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Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy / Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi, etc. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op 24
Performers: Auty, Peter; Battaglia, Paolo; Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Best, Jonathan; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Corbelli, Alessandro; Daza, Alfredo; Di Pasquale, Luciano; Elliott, Alasdair; Giordano,...
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir; Benini, Maurizio; Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world's most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and...continue...
Run Time: 750 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
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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...

The Blu-Ray Experience: Opera & Ballet Highlights [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi,...
Performers: Alberghini, Simone; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berg, Nathan; Cirillo, Lucia; Dahlin, Anders; Damrau, Diana; di Pasquale, Luciano; Donose, Ruxandra; Machado, Aquiles; Matthews, Sally; Mironov, Maxim; Papian, H...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pahn, Vello; Davis, Colin, Sir; Lopez-Cobos, Jesus; Jordan, Philippe; Kershaw, Stewart; Jurowski, Vladimir; Rousset, Christophe; Reynolds, Julian; Connelly, Paul; Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra; Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra; Les Talens Lyriques; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Netherlands Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchest...

'Opera & Ballet: The Blu-ray Experience' includes opera and ballet highlights from the Opus Arte catalogue, and gives everyone the opportunity to experience the stunning...continue...
Run Time: 50 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio, Dolby True HD
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Puccini: Gianni Schicchi / Jurowski/London PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-09-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Corbelli, Alessandro; Giordano, Massimo; Matthews, Sally; McLaughlin, Marie; Palmer, Felicity
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Alessandro Corbelli takes the title role in Annabel Arden's whirlwind production of Puccini's compact opera, in which the scheming Gianni Schicchi retrieves for himself the...continue...
Run Time: 162 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Ital...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...

The Essential Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I due Foscari; Aroldo; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Gemma di Vergy; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Vinc...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Milnes, Sherrill; Resnik, Regina; Sardinero, Vicente; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Prêtre, Georges; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Queler, Eve; Masini, Gianfranco; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of New York;...

"La Superba" was the ecstatic nickname bestowed on the Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe when RCA Red Seal released her first solo recordings in 1966. As...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Gardiner, Glyndebourne Festival / Palombi, Denniston, Nitescu [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-04-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Connolly, Sarah; De Candia, Roberto; Denniston, Patrick; Montarsolo, Paolo; Mosley-Evans, Richard; Nitescu, Anita; Palombi, Antonello; Sharp, Kevin [tenor]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Manon Lescaut, Puccini's first major success, is a work of impassioned emotions based on the 18th-century novel by Abbe Prevost, depicting the doomed infatuation of...continue...
Run Time: 126 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: USA
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Moments of Passion

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-10-03

Works: Placido Domingo, Jr.: Willkommen Bei Uns (Welcome), for voice & orchestra; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Agustín Lara: Granada; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigo...
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Caballe, Montserrat; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; Hernandez, Julio; Hernandez, Orlando; Kaye, Jeff; Mayone, Gary; McGovern, Maureen; Milnes, Sherrill; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Plishka, P...
Conductors: Grin, Leonid; Cobos, Luis; Silvetti, Bebu; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Holdridge, Lee; Levine, James; Downes, Edward; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal ...

In four consecutive World Cup tournaments from 1990 to 2002, the Three Tenors sang to packed stadiums of fans and helped revive interest in live opera, particularly in America. By 2006, though, with J...continue...

Everybody's Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collier, Marie; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; Cross, Gr...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin; Pidò, Evelino; Mackerr...
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symph...

Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is...continue...

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Jules Massenet: Werther; Francesco Cilèa: L' L'Arlesiana; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carme...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Beniston, Paul
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"As for Alagna, he is out and out magnificent: warm and tender, ardent and elegiac, with beautiful high notes, impeccable phrasing and singing of a...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Caballé, Domingo, Solti

2 CD / RCA Records / 2005-10-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Byers, Alan [Tenor Vocal]; Caballé, Montserrat; Castel, Nico; Domingo, Plácido III; Domingo, Placido; Mangin, Noel; Mason, William [Bass-Baritone Vocal]...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Puccini: Gianni Schicchi / London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vladimir Jurowski [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-07-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Corbelli, Alessandro; Giordano, Massimo; Matthews, Sally; McLaughlin, Marie; Palmer, Felicity
Conductors: Jurowski, Wladimir
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"...A notably stellar cast depicts the ghastly gaggle of Donati releations, brilliantly dominated by Felicity Palmer's terrifying Zita, pink-rinsed and stiletto-voiced... But the show like...continue...
Run Time: 74 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS Stereo Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Classic Library - Domingo sings Caruso / Santi, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Le Cid; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Friedrich von Flotow: ...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Psaros, Georgetta; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich; Solti, Sir Georg; Downes, Edward;
Ensemble: ; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording is one of Domingo's landmark albums, which salutes a tenor of an earlier age while establishing Caruso's repertoire as his own....continue...
Personnel: Plácido Domingo (tenor)....continue...

