Paër, Ferdinando > Opera/Operetta

Arias for Marietta Marcolini, Rossini's first muse / Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Fabio Biondi

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-25

Works: Simon Mayr: Il sacrifizio d'Ifigenia; Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante; L'Italiana in Algeri; Ciro in Babilonia; Joseph Weigl: L'imboscata; Ferdinando Paër: L'eroismo in amore; Giuseppe...
Performers: Akselberg, Fredrik; Almroth, Sofie; Christensen, Birgitte; Christensen, Marius Roth; Hallenberg, Ann; Melien, Halvor F.; Thornhill, Siri Karoline; Weisser, Johannes
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: ; Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Born around 1780, Marietta Marcolini was a celebrated Italian contralto. She was so renowned for both her voice and her acting ability that Rossini wrote...continue...
Recording information: Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway (08/2011)....continue...

Gènie Oblige! / Wendy Waller

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-09-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Angiolin dal biondo crin, S. 269; Buch der Lieder, Volume 2; Was Liebe sei?, S. 288; Bist du!, S. 277; Die tote Nachtigall, S. 291; Lieder (3) aus Wilhelm Tell von Schiller (I & II), fo...
Performers: Singer, Margaret; Waller, Wendy

Paer: Sofonisba (Highlights) / Guidarini, Larmore, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-11-14

Works: Ferdinando Paër: Sofonisba, opera
Performers: Crowe, Lucy; Evans, Rebecca; Larmore, Jennifer; Lee, Colin; Nilon, Paul; Palazzi, Mirco
Conductors: Guidarini, Marco
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra

"A delightful array of talent has been gathered by Opera Rara to essay excerpts from a rarely heard score. Paul Nilon, Jennifer Larmore, Rebecca Evans...continue...

Vocal Teamwork - Rare Operatic Ensembles

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-01-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Bianca e Falliero; Ricciardo e Zoraide; Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama...
Performers: Andrew, Ludmilla; Bailey, Simon; Banks, Barry; Barcellona, Daniela; Bayley, Clive; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Claycomb, Laura; Collins, Kenneth; Cook, Deborah; Cullagh, Majella; Custer, Manu...
Conductors: Parry, David; Judd, James; Carella, Giuliano; Matheson, John

We have here many different kinds of ensemble, starting with the elaborate formality of the duet from Rossinis Bianca e Falliero and concluding with the...continue...

Beautiful Image - Mosca, Rossini, et al / Diana Montague

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-10

Works: Giuseppe Mosca: Le bestie in uomini, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; L' inganno felice, opera; Gia...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; Lewis, Keith; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

"Rarities there certainly are here...all featuring Diana Montague prominently. But the gem is a newly released item...[by] Julius Benedict. With its early-Romantic sensibility it makes...continue...

Cimarosa, Paër: Il Maestro di Cappella / Casella, Corena

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 1999-06-26

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Il Maestro di cappella; Ferdinando Paër: Le maître de chapelle
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Martel, Jacqueline; Pontiggia, Luigi
Conductors: Casella, Leopoldo
Ensemble: Swiss Italian Orchestra

Lucien Fugere Recital

1 CD / Symposium / 1993-03-01

Works: André Messager: La Basoche, opera; Jules Massenet: Le jongleur de Notre-Dame; Friedrich von Flotow: L' Ombre, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don ...
Performers: Fugere, Lucien