Opera/Operetta

Louis Cahuzac: The Works for Clarinet & works by Pierne, Louis, Giamperi, Jeanjean, Danagain / Misaki Baba, clarinet

1 CD / Phaia Music / 2012-08-28

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Canzonetta, for clarinet & piano, Op. 19; Louis Cahuzac: Fantaisie variée sur un vieil air champêtre, for clarinet & piano; Pastorale Cévenole, for clarinet & pian...
Performers: Baba, Misaki; Dangain, Guy

Louis Cahuzac (1880-1960) was one of the most famous clarinet players in the first half of the 20th century and left some lovely pieces for...continue...
Recording information: 2003....continue...

Gounod: Romeo et Juliette / Nino Machaidze, Stefano Secco, Jean-Francois Borras, Artur Rucinski. Orch. Dell'Arena di Verona, Mastrangelo [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-08-28

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Borras, Jean-Francois; Machaidze, Nino; Rucinski, Artur; Secco, Stefano
Conductors: Mastrangelo, Fabio
Ensemble: Chorus dell' Arena di Verona; Orchestra dell' Arena di Verona

Here the iconic Verona opera - and Charles Gounod's masterpiece - makes a superb comeback in the majestic setting of the Arena di Verona. 'Roméo...continue...
Run Time: 177 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Catherine Carby, Cheryl Barker, Manfred Hemm, Emma Pearson. Opera Australia

3 CD / Opera Australia / 2012-08-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Der Rosenkavalie, the most successful opera of Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's partnership, is a story of love, lust and human frailty. The story is not...continue...
Recording information: Sydney Opera House (12/13/2010/12/19/2010)....continue...

Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Cheryl Barker, Catherine Carby, Manfred Hemm, Emma Pearson. Opera Australia, Andrew Litton [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-08-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Brunsdon, Andrew; Carby, Catherine; Choo, Henry; Dark, Jacqueline; Fyfe, Warwick; Hemm, Manfred; Pearson, Emma
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Opera Chorus

Der Rosenkavalie, the most successful opera of Strauss and von Hofmannsthal's partnership, is a story of love, lust and human frailty. The story is not...continue...
Run Time: 199 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish,...continue...

Songs by Mathilde von Kralik: Komm mit mir! (Come with me!) / Donald George, tenor; Lucy Mauro, piano

1 CD / Delos / 2012-08-28

Works: Mathilde von Kralik: Komme mit mir!, for voice & piano; Hundertausend Liederkeime, for voice & piano; Silbernebel, for voice & piano; Flieder, for voice & piano; Veilchen, for voice & piano; Himmelsc...
Performers: George, Donald; Mauro, Lucy

In keeping with Delos' emerging tradition of bringing the worthy music of unjustly neglected composers again to light, we offer here the premiere recording devoted...continue...
Recording information: Bloch Hall, West Virginia University (11/18/2011-11/20/2011)....continue...

24 Italian Songs and Arias

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-28

Works: Giovanni Bononcini: Per la gloria d'adorarvi; Non posso disperar, for voice & continuo; Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Antonio Caldara: La costanza ...
Performers: Liu, Qi [Piano]; Yueh, Chai-lun

Recording information: Crowell Concert Hall, Wesleyan University, Middletown,....continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Luana DeVol, Franco Farina, Barbara Frittoli, Josep Ruiz, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Giuliano Carella [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Alegret, David; Casanova, Jose L.; Cutlip, Philip; DeVol, Luana; Farina, Franco; Frittoli, Barbara; Palatchi, Stefano; Ruiz, Josep; Sintes, Lluis; Vas, Francisco
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Turandot has a special place among Puccini's works as the opera which most incorporates the changing sounds of the composer's time, filled with Puccini's inspired...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: GB,DE,FR,ES,IT,Catalan...continue...

Toward the Light - The voice of Elaine Huckle, soprano: works by Handel, Franck, Quilter, Brahms / Ian Clarke, piano

1 CD / Ravello / 2012-08-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joshua; Messiah; Rodelinda; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Roger Quilter: June, for voice & piano; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 19; Songs (5) for vo...
Performers: Clarke, Ian [Piano]; Huckle, Elaine

"This is not my story. This is everybody's story" - E. Huckle. Huckle's passion for singing developed at an early age, but was nearly derailed...continue...
Recording information: Northamptonshire, England (02/2008)....continue...