By Request / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2003-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly); Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; Fleming, Renée; Grusin, Dave; Levine, James; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; Mackerras, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey; Levine, James
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's

Personnel: Renée Fleming (soprano); Joseph Calleja (tenor); Lee Ritenour (guitar); Dave Grusin (piano).

Recording information: London, England (05/1994-05/2003); New York, NY (05/1994-05/...continue...

The Voice of Puccini / Bergonzi, Carreras, Del Monaco, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-09-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La Rondine
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Cura, Jose; D'Angelo, Gianna; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Freni,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Patanè, Franco; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo; Chailly, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Mehta, Zubin; Capuana, Franco; Abbad...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala ...

The #1 Classical Album

2 CD / Decca / 2002-05-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Domingo, Placido; Haselbock, Martin; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Loveday, Alan; Ortiz, Cristina; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schiff, Andr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Munchinger, Karl; Végh, Sándor; Boskovsky, Willi; Kempe, Rudolf; Tate, Jeffrey; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philhar...

Romantica - The Very Best of Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / UTV Records / 2002-02-05

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Torna a Surriento; Ti voglio tanto bene; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; La strada nel bosco; Ruggero Leonc...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Mancini, Henry; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Gamba, Piero; Guadagno, Anton; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Mancini Chorus; Mancini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philha...

Luciano Pavarotti has captivated music lovers ever since scoring his first major triumph at Covent Garden in 1966 in the role of Tonio in 'La Fille du regiment,' a performance that earned him the titl...continue...

Italian Opera Arias / Domingo, Scotto, Te Kanawa, Wixell

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Wol...
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Levine, James; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Puccini - Great Opera Arias / Domingo, Te Kanawa, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angelica; Le Villi; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Ricciarelli, Katia; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orches...

Romantic Tenors - Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca / 2002-01-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; María Grever: Mucho mucho, for voice & orchestra; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Agustín...
Performers: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orche...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Müller, Eduardo; Peeters, Marcel; Garcia-Asensio, Enrique; Mancini, Henry; Pansera, Roberto; Farnon, Robert; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Scimone, Claudio; Gi...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Manci...

This selection contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Romantic Tenors compiles performances of long songs by José Carreras, Placido Domingo, and Luciano Pavarotti, three of the world's grea...continue...

La Stupenda - The Supreme Voice of Joan Sutherland

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Rigoletto; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonifacio, Tina; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Duval, Pierre; Elkins, Margreta; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Gibbs, John; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Pavarotti, Lucia...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra;...

"...In recognition of her 75th birthday, also in November, Decca has issued a 27-track 'best of' CD set, showcasing some of [Dame Sutherland's] most famous...continue...

Movie Adagios / Solti, Tebaldi, Lupu, Schiff, Fleming, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a); Così fan tutte, K 588; Req...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Brymer, Jack; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Fleming, Renée; Gürtler, Dietfried; Hasson, Maurice; Krause, Tom; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp, Lucia;...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Segal, Uri; Gardelli, Lamberto; Atzmón, Moshe; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Mauceri, John; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ingman, Nick; Chailly, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Kertész,...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields members; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clevel...

A Portrait of Pavarotti - Highlights from Pavarotti Edition

3 CD / Decca / 2001-09-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bormida, Ida; Caballé, Montserrat; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Courtney, James; Davia, Federico; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiau...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Pritch...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orches...

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (vocals)....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...

Opera Goes to the Movies

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-08-07

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Costa, Mary; Domingo, Placido; Kraus, Alfredo; Marton, Eva; Merrill, Robert; Moffo, Anna; Onesti, Giorgio; Peters, Roberta; Price, Leontyne; Seiffert...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Patanè, Giuseppe; Downes, Edward; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Steinberg, Pinchas; Leinsdorf, Erich; Ormandy, Eugene; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia ...

