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Saverio Mercadante: Pelagio

2 CD / Dynamic / 2010-03-30

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Pelagio, opera in 4 acts
Performers: Coletta, Giovanni; Diaz, Cristian Camilo Navarro; Finucci, Costantino; Formaggia, Danilo; Mebonia, Vladimer; Natale, Paola Francesca; Polito, Clara; Rivas, Mariano; Sarinelli, Vincenzo Maria

Recording information: Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy (08/2008)....continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Bergonzi, Vitale, Panerai, Petri

2 CD / Gala / 2009-09-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea; Saverio Mercadante: Il Giuramento; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale
Performers: Berdini, Amedeo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertocci, Aldo; Canali, Anna Maria; Demetz, Vincenzo Maria [Vocals]; Dominguez, Oralia; Ferrein, Giuliano; Guagni, Enzo; Panerai, Rolando; Petri, Mario; Pirazzini, M...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando

Recording information: Teatro dell'Arte, Milan, Italy (02/12/1954)....continue...

Mercadante: Il Giuramento

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-09-05

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Il giuramento
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Domingo, Placido; Fiotta, Michele; Herman, Sylvia; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Zampieri, Mara
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd

Paventa Insano - Pacini, Mercadante / Parry, Cullagh, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-05-09

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Il Corsaro, opera; Stella di Napoli, opera; Il contestabile di Chester, opera; Cesare in Egitto, opera; Allan Cameron, opera; Saverio Mercadante: Elena da Feltre, opera; I Normanni a...
Performers: Cullagh, Majella; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Massis, Annick; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Polverelli, Laura; Tarver, Kenneth; Waddington, Henry; Wood, Roland
Conductors: Parry, David

Mercadante and Pacini were, in the first place, very close contemporaries, born only five months apart. Both composers, though they may have begun as imitators...continue...

30th Anniversary of Martina Franca Festival

3 CD / Dynamic / 2004-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV 711; Giovanni Paisiello: Il duello comico, comic opera; Proserpine, opera; Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili, opera; Gioa...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Allegretta, Sara; Antonucci, Stefano; Bonfatti, Gregory; Bumbry, Grace; Ciofi, Patrizia; Colaianni, Domenico; Coni, Paolo; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Custer, Ma...
Conductors: Panni, Marcello; Carraro, Massimiliano; Carella, Giuliano; Bernart, Massimo de; Zedda, Alberto; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Aprea, Bruno; Halász, Michael; Bosman, Arnold; Luisi, Fabio; Guidarini, Marco; ...

Mercadante Rediscovered / Parry, Miricioiu, Ford, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-11-01

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Fantasia concertante for flutes & orchestra on themes from "Orazi e Curiazi"; Emma d' Antiochia, opera; Les Soirées Italiennes, opera; Virginia, opera; Zaira; Gabriella di ...
Performers: Cullagh, Majella; Daniels, Claire; Daymond, Karl; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Haddock, Marcus; Harper, David; Kenny, Yvonne; Lee, Colin; Matteuzzi, William; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Miles, Alastair [B...
Conductors: Parry, David

"[These] performances are first-rate, and this makes for an excellent introduction to the music of Mercadante." - Parsons, ARG...continue...

Sogno talor... Special Collection Celebrating 25 Years

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-09-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Emilia di Liverpool; Roberto Devereux; Maria Padilla; Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth; Parisina d'Este; Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgog...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Benelli, Ugo; Brecknock, John; Bros, Jose; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caley, Ian; Christie, Nan; Cook, Deborah; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Dolton, Geoffrey; Dugdale, Sandra; Fa...
Conductors: Parry, David; Carella, Giuliano; Benini, Maurizio; Francis, Alun; Judd, James
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The double CD set is in the form of a two-act Grand Opera Gala, with an overture, choruses, arias, ensembles and extravagant finales. A total...continue...

Mercadante: Zaira / Parry, Miles, Cullagh, Ford, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-05-01

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Zaira
Performers: Cullagh, Majella; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Lee, Colin; Magee, Garry; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Wild, Claire
Conductors: Parry, David

"There is a boldness and confidence to Mercadante's music that is reminiscent of early Verdi. Rhythmic vitality is much in evidence, coupled with melodic elan....continue...

The Opera Rara Collection Vol 2

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide; Mosè in Egitto; Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata; L'Assedio di Calais; Gianni da Calais, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Maria di Rudenz; ...
Performers: Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Banks, Barry; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Dolton, Geoffrey; Fleming, Renee; Focile, Nuccia; Ford, Bruce [Te...
Conductors: Parry, David

The success of the first Opera Rara Collection created the demand for this second disc of highlights from their catalog of 19th century rarities. Once...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 1 - Mercadente: Les Soirées Italiennes

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1999-07-10

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Les Soirées Italiennes, opera; Un pensiero sopra Sorrento for voice & piano; La preghiera for voice & piano; Tornan le fronde al bosco for voice & piano; A mia figlia for voi...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; Magee, Garry; Matteuzzi, William; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Miricioiu, Nelly

This is the first volume in a series of five discs devoted to salon music of the 19th century. Most composers wrote songs to be...continue...

Bruce Ford - Romantic Heroes / Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-08-10

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgogna; Gaetano Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande, opera; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Der Nordstern; Saverio Mercadante: Virginia, opera; Federico Ricci: Il mari...
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

Opera Rara presents the first, long-awaited solo recital recording from American bel canto specialist Bruce Ford. So far, most of Ford's work with Opera Rara...continue...

100 Years of Italian Opera 1820-1830

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Simon Mayr: Fedra, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Le nozze in villa, opera; La zingara, opera; Chiara e Sera...
Performers: Ambrogi, Antonio; Angeli, Signor de; Ansiglioni, Pietro; Ashman, David; Bassi, Nicola; Bastianelli, Cristoforo; Bayley, Clive; Belloc, Teresa; Benedetti, Michele; Bertozzi, Angela Maria Silvestri; Bi...
Conductors: Parry, David

Mercadante: Orazi e Curiazi / Parry, Miricioiu, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Orazi e Curiazi
Performers: Jerome, Marcus; Michaels-Moore, Anthony; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Miricioiu, Nelly; Nilon, Paul; Rhys-Davies, Jennifer
Conductors: Parry, David

Bel Canto - Famous Opera Arias

1 CD / Orfeo / 1993-03-19

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bumbry, Grace; Dragoni, Maria; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gruberova, Edita; Lipovsek, Marjana; Moll, Kurt; Munich Radio Symphony ...
Conductors: Graf, Hans; Eichhorn, Kurt; Gardelli, Lamberto; Sommer, Peter; Wallberg, Heinz; Kuhn, Gustav; López-Cobos, Jesús; Soltesz, Stefan; Patanè, Giuseppe; Monti, Elvio
Ensemble: ; Austrian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Rome Musical Union; Stuttgart Radio Chorus Women