Polydor Import > Opera/Operetta

Paradis

1 CD / Polydor Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Nino Rota: Le Parrain; George Forrest / Robert Wright: Kismet; Michel Legrand: Les Parapluies de Cherbourg; Les moulins de mon coeur; Sebastián Yradier: La Paloma; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes ...
Performers: Rieu, André

The Flying Dutchman

1 CD / Polydor Import / 2004-11-02

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Traditional: Snowwaltz, for orchestra; Abe Holzmann: Blaze Away, for pops orchestra; Albert W. Ketèlb...
Performers: Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Coenen, Jack; Colen, Pierre; Collem, Chaja van; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Das, Monica; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diederen, Roger;...
Conductors: Rieu, André

Import edition includes three bonus tracks over the US edition. The classical violinist and Europe's "King Of The Waltz" takes you on a listening journey...continue...

Invitation to the Dance

1 CD / Polydor Import / 2004-02-18

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Invitation to the Dance, in D flat major J 260/Op. 65; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Franz Liszt: Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Not appealing to fans of the Watusi or jitterbug, this hour-long collection features classical music that is distinguished yet sprightly at times. The Tchaikovsky segment is particularly enjoyable. Wi...continue...

Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel / Solti, Fassbaender, Popp

2 CD / Polydor Import / 1997-11-11

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera
Performers: Berry, Walter; Burrowes, Norma; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gruberova, Edita; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Humperdinck, Engelbert [Classical]; Popp, Lucia; Schlemm, Anny
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Soloists of the Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Solti, Flagstad, London, et al

2 CD / Polydor Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kreppel, Walter; Kuen, Paul; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Madeira, Jean; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone ...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Penguin Guide
The immediacy and precise placing are thrilling...Solti gives a magnificent reading of the score, crisp, dramatic and direct. Vocally, the set is held together...continue...