; The Water Music; Coronation Anthem; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gig...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Adeney, Richard; Bennett, William; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brown, Iona; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cuckston, Alan...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Munchinger, Karl; Preston, Simon; Brown, Iona; Hogwood, Christopher; Cleobury, Stephen; Malcolm, George; Bicket, Harry; ; Solti, Sir Georg; Rousset, Christophe; Leppard, Raymon...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Les talens l...

'The #1 Baroque Album' features the best-loved and most popular works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Pachelbel and many others. This disc features performances of Renee...continue...

Ultimate Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; MEDLEY; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Blyth, Bruce; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Willi; Burrows, Stuart; Farnes, Richard; Flood, David; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruenberg, Erich; Howarth, Elgar; Jo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Munchinger, Karl; Morris, Wyn; Gamba, Piero; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Previn, Andre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Anserm...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Decca's Ultimate Classics is a five-CD box set that presents the best-known pieces of classical music in a straightforward, no-frills program. Most of the selections are quite famous, taken from large...continue...

Kiri: A Portrait

2 CD / Decca / 2004-02-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Joseph Canteloube: Baïlèro; Chants d'Auvergne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, ...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bär, Olaf; Bar, Olaf; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bonynge, Richard; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Carreras, Jose [Tenor ...
Conductors: Barlow, Stephen; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Fischer, György; Davis, Colin; Rudel, Julius; Dutoit, Charles; Rosem, Barry; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Ricc...
Ensemble: ; Lynn Harrell and Instrumental Ensemble

Personnel: Olga Hegedus (cello); Mitsuko Uchida (piano); Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ)....continue...

Rapture - Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Wolfgang Amadeus Moza...
Performers: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Alagna, Roberto; Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin R...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ozawa, Seiji; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Kulka, János; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ferro, Gabriele; Levine, James; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Maazel...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus; Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Choir; Bayreuth Festival Or...

Personnel: Reri Grist , Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Renée Fleming, Mirella Freni, Edita Gruberová, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (sop...continue...

Ave Maria - The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album

1 CD / Decca / 2000-10-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); César Franck: Panis angelicus; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; J...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Gormley, Michael G.; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Maria, Ave; McNair, Sylvia; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scholl, Andreas; Scott, Joh...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chung, Myung-Whun; Norrington, Roger; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rose, Barry; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Dearnley, Christopher; Munchinger, Karl; Lewis, Henry; Solti...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Billed as "the ultimate sacred Christmas album," AVE MARIA has reason to claim the title: performances of some of the world's most beloved seasonal music by top international performers make this CD a...continue...

Essential Kiri

1 CD / Decca Import / 1992-04-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Johann Strauss II: Casanova; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Ardam, Elzbieta; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Rudel, Julius; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Lynn Harrell and Instrumental Ensemble

Handel: Messiah - Arias & Choruses / Solti, Chicago SO

1 CD / Decca / 1990-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Chorus; Gjevang, Anne; Howell, Gwynne; Lewis, Keith; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Keith Lewis (tenor); Gwynne Howell (bass voice).

Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Chicago, IL (10/1984)....continue...

Ave Maria / Kiri Te Kanawa, Choir of St. Paul's Cathedral

1 CD / Philips / 1985-04-22

Works: Charles Gounod: Repentir "O Divine Redeemer"; Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in G major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Ave verum corpus; ...
Performers: Black, Neil; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Hegedus, Olga; Owen, Thelma; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Rose, Barry

Handel: Messiah / Solti, Te Kanawa, Gjevang, Lewis, Howell

2 CD / Decca / 1985-03-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Herseth, Adolph; Howell, Gwynne; Lewis, Keith; Shrader, David; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra