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Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

Opera

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Requiem; Aida, opera; La traviata; Il trovatore; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohè...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea

Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012

3 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Giacomo Puccini: Tur...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Einaudi, Ludovico; Freni, Mirella; Gendron, Maurice; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Previn, Andre; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kempe, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Boskovsky, Willi; Khachaturian, Aram; Wordsworth, Barry; Dorati, Antal; Malone, Gareth; Leppard, ...
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Essential Puccini

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-03-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La bohème; La Rondine
Performers: Alagna; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Maria; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ludwig; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Bartoletti, Bruno; Erede, Alberto; Maazel, Lorin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe

The Platinum Collection

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-11-30

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Herbert Kretzmer: Here I am Again, song (from "Kristina"); Rolf Lovland: Yo...
Performers: Ryder, Shaun; Watson, Russell; Westenra, Hayley

With nine Top 20 albums and several classical Brit Awards under his belt, tenor Russell Watson has been an instrumental figure in the success of the classical crossover genre, with his collaborations ...continue...

The Voice Of The Century / Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-10-26

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Georges Bizet: Vasco da Gama, ode-symphony for chorus & orchestra; G...
Performers: Cassinelli, Ricardo; Gibbs, John; Knight, Gillian; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Plessis, Christian du; Siepi, Cesare; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Pieces in the Original Style 2

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-08-31

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme (Enigma Variations); Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Conce...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Fleming, Renee; Ortiz, Cristina; Roge, Pascal; Schiff, Andras
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Blomstedt, Herbert; Marriner, Sir Neville; Summers, Patrick; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg

Puccini: La Bohème

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-08-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Davis, Colin

BBC Music Magazine
Not Davis's normal repertoire, but he conducts a lively, detailed, idiomatic performance of this masterpiece, and has strong soloists. Carreras was then at...continue...
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Original Three Tenors: 20th Anniversary Edition

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-06-22

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlésiana; 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 ...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano

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

Legends: The Three Tenors

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funicul&a...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; López-Cobos, Jesús; Müller, Eduardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin

Personnel: Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Luciano Pavarotti (tenor).

Includes work(s): medley: west side story (bernstein) / o p by various composers....continue...

For Mother - A Classical Bouquet

4 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-10

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Symphony no 2 in E ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Cohen, Franklin; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Goossens, Marie; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Har...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Khachaturian, Aram; Solti, Sir Georg; Segal, Uri; Agoult, Raymond; Kempe, Rudolf; Gavazzeni, Giana...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

In time for Mother's Day comes this new box-set, a bouquet of classical gems for every mother's music library. This 4-CD set includes a wide-range...continue...

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Renée Fleming by Request

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588;...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fleming, Renée; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey

Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti: Live From Lincoln Center

2 CD / Decca Import / 2008-06-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; I masnadieri; Otello; Il Trovatore; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Beatrice di Tenda, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gioachino Ro...

The Ultimate Wedding Album

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Domingo, Placido; Hurford, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rudel, Julius; Chailly, Riccardo; Bonynge, Richard; Riddle, Nelson

Verismo Arias - Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Jules Massenet: Werther;...
Performers: Howlett, Neil; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; National Philharmonic Orchestra

Luciano Pavarotti Sings Tenor Arias from William Tell, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gia...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bunger, Reid; Flossman, Gilels; Lackner, Herbert; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone
Ensemble: ; Vienna Opera Orchestra

Amore - Essential Romantic Collection

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-09-25

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Torna a Surriento; Voce'e notte; Ti voglio tanto bene; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Passione; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Vincenzo De Cresc...

The Originals - Puccini / Riccardo Chailly, Berlin RSO

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; Capriccio Sinfonico; Le Villi; Edgar, opera; Minuet for string quartet, no 1 in A major; Minuet for string quartet, no 2 in A major; Minuet for string quartet, ...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

"In a highly attractive collection of Puccinian juvenilia and rarities, Chailly draws opulent and atmospheric playing from the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, helped by outstandingly...continue...

Tenor

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-01-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Missa Solenne (Messa di Gloria); Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia de...
Performers: Basrak, Karen; Binelli, Daniel; Bruton, Laura; Ciapponi, Raffaella; Clay, William; CollinsBray, Shields; Decosta, Adriana Voirin; Florez, Juan Diego; Galvez, David; Mijalovic, Nikola; Shih, Michael
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Chailly, Riccardo; Rousset, Christophe

UK-only release from Peru's finest vocalist, the obvious successor to Luciano Pavorotti's throne. Although comparisons to Pavorotti are warranted, Florez' main inspiration is Spanish tenor...continue...

Relaxing Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Léo Delibes...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Berbié, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Hasson, Maurice; Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Kulka, Konstanty; Lab&eg...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; ; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Nicholas; Masur, Kurt; Jorda, Enrique
Ensemble: ; Capricorn (Ensemble); Du Brassus; I Musici; Lausanne Pro Arte

This CD includes a great selection of "soothing and relaxing" music as well as a great introduction to the classics....continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Karajan, Price, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Cava, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Mariotti, Alfredo; Monreale, Leonardo; Price, Leontyne; Taddei, Giuseppe; Weiss, Herbert
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Price and Stefano are wonderfully rich-voiced and passionate, Taddei a hellishly charismatic Scarpia with Karajan balancing detail and drama superbly." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...

Odyssey [UK]

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Enya: May It Be (for the film Lord of the Rings; American Traditional: The Water Is Wide (after O Waly, Waly); Andrea Sandri: Dell'amore non si sa; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Rolf Lovland: Pra...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Bould, Miles; Chamberlain, Simon; Christie, Rupert; Clarvis, Raul; Cole, Helen; Furey, Finbar; Hinnegan, Tony; Jiear, Alison; Kenyon, Carol; Mariotti, Davis; McIntosh, Robbie; McKenn...
Conductors: Brett, James; Ingman, Nick; Malavasi, Mauro; Hawes, Patrick; Hussey, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Ensemble of Bologna

The young singer's sophomore album "Odyssey" has been re-outfitted with different cover art and three previously unreleased recordings for this issue: "The Water Is Wide",...continue...
Personnel: Hayley Westenra (vocals, piano); Mae McKenna, Alison Jiear, Andrea Bocelli, Carol Kenyon (vocals); Robbie McIntosh (guitar); Angie Passarella (acoustic guitar); Francois Rive (cello); Davi...continue...

Classic Recitals - Verdi & Puccini Arias / Felicia Weathers

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-02-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Weathers, Felicia
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Orchestra

Felicia Weathers made her debut in 1961 and among her many memorable appearances are her Metropolitan Opera debut in 1965 and her Royal Opera House...continue...

Lover's Adagio

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Har...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Hasson, Maurice; Hurford, Peter; Jansen, Janine; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Krebbers, Herman; LaGoya, Alexandre; Ort...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dutoit, Charles; Karajan, Herbert von; Sillito, Kenneth; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bonynge, Richard; Kondrashin, Kirill;...

2 CD set. This is a great collection for lovers of classical music. Decca. 2006....continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigo...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mehta, Zubin; Chailly, Riccardo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Kertész...

MIrella Freni - A Celebration

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-04-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Ruggero L...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ludwig, Christa; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Abbado, Roberto; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenic...

Mirella Freni is without a doubt a true legendary soprano. She recorded a substantial discography for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon and this 2 CD collection...continue...

Great Tenor Arias [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Decca Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; La Cenerentola; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggi...
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

The Essential Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / Decca Import / 2004-05-11

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Il Trovatore; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Mass...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Lopardo, Frank; Tramonti, Tizana
Conductors: Mauceri, John; Chailly, Riccardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino

Loved for the dark beauty of her voice, her dramatic commitment and her truly operatic rise to fame, Angela Gheorgiu is now among the most...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Mehta, Bocelli, Cedolins, Maggio Musicale

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-05-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Baggio, Andrea; Barretta, Diego; Bertocchi, Sergio; Bocelli, Andrea; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Ciccone, Matteo; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Guelfi, Carlo; Peirone, Matteo; Ventura, José Ignacio
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Vissi d'arte - The Magnificent Voice of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-04-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro; I masnadieri; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Giacomo Meyerbe...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bello, Vincenzo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Oliver, Alexander; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Ba...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Masini, Gianfranco; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Mehta, Zubin; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Maag, Peter; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; López-Cobos, Jesús; Bon...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Wandswort...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Capuana, Tebaldi, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Guagni, Enzo; MacNei...
Conductors: Capuana, Franco

The Great Renata Tebaldi

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La ...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caruso, Mariano; Cesari, Renato; Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; MacNeil, Cornell; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pog...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Cleva, Fausto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; ...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome...

