Verdi, Giuseppe > Abbado, Claudio

Giuseppe Verdi Rarities

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Attila; I due foscari; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Forever Domingo: Placido Domingo sings Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Rossini

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-19

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Guy d'Hardelot: Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ern...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gullino, Walter; Milnes, Sherrill; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio

Brahms: Violin Concerto; Dvorak / Abbado/BPO, Gil Shaham [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2011-04-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont Overture, Op. 84A; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the...
Performers: Shaham, Gil
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The Berlin Philharmonic's annual European Concerts are intended to honor the orchestra's foundation date, May 1, 1882, with a performance being given on this anniversary...continue...
Run Time: 132 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Gala From Berlin: Songs of Love & Desire / Freni, Schafer, Alvarez, Keenlyside [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-10-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchest...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Freni, Mirella; Keenlyside, Simon; Schafer, Christine
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Love is the theme of this extraordinary 1998 New Year's Eve Concert. And who wrote better music about love than Mozart and Verdi? The Berliner...continue...
Run Time: 91 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
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Gala Concerts / Abbado, Welser-Most [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; La traviata; Falstaff; Aida, opera; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Richard Strauss: ...
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia; Baltsa, Agnes; Barcellona, Daniela; Domingo, Placido; Doufexis, Stella; Emmerlich, Gunter; Futral, Elizabeth; Gallo, Lucio; Gruberova, Edita; Grundheber, Franz; Hadley, Jerry; Hampso...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Mehta, Zubin; Welser-Möst, Franz; Ozawa, Seiji; Gatti, Daniele; Thielemann, Christian; Caetani, Oleg; Seiffarth, Roland
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Chorus; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Veinna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centers that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth...continue...
Run Time: 385 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...

Verdi: Aida [Highlights]

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Nucci, Leo; Obraztsova, Yelena; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Personnel: Katia Ricciarelli (vocals); Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elena Obraztsova (vocals)....continue...

Opera 2010

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago; Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda; Orlando finto pazz...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Ciofi, Patrizia; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Diana; Daniels,...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Müller, Eduardo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Muti, Riccardo; Langrée, Louis; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Bicket, Harry; Bateman, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Harding...

Following the enormous success of the album 'Opera 2009', EMI Classics releases Opera 2010. With 40 tracks, and over 21/2 hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Mirella Freni: Live Recordings 1963-1965

2 CD / Orfeo / 2010-06-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Aida, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Pique Dame; Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers: Atlantov, Vladimir; Brendel, Wolfgang; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Freni, Mirella; Guglielmi, Margherita; Lima, Luis; Mori, Orazio; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Gianni; Rinaldi, Alberto
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Kleiber, Carlos; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Abbado, Claudio; Levine, James; Graf, Hans; Abbado, Roberto; Ozawa, Seiji; Luisi, Fabio

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

European Concert Volume 2: 1996 - 1999 / Haitink, Barenboim, Berlin PO [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-03-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Barenboim, Daniel; Blacher, Kolja; Schäfer, Christine
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In this second collection of European concerts, filmed on location in St. Petersburg, Versailles, Stockholm, and Kraków, the renowned Berlin Philharmonic continues its tradition of...continue...
Run Time: 380 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Corato, Luigi de; Foiani, Giovanni; Mazzucato, Daniela; Mercuriali, Angelo; Obraztsova, Yelena; Pavarotti, Luciano; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Verdi: Attila, etc / Ferro, Abbado, Ramey, et al

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Bottion, Aldo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Luchetti, Veriano; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nucci, Leo; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ricciarelli, Katia; Roark...
Conductors: Ferro, Gabriele; Abbado, Claudio

Brahms: Violin Concerto; Dvorak: Symphony No. 9 / Abbado/BPO, Shaham [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-01-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, Op. 84; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World...
Performers: Shaham, Gil
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The Berliner Philharmoniker's annual European Concerts are intended to recall the date on which the orchestra was founded, 1 May 1882, with a performance being...continue...
Run Time: 132 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Italian Night: Waldbuhne Concert - Verdi, Bellini, Rossini / Abbado/BPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-08-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Don Carlos; Il trovatore; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic and soloists Angela Gheorghiu, Sergei Larin and Bryn Terfel. The program includes Verdi's overture and chorus of Hebrew slaves...continue...
Run Time: 107 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
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Celeste Aida - The Verdi Album / Luciano Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2009-05-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Coni, Paolo; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gibbs, John; Kavrakos, Dimitri; King, Malcolm; Lambriks, Marjon; Lloyd...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharm...

This special collection of great Verdi tenor arias is taken from Luciano Pavarotti's classic recordings - all made in the prime of his career. The...continue...

Verdi: Requiem - Carreras/Price/Norman/Raimondi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-03-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Carreras, Jose; Norman, Jessye; Price, Margaret; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Edinburgh Festival Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi, himself an honored patriotic figure, held the poet Alessandro Manzoni in the highest of esteem. The great Requiem mass, as superb and typical...continue...
Run Time: 96 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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Angela & Roberto Forever / Gheorghiu, Alagna, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ju...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Abbado, Claudio

Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna have always been opera’s greatest pair. The real-life husband and wife couple have amazed audiences for years with their remarkable...continue...

Marches & Dances - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, etc / Claudio Abbado, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Contradances (5), K 609; Contredanse for orchestra in D major, K. 609/3; German Dances (3), K 605; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Franz Schubert: Galop & ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Gretchen; Erfurt, Ulrike; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hasler, Renate; Kenny, Yvonne; Nafe, Alicia; Pogson, Geoffrey; Sandison, Gordon; Sattmann...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Abbado 2008 is a celebration of the 75th birthday (June) of Claudio Abbado, "the most respected living conductor" (The New York Times). The maestro himself,...continue...

Security Police: Classical Tunes

2 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2008-04-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Dmitry Sh...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gilels, Emil; Kozlowska, Joanna
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Abbado, Claudio; Haitink, Bernard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Dorati, Antal; Richter, Karl; Willcocks, David; Karajan, Herbert von; G...

Verdi: Opera Choruses

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Macbeth; Ernani; I lombardi; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Nabucco
Performers: Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Verdi - The Greatest Operas / Giulini, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas by Giuseppe Verdi at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting...continue...

A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Berbié, Jane; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cahill, Teresa; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caron, Willy; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Cosso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Schippers, Thomas; Basile, Arturo

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Cilea: Operas / Domingo, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Bertagna, Gianfranco; Bosco, Carlo del; Caballé, Montserrat; Cahill, Teresa; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casarini, Gianfranco; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; ...
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu; Santi, Nello; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Masini, Gianfranco; Kleiber, Carlos

Six complete operas starring the great Placido Domingo at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

The Premium Collection - 75 Classical Masterworks

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-10-09

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Joaqu...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Crass, Franz; Domingo, Placido; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Die...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Baumgartner; Ozawa, Seiji; Kubelik, Rafael; Wallenstein, Alfred; Chung, Chai-Dong; Jochum, Eugen; Pinnock, Trevor; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Barenboim, Daniel; Steinberg; Masur, Kurt; ...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (1857 Version)

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2007-05-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Elvin, William; Howell, Gwynne; Hudson, Paul; Lamberti, Giorgio; Taylor, Patricia; Turp, Andre
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Matheson, John

Roberto Alagna - Viva l'Opera!

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Macbeth; Aida, opera; Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Friedrich ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barrard, Marc; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Manfrino, Nathalie; Mariotti, Alfredo; Moore, Darren; Price, John; Ragona...
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Pidò, Evelino; Elder, Mark; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Guidarini, Marco

This is a great collection of Roberto Alagna singing opera's greatest hits. CD 1 features Italian arias and songs. CD 2 features French arias and...continue...

Tenor

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-01-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Le Villi; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Messa di Gloria; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Requiem Mass; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Airizer, Czaba; Alagna, Roberto; Alain, Marie-Claire; Dessay, Natalie; Facini, Enrico; Fissore, Enrico; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hampson, Thomas; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Quemener, Yann-Armel; Vaduva, Leontina; ...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Pidò, Evelino; Plasson, Michel; Armstrong, Richard; Nelson, John; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Maitrise de Ste.-Marie d'Antony; Paris Opera Children's Chorus

In this compilation the incomparable tenor Roberto Alagna sings with some of the world's greatest artists including Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson, Claudio Abbado, Angel Gheorghiu,...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Weekend Classics - An Opera Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giacomo Puccini: Turand...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Claudia; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Hornik, Gottfried; Ott...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ozawa, Seiji; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Levine, James
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro all...

Verdi: Attila, etc / Ferro, Abbado, Ramey, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2006-11-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; N/A: Luisa Miller
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass]; Bottion, Aldo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Luchetti, Veriano; Nesterenko, Yevgeny; Nucci, Leo; Ramey, Samuel; Ricciarelli, Katia; Roark-Strummer, Linda; Stone, William
Conductors: Ferro, Gabriele; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Claudio Abbado / A Verdi Gala from Berlin / Andrea Rost, Alan Titus, Ramon Vargas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-10-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; La traviata; Rigoletto; Falstaff
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This New Year's Eve concert was performed to celebrate the end of the year 2000 and the beginning of the Verdi year of celebrations. The...continue...
Run Time: 94 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Great Opera Choruses

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Otello; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Macbeth; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Büchner, Eberhard; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Harling, Stuart; Leib, Günther; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Maionic...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Böhm, Karl; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von

Great Tenor Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Loh...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hadley, Jerry; Pavarotti, Luciano; Shicoff, Neil [Tenor Vocal]; Thomas, Jess; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Levine, James; Bernstein, Leonard; Karajan, Herbert von; Born, Walther; Jochum, Eugen; Böhm, Karl; Kubelik, Rafael; Ozawa, Seiji; Abbado, Claudio

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A Tenor Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; La traviata; Requiem Mass; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauber...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cura, Jose; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schreier, Peter; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Bartoletti, Bruno; Karajan, Herbert von; Bernstein, Leonard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vie...

Roberto Alagna - Verdi Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; I Lombardi alla prima Crociata; Aida, opera; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Jérusalem; Il Trovatore
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"...the tenor here shows, in the most demanding program imaginable, that there is little if anything wrong with his technique and a great deal right...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Abbado, Domingo, Nucci

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Nucci, Leo; Obraztsova, Yelena; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ricciarelli, Katia; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This release features a very talented cast that includes Placido Domingo, Katia Ricciarelli, Ruggero Raimondi and Nicolai Ghiaurov, all captured in Claudio Abbado's exalted account....continue...

MIrella Freni - A Celebration

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-04-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Ruggero L...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ludwig, Christa; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Abbado, Roberto; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenic...

Mirella Freni is without a doubt a true legendary soprano. She recorded a substantial discography for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon and this 2 CD collection...continue...

Verdi: Choruses and Ballet Music / Abbado, La Scala

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-03-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Nabucco; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Ghiaurov, Nicolai
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The Millennium Collection - The Best of Placido Domingo

1 CD / Hip-O / 2004-11-09

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Ernesto Lecuona: Siboney, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); María Grever: Munequita Linda for voice & orchestra; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trova...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gullino, Walter; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio; Prêtre, Georges; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pansera, Roberto
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Sempre Libera [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-11-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Mingardo, Sara; Netrebko, Anna; Pirgu, Saimir; Reckert, Sascha; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Verdi Chorus Milan

BBC Music Magazine
Few sopranos sing bel canto with the natural beauty she supplies.
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Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Freni

2 CD / Myto Records / 2004-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Foiani, Giovanni; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Pauli, Milena; Raimondi, Gianni; Schiavi, Felice
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Don Carlos / Abbado, Domingo, Ricciarelli, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Bramante, Aldo; Bullo, Libero; Cerri, Gaspare; Corbelli, Alessandro; Domingo, Placido; Fontaine, Serge; Gernone, Sebastiano; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grella, Bruno; Maz...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Lizzio, Franco
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Sempre Libera

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-08-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Otello; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Mingardo, Sara; Netrebko, Anna; Pirgu, Saimir; Reckert, Sascha; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Verdi Chorus Milan

Anna Netrebko will capture the hearts of fans and critics everywhere as they discover her gorgeous voice, radiant beauty and fiery personality. This, her second...continue...

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra [DVD]

2 DVD Video / TDK / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Concetti, Andrea; Gallo, Lucio; Guelfi, Carlo; Konstantinov, Julian; La Scola, Vincenzo; Mattila, Karita
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

'Simon Boccanegra' is Verdi's second opera based on an historical drama by the Spanish author Garcia Gutierrez - the first was Il Trovatore. The political...continue...
Run Time: 143 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 , Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround, DD 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, Fr...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Aida / Abbado, Arroyo, Domingo, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ligi, Josella; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Domingo has recorded Radames commercially four times, but I dare say that this performance, taped live in Munich in 1972 under the baton of Claudio...continue...

My Ballerina Album - Favorite Ballet Scenes and Melodies

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-11-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Léo Delibes: Sylvia; Coppélia; Frédéric Chopin: Les sylphides, ba...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Economou, Nicolas; La Scala Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Luisada, Jean-Marc; Music, Academy o...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Fistoulari, Anatole; Järvi, Neeme; Lanchbery, John; Fiedler, Arthur; Chailly, Riccardo; Abbado, Claudio; Dorati, Antal; Ozawa, Seiji; Pletnev, Mikhail; Rostropovich, Mstisl...

Personnel: Michel Schwalbé (violin); Nicolas Economou, Martha Argerich , Jean-Marc Luisada (piano)....continue...

The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Jacques Offenba...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, P...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cambreling, Sylvain; Soltesz, Stefan; Muti, Riccardo; Chung, Myung-Whun; Armstrong, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Norringto...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne S...continue...

Recitals - Renata Scotto - Arias & Scenes from...

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La Straniera, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; La traviata; Requiem Mass
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cava, Carlo; Cioni, Renato; Glossop, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rafanelli, Flora; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Sanzogno, Nino; Cillario, Carlo Felice