Karita Mattila - Arias & Scenes / Yutaka Sado, London PO

1 CD / Erato / 2001-06-19

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Leos Janácek: Jenufa; Richard S...
Performers: Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Riddell, Duncan
Conductors: Sado, Yutaka
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Soprano Karita Mattila has made a few recordings for the Ondine label. This is her first appearance on an Erato album. For a singer of...continue...

Amore II - Great Italian Love Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-02-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Huang, Ying; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rost, Andrea [Soprano Vocals]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Troxell, Richard; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Patanè, Giuseppe; Buckley, Emerson; Conlon, James; Rizzi, Carlo; Santi, Nello; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Opera Orchestra; Welsh National O...

Puccini: La Boheme - Highlights / Solti, Caballé, Domingo

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Byers, Alan [Tenor Vocal]; Caballé, Montserrat; Castel, Nico; Domingo, Placido; Mangin, Noel; Mason, William [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Milnes, Sherrill; Raimondi,...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Tu, Tu, Amore - Puccini's Greatest Love Songs

1 CD / Decca / 1999-09-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

Sir Georg Solti - A Celebration

1 CD / Decca / 1999-01-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 4 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor (missa solemnis, "Waisenhausmesse"), K. 139 (; Le nozze di Figaro (The M...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Amore - Opera's Greatest Romances / Price, Domingo, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Frascati, Tommaso; Hadley, Jerry; Jussila, Mika; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Londi, Laura; Mathis, Edith; Milnes,...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Kubelik, Rafael; Perlea, Jonel; Basile, Arturo; Downes, Edward; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

Puccini: Turandot - Highlights / Mehta, Sutherland, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-08-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Krause, Tom; Markov, Sabin; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Penguin Guide
A generous and shrewdly chosen 70-minute collection of excerpts... Nessun dorma, with Pavarotti at his finest, is here given a closing cadence for neatness....continue...

Nessun Dorma - 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Um...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Bailey, Norman; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Bode, Hannelore; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placi...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Chailly, Riccardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maazel, Lorin; Bonynge, Richard; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Resc...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; New P...

The Ultimate Puccini Collection / Pavarotti, Carreras, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cesari, Renato; Corelli, Franco; Corena, Fernando; Crespin, Regine; D'Angelo, Gianna; Di Stefa...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Barlow, Stephen; Chailly, Riccardo; Serafin, Tullio; Maazel, Lorin; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Mauceri, John
Ensemble: ; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa ...

Tenors Greatest Hits / Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-06-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giu...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Oren, Daniel; Solti, Sir Georg; Santi, Nello; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Leinsdorf, Erich; Garcia-Asensio, Enrique; Downes, Edward; Mehta, Zubin; Masini, Gianfranco
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Seville Symphony Orchestra

Puccini - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Turandot
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rucker, Richard; Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Va...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Buckley, Emerson; Patanè, Giuseppe; Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vien...

Opera - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Turan...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Marton, Eva; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ste...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Sebastian, Georges; Kohn, Eugene; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Rudolf, Max; Cobos, Luis; Pritchard, John; Buckley, Emerson; Schippers, Thomas;...
Ensemble: ; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metro...

Movies - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Jacob, Werner; Marton, Eva; Missenhardt, Gunter; Morelli, Adriana; Nucci, Leo; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Bruno, Weil; Bernstein, Leonard; Ziegler, Klaus Martin; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Chailly, Riccardo; Georgiadis, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Gosm...
Ensemble: ; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Canadian Brass; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Kassel Vocal Ensemble; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; London Philhar...

The Essential 3 Tenors / Pavarotti, Domingo, Carreras

1 CD / RCA Records / 1994-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Otello; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La bohème; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Mar...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Lavirgen, Pedro; Lorengar, Pilar; Pavaro...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Masini, Gianfranco; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Santi, Nello; Rossi, Mario; Milnes, Sherrill; Oren, Daniel; Downes, Edward; Garcia-Asensio, Enrique; Levine, James; Bonavolontà, Ni...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Seville Symphony Orchestra

Favorite Puccini Arias / Marton, Scotto, Kanawa

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-11-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Le Villi; Suor Angelica; Turandot
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

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...