Puccini, Giacomo > Decca

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Katherine Jenkins sings Music from the Movies

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Dolly Parton: L'amore sei tu (Italian version of "I Will Always Love You"); Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, son...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Katherine Jenkins, a Welsh mezzo-soprano, is Britain's all-time best-selling classical-pop crossover act, an achievement no doubt attributed as much to her fashion model looks as her operatic voice. T...continue...

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

The Art of

...continue...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...continue...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Puccini: La Bohème / Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Keenlyside, Simon
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Orchestra e coro del Teatro alla Scala

"The husband-and-wife partnership of Gheorghiu and Alagna is formidably demonstrated in Decca's more recent recording...Gheorghiu's glorious singing is powerfully matched by the heroic tones of...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Studio, Piccolo Teatro, Milan, Italy (10/16/1998-10/29/1998)....continue...

One Fine Day / Soprano Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / Decca / 2011-12-13

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Michael K...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Released three years after she left Decca for Warner Bros., One Fine Day is the third time that the classical label has raided the back catalog of Welsh soprano Katherine Jenkins for a new "best-of" c...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Freni, Pavarotti, Croft, Vargas, Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Penguin Guide
With Luciano Pavarotti as a powerful Des Grieux, James Levine conducts a comparably big-boned performance of Manon Lescaut, bringing out the red-blooded drama of...continue...
Recording information: Manhattan Center Studios, New York (08/1992)....continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Richard van Allan

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
The great merit of this new version of Tosca... is that the stage picture is so clear, with the words sharply audible from beginning...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (05/1978-08/1978); Kingsway Hall, London (05/1978-08/1978)....continue...

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Joseph Calleja / The Maltese Tenor

1 CD / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Luisa Miller; Un ballo in maschera; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Char...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Kurzak, Aleksandra [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

"Calleja can still get down to a pianissimo in a way that few can, such as in the Luisa Miller scene, which is one of...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland (08/24/2010-08/31/2010)....continue...

The World's Greatest Operas / Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Magic Flute [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bespalovaite, Irena; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Damrau, Diana; Gerhaher, Christian; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Gu...
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony; Chailly, Riccardo; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;...

The World's Greatest Operas is a 6 DVD Deluxe set, containing 4 of the most famous and most performed operas - Aida, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte...continue...

Icon - Luciano Pavarotti / 'O Sole Mio, Nessun Dorma!, Mattinata, et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2011-09-27

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; P...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; Karajan, Herbert von; Gamba, Piero; Rescigno, Nicola; Bonynge, Richard; Magiera, Leone; Mehta, Zubin

In the strictest sense of the word, the late Pavarotti was truly an Icon. With a career spanning almost 50 years, Pavarotti was heralded throughout...continue...

"Gioia!" Rossini, Donizetti Verdi, Puccini / Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano

1 CD / Decca / 2011-09-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Gi...
Performers: Demuro, Francesco; Dimceuski, Gjorgi; Kurzak, Aleksandra [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Wellber, Omer Meir
Ensemble: Orchestra De La Comunitat Valenciana

The Polish lyric soprano, Aleksandra Kurzak, is one of the most exciting young singers on the international stage - thrilling press and public alike with...continue...
Recording information: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia (2010-12-09_2010-12-12&2010-)....continue...

Giuseppe di Stefano: Decca Recordings / Recitals; L'Elisir d'Amore

5 CD / Decca / 2011-08-30

Works: Alberto Favara: A la Barcillunisa, Sicilian folk song; Sicilian Traditional: Nota di li lavannàri; A la vallelunghisa; Muttetti di lu paliu; Chiovu "Abballati"; Cantu a Timuni; Cesare Cesarini: ...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Pattacini, Iller; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France

24 July 2011 marks what would have been the 90th birthday of Giuseppe di Stefano (died 3 March 2008). Di Stefano's long career began with...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Nelsons, Guleghina, Giordani, Poplavskaya [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-07-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Giordani, Marcello; Guleghina, Maria; Poplavskaya, Marina; Ramey, Samuel
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
...continue...

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Classical Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Franz Liszt: Liebestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Benedetti, Nicola; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fisc...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo; Fischer, Adam; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Chailly, Riccardo; Armiliato, Marco; Lanchbery, John; Fischer, Iván; Dutoit, Charles; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Mackerras, Charles, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Carignani, Magee, Kaufmann, Hampson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Kaufmann, Jonas; Magee, Emily
Conductors: Carignani, Paolo
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Superstar opera tenor Jonas Kaufmann is featured in this DVD, the next in a series of critically acclaimed opera DVDs from the artist. The DVD...continue...

Levine/The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra And Chorus / James Levine - Celebrating 40 Years At The Met / [21 DVD]

21 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu; Wozzeck, Op. 7; John Corigliano: The Ghosts of Versailles; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Bedrich...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Battle, Kathleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Blegen, Judith; Cassilly, Richard; Clark, Graham; Creech, Philip; Dalayman, Katarina; Devlin, Michael; Fassbaender, Brigitte; F...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"An extraordinary career deserves an extraordinary tribute - which is exactly what the Metropolitan Opera has accomplished to mark the fortieth anniversary of James Levine's...continue...

Bravo Pavarotti [2 CDs]

2 CD / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Ernani; Il trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; M...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Krause, Tom; Luccardi, Giancarlo; Milnes, Sherrill; Morresi, Gius...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; Maag, Peter; Chailly, Riccardo; B...

This 2-for-1 CD set celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Pavarotti (10/12/1935). Known worldwide as the superstar of stadium concerts and sporting...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Pavarotti, Verrett, Met [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: MacNeil, Cornell; Pavarotti, Luciano; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Filmed at the height of Luciano Pavarotti's career, this DVD of a performance from December 19th, 1978 captures Pavarotti in one of his most acclaimed...continue...

Bravo Pavarotti [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Ernani; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K 366; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'...
Performers: Clark, Graham; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Rescigno, Nicola; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Welsh N...

This DVD celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Pavarotti (10/12/1935). Known worldwide as the superstar of stadium concerts and sporting spectaculars, Luciano...continue...
Picture Format:
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese
...continue...

Original Three Tenors: 20th Anniversary Special Edition (Spec)

2 CD / Decca / 2010-08-10

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africaine; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Franz Lehár: Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (You Are My Heart's Delight) (from "Das Land des L...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of The Three Tenors' legendary Rome concert, this is a remastered and repackaged version (on CD plus bonus DVD) of...continue...
Recording information: The Baths of Caracalla, Rome, Italy (07/07/1990).

Includes the three tenors finale medley by various composers....continue...

Ultimate Collection - Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / Decca / 2010-08-03

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Traditional: I Vow To Thee My Country; Robert John Lange: Everyt...
Performers: Bradbury, Adrian; Jenkins, Katherine; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

2009 collection from the world's favorite mezzo-soprano. From the crossovers of Cohen's 'Hallelujah' to the straight operatic conventions of Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Jenkins...continue...
Released shortly after the Welsh soprano turned 30, the Katherine Jenkins compilation The Ultimate Collection is a good summation of her recording career so far. In that sense, it tends to confirm the...continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

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...

Verismo / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; La Rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Lodoletta; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Zaz&...
Performers: Armani, Gilles; Calabrese, Marco; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Chacon-Cruz, Arturo; Dessi, Annalisa; Fleming, Renee; Gomez, Carlos; Kaufmann, Jonas; Latis, Emma; Mencaroni, Lucia; Saito, Kaoru; Vignudelli, Ba...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

America's favorite soprano celebrates the red-blooded passion and drama of Italian opera with sumptuous arias by Puccini and his contemporaries - composers of the verismo...continue...

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Puccini: La Rondine / Villaume, Arteta, Haddock, Mula [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-07-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Haddock, Marcus; Mula, Inva
Conductors: Villaume, Emmanuel
Ensemble: Washington National Opera Chorus; Washington National Opera Orchestra

This is a valuable addition to Decca's catalogue of Puccini DVDs. The piece is barely represented on DVD and Marta Domingo's production was celebrated yet...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Chinese
...continue...

Ultimate Classical Dreams - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pietro Mascagni: Cava...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Berbie, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Boskovsky, Willi; Breitenbach, Gunther; Brown, Iona; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Fassbaender, Brigitte [M...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick; Zinman, David; Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Munchinger, Karl; Tate, Jeffrey; Davis, Colin; Malcolm, George; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, Is...
Ensemble: ; Borodin Quartet; Weller Quartet

Ultimate Puccini - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Austin, Charles; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corena, Fernando; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Ten...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Westminster Symphonic Choir

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Cossotto, Sordello, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-03-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Mercuriali, Angelo; Sordello, Enzo; Tebaldi, Renata; Washington, Paolo
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

The Tribute To Pavarotti / Bocelli, Sting, Domingo, Gheorghiu, Carreras [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-02-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Eldo Di Lazzaro: Chitarra Romana; Federico Moreno Torroba: La maravilla; Ernesto De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Aaron Copland: Shall we gather; Lanny Wol...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gheorghiu, Angela; Griminelli, Andrea; Jovanotti; Kandour, Aleem; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence, Cynthia; Milnes, Sherrill; Pausini, Laura; Pavarotti, L...
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD set contains THE star-studded official Pavarotti Memorial Concert, filmed live at the stunning ancient city of Petra, Jordan. DVD 1 includes the complete...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English (Except Concert Footage)
...continue...

The Tribute To Pavarotti / Bocelli, Sting, Domingo, Gheorghiu, Carreras [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2009-02-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Eldo Di Lazzaro: Chitarra Romana; Federico Moreno Torroba: La maravilla; Ernesto De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Aaron Copland: Shall we gather; Lanny Wol...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gheorghiu, Angela; Griminelli, Andrea; Jovanotti; Kandour, Aleem; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence, Cynthia; Milnes, Sherrill; Pausini, Laura; Pavarotti, L...
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This releases is a BLU-RAY DVD and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DEC B001261609. This set...continue...

From The Heart

1 CD / Decca / 2009-02-17

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Cinema Paradiso; Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir&o...
Performers: Allwood, Ralph; Banbury, James; Bold, M.; David Rowland [Choir Director, Harpsichord]; Franglen, Simon; Guillio; Jenkins, Katherine; King's Consort Choir; King, Robert; Meirion, Rhys; National Youth ...

Katherine Jenkins' album 'From The Heart - The Best Of Katherine Jenkins' was only released in China in 2007. It is a compilation CD of...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Rhys Meirion (tenor); James Banbury (keyboards, percussion); Simon Franglen (keyboards, programming)....continue...

Living a Dream

1 CD / Decca / 2009-01-27

Works: Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Francesco Sartori: Canto della terra, song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phanto...
Performers: Bold, M.; Finch, Catrin; Jenkins, Katherine; Paracelli, J.
Conductors: Inglis, Anthony

Katherine Jenkins' Italian-language version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" ("L'Amore Sei Tu"), first performed live at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire on August...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); The Prague Symphony (various instruments); J. Paracelli (guitar); Guillo (keyboards); M. Bold (percussion).

Originally released in Europe in 2005 b...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti / A Life in 7 Arias [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-11-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

The extraordinary documentary from the BBC tells the story of Luciano Pavarotti's remarkable career through the eyes of some of his colleagues and the arias...continue...
Run Time: 83 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: French, German, Spanish, Chinese
...continue...

Puccini - The Definitive Collection / Pavarotti, Freni, Sutherland, et al

11 CD / Decca / 2008-11-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Appelt, Hans-Dieter; Baratti, Walter; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bunnell, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Courtney, James; Croft, Dwayne; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Frese, Sieg...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Mehta, Zubin; Levine, James

Puccini: La Bohème / Karajan, Freni, Pavarotti, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Spoken Word: Mirella Freni in conversation with Catherine Bott (Interview)
Performers: Appelt, Hans-Dieter; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Maffeo, Gianni; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pietsch, Gernot; Pohl, Hans-Dietrich; Senechal, Mich...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

"This altogether exceptional version has much to recommend it to fans of the opera, and listeners coming to it for the first time could hardly...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti / Nessun Dorma: Puccini's Greatest Arias [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-08-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La Bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano

To mark Puccini’s 150th anniversary, Decca releases a brand new all-Pavarotti compilation, devoted to the great tenor arias and songs by the world’s favorite operatic...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
...continue...

Nessun Dorma: Puccini's Greatest Arias

1 CD / Decca / 2008-06-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Howlett, Neil; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Krause, Tom; Ludwig, Christa; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Lucia...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

In 2008, the classical music world will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago. No opera singer in recent times is more...continue...

"Puccini Gold" / Puccini's most popular arias sung by Pavarotti, Freni, Domingo, Te Kanawa et al. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-05-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Manon Lescaut

In 2008, the classical music world will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago. A definitive video package of Puccini's greatest hits...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
...continue...

The Pavarotti Story

4 CD / Decca / 2008-04-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Otello; I lombar...
Performers: Bono; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eno, Brian; Evans, David; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; John, Elton; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Kerns, Ric...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Patanè, George; Rescigno, Nicola; Chailly, Riccardo; Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Levine, James; Kertész, Istv...

This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of...continue...
Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Dr. David Evans , Elton John, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Joan Sutherland (soprano); Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Jane Shaulis (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, ...continue...

Romantic Arias / Jonas Kaufmann, Marco Armiliato, Prague PO

1 CD / Decca / 2008-03-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La traviata; Rigoletto; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J ...
Performers: Kaufmann, Jonas; Sibera, Jana
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Jonas Kaufmann is without question the most versatile tenor of his generation, and his current repertoire includes an astonishing range of opera roles from Mozart...continue...

Puccini Gold - Pavarotti, Netrebko, Bocelli, Villazón, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Ren...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Bartoletti, Bruno; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Chailly/Concertgebouw Orchestra, Bryn Terfel, Catherine Malfitano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Malfitano, Catherine; Margison, Richard; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

This stunning DVD of Puccini's masterpiece, 'Tosca,' features an outstanding cast, including Catherine Malfitano in the title role, Bryn Terfel as Scarpia (his role debut),...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
...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...

Luciano Pavarotti / Pavarotti Forever / [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-10-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Pagliacci, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Fra...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

The companion DVD release to the CD set features many of the great tenor's most famous performances including 'Che gelida manina', 'Vesti la giubba' and...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
...continue...