Rachmaninov, Sergei > Bass

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Carlo Colombara: The Art of The Bass [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2011-12-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Attila; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergey Rachma...
Performers: Colombara, Carlo
Conductors: Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Milani, Fabrizio; Rath, Gyorgy G.
Ensemble: Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana; Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra

Described as "the great Verdian bass" (Le Figaro) and a "Mefistofele who stood out over all the others" (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some...continue...
Run Time: 68 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, Russian
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Rachmaninov: The Bells; Prokofiev / Andre Previn, London SO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35; Sergei Prokofiev: Lieutenant Kijé Suite, Op. 60; Leonard Bernstein: Candide
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila; Shirley-Quirk, John; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

André Previn is often hailed as one of the world's most versatile musicians. The recipient of ten Grammy awards for his recordings, Previn has conducted...continue...
Run Time: 62 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
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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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Rachmaninoff: Aleko; Rimsky-Korsakov: Kashchey the Immortal [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Video Artists International / 2011-06-30

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Aleko; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Kashchey the Immortal (Kashchey bessmertnïy), opera ("autumnal parable") in 1 act
Performers: Nesterenko, Yevgeny; Pluzhnikov, Konstantin
Conductors: Kitayenko, Dmitri;
Ensemble: Dmitri Shostakovich Symphony Orchestra of Leningrad; Moscow State Symphony Orchestra

Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, French, and Russian
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Great Singers Live: Nicolai Ghiaurov

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-05-31

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Mikhail Glinka: Ein Leben für den Zaren; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; Modest Mussorg...
Performers: Ghiaurov, Nicolai
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo

"Previously unreleased recordings by Nicolai Ghiaurov from the 1960's under the direction of Georges Prêtre and Alfredo Antonini. The program contains key roles of the...continue...

Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31; Vespers, Op. 37
Performers: Champion, Romain; Ericson-Berglund, Eva; Miller, Vladimir
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence

BBC Music Magazine
A disc of singular beauty and spiritual warmth, which bears out that beyond all the sumptuousness of vocal tone Rachmaninov's music embodies a...continue...
Recording information: Église Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris (France) (05/2010)....continue...

Sergei Rachmaninov: The Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / VRK Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Liturgy of St John Chrysostom, Op. 31
Performers: Deroo, Lieven; Goossens, Ivan; Mol, Sarah Van
Conductors: Putnins, Kaspars

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Lightcycles & Other Music for Dancers

1 CD / Gloriae Dei Cantores / 2010-02-16

Works: Alexandr Dmitriyevich Kastalsky: Christ Is Risen; Svete tihiy (Radiant Light), for chorus no 1; Pavel Chesnokov: Bless the Lord, O My Soul (Blagoslovi, dushe moya, Ghospoda; Psalm 120), Op. 40/1; Pra...
Performers: Gloriae Dei cantores; Papkov, Andre
Conductors: Patterson, Elizabeth C.
Ensemble: Gloriae Dei Cantores

Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight / Gianandrea Noseda

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-09-29

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op. 24
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Bezzubenkov, Gennady; Bronder, Peter; Didyk, Misha; Murzaev, Sergey
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Ildar Abdrazakov's Baron is a nasty portrait, snarling, self-involved, perpetually sneering. Terrific, in fact... The BBC Philharmonic plays wonderfully and the recording is spotless, with...continue...

Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op 37 / Oleg Shepel

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Vespers, Op. 37
Performers: Nazarov, Alexander; Necheporenko, Yelena; Sevostyanov, Ruben; Zlobin, Alexander
Conductors: Shepel, Oleg
Ensemble: Voronezh State Institute of Arts Chamber Choir

Schubert, Brahms, Rachmaninov, Junger, Tosti: Songs / Ina Weizmann, Irena Zelikson

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

Works: Erwin Junger: Songs on Verses of Hungarian Poets, song cycle for voice & piano; Sergey Rachmaninov: The dream, song for voice & piano, Op. 8/5; He took all from me, song for voice & piano, Op. 26/2; ...
Performers: Chaiter, Yoram; Ina Weizmann; Zelikson, Irena

Opera Arias and Duets - Pergolesi, Verdi, Pipkov, Borodin, et al / Pavel Gerdjikov, et al

