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The Unknown Puccini

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-07-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: A te ("O quanto è vano"), song for voice & piano; Vexilla regis prodeunt, hymn for male chorus & organ; Salve Regina, for soprano & harmonium; Ad una morta!, song for voice & ...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Rudel, Julius; Vocals], Justino Diaz [Bass Baritone

Recording information: RCA Studio A, New York City, USA (03/01/1989-03/06/1989)....continue...

Erwin Schrott: Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-06-26

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts; Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi; Attila; Arrigo Boito: Mefist...
Performers: Coliban, Sorin; Grun, Maria [Cello]; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Rustioni, Daniele

Recording information: ORF, Vienna, Austria (03/11/2012-04/25/2012)....continue...

Il Tenore, The Tenor / Salvatore Licitra

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Otello; Aida, ope...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chegwidden, Davey; Frittoli, Barbara; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hamilton, Mike; Jones, Warren; Labeque, Katia; Licitra, Salvatore; May, Daniel; Plazas, Mary; Wood, Nathan; Woo...
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi; Rizzi, Carlo; Muti, Riccardo; May, Daniel; Armiliato, Marco

Arrivederci [17 Track Version] / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-11

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Ti voglio tanto bene; Non ti scordar di me; Renato Rascel: Arrivederci Roma; Eldo di Lazzaro: Chitarra romana, song for voice & orchestra; U...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, St. Paul's School, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

Arrivederci / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-10-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Giannattasio, Carmen; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, Barnes, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

Arrivederci / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-09-20

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Giannattasio, Carmen; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, Barnes, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Summers/Met, Racette, Zifchak [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giordani, Marcello; Racette, Patricia; Zifchak, Maria
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

"Minghella has minimized the singers' actions...there is no over-emoting. The sad story is allowed to speak for itself...Racette's Butterfly is magnificent. Her full-bodied voice is...continue...
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Puccini: Tosca / MET, Price, Corelli

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Scott, Norman
Conductors: Adler, Kurt

"Minghella has minimized the singers' actions...there is no over-emoting. The sad story is allowed to speak for itself...Racette's Butterfly is magnificent. Her full-bodied voice is...continue...
Recording information: The Metropolitan Opera, New York, NY (04/07/1962)....continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Thomas Schippers, MET

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-01-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Scott, Norman; Sereni, Mario [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas

"Schippers's control of the ensembles is exemplary...[Albanese] is the most fragile Mim I've ever heard...[Bergonzi] has absolute ease with Rodolfo's music...This thoroughly idiomatic performance -...continue...
Recording information: The Metropolitan Opera, New York (02/15/1958)....continue...

The Italian Tenor

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-10-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il corsaro; Un ballo in maschera; Il trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La favorita; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, ...
Performers: Casalin, Luca; Cioppi, Maria; Grigolo, Vittorio; Rigosa, Danilo
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (01/28/2010-02/01/2010)....continue...

Original Jacket Collection - Montserrat Caballé

15 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-06-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Lucrezia Borgia; Maria di Rohan; Anna Bolena; Torquato Tasso, opera; Gemma di Vergy; Belisario, opera; Parisina ...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Brecknock, John; Caballe, Montserrat; Collins, Kenneth; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Elkins, Margreta; Fyson, Leslie; Griffiths, Gwyn; Ho...
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice; Ferrer, Rafael; Guadagno, Anton; Marco, Eugenio M.; Leinsdorf, Erich

This 15-disc set commemorates the virtuoso singer's 75th birthday in 2008. Winner of the 'Gramophone's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award', Caballe personally selected the repertoire in...continue...

The Essential José Carreras

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: ; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Tallis Chamber Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

A beloved member of "The Three Tenors," Spain's Jose Carreras endures as one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

The Essential Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I due Foscari; Aroldo; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Gemma di Vergy; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Vinc...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Milnes, Sherrill; Resnik, Regina; Sardinero, Vicente; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Prêtre, Georges; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Queler, Eve; Masini, Gianfranco; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of New York;...

"La Superba" was the ecstatic nickname bestowed on the Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe when RCA Red Seal released her first solo recordings in 1966. As...continue...

The Essential Joshua Bell

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-04-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Song Without Words for piano no 30 in A major ("Frühlingslied"), Op. 62/6; Frédéric Chopin:...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bush, Sam; Chiu, Frederic [Piano]; Fleck, Bela; Marshall, Mike [Guitar/Mandolin]; Mulligan, Simon; Williams, John [Film Composer]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Norrington, Roger; Leon, Craig; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Stern, Michael; Williams, John; Hess, Nigel; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Camerata Salzburg; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Joshua Bell has captured the public's imagination like no other classical violinist of his time. His virtuosity in the most demanding concerto repertoire is second...continue...
Existing fans of violinist Joshua Bell are already well-acquainted with the broad scope of repertoire and performance abilities ranging deftly from the classical concerto repertoire to his well-known ...continue...

