Rossini, Gioachino > Choral

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Marina Rebeka, Sara Mingardo, Francesco Meli, Alex Esposito. Pappano

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-23

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Coro della Accademia Naxionale di Santa Cecilia; Orchestra della Accademia Naxionale di Santa Cecilia

EMI Classics Releases an exciting new recording of Gioacchino Rossini's Petite Messe Solennelle. Antonio Pappano conducts the Orchestra e Coro dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa...continue...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!"...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

Choral Classics: Choral Classics from Cambridge / Corydon Singers

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Carter, William; Dexter, Keri; English, John; Kenny, Liz; Manze, Andrew; Marcus, Marshall; Masters, Rachel; Pearce, Richard; Quinney, Robert; Schlapp, Jan; Vivian, James; War...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Cleobury, Stephen; Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This 5 disc set showcases the celebrated choral music tradition of Cambridge's Clare College, King's College and St John's College. Featuring a collection of popular...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle, original chamber verssion / Peter King, harmonium

1 CD / Netmark / 2011-08-09

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Conductors: ; Halsey, Simon
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Nettle & Markham Piano Duet

World premiere of the Petite Messe Solennelle's original chamber version with two pianos and harmonium using new OUP edition. This recording features the entire 79-minute...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall, University of Birmingham (12/01/1989-12/03/1989)....continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle; Moses in Egypt

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Berkowitz, Paul; Browne, Sandra; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nunn, Richard; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ricciarell...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra

Part mass, part cantata, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was the most substantial work of his final years. It is a beautiful and elegant piece which...continue...
Recording information: Watford Town Hall....continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-01-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Clayton, Nigel; Dominguez, Guillermo; Koella, Ulrich; Mannov, Johannes; Musacchio, Martina; Solomon, Peter

Rossini’s dynamic liturgical masterpiece `Petite Messe Solennelle` is his last significant work, executed magnificently here by the Basel Madrigal Choir. Singular among liturgical works, this...continue...
Recording information: Orchesterstudio Volkshaus Basel (1993)....continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Chailly, Pendatchanska, Custer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-01-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Custer, Manuela; Palazzi, Mirco; Pendatchanska, Alexandrina; Secco, Stefano
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Leipzig Opera Chorus

"On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the composer's death, crowds gathered at the Leipziger Gewandhaus to witness a world-class performance of one of...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Latin, English, Germa...continue...

Santo: Sacred Songs / Juan Diego Flórez

1 CD / Decca / 2010-10-25

Works: Johann Joseph Fux: Plaudite, sonat tuba; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Vincenzo Bellini: Ma...
Performers: Ayala, Carlos; Breddermann, Ulrich Stephan; Espinoza, Edgar Espinoza; Florez, Juan Diego; Guerrero, Armando; Mezzini, Nicoletta; Milani, Luca; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele

Today's leading bel canto tenor, and one of the world's biggest opera stars, celebrates this Christmas season with a very personal choice of sacred arias...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/15/2010-01/27/2010); Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/2010)....continue...

Rossini: Songs

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Quelques Riens pour album, for piano; Le sylvain ("Belles nymphes blondes"), for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, book 3), QR v/1; Péchés de vieillesse,...
Performers: Bosworth, Nicholas; Brownlee, Lawrence; Delunsch, Mireille; Larmore, Jennifer; Martineau, Malcolm; Sherratt, Brindley; Wilde, Mark; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine

If a time-machine could take us back through the centuries, which musical occasion might we choose to attend? Surely a soiree at Rossini's Parisian home...continue...
Personnel: Robin Newton (programming).

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (07/2008)....continue...

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bickenbach, Christfried; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

Gioacchino Rossini

4 CD / Gala / 2009-08-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Petite Messe solennelle; Armida; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Berdini, Giuseppe [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Dominguez, Oralia; Filipeschi, Mairo [Tenor Vocal]; Frosini, Mario; Gorini, Gino; Grandi, Margherita; Mancini, Caterina; Panerai, Rolando; Petri, Mario...
Conductors: Lohoff, Willem; Fasano, Renato; Serafin, Tullio; Baroni, Giuseppe; Santini, Gabriele; Erede, Alberto; Boult, Adrian

Icon - Franco Corelli - Schubert, Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Rossini, etc

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; ...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bumbry, Grace; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Mazzini, Guido; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Ferraris, Franco; Serafin, Tullio; Schippers, Thomas; Pedrazzoli, Eduardo; Mehta, Zubin; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Lombard, Alain; Mingardo, Raffaele

With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence, and film-star good looks, tenor Franco Corelli was one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. These 4...continue...

