Rossini, Gioachino > Jones, Della

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell / Chailly, Milnes, Pavarotti, Freni

4 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Jones, Della; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Milnes, Sherrill; Noble, John; Pavarotti, Luciano; Suarez, Cesar Antonio; Tomli...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra

"Chailly's is a forceful reading, particularly strong in the many ensembles, and superbly recorded. Milnes makes a heroic Tell, always firm and Pavarotti sings the...continue...

Sogno talor... Special Collection Celebrating 25 Years

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2003-09-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Emilia di Liverpool; Roberto Devereux; Maria Padilla; Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth; Parisina d'Este; Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgog...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Benelli, Ugo; Brecknock, John; Bros, Jose; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caley, Ian; Christie, Nan; Cook, Deborah; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Dolton, Geoffrey; Dugdale, Sandra; Fa...
Conductors: Parry, David; Carella, Giuliano; Benini, Maurizio; Francis, Alun; Judd, James
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The double CD set is in the form of a two-act Grand Opera Gala, with an overture, choruses, arias, ensembles and extravagant finales. A total...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 9 / Andrew Shore

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-07-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Banks, Barry; Dawson, Lynne; Holland, Ashley; Howard, Jason; Jones, Della; Kilpatrick, Charles; Plazas, Mary; Shore, Andrew
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: ; English National Opera Orchestra

Serious Rossini / Bruce Ford

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2001-12-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide; Armida; Mosè in Egitto; Otello; Ugo re d 'Italia, opera (unfinished)
Performers: Banks, Barry; Biccire, Patrizia; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Davies, Ryland; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Jones, Della; Kelly, Paul Austin; Matteuzzi, William; Miricioi...
Conductors: Parry, David

"Here are several little-known arias, duets, trios and ensembles from Rossini's serious operas. Bruce Ford, one of the finest Rossini tenors of our time, is...continue...

Opera in English - Great Arias from Favorite Operas Vol 2

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Ernani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostock, Angela; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hampson, Thomas; Haymon, Cynthia; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Masterson, Valerie; O'Neill, Dennis ...
Conductors: Parry, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Elder, Mark; Bellini, Gabriele

This collection not only brings together the highlights from the more recent Opera in English recordings from Chandos, but also includes a 40-page booklet that...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 7 / Della Jones

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-03-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi; La Cenerentola; Guglielmo Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Gaetano Donizetti: La F...
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Jones, Della; Magee, Garry; Mason, Anne; Plazas, Mary; Richards, Paul; Shore, Andrew; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele

"...Della Jones is a Welsh mezzo in her mid-fifties, which makes the youthful energy and tonal steadiness heard on this disc all the more amazing......continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 5 / Kenny, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-08-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. 383; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; King A...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]
Conductors: Parry, David

"...the Australian soprano is in fine voice throughout, with the clearest English diction since her fellow-antipodean Joan Hammond, a smooth legato and ringing top notes...Barry...continue...

The Opera Rara Collection Vol 2

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide; Mosè in Egitto; Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata; L'Assedio di Calais; Gianni da Calais, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Maria di Rudenz; ...
Performers: Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Banks, Barry; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Dolton, Geoffrey; Fleming, Renee; Focile, Nuccia; Ford, Bruce [Te...
Conductors: Parry, David

The success of the first Opera Rara Collection created the demand for this second disc of highlights from their catalog of 19th century rarities. Once...continue...

Opera in English - Rossini: The Barber of Seville

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-03-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Rhys-Davies, Jennifer; Rose, Peter de; Ross, Christopher; Shore, Andrew; Snipp, Peter
Conductors: Bellini, Gabriele
Ensemble: English National Opera Chorus

Opera in English - Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parry, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-11-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliac...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Banks, Barry; Bayley, Clive; Bronder, Peter; Clarke, Paul Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Dazeley, William; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hargraves, Matthew; Haymon, Cynthia...
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele; Daniel, Paul

This is the premiere recording in English of Donizetti's sparkling comic opera. Conductor David Parry has been unanimously praised for his direction throughout the Opera...continue...

Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide / Parry, Matteuzzi, et al

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-08-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide
Performers: Coote, Alice; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Matteuzzi, William; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Miricioiu, Nelly; Nilon, Paul; Smith, Carol; Spence, Toby
Conductors: Parry, David

"Rossini's operas composed for the Teatro San Carlo in Naples span a seven year period...At the heart of the sequence Ricciardo e Zoraide was produced,...continue...

100 Years of Italian Opera 1820-1830

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Simon Mayr: Fedra, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Le nozze in villa, opera; La zingara, opera; Chiara e Sera...
Performers: Ambrogi, Antonio; Angeli, Signor de; Ansiglioni, Pietro; Ashman, David; Bassi, Nicola; Bastianelli, Cristoforo; Bayley, Clive; Belloc, Teresa; Benedetti, Michele; Bertozzi, Angela Maria Silvestri; Bi...
Conductors: Parry, David

Rossini: Stabat Mater / Hickox, Field, Jones, Davies, Earle

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
Performers: Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Earle, Roderick; Field, Helen [Soprano Vocals]; Jones, Della
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia