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Dvorak: Requiem

2 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2013-06-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Requiem for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra, B. 165 (Op. 89)
Performers: Kragh, Thomas Paulsen; Milling, Stephen; Pavlovski, Nina
Conductors: Topp, Morten

Schmidt: Book of the Seven Seals / Lippert, Rootering, Dasch, Nicoli, Chum. Luisi, MDR SO

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-05-14

Works: Franz Schmidt: Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln (The Book of the Seven Seals), oratorio
Performers: Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Schönheit, Michael
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Middle German Radio Choir Leipzig; Middle German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The main choir-symphonic work by Austrian composer Franz Schmidt, and one of the most important oratorios of the 20th century. A rarity both in concert...continue...

Non solo buffo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2013-05-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims; La Cenerentola; L'Italiana in Algeri; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Macbeth; Ernani; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Velluti, Giovanni

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...

The Complete Beethoven: Symphonies; Concertos; Overtures

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

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 3 in E flat major,...
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; Fontanals-Simmons, Marta; Gadd, Stephen; Hoare, Peter [; Jandó, Jenö; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kliegel, Maria; McCawley, Leon; Nishizaki, Takako; Rutter, Claire; ...
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Wordsworth, Barry; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Jean, Kenneth

Triumphing over deafness and turbulent political times, Ludwig van Beethoven singlehandedly changed the course of music history , laying down the foundations for the Romantic...continue...

Magic Verdi - highlights of Aida, Otello, Don Carlo, La Forza & Un ballo / Caballé, Freni, Domingo, Carreras, Gobbi, Muti,Giulini, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Don Carlo; Otello
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, M...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Guadagno, Anton; Gardelli, Lamberto; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Semkov, Jerzy; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferraris, Franco

The name Verdi is synonymous with Italian opera. No other composer embodies all the fascination and passion of Italian music drama like Verdi. The special...continue...

Mozart: Mass in C minor / Kiri Te Kanawa, Ileana Cotrubas, Werner Krenn and Hans Sotin. Leppard

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Krenn, Werner; Sotin, Hans; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Together with Requiem, Mozart's C minor mass is one of the brilliant composer's great unfinished sacred works. The work combines monumental power, solemn spirituality and...continue...
Recording information: All Saint's Church, Tooting (02/13/1973-02/15/1973)....continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Christian Gerhaher, Nina Stemme. Janowski

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Gerhaher, Christian; McCown, Michael; Prudenskaja, Marina; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwinghammer, Wilhelm; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Sonn, Peter; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The sixth installment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition features the epic Tannhäuser. With world-class voices like Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, and Albert Dohmen, this...continue...
Personnel: Sabine Puhlmann, Nina Stemme , Bianca Reim, Isabelle Voákühler (soprano); Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo soprano); Robert Dean Smith, Michael McCown, Peter Sonn (tenor); Christian Ge...continue...

Bach: Cantatas, Vol. 53 - BWV 9, 97 & 177 / Hana Blazikova, soprano, Robin Blaze, counter-tenor, Gerd Turk, tenor, Peter kooij, bass

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2013-03-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 97, "In allen meinen Taten" BWV 97; Cantata no 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ" BWV 177; Cantata no 9, "Es ist das Heil uns kommen her," BWV 9 (BC A107)
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Blazikov, Hana; Kooij, Peter; Murakami, Yukiko; San'nomiya, Masamitsu; Turk, Gerd; Wakamatsu, Natsumi
Conductors: Suzuki, Masaaki
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Japan

The three cantatas on this recording come from the first half of the 1730's, by which time J.S. Bach was no longer writing a new...continue...
Recording information: Kobe Shoin Women's University Chapel, Japan (02/2012)....continue...

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Janacek: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta / Felicity Palmer; Ameral Gunson; John Mitchinson; Malcolm King; Jane Parker-Smith. Simon Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta; Glagolitic Mass
Performers: Gunson, Ameral; King, Malcolm; Mitchinson, John; Palmer, Felicity; Parker-Smith, Jane
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Chorus

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...

Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Sheila Armstrong. Barenboim

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Garrard, Don; Gedda, Nicolai; Pashley, Anne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Orchestra Chorus

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...
Recording information: All Saint's Church, Tooting, London....continue...

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Music of the Viennese Court Chapel - Music of Eybler, Mozart, Salieri, M. Haydn, Herbeck, Fux, Randhartinger et al. / Ruiten, Ritlewski, Georg, Rabl, Behle, Wortig, Kränzle, Stiefermann

2 CD / Delta Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Joseph Leopold Eybler: Omnes de Saba Venient for tenor, chorus & orchestra; Jubilate Deo omnis terra, offertory; Terra tremuit, for chorus & orchestra; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Sub ...
Performers: Behle, Daniel; Georg, Uta-Christina; Kranzle, Johannes Martin; Ritlewski, Annika Sophie [Soprano Vocal]; Ruiten, Lenneke; Stiefermann, Kay; Wortig, Dominik [Vocals]
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth
Ensemble: ; WDR Rundfunkorchester Köln

The Hofburg Palace is a monument to Habsburg rule in Vienna. Since 1918, the Federal Ministry for Education and Arts has taken care of church...continue...
Recording information: Köln, Funkhaus des WDR, Klaus-von-Bismarck-Saal (2006-12-07_2006-12-14&2010-)....continue...

Nino Rota: Mysterium, oratorio for soloists, childrenÆs choir and orchestra / Angelica Tuccari, Corinna Vozza, Gino Sinimberghi, Ugo Trama

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2013-02-12

Works: Nino Rota: Mysterium, oratorio for soloists, chorus, children's choir &orchestra
Performers: Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Renzi, Armando
Ensemble: Orchestra Pro Civitate Christiana di Assisi

Nino Rota was commissioned by the "Pro Civitate" in Assisi to musically elucidate an article from the Creed (or symbol of faith), to which a...continue...
Recording information: 1962....continue...

Polkastra: "I Do" The Wedding Album / Lara St. John; Isabel Bayrakdarian, soprano

1 CD / Ancalagon Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Matt Van Brink: Flumpet Voluntary (after Jeremiah Clarke); Bridle Chorus (after Richard Wagner); J.S. Bachelor Party (after Johann Sebastian Bach); Canon in D, Mostly (after Johann Pachelbel); Shotgu...
Performers: Bayrakdarian, Isabel; Kodheli, Rubin; Krakauer, David; Owen, Louise; Rodriguez, Mario; Zelenka, Winona
Conductors: Otto, Matthew;
Ensemble: Polkastra

The joyful sounds of the perfect wedding day! The bride is glowing, the groom stands at the ready, and Polkastra launches into some rousing processionals...continue...
Recording information: Kaleidoscope Sound, Union City, NJ (07/04/2011-07/05/2011)....continue...

Purcell: Music for Pleasure and Devotion / Andrew Parrott, Taverner Consort

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen; Abdelazer; Gordian Knot Unty'd; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z 184; Ground in Gamut for Harpsichor...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Andrews, Haden; Berridge, Simon; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bury, Alison; Campbell, Richard; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Earle, Richard...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Henry Purcell is regarded as the first great master of English Baroque music and his works find their best interpreters today in Andrew Parrott and...continue...
Recording information: 06/1985-03/1994....continue...

Roland de Lassus: Biographie musicale (Musical biography), Vol.2 / Singer Pur

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2013-02-12

Works: Orlande de Lassus: Missa On me l'a dict; Vous qui aymez les dames, chanson for 5 voices, B. xiv/154 (S. xiv/45); Si vous n'estes en bon point (Marot), chanson for 4 voices, B. xiv/34 (S. xii/60); Ung...
Performers: Mantaj, Michael; Mauch, Monika
Conductors:
Ensemble: Singer Pur

This second volume of the musical biography of Roland de Lassus is dedicated to the glory years of his career in Munich as choirmaster of...continue...
Recording information: Himmelfahrtskirche, Munich, Germany (04/2012)....continue...

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Weber: Mass no 1 "Freischutz" and no 2 "Jubel" / Horst Stein, Gerhard Wilhelm

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Missa Sancta for soloists, chorus & orchestra no 1 in E flat major ("Freischützmesse"), J. 224 (Op.; Missa Sancta for soloists, chorus & orchestra no 2 in G major ("Jubelme...
Performers: Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Laki, Krisztina; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Protschka, Josef; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Speiser, Elisabeth
Conductors: Stein, Horst; Wilhelm, Gerhard
Ensemble: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra Chorus; Werner Keltsch Instrumental Ensemble

Carl Maria von Weber's masses were written to commission for the Dresden court. As a pious Catholic, Weber was fond of sacred cult and its...continue...
Recording information: Kulturraum, Bamberg (09/09/1985-09/13/1985); Stadtkirche, Schwaigern (09/09/1985-09/13/1985); Kulturraum, Bamberg (11/02/1969-11/05/1969); Stadtkirche, Schwaigern (11/02/1969-11...continue...

Alexander Knaifel: The Canterville Ghost, opera / Suleimanov, Monogarova, Jurowski

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Alexander Knaifel: Canterville Ghost, opera
Performers: Livental, Alexander; Suleimanow, Stanislaw
Conductors: Jurowski, Michail
Ensemble: Moscow Forum Theatre Orchestra

Alexander Aronovich Knajfel concert tours have taken him all over Russia, Europe and the USA and he has since sung a variety of operatic roles...continue...
Recording information: Mosfilm Studios, Moscow (09/1990)....continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd / Jane Henschel, Mark Stone. Ulf Schirmer

2 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Stephen Sondheim: Sweeney Todd
Performers: Baker, Gregg; Best, Jonathan; Bottone, Rebecca; Charbonneau, Pascalin; Dimarzio, Diana; Dwyer, Adrian [Tenor Vocal]; Henschel, Jane; Hirtreiter, Andreas; Meyer, Andrew Lepri; Samm, Ronald; Schneider,...
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

To commemorate its 60th anniversary in 2012, the Munich Radio Orchestra, under director Ulf Schirmer, performed Stephen Sondheim's musical, "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of...continue...
Recording information: Prinzregententheater, München (05/06/2012).

Even though this German production of Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd may be greeted with some skepticism, it is a remark...continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

At White Nights - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tsujii / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2013-01-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Prelude for piano no 12 in C major, Op. 32/1; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, str...
Performers: Sergeyeva, Tatyana; Tsujii, Nobuyuki; Vorobiev, Dmitri
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra

Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, an astonishing up-and-coming genius on his instrument, here interprets works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Stostakovich. These works glimmer beautifully, offset by...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio Surround
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At White Nights - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Shostakovich, Tsujii / Nobuyuki Tsujii, piano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-01-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Prelude for piano no 12 in C major, Op. 32/1; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 14 for soprano, bass, str...
Performers: Sergeyeva, Tatyana; Tsujii, Nobuyuki; Vorobiev, Dmitri
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theater Symphony Orchestra

The blind Japanese pianist Nobuyuki Tsujii, an astonishing up-and-coming genius on his instrument, here interprets works by Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, and Stostakovich. These works glimmer beautifully,...continue...
Run Time: 110 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
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My Heart is Fixed: North German Cantatas and Organ Works of the Baroque - music of Buxtehude, Bruhns, Tunder, Bernhardt, Telemann

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2013-01-29

Works: Dietrich Buxtehude: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BuxWV 155; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BuxWV 148; Ich bin der Auferstehung, for bass, 2 violins, 2 violas, 2 cornets, 2 trumpet...
Performers: Ramm, Hauke; Schwarz, Gotthold
Conductors: Schwarz, Gotthold;
Ensemble: Sächsisches Barockorchester

The present recording with Gotthold Schwarz and the Sächsisches Barockorchester also takes into account the specific historical performance contexts of the North German Baroque. Such...continue...
Recording information: St. Wilhadi, Stade (D) (09/19/2011-09/23/2011)....continue...

Adoration and Revelation - 400 years of music in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Apocalypse / Nova Cantica

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Anonymous: Mille anni; Canto della Sibilla; L'acqua mi giunge fino alla gola; Ergo agnus veri; Ce un tempo per nascere e un tempo per morire; De facili contempnit omnia/Propositum quidem negocii; E v...
Performers: Falinska, Bronislawa; Mangini, Sandra [Vocals]; Paluselli, Ranieri [Percussion]; Testolin, Walter; Tiso, Elisabetta; Wurdak, Ulrike

The book of Revelations has long been one of the most discussed parts of the Bible. The notion of the Apocalypse has been constantly reinterpreted...continue...
Recording information: Chiesa di Bivai, Santa Giustina, Belluno, Italy (1997-06-18_1997-07-23&1998-)....continue...

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Verdi: The Great Operas [35 CDs]

36 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Giovanna d'Arco; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; ...
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Pappano, Antonio; Santini, Gabriele; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin

2013 will herald the start Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To kick off the Verdi year, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi box set that celebrates...continue...

Piano Concertos by Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms / Maurizio Pollini, piano

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 19 in F major, K 459; Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467...
Performers: Eder, Gerhard; Eder, Gretchen; Esders, Andreas; Lechner, Gabriele; Pita, Jorge; Pollini, Maurizio; Scheiwein, Robert
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Abbado, Claudio; Pollini, Maurizio

Long recognized as a supreme Schumann interpreter, one of "unfaltering poise" and "magisterial talent" by Gramophone, Maurizio Pollini recorded a wide selection of solo works...continue...

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...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...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


Works:

Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Elgar: The Apostles / Sir Mark Elder, Halle Orchestra and Choir

2 CD / Halle Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Coote, Alice; Evans, Rebecca; Groves, Paul; Imbrailo, Jacques; Kempster, David; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Elder, Mark

This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser-known and under-served work The Apostles, in a performance The Guardian described as...continue...
Recording information: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (05/05/2012)....continue...

Edition Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Vol. 2 - works by Weber, Wagner, Mozart Verdi & Beethoven / Schmitz, Brecher

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isold...
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Dahlberg, Friedrich; Daum, Heinz; Horand, Theodor; Meinl-Weise, Rita; Olberts, Joseph; Reinecke, Paul; Schaffrian, Rosl; Schmitz, Paul; Schurhoff, Lotte; Schwenkreis, Willi; Seider...
Conductors: Brecher, Gustav; Schmitz, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

This second CD in the series featuring historical recordings by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig contains recordings from 1929 to 1945, most of them published for...continue...

Miserere - A sequence of music for Lent, St. Joseph and the Annunciation / Westminster Cathedral Choir

1 CD / Hyperion / 2013-01-08

Works: Gregorian Chant: Attende Domine; Audi, benigne Conditor, hymn, Mode 2; Evigila super nos; Mass 9 Cum iubilo; Credo 4, 1st tone, GR776; George Malcolm: Miserere mei, Deus, for chorus; Scapulis suis, f...
Performers: Gaunt, William; Stevens, Peter
Conductors: Baker, Martin
Ensemble: Westminster Cathedral Choir

This recording from the Westminster Cathedral Choir demonstrates the splendors of the liturgy in the simultaneously solemn and joyful period of Lent. On Miserere, masterworks...continue...
Recording information: Westminster Cathedral (2011-07-12_2011-07-13&2011-)....continue...

Ferdinando Paer (1771-1839): Il Santo Sepolcro (The Holy Sepulchre); Mayr: Invito / Cornelia Horak, Miriam Clark, Vanessa Barkowski, Thomas Michael Allen

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Simon Mayr: Invito ("Già trafitto"), for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra; Ferdinando Paër: Il Santo Sepolcro, oratorio for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Clark, Miriam; Hamann, Jens; Horak, Cornelia; Steppberger, Klaus; Stimmel, Thomas [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: ; Simon Mayr Chorus

Franz Hauk's pioneering series of the music of Simon Mayr extends our limited acquaintance with his contemporary, Ferdinando Paër whose dramatic oratorio The Holy Sepulchre...continue...
Recording information: Assam Church of Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/03/2008-09/07/2008)....continue...

Willy Burkhard: The face of Isaiah, The Year / Locher, Hunziker, Brechbuhler, Boog, Friedli

2 CD / Musiques Suisses / 2012-12-05

Works: Willy Burkhard: Das Gesicht Jesajas, oratorio for soloist, chorus, organ & orchestra, Op 41; Das Jahr, oratorio, Op. 62
Performers: Boog, Maya; Hunziker, Bernhard; Rosen, Rudolf; Sauer, Thomas
Conductors: Koch, Alois

The big oratorios by Hermann Suter (1870-1926), Arthur Honegger (1892-1955), Frank Martin (1890-1974), and Willy Burkhard (1900-1955) are among the most remarkable Swiss works written...continue...
Recording information: Jesuitenkirche Luzern (04/12/2000); Stadtkirche Winterthur (04/12/2000); Jesuitenkirche Luzern (09/02/2012); Stadtkirche Winterthur (09/02/2012)....continue...

Schubert: Mass in E flat major; German Mass

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-11-19

Works: Franz Schubert: Deutsche Messe, D 872; Mass in E flat major, D 950
Performers: Brunner, Eduard; Goetting, Chandler; Greindl, Josef; Grimm, Wilhelm; Held, Friedrich; Ingwersen, Eric; Kallmus, Kurt; Kalmand, Olaf; Kippas, Claude; Kogel, Gottfried; Kolbinger, Karl; Lorengar, Pilar...
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Leinsdorf, Erich

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

Francesco Durante: Neapolitan Christmas, Vol. 2 / Michael Alexander Willens, Die Koelner Akademie

1 CD / CPO / 2012-11-13

Works: Francesco Durante: Pastorale "Cito Pastores", motet; Laudate, pueri "Breve" "Detto il Grottesco", motet; Litanie for 2 voices & violin in E minor; Kyrie-Gloria Mass, "in Pastorale" in A major, for vo...
Performers: Dahlmann, Thilo; Doest, Alberto ter; Kuhne, Christina [Soprano Vocal]; Piccinini, Monica
Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander
Ensemble: Die Kölner Akademie

The Kölner Akademie under its proven conductor Willens now presents more atmospheric Christmas compositions by Francesco Durante, one of the greatest Neapolitan church composers of...continue...
Recording information: Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (11/14/2011-11/17/2011)....continue...

Edita Gruberova Edition Vol 1 - The Queen of Belcanto - Arias by Donizetti and Bellini

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Anna Bolena; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Bros, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Schneiderman, Helene; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich; Boncompagni, Elio; Viotti, Marcello; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Edita Gruberova, leading diva of bel canto singing, has selected several of her favorite arias centered on an archetype of the bel canto era: the...continue...

Insomnia: A Nocturnal Voyage in Song / William Berger, baritone; Ian Burnside, piano

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; Claude Debussy: Nuit d'étoiles ("Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles"), song for voice & piano, L. 4; Maurice Ravel: Le grillon, for voice & pia...
Performers: Berger, William; Burnside, Iain [Piano]

Recording information: The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh (02/13/2012-02/14/2012)....continue...

Christmas Through the Centuries / di Lasso, Praetorius, Eccard

2 CD / Ars Musici / 2012-11-13

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Gregorian Chant: Puer natus est nobis, introit; Viderunt omnes, gradual in mode 5 (Liber Usualis, no 409; GR. 33); Christmas Traditional: In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cant...
Performers: Lehrndorfer, Franz [Organ]; Sack, Albrecht; Schmidt, Dirk; Stiefermann, Kay; Strock, Katrin [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: ; Gos, P. Johannes Berchmans; Zobeley, Martin; Hennig, Heinz; Toll, Winfried; Kammler, Reinhard; Mehl, Arnold; Breiding, Jörg; Schönheit, Michael; Sump, Georg
Ensemble: ; Augsburger Domsingknaben; Camerata Vocale Freiburg; Chursächsische Capelle Leipzig ; Fiori Musicali (Germany); Flautando Köln ; Freiburger Spielleyt; Gruppe für Alte Musik Mün...

"Christmas throughout the ages" - the present CD is a kind of brief cultural history through music....continue...

Mozart: Mass in C minor K427 / William Christie, Les Arts Florissants; Les Sacqueboutiers / Petibon, Dawson, Cornwell, Ewing

1 CD / Erato / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Cornwell, Joseph; Dawson, Lynne; Ewing, Alan; Petibon, Patricia
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants; Les Saqueboutiers de Toulouse

Recording information: Abbaye de Lessay, Normandy (04/20/1999-04/23/1999)....continue...

Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate / Han Gunter Nocker, Martha Modl, Horst Hiestermann. Ensemble Modern, Friedemann Layer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate
Performers: Hiestermann, Horst; Modl, Martha; Nöcker, Hans Günther
Conductors: Layer, Friedemann
Ensemble: Ensemble Modern

In September 1984, as part of the Berlin Festival Week, the Deutsche Oper Berlin staged the world premiere of German composer Aribert Reimann's opera "Die...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: Germany
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Salvatore Sciarrino: Macbeth, opera / Otto Katzameier, Anna Radziejewska, Richard Zook, Sonia Turchetta, Thomas Mehnert

2 CD / Col Legno / 2012-11-13

Works: Salvatore Sciarrino: Macbeth, opera
Performers: Katzameier, Otto; Mehnert, Thomas; Radziejewska, Anna; Turchetta, Sonia; Zook, Richard
Conductors: Christ, Evan
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien

Personnel: Edwin Pfanzagl (programming).

Recording information: Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, Austria (08/04/2011-08/05/2011)....continue...

Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2012-11-06

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Performers: Benningsen, Lilian; Kusche, Benno
Conductors: Lehmann, Fritz

Recording information: München (1952)....continue...