1 CD / Gega New / 2008-08-12

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: La serva padrona; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Lyubomir Pipkov: Yana's Nine Brothers; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Sergei Rachmaninov: Aleko; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene O...
Performers: Bareva, Liliana; Gerdjikov, Pavel; Nikolova, Milkana
Conductors: Rispoli, Pasquale; ; Vladigerov, Alexander; Angelov, Michail; Stefanov, Vassil
Ensemble: Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra; Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Pavel Gerdjikov is a singer who has made a significant contribution to Bulgarian Opera over the past 40 years. Gerdjikov has a versatile voice, an...continue...

Rachmaninoff: The Bells, Symphonic Dances / Bychkov

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2007-09-25

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Performers: Akimov, Evgeny; Pavlovskaya, Tatiana; Vaneev, Vladimir
Conductors: Bychkov, Semyon
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra

Pure Bass - Mozart, Wagner, etc: Opera Arias / Maynor

1 CD / Qualiton / 2007-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Götterdämmerung; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, ...
Performers: Maynor, Kevin; Woitach, Richard

Kevin Maynor's sonorous, deep bass voice and compelling presence has graced the stages of many important opera companies including The Lyric Opera of Chicago and...continue...

Rachmaninov: Aleko / Kitaenko, Nesterenko, Fedin, et al

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2007-07-09

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko
Performers: Alexander Fedin; Matorin, Vladimir; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Volkova, Svetlana
Conductors: Kitayenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

'Aleko' was Sergei Rachmaninov's first opera, and his earliest success. He composed the one-act melodrama in 1892 at the age of 19 in less than...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Alexander Welitsch

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Heinrich August Marschner: Hans Heiling, opera, Op. 80; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; C...
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Altmuller, Christoph; Borkh, Inge; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Proebstl, Max; Schech, Marianne; Vogel, Adolf; Welitsch, Alexander
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Blech, Leo; Baltzer, Erwin; Müller-Kray, Hans; Albert, Rudolf

Alexander Welitsch was born in Macedonia as Alexander Asgaruh. He began his studies in his hometown, later moving to Hanover for further training. In 1936...continue...

Rachmaninov: Opera Highlights / Todorov, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; The miserly knight, Op. 24; Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Beykov, Plamen; Isakov, Niko; Naydenov, Peter; Tekeliev, Alexander; Zvetanov, Boiko; Zvetkova, Mariana
Conductors: Todorov, Nayden
Ensemble: Sofia National Opera Chorus; Sofia National Opera Orchestra

"This is really beautiful-and a great introduction if you don't know Rachmaninoff's operas. There are 40 minutes from Aleko, which is generally considered the best...continue...

Lebebdige Vergangenheit - Cesare Siepi II

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Die Hugenoten; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlos; Carlos Gome...
Performers: Conley, Eugene; Davidson, Lawrence; Siepi, Cesare; Tagliavini, Ferruccio [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Capuana, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele; Cleva, Fausto; Scherman, Thomas

Cesare Siepi is generally considered one of the finest operatic basses from the period after World War II. His voice was characterized by a deep,...continue...

Rachmaninov: The Miserly Knight / Polyansky, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op. 24
Performers: Baturkin, Andrei; Efanov, V.; Goujov, Mikhail; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Molchanov, Borislav
Conductors: Polyanskii, Valeri
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

"Rachmaninov's darkly brooding score holds one's interest better than the story does. The lush Prelude deserves a life of its own, and the slithery orchestral...continue...

Trio - Rachmaninov: Complete Operas / Järvi, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-06-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; The miserly knight, Op. 24; Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Aalexashkin, Sergei; Caley, Ian; Chernov, Vladimir; Guleghina, Maria; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Larin, Sergei; Leiferkus, Sergei; Levinsky, Ilya; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This 3 for the price of 2 set features the acclaimed recordings of all three of Rachmaninov's operas....continue...

Carlo Colombara - Opera Arias - Verdi, et al / Rath, Escobar

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2004-06-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Attila; I vespri siciliani; Macbeth; Ernani; Nabucco; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Sergei Rachmaninov: Aleko
Performers: Colombara, Carlo; Escobar, Alejandro
Conductors: Rath, Gyorgy G.
Ensemble: Swiss Italian Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ivan Petrov

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-04-01

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I lombardi; Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky: Rusalka, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Léo Delibes...
Performers: Petrov, Ivan
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Ermler, Mark; Khaikin, Boris; Samosud, Samuel; Shukov, Michail; Nebolsin, Vasili; Golovanov, Nikolai; Fedoseyev, Vladimir

The Low Bass - Art Songs from the Bass Repertoire / Maynor

1 CD / Guild / 2003-02-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3; Der Wanderer, D 489 (493a)/Op. 4 no 1; An den Frühling, D 338; Hugo Wolf: Wohl denk ich oft, song for voice & piano (Michelangelo ...
Performers: Maynor, Kevin; Woitach, Richard

The Chaliapin Edition, Vol. 4: 1913-21 (Song Repertoire)

1 CD / Arbiter / 2002-06-18

Works: Sergey Lyapunov: The Tale of Tsar Ivan the Terrible, for vocal quartet, Op. 48/4; Russian Traditional: Seven Sons-in-Law, Russian folk song; Ukrainian Traditional: Ah, the Green Oak has Bent Over the...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor
Conductors: Pitt, Percy

Rachmaninov: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 3; Vocalise; The Bells

2 CD / Capriccio / 2002-01-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Songs (14), Op. 34; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44; The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Bareva, Rumyana; Popov, Stoyan
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Stefanov, Vassil

Rachmaninov: The Bells, The Rock / Anissimov, Field, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-09-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Rock, Op. 7; The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35
Performers: Choupenitch, Ivan; Field, Helen [Soprano Vocals]; Melnikov, Oleg
Conductors: Anissimov, Alexander
Ensemble: National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

As as composer, Rachmaninov was the last of the great Russian masters of the late nineteenth century. In addition to his well-known concertos and symphonies,...continue...

Rachmaninoff: Aleko / Gerello, Guryakova, Grivnov, et al

2 CD / Delos / 2000-01-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko
Performers: Grivnov, Vsevolod; Guryakova, Olga; Kit, Mikhail; Manikhina, Elena
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine
Ensemble: Yurlov Russian Choir

"...The dark-toned Vassily Gerello...captures most of the desperation of the outsider who joins a gypsy band...It is the Zemfira who makes this most worth hearing:...continue...

Rachmaninov: Aleko / Raichev, Gyuselev, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 1997-01-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko
Performers: Chirstova, Tanya; Karnobatlova, Blagovesta; Kourchoumov, Pavel; Petkov, Dimiter; Vocals], Nicola Ghiuselev [Bass
Conductors: Raichev, Rouslan

Operatic Arias - Chaliapin

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Mephistopheles' song of the flea; Anton Rubinstein: The Demon (Der Dämon), opera; Persian Songs (12), Op. 34; Anonymous: Mashenka; Down the Petersky; Johannes B...
Performers: Bazilevsky, Jean; Chaliapin, Feodor; Cozette, Michael; Godzinsky, G.; Kline, Olive; Newton, Ivor; Rabinowitch, Max; Schmidt; Sharpe, Cedric; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Pitt, Percy; Pasternack, Josef A.; Byng, George W.; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Harrison, Julius; Bourdon, Rosario; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Steimann, Max; Coates, Albert; ; Collingwood, Lawrance; Büsser,...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Boris Gmyrja

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-10-15

Works: Alexander Nikolayevich Serov: Judith, opera; Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Ruslan and Ludmilla; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko...
Performers: Gmyrya, Boris
Conductors: Piradov, Vladimir; Melik-Pashaev, Alexander; Nebolsin, Vasili; Orlov, Alexander; Khaikin, Boris

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Mark Reizen Vol 1

1 CD / Preiser / 1992-04-01

Works: Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Ruslan and Ludmilla; Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky: Rusalka, opera; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Khovanschina; Anton Rubinstein: The demon; Alexander Bo...
Performers: Ivanov, Andrei; Reizen, Mark
Conductors: Nebolsin, Vasili; Samosud, Samuel; Golovanov, Nikolai
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra