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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...

Elgar: The Collector's Edition

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Elegy for Strings, Op. ...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Ben-Tovim, Atarah; Borg, Kim; Bramma, Harry; Cahill, Teresa; Case, John Carol; Chapman, Michael; Cook, Brian R...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Groves, Charles, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Collingwood, Lawrance; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Robinson, Christopher; del Mar, Norman; Hal...
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

Following the releases of the Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert Collector's Edition Boxed sets, EMI Classics is now proud to present the Elgar Collector's Edition. To...continue...

Elgar: Dream of Gerontius, Music Makers / Barbirolli, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Edward Elgar: The Music Makers, Op. 69; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Borg, Kim; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi: Aida / Barbirolli, Callas, Baum, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-04-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Langdon, Michael; Neri, Giulio; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Thomas, Hector; Walters, Jesse
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

When Sir John Barbirolli first heard that he was to be working with Maria Callas, he wondered what he was in for as the myth...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle; Wagner, Strauss/Barbirolli

2 CD / Guild / 2004-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary (Carnegie Hall; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Charles Gounod: Ring out, wild bells, song for voice & piano; Camil...
Performers: Bonnelli, Richard; Castagna, Bruna; Cordon, Norman; Ginster, Ria; Kullman, Charles; Meisle, Kathryn; Pauly, Rose; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Barbirolli, Scotto, Bergonzi

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-09-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Montarsolo, Paolo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Padoan, Silvana; Panerai, Rolando; Rinaudo, Mario; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

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...

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Barbirolli, Baker, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-01-25

Works: Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Borg, Kim; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

"As with all Barbirolli's Elgar recordings, its dramatic impact remains startling and fresh. Richard Lewis and Kim Borg deliver richly characterised performances in the male...continue...