Verdi: Otello / Renata Tebaldi, Hans Beirer, William Dooley, Mario Ferrara, Sieglinde Wagner - Deutsche Oper Berlin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Dooley, William; Ferrara, Mario; Mercker, Karl-Ernst; Tebaldi, Renata; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Patane, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Chrous of the Deutsche Oper Berlin; Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin

Desdemona in Verdi's Otello was a career role for soprano Renata Tebaldi, from her first operatic performance outside of Italy to her final appearance on...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): PCM Mono,
Subtitles: IT,GB,ES,DE,FR
Country of Origin: Germany...continue...

Sogno Barocco - Italian Baroque Opera Arias by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Provenzale, Rossi / Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-08-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; L' incoronazione di Poppea; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; Francesco Cavalli: Elena; La Calisto; Doriclea; Francesco Provenzale: Squarciato appena havea, for vo...
Performers: Piau, Sandrine; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Garcia Alarcon, Leonardo
Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

Sogno barocco - A baroque dream - is the third recording of Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter on Naïve. Dedicated to the first baroque...continue...
Recording information: Gävle Concert Hall, Gävle, Sweden (01/2012)....continue...

Monteverdi: Il Ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria / Vesselina Kasarova, Dietrich Henschel, Malin Hartelius, Jonas Kaufmann - Zurich Opera, Harnoncourt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria
Performers: Hartelius, Malin; Henschel, Dietrich; Jankova, Martina; Kasarova, Vesselina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Rey, Isabel; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Orchestra La Scintilla of the Zurich Opera House

Run Time: 155 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Japanese,...continue...

Musical Entertainment Morning - Chamber music of the romantic era on period instruments: Mendelssohn; Gade; Schumann / Leipziger Concert

1 CD / Raum Klang / 2012-08-25

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Fragmenten für Streichquartett, Op. 81; Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109; Niels Gade: Fantasiestücke für Clarinette und Pianoforte, Op. 43;...
Performers: Hennig, Bettina; Jochen Seggelke; Kliegl, Bruno; Koche, Tobias [Piano]; Kuper, Eckhart; Landsberg, Julia von; Mate, Balazs; Mokry, Andrzej; Seitz, Johanna; von Promnitzau, Franns [Organ, Vocals]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Leipziger Concert

Ladies in rustling gowns and gentlemen in evening dress to be "musical morning entertainment" and appeared to listen to a varied program of music by...continue...

The Art of Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Schubert, Bach et al. / Gerald Moore, Daniel Barenboim

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-08-21

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; Der Erlkönig, D 328; Schwanengesang, D 957; Das Lied im Grünen, D 917/Op. 115 no 1; Die liebe Farbe ("In Grün wil...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Engel, Karl; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Klust, Hertha; Kohn, Karl Christian; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Richter, Sviatoslav; Sawallisch, Wolfgan...
Conductors: Ristenpart, Karl; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Jochum, Eugen; Keilberth, Joseph; Böhm, Karl

A 2-CD musical journey through Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau's seemingly boundless Lied, opera and cantala repertoire....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...

Quadrat d'Or - transcriptions of Bach, Beethoven, Wagner, Mozart by Miguel Llobet / Stefano Grondona: guitar

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2012-08-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite III para violoncello solo BWV 1009; Prelude for Lute in C minor, BWV 999; Suite I para violoncello solo BWV 1007; Sonata II para violino solo BWV 1002; Suite IV para viol...
Performers: Grondona, Stefano

The final chapter of a series devoted to the art of Miguel Llobet; in this case Stefano Grondona plays famous pieces by J.S. Bach, Mozart,...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di S. Barnaba, Laghi (VI) (08/2010-03/2012)....continue...