This new 2-CD collection commemorates Renata Tebaldi's legendary career as she celebrates her 80th birthday. It includes over 2 1/2 hours of popular arias from...continue...

Mysterium - Sacred Arias / Gheorghiu, Marin, London PO

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-09-18

Works: Anton Pann: Tatal nostru (Our Father); Gheorghe Popescu: Priveghiati si va rugati; Gheorghe Cucu: Stihuri din Catavasiile intampinarii Domnului; Evghenie Humulescu: Iubi-Te-voi, Doamne; Adolphe Adam:...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela
Conductors: Marin, Ion
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Madrigal Chamber Choir Romania

This album includes an attractive and enticing blend of familiar melodies and fresh repertoire surprises - from "Ave Maria," "O Holy Night" and "Panis Angelicus"...continue...

Puccini: La Bohème / Alagna, Gheorghiu, Chailly, et al

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Scano, Elisabetta
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This dazzlingly fresh interpretation from Chailly, Alagna and Gheorghiu with Milan's famous La Scala opera orchestra promises to be the finest recording available since the...continue...

Puccini: La Bohème / Serafin, Tebaldi, Bergonzi, Bastianini

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-03-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; d'Orazi, Attilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Onesti, Giorgio; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

Penguin Guide
it still sounds astonishingly vivid,with a very convincing theatrical atmosphere. Vocally the performance achieves a consistently high standard, with Tebaldi as Mim the most...continue...

Great Opera Houses

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Nabucco; I lombardi; Aida, opera; La battaglia di Legnano; Attila; Otello; Macbeth; La traviata; Don Carlos; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: No...
Performers: Braun, Victor; Burrows, Stuart; Davies, Ryland; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Elkins, Margreta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Johnson, Robert; Jones, Della; Jones, Isola; Kraus, Philip; Maslennikov, Alexei; Massar...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Kubelik, Rafael

Les Plus Grands Choeurs du Monde

1 CD / Decca Import / 1999-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Il Trovatore; Requiem Mass; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corp...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut (Complete)

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-12-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Carolis, Natale de; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Coni, Paolo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freschi, Ledo; Gaifa, Carlo; Matteuzzi, William; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Tajo, Italo; Te Kana...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo

Penguin Guide
Dame Kiri gives an affecting characterization of Manon, at times rather heavily underlined but passionately convincing...Carreras is in good form, but sounds a little...continue...

The Three Tenors, Paris 1998

1 CD / Decca Import / 1998-08-18

Works: Giuseppe Pietri: Maristella; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Agustín Lara: Granada; Solamente una vez, for voice & orchestra; Edvard Grieg: Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op...

Giacomo Puccini: Turandot

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-02-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Carlin, Mario; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Ercolani, Renato; Fanelli, Gaetano; Giordano, Ezio; Tebaldi, Renata; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Erede, Alberto

Penguin Guide
The recording has a glitter and brilliance to match even the fabulous court of the emperor of China
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Puccini: La Bohème / Erede, Tebaldi, Prandelli, Gueden

2 CD / Decca Import / 1994-04-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Luise, Melchiorre; Prandelli, Giacinto; Santafe, Ildebrando; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

World of Puccini

1 CD / Decca Import / 1992-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angelica; La La Rondine; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Chiara, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Maffeo, Gianni; McCracken, James [Tenor Vocal]; Mitchell, Leona; Panerai, R...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Franco; Bonynge, Richard; Gardelli, Lamberto; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello

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

Essential Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca Import / 1990-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; R...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Tutto Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca Import / 1989-04-28

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Paolo Tosti: 'A vucchella; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ernesto Tagliaferri: Passione; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de No...
Performers: Baillie, Peter; Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Flossman, Gilels; King, Malcolm; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Varády, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; Mancini, Henry; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Kertész, István; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Solti, Sir Georg; Bone...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orc...