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In the South: Works for string quartet by Wolf, Puccini, Verdi, Turina, Piazzolla, Paganini / Brodsky Quartet

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2013-04-30

Works: Hugo Wolf: Serenade for String Quartet in G major "Italian Serenade"; Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Giuseppe Verdi: Quartet for Strings in E minor; Joaquín Turina: L...

The Brodsky Quartet here turns to the sunshine, bright colors, and deep passions of the South, performing Latin-inspired music for string quartet by composers who...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk (10/28/2012-10/30/2012)....continue...

Tine / Tine Thing Helseth, trumpet; Kathryn Stott, trumpet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-12

Works: Jacques Ibert: Impromptu, for trumpet & piano; Alexander Glazunov: Albumleaf for trumpet & piano in D flat major; George Enescu: Legende; Edvard Hagerup Bull: Perpetuum mobile, for trumpet & piano; G...
Performers: Helseth, Tine Thing; Stott, Kathryn

TINE is the eponymous recital disc by the exciting young Norwegian trumpet virtuoso Tine Thing Helseth. Her first two albums for EMI Classics (Storyteller and...continue...
Recording information: The Friary, Liverpool (06/24/2012-06/27/2012)....continue...

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Preludio sinfonico; Crisantemi / Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; Messa di Gloria; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Chorus

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (09/2000)....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...

Puccini: Turandot / Foster, La Spina, Kwon, Arthur, Lowrencev, Moran, Corcoran et al. / Opera Australia

2 CD / Opera Australia / 2013-02-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Lowrencev, Shane
Conductors: Licata, Andrea
Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus

Susan Foster sings the role of the cruel daughter of the Chinese emperor who demands her suitors correctly answer three riddles, on pain of death,...continue...
Recording information: Sydney Opera House (04/20/2012/04/25/2012)....continue...

Songs of Love - Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Tosti, Donizetti et al. / Anna Leese, soprano; Stephen De Pledge, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2013-02-26

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il fervido desiderio, for voice & piano; Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Vaga luna, che inargenti, song for voice & piano; La farfalletta, song for voice & piano;...
Performers: Buttner, Thorsten; de Pledge, Stephen; Leese, Anna

Anna Leese and Stephen de Pledge perform Italian Love Songs by Bellini, Puccini, Donizetti and Tosti. These elegant pieces for solo voice, some well known,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex, UK (11/27/2010-11/29/2010)....continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Foster, La Spina, Kwon, Arthur, Lawrencev, Moran, Corcoran, Macfarlane. Opera Australia [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2013-02-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Arthur, Jud; Corcoran, David; Foster, Susan; Kwon, Hyeseoung; Lowrencev, Shane; Macfarlane, Graeme; Moran, Andrew; Rasheed, Benjamin; Spina, Rosario La
Conductors: Licata, Andrea
Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus; Orchestra Victoria

Susan Foster sings the role of the cruel daughter of the Chinese emperor who demands her suitors correctly answer three riddles, on pain of death,...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Foster, La Spina, Kwon, Arthur, Lawrencev, Moran, Corcoran, Macfarlane. Opera Australia [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Opera Australia / 2013-02-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Arthur, Jud; Corcoran, David; Foster, Susan; Kwon, Hyeseoung; Lowrencev, Shane; Macfarlane, Graeme; Moran, Andrew; Rasheed, Benjamin; Spina, Rosario La
Conductors: Licata, Andrea
Ensemble: Opera Australia Chorus; Orchestra Victoria

Susan Foster sings the role of the cruel daughter of the Chinese emperor who demands her suitors correctly answer three riddles, on pain of death,...continue...
Run Time: 124 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Itali...continue...

Amore: The Opera Album

1 CD / Universal Import / 2013-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Les Pecheurs de Perles; Jules Massenet: Werther; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Um...
Performers: Cottle, Lawrence; Jason, Neil; Johnson, Bashiri [Percussion]; Watson, Russell
Conductors: Ingman, Nick; Hayward, William; Dodd, Nicholas; Lubbock, John

Personnel: Russell Watson (tenor)....continue...

The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 3

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Amilcare Ponchiell...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gogorza, Emilio de; Hempel, Frieda; Homer, Louise; Perini, ...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Salzburg Festival 1981 - Songs by Massenet, Fauré, Tosti, Mompou, Turina, de Falla / José Carreras, tenor; Edoardo Muller, piano

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Jules Massenet: Pensée d'automne; Elégie; Poème d'amour; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Toujours, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21/2;...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Muller, Eduardo [Conductor]

Accompanied by Edoardo Müller, José Carreras' recital of 1981 takes us from the French song with piano by Massenet and Fauré to the canciones of...continue...
Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (08/16/1981)....continue...

José Carreras: Live Comeback Concerts - arias, songs, zarzuela arias by Grieg, Tosti, Toldra, Catala, Mompou, Vives, Puccini et al. / José Carreras, tenor

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Edvard Grieg: Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Spoken Word: Jose Carreras welcomes his audience; Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Eduardo Toldrá: Canticel for voice & or...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Scalera, Vincenzo; Schneider, Ronald

Jose Carreras was known as part of the "big three" tenors of the twentieth century, among Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. This new disc presents...continue...

José Carreras: Live in Vienna - Songs & Arias by Fauré, Massenet, Truina, Liszt, Puccini, Tosti, Falvo et al. / José Carreras, tenor; Vincenzo Scalera, piano

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Jules Massenet: Poème d'amour; Joaquín Turina: Los dos miedos, poema en forma de canciones, for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. ...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Scalera, Vincenzo

This disc marks Jose Carreras' "comeback" performance following his battle with Leukemia. This live recording includes work by Faure, Liszt, Puccini and many others. Carrera...continue...
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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...

Monumental Karajan! - Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Sibelius, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Strauss et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. An...
Performers: Zoller, Karlheinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, who was the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years, is widely considered to have been one of...continue...
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Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Sensatiable

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-17

Works: Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, song (for the musical Evita); Pie Jesu (fro...
Performers: Akin, Joseph [Vocals]; Akin, Mary Penick; Ernst, Janna [Piano]; Gabka, Jane; Gisclair, Jean-Paul; Gisclair, Lauren Mouney; Hardin, Harry; Kelly, Frankie J.; Meyer, Joseph [Composer]; Nolan, Jesse; Pe...

Recording information: Axistudio, New Orleans, LA....continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Pavarotti: Essential Performances / Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Leoncavallo, et al.

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I Lombardi; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: La Figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' Elisir d'amore; Lucia de Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Edua...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

This disc contains an overview of some of Pavarotti's most famous and beloved recorded opera arias and songs, opening with a universal favorite, "La donna...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...

Puccini: La Boheme / Anna Netrebko, Piotr Beczala, Nino Machaidze, Massimo Cavalletti, Alessio Arduini et al. / Vienna PO, Daniele Gatti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-12-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Arduini, Alessio; Beczala, Piotr; Cavalletti, Massimo; Colombara, Carlo; Fersini, Davide; Forster, Steven; Kalman, Peter; Machaidze, Nino; Netrebko, Anna; Schweinester, Paul
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The incomparable Anna Netrebko follows Deutsche Grammophon's acclaimed, best-selling 2008 audio release of La Bohome.

Now you can watch Anna Netrebko perform Mimi - a

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Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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Katherine Jenkins sings Music from the Movies

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Dolly Parton: L'amore sei tu (Italian version of "I Will Always Love You"); Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, son...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Katherine Jenkins, a Welsh mezzo-soprano, is Britain's all-time best-selling classical-pop crossover act, an achievement no doubt attributed as much to her fashion model looks as her operatic voice. T...continue...

Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

The Ultimate Collection: Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-11-27

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; Meirion, Rhys; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

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...

Forever Domingo: Placido Domingo sings Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Rossini

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-19

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Guy d'Hardelot: Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ern...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gullino, Walter; Milnes, Sherrill; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio

Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Fifty Shades of Emotions / works by Bach, Marcello, Verdi, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, et al.

3 CD / Belmondo S.R.O. / 2012-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, Strings & Cembalo (L'autunno, Le Quattro Stagioni 'The Four Seasons'), Op. 8/3; Concerto for Violin, Strings & Cembalo in G minor (L'estate, Le Quattro Stagioni ...

Opera

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Requiem; Aida, opera; La traviata; Il trovatore; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohè...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea

Puccini: La Boheme / Diego Torre, Vasillij Ladjuk, Marita Solberg. Elvind Gullbery Jensen. A modern setting from the Norwegian National Opera Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Electric Pictures Company / 2012-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Ladjuk, Vasily; Solberg, Marita; Torre, Diego
Conductors: Jensen, Eivind Gullberg
Ensemble: Norwegian National Opera Chorus; Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Opening with Mimì (Marita Sølberg) dying of cancer in a modern intensive care unit, Director Stefan Herheim superimposes the modern over the traditional in this...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French, Italian...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Diego Torre, Vasillij Ladjuk, Marita Solberg. Elvind Gullbery Jensen. A modern setting from the Norwegian National Opera Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Electric Pictures Company / 2012-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Ladjuk, Vasily; Solberg, Marita; Torre, Diego
Conductors: Jensen, Eivind Gullberg
Ensemble: Norwegian National Opera Chorus; Norwegian National Opera Orchestra

Opening with Mimì (Marita Sølberg) dying of cancer in a modern intensive care unit, Director Stefan Herheim superimposes the modern over the traditional in this...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Puccini: Suor Angelica / Kristine Opolais, Lioba Braun, Mojca Erdmann, Nadezhda Serdyuk. Andris Nelsons

1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Preludio a orchestra
Performers: Opolais, Kristine
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: ; WDR Radio Symphony Chorus; WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Uncut, Suor Angelica lasts just about an hour, and one often hearts it in the concert hall today. With its unrestrained melancholy and mystical ambience,...continue...
Recording information: Kölner Philharmonie....continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Angela Gheorghiu, Jonas Kaufmann, Bryn Terfel. Royal Opera House Orch. & Chorus - Antonio Pappano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2012-10-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Francis, Hubert; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jakobski, Lukas; Kaufmann, Jonas; Morrissey, John; Payne, William; Terfel, Bryn; White, Jeremy; Zhou, Zheng
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

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One need only watch Angela Gheorghiu as Tosca, scratching her chin in puzzlement as she tries to figure out who Cavaradossi's painting of Mary Magdalene...continue...

Meditation: The Most Beautiful Classical Melodies

1 CD / Marquis Classic / 2012-10-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Christoph W. Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits; Ludwig van Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie f...
Performers: Aitken, Robert [Flute]; Bloemendal, Coenraad; Campbell, James [Clarinet]; Eguchi, Akira; Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Goodyear, Stewart; Grant, Cameron; Hoeppner, Susan; Krosnick, Joel; Lindemann, Jens; Ma...
Conductors: Komatsu, Chosei;
Ensemble: ; Duo Concertante; Upper Valley Duo

This collection of the most beautiful, familiar and popular classical melodies of all time, selected from the Marquis catalog of fine classical recordings, features virtuoso...continue...

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...

Opera Arias from Norma, Aida, Otello et al. / Veronica Ferraro, soprano

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; I Vespri siciliani; La Forza del Destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciul...
Performers: Ferraro, Pier Miranda

The Heartfelt Voice - Heinz Hoppe, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-09-25

Works: Werner Bochmann: Heimat, deine Sterne, song for voice & piano; Abends in der Taverne, song; Robert Stolz: Vor meinem Vaterhaus steht eine Linde; Karl Blume: Grün ist die Heide, song (from the fi...
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Bartos, Rita; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hansen, Max; Hofmann, Willi; Hoppe, Heinz; Langel, Willy [Vocals]; Litz, Gisela; Owen, Chloe; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schlemm, Anny;...
Conductors: Becht, Erich; Stolz, Robert; Marszalek, Franz; Stephan, Wilhelm; Schandert, Manfred; Muller-Lampertz, Richard; Cremer, Curt; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Burkhardt, Paul; Erede, Alberto; Martin, Wolfgang...

Heinz Hoppe was been the incarnation of the "olk singer": that rare species of singer possessing the necessary vocal qualities to pursue a career in...continue...

The Best Classical Music in the Movies Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; Schindler's List; E.T.; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the...
Performers: Abel, David [Conductor]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Barrueco, Manuel; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Gieseking, Walter; Horner, James; Little, Tasmin; Lopardo, Frank; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, James; Mo...
Conductors: Love, Geoff; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Sutherland, Iain; Goodwin, Ron; Ormandy, Eugene; Lombard, Alain

Verdi & Puccini: String Quartets / Quartetto di Roma

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2012-09-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Quartet for Strings in E minor; Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Minuets (3) for string quartet; Fugues (3) for string quartet; Quartet for Strings in D majo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quartetto di Roma

The particular interest and success of a project by Quartetto di Roma is revealed on this CD. Two great composers of 19th-century opera, Verdi and...continue...
Recording information: Church of Santa Maria Maggiore, Collescipoli, Terni, It (09/05/2008-09/07/2008)....continue...

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

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The First Recitals - arias from La Boheme, Turandot, Madama Butterfly, Carmen, Falstaff et al. / Mirella Freni, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-09-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Pietro Mascagni: L' Amico Fritz; Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Giann...
Performers: Ferro, Gianni Dal; Freni, Mirella; Remsey, Viktor [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Savini, Ino; Quadri, Argeo
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The recordings on this CD are taken from Freni's first two solo recitals. The first was recorded in 1959 with the orchestra of the Bavarian...continue...

Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

The Girl with the Golden Harp

1 CD / Classic FM Import / 2012-09-11

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah; Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Welsh Traditional: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), folk song; Lisa Lan; Bugeilio'r gwenith gwyn (Watch...
Performers: Jones, Claire [Harp]
Conductors: Morley, Stuart

Recording information: St. Augustine's Church, London....continue...

Simply Opera

4 CD / Simply / 2012-09-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; George Frederick Handel: Xerxes (Serse); Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir d'Amore; La Favorita; Don Sebastiano; Il Duca d'Alba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fis...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Barowska, Janna; Callas, Maria; Cupido, Alberto; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; DiDonato, Joyce; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Jeric, Ana P...
Conductors: Camerata Budapest; Kovács, László; Elmquist, Martin; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Greenwood, Andrew; Zedda, Alberto; Kuchar, Theodore; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; I Solisti Italiani; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Puccini: Turandot / Luana DeVol, Franco Farina, Barbara Frittoli, Josep Ruiz, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Giuliano Carella [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Alegret, David; Casanova, Jose L.; Cutlip, Philip; DeVol, Luana; Farina, Franco; Frittoli, Barbara; Palatchi, Stefano; Ruiz, Josep; Sintes, Lluis; Vas, Francisco
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu

Turandot has a special place among Puccini's works as the opera which most incorporates the changing sounds of the composer's time, filled with Puccini's inspired...continue...
Run Time: 151 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: GB,DE,FR,ES,IT,Catalan...continue...

Puccini: La Fanciulla del West / Deborah Voigt, Marcello Giordani, Lucio Gallo, MET - Nicola Luisotti [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-08-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West
Performers: Gallo, Lucio; Giordani, Marcello; Voigt, Deborah

Deborah Voigt stars in the title role of Puccini's wild west opera - in a spectacular performance seen live in cinemas worldwide as part of...continue...