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Verdi: Requiem Mass / Solti, Brouwenstijn, Dominguez, Zampieri, Zaccaria, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-04-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri; Semiramide; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gre; Dominguez, Oralia; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zampieri, Giuseppe
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

During his very long career sir Georg Solti conducted Verdi's 'Messa da Requiem' many times, but no version, either studio or live, can compare with...continue...
Recording information: Köln (11/17/1958)....continue...

Maria Callas and Friends / Votto, Gavazzeni, Corelli, Monaco, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-01-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1958....continue...

Historical - Verdi: La Traviata / Rescigno, Callas, Valletti, Zanasi, Collier, Roberts, Troy, Robinson, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2008-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Callas, Maria; Collier, Marie; Roberts, Lea; Robinson, Forbes; Troy, Dermot; Valletti, Cesare; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola;
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

To quote Verdi's own words, the very first performance of 'La Traviata' that took place at the Teatro La Fenice of Venice, on March 6,...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Krauss, Konetzni, Schwarzkopf, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2002-08-29

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Friedrich, Karl; Konetzni, Hilde; Schoeffler, Paul; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Weber, Ludwig
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra