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Mozart: Mass in C minor / Kiri Te Kanawa, Ileana Cotrubas, Werner Krenn and Hans Sotin. Leppard

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Krenn, Werner; Sotin, Hans; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

Together with Requiem, Mozart's C minor mass is one of the brilliant composer's great unfinished sacred works. The work combines monumental power, solemn spirituality and...continue...
Recording information: All Saint's Church, Tooting (02/13/1973-02/15/1973)....continue...

50 Best Chillout Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Donohoe, Peter; Farr, Stephen; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Gavrilov, And...
Conductors: Handford, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Warren-Green, Christopher; Olah, Erno; Norrington, Roger; Trevor, Kirk; Sawallisch, ...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Fretwork; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chill out music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Performed by some of...continue...

50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...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...

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi & Puccini / Pritchard

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Le villi; Tosca; La rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Dale, Laurence; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The New Zealand-born Kiri Te Kanawa's lyric soprano voice and captivating stage presence have, throughout her operatic career, won her critical acclaim and a multitude

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Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London (09/17/1981)....continue...

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; Jane, Doug; Lusher, Don; Myhre, Graeme; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Doy, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Members of the National Philharmonic Orchestra Lon

After the Covent Garden Nozze di Figaro, an international career was assured. With a carefully chosen repertoire that included the principal soprano roles of Mozart,...continue...

Puccini: Arias & Songs / Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Roger Vignoles, piano

1 CD / Apex / 2011-08-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Le villi; Manon Lescaut; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; La bohème; Canto d'anime, song for voice & piano; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Morire?, song for ...
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Nagano, Kent

Artists Kiri Te Kanawa, Kent Nagano and Roger Vignoles join forces with the Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon to bring together this incredible recording...continue...
Recording information: Opéra National de Lyon (05/14/1996-05/22/1996)....continue...

Amadeus: Best of Mozart / Te Kanawa, Karajan, Welser-Most et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525; Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467; Sonata for Piano no 11, K. 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Concerto for Horn no 4, K. 495; Le nozz...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Helmis, Fritz; Hough, Stephen; Marshall, Margaret; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Naoumoff, Emile; Popp, Lucia; T...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Wlser-Most, Franz; Leppard, Raymo...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martins in the Fields; Berlin Philharmonic

Very Best Of Karl Jenkins / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Karl Jenkins: Requiem; The Armed Man; Palladio; Gloria; Sarikiz; Stella natalis; Stabat Mater; In these Stones Horizons Sing (Cantorion (Only Men Aloud)); Quirk; Adiemus, for female voices & orchestr...
Performers: Alberman, David; Alley, John [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bo, Alfie; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Clarvis, Paul; Davies, Gareth; Finch, Catrin; Hitchcock, Nigel; Hugh, Timothy; Jenki...
Conductors: Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Edwards, John O.
Ensemble: ; Adiemus Wind and Brass; EMO Ensemble

The Very Best of Karl Jenkins is a 2-CD compilation that presents a selection of the most popular pieces by the nation's best-loved living composer...continue...

50 Best Puccini / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ercolani...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Dian...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

Sweetest Love

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-03-22

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Morgan Pochin: Sweetest Love, song (after Bach's Air on the G String); Absence, song (after Sat...
Performers: Arcadian Ensemble; Czech Film Orchestra; Jenkins, Katherine; Philharmonia Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphonia; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Inglis, Anthony; Dodd, Nicholas

Recording information: BBC Friday Night Is Music Night....continue...

Essential Puccini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La rondine; Suor Angelica; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pappano, Antonio; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Matacic, Lovro von; Collins, Michael; Santini, Gabriele; Barbirolli, John; Gardelli,...

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; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
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...

Ultimate Collection - Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / Decca / 2010-08-03

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Traditional: I Vow To Thee My Country; Robert John Lange: Everyt...
Performers: Bradbury, Adrian; Jenkins, Katherine; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

2009 collection from the world's favorite mezzo-soprano. From the crossovers of Cohen's 'Hallelujah' to the straight operatic conventions of Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Jenkins...continue...
Released shortly after the Welsh soprano turned 30, the Katherine Jenkins compilation The Ultimate Collection is a good summation of her recording career so far. In that sense, it tends to confirm the...continue...

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

George Gershwin: Songs From The Shows; Overtures / Te Kanawa

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: John McGlinn: A Damsel in Distress, suite for orchestra; George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; Of Thee I Sing; Tip-Toes; Primrose; A Damsel in Distress; Oh, Kay!; George White's Scandals of 1924; Things Are L...
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: McGlinn, John

Recording information: RCA Studios, New York....continue...

A Portrait of Kiri Te Kanawa

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Ruhe...
Performers: Amner, Richard; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Andrew

Selections recorded 1979-83....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)

Schubert Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Die Forelle" (The Trout); Ave Maria; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder")...
Performers: Amner, Richard; Deutsch, Helmut; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Istomin, Eugene; Kroyt, Boris; Roisman, Joseph; Rose, Leonard; Schneider, Mischa; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Stern,...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Bernstein, Leonard; Szell, George

Recording information: 1936/1960....continue...

Little Music Lovers - Lullabies

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Stephen Foster: Beautiful dreamer; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 5...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jones, Della; Popp, Lucia; Price, Leontyne; Su...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Carl; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard

From The Heart

1 CD / Decca / 2009-02-17

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Cinema Paradiso; Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir&o...
Performers: Allwood, Ralph; Banbury, James; Bold, M.; David Rowland [Choir Director, Harpsichord]; Franglen, Simon; Guillio; Jenkins, Katherine; King's Consort Choir; King, Robert; Meirion, Rhys; National Youth ...

Katherine Jenkins' album 'From The Heart - The Best Of Katherine Jenkins' was only released in China in 2007. It is a compilation CD of...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Rhys Meirion (tenor); James Banbury (keyboards, percussion); Simon Franglen (keyboards, programming)....continue...

40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Fair...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonney, Barbara; Cole, Natalie; George, Michael; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hampson, Thomas; Larmore, Jennifer; Linden, Joost van der; Lutz, David; Martineau,...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Redel, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Legrand, Michel; Pohjola, Erkki; Jennings, Joseph; Lazarev, Alexander; Serebrier, José; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Davis,...
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Les Arts Florissants; Munich Pro Arte Orchestra; New York Philharmonic...

Maestro - Puccini: Arias & Songs / Kiri Te Kanawa, Kent Nagano, Lyon Opera Orchestra

1 CD / Erato / 2009-01-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Le Villi; Manon Lescaut; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; La bohème; Canto d'anime, song for voice & piano; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Morire?, song for ...
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Lyon Opera Orchestra

NOEL! - Voices of Christmas / Alagna, Dessay, Te Kanawa, Hampson, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Traditional: Petit Papa Noël; O Tannenbaum; Campana sobre campana; Il est né, le divin enfant; D'où viens-tu, bergère?; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Les anges dans nos camp...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; André, Maurice [trumpet]; Dessay, Natalie; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara; Petibon, Patricia; Philogene, Ruby; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kings College Choir; Ladies' Quartet; Les Petits Chanteurs De Vienne; The Sixteen

Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Christmas Traditional: Good King ...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bonney, Barbara; Clark, Patricia; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; McNair, Sylvia; Price, Leontyne; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Ka...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delfs, Andreas; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard; Marin, Ion; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pinnock, Trevor; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Guadagno, Anton; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; R...

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and...continue...

The Puccini Experience / Mehta, Italian Radio SO Rome, Italian Radio Chorus Rome

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; ...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cowan, Richard; Cura, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Barbacini, Maurizio; Conlon, James; Domingo, Placido; Sado, Yutaka; Nagano, Kent; Mehta, Zubin; López-Cobos, Jesús; Slatkin, Leonard; Szilvay, Csaba; Szilvay, Géza; Verrot, Pasca...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ph...

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...

Essential Jose Carreras (International)

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven

A beloved member of The Three Tenors, Spain's Jos Carreras has become one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

The King's Singers Greatest Hits

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-05

Works: John Lennon: Penny Lane; Help!; Yesterday; Eleanor Rigby; Paul Simon: Bridge Over Troubled Water; The Sounds of Silence; John David: You Are the New Day; Lionel Richie: Three Times A Lady; Cy Coleman...
Performers: Baines, Michael; Barrueco, Manuel; Chase, Roger; Crayford, Marcia; Fraser, John; Fullbrook, Charles; Gerhardt, Emil; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Hickox, Richard [Conductor]; Jackman, Bill; Kampen, ...
Conductors: Davis, Carl

The King's Singers are a unique group. Aside from their unusual voice distribution (2 countertenors, 1 tenor, 2 baritones and a bass), they have, over...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Gabriel's Message (Basque); In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); I Wonder As I Wander (American); This is the truth sen...
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; George, Michael; Hampson, Thomas; Harjanne, Jouko; Jo, Sumi; Lipovsek, Marjana; Ochs, Barbara; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Upshaw, Dawn [So...
Conductors: Stapleton, Robin; Higginbottom, Edward; Wolff, Hugh; ; Gardiner, John Eliot; Sutej, Vjekoslav; Schneider, Michael; Scimone, Claudio; Werner, Fritz; Glahe, Will; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Lazarev, Al...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; London Brass; Will Glahe Soloists

Personnel: Marjana Lipovsek , Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Michael George, Thomas Hampson, Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw (vocals); Jouko Harjanne (trumpet); Gottfried Bach (forte...continue...

Classical Chisine: Mangia Italiano!

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Arcangelo Corelli: Sonatas ...
Performers: Bruggen, Frans [Conductor]; Bylsma, Anner; Lamon, Jeanne; Leonhardt, Gustav; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Lamon, Jeanne; Kapp, Richard; ; Pritchard, John; Condie, Richard P.; Schippers, Thomas; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Chicago Orchestra, Brass Section; Cleveland Orchestra Brass; Philadelphia Orchestra Brass

The Mozart Collection - Vesperes solemnes de confessore, etc

1 CD / Philips / 2006-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Kyrie in D minor, K 341 (368a); Ave verum corpus; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a)
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Ryland; Howell, Gwynne; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"This disc could hardly present a more delightful collection of Mozart choral music... ranging from the early soprano cantata, Exsultate Jubilate, with its famous setting...continue...

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi and Puccini Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Le Villi; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Knight, Gillian; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Von Stade, Frederica; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Andrew

"It is a pleasure to recommend this programme of Verdi and Puccini without reservation. - Gramophone...continue...

R. Strauss: Four Last Songs, etc / Te Kanawa, Davis

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-18

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Befreit, Op. 39 no 4; Lieder (8), Op. 10
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

"Dame Kiri Te Kanawa gives an open-hearted, warmly expressive reading of the Four Last Songs her commitment is never in doubt. Her tone is consistently...continue...

The Ultimate Relaxation Christmas Album II

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); The First Nowell (English); Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head (American); The Twelve Days of Christmas; Richard Storrs Willi...
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Goss, Stephen; Keenlyside, Simon; King, Robert; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scott, John; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tinkler, Mark; Way, Anthony
Conductors: Westenburg, Richard; Mantovani, The Orchestra; Rose, Barry; Rutter, John; Guest, George; Rogers, Eric; Adler, Kurt Herbert;
Ensemble: ; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Eric Rogers Chorale; Musica Sacra (New York); National Philharmonic Orchestra; St. John's College Choir, Cambridge; Trapp Family Singers

A Christmas Nativity

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: I Wonder As I Wander (American); Away in a Manger; Il est né, le divin enfant (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Child...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Martineau, Malcolm; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scott, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tebaldi, Renata; Terfel, Bryn; Thalben-Ball, George,...
Conductors: Westenburg, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Music], John Scott [Choral; Bonynge, Richard; Sanchez, Damian; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rutter, John; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Davis, Carl; Pinnock, Trev...
Ensemble: ; Bilbao Choral Society; Clare College Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; The English Concert; Vienna Singverein

The Nativity, the enchanting and enduring story that tells of the birth of Jesus Christ, is perhaps the best known tale in the history of...continue...

Brahms: A German Requiem / Solti, Te Kawana, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-03-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Vocals], Bernd Weikl [Baritone
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Artist Portrait - Kiri Te Kanawa

1 CD / Erato / 2004-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Canto d'anime, song for voice & piano; La Rondine; Turandot; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & p...
Performers: Leech, Richard; Quilico, Gino; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Titus, Alan; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Nagano, Kent; Lombard, Alain; Janowski, Marek; Legrand, Michel; Stapleton, Robin
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Coventry Cathedral Choir; London Studio Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

"Her singing is not simply a matter of voice, but while there are plenty of sopranos who will perform with admirable efficiency in a comparable...continue...

Sleeping with Schubert

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-06-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Work(s); Sonata for piano, 4 hands in C major ("Grand Duo"), D. 812 (Op. posth. 140); "Trout" Quintet; Fantasy for Piano 4 ha...
Performers: Amner, Richard; Deutsch, Helmut; Groethuysen, Andreas; Haefliger, Andreas; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Tal, Yaara; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: ; Bruno, Weil
Ensemble: Artis Quartett; Classical Band; Ensemble Wien-Berlin; L'Archibudelli

The Essential Wedding - Wedding favorites by Bach, Handel, Stainer, Pachelbel, Wagner

2 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Michael Laird Brass Ensemble; National ...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; ; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Morris, Wyn; Guest, George; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Page, Neil; Rudel, Julius; Ingman, Nick...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Choir of Uppingham School; English Sinfonia; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's College Choir of Cambridge; Michael Laird Bras...

Personnel: Felicity Palmer, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Anthony Way (treble); Harry Dilley (trumpet); Stephen Cleobury , Richard Farnes, Peter...continue...

Kiri Te Kanawa - Highlights from "Faust", "Otello", etc

2 CD / Bella Voce / 2004-05-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bisson, Yves; Burrows, Stuart; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossutta, Carlo; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Wilhelmenia; Fyson, Leslie; Howell, Gwynne; Krause, Tom; Soyer, R...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: National Theater Opera Chorus of Paris; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Abbey Road Ensemble; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; London Symphony Orchestra; Lusher, Don; New World Philharmonic, The; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Or...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Maori Vocal Group; National Philharmonic Orchestra London members; New ...

Personnel: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Jeremy Budd (treble); Richard Anaru (guitar); Jim Hughes (harmonica); Don Lusher (trombone); Laurie Holloway (piano); Mickey Ututaonga (drums, percussion); Charli...continue...

Enduring Freedom - America's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Irving Berlin: God Bless America; Samuel Augustus Ward: America the Beautiful; George M. Cohan: You're a grand old flag; Woody Guthrie: This Land is You...
Performers: Horne, Marilyn; Luxon, Benjamin; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Willison, David
Conductors: Rogers, Eric; Williams, John [Composer]; Davis, Carl; Mantovani, Annuncio Paulo; Rudel, Julius; Bashford, Rodney; Hunsberger, Donald; Pope, Douglas A.; Fennell, Frederick
Ensemble: Annunzio Paolo Mantovani Chorus; Boston Pops; Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Eric Rogers Chorale; Eric Rogers Orchestra; Grenadier Guards Band; Mantovani & His Orchestra; Mormon Ta...

For Your Life - For Your Wedding

1 CD / Decca / 2003-04-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Sc...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; English Chamber Orchestra; Howarth, Elgar; Jones, Philip; Kubelik, Rafael; Laird, Michael; Laubin...
Conductors: Richter, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Howarth, Elgar; Karajan, Herbert von; Agoult, Raymond; Boult, Adrian; Rose, Barry; Dutoit, Charles; Pinnock, Trevor; Kubelik, Rafael; Steiner, Heinrich
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

This selection features both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Wolfgang Marschner (violin); Philip Jones, Bernhard Läubin, Hannes Läubin, Wolfgang Läubin, James Gerard Watson, J...continue...

The Dream Cast - Puccini: La Bohème / Alagna, Bocelli, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2002-11-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; Gh...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Noseda, Gianandrea; Barlow, Stephen; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Colin; Chailly, Riccardo

Italian Opera Arias / Domingo, Scotto, Te Kanawa, Wixell

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Rigoletto; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Wol...
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Levine, James; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Puccini - Great Opera Arias / Domingo, Te Kanawa, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Suor Angelica; Le Villi; Manon Lescaut
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Knight, Gillian; Marton, Eva; Ricciarelli, Katia; Scotto, Renata; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orches...