Martini, Jean-Paul-Gilles > Soprano

Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

Time Traveller: La Belle Epoque

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaité Parisienne; La Périchole; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Prinz Methusalem; Emile Waldteufel: Les Patineurs Valse ("Skater's Waltz"),...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Baldwin, Dalton; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cziffra, György; de los Angeles, Victoria; Gigli, Beniamino; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Pennario, Leonard; Royal, Kate
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Boskovsky, Willi; Rosenthal, Manuel; Gardner, Edward; Goehr, Walter; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

As the 19th century faded and the 20th century began; something special was in the air: the scent of decadence mingled with the thrill of...continue...

Icon - Victoria de los Angeles - The Voice of an Angel Sings Puccini, Verdi, etc

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Alfredo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Borelli, Giannella; Christoff, Boris; Croisier, Marcelle; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Drolc, Eduard; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Gerard, Jean-Claude...
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe; Robinson, Stanford; Susskind, Walter; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele; Cellini, Renato; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, Andr...

The distinguished Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles was one of the best-loved classical singers of the 20th century. With a voice of exceptional beauty,...continue...

Plaisir d'amour

1 CD / Dynamic / 2008-10-28

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Alessandro Scarlatti: Work(s); Il Tigrane; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Vincenzo Bellini: La r...
Performers: Muus, Niels; Nakajima, Akiko

Gramophone Magazine
Akiko Nakajima has a light voice... with an able technique and imaginative expressiveness.
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Anthology of Song Vol 2

1 CD / Symposium / 2007-11-01

Works: Henning von Koss: Winterlied, for voice & piano, Op. 2/1; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Wanderers Nachtlied, D 768/Op. 96 no 3; Am Meer ("Das Meer erglänzte"), song for voice & piano (S...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Bedford, Agnes; Brodersen, Friedrich; Brodersen, Linde; Charles-Cahier, Sarah Jane; Demmelen, Diane van; Flagstad, Kirsten; Grey, Madeleine; Gunther, Felix; Hallasch, Dr. Franz; Hempe...

These two volumes are a veritable treasure-trove for the lieder aficionado. Many of these recordings have been extremely rare for decades, featuring artists whose only...continue...

Angela Gheorghiu - Live from La Scala

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pompeo; Alessandro Parisotti: Se tu m'ami; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Vinc...
Performers: Cohen, Jeffrey [Piano/Choir Director]; Gheorghiu, Angela

For the last 12 years, Angela Gheorghiu has been in constant demand in opera houses and concert halls around the world. So it is a...continue...

Souvenir de Printemps - Poulenc, etc / Amy Burton, Yves Abel

1 CD / Harbinger / 2007-07-12

Works: Louis Beydts: La S.A.D.M.P. (Société Anonyme des Messieurs Prudnets), operetta; Reynaldo Hahn: Mozart, operetta in 3 acts; André Messager: L' Amour masqué, operetta; Oscar Straus:...
Performers: Abel, Yves; Burton, Amy; Musto, John [Piano]

Elisabeth Schwazkopf - 1915-2006

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Hugo Wolf: Elfenlied; Goethe Lieder; Ganymed ("Wie im Morgenglanze"), song for voice & piano (Goethe Lieder); Lieder (6) für eine Frauenstimme; Alte Weisen (6); Wenn du zu den Blumen gehst, song...
Performers: Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Sutcliffe, Sidney
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; De Sabata, Victor; Ackermann, Otto; Serafin, Tullio; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Krips, Josef; Dart, Thurston; Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is universally acknowledged as one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Blessed with a voice of exquisite beauty, as well as...continue...

Prima Voce - Nina Koshetz

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-01-09

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; The Tsar's Bride; Snow Maiden; Jewish Traditional: Kaddish; Eili-Eili (Folk song); Manuel Ponce: Serenata Mexicana, for voice & piano; ...
Performers: Dougherty, Celius; Grechaninov, Alexander; Koshetz, Nina; Lapitino, Francis J.; Leboshutz; Lennartz; Linton; Pavelvsky; Schmidt; Sprishevskaya, Odarka Trifonieva
Conductors: Reibold, Bruno

To devotees of recorded vocal art, the voice of Nina Koshetz epitomizes that special quality associated with the finest Russian lyric sopranos. Her recordings, particularly...continue...

Aix en Provence, 1954

1 CD / Ina Import / 2006-08-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Pilgrim of Mecca; Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (3) (Goeth...
Performers: Rosbaud, Hans; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth

On Wings of Songs & Zarzuela Arias / Victoria de los Angeles

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song; Edvard Grieg: Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy So...
Performers: de los Angeles, Victoria
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

"Victoria de los Angeles's recital of zarzuela arias is a most rewarding disc. A carefully selected programme, finely sung and played, offers the most persuasive...continue...