Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich > Opera/Operetta

Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite (Arr. Peter Breiner) / New Zealand SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades; Voyevoda
Performers: Joyce, Andrew; Leppanen, Vesa-Matti
Conductors: Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Slovak-born composer and conductor Peter Breiner has received considerable inter-national acclaim for his adaptations, and his Tchaikovsky arrangements are particularly impressive examples of his art....continue...
Recording information: Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (02/09/2012-02/10/2012)....continue...

Barcarole: Favourite Orchestral Pieces by Bizet, Offenbach, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Gonoud et al. / Marriner

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; Eugen Onegin; The Nutcracker; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Jules ...
Performers: Kalafusz, Hans
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sir Neville Marriner is one of the most versatile conductors of our time. Alongside recordings of Baroque and Classical repertoire, he has also made a...continue...
Recording information: SDR-Studio, Villa Berg, Stuttgart (09/09/1987-03/12/1987)....continue...

Russian Songs and Arias by Rachmaninov; Tchaikovsky; Rimsky-Korsakov / Dinara Alieva, soprano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-02-26

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne (Do not sing to me, fair maiden), Op. 4/4; Francesca da Rimini; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades; Songs (7), Op. 47; ...
Performers: Alieva, Dinara
Conductors: Yablonsky, Dmitry
Ensemble: ; New Russia State Symphony Orchestra

Young Russian soprano Dinara Alieva, who has already performed many leading operatic roles in Russia and beyond, is a newcomer to the Naxos label. She...continue...
Recording information: Studio 5, Russian State TV & Radio Company KULTURA, Mos (08/28/2011-09/03/2011)....continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

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...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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The Romantic Oboist - works by Schumann, Schubert, Tchaikovsky / Ramon Ortega Quero, oboe; Kateryna Tilova, piano

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-10-30

Works: Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (3) for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 73; Romances (3) for Oboe and Piano, Op. 94; Franz Schubert: Impromptu in G flat major, D 899, no 9; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: E...
Performers: Quero, Ramon Ortega; Titova, Kateryna

Ramón Ortega Quero studied with Miguel Quirós early on at the conservatory in his native Granada. He became a member of the Andalusian Youth Orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Siemens Villa, Berlin, Germany (05/04/2012-05/06/2012)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Iolanta; Stravinsky: Persephone / Ekaterina Scherbachenko, Pavel Cernoch, Paul Groves, Dominique Blanc. Teador Currentzis, Teatro Real Orch. & Chorus. Peter Sellers, director [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Teatro Real / 2012-10-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Iolanta, Op. 69; Igor Stravinsky: Perséphone, melodrama for tenor, female narrator, chorus, children's chorus, & orchestra
Performers: Blanc, Dominique; Cernoch, Pavel; Groves, Paul; Scherbachenko, Ekaterina
Conductors: Currentzis, Teador
Ensemble: Chorus of The Teatro Real; Orchestra of The Teatro Real

Unanimously acclaimed, Peter Sellars' new production of these two masterpieces was one of the great highlights of Gerard Mortier's season at the Teatro Real. The...continue...
Run Time: 187 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, French, German,...continue...

Peter Tchaikovsky: Famous Waltzes / NY Phil., Masur

1 CD / Apex / 2012-10-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Eugene Onegin, Op. 24; The Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Hamlet, Op. 67a; The Nutcracker, Op. 71; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Symphony no 6 in B minor, ...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic Orchestra

An endlessly fascinating, warmly interpreted performance, the New York Philharmonic presents a gloriously recorded program of 11 of the most beloved waltzes in the classical...continue...
Recording information: Avery Fisher Hall, New York (11/1994)....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...

Oboe Divas! Operatic Duos and Ensembles from Handel to Wagner / Emily Pailthorpe & Elaine Douvas, oboes

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations for 2 Oboes and English Horn in C major on "La ci daremla mano", WoO 28; Fidelio, Op. 72; George...
Performers: Baker, Michelle; Brown, Douglas [Photography]; Douvas, Elaine; Flammineis, Andrea; Gemeinhardt, Brad; Höskuldsson, Stefán; Landsman, Julie; Martin, James [Organ]; Martyn, Elizabeth; McGil...
Conductors: Gould, Mark [Trumpet]

This is a CD for lovers of opera and oboe alike, portraying some of the great oboe moments in opera as well as songs that...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame / Atlantov, Milashkina, Levko, Fedoseyev. Ermler

3 CD / Melodiya / 2012-10-09

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Conductors: Ermler, Mark
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

The Heartfelt Voice - Heinz Hoppe, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-09-25

Works: Werner Bochmann: Heimat, deine Sterne, song for voice & piano; Abends in der Taverne, song; Robert Stolz: Vor meinem Vaterhaus steht eine Linde; Karl Blume: Grün ist die Heide, song (from the fi...
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Bartos, Rita; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hansen, Max; Hofmann, Willi; Hoppe, Heinz; Langel, Willy [Vocals]; Litz, Gisela; Owen, Chloe; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schlemm, Anny;...
Conductors: Becht, Erich; Stolz, Robert; Marszalek, Franz; Stephan, Wilhelm; Schandert, Manfred; Muller-Lampertz, Richard; Cremer, Curt; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Burkhardt, Paul; Erede, Alberto; Martin, Wolfgang...

Heinz Hoppe was been the incarnation of the "olk singer": that rare species of singer possessing the necessary vocal qualities to pursue a career in...continue...

Schönbrunn: Dances and Waves, 2012 Summer Night Concert / Gustavo Dudamel, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Borodin, Debussy

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-08-21

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Claude Debussy: La mer; Richard Strauss: Salome, Op. 54; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; ...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo

Gustavo Dudamel, Gramophone's "Artist of the Year" 2011 and Grammy award winner 2012, leads the classical summer live and TV event of 2012: The Summer...continue...
Recording information: Vienna, Schloss Schönbrunn (06/2012)....continue...

Forgotten Pages: Tchaikovsky / Evgeny Svetlanov

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-06-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Storm, overture for orchestra, Op. 76; Fatum, Op. 77; Hamlet Overture, Op. 67; The Voyevoda; The Oprichnik
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: ; USSR Acedemic Symphony Orchestra

This recording of the concert devoted to the 150th anniversary of the composer includes some rarely performed compositions that unveil new dimensions of his talent,...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (05/05/1990)....continue...

Essential Ballroom Classics - Over 2 hours of captivation dance music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), waltz; Frühlingsst...
Performers: Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Morris, Gareth; Nilsson, Stig; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Jansons, Mariss; Boskovsky, Willi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Auge, J. Casas; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Ozawa, Seiji; Plasson, Michel; Paavo, Järvi; Beecham, Thomas, Sir;...

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Jansons, Skovhus, Stoyanova, Dunaev, Petrenko [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-04-24

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Dunaev, Andrey; Maximova, Elena; Petrenko, Mikhail; Romanova, Nina; Savova, Olga; Skovhus, Bo; Stoyanova, Krassimira
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Described by Tchaikovsky as 'lyric scenes', Eugene Onegin receives a spectacular reinterpretation from the Norwegian director Stefan Herheim. His productions create controversy and excitement around...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Itali...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Jansons, Skovhus, Stoyanova, Dunaev, Petrenko [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-04-24

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24
Performers: Dunaev, Andrey; Maximova, Elena; Petrenko, Mikhail; Romanova, Nina; Savova, Olga; Skovhus, Bo; Stoyanova, Krassimira
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Described by Tchaikovsky as 'lyric scenes', Eugene Onegin receives a spectacular reinterpretation from the Norwegian director Stefan Herheim. His productions create controversy and excitement around...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Martha Mödl: The Portrait of a Legend / Wagner, Strauss, Fortner, Reimann

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tristan und Isolde; Wesendonck Lieder; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra; Wolfgang Fortner: Bluthochzeit; Aribert Reimann: Melusine; Pyotr ...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Grace; Mödl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Raucheisen, Michael; Ronisch, Rosemarie; Rose, Elisabeth; Steger, Ingrid; Suthaus, Ludwig; Topper, Hertha; Wi...
Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Keilberth, Joseph; Leitner, Ferdinand; Sebastian, Georges; Suitner, Otmar; Peters, Reinhard; Bareza, Niksa

Never released before recordings from 1950 - 1982 Wilhelm Furtwängler aptly referred to her as a "magic box", because her voice changed with every character...continue...

