Saint-Saëns, Camille > Opera/Operetta

50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
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Muisc Under the Stars / West Point Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Fillmore: The Circus Bee; Steven Reineke: Celebration Fanfare, for band; William Paris Chambers: Chicago Tribune March, for band; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah; John Philip Sousa...
Performers: Messenger, MaryKay
Conductors: Holtan, Timothy J.; Ancelet, Treg
Ensemble: ; West Point Band

West Point Band's Music Under the Stars is full of sweeping, beautiful orchestration from the US Military Academy Concert Band. West Point has created a...continue...
Recording information: Sugar Loaf, NY (02/19/2008-02/22/2008)....continue...

Romantique - Elina Garanca sings arias from Sapho, Dalila, Joan of Arc et al. / Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orléans); Charles Gounod: Sapho; Faust; La Reine de Saba; Nic...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Romantique is a knockout!

In Romantique, Elina Garanca makes a smashing return to the studio and puts her imprint upon the big Romantic repertory, brilliantly

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Recording information: Bologna, Salone Bolognini (03/2012)....continue...

Opera Arias from Norma, Aida, Otello et al. / Veronica Ferraro, soprano

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; I Vespri siciliani; La Forza del Destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciul...
Performers: Ferraro, Pier Miranda

Saint-Saens: Samson and Dalila / José Cura, Julia Gertseva, Stefan Stoll. Jochem Hochstenbach - Badisches Staastheater [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Cura, Jose; Gertseva, Julia; Stoll, Stefan
Conductors: Hochstenbach, Jochem
Ensemble: Badisches Staastheater

In Saint- Saens' saga of hatred and holy war, power and desire, there is no victor and no truth. The god-like is diminished, power restricted,...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Italian, Spanish
Cou...continue...

Gustavo Dudamel Discoveries / highlights from works by Beethoven, Mahler, Bernstein, Bruckner, Revueltas et al. [CD & DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Dmit...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Gothernburg Symphony Orchestra; Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Vienna Philharmonic

Discoveries, Grammy award winner Gustavo Dudamel's first 'Best of album, features favorites from Beethoven to Bernstein and several Dudamel tracks never before released on CD...continue...

Gustavo Dudamel Discoveries / highlights from works by Beethoven, Mahler, Bernstein, Bruckner, Revueltas et al.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Dmit...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Gothernburg Symphony Orchestra; Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Vienna Philharmonic

Discoveries, Grammy award winner Gustavo Dudamel's first 'Best of album, features favorites from Beethoven to Bernstein and several Dudamel tracks never before released on CD...continue...

The Girl with the Golden Harp

1 CD / Classic FM Import / 2012-09-11

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah; Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Welsh Traditional: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), folk song; Lisa Lan; Bugeilio'r gwenith gwyn (Watch...
Performers: Jones, Claire [Harp]
Conductors: Morley, Stuart

Recording information: St. Augustine's Church, London....continue...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

The Very Best of Paul Tortelier from the EMI Catalog [2 CDs]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Cello no 1 in G, BWV 1007; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D major ("L'estro armonico" no 9), Op. 3/9, RV 2; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto ...
Performers: Heidsieck, Eric; Iwasaki, Shuku; Pau, Maria de La; Rostal, Max; Tortelier, Maud; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Tortelier, Paul; Faerber, Jörg; Kempe, Rudolf; Boult, Adrian; Berglund, Paavo; Tortelier, Maud; Tortelier, Yan Pascal

Paul Tortelier had the lean, ascetic look of an El Greco saint, yet possessed the turbulent idealism of Don Quixote, whom he portrayed so memorably...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Orchestral Works / Neeme Järvi

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-06-26

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31; Phaéton, Op. 39; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; La jeunesse d'Hercule, symphonic poem in E flat major, Op. 50; ...
Performers: Iwabuchi, Maya
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

The works on this disc are all early, dating from the first half of the composing life of Saint-Saëns - that is, with the one...continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (09/14/2011-09/15/2011)....continue...

Cricket & Snail At The Theatre

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-06-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magic Flute; Yann Tiersen: Amélie; Émile Carrara: Mon amant de Saint-Jean; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson & Dalilah; Klezmer Traditional: Wedding Freylach, fo...
Performers: Cricket & Snail
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cricket & Snail

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...continue...

Patrie! Duets from French Romantic Opera by Halevy, Saint-Saens, Kosice , Gounod / Thébault, Pruvot

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII; Jules Massenet: Eve; Le Mage; Charles Gounod: Polyeucte; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie!; Ambroise Thomas: Le Caïd
Performers: Pruvot, Pierre-Yves; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Talpain, Didier
Ensemble: ; Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

The keyboard sonatas of C.P.E. Bach (1714 - 1788) bear hallmarks of a composer who lived through a significant moment in musical history: he composed...continue...
Recording information: Slovak State Philharmonic Hall, Kosice, Slovakia (04/16/2010-04/18/2010)....continue...

French Ballet Music: Debussy, Delibes, Gounod, Saint-Saens / Sir Thomas Beecham

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Léo Delibes: Le roi s'amuse, incidental music ("Six airs de danse dans le style ancien"); Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; L'Enfant prodigue; Camille Saint...
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

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The great thing about Beecham's conducting of such pieces as the dances from Samson and Delilah is that he enjoyed himself so enormously and,...continue...

Storyteller / Tine Thing Helseth

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: How Fair This Spot; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; Léo Delibes: Les Filles de Cadiz "Chanson Espagnole"; Jean Sibelius: Runeberg Songs (7), Op. 13; Songs (5), Op. ...
Performers: Aasgaard, Jonathan; Gimse, Havard; Helseth, Tine Thing
Conductors: Aadland, Eivind
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

For her debut recording with EMI Classics, Tine Thing Helseth takes on the mantle of story teller through her interpretation and repertoire curation. This collection...continue...
Recording information: Liverpool Philharmonic @ The Friary, West Everton (07/19/2011-07/21/2011)....continue...

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

Elan: Ballet Music from Operas by Saint-Saëns

1 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2011-12-13

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII; Ascanio; Etienne Marcel; Les Barbares
Conductors: Tourniaire, Guillaume

Saint-Saëns ballet music from his operas is the focus of this super audio compact disc recording from Melba....continue...
Recording information: Robert Blackwood Hall, Monash University (02/01/2010-02/04/2010)....continue...

Homage to Maria Callas / Soprano Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valenti, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

Melodies of Love and Death: Opera without Words / Osiris Piano Trio

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2011-11-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; La bohème...
Performers: Osiris Trio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Osiris Piano Trio

Superb arrangements of opera arias, made by Bob Zimmerman for piano trio, brilliantly played by the Osiris Trio! This feast of famous arias heavily features...continue...
Recording information: The Fazioli Concert hall, Sacile, Italy (06/28/2010-06/30/2010)....continue...

Homage to Maria Callas [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valentini, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

Les Héroines Romantiques, Vol. 3: Tragédiennes / Véronique Gens

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Ariodant; Rodolphe Kreutzer: Astyanax; Antonio Salieri: Les Danaïdes; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; François-Joseph Gossec: Thés...
Performers: Gens, Veronique
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

In her third 'Tragédiennes' album for Virgin Classics, French soprano Véronique Gens continues her exploration of French operatic repertoire. Tragédiennes Vol. 3 covers the late...continue...
Recording information: IRCAM, Paris (06/30/2011-07/05/2011)....continue...

The Top Ten Opera Classics

1 CD / X5 Group / 2011-10-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Xerxes; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: The Magi...
Performers: Anderson, Victoria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Charles K.L.; Holzapfel, Maszella; Mera, Yoshikazu; Noel, Rita; Rocchi, Manlio

With something of an Opera renaissance going on around the globe, this album can be seen as an entrance ticket to the spectacular world of...continue...

The Callas Effect / Standard Edition

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...

The Callas Effect / Delux Edition: 2 CDs plus DVD Video

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Saint-Saens: Samson et Dalila / Netopil, Kerl, Tarasova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-04-26

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Büttner, Thorsten; Borovinov, Milcho; Faveyts, Tijl; Kerl, Torsten; Mijailovic, Nikola; Pels, Onno; Tarasova, Marianna; Van der Linden, Gijs
Conductors: Netopil, Tomás
Ensemble: Flanders Opera Choir; Flanders Opera Orchestra

Staged by the Flanders Opera in 2009, this production relocates the Samson & Dalila story to the contemporary Middle East. "In our approach to this...continue...
Run Time: 136 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Berlin Opera Night / Nagano, Kirchschlager, Kasarova, Bumbry, Pape [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-04-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni, K 527; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Tura...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Bumbry, Grace; Castronovo, Charles; Crider, Michele; Galouzine, Vladimir; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Licitra, Salvatore; Pape, Rene; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Schwanewil...
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

"The sound and picture are excellent. Kent Nagano and the orchestra are first-rate." - Bob Rose, Fanfare Major stars of the international opera stage unite...continue...
Run Time: 73 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fren...continue...

New Year's Eve Concert 2010 / Dudamel/Berlin PO, Garanca [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-03-08

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Dalila; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Manuel de Falla...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The 2010 New Years Eve concert from Berlin frames two of the most prominent stars on DG’s roster in the glit-edged splendor these two young...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese
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Viva Domingo!

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; Giavanna d'Arco; Otello; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; La clemenza di...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Domingo, Placido; Erwen, Keith; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Gabriel, Ana; Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas; Milnes, Sherrill; Pand...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Barker, John; Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Chung, Myung-Whun; Levine, James; Pappano, Antonio; Prêtre, Georges; Bartoletti, Bruno; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Viotti, Marcello; Rudel, J...

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 4-CD set replete with extension liner notes, artist testimonials, and a career...continue...

Plácido Domingo: The Opera Collection [26 CDs]

26 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Jacques Offenbach: Ga&...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Cuenod, Hugues; Domingo, Placido; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony; Leiferkus, Sergei; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Prestia, Giacomo; Schade, Michael;...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Marin, Ion; Prêtre, Georges; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kleiber, Carlos; Chung, Myung-Whun; Solti, Sir ...

Domingo reaches his 70th birthday and Deutsche Grammophon celebrates by releasing 'The Opera Collection', a collection of his amazingly rich DG/Decca catalog recognizing the tenor's...continue...

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

Royal Swedish Opera Archives 3

2 CD / Caprice Records / 2011-01-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Sampson et Dalila; Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Les Troyens à Carthage
Performers: Bjorling, Sigurd; Dellert, Kjerstin; Ericson, Barbro; Hendriksen, Arne [Vocals]; Hoiseth, Kolbjorn [Vocals]; Jonsson, Busk-Margit [Vocals]; Kjellgren, Ingeborg; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals];...
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert

Jeann Gerville-Reache

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-12-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Charles Gounod: Sapho; La reine de Saba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Ju...
Performers: Cahier, Charles
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils

The French contralto Jeanne Gerville-Réache had a short career that encompassed opera houses in France, Brussels, London and the Manhattan Opera House owned by Oscar...continue...

Ne me refuse pas: French Opera Arias

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-10-26

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Werther; Luigi Cherubini: Médée (Medea), opera in 3 acts; Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette; Les Troyens, o...
Performers: Hanon, Philippe; Lis, François; Nemtanu, Sarah [Violin]
Conductors: Gabel, Fabien

"The programme is formidably intelligent: well-known items are placed alongside some terrific music by composers we rarely hear (Halévy and Wormser, for instance), the aim...continue...
Recording information: Studio 103, Maison De La Radio, Paris, France (07/2010)....continue...

Saint-Saëns: Complete Chamber Music with Winds

2 CD / Indesens / 2010-10-12

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Septet for piano, trumpet, string quartet & bass in E flat major, Op. 65; Romance for Horn and Orchestra in F major, Op. 36; Tarantella for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra, Op...
Performers: Berrod, Philippe; Cazalet, Andre; Cottet-Dumoulin, Guillaume; d'Hau, Yves; Derbesse, Olivier; Gattet, Alexandre; Godart, Pascal; Lucas, Vincent; Trenel, Marc; Wagschal, Laurent

The Complete Chamber Music for Winds demonstrates that Saint-Saens is the origin of the world-famous "French winds tradition." In a century mostly inspired by German...continue...

Il Mito Dell Opera: Giuseppe Vendittelli

2 CD / Bongiovanni / 2010-10-10

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Le Cid; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ottello; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Manon Lescaut; Piet...
Performers: Bella, Benito di; Berini, Bianca; Giovine, Franco; Gomez, Aurea; Olivero, Magda; Venditelli, Giuseppe

Placido Domingo: My Greatest Roles Vol. 3 / French Operas [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-09-28

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena; Serra, Luciana; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Rudel, Julius; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Kultur is delighted to announce the release of the third volume of DVD boxed sets showcasing some of the greatest recordings of Placido Domingo's career...continue...
Run Time: 479 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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A Portrait Of Conchita Supervia, Vol. 1

4 CD / Gala Import / 2010-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola; Il barbieri di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Adieu de l'hôtesse arabe; Juan Man&ea...
Performers: Appoloni, Anita; Baracchi, Aristide; Bettoni, Vincenzo; Ederle, Nino; Ferraris, Ines; Gil, Maria; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Marques, Antonio; Marshall, Frank; Redondo, Marcus; Scattola, Car...
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo; Acevedo, Emilio; Martinez, Modesto; Gennai, Leopoldo Emanuele; Capdevila, Antonio; Cloez, Gustave

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

50 Best Romantic Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Samson et Dalila; Romance for violin & orchestra in C major, Op. 48; Georges Bizet: Carment; Carmen, opera;...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Car...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Slatkin, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Plasson, Michel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Dervaux, Pierre; Ozawa, Seiji; Frémaux, Louis; Kara...

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

Del Destino

1 CD / Ligia Digital / 2010-04-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Otello; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Sapho; Camille Saint-Saëns: Sa...
Performers: Vernet, Isabelle; Vernet, Olivier [Organ]

This recording features transcriptions of arias and orchestral excerpts for organ and voice performed by the husband/wife team of Isabelle and Olivier Vernet....continue...
Recording information: St. Vincent de Roquevaire, France (02/2004)....continue...

Elisabeth Höngen

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Der Troubadour; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson und Dalila; Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Grefe, Gustav; Hongen, Elisabeth; Kupper, Annelies; Ludwig, Walther; Plumacher, Hetty; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Solti, Sir Georg

Born in 1906 in Germany, Elisabeth Hongen completed her musical studies at the Academy of Music in Berlin. Championed by Karl Bohm, she sang at...continue...

Deep In My Soul / Music for Flute

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-04-03

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Work(s); Lisa Friend: Deep in My Soul; Ennio Morricone Medley; Camille Saint-Saëns: Ascanio; romance; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Edward German: Romance for Clar...
Performers: Friend, Lisa [Flute]; Friend, Rodney [Violin]; Kinkaid, Mark; Redford, Martin

Lisa Friend started the flute age five. At sixteen she studied in New York with flautist Renee Siebert of the New York Philharmonic. She was...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, UK (04/02/2009-04/03/2009)....continue...

The Great EMI Recordings: Paul Tortelier

20 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Suite for Cello solo no 2 i...
Performers: Alexander Tcherepnin [Composer/Piano]; Brown, Timothy; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Heidsieck, Eric; Iwasaki, Shuku; Janopoulo, Tasso; Johnston, Robert; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Me...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Tortelier, Paul; Faerber, Jörg; Tortelier, Maud; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Berglund, Paavo; Previn, Andre; Frémaux, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Boult, Adrian; Davies, Meredith...
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players

Paul Tortelier, born in Paris in 1914, became very well known in Britain through his remarkable program for BBC Television in which he gave to...continue...
Includes work(s) by François Couperin....continue...

Fauré & His Circle

1 CD / Deux Elles / 2010-03-09

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: romance; Ascanio; Gabriel Fauré: Fantaisie for Flute and Piano, Op. 79; Morceau de lecture for Violin and Piano; Vocalise-étude; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et ...
Performers: Bayliss, Richard; Power, Lawrence; Shaw, Richard; Thomas, Kathryn

This concert of music for flute is performed by Kathryn Thomas, a graduate of the Royal Academy of Music and is now an associate there,...continue...
Recording information: Leighton Park School, Reading, UK....continue...

Nan Merriman sings Opera Arias

1 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Ambro...
Performers: Ketelaars, Leo; Lugt, Elisabeth; Merriman, Nan; Rizzoli, Bruna; Sante, Sophia van; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Basile, Arturo; Fournet, Jean

Passione: Opera for Lovers

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Agay, Karola; Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Geszty, Sylvia; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse,...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Luisi, Fabio; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Winkler, Johannes; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Fricke, Heinz; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Václav; Kurz, Siegfried

Nowhere are love and passion expressed more fervently than here. Great feelings that strike a chord!...continue...