Classical Chisine: Mangia Italiano!

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas ...
Performers: Bruggen, Frans [Conductor]; Bylsma, Anner; Lamon, Jeanne; Leonhardt, Gustav; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Lamon, Jeanne; Kapp, Richard; ; Pritchard, John; Condie, Richard P.; Schippers, Thomas; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Chicago Orchestra, Brass Section; Cleveland Orchestra Brass; Philadelphia Orchestra Brass

Classical Cuisine - Asian Delights

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Tan Dun: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, film score; Japanese Traditional: Neko No Yomeiri, folk song; Sakura, Sakura (Cherry Blossom), folk song; Toru Takemitsu: Folios, for guitar; Chinese Traditio...
Performers: Huang, Ying; Lear, Evelyn; Ma, Yo-Yo; Nakashima, Yasuko; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Uno, Utae; Williams, John [Guitar]; Yuize, Shinichi
Conductors: Tan Dun; ; Conlon, James; Craft, Robert
Ensemble: ; Columbia Chamber Ensemble; Orchestre de Paris Ensemble; Silk Road Ensemble

Moments of Passion

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-10-03

Works: Placido Domingo, Jr.: Willkommen Bei Uns (Welcome), for voice & orchestra; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Agustín Lara: Granada; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigo...
Performers: Arteta, Ainhoa; Caballe, Montserrat; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; Hernandez, Julio; Hernandez, Orlando; Kaye, Jeff; Mayone, Gary; McGovern, Maureen; Milnes, Sherrill; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Plishka, P...
Conductors: Grin, Leonid; Cobos, Luis; Silvetti, Bebu; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Holdridge, Lee; Levine, James; Downes, Edward; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Kohn, Eugene
Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal ...

In four consecutive World Cup tournaments from 1990 to 2002, the Three Tenors sang to packed stadiums of fans and helped revive interest in live opera, particularly in America. By 2006, though, with J...continue...

Eileen Farrell - Puccini Arias / Rudolf, Columbia SO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-08-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; La Rondine; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ah, Perfido!, Op. 65...
Performers: Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Rudolf, Max
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Simply Summer

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-05-23

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Ed...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Carmignola, Giuliano; Leo Smit (ii) [Piano/Composer]; Marcon, Andrea; Marsalis, Wynton; Oppitz, Gerhard; Rampal, Jean-Pierre
Conductors: Szell, George; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Colombier, Michel; Bernstein, Leonard; Ormandy, Eugene; Hunsberger, Donald; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Mancini, Henry
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; The Mancini Pops Orchestra

Personnel: Giuliano Carmignola (violin); Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute); Wynton Marsalis (trumpet); Emanuel Ax, Yefim Bronfman , Gerhard Oppitz, Leo Smit (piano)....continue...

The Knot Collection of Ceremony & Wedding Music

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-05-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Cantata no 156, "Ich s...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Biggs, E. Power; Carmignola, Giuliano; Carroll, Edward; Hoffman, Peter; Koopman, Ton; Ma, Yo-Yo; Marcon, Andrea; Marsalis, Wynton; Neil, William [organ]; Newman, Anthony; Sasson, Debora...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Gosman, Lazar; Leppard, Raymond; Lamon, Jeanne; Newman, Anthony; Kapp, Richard; Stern, Michael; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Carroll, Edward; Ottley, Jerold; Marcon, Andrea; Szell, George
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Chamber Soloists of Washington; Cleveland Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic...

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi and Puccini Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Le Villi; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Knight, Gillian; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Von Stade, Frederica; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Andrew

"It is a pleasure to recommend this programme of Verdi and Puccini without reservation. - Gramophone...continue...

The Essential Plácido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-10-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass...
Performers: Adams, John; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; McGovern, Maureen; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Cobos, Luis; Levine, James; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Queler, Eve; Patanè, Giuseppe; DeMain, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Roa, Migue...
Ensemble: ; American Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of...

Joshua Bell - Romance of the Violin

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 20 in C sharp minor, KK IVa/16, CT. 127 (B. 49); Camille Saint-S...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Orton, Stephen
Conductors: Stern, Michael
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Bell's performances and his magnetic presence have earned him popularity and acclaim that reach far beyond core classical audiences. All the arrangements for this recording...continue...
Throughout his career, violinist Joshua Bell has always sought to expand the range of works available for his instrument, and with the aptly titled ROMANCE OF THE VIOLIN, he ventures a bit further fro...continue...