London's Flautists - works by Loeillet, Oswald, Weideman, Arne, Handel, and traditional Irish, Scottish & Welsh tunes / Nancy Hadden, flute

1 CD / CRD Records / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Loeillet: Sonata for flute & basso continuo in E minor, Op. 3/7; James Oswald: Scots Lament, for violin (or flute) & continuo; Greensleeves, folk song setting for chamber ensemble; Nanc...
Performers: Bicknell, Susan; Browder, Risa; Carolan, Lucy; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Mackintosh, Catherine

In early 18th-century England the popularity of the flute was matched by the prodigious publication of music. Often the music was written by professional flautists,...continue...
Recording information: Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London....continue...

Café: Orient meets Occident / Valer Barna-Sabadus: countertenor; Pera Ensemble

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-08-14

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme; Nicola Porpora: Polifemo; Semiramide Riconosciuta; Gaspar Sanz: Canarios; Ebu Bekir Aga: Geldi cevher tigi ates barina ay (Eviç Karçe), song; ...
Performers: Barna-Sabadus, Valer; Pera Ensemble Istanbul
Conductors:
Ensemble: Pera Ensemble

The aroma of coffee links East and West in a mysteriously sensual manner. Equally sensual are the sounds of the Pera Ensemble, and their latest...continue...
Recording information: CRR Istanbul (2011).

Several musicians, including Jordi Savall, have tried to get a grip on the substantial musical interchange between western Europe and the Ottoman Tur...continue...

Michaël Levinas: La Metamorphose, complete opera / Fabrice di Falco, Magali Léger, André Heyboer, Anne Mason, Simon Bailey

1 CD / Aeon / 2012-08-14

Works: Michaël Levinas: La Métamorphose, opera
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Falco, Fabrice Di; Guillou, Arnaud; Heyboer, Andre [Baritone (Vocal)]; Laberdesque, Laurent; Leger, Magali; Mason, Anne; Pasturaud, Julie
Conductors: Octors, Georgea
Ensemble: Ensemble Ictus

At the beginning of Kafka's novella, the metamorphosis has already taken place. Now there is only ordeal. The choice made by Michaël Levinas, to represent...continue...
Recording information: Opéra de Lille (03/11/2011/03/13/2011)....continue...

Michael F. Williams: The Juniper Passion / Stephanie Acraman, Julia Booth, Lilia Carpinelli, Pene Pati et al.

2 CD / Atoll / 2012-08-14

Works: Michael F. Williams: The Juniper Passion, opera
Performers: Abramova, Elena [Violin]; Acraman, Stephanie [Soprano (Vocal)]; Austin, Katherine; Bierre, Susan; Booth, Julia; Campbell, Ian; Carpinelli, Lillia [Soprano (Vocal)]; Cross, Douglas; Grapes, Brent [Tru...
Conductors: Griffiths-Hughes, Rachel
Ensemble: New Zealand Chamber Soloists

This World War II opera, set during the Battle of Monte Cassino, presents a universal experience of war with a uniquely New Zealand perspective. Contains...continue...
Recording information: Stebbing Recording Centre, Auckland, New Zealand (07/2011-09/2011)....continue...

Sir Adrian Boult: From Bach to Wagner [11 CDs]

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-08-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G m...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian

Sir Adrian Boult was born on April 8, 1889 in Chester and died on February 22, 1983 in London; hence, next year we mark 30...continue...

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes of Weber; Berg: Violin Concerto; Larsson: Ostinato / Fritz Busch (rec. 1938-1949)

1 CD / Guild / 2012-08-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, KV 588; Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis; Alban Berg: Concerto for Violin; Lars-Erik Larsson: Symphony no 2, Op. 17; Max Reger: Chorale Fantasia...
Performers: Krasner, Louis
Conductors: Busch, Fritz
Ensemble: ; Stockholm Theatre Orchestra

Fritz Busch was music director of the Konsertförenings Orkester Stockholm from 1937 to 1940, when he was forced to leave Denmark because of World War...continue...

The Golden Age of Light Music: Holidays for Strings - Leroy Anderson, Percy Faith, Reg Owen, Frederick Fennell et al.

1 CD / Guild / 2012-08-14

Works: Leroy Anderson: Belle of the Ball, for orchestra; Richard Whiting / W. Franke Harling: Beyond the Blue Horizon, song; George Gershwin: Love Is Sweeping the Country, song (from Of Thee I Sing, musical...
Conductors: Anderson, Leroy; Shaindlin, Jack; Fennell, Frederick; Carroll, David; Love, Geoff; Goodwin, Ron; Melachrino, George; ; Liter, Monia; Cugat, Xavier; Faith, Percy; Hill-Bowen, William; Ornadel, Cyril; ...
Ensemble: ; Clebanoff Strings; Music of the Mountains

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Marcelo Alvarez, Sondra Radvanovsky, Dolora Zajick, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, MET - Marco Armiliato [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-08-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Radvanovsky, Sondra; Zajick, Dolora

A high-octane performance of Verdi's much-loved opera, which was transmitted from the Metropolitan Opera Live in HD to cinemas around the world

David McVicar's acclaimed

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Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Lucio Gallo, MET - Nicola Luisotti [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-08-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Gallo, Lucio; Giordani, Marcello; Voigt, Deborah

Deborah Voigt stars in the title role of Puccini's wild west opera - in a spectacular performance seen live in cinemas worldwide as part of...continue...

Johannes Kalitzke: Die Bessenen, opera in 4 acts / Klangforum Wien; Kalitzke (cond); R. Bergman, etc.

1 CD / Neos Production / 2012-08-03

Works: Johannes Kalitzke: Die Besessenen (The Possessed), opera in 4 acts
Performers: Bergmann, Robert; Frenkel, Noa; Hemm, Manfred; Hulett, Benjamin; Kowalski, Jochen; Melrose, Leigh; Van Kerckhove, Hendrickje
Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien

Let The Bright Seraphim: works by J.S. Bach; Telemann; A. Scarlatti; Handel / Armonico Consort. Elin Manahan Thomas, soprano; Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-08-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for Trumpet in D major, TV 51 no D 7; Alessandro Scarlatti: Su le sponde del Tebro, cha...
Performers: Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors: Monks, Christopher
Ensemble: Armonico Consort

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
The music and the performances are all top shelf... The magic of the recording is provided by...continue...

Mozart: Three Arias; Ballo from Ascanio in Alba / Mattias Rexroth, countertenor. Staatsorchester Darmstadt, Constantin Trinks

1 Super Audio CD / ARS Productions / 2012-08-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 32 in G major, K 318; Ascanio in Alba, opera, K. 111; Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Anton Safronov: Ballo no 1 for orchestra after Mozart's Ascanio in Al...
Performers: Matthias Rexroth
Conductors: Trinks, Constantin
Ensemble: Darmstadt, Staatsorchester

When Empress Maria Theresa arranged the marriage of her son Ferdinand to Maria Beatrice d'Este, it was a matter of course that the wedding festivities...continue...

Janácek: Kát'a Kabanová / Mackerras, Benacková, Straka, etc

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Leos Janácek: Kát'a Kabanov
Performers: Bauerova, Martina; Benackova, Gabriela; Buresova, Dana; Harvanek, Zdenek; Kopp, Miroslav; Kundlak, Jozef; Peckova, Dagmar; Randova, Eva; Straka, Peter; Vele, Ludek
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague National Theatre Chorus

"...Gabriela Benackova...has been able to fill the National Theatre in Prague whenever she sings the role. She sings beautifully here..Janacek's admirers will certainly want to...continue...

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Klemperer, Adam, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2012-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; King, James [Vocals]; MacDonald, Kenneth; Silja, Anja; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: BBC Chorus

Wilhelm Furtwängler - The Earliest Wagner Recordings

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra

Fibich: Bride of Messina / Jilek, Prague National Theatre

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Zdenék Fibich: The Bride of Messina, Op 18
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Hanus, Karel; Horacek, Jaroslav; Marova, Libuse; Sormova, Nada; Svejda, Miroslav; Zidek, Ivo; Zitek, Vaclav
Conductors: Jílek, Frantisek
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra; Prague Radio Chorus

"It would be hard to imagine a presentation more persuasive than this 1975 Prague Radio recording." -Opera News...continue...

Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Cizek, Miroslav; Dobra, Jaroslava; Erbenova, Ludmila; Heriban, Josef; Hlavsa, Jan; Hlobilova, Eva; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Kolarova, Katerina; Marova, Libuse; Musilova, Milada; Ourednikova, Vera; Prochazk...
Conductors: Gregor, Bohumil
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Weber, Beethoven, Mendelssohn, Bach, et al / Furtwängler

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; Hebrides Overture, in...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Arturo Toscanini - The Years of Maturity in America 1929-46

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Donizetti Portraits - arias from Gemma di Vergy; Caterina Comato, Lucrezie Borgia et al. / Edita Gruberova

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Emilia di Liverpool; Gemma di Vergy; Linda di Chamounix; Caterina Cornaro, opera; Lucrezia Borgia; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
Performers: Bunz, Hans Werner; Gruberova, Edita; Haußler, Gerald; Hollop, Markus; Weber, Hanne
Conductors: Boncompagni, Elio
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

This recital program composed of operas whose pivotal characters are women. Emilia di Liverpool, Gemma di Vergy, Caterina Camera, Lucrezia Borgia and Rosmonda d`Inghilterra are...continue...

Mozart at Salzburg Festival - 3 complete operas: Marriage of Figaro; Magic Flute & Clemenza di Tito [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Berry, Walter; Boesch, Christian; Bonney, Barbara; Cotrubas, Ileana; Garanca, Elina; Grist, Reri; Gruberova, Edita; Kasarova, Vesselina; Mathis, Edith; Roschmann, Dorothea; Schade, Michael; Schreier,...

Spanning 1966 to 2003, these three performances offer up a stunning retrospective not only of the Salzburg Festival, but of changing winds in the presentation...continue...
Run Time: 529 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby, Mono, Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Italia...continue...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Puccini: Il Trittico - Il Tabarro; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi / Gallo, Westbroek, Antonenko, Jaho, Larsson, Royal Opera House - Pappano [DVD]

3 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-07-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Antonenko, Aleksandrs; Demuro, Francesco; Gallo, Lucio; Jaho, Ermonela; Larsson, Anna; Siurina, Ekaterina; Westbroek, Eva-Maria

This is The Royal Opera's first complete presentation of Puccini's Il trittico since 1965. Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of...continue...
Run Time: 200 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS Surround
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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The Opera Singer / René Kollo, tenor (rec. 1981 - 1986) [2 CDs]

2 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Wilhelm Kienzl: Der Evangelimann; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; ...
Performers: Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Marton, Eva; Orth, Norbert; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Wallat, Hans; Ebert, Wolfgang; Janowski, Marek; Geese, Heinz; Fricke, Heinz; Collado, Jose

Opera singer René Kollo does not restrict himself to only tenor roles in Richard Wagner's opera repertoire. An extensive catalogue of LPs and CDs, including...continue...
Recording information: 1981-1986....continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Georg Zeppenfeld, Klaus Florian Vogt, Annette Dasch, Jukka Rasilainen, Samuel Youn, Beyreuth Festival - Andris Nelsons [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-07-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Dasch, Annette; Rasilainen, Jukka; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Youn, Samuel; Zeppenfeld, Georg
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus

Hans Neuenfels's striking new production of Wagner's fairytale opera gives this medieval story of doomed love and sorcery the Bayreuth treatment. As controversial as it...continue...
Run Time: 235 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC Widescreen, 1.77:1, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS Surround
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
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The Unforgettable - Arias and Songs / Lucia Popp, soprano (rec. 1976 - 1983) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sc...
Performers: Kraus, Adalbert; Parsons, Geoffrey; Popp, Lucia; Reinhart, Carole Dawn
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Wallberg, Heinz; Voorberg, Marinus
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lucia Popp (1939-1993) richly endowed the world of music during her short life. Her artistry and personality are apparent in a multitude of recordings, many...continue...
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Puccini: Il Trittico - Il Tabarro; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi / Gallo, Westbroek, Antonenko, Jaho, Larsson, Royal Opera House - Pappano [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-07-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Il Trittico; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera
Performers: Antonenko, Aleksandrs; Demuro, Francesco; Gallo, Lucio; Jaho, Ermonela; Larsson, Anna; Siurina, Ekaterina; Westbroek, Eva-Maria
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus

This is The Royal Opera's first complete presentation of Puccini's Il trittico since 1965. Leading director Richard Jones staged his witty, darkly comic realization of...continue...
Run Time: 200 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, Ge...continue...

The Song of the Nightingale - Coloratura operetta arias / Ingeborg Hallstein, coloratura soprano [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-07-31

Works: Franz Grothe: Lied der Nachtigall ("Zauberlied der Nacht"), for voice & piano; Napoleon ist an allem Schuld; Carl Zeller: Ich bin die Christel von der Post, song (from Der Vogelhändler); Eduard ...
Performers: Bader, Hans-Dieter; Clarin, Hans; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hoppe, Heinz; Kieling, Wolfgang; Rubin, Peter
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Bernet, Dietfried; Ebert, Wolfgang; Geese, Heinz; Hoffman, Ernest

Ingeborg Hallstein was one of the outstanding coloratura sopranos in the second half of the twentieth century. Born in Munich on May 23, 1936, Ingeborg...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Georg Zeppenfeld, Klaus Florian Vogt, Annette Dasch, Jukka Rasilainen, Samuel Youn, Beyreuth Festival - Andris Nelsons [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-07-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Dasch, Annette; Heibach, Stefan; Lang, Petra; Rasilainen, Jukka; Tschelebiew, Christian; van der Heyden, Willem; Vogt, Klaus Florian; Youn, Samuel; Zaun, Rainer; Zeppenfeld, Georg
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus

Hans Neuenfels's striking new production of Wagner's fairytale opera gives this medieval story of doomed love and sorcery the Bayreuth treatment. As controversial as it...continue...
Run Time: 235 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
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Holst: The Wandering Scholar; Suite de ballet; A Song of the Night / Ingrid Attrot; Neill Archer, Alan Opie, Donald Maxwell, Richard Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Gustav Holst: Suite de ballet, for orchestra in E flat major, Op. 10, H. 43; A Song of the Night, Op. 19 no 1/H 74; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176
Performers: Hatfield, Lesley; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; Northern Sinfonia

Another re-release from Hickox's classic recordings finds us knee-deep in lesser-known and widely varied works of Gustav Holst. The Suite de Ballet is one of...continue...
Recording information: St. Nicholas' Hospital, Gosforth, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, (05/15/1996-05/16/1996)....continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Ambrogio Maestri, Barbara Frittoli, Massimo Cavalletti, Eva Liebau, Zurich Opera - Daniele Gatti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Camarena, Javier; Cavalletti, Massimo; Fersini, Davide; Frittoli, Barbara; Gloor, Domenic; Liebau, Eva; Maestri, Ambrogio; Naef, Yvonne; Saudelli, Patrizio
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House

"All the world's a joke," says Falstaff, and these words are truly given weight by Ambrogio Maestri, one of the finest Falstaffs of our time....continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian,...continue...

Verdi & Puccini Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Domingo, Placido; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (1974-07-21_1974-07-23&1974-)....continue...

Neeme Jarvi - Highlights from a remarkable 30-year recording career

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147; Johan Halvorsen: La Mélancolie, for string orchestra (after Ole Bull's "Lament"); Entry March of ...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kaptain, Laurence; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Madozzi, Melina; Mishura, Irina; Murphy, Suzanne
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This year, we celebrate the thirty-year conducting career of Neeme Järvi with Chandos Records, as well as the conductor's own seventy-fifth birthday.

We mark the occasion

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Verdi: Falstaff / Ambrogio Maestri, Barbara Frittoli, Massimo Cavalletti, Eva Liebau, Zurich Opera - Daniele Gatti [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Camarena, Javier; Cavalletti, Massimo; Fersini, Davide; Frittoli, Barbara; Gloor, Domenic; Liebau, Eva; Maestri, Ambrogio; Naef, Yvonne; Saudelli, Patrizio; Schmid, Judith; Zysset, Martin
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House

"All the world's a joke," says Falstaff, and these words are truly given weight by Ambrogio Maestri, one of the finest Falstaffs of our time....continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9 1080i Full HD, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.0
Subtitles: German, E...continue...

La Voce d'Oro

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco C...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (06/20/1972-06/24/1972)....continue...