von Otter, Anne Sofie > Opera/Operetta

Renée Fleming Live at the Paris Opera in 3 complete operas: Massenet: Manon; Dvorak: Rusalka; Strauss: Capriccio / Von Otter, Finley, Trost, Alvarez et al. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-04-30

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Diadkova, Larissa; Finley, Gerald; Fleming, Renee; Hawlata, Franz; Henschel, Dietrich; Larin, Sergei; Sénéchal, Michel; Trost, Rainer; Urbanova, E...
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus; Conlon, James; Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 467 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0
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Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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Gluck: Iphigenie en Aulide (Iphigenie en Tauride) / Véronique Gens, Salomé Haller, Nicolas Testé, Anne Sofie von Otter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-03-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide
Performers: Alvaro, Laurent; Antoun, Frédéric; Cornet, Martijn; Gens, Veronique; Haller, Salome; Helmer, Christian; Testé, Nicolas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens de Louvre Grenoble; Netherland Opera Chorus

Two late and baleful tragedies by Euripides focus on the ill-starred daughter of Agamemnon. In Aulis, the drama of Iphigenia rages until she is spared....continue...
Run Time: 267 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch
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A Late Quartet - Music by Angelo Badalamenti [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-06

Works: Angelo Badalamenti: A Late Quartet, film score; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die Tote Stadt; Cristian Puig: Bulerias del encuntreno, song; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Lidstrom, Mats; Lysell, Kjell; Puig, Cristian; Sparf, Nils-Erik [Violin/Viola]; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Grace, Jeff; LoDuca, Joseph

Sogno Barocco - Italian Baroque Opera Arias by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Provenzale, Rossi / Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-08-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; L' incoronazione di Poppea; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; Francesco Cavalli: Elena; La Calisto; Doriclea; Francesco Provenzale: Squarciato appena havea, for vo...
Performers: Piau, Sandrine; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Garcia Alarcon, Leonardo
Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

Sogno barocco - A baroque dream - is the third recording of Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter on Naïve. Dedicated to the first baroque...continue...
Recording information: Gävle Concert Hall, Gävle, Sweden (01/2012)....continue...

Une fête Baroque! / Anne Sofie von Otter; Sandrine Piau; Natalie Dessay; Philippe Jaroussky; Patricia Petibon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Opéra-ballet; Hippolyte et Aricie, Tragédie lyrique; Dardanus, Tragédie lyrique; Platée, Ballet-bouffon; Castor et Pollux, Trag&e...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Benichou, Olivier; Bertin, Pascal; Billiet, Jeroen; Claycomb, Laura; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Degout, Stephane; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; Fierro, Sydney; Haidan, Delphine; H...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert dÆ Astree

Paris's Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Le Concert d' Astree, under its founder and conductor Emmanuelle Haim gave a concert entitled Fetes Baroques to celebrate its 10th...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (12/19/2011)....continue...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été; Harold en Italie / Anne Sofie Von Otter, Minkowski

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Tamesit, Antoine; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Antoine Tamestit and Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble have joined forces to offer a thrilling performance of two...continue...
Recording information: Opéra Royal de Versailles, France (04/2011)....continue...

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Classic Lullabies: Music For Sweetest Dreams

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Robert Schumann: Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15; Märchenbilder no 4 (Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck), for viola (or violin) & piano, Op....
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Bonney, Barbara; Debost, Michel; Février, Jacques [Piano]; Janowitz, Gundula; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Laval, Danielle; Little, Tasmin; Paik, Kun-woo; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Rosc...
Conductors: ; Tate, Jeffrey; Stamp, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Tortelier, Paul; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Baudo, Serge
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble

Joannes Brahms was not the only great composer to write a beautiful lullaby. Virgin Classics is proud to release a brand new compilation containing 18...continue...

Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center / Levine [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-06-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Otello; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Daniels, Barbara; Diaz, Justino; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Heilmann, Uwe; Hornik, Gottfried; Kilduff, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prey, Hermann;...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The Metropolitan Opera celebrates 25 years at Lincoln Center with "one of the most exquisitely refined and extravagant assemblages of vocal artistry the Met stage...continue...
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Ombre De Mon Amant: French Baroque Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-03-02

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée, H 491; Concert à quatre parties de violes, H. 545; Auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour, air for soprano & continuo, H. 446; Concert à quatre part...
Performers: Collobert, Laurent; Lenaerts, Thibaut; Lopez, Marduk Serrano [Vocals]; Loughlin-Smith, Michael; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

'Ombre de mon amant' is Anne Sofie von Otter's first recording of these French Baroque Arias - graceful, temperamental tunes which will delight her fans...continue...
Recording information: Paris, Église Notre-Dame du Liban (09/2008)....continue...

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...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, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
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...

Gluck: Alcesta / John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists, Anne Sophie von Otter, Paul Groves [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Caton, Frederic; Groves, Paul; Henschell, Deitrich; Massenot, Gladys; Tezier, Ludovic; Thebault, Hjordis; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

This release features a stark yet powerful production of Gluck's Baroque masterpiece Alceste....continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Jordan/Glyndebourne Opera, von Otter, Haddock [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2008-11-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Haddock, Marcus; Hayes, Quentin; Hegarty, Mary; Judson, Colin; Lopez, Franck; Milne, Lisa; Naouri, Laurent; Rice, Christine; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Voschezang, Hans; Wise, Anthony
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

David McVicar's exhilarating production, with Anne Sofie von Otter in the title role, restores the Opera Comique to Bizet's masterpiece. Philippe Jordan, in his Glyndebourne...continue...
Run Time: 229 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Bartók: Concertos, Miraculous Mandarin, etc / Rattle, Labèques, Chung, Donohoe, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-09-16

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Concerto for Piano no 1, Sz 83; Concerto for Piano no 2, Sz 95; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Concerto for...
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Donohoe, Peter; Drouet, Jean-Pierre; Gualdo, Sylvio; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

Hungarian composer, pianist, musicologist Bela Bartok, though criminally neglected in his own time, has risen in stature and is now considered one of the greatest...continue...

Classics for My Baby - Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, Handel, Grieg, etc / Angelich, Menuhin, Argerich, Järvi, Anderszewski, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nac...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha; Bonney, Barbara; Capuçon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo; Coles, Samuel; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Debost, Michel; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, F...
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Wordsworth, Barry; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Harding, Daniel; Hickox, Richard; Janowski, Marek; Warren-Green, Christopher; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Gardelli...
Ensemble: Academy of London; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Br...

Studies that the unborn child in its mother's womb is able to perceive exterior noises. That being the case, you might as well let your...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Haitink, Morris, Marton, Jerusalem, Adam, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, et al

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Falcon, Ruth; Goldberg, Reiner; Haage, Peter; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Johanss...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Richard Wagner's tetralogy 'The Ring of the Nibelung' remains, quite simply, one of the largest-scale works of art ever conceived. With a total performance time...continue...

Opera 2008

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Bostridge, Ian; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brightma...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Viotti, Marcello; Langrée, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Bateman, Paul; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Chung, Myung-Whun; Kohn, Eugene; Serafin, Tullio; Ensemble, Matheus; Spinosi, Jean-Chri...

2008 two-CD compilation featuring the world's favorite opera tracks, sung by the world's greatest opera stars. Featuring Operatic Superstars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas...continue...

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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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...

Courbet - les musiques - Chopin, etc / Sokolov, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 14 in E flat minor, Op. 28/14, CT. 179; Prelude for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Hector Berlioz: Symphoni...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Cabasso, Laurent; Engerer, Brigitte; Gastinel, Anne; Guy, François-Frederic; Heisser, Jean-François; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Hurel, Juliette; ...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Eschenbach, Christoph; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Lombard, Alain; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; ORTF National Orchestra

Courbet's output displays an astonishing range of subjects, styles, and formats. It conveys a well-nigh revolutionary creative force which may recall that of the great...continue...

Handel: Agrippina / Gardiner, Jones, Miles, Ragin, et al

3 CD / Philips / 2007-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina
Performers: Brown, Donna; Chance, Michael; Clarkson, Julian; Jones, Della; Kenny, Jonathan Peter; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Mosley, George; Ragin, Derek Lee; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"Della Jones gives a masterful performance in the title role. John Eliot Gardiner has not recorded many Handel operas, nor directed many in the theatre....continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Haitink, Jerusalem, Marton

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kaufmann, Julie; Lipovsek, Marjana; Marton, Eva; Nes, Jard van; Tomlinson, Joh...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Musiques à Orsay - Debussy, etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Claude Debussy: Les a...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bauer, Marc; Beroff, Michel; Bouquet, Carole; Brezynski, Daniel; Castets, Maryse; Desjardins, Dominique; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Paul; Moragu...
Conductors: Rosenthal, Manuel; Lombard, Alain; Equilbey, Laurence; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Frances Musee dOrsay is an historic building, in which all of the arts from the second half of the 19th century are represented. The works...continue...

Music for a while - Baroque Melodies / von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-11-09

Works: Benedetto Ferrari: Amanti, io vi so dire, for voice & continuo; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Arie musicali Bk.1 no 15, Se l'aura spira, in 3 sections for solo voice; Giulio Caccini: Dovrò dunque morire...
Performers: Ericson, Anders; Lindberg, Jakob; Vinikour, Jory; von Otter, Anne Sofie

'Music for a While' is a beautiful album with delightful repertoire from the Baroque era, including songs and instrumental interludes. Von Otter is accompanied by...continue...

Trio - Rachmaninov: Complete Operas / Järvi, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-06-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; The miserly knight, Op. 24; Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Aalexashkin, Sergei; Caley, Ian; Chernov, Vladimir; Guleghina, Maria; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Larin, Sergei; Leiferkus, Sergei; Levinsky, Ilya; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This 3 for the price of 2 set features the acclaimed recordings of all three of Rachmaninov's operas....continue...

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas, King Arthur, Dioclesian, etc/Pinnock

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Music in "The Prophetess; Or, The History of Dioclesian" (after John Fletcher and Philip Massinger,; Timon of Athens,...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alder, Stephen; Amps, Kym; Argenta, Nancy; Bannatyne-Scott, Brian; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Davidson, Angus [Counterten...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert; English Concert Choir

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Wh...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Minkowski, Les Musiciens du Louvre

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-08-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Ankaoua, Jean-Michel; Bertin, Pascal; Deuter, Florian; Ewing, Alan; Hellekant, Charlotte; Kozená, Magdalena; McDonald, Hector; Mehta, Bejun [Countertenor Vocal]; Mijanovic, Marijana; von Otter...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

"The orchestra plays brilliantly, with the (then) novelty of Handel's horn parts ringing out in special power. One would never guess there was an audience...continue...

Bizet: Carmen [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2003-03-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Haddock, Marcus; Milne, Lisa; Naouri, Laurent; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

An exhilarating new Carmen from Glyndebourne. Director David McVicar describes Carmen as 'the first ever musical', and in his new production, with Anne Sofie van...continue...
Run Time: 220 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English
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Gluck: Alceste / Gardiner, Von Otter, Groves, Beuron, et al

2 CD / Philips / 2002-09-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Fuge, Katharine; Groves, Paul; Henschel, Dietrich; Lunn, Joanne; Testé, Nicolas; Tezier, Ludovic; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"There has been no recording of the 1776 French version - musically richer, dramatically tauter and more human than the monumental, monolithic Italian original -...continue...

Ma Vie Parisienne - Anne Sofie Von Otter Sings Offenbach

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-09-10

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Fantasio, comic opera in 3 acts; Le carnaval des revues, revue; Madame l'archiduc, operetta in 3 acts; Gaîté Parisienne; La bell...
Performers: d'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Keck, Jean-Christophe; Naouri, Laurent; Ragon, Gilles; von Otter, Anne Sofie

"Anne Sofie von Otter immediately stamps her brilliance on this fascinating collection as Offenbach's voluptuous Grand-Duchess. Her commanding projection and phrasing in 'Ah que j'aime...continue...

The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Jacques Offenba...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, P...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cambreling, Sylvain; Soltesz, Stefan; Muti, Riccardo; Chung, Myung-Whun; Armstrong, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Norringto...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne S...continue...

Handel: Ariodante / Minkowski, Musiciens du Louvre

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-08-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
Performers: Cangemi, Veronica; Coadou, Luc; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Dawson, Lynne; Podles, Ewa; Sedov, Denis; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

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Lynne Dawson is the star of this show. In Act 2, where Ginevra finds herself inexplicably rejected and condemned by everyone, Dawson...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress /Gardiner, Bostridge, Terfel

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-08-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Bronder, Peter; Clarkson, Julian; Howells, Anne; Legge, Anthony; Robson, Martin; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie; York, Deborah
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Bostridge, Terfel, von Otter, Gardiner: The leading vocal stars and conductor off our time join forces in a gripping new recording of one of this...continue...

Simply the Best Night at the Opera / Algana, Bartoli, et al

2 CD / Erato / 1999-07-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cura, Jose; Daniel, Susan; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Dubosc, Catherine; Gheorghiu, Angela; ...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Nagano, Kent; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; Lombard, Alain; Scimone, Claudio; Lenárd, Ondrej; Conlon, James; Foster, Lawrence; Barenboim, Daniel; Leppar...

Anne Sofie von Otter with the Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

1 CD / Proprius / 1997-12-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Hercules; Giulio Cesare; Semele; Claudio Monteverdi: O rosetta, che rosetta, madrigal for 3 voices (from Scherzi musicali a tre voci), SV 237; La violetta, madrigal for 3 voi...
Performers: von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors:
Ensemble: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Salonen, von Otter, Cole, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-06-30

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex
Performers: Chereau, Patrice; Cole, Vinson; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Gedda, Nicolai; Sotin, Hans; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Eric Ericson Chamber Choir

Mozart: Idomeneo / Gardiner, McNair, von Otter, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1991-09-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Halstead, Anthony; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Kenny, Jonathan Peter; Martinpelto, Hillevi; McNair, Sylvia; Mitchell, Alastair; Robson, Anthony; Ro...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Wilcock, Elizabeth

"Through his quiet pursuit of excellence, Sir John Eliot Gardiner has become one of the great musical communicators of our time." -Lord Puttnam...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin / Levine, Allen, Freni, Von Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1989-03-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Emmerlich, Gunter; Engert, Ruthild; Freni, Mirella; Hartfiel, Jurgen; Lang, Rosemarie; Senechal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Shicoff, Neil [Tenor Vocal]; Vocals], Paata Burchuladze [Bass; v...
Conductors: Levine, James

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Gardiner, Rolfe-Johnson, Baird, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Baird, Julianne; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Dawson, Lynne; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Milner, Howard; Montague, Diana; Nichols, Mary; Robertson,...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists