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The Best Wedding Music Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's Ma...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lundkvist, Erik; Parker-...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, George; Muti, Riccardo; Lehani, Fritz

Domingo Conducts Milnes! Milnes Conducts Domingo!

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Charles Gounod: Faust; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Piet...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Price, Doreen; Temperley, Jean; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/14/1972-08/16/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/18/1972-08/19/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great ...continue...

Vivaldi Best Loved Adagios / Fabio Biondi, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Europa Galante and Ensemble Matheus

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Andromeda Liberata; Concerto for Lute in G minor "La Notte" RV 439; Stabat Mater, RV 621; Concerto for Violin & second violin in A major 'Per eco in Lontano', RV 552; Laudate Pueri D...
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Comparato, Marina; Daniels, David; Genaux, Vivica; Jaroussky, Philippe; See, Janet
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Parrott, Andrew; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Warren-Green, Christopher; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; Taverner Players

Best Handel 50 / EMI

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Ariodante; Arianna in Creta; Radamisto; Orlando; Armino; Serse; Giulio Cesare; Teseo; Alcina; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 1 in F; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Wa...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Auger, Arleen; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Genaux, Vivica; Gilchrist, Jane; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Jaroussky, Ph...
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; ; Norrington, Roger; Rousset, Christophe; Hickox, Richard; Nelson, John; Briger, Alexander; Linde, Hans-Martin; McGegan, Nicholas; P...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

50 Best is a series of 3-CD sets which feature genres of music ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs,...continue...

50 Best Beethoven / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no ...
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Arrau, Claudio; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baldwin, Dalton; Bar, Olaf; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Chung Trio; Collot, Serge; de los Angeles,...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Sanderling, Kurt; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen; Karajan, Herbert von; Davies, Dennis R.; Boult, Adrian; Galliera, Alceo; Szell, George; ; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London; Nash Ensemble

50 Best Wedding

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Padre Giovanni Battista Martini: Toccata for trumpet & organ (or ensemble); Norwegian Traditional: Wedding March from Nordmose; ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Atherton, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ball, Michael; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Coburn, Pamela; Craig, Charles; Dess...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Karajan, Herbert von; Munrow, David; Parrott, Andrew; Menuhin, Yehudi; Stevens, Denis; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Hughes, Owain Arwel...

Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream; Die erste Walpurgisnacht / Harnoncourt

1 CD / Apex / 2011-02-22

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, cantata for chorus & orchestra, Op. 60
Performers: Bantzer, Christoph; Coburn, Pamela; Hampson, Thomas; Heilmann, Uwe; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Pape, Rene; Remmert, Birgit
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

"Mendelssohn's highly potent brand of magic here in rhythmically robust live recordings of eight numbers from A Midsummer Night's Dream, and a formidable team of...continue...
Recording information: Stefaniensaal, Graz....continue...

50 Best Baroque

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Solomon; Messiah; Water Music; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Henry Purcell: Abdelazar, or The Moor'...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bussi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; d'Auvergne, Orchestre; Danby...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Auriacombe, Louis; Christophers, Harry; Sav...
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Circa 1500; Europa Galante; Fretwork; Il Seminario Musicale; Melante Amsterdam; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Brahms Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Concerto f...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Oppitz, Gerhard; Serkin, Rudolf; Szeryng, Henryk
Conductors: Szell, George; Scholz, Alfred; Monteux, Pierre; Levine, James; Reiner, Fritz

Bach: Cantatas - 24 Highlights / Koopmann, Amsterdam Baroque Soloists

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2009-10-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 214, "Tönet, ihr Pauken! Erchallet, Trompeten!" BWV 214 (BC G19); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 29, "Wir dank...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Grimm, Anne; Larsson, Lisa; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Mertens, Klaus; Piau, Sandrine; Prégardien, Christoph; Zomer, Johannette [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Koopman, Ton
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra

Bach Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Minuet in D...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Carmignola, Giuliano; Galway, James [Flute]; Gould, Mark [Trumpet]; Haegele, Stefanie; Hahn, Hilary; Hammer, Stephen; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Serkin, Peter [P...
Conductors: ; Ormandy, Eugene; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Galway, James; Marcon, Andrea; Kapp, Richard
Ensemble: ; Canadian Brass; I Solisti di Zagreb; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Virtuosi; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Virtuosi

My Heart Alone - Operetta Arias & Duets / Kirchschlager, Keenlyside, Eschwé, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-10-28

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Die Csárdásfürstin; Das Veilchen von Montmartre; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Franz Lehár: Giuditta; The Merry Widow; Zigeunerliebe; The Land of Smiles; Ca...
Performers: Keenlyside, Simon; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Eschwe, Alfred

Angelika Kirchschlager, one of the world's most sought-after mezzo-sopranos, reunites with baritone Simon Keenlyside, a 2007 Gramophone Award winner, to prove that operetta is still...continue...

Markevitch: Complete Orchestral Works Vol 1 / Lyndon-Gee, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-09-30

Works: Igor Markevitch: Partita, for piano & orchestra; Le Paradis Perdu (Paradise Lost)
Performers: Garrison, Jon [Tenor Vocal]; Hoek, Martijn van den; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vocals]; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Lyndon-Gee, Christopher
Ensemble: Arnhem Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Concert Choir

This first volume of the Naxos 'Igor Markevitch Complete Orchestral Works Edition', to be followed by the seven volumes previously released on Marco Polo, brings...continue...

Susan Graham - Portrait

1 CD / Erato / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Ned Rorem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano; Early in the ...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves

Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, etc / Robert Craft, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pater noster; Blessed Virgin; Credo, for chorus; Mass; Cantata, for 2 soloists, female chorus & chamber orchestra; Babel; Symphony of Psalms
Performers: Bogdan, Thomas; Feld, Melanie; Feller, Bart; Hart, Mary Ann [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Parloff, Michael; Sherry, Fred [Cello]; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: Gregg Smith Singers; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia London; Simon Joly Chorus

This disc of sacred choral music features the masterly 'Symphony of Psalms,' which Stravinsky dedicated "to the glory of God." The composer himself wrote, "It...continue...

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Classics - Handel: Messiah (Highlights) / Pearlman

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Clift, Karen; Fowler, Bruce; Ledbetter, Victor; Robbin, Catherine
Conductors: Pearlman, Martin
Ensemble: Boston Baroque

"...one of the happiest Messiahs on disc." - Gramophone...continue...

Classic Library - Verdi Heroines / Leontyne Price

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; La traviata; Ernani; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: El Hage, Robert Amis; Hage, Robert Amis el; Londi, Laura; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Vozza, Corinna [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; ; Leinsdorf, Erich; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: ; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; Rome Opera Orchestra

The Secret of Dvorák's Cello Concerto / Vogler, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-11-15

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Leave me alone (Lasst mich allein), song for voice & piano, B. 157/1 (Op. 82/1); Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55; Stephen Foster: Jeann...
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Kirchschlager, Angelika [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Robertson, David
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

Here is a surprising and fresh interpretation of Dvoraks Cello Concerto featuring acclaimed German cellist Jan Vogler. To enhance this epic work, and to offer...continue...

The English Song Series 11 - Quilter: Folk-Song Arrangements

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-04-19

Works: Roger Quilter: The Arnold Book of Old Songs, for voice & piano; Little Moth, for voice & piano (from Love at the Inn); Love calls through the summer night, for 2 voices & piano (from Love at the Inn)...
Performers: Langridge, Philip; Norris, David Owen; Pitt, Amanda; Thomas, Joanne; Wilson-Johnson, David

Rooted in the sound of the Victorian drawing-room ballad, Roger Quilter's songs are elegant and refine. Quilter arranged a great variety of songs, a process...continue...

Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet, etc / Jennifer Lane

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Concerto for String Quartet after Handel's Op. 6 no 7; Suite for piano, Op. 25; Gurrelieder; Book of the Hanging Gardens, Op. 15; Spoken Word: A Conversation with Arnold Schoenberg
Performers: Lane, Jennifer; Oldfather, Christopher [Piano]
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: 20th Century-Fox Symphony Orchestra; Fred Sherry String Quartet

"For all the demanding density and complexity of his music, Schoenberg always gave his listeners a foothold. The performances on this disc bring him across...continue...

Beyond Imagination

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-01-14

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsumme...
Performers: Babes, Opera; Bova, Jeff; Clarvis, Paul; Cohen, Jon; Cottle, Richard; Dalton, Mitchell; England, Karen; Goldberg, Ivor; Hartley, David; Knight, Rebecca; Kodo; Martin, Juan [Guitar]; Parricelli, John;...
Conductors: Masterson, Cliff; Griffiths, Paul Wynne; Ingman, Nick

Operababes: Rebecca Knight, Karen England.

Producers include: Jon Cohen, Noely, Anne Dudley, Frank Gallagher, Jim Steinman, Avi Geller.

Recorded in London, England and New York, New York...continue...

Verdi - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-02-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; La forza del destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kraus, Alfred...
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Santi, Nello; Basile, Arturo; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Previtali, Fernando; Cleva, ...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Boston Pops; London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Best-Loved Wedding Music

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-12-04

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Sigfrid Karg-Elert: Chorale Improvisations (66) for Organ, Op. 65; Léon Boëllmann: Suite Go...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Corelli, Franco; Goossens, Leon [Oboe]; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ohlsson, Garrick; Parker-Smith, Jane; Ra...
Conductors: Mingardo, Raffaele

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Hodie, etc / Willcocks

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-11-07

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Hodie (This Day), Christmas cantata for soprano, tenor, baritone, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barrow, John; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Shirley-Quirk, John; Williams, Gavin
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; Guildford Cathedral Choir

This is a classic 1965 recording of Vaughan Williams Hodie, a touching and ebullient seasonal masterpiece written late in the composers life. The perennial Christmas...continue...

A Copland Celebration Vol 3 - Vocal & Choral Works

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-11-07

Works: Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; Old American Songs, for voice & piano, Book 2; Poems (12) of Emily Dickinson, song cycle for voice & piano (orchestrated 1970 as "Poems (8) of Emil; In the B...
Performers: Addison, Adele; Cassilly, Richard; Copland, Aaron; Fredericks, Richard; Hale, Robert; Muller, Mildred; Treigle, Norman; Turner, Claramae; Warfield, William [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Copland, Aaron
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

25 Wedding Favorites

2 CD / Traditions Alive / 2000-09-19

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée; Solomon; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Der Messias; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's Mar...
Performers: Abravanel, Maurice; Clark, Richard Auldon; Eastman Chorale; Faerber, Jorg; Hart, Mary Ann [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kehr, Gunter; Lautenbacher, Suzanne; Mainz Chamber Orchestra; Manhattan Chamber Orche...
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Faerber, Jörg; Clark, Richard Auldon; Kehr, Günter; Neuen, Donald; Zinman, David; Abravanel, Maurice

Personnel: Mary Jane Newman (organ)....continue...

Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky; Khachaturian / Reiner, Elias

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-09-12

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78; Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kogan, Leonid
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Finally we get the Khachaturian on CD--a wonderful recording, never surpassed. Finally we get the Reiner 'Nevsky' in outstanding sound...The conducting is thrilling, and the...continue...

More Tears From Heaven - Bach, Handel, Rachmaninoff, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-03-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for sol...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Luchetti, Veriano; Price, Leontyne; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Stokowski, Leopold; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Davis, Colin; Solti, Sir Georg; Westenburg, Richard
Ensemble: Bach Collegium Munich; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Musica Sacra; Norman Luboff Choir; Royal Philharmonic Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

La Belle Époque - The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn / Graham, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-09-15

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: A Chloris; Le rossignol des lilas; L'enamourée; Mélodies (20), Volume 1; Études Latines; Les fontaines, for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book II"); Rondels; Dans la ...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

"Susan Graham brings to [these songs] a voice of lovely quality, excellent French and - in keeping with Hahn's own insistence - gives overriding importance...continue...

Amore - Opera's Greatest Romances / Price, Domingo, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Frascati, Tommaso; Hadley, Jerry; Jussila, Mika; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Londi, Laura; Mathis, Edith; Milnes,...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Kubelik, Rafael; Perlea, Jonel; Basile, Arturo; Downes, Edward; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

25 Opera Favorites

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1997-07-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini:...
Performers: Buzea, Ion; Cirje-Druica, Elvira; Hart, Mary Ann [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Herlea, Nicolae; Ianculescu, Magda; Moldoveanu, Eugenia; Oakman, John; Owens, Anne-Marie; Page, Steven [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Bigg, Julian; Bobescu, Jean; Popescu, Paul; Kunzel, Erich; Semkov, Jerzy; Massini, Eglizio; Trailescu, Cornel; Clark, Richard Auldon; Palmer, Rudolph; Petrovici, Constantin; Popa, ...
Ensemble: ; Brewer Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Cincinnati Pops Chorus; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Czech Symphony Orchestra; Manhattan Chamber Orchestra; Romanian Opera Chorus of Bucharest; Romanian Opera Or...

Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, etc / Graham, Nelson

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-07-15

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Béatrice et Bénédic...
Performers: Graham, Susan
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"It would be hard to imagine a move inspiriting and rewarding display of Berlioz singing than this from a singer who has the composer's style...continue...

Tears From Heaven / Battle, Domingo, Caballé, Terfel

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-02-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; E...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Battle, Kathleen; Blasi, Angela Maria; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kenny, Yvonne...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Levine, James; Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Goodman, Roy; Marlow, Richard; Flor, Claus P.; Solti, Sir Georg; Froschauer, Helmuth; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Spivakov, Vladimir; Cillario, Carlo Feli...

The Chorus - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-10-29

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölz...
Performers: Adams, Sarah Fuller; Asper, Frank W.; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baker, Jeffrey Reid; Howe, Julia Ward; Howell, Gwynne; Monoyios, Ann; Murphy, Suzanne; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; S...
Conductors: DeCormier, Robert; Ormandy, Eugene; Condie, Richard P.; Cobos, Luis; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Hills, Margaret; Bruno, Weil; Tchakarov, Emil; Giulini, Carl...
Ensemble: ; European Baroque Soloists; New York Choral Society; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra; Vocal Majority

Caldara: Christmas Cantata, etc / Mallon, Aradia Baroque

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1996-10-08

Works: Antonio Caldara: Vaticini di pace ("Christmas Cantata"), for 4 voices, strings & continuo; Sinfonia a quattro no 5 in B flat major ("San Pietro in Caesarea"); Sinfonia a quattro no 6 in G minor ("San...
Performers: Arnot, David; Dayiantis-Straub, Linda; Haines, Mary Enid; Lane, Jennifer

Corigliano: Of Rage and Remembrance, Symphony no 1 / Slatkin

1 CD / RCA Records / 1996-09-17

Works: John Corigliano: Of Rage And Remembrance, for mezzo-soprano, boy soprano, male chorus & instrumental ensemble; Symphony no 1
Performers: Accinno, Michael; Baker, Robert P.; DeYoung, Michelle; Forest, Michael; Garlick, Glenn; Hardy, David; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboards]; Shaffran, James; Stearns, Jason
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: National Symphony, Washington, D. C.; Washington Choral Arts Society Men

"...one can state that he [Corigliano] is probably the leading composer of American neo-Romanticism...My advice is: if you have no recording of the work [Symphony...continue...

Basic 100 Vol 72 - Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, etc / Reiner

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-11-07

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78; Lieutenant Kijé, film score and suite for orchestra, Op. 60; Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila
Performers: Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Bruno Walter Edition - Brahms: German Requiem, Alto Rhapsody

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-05-16

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45; Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Muller, Mildred; Seefried, Irmgard
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Occidental College Concert Choir

Basic 100 Vol 64 - Puccini: Madame Butterfly - Highlights

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Maero, Philip; Price, Leontyne; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra

Opera's Greatest Duets / Pavarotti, Price, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1994-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; La traviata; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly;...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Mathis, Edith; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Guadagno, Anton; Basile, Arturo; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Magiera, Leone; Henderson, Skitch; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Modena Teatro Comunale Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera H...

Mozart: The Magic Flute - Highlights / Böhm, Peters, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1990-06-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Ahlin, Cvetka; Crass, Franz; Fahberg, Antonia; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hillebrecht, Hildegard; Kostia, Raili; Lear, Evelyn; Lenz, Friedrich; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vo...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin RIAS Chamber Chorus

Puccini: Madama Butterfly Highlights / Leinsdorf, Moffo

1 CD / RCA Records / 1989-10-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Cesari, Renato; Ciferri, Maria Grazia; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Mattioli, Renata; Mineo, Andrea; Moffo, Anna; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Zeri, Maria Luisa
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra