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The Essential Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I due Foscari; Aroldo; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Gemma di Vergy; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Vinc...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Milnes, Sherrill; Resnik, Regina; Sardinero, Vicente; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Prêtre, Georges; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Queler, Eve; Masini, Gianfranco; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of New York;...

"La Superba" was the ecstatic nickname bestowed on the Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe when RCA Red Seal released her first solo recordings in 1966. As...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...

Classic Library - Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi / Caballé

2 CD / RCA Records / 2004-10-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Donna del Lago; Otello; In giorno si bello, for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass & piano (3 quartetti da camera); Stabat mater; Armida; Tancredi; L'assedio di Corinto; Gaetano Donizetti:...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Elkins, Margreta; Fyson, Leslie; Kozma, Lajos; Mauro, Ermanno; McDonnell, Tom; Sunara, Maja; Vozza, Corinna [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra

"She's at her best here, singing with the fire that sometimes seemed to elude her, flaunting her ravishing pianissimos, and never breaking a sweat or...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Leinsdorf, Price, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 2002-07-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Iacopucci, Fernando; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Voca...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Opera Goes to the Movies

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-08-07

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Costa, Mary; Domingo, Placido; Kraus, Alfredo; Marton, Eva; Merrill, Robert; Moffo, Anna; Onesti, Giorgio; Peters, Roberta; Price, Leontyne; Seiffert...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Patanè, Giuseppe; Downes, Edward; Molinari-Pradelli, F.; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Steinberg, Pinchas; Leinsdorf, Erich; Ormandy, Eugene; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia ...

Verdi - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; La forza del destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kraus, Alfred...
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Santi, Nello; Basile, Arturo; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Previtali, Fernando; Cleva, ...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Boston Pops; London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Verdi: Rigoletto / Cellini, Peerce, Warren, Tajo, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; Otello
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Keast, Raymond; Motto, Thomas; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Sprinzena, Nathaniel; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

The Essential Leontyne Price - Highlights

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Hector Be...
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Decker, George; Domingo, Placido; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Karajan, Herbert von; Downes, Edward; Levine, James; Santi, Nello; Reiner, Fritz; Leinsdorf, Erich; Henderson, Skitch; Paur, Leonard de
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchest...

Opera's Greatest Drinking Songs

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-04-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Otello; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Sigmund Romberg: The Student Prince, operetta; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Bowen, Kenneth; Caballe, Montserrat; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gramm, Donald; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Hadley...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Wallberg, Heinz; Gemignani, Paul; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Karajan, Herbert von; Slatkin, Leonard; Steinberg, Pinchas; Solti, Sir Georg; Reiner, Fritz; Stolz, Robert; Perlea,...
Ensemble: ; American Theatre Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Harvard Glee Club; Jo...

Opera's Greatest Moments - Domingo, Price, Caballé, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1992-11-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Kr...
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando; Patanè, Giuseppe; Leinsdorf, Erich; Cellini, Renato; Solti, Sir Georg; Ozawa, Seiji; Steinberg, Pinchas; Santi, Nello; Janowski, Marek; Schippers, Thomas; Davis, Colin; Levi...
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orc...