Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals] > Levine, James

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...

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...

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

Bellini: Norma / James Levine, Beverly Sills, Shirley Verrett, Enrico Di Giuseppe, Paul Plishka, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-07-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Giuseppe, Enrico di; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Tear, Robert; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Wallis, Delia
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

This is truly a rare treasure from the archives. Norma is perhaps the greatest, most dramatic bel canto opera and Bevely Sills was undoubtedly one...continue...

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...

Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Levine, Sills, Gedda, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Galiano, Joseph; Gedda, Nicolai; Milnes, Sherrill; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rippon, Michael; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

Gemini - Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia / Levine, Sills

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Capecchi, Renato; Galiano, Joseph; Gedda, Nicolai; Milnes, Sherrill; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rippon, Michael; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir

Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-05-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereu...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Gedda, Nicolai; Glossop, Peter; Kern, Patricia; MacDonald, Kenneth; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Treigle, Norman; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Jalas, Jussi; Levine, James; Ceccato, Aldo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Buckley, Emerson
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The track list on this 2-disc set has been carefully chosen and endorsed by Beverly Sills herself, and includes a track from Norma for the...continue...

Opera - Rossini: Barber of Seville (Highlights) / Levine

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Galiano, Joseph; Gedda, Nicolai; Milnes, Sherrill; Raimondi, Ruggero; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra