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Verdi: Il Trovatore / Tagliabue, Mancini, Pirazzini, Volpi, Colella, Sciutti (rec. 1951)

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Colella, Alfredo
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome

Warner Classics and Cetra release a staple of the standard operatic repertoire. Verdi's Il trovatore is presented in this remastered 1951 celebratory performance with world-renowned...continue...
Recording information: Roma (07/29/1951)....continue...

The Music of Dickens and His Time / Giles, Healey, Hill, Humphries; The Seven Dials Band

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: American Traditional: College Hornpipe; John Pyke Hullah: Some Folks Who Have Grown Old, song; English Traditional: The Rat Catcher's Daughter; Begone Dull Care, folk song; The Workhouse Boy, folk so...
Performers: Eddy, Rachel; Giles, Ian; Healey, Tim; Knight, Margaret; Sartin, Paul; The Seven Dials Band; Underwood, Giles; Watson,, Christopher, Jr.
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Seven Dials Band

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
This is one of the best programs I've seen that connects music with literature. The music is a delight...continue...
This collection of vocal and instrumental music is made up of pieces associated in one way or another with Charles Dickens' life and work. The majority of them are popular tunes he refers to in his no...continue...

Power & The Glory

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C major, K 317 ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bayley, Clive; Bazola, Francois; Chilcott, Susan; Cornwell, Joseph; Crawley, Ben; Depraz, Xavier; Durufle-Chevalier, Marie-Madeleine; Felix, Thierry; Gruberova, Edita; Hol...
Conductors: Christie, William; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Gardiner, John Eliot; Masur, Kurt; Leppard, Raymond; Barenboim, Daniel; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Jennings, Joseph; Rizzi, Carlo; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Werner, F...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Les Arts Florissants

Two a half hours of music to stir the soul....continue...

Rostropovich Conducts Shostakovich: The Complete Symphonies

12 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Symphony no 9 in E flat major, Op. 70; Symphony no 2 in B flat major (To October), Op. 14; Symphony no 3 in E flat major (The First of May), Op....
Performers: Reshetin, Mark; Vishnevskaya, Galina; Vocals], Nicola Ghiuselev [Bass
Conductors: Rostropovich, Mstislav

Saying goodbye to Shostakovich, shortly before I left Russia, was one of the hardest things I've ever had to do... These symphonies mark 15 stages...continue...

Wagner Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhaüser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Götterdämme...
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kang, Philip; Lipovsek, Marjana; Meier, Waltraud; Palmer, Felicity; Pape, Rene; Schreibmayer, Kurt; S...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Mozart Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Il re Pastore; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Lucio Silla; Der Schauspie...
Performers: Baur, Markus; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Coburn, Pamela; Fischer, Andreas; Fischer, Thierry; Gassmann, Frank; Gienger, Stefan; Gruberova, Edita; Hampson, Thomas; Holl, Robert; Hollweg, W...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Mozart Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Symphony no 29 in A major, K201; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K467 "Elvira Madigan"; Sonata for Piano in A minor, K310; Quartet for Strings no 20 ...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Engel, Karl; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gruberova, Edita; Holl, Robert; Kam, Sharon; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Margiono, Charlotte; Protschka, Josef; Rodgers, Joan; Vocals], Rachel Ya...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Hager, Leopold; Leppard, Raymond; Faerber, Jörg; Riedel, Kurt

The Beethoven Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Triple Concerto in C major for violin, cello, piano & orchestra, Op. 56; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59/3 "Rasumovsky"; Sonata for...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Güra, Werner; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Hagen, Clemens; Hager, Klaus; Isokoski, Soile; Markovich, Aleksandr...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Barenboim, Daniel

A Bach Christmas / Koopman, Harnoncourt, Leonhardt, Higginbottom et al.

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-11-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 733; Cantata BWV 10 "Meine Seel' erhebt den Herren!"; Orgelbüchlein; Cantata BWV 1 "Wie schön leuch...
Performers: Bratschke, Detlef; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frangoulis, Stefan; Gardow, Helrun; Hampton, Thomas; Heichele, Hildegard; Hennig, Sebastian; Huber, Markus; Hughes, Christopher; Jelosits, Peter; Koopm...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leonhardt, Gustav; Koopman, Ton; Wolff, Hugh; Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Leonhardt Consort

George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo / Marc Minkowski, et al

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Teseo; Amadigi
Performers: Bazola, Francois; Bertin, Pascal; Delattre, Jean-Jacques; Elwes, John; Gooding, Julia; Harrhy, Eiddwen; James, Eirian; Jones, Della; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Monteilhet, Pascal; Napoli, Catherine; Poitevin...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

George Frideric Handel: Semele; Israel in Egypt; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn; Zadok the Priest; La Resurrezione; Dixit

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn (Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline), for chorus & orchestra, HWV 264; Coronation Anthem; La Resurrezione ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Brett, Charles; Burrowes, Norma; Clarkson, Julian; Davies, Maldwyn; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Gordon, Brian; Greene, Daryl; Hicks, Malcolm; Jones, Della; Kendall, William; Knibbs, J...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Handel: Acis and Galatea, Theodora, etc / Christie, Antonini, et al

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Theodora; Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sarà pur vero), cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 1; Dietro l'orme...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Berg, Nathan [Saxophone]; Cornwell, Joseph; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Daneman, Sophie; Ewing, Alan; Galstian, Juliette; Mei, Eva; Petibon, Patricia; Slaars, Layrent
Conductors: Christie, William; Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico; Les Arts Florissants

Schubert - Complete Secular Choral Works / Ortner, Lippert, Schiff, Moser, Staier, et al

7 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714b/Op 167; An die Sonne, D 439; Wehmut, D 825/Op. 64 no 1; Im Gegenwärtigen Vergangenes, D 710; Das Leben ist ein Traum, D 269; Das ...
Performers: Bartolomey, Franz; Czerny, Carl; Endrödy, Sandor; Flechl, Elisabeth; Flieder, Raphael; Gasciarrino, Michel; Holl, Robert; Ijichi, Hiroyuki; Künne, Thomas; Keldorfer, Viktor; Kirchschlager, ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Wiener Concert-Verein

The Haydn Experience / Buchbinder, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Eder Quartet, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 76 no 3/H 3 no 77 "Emperor"; Symphony no 8 in G maj...
Performers: Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Entremont, Philippe; Gruberova, Edita; Holl, Robert; Lodeon, Frederic; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Protschka, Josef
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; López-Cobos, Jesús; Entremont, Philippe; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Koopman, Ton
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Arnold Schoenberg; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Concentus Musicus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The Puccini Experience / Mehta, Italian Radio SO Rome, Italian Radio Chorus Rome

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; ...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cowan, Richard; Cura, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Barbacini, Maurizio; Conlon, James; Domingo, Placido; Sado, Yutaka; Nagano, Kent; Mehta, Zubin; López-Cobos, Jesús; Slatkin, Leonard; Szilvay, Csaba; Szilvay, Géza; Verrot, Pasca...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ph...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Harnoncourt, Murray, Yakar, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-02-26

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Gardow, Helrun; Kostlinger, Josef; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Murray, Ann; Scharinger, Anton; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Vocals], Rachel Yakar [Soprano
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus

Bach: Complete Sacred Cantatas

60 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 1, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" BWV 1; Cantata no 2, "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" BWV 2; Cantata no 3, "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid," BWV 3 (B...
Performers: Altena, Marius van; Bergius, Allan; Bonney, Barbara; Bratschke, Detlef; Cericius, Roger; chke, Thomas; Echternach, Matthias; Eiwanger, Tobias; Elwes, John; Emmermann, Michael; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vo...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leonhardt, Gustav

Monteverdi: Madrigali concertati / Tragicomedia

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Augellin, che la voce al canto spieghi, madrigal for 3 voices (from Book 7), SV 133; Madrigals, Book 1; Madrigals, Book 8; Ecco vicine, o bella tigre, l'hore, madrigal for 2 voice...
Performers: Axell, Viveca; Nasrawi, Douglas; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tragicomedia (Ensemble)

Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe / Chanticleer

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Ignacio Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe; Te Deum, for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Manuel de Zumaya: Albricias, mortales!; Angélicas Milicas, recessional; Giacomo Rust: Beatam me ...
Performers: Alatorre, Eric; Albinder, Frank; Baum, Kevin; Fritzsche, Christopher; Munderloh, David; White, Jay
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph

Here is a fascinating musicological document from 18th-century Mexico. At the heart of this matins service are a set of responsories by Ignacio de Jerusalem. The Italian-born Jerusalem was a virtuos...continue...

Simply Callas - Ponchielli, Verdi, Wagner, etc

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Benzi, Armando; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Gandolfo, Ede Marietti; Marietti, Ines; M...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

The Beethoven Box Set / Harnoncourt, CO of Europe

14 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-01-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Symphony no 2 in...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Boesch, Florian; Fontane, Robert; Hagen, Clemens; Haid, Maria; Holl, Robert; Kremer, Gidon; Luna, Ricardo; Margiono, Charlotte; Mei, Eva; Orgonasova, Luba; Prentice, Geoffrey;...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Barenboim, Divan Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-12-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Denoke, Angela; Fritz, Burkhard; Meier, Waltraud; Pape, René
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Runnicles, Brewer, et al

4 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Daniel, Boaz; Ginty, Eugene; Holt, Jared; Le Brocq, Mark; Lemalu, Jonathan; Peckova, Dagmar; Rose, Peter de; Treleaven, John
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Apollo Voices

Bedtime Beats - The Secret to Sleep

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on G...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Clement, Alain; Crossland, Jill; Engel, Karl; Isbin, Sharon; Kniazev, Alexander; Laskine, Lily; Leister, Karl; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Pires, Maria-Jo...
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Andrew; Sado, Yutaka; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Nagano, Kent; ; Zehetmair, Thomas; Jordan, Armin; Scimone, Claudio; Corboz, Michel; Orbelian, Constantine; Hager...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Solisten; Berne Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Ensemble Instrumental; Helsinki Strings; I Solisti Veneti; Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra; Lausanne Chamber Orche...

Personnel: Alain Clement (bass voice); Sharon Isbin (guitar); Karl Ludwig Leiter (clarinet); Karl Engel, Jill Crossland, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Lily Laskine, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai Lugansky , Ma...continue...

Songs by Stephen Foster / DeGaetani, Guinn, Kalish

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1987-01-01

Works: Stephen Foster: Jeannie with the light brown hair; There's a Good Time Coming; Was My Brother In The Battle?; Sweetly she sleeps; If you've only got a moustache; Gentle Annie; Wilt thou be gone love;...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan; Guinn, Leslie; Kalish, Gilbert; Koeppe, Douglas; Monosoff, Sonya; Sheldon, Robert [Bugle]; Weaver, James
Conductors: Reinthaler, Joan
Ensemble: Washington Camerata Chorus