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Verismo / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; La Rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Lodoletta; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Zaz&...
Performers: Armani, Gilles; Calabrese, Marco; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Chacon-Cruz, Arturo; Dessi, Annalisa; Fleming, Renee; Gomez, Carlos; Kaufmann, Jonas; Latis, Emma; Mencaroni, Lucia; Saito, Kaoru; Vignudelli, Ba...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

America's favorite soprano celebrates the red-blooded passion and drama of Italian opera with sumptuous arias by Puccini and his contemporaries - composers of the verismo...continue...

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

The Verdi Tenor / Alvarez, Oren, Raspagliosi, Chacón-Cruz, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-02-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Il Trovatore; I lombardi; Ernani; Don Carlos; Macbeth; Otello
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chacón-Cruz, Arturo; Raspagliosi, Annalisa
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

Argentine tenor Marcelo Alvarez has spent the last decade establishing himself as one of the most sought-after tenors on major international opera stages. He is...continue...

Ponchielli: Cielo e mar, etc; Verdi, Boito, etc / Villazón, Callegari, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-22

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Il figliuol prodigo; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Saverio Mercadante: Il giuramento; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giuseppe Pietri: Maristella; Carlos Gome...
Performers: Alfano, Gianluca; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"It's a pleasure to hear a recital devoted to rarities sung with such passion and conviction; it's clear Villazon is thrilled to have discovered these...continue...

Forbidden Love / Salvatore Licitra

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-08-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Luisa Miller; Aida, opera; Ave Maria; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chén...
Performers: Jones, Warren; Licitra, Salvatore
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

The tenor who became a worldwide sensation in 2002 with his dramatic, last-minute Metropolitan Opera debut, Salvatore Licitra returns with his second Italian aria collection...continue...

The Classical Album 2005 [US Version]

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: En Aranjuez con tu amor; Agustín Lara: Granada; Derek Strange / Bond: Viva! (after Vivaldi); Maori Traditional: Pokare Kare Ana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ludovic...
Performers: Banbury, James; Bocelli, Andrea; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Einaudi, Ludovico; Ferrier, Kathleen; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Freire...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Banbury, James; Norrington, Roger; Scholes, Peter; Rudel, Julius; Cleobury, Nicholas; Horner, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Musumarra, Romano; Giulini, Carlo Maria...
Ensemble: ; Bond (String Quartet); Czech Film Orchestra; Duel; Duel Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tab...

The greatest artists of today on this 2-on-1CD includes Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Luciano Pavarotti,Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Renée Fleming, Bond, José Carreras, Bryn Terfe...continue...

Great Tenor Arias [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Decca Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; La Cenerentola; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggi...
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

Great Tenor Arias

1 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; La Cenerentola; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggi...
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"A stunning agility wedded to sweetness; an absolutely even register from bottom to easy, focused top; a youthful, zesty loving approach to singing that communicates...continue...

SACD - The Ultimate Audio Experience - The Classics Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Universal Classics Import / 2004-06-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dance no 9 for orchestra in B major, B. 147/1 (Op. 72/1); Rusalka; Ludwig van Beethoven...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego; Gheorghiu, Angela; Harada, Takashi; Keenlyside, Simon; Menafra, Andrea; Michael, Nadja; Moore, Latonia; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; ...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Fischer, Iván; Noseda, Gianandrea; Masur, Kurt; Dantone, Ottavio; Chailly, Riccardo; Summers, Patrick; Goebel, Reinhard; McCreesh, Paul; Gergiev, Valery; Kaplan, Gilbert; Frizza,...
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Musica Antiqua Köln ; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Verdi ...

Joseph Calleja - Tenor Arias - Verdi, etc / Chailly, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butte...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Easley, Lydia; Parodi, Giovanni Battista
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"Over the last few years, quite a few new tenors of major importance have appeared and taken their places in the world's opera houses. A...continue...

Ramón Vargas - Between Friends / Sutej, Gauci, Nucci, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Maometto II; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Giacom...
Performers: Baronchelli, Davide; Frontiali, Roberto; Gauci, Miriam; Gerelo, Vassily; Guidotti, Emidio; Kasarova, Vesselina; Lanza, Manuel; Lavarian, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Rota, Alberto; Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Sutej, Vjekoslav
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

One of the most recurring themes in opera is friendship and the many guises it takes. From duty, honor and love to sacrifice, disregard and...continue...
Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor saxophone).

Recording information: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy (04/08/2003-04/15/2003)....continue...

Una Furtiva Lagrima / Flórez, Frizza, Verdi SO and Chorus

1 Super Audio CD / Decca / 2003-06-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Rita, ou Le mari battu, opera; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth; La fille du régiment, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Mo...
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego; Jaho, Ermonela; Menafra, Andrea; Mijalovic, Nikola; Patara, Giulio; Perrone, Rossella; Petrarulo, Gianluigi; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

Una Furtiva Lagrima / Flórez, Frizza, Verdi SO and Chorus

1 CD / Decca / 2003-04-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Rita, ou Le mari battu, opera; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth; La figlia del reggimento; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, o...
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego; Jaho, Ermonela; Menafra, Andrea; Mijalovic, Nikola; Patara, Giulio; Perrone, Rossella; Petrarulo, Gianluigi; Ulivieri, Nicola
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

Tenor Juan Diego Florez' debut CD on Decca of Rossini Arias have sold over 15,000 copies. This second Decca album, "Una furtiva lagrima" features Bel...continue...

Rossini: Arias / Juan Diego Flórez, Riccardo Chailly, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2002-01-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Otello; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La gazza ladra; La Cenerentola; Zelmira; La Donna del Lago
Performers: Florez, Juan Diego
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"...It has to be said that a whole disc of tenor fireworks in Rossini's most demanding florid style will not be to everyone's taste... However...continue...