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Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi & Puccini / Pritchard

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Le villi; Tosca; La rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Dale, Laurence; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The New Zealand-born Kiri Te Kanawa's lyric soprano voice and captivating stage presence have, throughout her operatic career, won her critical acclaim and a multitude

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Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London (09/17/1981)....continue...

Music for Voice & Guitar by Britten, Walton, Seiber / Peter Pears, tenor; Julian Bream, guitar

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Benjamin Britten: Songs from the Chinese, song cycle for high voice & guitar, Op. 58; Master Kilby, for high voice & guitar (Folk Songs, Vol. 6); Folksong Arrangements, Set 6 "England"; Sailor-boy, f...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Pears, Peter, Sir

This album brings together composers and musicians who stood at a nexus of excellence in British musical life in the 1950s and 60s. They are...continue...

Wagner: Arias / Kirsten Flagstad, soprano with Lauritz Melchoir and Gordon Dillworth

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Lohengrin; Parsifal; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Dilworth, Gordon; Flagstad, Kirsten; Melchior, Lauritz
Conductors: McArthur, Edwin; Ormandy, Eugene; Lange, Hans
Ensemble: ; Philadelphia Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Victor Symphony Orchestra

These recordings were made when the great Norwegian soprano was in her vocal prime, between 1935 and 1940. Although her voice remained astonishingly well preserved...continue...

Schubert: Late Masses / Sawallisch

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 5 in A flat major, D 678; Mass in E flat major, D 950
Performers: Adam, Theo; Albrecht, Christoph; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Schreier, Peter; Springer, Ingeborg
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

Schubert's last great masses - No.5 in A flat and No.6 in E flat - are considered his greatest achievements in the genre, featuring beautiful...continue...
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Bach: Magnificat; Masses BWV 233-236 / Schreier

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 flutes, strings & continuo in A major, BWV 234 (BC E3); Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6); Ma...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bonney, Barbara; Remmert, Birgit; Trost, Rainer
Conductors: Schreier, Peter
Ensemble: RIAS Chamber Chorus

Bach's spectacular choral masterpiece, the Magnificat, remains one of his most popular works. It is accompanied by the Missae breves - Bach's quartet of short...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (11/1993)....continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle; Moses in Egypt

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Berkowitz, Paul; Browne, Sandra; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nunn, Richard; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ricciarell...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra

Part mass, part cantata, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was the most substantial work of his final years. It is a beautiful and elegant piece which...continue...
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Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Works

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13; Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; The Rock, Op. 7; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; The Bell...
Performers: Kaludov, Kaludi; Leiferkus, Sergei
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

Fanfare
The disc of choral-orchestral music is the most consistently fine of the four. The Bells is one of the best-sounding performances in the set, and...continue...

J.S. Bach: Great Choral Works

9 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 10, "Meine Seel erhebt den Herren," BWV 10 (BC A175); Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Ackermann, Manfred; Ahrans, Allan; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Barchet, Siegfried; Berry, Walter; Dohn, Robert; Ellenbeck, Dieter; Hartmann, Karl-Otto; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocal...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl

Karl Munchinger and the Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra were pioneers of the late 1960s and 1970s Baroque revival, offering more authentic performance practice from small-scale forces...continue...