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Bel Canto Bully: The Musical Legacy of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja with music by Rossini, Weber, Bellini et a.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Gazzetta; Otello; Mosè in Egitto (Naples version); La Donna del lago; Maometto II; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: R...
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Amou, Akie; Bandelow, Karen; Colonna, Monica; Ganassi, Sonia; Giordani, Marcello; Guagliardo, Giovanni; Mahieux, Ugo; Mironov, Maxim; Podles, Ewa; Pratt, Jessica; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Th...
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher; Fogliani, Antonino; Koch, Martin; Zedda, Alberto; Amberger, Martin; Morandi, Pier G.; Walter, Alfred; Mercurio, Steven; Rota, Marcello; Benini, Maurizio

Domenico Barbaja (1777-1841) was the legendary impresario who dominated European operatic stages for thirty years. The ruthless mogul was at the very heart of the...continue...

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Régine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghen...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...continue...

Simply Opera

4 CD / Simply / 2012-09-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; George Frederick Handel: Xerxes (Serse); Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir d'Amore; La Favorita; Don Sebastiano; Il Duca d'Alba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fis...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Barowska, Janna; Callas, Maria; Cupido, Alberto; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; DiDonato, Joyce; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Jeric, Ana P...
Conductors: Camerata Budapest; Kovács, László; Elmquist, Martin; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Greenwood, Andrew; Zedda, Alberto; Kuchar, Theodore; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; I Solisti Italiani; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Ludwig van Beethoven Invents Jazz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32, Op. 111; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello no 2, Op. 99; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; La plus que len...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Renaud; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; de Peyer, Gervase; Ivaldi, Christian [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Nat, Yves; Pommie...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Zedda, Alberto; Klemperer, Otto; Marshall, Wayne; Järvi, Paavo; Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

Ludwig van Beethoven invented jazz. That statement might seem enough to provoke a paroxysm from a musicologist, but, with a passage in his final piano...continue...

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

Rossini: L'Italiana In Algeri

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-05-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Fabbrini, Gianni
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

Using the critical edition by Azio Corghi, this recording of L'Italiana in Algeri was made at a jubilee performance of the XXth Rossini in Wildbad...continue...
Recording information: Kursaal, Bad Wildbad, Germany (2008-07-02_2008-07-03&2008-)....continue...

Brana Records Collection, Vol. 2

5 CD / Brana Records / 2010-03-11

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Pirro e Dimitrio; Giovanni Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona; Leonardo Vinci: Catone in Utica; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Das Traumbild, K 530; Die kleine Spinnerin, K 531; Felix Mendel...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Celine, Annette
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Inoue, Michiyoshi; Faerber, Jörg

This second 5 CD box set includes the rare keyboard works of Spanish and Portuguese composers, Soler, Seixas, Angles, Freixanet among others and includes two...continue...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Bellini: La sonnambula

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Bellini's "La sonnambula", narration with musical examples
Performers: Timson, David
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

'La sonnambula' was written by Bellini as a vehicle for two of the supreme singers of his age and accordingly is a fine example of...continue...

Art and Music - Goya - Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-08-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Daphnis et Églé, pastorale héroïque; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in F minor, K 467/L 476; François-Joseph Gossec: Grande Messe des Morts,...
Performers: Eder, Gyorgy; Kaler, Ilya [Violin]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Laurence Cummings [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Rowland, Gilbert; Tokos, Zoltan
Conductors: Terey-Smith, Mary; Fasolis, Diego; Hauschild, Wolf-Dieter; Wordsworth, Barry; Cassuto, Alvaro; Halász, Michael; Zedda, Alberto

The artistic genius of Goya (1746-1828) was multifaceted and complex. Chief painter at the Spanish court, a master of the official portrait, he also gave...continue...

Rossini: L'inganno felice / Zedda, Tarver, Mologni, Regazzo, Vinco, Bailey, Czech Chamber Soloists Brno

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-06-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'inganno felice, opera
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Fabbrini, Gianni; Mologni, Corinna; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Tarver, Kenneth; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Czech Chamber Soloists Brno

Rossini’s 'rescue opera' 'L'inganno felice' (The Happy Deception) won immediate contemporary popularity after its first performance in 1812. One of the composer's most inventive and...continue...

Rossini: La donna del Lago / Zedda, Ganasi, Mironov, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Donna del Lago
Performers: Bothmer, Ferdinand von; Cifolelli, Stefan; Ganassi, Sonia; Gierlach, Wojciech Adalbert; Mironov, Maxim; Peretyatko, Olga; Pizzolato, Marianna
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Chorus

First staged in Naples in 1819, Rossini's opera 'La donna del lago' is based on Walter Scott's romantic poem 'The Lady of the Lake', setting...continue...

Early Romantic Piano Concerti - Clementi, Hummel, et al

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2007-10-09

Works: Muzio Clementi: Concerto for Piano in C major (orchestrated by Johann Schenk); John Field: Concerto for Piano no 2 in A flat major, H. 31; Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concertino for piano & small orchestr...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Galling, Martin; Kyriakou, Rena; Littauer, Maria; Ponti, Michael; Sagara, Akiko
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto; Bünte, Carl-August; Cao, Pierre; Angerer, Paul; Springer, Alois
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Hamburg Symphony Orchestra; Luxembourg Radio/Television Symphony Orchestra; Pforzheim Southwest German Chamber Orchestra; Prague New Chamber Orchestra

Brana Records Collection Vol 1 / Blumental, et al

5 CD / Brana Records / 2007-10-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Piano no 5, A. 521; Guia prático, Album 3, W 279; Ciclo brasileiro, W 374; Bachianas Brasileiras no 3, for piano & orchestra, A. 388; Camargo Guarnieri: Dansas B...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Tofolo, Luigi; Fistoulari, Anatole; Zedda, Alberto; Waldhans, Jiri; Froschauer, Helmuth; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Faerber, Jörg
Ensemble: ; Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Prague New Chamber Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Salzburg Chamber Orchestra; Turin Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra...

The repertoire on this special limited edition 5 CD box set is a reminder of Felicja Blumental's abilities as a pianist and as a champion...continue...

Tavares: Concerto in Brazilian Forms; Albéniz / Blumental

1 CD / Brana Records / 2007-06-04

Works: Heckel Tavares: Concerto for Piano Op. 105 no 2; Isaac Albéniz: Rapsodia española, Op. 70; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 78 "Concierto Fantastico"
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Fistoulari, Anatole; Toffolo, Luigi; Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Trieste Philharmonic; Turin Symphony Orchestra

The Concerto in Brazilian Forms for Piano and Orchestra is a brilliant, evocative, richly colored and full-blooded work. The juxtaposition of elemental, sometimes barbaric, rhythms...continue...

Cavalli: Gli amori d'Apollo e di Dafne / Zedda, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-12-12

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Gli Amori d'Apollo e di Dafne, opera
Performers: Cardoso, Soledad; Ferrero, José; Guagliardo, Ugo; Lepore, Carlo; Maesso, Maria Luisa; Martins, Marisa; Masino, Fabiola; Mateu, Assumpta; Pizzolato, Marianna; Prunell-Friend, Agustín; Ze...
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Galicia Youth Symphony Orchestra

A chorister at St Mark's in Venice under Monteverdi, Cavalli became organist at the Basilica in 1639 and was to win a reputation as a...continue...

Friends and Rivals - Beethoven and Hoffmeister / Blumental

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-11-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Franz Anton Hoffmeister: Concerto for Piano in D major, Op.24
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Wagner, Robert; Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

It is noticeable that there are relatively few major works from the first decades of the 19th century still in the repertoire, and of course...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

On the Way to Prague - Mozart, Kozeluch / Blumental, et al

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-07-02

Works: Leopold Antonin Kozeluch: Concerto for Piano in D major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Hager, Leopold; Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Prague New Chamber Orchestra; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

Jan Antonin Kozeluch was born in Velvary, Bohemia (now the Czech Republic) on 26th June 1747 but adopted the name "Leopold" to distinguish himself from...continue...

The Beethoven Mysteries - Concerti, etc /Blumental, Waldhans

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major, WoO 6; Concerto for Piano in D major, Op. 61a
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Waldhans, Jiri; Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

The piano concertos of Ludwig van Beethoven are among the best known works in the classical repertoire. The 'violin concerto in D major Op. 61',...continue...

Beethoven, Rubinstein / Blumental, Wagner, Zedda, Froschauer

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-05-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Romance Cantabile for flute, bassoon & orchestra in E minor, Hess 13; Anton Rubinstein: Conzertstück, for piano & orchestra in A flat maj...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Wagner, Robert; Zedda, Alberto; Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: Prague Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Brana Records' focus is the life and work of the Polish/Brazilian pianist Felicja Blumental who overcame prejudice to scale the heights of her chosen profession....continue...

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-01-03

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Pirro e Demetrio; Giovanni Pergolesi: La La Serva Padrona; Giovanni Battista Ferrandini: Catone in Utica; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Das Traumbild, K 530; Die kleine Spinnerin, K ...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Celine, Annette
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Zedda, DiDonato, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-09-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Bellei, Marco; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Cigna, Patrizia; DiDonato, Joyce; Pisaroni, Luca; Pratico, Bruno; Zapata, Jose Manuel
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Orchestra Kaiserslautern

Alternating between opera seria and opera buffa, Rossini's tenth opera, 'La Cenerentola', treats the story of Cinderella with a degree of modified realism and occasional...continue...

The Beethoven Mysteries

1 CD / Brana Records / 2005-04-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in B flat major, WoO 6; Concerto for Piano in D major, Op. 61a
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Waldhans, Jiri; Zedda, Alberto

Mozart, Clementi: Piano Concertos

1 CD / Brana Records / 2005-01-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme"; Muzio Clementi: Concerto for Piano in C major (orchestrated by Johann Schenk)
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Hager, Leopold; Zedda, Alberto

Variations

1 CD / Brana Records / 2005-01-15

Works: Carl Czerny: Variations on "Gott Erhalte," for piano & string quartet, Op. 73; Carl Stamitz: Concerto for Piano in F major; Georg Joseph Vogler: Variations and Capriccio on "Marlborough, S'en-va-t-en...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Faerber, Jörg; Zedda, Alberto

The Italian Collection, Vol. 1

1 CD / Brana Records / 2005-01-15

Works: Giovanni Battista Viotti: Concerto for Piano in G minor; Giovanni Benedetto Platti: Keyboard Concerto no 1 in G major; Keyboard Concerto no 2 in C minor
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto; Guschlbauer, Theodor

The Italian Collection, Vol. 2

1 CD / Brana Records / 2005-01-15

Works: Vincenzo Manfredini: Concerto for harpsichord, two oboes and strings in B flat major; Giovanni Paisiello: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major; Concerto for Keyboard no 1 in C major
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Inoue, Michiyoshi; Zedda, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg

30th Anniversary of Martina Franca Festival

3 CD / Dynamic / 2004-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV 711; Giovanni Paisiello: Il duello comico, comic opera; Proserpine, opera; Domenico Cimarosa: Le Astuzie Femminili, opera; Gioa...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Allegretta, Sara; Antonucci, Stefano; Bonfatti, Gregory; Bumbry, Grace; Ciofi, Patrizia; Colaianni, Domenico; Coni, Paolo; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Custer, Ma...
Conductors: Panni, Marcello; Carraro, Massimiliano; Carella, Giuliano; Bernart, Massimo de; Zedda, Alberto; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Aprea, Bruno; Halász, Michael; Bosman, Arnold; Luisi, Fabio; Guidarini, Marco; ...

Opera Explained - An Introduction to Rossini: Tancredi

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-09-21

Works: Thomson Smillie: An Introduction to Rossini's "Tancredi", narration with musical examples
Performers: Jo, Sumi; Micco, Anna Maria di; Olsen, Stanford; Podles, Ewa; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense

Rossini was already experiencing success when he composed 'Tancredi', but the success of this dramatic opera took his career to the next level. A classic...continue...

Opera Classics - Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante / Zedda

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante, opera
Performers: Felice, Marco Di; Minarelli, Monica; Santamaría, Eduardo; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Czech Chamber Soloists

"Naxos's less-than-ideal recording has enough positive elements to be considered a welcome addition to the Rossini catalog." - Mark, ARG...continue...

Nedda Casei - A Portrait

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2001-12-11

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for sopr...
Performers: Molese, Michele
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto; Santi, Nello; Turnovsky, Martin; Munclinger, Milan; Auberson, Jean-Marie
Ensemble: ; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Prague Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Festival Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Opera Classics - Bellini: La Sonnambula / Zedda, Orgonosova

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-10

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Dilber; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Micu, Ioan; Orgonasova, Luba; Papadjiakou, Alexandra; Vries, Nanco de
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chorus

"...Henry Fogel briefly went over one's recorded choices of Sonnambula and concluded that Callas was first choice, but added that PagliughiTagliavini was worthy as well;...continue...

Italian Opera Choruses - Nabucco, Il Trovatore, Aida, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Macbeth; Otello; La traviata; Aida, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gae...
Conductors: Dohnányi, Oliver von; Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will; Morandi, Pier G.; Zedda, Alberto; Saccani, Rico
Ensemble: ; Budapest Festival Chorus; Capella Brugensis; Hungarian State Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland; Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Slovak Rad...

Cimarosa: Le donne rivali / Zedda, Pratico, Ruffini, et al

2 CD / Bongiovanni / 1997-01-06

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Le donne rivali
Performers: Giannino, Emanuele; Lazzaretti, Bruno; Pratico, Bruno; Ruffini, Alessandra; Taliento, Anna Rita
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Padua and Veneto Orchestra

Opera Classics - Rossini: Tancredi / Zedda, Podles, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-04-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Tancredi
Performers: Baert, Lieven; Coryn, Franck; Demeyere, Ewald; Jo, Sumi; Lendi, Lucretia; Micco, Anna Maria di; Podles, Ewa; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto
Ensemble: Collegium Instrumentale Brugense

Editor's Choice, November 1995 "...a set that has been aimed at a wide constituency of music lovers, yet it makes no compromises with the quality...continue...