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2012-12-11
Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers:
Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors:
Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von
Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1960....continue...
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PSR 93483
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2012-12-11
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers:
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors:
Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc
This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...
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PSR 170286
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2012-10-09
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...
This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...
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PSR 21002
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2012-04-10
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Bori, Lucrezia; Callas, Maria; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Merrill, ...
This is a compilation of recordings made between 1914-1961 of the most famous arias and scenes from La Traviata allowing the listener to arrange several...continue...
Recording information: 1914-1961....continue...
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PSR 21004
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2011-11-08
Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chènier
Performers:
Bastianini, Ettore; Bjorling, Jussi; Corelli, Franco; Cortis, Antonio; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lauri-Volpi, Giacomo; Masini, Galliano; Milanov, Zinka [Sopran...
This is a compilation of the most famous arias and scenes from Andrea Chénier performed by different singers with varying interpretations. The recordings range from...continue...
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PSR 21001
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2011-09-13
Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Die sizilianische Vesper
Performers:
Cunitz, Maud; Frick, Gottlob; Klose, Margarete; Metternich, Josef; Rosvaenge, Helge; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Terkal, Karl
Conductors:
Ackermann, Otto; Heger, Robert; Rother, Artur; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Schroder, Kurt
Born in London in 1911, Maud Cunitz returned with her parents to Germany before the outbreak of World War I. She started singing minor roles...continue...
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PSR 93478
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2011-05-10
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Tra...
Performers:
Ausensi, Manuel
Conductors:
Grignon, Ricardo Lamote de; Cisneros, Indalecio; Argenta, Ataúlfo
Manuel Ausensi was born in Barcelona and studied at the conservatory. His first prize in a radio singing competition gave him the opportunity to sing...continue...
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PSR 89742
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2011-05-10
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Die toten Augen; Tiefland; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Sta...
Performers:
Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Kupper, Annelies; Reinmar, Hans; Schlemm, Anny; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors:
Leitner, Ferdinand; Sandberg, Herbert; Heger, Robert; Kraus, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Reinshagen, Victor; Rother, Artur; Lehmann, Fritz
Annelies Kupper (1906-1987) was born in Poland. She was a schoolteacher while at the same time studying voice. She launched her stage career at the...continue...
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PSR 93476
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2011-05-10
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Der Troubadour; Rigoletto; La Traviata; Ein Maskenball; Don Carlos; Die Macht des Schicksals; Die sizilianische Vesper
Performers:
Rosvaenge, Helge; Schlusnus, Heinrich
Conductors:
Rother, Artur; Heger, Robert; Steinkopf, Hanns; Schuler, Johannes
These duets are among the finest recordings these two singers ever made, at a time when both of them were at the height of their...continue...
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PSR 93474
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2011-04-12
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Dir, Seele des Weltalls, K. 429; Die Maurerfreude, K. 471; Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Laut verkünde unsre Freude, cantata for male chorus & orchestr...
Performers:
Berry, Walter; Christ, Rudolf; Majkut, Erich; Schey, Hermann
Conductors:
Paumgartner, Bernhard
This disc of historic recordings of Mozart cantatas and concert arias features Rudolf Christ, tenor and Herman Schey, bass....continue...
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PSR 93477
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2011-02-08
Works: Carl Michael Ziehrer: Glocken-Marsch, for orchestra, Op. 420; Österreichische Fahnenlieder, waltz for orchestra, Op. 317; Um die Wette, schnell-polka for orchestra, Op. 119; Ein tolles Mäde...
Performers:
Berten, Nina; Schneider, Jorg
Conductors:
Schadenbauer, Hans
The C.M. Ziehrer Orchestra was formed in 2003 to play and preserve the works of Carl Michael Ziehrer and is noted for its skillful interpretation...continue...
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PSR 91174
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2011-02-08
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe; Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; Siegfried; Gött...
Performers:
Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors:
Reinhardt, Rolf; Ludwig, Leopold; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Kempe, Rudolf; Krauss, Clemens; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Schuchter, Gilbert
Born in Mainz, Neidlinger sang at the Hamburg Staatsoper and the Staatstheater in Stuttgart. He sang 20 seasons at the Bayreuth Festival and for 25...continue...
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PSR 93475
1 CD / Preiser /
2011-01-11
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenotten; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Giuseppe Verdi: Die Macht des Schicksals; Peter Cornelius: De...
Performers:
Buchsbaum, Harald; Cunitz, Maud; Edelmann, Otto; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frick, Gottlob; Fuchs, Franz; Grummer, Elisabeth; Heppe, Leo; Herrmann, Josef; Hoffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Klose, ...
Conductors:
Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Heger, Robert; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Kempe, Rudolf; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Elmendorff, Karl; Kraus, Richard
Gottlob Frick (1906-1994) was called by Wilhelm Furtwängler the "blackest bass" of his generation. Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his...continue...
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PSR 93473
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2010-09-14
Works: George Frederick Handel: Julius Cäsar; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Richard Wagner: The Flying Du...
Performers:
Uhde, Hermann
Conductors:
Leitner, Ferdinand; ; Rother, Artur; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Keilberth, Joseph
Ensemble:
; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra
Hermann Uhde was one of the most interesting singing performers of the "New Bayreuth" between 1951 and 1960. Uhde's performances offered a combination of intellect...continue...
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PSR 93471
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-09-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Jules Massenet: Erodiade; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; María Grever: Alma Mia; ...
Performers:
Monte, Toti Dal; Montesanto, Luigi; Morelli, Carlo; Pacetti, Iva
Conductors:
Molajoli, Lorenzo; Antonini, Alfredo
Apart from the prestigious competition that bears his name, the baritone Carlo Morelli has largely been forgotten despite a long and always successful career. Born...continue...
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PSR 89738
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2010-08-10
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Gudunov; Songs and dances of death; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Falstaff; J...
Performers:
London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Ulanowsky, Paul
Conductors:
Moralt, Rudolf; Morel, Jean Paul
With the death of George London, the world lost a vital, masculine and at the same time deeply sensitive singer for whom the description "unique"...continue...
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PSR 93463
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2010-08-10
Works: Francis Poulenc: Banalités; Chansons villageoises, song cycle for voice & piano (reduct. of chamber work), FP 117; Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apollinaire, for voice & piano, FP 58; Tu vois ...
Performers:
Bernac, Pierre; Poulenc, Francis
Francis Poulenc composed some 90 songs for Pierre Bernac and other composers, including Andre Jolivet and Henri Sauget dedicated works to him. Bernac and Poulenc...continue...
Recording information: 02/1950-03/1950....continue...
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PSR 93470
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2010-05-11
Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdammerung; Parsifal; Schmerze...
Performers:
Dilworth, Gordon; Flagstad, Kirsten; Janssen, Herbert; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors:
Leinsdorf, Erich; McArthur, Edwin; Ormandy, Eugene
Generally regarded as the most important Wagner tenor in gramophone history, Lauritz Melchior observed every single demand that Wagner made scrupulously. We may regard his...continue...
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PSR 89242
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2010-04-13
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla; Giuseppe Verdi: Arnoldo; Rigoletto; La Traviata; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmans Erz...
Performers:
Cordes, Marcel; Kohn, Karl; Koth, Erika; Stoll, Walter; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Gaebel, Kurt
Born Kurt Schumacher, Marcel Cordes spent the war years in a French prisoner-of-war camp. He resumed his singing career in 1948 and changed vocal roles...continue...
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PSR 93464
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2010-03-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers:
Campora, Giuseppe; Cappeli, Mario [Vocals]; Corridori, Anita; Fazzini, Guglielmo; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone; Wilson, Dolores
Conductors:
Capuana, Franco; Tonini, Antonio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa
Born in 1918, Anselmo Colzani could not begin vocal instruction until after World War II. Originally a typewriter repairman, he was plagued by doubt about...continue...
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PSR 89731
1 CD / Preiser /
2010-03-09
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Albert Lortzing: Undine; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jacques Offenbac...
Performers:
Blankenheim, Toni; Kuen, Paul; Ludwig, Walther; Schlemm, Anny
Conductors:
Schuchter, Wilhelm; Leitner, Ferdinand; Reinshagen, Victor; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Lehmann, Fritz
Perhaps the most versatile singer of the 20th century, Anny Schlemm made her debut at age 17. As a singer of outstanding merit, she was...continue...
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PSR 93461
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2010-03-09
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers:
Cesarini, Athos; Mazziotti, Nino; Prati, Antonio [Vocals]; Puglese, Franco [Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Russo, Mino; Sacchi, Franca; Sarri, Gino; Sawyer, Sylvia; Serra, Antonio Manca; Stocco, Virgiglio [...