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

The Three Tenors at Christmas / Carreras, Pavarotti, Domingo

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore ...
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gormley, Michael G.; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sissel
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Viotti, Marcello; Solti, Sir Georg; Gamba, Piero; Sutej, Vjekoslav

This brand-new compilation brings together three of the greatest opera singers of our time: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. This generously filled CD...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle / Beck, Blasi, Naef, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Bernardini, Don; Blasi, Angela Maria; Fink, Marcos; Meyer, Michael; Rivinius, Paul
Conductors: Beck, Rolf
Ensemble: South German Vocal Ensemble

"...[This] is a 'simpatico' performance; light, bright, and pretty jaunty where it counts. The soloists are an adept bunch. They're happy to emote themselves into...continue...

Album Français - Poulenc, MIlhaud, Cras, etc / Ensemble Amarcord

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2008-04-05

Works: Francis Poulenc: Petites prières (4) de Saint François d'Assise; Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue; Chansons françaises (8); Chansons gaillardes (8); Bucolique for "Variations su...
Performers: Barth, Dietrich; Knauft, Daniel; Krause, Holger; Lattke, Martin [tenor]; Lattke, Wolfram; Ozimek, Frank
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Amarcord

After three extremely successful CDs with vocal music of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, amarcord turns this time to the wonderful French vocal music of...continue...

Rossini: Stabat Mater; Debussy / Fricsay, et al

1 CD / Urania (Italy) / 2007-11-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Despite his untimely death at the early age of 49, Ferenc Fricsay left an impressive patrimony of excellent recordings. For this CD, Urania has selected...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle / Scogna, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-10-09

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Battagion, Lorenzo; Brumat, Letizia Calandra; Carbonara, Michelangelo; Filippo, Giuliano De; Pavoni, Alberto; Polimanti, Enrico Maria
Conductors: Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: Petrassi Chamber Choir

Rossini's last masterpiece is best realized with the salon sound of chamber music - a sound all the more modern when tied to the timbre...continue...

SCENE Rossini: PIano Works Vol 8 / Irmer

1 CD / MD&G / 2007-07-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Musique Anodine, prelude & 6 songs for voice(s) & piano (settings of Mi lagnerò tacendo), QR iv/62; Thème naïf et variations idem, for piano in G major (Péch...
Performers: Bae, Jang Eun; Irmer, Stefan

Stefan Irmer has completed his recordings of Rossini's "Sins of Old Age" The reviews of these series have been phenomenally and uniformly outstanding! As he...continue...

Originals - Rossini: Messa di Gloria / Marriner, et al

1 CD / Philips Import / 2007-04-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Jo, Sumi; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus

"It is a mystery why Rossini's Messa di Gloria is so little known. He wrote the work-a nine movement setting of the "Kyrie" and "Gloria"...continue...

Rossini on Rossini's Pleyel

1 CD / Dynamic / 2007-04-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Book 9 (Album pour piano, violon, violoncelle, harmonium et cor); Péchés de vieillesse, Book 7 (Album de chaumière); Péchés...
Performers: Flavio Ponzi

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / King, Sampson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Halls, Matthew; Sampson, Carolyn; Tortise, Andrew; Unwin, William; Williams, Mark
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort Choir

"Recordings of the final and finest work among Rossini's "sins of my old age" aren't as rare as you might think. We've covered at least...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Quink Vocal Ensemble

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-07-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Berne, Harry van; Doeselaar, Leo Van; Hoogendijk, Mattijs; Jordans, Wyneke; Kaasschieter, Mariët; Koning, Kees-Jan de; Luijmes, Dirk; Oelderik, Mariette; Witholt, Wiard

"It may seem hard to believe, but this performance of Rossini's 'Petite Messe solonelle' of 1863, accompanied by two pianos and a harmonium (all period...continue...

Essential Choral Classics

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer; Elijah, Op. 70; César Franck: Panis angelicus...
Performers: Brown, Wilfred; Burrowes, Norma; Freni, Mirella; Goodman, Roy; Harper, Heather; Hussain, Alastair; Kollo, Rene [Tenor Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Morris, James; Norman, Jess...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Willcocks, David; Daniel, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen; Gandolfi, Romano; Ottley, Jerold D.; Britten, Benjamin; Solti, Sir Georg; Preston, Simon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Guest, George; Hai...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Cambridge University Music Society; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chr...

This 2-CD set Includes more than 21/2 hours of the greatest 'hits' of the chorus. Performances are by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kings College Choir...continue...

Prima Voce - Enrico Caruso - Opera Vol 3

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2005-08-09

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Petite Messe solennelle; Carlos Go...
Performers: Abott, Bessie; Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Egener, Minnie; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Ame...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Setti, Giulio

"...The [Nimbus] method brings me face to face, far more consistently than other transers have done, with Caruso as I like to hear him and...continue...

Art of Flute - Vivaldi, Bach, Benda / Baarova, et al

2 CD / Boheme / 2005-08-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 4...
Performers: Baarova, Lenka; Niederle, Jan
Conductors: Niederle, Jan
Ensemble: Baarova Ensemble

Gemini - Rossini: Stabat Mater, etc / Cleobury, Muti, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-05-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Briggs, David; Gambill, Robert; Gedda, Nicolai; Howell, Gwynne; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Popp,...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Muti, Riccardo

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Rossini / Böhm, Grümmer

3 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2004-11-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
Performers: Berry, Walter; Dicks, Wilhelm Walter; Fehn, Helmut; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grummer, Elisabeth; Ilosvay, Maria von; Johnson, Patricia; Katona, Julius; Koth, Erika; Lagger, Peter; Ludwig, Walther; ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Chorus; Cologne West German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rossini: Complete Piano Edition Vol 1 / Marco Sollini

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Waltz for piano in E flat major; Thème, for piano in E flat major; Work(s); Scherzo for piano in A minor; L'amour à Pékin ("Mon coeur blesse"), for voice & piano (P&...
Performers: Sollini, Marco

These are works which Rossini composed at the end of his life, after twenty years of ill health. He refused to permit their publication and...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle; Wagner, Strauss/Barbirolli

2 CD / Guild / 2004-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary (Carnegie Hall; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Charles Gounod: Ring out, wild bells, song for voice & piano; Camil...
Performers: Bonnelli, Richard; Castagna, Bruna; Cordon, Norman; Ginster, Ria; Kullman, Charles; Meisle, Kathryn; Pauly, Rose; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

Soirée Musicale - Rossini / Lopez-Speziale

1 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2004-01-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 1 "Album italiano"; A Grenade ("La nuit règne"), song for soprano & piano (Deux nouvelles compositions), QR v/90/1; La veuve andalouse (...
Performers: Speziale, Carla Lopez; Vazquez, Sergio

Sacred Arias (CD & DVD Special Edition) / Andrea Bocelli

2 CD / Philips Import / 2003-10-14

Works: Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; Steven Mercurio: Sancta Maria (based on the Intermezzo from Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana); Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, sc...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun

This album is also available on VHS.

This limited edition package includes the SACRED ARIAS DVD, an enhanced CD with the original SACRED ARIAS music plus 2 bonus tracks, a 14 photo picture gall...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias - Bruce Ford 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-09-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; La Clemenza de Tito; Gioachino Rossini: Armida; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Petite Messe solennelle; Otello; Ze...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Nilon, Paul; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Stafford-Allen, Toby
Conductors: Parry, David

Bruce Ford, one of the world's leading Bel Canto tenors, presents his second disc in Chandos' Great Operatic Arias series. His first disc received fine...continue...

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

Rossini Opera Concert - Overtures, etc / Matteuzzi, Bellini

1 CD / Arts / 2003-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; La Cenerentola; La gazza ladra; Otello; Guglielmo Tell; Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Matteuzzi, William
Conductors: Bellini, Gabriele; Handt, Herbert
Ensemble: ; International Belcanto Orchestra

Rossini: Petit Messe Solennelle / Huber, SWR Vokalensemble

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2002-12-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Conductors: Huber, Rupert
Ensemble: SWR Stuttgart Vocal Ensemble

"Conductor Huber leads a sprightly, well-paced performance that fits on one disc - many other recordings are spread over two because of slow tempos. He...continue...

Canadian Bagpipes and American Brass

1 CD / Altissimo / 2002-11-19

Works: John Williams: Olympic Fanfare; Traditional: Blue Bonnets over the Border; Lass O'Fyvie; Captain Horne; Campbelltown Kiltie Ball; Miss Girdle; Katie Dalrymple; Loch Duich; Galician Jig; Killiecrankie...
Performers: McGuire, Roger; Mundt, Paul; Webster, Ian
Conductors:
Ensemble: Canadian Scottish Regiment Pipes; Canadian Scottish Regiment Pipes and Drums; Third Marine Aircraft Wing Band, USMC

Sacred Songs / Placido Domingo

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-09-10

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Ave Maria, for voice & orchestra; Paolo Rustichelli: Kyrie, for voice, keyboard, synthesizer, guitar & orchestra; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Fermin Maria Alvarez: Plegaria (...
Performers: Domingo, Luisa; Domingo, Placido; Rustichelli, Paolo; Sissel
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello

Personnel: Plácido Domingo (tenor); Sissel (vocals); Paolo Rustichelli (guitar, piano, synthesizer).

Recording information: Auditorium Milano, Milano, Italy (02/2002)....continue...

Tête à Tête - Rossini: Messe Solennelle, etc/Spering, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2002-06-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; Dewald, Thomas; Lika, Peter; Martinez, Iride; Mingardo, Sara; Pares-Reyna, Margot; Relyea, John
Conductors: Spering, Christoph
Ensemble: Chorus Musicus; Das Neue Orchester

"What is interesting about it is its sense of the Crucifixion as high theatre and the Berlioz-like sonority of Rossini's orchestral writing as realised by...continue...

Wedding Classics / Norrington, Parrott, Mackerras, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2002-03-12

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Danby, Nicholas; Frimmer, Monika; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Keyrouz, Marie, Sister; Still, Ray; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]; Weir...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Stamp, Richard; Norrington, Roger; Ledger, Philip, Sir; ; van Beek, Arie; Neumann, Peter; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Menuhin, Yehudi; Kuijke...
Ensemble: ; Aquarius; London Classical Players; Sonnerie; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Eloquence - Nessun Dorma - Arias & Duets / Luciano Pavarotti

1 CD / Decca / 2001-03-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Macbeth; I lombardi; Otello; Jules Massenet: Werther; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Requiem for 3 soloists in D minor, chorus & orchestra (for Bellini; unf...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Magiera, Leone; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Gatto, Armando; Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Orchestra Dell'Ater; Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra; Verona Teatro Arena Orchestra

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Creed, Stoyanova, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Davislim, Steve; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Stoyanova, Krassimira
Conductors: Creed, Marcus
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chorus

Caruso 2000

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-02-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Jules Massenet: Manon; Le Cid; Friedrich von ...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico

"Thanks to modern technology, for some time now we have been able to hear the voice of Enrico Caruso without the surface noise and crackles...but...continue...

Sacred Arias / Andrea Bocelli

1 CD / Philips / 1999-11-09

Works: Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Wiegenlied ("Schlafe, schlafe, holder süsser ...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun

This album is also available on VHS.

This limited edition package includes the SACRED ARIAS DVD, an enhanced CD with the original SACRED ARIAS music plus 2 bonus tracks, a 14 photo picture gall...continue...

Rossini: Complete Works for Piano Vol 2 / Paolo Giacometti

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1999-11-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Mon prélude hygiénique du matin, for piano in C major (Péchés de vieillesse, book 6), QR x/28; Une caresse à ma femme, for piano in G major (Péché...
Performers: Giacometti, Paolo

Artists of the Century - Caruso -Greatest Tenor in the World

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-06-15

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Charles Gounod: Faust; La Reine de Saba; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Ri...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; Cottone, Salvatore; de Luca, Giuseppe; Egener, Minnie; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Giordano, Umberto; Gluck, Alma; Jacoby,...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Pasternack, Josef A.

Joan Sutherland - Her Spectacular Pasadena Concert

1 CD / Bella Voce / 1998-04-06

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Arietta da Camera (6) for voice & piano; Gaetano Donizetti: A mezzanotte ("Quando notte sara oscura"), arietta for voice & piano; ...
Performers: Bonynge, Richard; Sutherland, Joan, Dame

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle, etc / Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1997-08-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Lorengar, Pilar; Magiera, Leone; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rosetta, Vittorio; Sotin, Hans; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Gandolfi, Romano; Kertész, István
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Chorus; London Symphony Chorus