Tchaikovsky: 1812; Capriccio Italien; Cossack Dance

1 CD / Lim / 2012-04-17

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Mazeppa
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich

Recording information: Courtyard area, Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio (09/06/1978/09/08/1978); Mariemont, Ohio (09/06/1978/09/08/1978); Music Hall, Cincinnati, OH (09/06/1978/09/08/1978)....continue...

My First Tchaikovsky Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Six Romances, Op. 16; Morceaux (6) for Piano, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Eugene Onegi...
Performers: Banowetz, Joseph; Kliegel, Maria; Nagy, Péter [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako; Prunyi, Ilona; Yablonskaya, Oxana
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Entremont, Philippe; Markson, Gerhard; Lenárd, Ondrej; Kuchar, Theodore; Wit, Antoni; Breiner, Peter

Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: a great Russian name for a great Russian composer! Tchaikovsky was not always a happy man. He didn't laugh a lot. But...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5; Pique Dame Overture / Dmitrij Kitajenko

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2012-02-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Pique Dame
Conductors: Kitayenko, Dmitri
Ensemble: ; Gurzenich-Orchester Koln

OehmsClassics now continues its SACD series with the Gürzenich Orchestra and its honorary conductor Dmitri Kitayenko with a release of Tchaikovsky's Fifth Symphony. The program,...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Cologne (03/20/2011-03/22/2011); Studio Stolberger Strasse, Cologne (03/20/2011-03/22/2011); Philharmonie, Cologne (03/2011); Studio Stolberger Strasse, Cologne (0...continue...

Dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition / Van Cliburn; Valery Klimov, Natallia Shakhovskaya et al.

5 CD / Melodiya / 2012-02-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op...
Performers: Amentaeva, A.; Atlantov, Vladimir; Cliburn, Van; Farr, L. [Piano]; Khalilova, Farida; Klimov, Valery; Marsh, Jane; Natalia Shakhovskaya
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Shostakovich, Maxim; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Ermler, Mark; Haikin, B.;
Ensemble: ; State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Sextet

Melodiya presents an exclusive edition dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition! A major artistic phenomenon and national endowment of Russia, the International Tchaikovsky Competition i...continue...

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

Slavic Heroes / Mariusz Kwiecien, Lukasz Bordwicz

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-01-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op. 24; Iolanta, Op. 69; Mazeppa; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko, TN 2/70; Bedrich Smetana: Certova stena, JB 1; Stanislaw Moniuszko: Halka; The Haunted Manor; Th...
Performers: Kwiecien, Mariusz
Conductors: Borowicz, Lukasz
Ensemble: ; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Polish baritone Mariusz Kwiecien has won over audiences in many of the world's greatest opera houses with his powerful interpretations (not to mention his rugged...continue...
Recording information: Polish Radio Witold Lutoslawski Concert Hall (09/2009/01/2011)....continue...

Russian Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan et Lyudmila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades); Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anatol Lyadov: Preludes Op. 39; Nikolay M...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Kniazev, Alexander; Krainev, Vladimir; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Markovich, Aleksandr; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Rostropovich, Mstisl...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Masur, Kurt; Lazarev, Alexander; Sado, Yutaka; Inbal, Eliahu; Kitaenko, Dimitri; ; Serebrier, José
Ensemble: ; Beaux Arts Trio

1 1/2 hours of Russian romance and tragedy...continue...

Ballets Russes: Russian Dances and Ballets / Paavo Jarvi

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-10-18

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; The Nutcracker; Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Gayaneh; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Golden Age; Jazz Suite no 2; Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 "Tea for Two"; Sergey Proko...
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi
Ensemble: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Recording information: Paris, Radio France, Auditorium Olivier Messiaen (2002-12-16_2002-12-21&2003-)....continue...

Beecham Collection - Smetana, Verdi, Mozart, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op....
Performers: Grandi, Margherita; Schoeffler, Paul
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

A Russian Romance

1 CD / Christophorus / 2011-10-03

Works: Alexandra Nikolayevna Pakhmutova: Kak molody my byli (How young we were); Ty moya melodiya (You are my melody); Constantine Orbelian: Sjum berjoz (The Rustling of the Birches), song for chorus; Valer...
Performers: Chesnokov, Michail; Chichin, Vassily; Evgeny Polikanin; Kolesnikov, Andrey; Marchakovsky, Alexander; Obukhov, Valery; Sidirov, Yuri
Conductors: Verhoeff, Marcel
Ensemble: Philharmonia of Russia

Russian romantic songs provide an inexhaustible source of poetic figures and wonderful melodies. All major Russian composers have occupied themselves with this genre and the...continue...
Recording information: Ned. Hervormde Kerk, Renswoude, The Netherlands (12/2010)....continue...

A Fool for Love: Popular arias from Mozart to Stravinsky / Michael Spyres, tenor

1 CD / Delos / 2011-09-27

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:...
Performers: Spyres, Michael
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine
Ensemble: ; Moscow Chamber Orchestra

Emerging American tenor and Missouri native Michael Spyres, completed his studies at the Vienna Conservatory, and is already known to European audiences having appeared in...continue...
Recording information: Pavel Slobodkin Center for the Arts, Moscow (11/2010)....continue...

The Opera Show

2 CD / / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball); Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers); Tancredi; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Th...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Campbell, Fiona; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Do...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Frizza, Riccardo; Divall, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Varviso, Silvio; Armiliato, Marco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Do...

Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades / Rozhdestvensky [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-08-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Performers: Bogatcheva, Irina; Galouzine, Vladimir; Papian, Hasmik; Putilin, Nikolai
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennadi
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra

Pyotr I. Tchaikovsky's opera Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades) is without doubt his greatest masterpiece for the stage. This performance - sung in the...continue...
Run Time: 178 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Khaikin, Vishnevskaya, et al

2 CD / Melodiya / 2011-08-09

Works: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Performers: Belov, Eugene; Lemeshev, Sergei; Mikhailov, Igor; Pankov, Georgy; Petrov, Ivan; Petrova, Valentina; Sokolov, Andrei; Verbitskaya, Yevgenia; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Khaikin, Boris
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Temp di Bourgeois: Works by Sousa, Halvorsen, Wagner, etc al. / Keystone Wind Ens.

1 CD / Klavier / 2011-07-26

Works: Robert Jager: Esprit de Corps, for band; John Philip Sousa: People Who Live In Glass Houses; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Slippers; Swan Lake; Johan Halvorsen: Little Masquerade Suite, for band; Th...
Performers: Stowman, William
Conductors: Bourgeois, John R.
Ensemble: Keystone Wind Ensemble

With popular pieces; such as Esprit de Corps and People Who Live in Glass Houses, Klavier's latest release is a delight to all military music...continue...
Recording information: Fisher Auditorium, Performing Arts Center, Indiana Univ (08/05/2010-08/07/2010)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin / Godovanets, Sulimsky, Voropaev, Rubtsova et al.

2 CD / MD&G / 2011-07-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Conductors: Gorenstein, Mark
Ensemble: State Academic Symphony Orchestra of Russia

It was Tchaikovsky's first opera to a text by Alexander Pushkin, and it immediately was considered a masterpiece: Eugene Onegin was heard for the first...continue...
Recording information: P.I. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall, Moscow (06/06/2009)....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Secular Choruses

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Evening, for male chorus (poss. spurious); Autumn, song for voice & piano (16 Children's Songs), Op. 54/14; Child's Song, song for voice & piano (Children's Songs), Op. 54/...
Performers: Azovski, Andrei; Kortchak, Dimitri; Kravtchenko, Tamara; Michina, Anette; Savelieva, Natalia; Trifonova, Vera

Recording information: Mosfilm Studio, Moscow, Russia (02/1997)....continue...

Slavic Opera Arias

1 CD / Orfeo / 2011-06-20

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Yevgeny Onegin (Eugene Onegin); Iolanta; Mazeppa; Pikovaya Dama (The Queen of Spades); Parashkev Hadzhiev: Maria Desislava; Alexander Borodin: Knyaz Igor (Prince Igor); Ant...
Performers: Stoyanova, Krassimira
Conductors: Baleff, Pavel

Recording information: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 1 (2010-03-22_2010-03-24&2010-)....continue...

Great Singers Live: Mirella Freni

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-05-31

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Freni, Mirella
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir

Since 1952, the Münchner Rundfunkorchester's Sunday Concerts have developed into a meeting place for fans of "beautiful voices". These previously unreleased recordings by Mirella Fren...continue...

Tchaikovsky: The Enchantress

3 CD / Melodiya / 2011-05-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The sorceress
Conductors: Provatorov, Gennady

International Record Review
Simonova gives a fine performance... Her voice is firm, so Russian in timbre, able to cover the range of her music with no...continue...

50 Best Ballet / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Eugene Onegin; Léon Minkus: Don Quixote; La Bayadère; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Cinderella; Aram Khachaturia...
Performers: Truman, Robert; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Paavo, Järvi; Irving, Robert; Previn, Andre; Khachaturian, Aram; Temirkanov, Yuri; Wordsworth, Barry; Kern, Terence; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rosenthal, Manuel

Great Baritone Arias / Peter Mattei

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2011-04-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le Nozze di Figaro; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; The Queen of Spades; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Charles G...
Performers: Mattei, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Renes, Lawrence

The Swedish baritone Peter Mattei has made a formidable reputation for himself performing at the most prestigious opera houses in the world: the Metropolitan, Teatro...continue...
Recording information: Stockholm Concert Hall, Sweden (2008-11-??&2009-03-??&2010-)....continue...

The Tchaikovsky Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams"; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"; Souvenir d'un lieu ...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Mehta, Zubin; Lazarev, Alexander; Sado, Yutaka; Krivine, Emmanuel

Essential Tchaikovsky

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 4 in F minor, Op. 36; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Symphony no 6 in B minor, Op. 74 'Pathétique'; Con...
Performers: Christoff, Boris; Eyron, Jan; Gedda, Nicolai; Labinsky, Alexandre; Marchesini, Gaston; Papian, Vag; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Popp, Lucia; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Spivakov, Vladimir; Truma...
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir; Muti, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Ozawa, Seiji; Hickox, Richard; Soltesz, Stefan; Lanchbery, John; Jansons, Mariss; Previn, Andre

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: Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Domingo, Placido; Erwen, Keith; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Gabriel, Ana; Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas; Milnes, Sherrill; Pandora; Sc...
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...

The Very Best Of Placido Domingo

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Charles Goun...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Graham, Susan; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Horton, Peter; Urmana, Violeta; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John; Prêtre, Georges; Behr, Randall; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Rudel, Julius; Pappano, Antonio; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Domingo, Placid...
Ensemble: ; Rondalla Lirica de Madrid

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 2-CD set of his greatest hits. A worldrenowned, multifaceted artist, Domingo, now...continue...

Irma Gonzalez En Vivo, 1945-1965

2 CD / Urtext (Mexico) / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Arrigo Boit...
Performers: de la Pena, Dora; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Dominguez, Oralia; Gonzalez, Irma; Vickers, Jon; Woodrow, Aurora
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Ochoa, Salvador; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Markevitch, Igor

Per Amore: Opera Arias

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2011-01-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Le nozze di Figaro; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Bedrich Smetana: Die verkaufte Braut; Giac...
Performers: Banse, Juliane
Conductors: Poppen, Christoph

"Just in time for Valentine's Day, the stellar German soprano Juliane Banse brings you - "Per Amore." Rather than being a standard program of love...continue...
Recording information: Congresshalle Saarbrücken (2010-03-22_2010-03-25&2010-)....continue...