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Opera Scenes and Arias; Italian Songs / Ruggero Raimondi

1 CD / Apex / 2011-09-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Jules Massenet: Don Quich...
Performers: Benedetti, Rene; Bris, Michele Le; Fremeau, Jean-Marie; Jaclin, Meral; Lublin, Elaine; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Tchakarov, Emil; Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Paris National Theatre Orchestra

Richard Strauss once was quoted saying, "The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play." Contained...continue...
Recording information: Notre-Dame Du Liban, Paris, France (02/1981); Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, Padova, Italy (02/1981); Notre-Dame Du Liban, Paris, France (06/1984); Villa Contarini, Piazz...continue...

Game of Love in Medieval France / Anne Azema, soprano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Moniot d'Arras: Ce fu en mai; Thibaud de Champagne: Amors me fait conmencier, song; Anonymous, French: L'on dit q'amors est dolce choser; Lai del Kievrefuel; Margot, Margot, grief sunt li mau d'amer,...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Bisson, Noel; Fleagle, John; Jousselin, Catherine; Kammen, Shira; Lepkoff, Jesse; Mealy, Robert; Santaniello, Ellen; Tindemans, Margriet
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

Works by Thibault de Champagne, Moniot d'Arras, Jehannot de l'Escurel, Adam de la Halle, Guillaume d'Amiens, Jean de Flagy, Guillaume le Vinier, Anonymous....continue...
Recording information: Campion Center, Weston, MA (01/20/1996-01/25/1996)....continue...

Lamentations: Holy Week in Provence / Joel Cohen - Boston Camerata

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Guillaume Bouzignac: Heu! Unus ex vobis me tradet hodie, motet; Ha! Plange, motet; Jean de La Ceppede: Mais qui vous meut, Seigneur; Carpentras: Vexilla regis; Jean Gilles: Première Lamentation ...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Guttry, Paul; Hite, William; Jodry, Frederick [Choral Conductor]; Kale, Christopher; McCabe, Daniel
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

This 1994 re-release is a beautiful presentation, conducted by Joel Cohen, and featuring vocalists such as Ann Azéma, Frederick Jodry, William Hite, Christopher Kale, Daniel...continue...
Recording information: Campion Centre, Boston, USA (04/1994)....continue...

Provence Mystique: Sacred Songs Of The Middle Ages / Anne Azema, soprano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Bohemian Plainchant: Audi tellus; Anonymous, Aquitanian Repertory: Clara sonent organa; Gaucelm Faidit: Ar levatz sus, francha corteza gens!; Anonymous, French: Tantost com fon al loc vengutz (from t...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Brisset, Laurence; Coene, Annelies; Higginson, Kit; Jousselin, Catherine; Mourey, Pasquale; Tindemans, Margriet
Conductors:
Ensemble: Boston Camerata

12th and 13th Century meldoies and texts from Southern France and Spain, by Peire Cardenal, Guilhem Figueira, Peire Espanhol, Alfonso el Sabio and others....continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Gellone, Saint-Guilhem-le-Déser, France (07/11/1998-07/18/1998)....continue...

Alfonso X el Sabio: Cantigas de Santa Maria

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Traditional Arabic-Andalusian: Nawba Ramal al-Maya / Bughya (overture); Nawba Gharibat al-Husayn / Tushiyas (prelude); Nawba Irak al-Ajam / Mizan Darj - Sana "Kouli Lmalihti"; Nawba Gharibat al-Husay...
Performers: Atlan, Francoise; Ayad, Hayet; Azema, Anne; Bares, Equidad; Chraibi, Said
Conductors: Briouel, Mohammed; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]
Ensemble: Camerata Mediterranea; Mediterranea Camerata

In this latest Apex release comes Alfonso X el Sabio's Cantigas de Santa Maria (Songs of Saint Mary) These Marian devotions, recorded by Camerata Mediterranea...continue...
Recording information: Mnehbi Palace, Medina, Fes, Morocco (10/11/1988-10/18/1988)....continue...

Mozart: Sacred Arias / Barbara Bonney

2 CD / Apex / 2011-05-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, K. 626; Missa solemnis, K. 337; Mass in C minor, K. 427; Missa solemnis, K. 139 "Waisenhaus"; Vesperae solennes de confessore, K. 339; Missa K. 317 "Coronation"; Mis...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Bonney, Barbara; Cachemaille, Gilles; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Hagegard, Hakan; Heilmann, Uwe; Holl, Robert; Laki, Krisztina; Margiono, Charlotte; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocal...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

Bernstein: Symphony No. 3; Chichester Psalms / Menuhin, Mills, Mattila, Norman-Webb. Sado

1 CD / Apex / 2011-03-29

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra; Chichester Psalms
Performers: Ivorra, Patrick; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Norman-Webb, Michelle; Takeda, Masao
Conductors: Sado, Yutaka
Ensemble: French National Radio Orchestra

Recording information: Salle Olivier Messiaen, Radio France, Paris, France....continue...

Bizet: Carmen - Highlights / Sinopoli, Larmore, Moser, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2003-02-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Boissy, Nathalie; Gheorghiu, Angela; Larmore, Jennifer; Miserre, Dieter; Muraro, Maurizio; Petrinsky, Natascha; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ress, Ulrich; Vocals], Thomas Moser [Tenor; Vysnia...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre (Highlights) / Barenboim, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2002-05-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Close, Shirley; Dijkstra, Hebe; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Floeren, Ruth; Hölle, Matthias; Johansson, Eva; Katagiri, Hitomi; Secunde, ...