Beyond Imagination

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-01-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsumme...
Performers: Babes, Opera; Bova, Jeff; Clarvis, Paul; Cohen, Jon; Cottle, Richard; Dalton, Mitchell; England, Karen; Goldberg, Ivor; Hartley, David; Knight, Rebecca; Kodo; Martin, Juan [Guitar]; Parricelli, John;...
Conductors: Masterson, Cliff; Griffiths, Paul Wynne; Ingman, Nick

Operababes: Rebecca Knight, Karen England.

Producers include: Jon Cohen, Noely, Anne Dudley, Frank Gallagher, Jim Steinman, Avi Geller.

Recorded in London, England and New York, New York...continue...

Classic Battle: A Portrait

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-04-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74; Chilean Traditional: Dormi, Jesu; Traditional: La Can...
Performers: Baptista, Cyro; Barron, Kenny; Battle, Kathleen; Carter, James [Sax]; Chestnut, Cyrus; Lubambo, Romero; Marsalis, Wynton; Norman, Jessye; Parkening, Christopher; Vangelis; Washington, Grover, Jr.
Conductors: Nelson, John; Sadin, Robert; Previn, Andre; Maazel, Lorin

Personnel includes: Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman (vocals); John Nelson, Blake Neely, Robert Sadin, Andre Previn, Lorin Maazel (conductor); Marlon Graves, Romero Lubambo, Christopher Parkening (guita...continue...

Puccini - Great Opera Arias / Domingo, Te Kanawa, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angelica; Le Villi; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Ricciarelli, Katia; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orches...

Italian Opera Arias / Domingo, Scotto, Te Kanawa, Wixell

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Wol...
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Levine, James; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Classical Hits / Brightman, Church, Ma, Pavarotti, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-09-11

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem; The Phantom of the Opera; Tonci Huljic: Victory; John Williams: Star Wars, Episode I; James Horner: Titanic; Braveheart; Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orc...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Bond; Boston Pops; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, Jose; Church, Charlotte; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Horner, James; Ma, Yo-Yo; Marsalis, Wynton; Meyer, Edgar; O'Connor, Mark [Violi...
Conductors: Williams, John; Horner, James

Are you tired of your classically minded friends laughing at you when you mispronounce the names of renowned, long-expired European composers? Do you think the Three Tenors are the latest teenage boy ...continue...

Amore II - Great Italian Love Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-02-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Huang, Ying; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rost, Andrea [Soprano Vocals]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Troxell, Richard; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Patanè, Giuseppe; Buckley, Emerson; Conlon, James; Rizzi, Carlo; Santi, Nello; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Opera Orchestra; Welsh National O...

Charlotte Church

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-11-16

Works: Danny Beckerman: Just Wave Hello (Ford Global Anthem); Gioachino Rossini: La pastorella; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Ha...
Performers: Church, Charlotte [Vocals]; London Promenade Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Welsh Male Choir
Conductors: Edwards, Sian

This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Sony Super Audio CD players.

Personnel: Charlotte Church (vocals); Janice Graham (violin); Jane Atkins (viola); Tim Hugh (cello); Rhodri Davies (harp);...continue...

A Tenors Valentine / Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-01-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scotto, Renata; Three Tenors, The
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Buckley, Emerson; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Domingo, Placido; Cobos, Luis
Ensemble: Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera...

There is no better way to celebrate romance then with the passion of great arias from grand operas. Of course there are no better practitioners of the lyric drama then the Three Tenors: José Car...continue...

Ying Huang / James Conlon, London Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-06-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; Giuseppe...
Performers: Huang, Ying
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

The Domingo Collection / Placido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-05-20

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: La travi...
Performers: Adams, John; Adams, John [Singer/Songwriter]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Iglesias, Julio; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Levine, James; Prêtre, Georges; Neschling, John; Queler, Eve; Kohn, Eugene; Gergiev, Valery; Patanè, Giuseppe; ; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Holdridge, Lee; Silv...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Beethovenhalle Orchestra, Bonn; Byrne Camp Chorale; Evergreen Studios Orchestra; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestr...

Tenors on Tour / Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-04

Works: Lee Holdridge: Medley; Consuelo Velázquez: Besame mucho; Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music; Some Enchanted Evening, song (for the musical South Pacific); This Nearly Was Mine, song (for the mu...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Griminelli, Andrea; Hofmann, Peter [Tenor Vocal]; Kiennast, E.; Patinkin, Mandy; Pavarotti, Luciano; Three Tenors, The; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Holdridge, Lee; Henderson, Skitch; Gemignani, Paul; Tunick, Jonathan; Osterreicher, Richard; Heck, Roland; Buckley, Emerson; Cobos, Luis
Ensemble: ; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Puccini: Madame Butterfly - Highlights / Conlon, Huang

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-04-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Cowan, Richard; Hauman, Constance; Ma, Fan Jing; Ning, Liang; Troxell, Richard; Ying, Huang
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Orchestre de Paris; ORTF Chorus

Make A Joyful Noise / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-12-05

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 80, "Ein feste Bur...
Conductors: Ottley, Jerold D.
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Romance - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-08-22

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Robert Schumann:...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Jamet, Marie-Claire [Harp]; Koyama, Michie; Shimada, Riri; Shinozaki, Ayako
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Gosman, Lazar; Sondeckis, Saulius; Davis, Andrew; Rabinowitz, Harry; Kapp, Richard; Georgiadis, John
Ensemble: ; Juilliard String Quartet; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra Trombones; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York; St. Petersburg Camerata of the Hermitage Museum;...

Puccini - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Turandot
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Rucker, Richard; Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Va...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Buckley, Emerson; Patanè, Giuseppe; Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Cleva, Fausto; Rudolf, Max; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vien...

Opera - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Turan...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Marton, Eva; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ste...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Sebastian, Georges; Kohn, Eugene; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Rudolf, Max; Cobos, Luis; Pritchard, John; Buckley, Emerson; Schippers, Thomas;...
Ensemble: ; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metro...

Movies - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Jacob, Werner; Marton, Eva; Missenhardt, Gunter; Morelli, Adriana; Nucci, Leo; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Bruno, Weil; Bernstein, Leonard; Ziegler, Klaus Martin; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Chailly, Riccardo; Georgiadis, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Gosm...
Ensemble: ; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Canadian Brass; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Kassel Vocal Ensemble; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; London Philhar...

Puccini: Tosca -Highlights / Tilson Thomas, Marton, Carreras

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-06-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Gerdesits, Ferenc; Gregor, Jozsef; Heja, Benedek; Marton, Eva; Nemeth, Jozsef; Pons, Juan; Tajo, Italo
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Hungarian State Orchestra; Hungarian State R/TV Chorus

Romantic Favorites - Tchaikovsky, Barber, Puccini, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-05-31

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Maurice Ravel: Pavane p...
Performers: Lee, Nelly
Conductors: Kahi, Vato; Mannino, Franco; Mardjani, Jahni; Katz, Arnold
Ensemble: ; Georgian Festival Orchestra; Philharmony Dmitri Shostakovich

All Star Tenors Salute The World

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-05-17

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Anonymous: Cancó de Taverna; Catalan Traditional: Els Contrabandistes, folk song; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Manuel Ale...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bottone, Bonaventure; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; De Lucia, Paco; Domingo, Placido; Hofmann, Peter [Tenor Vocal]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Buckley, Emerson; Salazar, Julio; DeMain, John; Casas, Joan; Noguera, Ramon; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Allers, Franz; Tunick, Jonathan; Holdridge, Lee; Fischer, Iván; Dervaux, Pierre; Domin...
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Puig-R...

Woody Allen Classics

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1993-08-24

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3) for Piano; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord no 2 in D major, BWV 1028; Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Giacomo Puccin...
Performers: Cooper, Kenneth; Kipnis, Igor; Ma, Yo-Yo; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Entremont, Philippe; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Szell, George; Davis, Andrew, Sir; Schippers, Thomas; Thomas, Michael Tilson;
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Juilliard String Quartet; London String Players; London Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra members; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchest...

Dinner Classics - Romance

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-04-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Antonín Dvorák: Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; ...
Performers: Druian, Raphael; Entremont, Philippe; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André; Ormandy, Eugene; Lane, Louis; Mehta, Zubin; Szell, George
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Cleveland Pops Orchestra; Cleveland Sinfonietta; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

Favorite Puccini Arias / Marton, Scotto, Kanawa

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-11-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Le Villi; Suor Angelica; Turandot
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Favorite Arias / Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-07-02

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La boh&e...
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Buckley, Emerson; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Patanè, Giuseppe; Queler, Eve; Bernstein, Leonard; Levine, James
Ensemble: Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchest...

Opera Without Words - Arias for Orchestra

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-12-05

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles; Ca...
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Dinner Classics - The Italian Album

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-07-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giovanni Gab...
Performers: Bonell, Carlos; Gascoigne, Brian; Perlman, Itzhak; Pert, Morris; Williams, John [Guitar]; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André; Ormandy, Eugene; ; Davis, Andrew, Sir; Patanè, Giuseppe; Zukerman, Pinchas; Lane, Louis; Gosman, Lazar
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Hungarian Radio Orchestra; Philadelphia Brass Ensemble; Philadelphia Orchestra; Tchaikovsky Chamber Orchestra; Toro...

Luciano Pavarotti in Concert

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-09-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Mamma; La mia canzone al vento; Vincenzo De Crescenz...
Performers: Griminelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Buckley, Emerson
Ensemble: Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra