Meli, Francesco

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...

Verdi: Four Sacred Pieces; Hymn of the Nations / Noseda

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-03-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Inno delle nazioni, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Libera me - Dies irae (from the Requirm Mass); Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; La forza del Destino
Performers: Frittoli, Barbara; Meli, Francesco
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea

This is a recording of rarely heard choral works by Verdi, performed by all-Italian forces: the Orchestra and Chorus of Teatre Regio in Turin, with...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Regio, Turin, Italy (07/15/2010-07/17/2010)....continue...

Bellini: La Sonnambula (Highlights) / Evelino Pidò, Natalie Dessay, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Colombara, Carlo; Dessay, Natalie; Gay, Paul; Gietz, Gordon; Meli, Francesco; Mingardo, Sara
Conductors: Pidò, Evelino

Following the success of the complete opera version of Bellini's 'La Sonnambula' featuring Natalie Dessay (which was awarded Diaspason d'Or of the Year 2007), Virgin...continue...

Classical 2009 [Barnes & Noble exclusive] / Brightman, Pavarotti, Callas, Villazón, Domingo, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-11-25

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Ennio Morricone: Il ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Bronder, Peter; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chang, Sarah; Cle...
Conductors: Reed, Michael; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Jojic, Boris; Nemcová, Miriam; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardner, Edward; Prizeman, Robert; Handley, Vernon; D...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); EMO Ensemble; G-String; German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen; Le Concert d'Astrée ; London Musici; The English Concert

Classical 2009 gathers the biggest names in classical music on two specially priced CDs. Legends from Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti to Andrés Segovia and...continue...