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Bel Raggio: Rossini Arias / Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano; Artur Rucinski, baritone; Morandi, Sinfonia Varsovia

1 CD / Decca / 2013-06-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; William Tell; Tancredi; Matilde di Shabran; Le siège de Corinthe; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Sigismondo; Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra; Il Turco in Italia
Performers: Kurzak, Aleksandra [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia; Warsaw Chamber Choir

For her second album, Bel raggio, Aleksandra Kurzak focuses on the bel canto classics of Rossini; offering a beguiling mix of the virtuosic, the lyrical,...continue...

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Rossini: Zelmira / Juan Diego Florez, Kate Aldrich, Gregory Kunde, Alex Esposito - Roberto Abbado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Zelmira
Performers: Aldrich, Kate; Esposito, Alex; Florez, Juan Diego; Kunde, Gregory
Conductors: Abbado, Roberto
Ensemble: Abbado, Roberto

Juan Diego Florez stars in the only available DVD/Blu-Ray Version of Zelmira, filmed at the celebrated Rossini Festival in the composer's home town of Pesaro...continue...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Bartoli, Matteuzzi, Dara, Corbelli, Pertusi

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Orchestra e coro del Teatro Communale di Bologna

"All eyes and ears, inevitably, are on Bartoli, and she doesn't disappoint...The singing itself is ravishing. At the same time, the performance makes dramatic sense...Decca...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Comunale di Bologna (06/22/1992-07/02/1992)....continue...

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Cecilia Bartoli, Alessandro Corbelli, Ramon Vargas

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bullo, Massimiliano
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

Artists:
Cecilia Bartoli (Fiorilla), Ramon Vargas (Narciso), Michele Pertusi (Selim), Laura Polverelli (Zaida), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Geronio), Roberto De Candia (Prosdocimo), Francesco P...continue...
Recording information: Sala Verdi, Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi", M (07/07/1997-07/18/1997)....continue...

The Art of the Prima Donna / Joan Sutherland, soprano

3 CD / Decca / 2011-11-08

Works: Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes; George Frederick Handel: Samson; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et ...
Performers: Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Many albums claim to be legendary but few have been as genuinely influential as this one, for singers as for aficionados of opera and the...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (08/1960)....continue...

"Gioia!" Rossini, Donizetti Verdi, Puccini / Aleksandra Kurzak, soprano

1 CD / Decca / 2011-09-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K.492; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Gi...
Performers: Demuro, Francesco; Dimceuski, Gjorgi; Kurzak, Aleksandra [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Wellber, Omer Meir
Ensemble: Orchestra De La Comunitat Valenciana

The Polish lyric soprano, Aleksandra Kurzak, is one of the most exciting young singers on the international stage - thrilling press and public alike with...continue...
Recording information: Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía, Valencia (2010-12-09_2010-12-12&2010-)....continue...

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Rossini: Armida / Frizza/Met, Renee Fleming, Lawrence Brownlee [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-02-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida
Performers: Brownlee, Lawrence; Fleming, Renee
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming continues her reign as 'Queen of the Met', starring in a bel canto rarity specially staged for her - a showcase for her...continue...
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Sospiri / Cecilia Bartoli

1 CD / Decca / 2011-01-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tiempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace; Geminiano Giacomelli: Merope; Antonio Caldara: La Morte d'Abel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Florez, Juan Diego; Goldschmidt, Maria; Maurizio, Cinzia; Pezzotti, Daniel; Piovano, Luigi; Prelle, Una; Rossi, Daniele; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Antonini, Giovanni; Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Marchi, Alessandro de; Adam, Fischer
Ensemble: ; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

After great success with the deluxe edition, Sospiri is now available in a jewel version. In this special new collection, Cecilia sings tender, sensual arias...continue...

Sospiri / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2010-11-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Geminiano Giacomelli: Merope; Antonio Vivaldi: Farnace; Antonio Caldara: La morte d'abel figura di quella del nostro redentore; ...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Flórez, Juan Diego; Goldschmidt, Maria; Maurizio, Cinzia; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pezzotti, Daniel; Piovano, Luigi; Prelle, Una; Rossi, Daniele; Savini, Mary Cotton; Terfel, Bryn...
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni; Minkowski, Marc; Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Marchi, Alessandro de; Fischer, Adam; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

Cecilia Bartoli is loved the world over for vocal fireworks and spectacular coloratura, but she is also adored for her spine-tingling pianissimi and her ability...continue...

Santo: Sacred Songs / Juan Diego Flórez

1 CD / Decca / 2010-10-25

Works: Johann Joseph Fux: Plaudite, sonat tuba; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Vincenzo Bellini: Ma...
Performers: Ayala, Carlos; Breddermann, Ulrich Stephan; Espinoza, Edgar Espinoza; Florez, Juan Diego; Guerrero, Armando; Mezzini, Nicoletta; Milani, Luca; Willcocks, David, Sir [Choral Conductor]
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele

Today's leading bel canto tenor, and one of the world's biggest opera stars, celebrates this Christmas season with a very personal choice of sacred arias...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/15/2010-01/27/2010); Teatro Manzoni, Bologna, Italy (01/2010)....continue...

50 Classical Music Favorites

3 CD / Decca / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Suite no 3 in D; Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G min...
Performers: Agostini, Federico; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Arrau, Claudio; Black, Neil; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Colandrea, Italo; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Davidovich, Bella; Freire, ...
Conductors: ; Brüggen, Frans; Davis, Colin; Masur, Kurt; Varviso, Silvio; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Schreier, Peter; Bychkov, Semyon; Szell, George; Bauer-T...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Florez, Didonato, Summers [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-10-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: De Simone, Bruno; DiDonato, Joyce; Florez, Juan Diego; Menendez, David; Mentxaka, Itxaro; Obregon, Cristina; Orfila, Simon
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Chorus; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra

Tenor superstar Juan Diego Florez adds the role of Prince Ramiro in Rossini's sparkling comedy La Cenerentola to his rapidly growing catalog of performances on...continue...
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese
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The Originals - An Italian Songbook - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini / Cecilia Bartoli, James Levine

1 CD / Decca / 2009-03-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 11 "Miscellanée de musique vocale"; La passeggiata; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 1 "Album italiano"; Péch&eac...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Levine, James

Decca is proud to offer this classic recording at mid-price! Cecelia Bartoli and James Levine's intimate and delightful performances of songs by Bellini, Donizetti and...continue...

The Tribute To Pavarotti / Bocelli, Sting, Domingo, Gheorghiu, Carreras [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-02-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Eldo Di Lazzaro: Chitarra Romana; Federico Moreno Torroba: La maravilla; Ernesto De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Aaron Copland: Shall we gather; Lanny Wol...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gheorghiu, Angela; Griminelli, Andrea; Jovanotti; Kandour, Aleem; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence, Cynthia; Milnes, Sherrill; Pausini, Laura; Pavarotti, L...
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This DVD set contains THE star-studded official Pavarotti Memorial Concert, filmed live at the stunning ancient city of Petra, Jordan. DVD 1 includes the complete...continue...
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English (Except Concert Footage)
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The Tribute To Pavarotti / Bocelli, Sting, Domingo, Gheorghiu, Carreras [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2009-02-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Eldo Di Lazzaro: Chitarra Romana; Federico Moreno Torroba: La maravilla; Ernesto De Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Aaron Copland: Shall we gather; Lanny Wol...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gheorghiu, Angela; Griminelli, Andrea; Jovanotti; Kandour, Aleem; Karamazov, Edin; Lawrence, Cynthia; Milnes, Sherrill; Pausini, Laura; Pavarotti, L...
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This releases is a BLU-RAY DVD and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DEC B001261609. This set...continue...

Cecilia Bartoli / The Barcelona Concert & Malibran Rediscovered [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-02-10

Works: Manuel García: La figlia dell'aria; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines de Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 94; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Otello; Michael Balfe: The Maid of Artois; Johann...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Scintilla Chamber Orchestra

2 x DVD set. NTSC/Region 0. Universal. 2008....continue...
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan
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Bel Canto Spectacular / Juan Diego Flórez, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-01-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Linda di Chamounix; Lucrezia Borgia; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims; Ot...
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Ciofi, Patrizia; Domingo, Placido; Flórez, Juan Diego; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Netrebko, Anna; Piqueras, Fernando Bonete
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

This is a DELUXE EDITION that includes a DVD of interviews, performance clips and a picture gallery in addition to the CD. A standard version...continue...
Personnel: Juan Diego Flórez (tenor); Anna Netrebko (soprano); Plácido Domingo (tenor).

Recording information: Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", Valencia, Spain.

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Bel Canto Spectacular / Juan Diego Fl=rez, with Anna Netrebko, Daniela Barcellona, Patrizia Ciofi et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2009-01-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Linda di Chamounix; Lucrezia Borgia; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims; Ot...
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Ciofi, Patrizia; Domingo, Placido; Flórez, Juan Diego; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Netrebko, Anna; Piqueras, Fernando Bonete
Conductors: Oren, Daniel
Ensemble: Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana

For the past decade the Peruvian tenor has earned ecstatic critical and public response internationally for a technical prowess and an authoritative style that must...continue...
Personnel: Juan Diego Flórez (tenor); Anna Netrebko (soprano); Plácido Domingo (tenor).

Recording information: Palau de les Arts "Reina Sofia", Valencia, Spain.

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Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia / Florez, Bayo, Madrid Opera [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2008-11-18

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Flórez, Juan Diego; Pratico, Bruno; Raimondi, Ruggero; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid

Juan Diego Flórez in his greatest role shines in this sparkling production. With an image up to six times sharper than conventional DVD and superior...continue...
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The Three Tenors at Christmas / Carreras, Pavarotti, Domingo

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore ...
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gormley, Michael G.; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sissel
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Viotti, Marcello; Solti, Sir Georg; Gamba, Piero; Sutej, Vjekoslav

This brand-new compilation brings together three of the greatest opera singers of our time: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. This generously filled CD...continue...

The Pavarotti Story

4 CD / Decca / 2008-04-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Otello; I lombar...
Performers: Bono; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eno, Brian; Evans, David; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; John, Elton; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Kerns, Ric...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Patanè, George; Rescigno, Nicola; Chailly, Riccardo; Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Levine, James; Kertész, Istv...

This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of...continue...
Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Dr. David Evans , Elton John, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Joan Sutherland (soprano); Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Jane Shaulis (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, ...continue...

Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

11 CD / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...

"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...

Pavarotti - The Studio Albums

12 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; I due Foscari; Un ballo in maschera; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; La Favorita; Dom Sébasti...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Baillie, Peter; Bartoli, Alberto; Beck, Jeff; Bonaviri, Daniele; Brown, Kameron; Bunger, Reid; Centonze, Michele; Cortesi, Manuela "Manù"; Fabbri, Giorgio "Cartolo"; Flos...
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Rescigno, Nicola; Magiera, Leone; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Mehta, Zubin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Chailly, ...

'The Studio Albums' comprise the twelve original studio albums Luciano Pavarotti recorded during the course of his unparalleled career spanning four decades from the earliest...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti / Pavarotti Forever / [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-10-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Pagliacci, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Fra...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

The companion DVD release to the CD set features many of the great tenor's most famous performances including 'Che gelida manina', 'Vesti la giubba' and...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Maria / Bartoli, Vengerov, Fischer, Scintilla CO

1 CD / Decca / 2007-10-16

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines de Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 94; Manuel Garcia: El poeta calculista, opera; La figlia dell'aria, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula,...
Performers: Albelo, Celso; Bartoli, Cecilia; Forster, Benjamin; Goldschmidt, Maria; Mermoud, Claudio; Pesch, Ada; Pezzotti, Daniel; Pickup, Robert; Pisaroni, Luca; Prelle, Una; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vicini, ...
Conductors: ; Fischer, Adam
Ensemble: International Chamber Soloists; Scintilla Chamber Orchestra

Cecilia Bartoli revisits the early Romantic era of Rossini, Bellini and their contemporaries and views the Bel canto glory days through the eyes of Maria...continue...

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

Pavarotti's Greatest Hits

2 CD / Decca / 2007-09-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattin...
Performers: Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Laccardi, Gian Carlo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Gamba, Piero; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Magiera, Leone; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Patanè, Giuseppe; Guadagno, A...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

First released as an LP in 1980 and then again in 1985, Pavarotti's Greatest Hits is one of his best-selling albums. Back by popular demand...continue...

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grac...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri / Varviso, Berganza, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2007-04-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers), opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Corena, Fernando; Montarsolo, Paolo; Pace, Miti Truccato; Panerai, Rolando; Tavolaccini, Giuliana; Vedovelli, Umberto
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra

"This recording of L'italiana in Algeri was made in the Teatro de la Pergola, Florence in the summer of 1963...Rolando Panerai is his usual incomparably...continue...

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell / Chailly, Milnes, Pavarotti, Freni

4 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Jones, Della; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Milnes, Sherrill; Noble, John; Pavarotti, Luciano; Suarez, Cesar Antonio; Tomli...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra

"Chailly's is a forceful reading, particularly strong in the many ensembles, and superbly recorded. Milnes makes a heroic Tell, always firm and Pavarotti sings the...continue...

Rossini: Semiramide / Bonynge, Sutherland, Horne

3 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide
Performers: Clark, Patricia; Fyson, Leslie; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Langdon, Michael; Malas, Spiro; Rouleau, Joseph; Serge, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

"To give Mr. Bonynge his due, he inspires a memorable account of the title role in "Semiramide" from Ms. Sutherland in this classic recording from...continue...

Everybody's Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collier, Marie; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; Cross, Gr...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin; Pidò, Evelino; Mackerr...
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symph...

Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is...continue...

Rossini: Barber of Seville / Juan Diego Florez [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2005-11-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Flórez, Juan Diego; Pratico, Bruno; Raimondi, Ruggero; Spagnoli, Pietro
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Teatro Real, Madrid

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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O Holy Night [Special Edition] / Pavarotti, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Louis Niedermeyer: Pietà, Signore! for voice & piano (or orchestra); César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Gamba, Piero; Kertész, István; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone

Luciano Pavarottis classic album O Holy Night is one of the truly great Christmas albums of all-time, ranking alongside Bing Crosbys White Christmas and Nat...continue...

The Best

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; M...
Performers: Bartoli, Alberto; Brown, Kameron; Centonze, Michele; Freni, Mirella; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Giannetti, Veris "Pecos"; Nanni, Stefano "Tellus"; Odorici, Piero; Panerai, Rolando; Pavarotti, Luciano; P...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Karajan, Herbert von; Maag, Peter; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Chailly, Riccardo; Mehta, Zubin; Chiaramello, ...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bulgarian Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orch...

Luciano Pavarotti recently celebrated his 40th anniversary as a recording artist and has just begun his 40-date worldwide farewell tour that will kick off in...continue...
Few operatic tenors of the 20th century were more honored than Luciano Pavarotti, and none were as popular; his fame went far beyond the usual boundaries of classical music and his music was as widely...continue...

Luciano Pavarotti / The DVD Collection [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Decca / 2004-10-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Vincenzo Bellini: Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Arietta da Camera (6) for voic...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

'Pavarotti: The DVD Collection' features three of Decca's most outstanding Pavarotti video programs, brought together in a unique, special-price box set. These concerts represent complementary...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Luciano Pavarotti / Pavarotti/Levine In Recital + Italian Tenor [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales
Performers: Levine, James; Pavarotti, Luciano

Recorded in 1988 at the Metropoliton Opera House, New York, this recital captures the great Italian tenor in his prime - accompanied by the MET's...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Choral Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op....
Performers: Aronsky, Peter; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Conn, Michael [Guitar]; Gardner, Edward; Hussain, Alastair; Kampen, Christopher van; Tunstall, Helen; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]; Vivian, Jame...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Munchinger, Karl

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Patanè, Nucci, Bartoli

3 CD / Decca / 2004-09-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Anepata, Pippo; Arbace, Libero; Banditelli, Gloria; Bartoli, Cecilia; Benini, Maurizio; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fissore, Enrico; Matteuzzi, William; Nucci, Leo; Pertusi, Michele...
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra

Bel Canto

1 CD / Decca / 2002-08-27

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Padilla; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Armida
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Jepson, Kristine [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Summers, Patrick

"The adjective 'bel' has never been a problem for [Fleming], since this is one of the most beautiful voices around. Slow, dreamy solos are her...continue...
This album received the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance and was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Classical

Album.

This CD is also available in Hybrid S...continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Cecilia Bartoli [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2002-06-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Corbelli, Alessandro; Dara, Enzo; Gimenez, Raul; Pertusi, Michele
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno
Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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The #1 Classical Album

2 CD / Decca / 2002-05-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Domingo, Placido; Haselbock, Martin; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Loveday, Alan; Ortiz, Cristina; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schiff, Andr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Munchinger, Karl; Végh, Sándor; Boskovsky, Willi; Kempe, Rudolf; Tate, Jeffrey; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philhar...

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...

La Stupenda - The Supreme Voice of Joan Sutherland

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Rigoletto; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620...
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonifacio, Tina; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Duval, Pierre; Elkins, Margreta; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Gibbs, John; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Pavarotti...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra;...

"...In recognition of her 75th birthday, also in November, Decca has issued a 27-track 'best of' CD set, showcasing some of [Dame Sutherland's] most famous...continue...