Conductors:
Ricci, Luigi; Paoletti, Alberto
Born in 1923, Antonio Manca Serra, he made his debut in 1947 in Orvieto. His first international success came in 1953 in London. He died...continue...
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PSR 89732
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2010-02-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; La forza del destino; Otello; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers:
Malaspina, Giampiero; Pavesio, Piero [Piano]
Conductors:
Basile, Arturo; Quadri, Argeo; Goehr, Walter; Mudie, Michael; Olivieri, Dino
Giampiero Malaspina's (b.1916) voice had a dark timbre that enabled him to sing Wagnerian roles successfully. He trained in Rome and made his debut in...continue...
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PSR 89730
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2010-01-12
Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150
Performers:
Schey, Hermann; Schlusnus, Heinrich; Vocals], Christel Goltz [Soprano
Conductors:
Zillig, Winfried; Otterloo, Willem Van; Leitner, Ferdinand; Hollreiser, Heinrich
Some of the greatest interpreters of these magnificent works are offered here. The original recordings were made in the early 1950s....continue...
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PSR 93456
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2010-01-12
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ein Maskenball; Aida, opera; Othello; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina
Performers:
Ahlersmeyer, Mathieu; Alsen, Herbert; Ilitsch, Daniza; Kamann, Karl; Konetzni, Anny; Konetzni, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Lorenz, Max; Manowarda, Josef von; Nikolaidi, Elena; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Ba...
Conductors:
Böhm, Karl; Ludwig, Leopold; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Krips, Josef; Kleiber, Erich; Reichwein, Leopold; Kempe, Rudolf
This collection of scenes from works by Verdi, Wagner and Pfitzner presents the singing actor Max Lorenz in live recordings from the years 1937 to...continue...
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PSR 91167
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2010-01-12
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Linda di Chamounix; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlo; Aida, opera
Performers:
Bianchini, Giovanni; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gaudioso, Gerardo; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Padis, Leo [Vocals]; Poggi, Gianni; Sacchetti, Antonio; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors:
Serafin, Tullio; Rapolo, Ugo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Santini, Gabriele
This historic recording of Tosca was made in 1957 and originally released on Philips. There is a synopsis but no libretto or notes included....continue...
Recording information: Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (1957)....continue...
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PSR 20055
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-12-08
Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Tu ca nun chiagne; Evemero Nardella: Ammore e' femmena; Paolo Tosti: La serenata; Vorrei (Could I); Mattinata for voice & piano/orchestra; Venetian Song, duet fo...
Performers:
Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Anselmi, Giuseppe; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Constantino, Florencio; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giannini, Dusolina; Gigli, Beniamino...
A compilation of the most famous singers of their day performing the popular Neapolitan canzone. These canzone were often performed as encores at recitals given...continue...
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PSR 90767
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-11-10
Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Eugen d'Albert: Tiefland; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz
Performers:
Czubok, Engelbert; Hann, Georg; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]; Wissmann, Lore
Conductors:
Heger, Robert; Leitner, Ferdinand; Ludwig, Leopold; Rother, Artur
Wolfgang Windgassen's name is inseparably linked with the Bayreuth Festival and Wieland Wagner. He first performed there in 1951 in a production of Parsifal. A...continue...
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PSR 93457
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2009-11-10
Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Paolo Tosti: Il pescatore pensa, for voice & piano/orchestra; Canzoni-stornelli (3); Pour un baiser; L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra; Romanze (3); T'amo ancora; Mauro C...
Performers:
Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Cazette, Louis; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Giacomo, Salvatore di; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Lucia, Fernando de; Muratore, Lucien [Vocals]; Pertile, A...
Rooted in popular culture, the Neapolitan canzoni's lyrics and music are inspired by everyday themes. They are plain and simple miniatures that attain a higher...continue...
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PSR 90766
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-10-13
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; August...
Performers:
Badini, Ernesto; Corena, Fernando; Donaggio, Luciano; Nessi, Giuseppe; Noni, Alda; Petrella, Clara; Poli, Afro; Rizzoli, Bruna; Saraceni, Adelaide; Signore, Gino del; Stabile, Mariano; Valletti, Cesa...
Conductors:
Sabajno, Carlo; Nastrucci, Gino; Ghione, Franco; Erede, Alberto; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Olivieri, Dino
The baritone Afro Polis was born in Pisa in 1902. His voice had neither an unusually big sound nor a particularly beautiful timbre. Nevertheless, he...continue...
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PSR 89726
3 CD / Preiser /
2009-10-13
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Per questa bella mano, K 612; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584
Performers:
Berry, Walter; Jurinac, Sena; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Neikrug, George; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Wachter, Eberhard; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]; Z...
Conductors:
Moralt, Rudolf; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble:
Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra
This historic recording of Don Giovanni was originally issued on Philips in 1955. Included as bonus tracks is George London singing Mozart arias. No libretto...continue...
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PSR 90762
2 CD / Preiser /
2009-09-08
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers:
Campora, Giuseppe; Caselli, Dario; Cavallari, Rina; Ferretti, Edo; Neri, Giulio; Noli, Rosetta; Olini, Giulia; Poggi, Gianni; Serpo, Ottavio; Sperti, Cesare Masini; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors:
Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Capuana, Franco
Ensemble:
Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Rome Opera House Orchestra
This recording, part of the Paperback Opera series on Preiser, presents the seventh recording ever made of 'La Traviata'. It was recorded in 1952 and...continue...
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PSR 20054
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-09-08
Works: Jules Massenet: Il re di Lahore; Filippo Marchetti: Ruy Blas; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Ernani; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers:
Battistini, Mattia
Mattia Battistini's name is constantly evoked when conversation turns to the classic example of Italian belcanto. Battistini marks the end of a vocal epoch that...continue...
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PSR 89725
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-08-11
Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers:
Amato, Pasquale; Bruno, Elisa; Mazzoleni, Ester; Petri, Elisa; Viñas, Francisco; Zenatello, Giovanni
Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...
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PSR 89724
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-07-14
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; ...
Performers:
Bosetti, Hermina; Feinhals, Fritz; Morena, Berta
The career of this celebrated helden baritone began in Cologne where he was born. He was a noted Wagnerian singer, performing at Covent Garden and...continue...
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PSR 89721
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-07-14
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; Umberto Giordano: Fedora
Performers:
Campora, Giuseppe; Inghilleri, Giovanni; Noli, Rosetta; Olini, Giulia; Tagliabue, Carlo
Conductors:
Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble:
Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra
Giuseppe Campora had a remarkable career at top opera houses but was labeled as a second-rate tenor because of his lack of recordings. These recording...continue...
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PSR 89718
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-06-09
Works: Carl Michael Ziehrer: Der Liebeswalzer
Performers:
Dickie, John; Dussmann, Silvana; Kraemmer, Hans; Reimer, Eva-Christine
Conductors:
Mogg, Herbert
Ensemble:
Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Continuing the series of the complete works of Carl Michael Ziehrer, volume 10 offers excerpts from the operetta Liebeswalzer. There is a synopsis included but...continue...
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PSR 91157
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-04-14
Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; The Flying Dutchman; Spoken Word: Rudolf Bockelmann speaks
Performers:
Berglund, Ruth; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Fuchs, Eugen; Laholm, Eyvind; Lemnitz, Tiana; Manowarda, Josef von
Conductors:
Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Schuchter, Wilhelm
Rudolf Bockelmann, the superb heroic baritone was active at a time when there was a veritable plethora of good baritones - each of whom enjoyed...continue...
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PSR 89716
2 CD / Preiser /
2009-02-10
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Ambroise Thomas: Le caïd; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean; Char...
Performers:
Corena, Fernando; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Poli, Afro; Signore, Gino del
Conductors:
Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Walker, James
This latest offering in Preiser's Paperback Opera Series is taken from a 1952 recording by Urania Records. As a bonus, a recital by Fernando Corena...continue...
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PSR 20053
1 CD / Preiser /
2009-01-13
Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Sa&...
Performers:
Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Merli, Francesco; Molinari, Enrico; Pasero, Tancredi; Solari, Christy; Zambelli, Corrado; Zinetti, Giuseppina
Zinetti made her debut in 1913 at Teatro Massimo in Palermo and then toured South America with the opera company. She was engaged by Teatro...continue...
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PSR 89715
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-12-09
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, oper...
Performers:
Basi, Leonildo; Granforte, Apollo; Mannarini, Ida; Pauli, Piero; Poli, Afro; Saraceni, Adelaide; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors:
Nastrucci, Gino; Sabajno, Carlo; Ghione, Franco
Adelaide Saraceni was born in Argentina in 1895, the daughter of Italian immigrants. She first studied violin and after the family returned to Italy in...continue...
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PSR 89712
3 CD / Preiser /
2008-12-09
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Don Carlos
Performers:
Berglund, Joel; Björling, Gösta; Björling, Sigurd; Hasslo, Hugo; Jonnson, Busk Margit; Jonsson, Folke; Lovberg, Aase Nordmo; Meyer, Kerstin [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Ohlson, Arne; Raft, ...
Conductors:
Ehrling, Sixten
Ensemble:
Kungel Hovkapellet
The bonus CD in this set, which contains scenes from Don Carlo, was recorded in 1956 during a gala performance in honor of a state...continue...
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PSR 90754
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-10-14
Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Arabella; Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; An den Fr...
Performers:
Fuchs, Marta; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Raucheisen, Michael; Vocals], Paul Schoffler [Baritone; Wieber, Elsa
Conductors:
Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Leonhardt, Carl; Reuss, Wilhelm Franz
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PSR 89710
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-10-14
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Georges Bi...
Performers:
Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Lenchner, Paula; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roggero, Margaret; Stevens, Rise [Mez...
Conductors:
Bellezza, Vincenzo; Perlea, Jonel; Toscanini, Arturo; Reiner, Fritz; Beecham, Thomas, Sir
The fact that Robert Merrill generally is remembered more for his singing than for his interpretations does in no way reduce his artistic merits. His...continue...
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PSR 89711
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-08-12
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Vincenzo Bellini...
Performers:
Pruwer, Julius; Urbano, Umberto; Vocals], Willi Domgraf-Fassbaender [Baritone
Conductors:
Prüwer, Julius
Hedwig von Debicka (1881-1970) was born into an old Polish-Russian aristocratic family and grew up in Dembicki. She received her first training at the Warsaw...continue...
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PSR 89703
2 CD / Preiser /
2008-07-08
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers:
Barthelemy, Vivette; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Filacuridi, Nicola; Geay, Robert; Hamel, Michel; Madeira, Jean; Marty, Daniel; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sicot, Irène; Vivalda, Janette
Conductors:
Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble:
Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra
This Carmen continues the Preiser paperback series: no libretto and scant notes, but great historic performances at a budget price. Jean Madeira, the Carmen of...continue...
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PSR 20052
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-06-10
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildschütz; Zar und Zimmermann; Giuseppe Verdi: N...
Performers:
Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Gorgen, Martin; Krukowski, Ernst; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Westenberger, Erna
Conductors:
Forster, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Matzerath, Otto; Konwitschny, Franz; Striegler, Kurt; Rother, Artur
Ensemble:
; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Called by Furtwangler the "blackest bass" of his generation, Frick had no competitors capable of surpassing or even matching his powerful voice in either force...continue...
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PSR 93452
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-05-01
Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Requiem Mass; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda...
Performers:
Conley, Eugene; Conner, Nadine; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Nelli, Herva; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Tibbett, Lawrence; Turrini, Roberto
Conductors:
Levin, Sylvan; Toscanini, Arturo; Merola, Gaetano; Herbert, Walter; Cantelli, Guido; Newman, Alfred
The American singer Claramae Turner was born as Claramae Haas in 1920. Her contralto voice was naturally opulent and had what one critic called a...continue...
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PSR 89696
2 CD / Preiser /
2008-05-01
Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Performers:
Belov, Eugene; Lemeshev, Sergei; Mikhailov, Igor; Pankov, Georgy; Petrov, Ivan; Petrova, Valentina; Sokolov, Andrei; Verbizakaya, Evgenia; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors:
Khaikin, Boris
Ensemble:
Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra
Another fine release in the Paperback Opera Series from Preiser. This series does not include librettos, but features historic performances of the literature. With Vishnevskaya,...continue...
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PSR 20051
1 CD / Preiser /
2008-05-01
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Albert Lortzing: Der Waffenschmied; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor;...
Performers:
Borg, Kim; Wächter, Eberhard
Conductors:
Rother, Artur; Leitner, Ferdinand
The Finnish singer Kim Borg was born in 1919. His studies in chemistry were interrupted by the war and it wasn't until 1946 that he...continue...
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PSR 89698
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