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Mad Scenes / Gruberova, Luisi, Münchner Rundfunksorchester

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tsar's Bride; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Rosner, Anton; Schmidt, Monika; Siegele, Dankwart; Uhlmann, Gisela; Weber, Heinrich
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

The philosophy and artistic work of the Romantic period exhibits a curious interest in the phenomenon of insanity. Featuring scenes from I Puritani, Il Pirata,...continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Edita Gruberova Edition Vol 1 - The Queen of Belcanto - Arias by Donizetti and Bellini

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Anna Bolena; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Bros, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Schneiderman, Helene; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich; Boncompagni, Elio; Viotti, Marcello; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Edita Gruberova, leading diva of bel canto singing, has selected several of her favorite arias centered on an archetype of the bel canto era: the...continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Chernov, Gruberova, Florez, Serra, Ellero d'Artegna Weikert - Munich Radio SO

3 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Anderson, Brother James; Brembeck, Christian; Chernov, Vladimir; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Flórez, Juan Diego; Gruberova, Edita; Laghezza, Rosa; Serra, Eric
Conductors: Weikert, Ralf
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Male Choir; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Juan Diego Florez and Vladimir Chernov are outstanding as Almaviva and Figaro. Enric Serra sounds appropriately like the old man looking for a young wife......continue...

Bellini Portraits - arias from I Pirata; I Capuleti e I Montecchi; La Sonnambula; Norma et al. / Edita Gruberova, soprano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Beatrice di Tenda, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bros, Jose; Clementis, Tamas; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Schmidt, Monika; Schrott, Erwin; Tuand, Carlo
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio; Haider, Friedrich; Viotti, Marcello; Steinberg, Pinchas

Bellini's individually melancholic and ethereal phrases have always been a favorite of Edita Gruberova, and the artist personally has made this selection out of six...continue...

Dvorak: Liebeslieder, etc; et al / Gruberova, Haider

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55; In Folk Tone (V národním tónu), song cycle for voice & piano, B. 146 (Op. 73); Love Songs (Písne milostmé) (8) for voice & ...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich

This song album of Edita Gruberova combines three important composers of Eastern Europe: Dvorak, Rachmaninov and Rimski-Korsakov. Her soprano is compact but light. This is...continue...

The Art of Gruberova: Opera arias from Semiramide; Rigoletto; Mignon, Lakme; Die Fledermaus et al. / Haider / Edita Gruberova, soprano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Léo D...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

A breathtaking program of virtuoso soprano and coloratura arias performed by Edita Gruberova, recorded in Tokyo with her frequent artistic collaborator Friedrich Haider on the...continue...

From Heart to Heart / Songs of Brahms, Dvorak & Schumann / Edita Gruberova, soprano; Ivan Paley, Friedrich Haider, piano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Tragödie, for voice(s) & piano (Romanzen und Balladen IV), Op. 64/3; Romances and Ballades ii, Op. 49; Die Lotosblume ("Die Lotosblume ängstigt sich..."), song for voice & ...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Paley, Ivan
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich

This recording was not intended to be a CD for children. It was not produced with music selected for children or a young audience in...continue...

Schubert Lieder / Edita Gruberova, soprano; Alexander Schmalcz, piano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Franz Schubert: Scenes, D 857; Die Liebe, D 210; Erlafsee, D 586/Op. 8 no 3; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Rastlose Liebe, D 138/Op 51; Der Fluss, D 693; Non t'accostar all'urna, song for voice & pia...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Schmalcz, Alexander

Gruberova, the "prima donna assoluta of belcanto" is pleased to present her new CD of Schubert songs. It is a collection of Schubert's most wonderful...continue...
Recording information: TONAL, Vienna, Austria (07/07/2011-07/07/2011)....continue...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Lu...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Donizetti Portraits - arias from Gemma di Vergy; Caterina Comato, Lucrezie Borgia et al. / Edita Gruberova

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Emilia di Liverpool; Gemma di Vergy; Linda di Chamounix; Caterina Cornaro, opera; Lucrezia Borgia; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
Performers: Bunz, Hans Werner; Gruberova, Edita; Haußler, Gerald; Hollop, Markus; Weber, Hanne
Conductors: Boncompagni, Elio
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

This recital program composed of operas whose pivotal characters are women. Emilia di Liverpool, Gemma di Vergy, Caterina Camera, Lucrezia Borgia and Rosmonda d`Inghilterra are...continue...

Edita Gruberova, soprano: The Teldec Recordings - Mozart, Haydn, Donizetti, Verdi, R. Strauss [4 CD]

4 CD / Teldec / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mia speranza adorata...Ah, non sai qual pena, K 416; Voi avete un cor fedele, K 217; No, che non sei capace, K 419; Ma che vi fece...Sperai vicino il lido, K 368; Misera! dov...
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Holl, Robert; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Tachezi, Herbert
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Bonynge, Richard; Rizzi, Carlo

Edita Gruberová (born December 23, 1946) is one of the most acclaimed coloraturas of recent decades. She is noted for her great tonal clarity, agility,...continue...

Bellini: I Puritani / Gruberova, Lavender, Kim, Ellero, D'Artegna

3 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera
Performers: d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Lavender, Justin; Lytting, Katia; Siegele, Dankwart; Tuand, Carlo
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Those who delight in the sheer sensuality of Bellini's most colorfully orchestrated opera will not be disappointed by this recording Gruberova - with her rock-solid...continue...

Donizetti: Maria Stuarda / Gruberova, Oprisanu, Arevalo, Bronikowski

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bronikowski, Marcin; Gruberova, Edita; Lucas, Michaela; Monte, Duccio dal; Oprisanu, Carmen
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

A superb recording of the bel canto classic featuring the incomparable Edita Gruberova in the title role supported by a cast of exciting young singers....continue...

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix / Gruberova, Groop, Kim, Palatchi, Melander

3 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Performers: Bernardini, Don; Groop, Monica; Gruberova, Edita; Hedlund, Klas; Kim, Ettore; Melander, Anders; Precht, Ulrika
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra members

Joy To The World: A Christmas Recital / Edita Gruberova

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Henry Purcell: Come, ye sons of art, away, Z 323; Michael Praetorius: Musae Sioniae; Max Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied; Pieces (7) for Organ, Op. 145; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Requiem; Christmas Tradition...
Performers: Agnas, Urban; Gruberova, Edita; Nordlander, Gustav
Conductors: Sjokvist, Gustav

Bellini: Norma / Haider, Gruberova, Garanca, Miles, et al

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Gruberova, Edita; Howarth, Judith; Machado, Aquiles; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Wade, Ray M.
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Rastatt Vocal Ensemble

Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda / Gruberova, Kasarova, Morosow, Bernardini

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Bernardini, Don; Gruberova, Edita; Kasarova, Vesselina; Morozov, Igor; Robinsak, Branko; Sumego, Daniel
Conductors: Steinberg, Pinchas
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Youth Chorus

Donizetti: Roberto Devereux / Gruberova, Ziegler, Bernardini, Kim. Friedrich Haider - Strasbourg PO

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux
Performers: Bernardini, Don; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Rhine Opera Chorus; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

"[Edita Gruberova's performance is] full of subtle nuance and breadth of phrase as well as vocal and dramatic power.... The balance between voices and orchestra...continue...

Donizetti: Maria di Rohan / Gruberova, Arevalo, Kim, Papi

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria di Rohan
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Precht, Ulrika
Conductors: Boncompagni, Elio
Ensemble: Vienna Concert Choir; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

"...Even in the expanded form...[the opera] shows a notable economy of means and moves ahead with an almost Verdi-like swiftness...[Gruberova's] voice is gorgeously luminous...and her...continue...

Donizetti: La Fille du Regiment / Gruberova, van der Walt, Laghezza, Fourcade

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment
Performers: Bunz, Hans Werner; Castel, François; Fourcade, Philippe; Gruberova, Edita; Hansen, Paul [Tenor]; Laghezza, Rosa; Raschèr, Andrea; Steinhaus, Heidi; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Panni, Marcello
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

"For coloratura fans: Edita Gruberova... offers bravura vocal artistry mixed with sentimental lyricism and a large helping of humor. She brings out everyone's best in...continue...

Donizetti's Tudor Queens: Anna Bolena, Maria Stuarda & Roberto Devereux / Edita Gruberova

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Maria Stuarda; Roberto Devereux
Performers: Boutet, Benoit; Bros, Jose; Gruberova, Edita; Hauáler, Gerald; Hollop, Markus; Kim, Ettore; Morozov, Igor; Reyes, Jose Guadalupe; Schneiderman, Helene; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: Boncompagni, Elio; Haider, Friedrich

"The clear tone and breathtaking agility sparkle as before, now informed by a loving portamento that caresses each phrase. In 'Pianfete voi?' She rivals Callas...continue...

Lied-Duette / Gruberova, Kasarova, Haider

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Johannes Brahms: Die Meere ("Alle Winde schlafen..."), duet for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 20/3; Die Schwestern ("Wir Schwestern zwei"), duet for soprano, alto & piano, Op. 61/1; Robert Schumann: Sch...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Kasarova, Vesselina

Verdi: Don Carlo [Highlights] / Carreras, Freni, Ghiarov, Baltsa, Raimondi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; German Opera Chorus

Gramophone Magazine
Freni is an involved and sympathetic Elisabetta with a voice that sounds warm and even throughout. Carreras is ideally ardent as Carlos and Baltsa...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (09/15/1978-09/20/1978)....continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Temp...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor [Highlights] / Gruberova, Kraus, Bruson, Lloyd

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Bottone, Bonaventura; Bruson, Renato; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Kuhlmann, Kathleen; Lazzeretti, Bruno; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Gruberova constantly pleases by her innate musicality ... Kraus is a master of Donizetti style.
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Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (05/16/1983-05/26/1983)....continue...

Serene Classics / Includes works by Palestrina, Bach, Tallis, Purcell and Schubert

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Salve regina; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Salve Regina, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book V); Missa pro defunctis a 5; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O sacrum convivium, motet...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Henschel, Dietrich; Isokoski, Soile; McDaniel, Barry; Meier, Waltraud; Munderloh, David; Viitasalo, Marita; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph; Higginbottom, Edward; Werner, Fritz; Nagano, Kent; Barenboim, Daniel; Bour, Ernest; Svetlanov, Evgeny; O'Donnell, James [Organ]; Satomaa, Tauno

Unwind with Warner Classic's new release, 'Serene Classics: Music for a Calmer You". Take a micro-vacation as you relax to titles such as Salve Regina,...continue...

Love Classics: Favorite Love Duets / Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Delibes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Doniz...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Burles, Charles; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Ten...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Stellar Sopranos

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Victor Massé: La Reine topaze (The Topaz Queen); Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann); Un mari à la porte (A Husband at the Door); George Frederick Handel: Giuli...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Matthews, Emma; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Serra, Luciana; Streich, Rita; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Dyer, Paul; Davis, Colin; Pritchard, John; Leinsdorf, Erich; Tang, Muhai; Rudner, Ola; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Hager, Leopold; Gaebel, Kurt

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...

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

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbié, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Teno...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

Essential Mozart

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Hor...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Desderi, Claudio; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gedda, Nicolai; Gr...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Welser-Möst, Franz; Leppard,...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members)

100 Chefs-D'oeuvre

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-01-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 en sol mineur, K. 550; Concerto pour clarinette en la majeur, K. 622; Symphony no 25 en sol mineur, K. 183; Concerto pour piano no 21 en ut majeur, K. 467; Sym...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bostridge, Ian; Bracht, Roland; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Car...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Tate, Jeffrey; Faerber, Jörg; Welser-Möst, Franz; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Si...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Classicum; Melos Ensemble of London; Members of the Sinnhoffer Kammerorchester München ; Nash Ensemble; Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Haydn: Die Schöpfung / Griffiths, Gruberova, Reiter, et al

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Grégoire, Barbara; Gruberova, Edita; Kitaya, Naoki; Reiter, Alfred; Scheidegger, Andreas; Seon-Deok, Baik
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard
Ensemble: Zurich Boys' Choir

Impressionen Vol 1

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Einkehr ("Bei einem Wirte wundermild"), song for voice & piano, Op. 47/4 (TrV 200/4)...
Performers: Agnas, Urban; Bernardini, Don; Borowska, Joanna; Bros, Jose; Castel, Francois; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Deutsch, Helmut; Fourcade, Philippe; Groop, Monica; Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Ka...
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich; Luisi, Fabio; Sjokvist, Gustav; Bibl, Rudolph; Steinberg, Pinchas; Boncompagni, Elio; Panni, Marcello

Hymnus / Gruberova, Sjökvist, et al

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messi...
Performers: Agnas, Urban; Gruberova, Edita
Conductors: Sjokvist, Gustav

Mozart - The Complete Operas

44 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta semplice, K 51 (46a); Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a); Ascanio in Alba, opera, K. 111; Il sogno di Scipione, opera, K. 126; Lucio Silla, K 135; La finta gi...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Hakan; Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Blasi, Angela Mari...
Conductors: Schreier, Peter; Hager, Leopold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Klee, Bernhard

A unique collection of the complete operatic works of Mozart! This set ranges from the fascinating works of his teenage years to the profound late...continue...

Bach: Cantatas BWV 51, 82 and 199 / Pommer, Lorenz, Gruberova, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2009-04-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Lorenz, Siegfried
Conductors: Winschermann, Helmut; Pommer, Max
Ensemble: German Bach Soloists; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum

Edita Gruberova and Deutsche Bachsoloisten perform BWV 51 and 199. Siegfried Lorenz and Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig perform BWV 82....continue...

Handel Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Water Music; MEDLEY; Handel - Bourée; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437; Dank Se...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Carroll, Edward; Gruberova, Edita; Hartman, Bonnie; Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Marsalis, Wynton; Soper, Lee; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]; Timm, Joel; Wolff, Beverly
Conductors: Galway, James [Flute]; Ormandy, Eugene; Kapp, Richard; Carroll, Edward; Leppard, Raymond; Rudel, Julius; Groves, Charles, Sir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Washington Chamber Soloists

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Best Karajan 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; German Dances (3), K 605; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat majo...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baltsa, Agnes; Bottion, Aldo; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

In the 100th Anniversary year of the birth of Herbert von Karajan, EMI Classics is very pleased to announce this latest 6-CD set in the...continue...

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

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...

Mozart Effect 101

6 CD / Warner Classics Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Das Veilchen, K 476; Sonata in F major; Divertimento for String Quartet in F major, K 138 (125c); Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling (...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Baumann, Hermann; Berkes, Kalman; Blasi, Angela Maria; Bonney, Barbara; Cachemaille, Gilles; Clevenger, Dale; Cuberli...
Conductors: Conlon, James; Cassuto, Alvaro; ; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Jordan, Armin; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leppard, Raymond; Koopman, Ton; Scholz, Alfred; Barenboim, Daniel; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pitamic, Alexan...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Salzburg Consort; Schultz Ensemble; Trio Fontenay; Vienna Baroque Ensemble; Vienna Mozart Winds

Personnel: Cecilia Bartoli (soprano, mezzo soprano); Barbara Bonney, Sumi Jo (soprano); Herbert Lippert (tenor); Thomas Hampson (baritone); Maxim Vengerov , Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Jean-Pierre Ra...continue...

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Don Carlo / Stein, Corelli, Janowitz

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Corelli, Franco; Franc, Tugomir; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Janowitz, Gundula; Talvela, Martti; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Stein, Horst
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"Franco Corelli never recorded the role of Carlos commercially so this is instantly valuable; and indeed the tenor is in magnificent voice - pungent, emotionally...continue...

Everybody's Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collier, Marie; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; Cross, Gr...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin; Pidò, Evelino; Mackerr...
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symph...

Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is...continue...

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...