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Bel Canto Bully: The Musical Legacy of the Legendary Opera Impresario Domenico Barbaja with music by Rossini, Weber, Bellini et a.

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Gazzetta; Otello; Mosè in Egitto (Naples version); La Donna del lago; Maometto II; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: R...
Performers: Adami, Filippo; Amou, Akie; Bandelow, Karen; Colonna, Monica; Ganassi, Sonia; Giordani, Marcello; Guagliardo, Giovanni; Mahieux, Ugo; Mironov, Maxim; Podles, Ewa; Pratt, Jessica; Regazzo, Lorenzo; Th...
Conductors: Franklin, Christopher; Fogliani, Antonino; Koch, Martin; Zedda, Alberto; Amberger, Martin; Morandi, Pier G.; Walter, Alfred; Mercurio, Steven; Rota, Marcello; Benini, Maurizio

Domenico Barbaja (1777-1841) was the legendary impresario who dominated European operatic stages for thirty years. The ruthless mogul was at the very heart of the...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Christian Gerhaher, Nina Stemme. Janowski

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Gerhaher, Christian; McCown, Michael; Prudenskaja, Marina; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwinghammer, Wilhelm; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Sonn, Peter; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The sixth installment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition features the epic Tannhäuser. With world-class voices like Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, and Albert Dohmen, this...continue...
Personnel: Sabine Puhlmann, Nina Stemme , Bianca Reim, Isabelle Voákühler (soprano); Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo soprano); Robert Dean Smith, Michael McCown, Peter Sonn (tenor); Christian Ge...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, ...

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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Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

Verdi: Oberto / Mariana Pentcheva, Fabio Sartori, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Francesca Sassu. Antonello Allemandi, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto
Performers: Parodi, Giovanni Battista; Pentcheva, Mariana; Sartori, Fabio; Sassu, Francesca

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Verdi: Oberto / Mariana Pentcheva, Fabio Sartori, Giovanni Battista Parodi, Francesca Sassu. Antonello Allemandi, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto
Performers: Parodi, Giovanni Battista; Pentcheva, Mariana; Sartori, Fabio; Sassu, Francesca

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Verdi: Nabucco / Leo Nucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Giorgio Surian, Dimitra Theodossiou, Anna Maria Chiuri. Michele Mariotti. Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Chiuri, Anna Maria; Nucci, Leo; Ribeiro, Bruno; Surian, Giorgio; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 147 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Verdi: Nabucco / Leo Nucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Giorgio Surian, Dimitra Theodossiou, Anna Maria Chiuri. Michele Mariotti. Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Chiuri, Anna Maria; Nucci, Leo; Ribeiro, Bruno; Surian, Giorgio; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 147 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Mendelssohn: Elijah / Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Simon Keenlyside. Paul McCreesh

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Ballard, Lucy; Boden, Samuel; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Davies, Robert [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gaunt, William; Gibbins, Ruth; Gilmour, Susan; Jones, Emily Rowley [Soprano Vocal]; Joshua...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Wrocaw Philharmonic Choir

At the time of its first performances in 1846, Elijah was hailed as one of the great oratorios alongside Handel's Messiah. It tells the story...continue...

Dvorák: Biblical Songs, Gypsy Songs / Soukupová, et al

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Antonín Dvorák: Biblical Songs, Op. 99/B 185; Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55/B 104; Evening Songs, Op. 3; Liebeslieder, Op. 83/B 160
Performers: Blachut, Benno; Holecek, Alfred; Jindrak, Jindrich; Moravec, Ivan; Pohlreich, Ferdinand; Soukupova, Vera

Best of Brahms / Rosemarie Lang, mezzo-soprano; Theo Adam, bass; Peter Rösel, piano

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-07-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Violinsonate Nr. 3 in D minor, Op. 108; Sinfonie Nr. 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Fantasien, Op...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Amadeus Webersinke; Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Canino, Bruno; Damm, Peter; Dunckel, Rudolf; Lang, Rosemarie; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Pian...
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Eschenburg, Hartwig; Herbig, Günther; Koch, Helmut; Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Solistenvereinigung; Berlin Symphony Orchestra

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Serenade: Songs of Night and Love, Romantic partsongs for male choir

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-03-27

Works: Franz Schubert: Nachtgesang im Wald, D 913/Op. 139; Die Nacht, D 983c/Op. 17 no 4; Leise, leise lasst uns singen, D 635; Widerspruch, D 865a/Op. 105 no 1; Die Einsiedelei, D 337; Grab und Mond, D 893...
Performers: Aretz, Christian; Armbruster, Richard; Browner, Alison; Frese, Andreas; Kunz, Sebastian; Nyvall, Martin; Prégardien, Christoph; Richter-Sonnen, Zia; Seidenberg, Samuel; Sonnen, Thomas
Conductors: Schumacher, Jan
Ensemble: ; Camerata Musica Limburg

This is Camerata Limburg's third release on the Genuin label. This new recording of Romantic vocal repertoire features works by Schubert, Vaughan Williams and Sjöberg....continue...
Recording information: St. Jakobus Kirche Limburg-Lindenholzhausen / St. Kilia (2011-06-18_2011-06-19&2011-)....continue...

Liszt: Italia, sogno d'amore / Chiarastella Onorato, mezzo; Giulio De Luca, pianoforte

1 CD / Tactus / 2012-03-13

Works: Franz Liszt: Sonetti di Petrarca (3), song cycle for voice & piano (I & II), S. 270 (LW N12); O lieb, so lang du lieben kannst (I & II), song for voice & piano, S. 298 (LW N18/3); Buch der Lieder, Vo...
Performers: de Luca, Giulio; Onorati, Chiarastella

During his entire life, Franz Liszt kept a very tight connection with Italy. The repertoire presented on this CD includes the two versions of the...continue...
Recording information: La Ribattola Sarteano, SI (06/2011)....continue...

Edition Klavier-Festival Ruhr 2011: Liszt & New Music / Levit, Moser, Giltburg, Kozhukhin

3 CD / CAvi Music / 2012-02-14

Works: Franz Liszt: Hexaméron (Grande variations sur le march des I Puritains), collaborative work for piano (after Bell; Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 161 "Italie...
Performers: Armstrong, Kit; Bielow, Andrei; Brendel, Adrian; Brunello, Mario; Giltburg, Boris; Kozhukhin, Denis; Levit, Igor; Lucchesini, Andrea; Mauser, Siegfried; Moser, Benjamin; Paratore, Anthony; Paratore, ...

This three-CD set features both essential and rare Liszt works, celebrating the 200th anniversary of the composer's birthday with phenomenal playing by a host of...continue...

Pierre de la Rue: Portrait Musical / Capilla Flamenca

3 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2012-02-14

Works: Plainchant: Veni in altitudinem, introit; Plorans ploravit, gradual; Astat virgo, prosa; Eplurare et gaudere, communio; Ave Maria, gratia plena, tractus; Pierre de la Rue: Missa de Septem Doloribus b...
Performers: Bull, Stratton; Buys, Erik; Caals, Jan; Cat, Marnix de; de Man, Tom; de Winter, Stefaan; Degen, Ian; Demuyt, Bart; Denys, Tore Tom; Kale, Christopher; Mertens, Paul; Termont, Lieven; van den Bempt, P...
Conductors: Snellings, Dirk; Abeele, Hendrik Vanden
Ensemble: Capilla Flamenca; Psallentes

Pierre de la Rue was one of the most prolific composers of his generation and is thought to have been born in Tournai, a city...continue...

The Darling of Italy / Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (rec. 1947 - 1959)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fagaro; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sch...
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Avogadro, Liana; Carteri, Rosanna; Cebotari, Maria; Colasanti, Irma; Corena, Fernando; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Dubbini, Agnese; Fer...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando; Santini, Gabriele; Capuana, Franco; Rossi, Mario; ; Scaglia, Ferruccio; Questa, A...
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Ro

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor [Highlights] / Gruberova, Kraus, Bruson, Lloyd

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Bottone, Bonaventura; Bruson, Renato; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Kuhlmann, Kathleen; Lazzeretti, Bruno; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Gruberova constantly pleases by her innate musicality ... Kraus is a master of Donizetti style.
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Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (05/16/1983-05/26/1983)....continue...

The Liszt Collection [Limited Edition - 34 CDs]

34 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto for Piano no 2 in A major, S 125; Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Hungarian Fantasy for Piano and Orchestra, S 123; Malédictio...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Atkinson, Leon; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartha, Alfonz; Behrens, Hildegard; Berczelly, Istvan; Berman, Lazar; Bolet, Jorge; Cherkassky, Shura; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/C...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Karajan, Herbert von; Fischer, Iván; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Haitink, Bernard; Heinrich, Siegfried; Guest, George; Ferencsik, János; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Albrecht...

The cornerstone of DG's Liszt 200 celebration is a 34 CD limited edition superbudget box set in the style of their Brahms and Schumann boxes...continue...

Vanishing Nordic Choral

1 CD / Sono Luminus / 2011-03-29

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, sacred concerto for 4-part chorus, 2 violins, 2 violas, bassoon & c; Johannes Crüger: Wie soll ich Dich empfangen; Michael Praetorius: Psallite...
Performers: Adams, Lindsey; Blendulf, Joanna; Blosser, Daniel C.; Cain, Aaron; Crouch, Gabriel; Gerber, Thomas; Haynes, Abigail; Karosi, Balint; Walker, David; Westra, Mitzi
Conductors: Spray, Philip
Ensemble: ; Musik Ekklesia

Musik Ekklesia is a baroque period-instrument ensemble based in Indianapolis that draws leading players from around the United States and abroad. In this recording, old...continue...
Includes prelude no. 23 (nielsen) / vor gud han er så fast by various composers.

Includes prelude no. 6 (nielsen) / var hälsad, sköna morgon by various composers.

Includes...continue...

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...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Chailly, Pendatchanska, Custer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-01-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Custer, Manuela; Palazzi, Mirco; Pendatchanska, Alexandrina; Secco, Stefano
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Leipzig Opera Chorus

"On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the composer's death, crowds gathered at the Leipziger Gewandhaus to witness a world-class performance of one of...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Latin, English, Germa...continue...

Rossini: L'Equivoco Stravagante / Benedetti Michelangeli, Prudenskja, De Simone [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante
Performers: De Simone, Bruno; Forsythe, Amanda; Korchak, Dmitry; Mirabelli, Ricardo; Prudenskaja, Marina; Vinco, Marco
Conductors: Michelangeli, Uberto B.
Ensemble: Orchestra Haydn of Bolzano e Trento

Run Time: 165 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French & ...continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia & L'Equivoco Stravagante [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; L'equivoco stravagante
Performers: Dall'Amico, Luca; De Simone, Bruno; Donadini, Giovanna; Forsythe, Amanda; Frontali, Roberto; Furlanetto, Giovanni; Korchak, Dmitry; Meli, Francesco; Mirabelli, Ricardo; Prudenskaja, Marina; Shaham, R...
Conductors: Fogliani, Antonino; Michelangeli, Uberto B.
Ensemble: Orchestra Haydn of Bolzano e Trento; Teatro La Fenice Chorus; Teatro La Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 313 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, Ger...continue...

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani / Stoyanov, Lana, Ranzani / Fondazione Arturo Toscanini Chorus & Orch [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani
Performers: Anastassov, Orlin; Carraro, Tiziana; Casalin, Luca; Koroneos, Stefan; Lana, Cesare; Muzzi, Lorenzo; Nizza, Amarilli; Olivieri, Cristiano; Stoyanov, Vladimir; Trucco, Giorgio; Zulian, Renzo
Conductors: Ranzani, Stefano
Ensemble: Artuo Toscanini Foundation Chorus; Arturo Toscanini Foundation Orchestra

Run Time: 143 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Homage to Robert Schumann / Daniel Harding, Staatskapelle Dresden [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Symphonic Fragment in C Minor; Abendmusik in B flat major; Nachtlied, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 108; Requiem for Mignon, Op. 98b; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, O...
Performers: Butter, Markus; Hoppe, Vincent; Kottner, Ole; Lindner, Franz; Pfeifer, Sebastian Dominik
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

This concert marks the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth and offers a welcome opportunity to introduce three of the most impressive but now too...continue...
Run Time: 77 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Homage to Robert Schumann / Daniel Harding, Staatskapelle Dresden [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Symphonic Fragment in C Minor; Abendmusik in B flat major; Nachtlied, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 108; Requiem for Mignon, Op. 98b; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, O...
Performers: Butter, Markus; Hoppe, Vincent; Kottner, Ole; Lindner, Franz; Pfeifer, Sebastian Dominik
Conductors: Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Dresden

This concert marks the 200th anniversary of Robert Schumann's birth and offers a welcome opportunity to introduce three of the most impressive but now too...continue...
Run Time: 77 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
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Schubert: Masses Nos. 1-6; German Mass / Marcus Creed

5 CD / Capriccio / 2010-08-31

Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 1 in F major, D 105; Mass no 2 in G major, D 167; Mass for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in B flat major, D. 324 (Op. posth. 141); Mass no 4 in C major, D 452/Op. 48; Ma...
Performers: Bareva, Roumyana; Barumova, Yulia; Besparova, Antoaneta; Fetting, Gisela; Gronroos, Walton; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Hristova, Valentina; Ivanova, Pavin...
Conductors: Robev, Georgi; Knothe, Dietrich; Creed, Marcus

Recording information: Berlin (1986-1988)....continue...

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen

13 CD / Orfeo / 2010-07-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Ilosvay, Maria von; Malaniuk, Ira; Resnik, Regina
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Recording information: Festspielhaus, Bayreuth (08/08/1953-08/12/1953)....continue...

Moniuszko: Piesni - Songs / Jadwiga Rappe

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2010-07-27

Works: Stanislaw Moniuszko: Co to za kwiatek, song for voice & piano; Motyl, song for voice & piano; Serce moje, song for voice & piano; Cyganie, song for voice & piano; Dlaczego?, song for voice & piano; K...
Performers: Nosowska, Maria; Rappe, Jadwiga

Recording information: Polish Radio (05/16/1986)....continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Herbert von Karajan

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Dominguez, Oralia; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Grobe, Donald; Kelemen, Zoltan; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Mangelsdorff, Simone; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridder...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Rolls-Royce orchestral playing in a fine studio recording, with a starry cast led by Fietrich Fischer-Dieskau's Wotan. What is lacking in the rough...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-07-13

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Brilioth, Helge; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Janowitz, Gundula; Kelemen, Zoltan; Ludwig, Christa; Moser, Edda; Reynolds, Anna; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Legenden des Gesanges, Vol. 11: Elisabeth Grümmer

1 CD / ARS Productions / 2010-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Hochzeit des Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hä...
Performers: Felbermayer, Anny; Grummer, Elisabeth; Koth, Erika; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Keilberth, Joseph; Karajan, Herbert von; Kraus, Richard; Kempe, Rudolf

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;...

Peter Pears: Anniversary Tribute

6 CD / Decca / 2010-06-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22; The Turn of the Screw, Op. 54; The Rape of Lucretia, Op. 37; Canticle II, Op. 51...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Bush, Alan; Cable, Margaret; Cross, Joan; Dart, Thurston; Dickinson, Meriel; Dickson,...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Bedford, Steuart; Boult, Adrian; Norrington, Roger; Munchinger, Karl; Jochum, Eugen; Davis, Colin; Lutoslawski, Witold
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

The recorded legacy of the great English tenor Peter Pears is substantial and wide-ranging. It embraces Baroque repertory and Elizabethan songs as well as a...continue...

Christmas Carols

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Alick Rowe: Adam lay y bounden, carol; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; People, Look East! (Besa...
Performers: Brown, Tim Brown; Challenger, Stephen; Corder, Ian; Crowhurst, Jeremy; Edwards, George; Field, Sebastian; Gowland, Stephen; Gregory, Anthony; Hereford Cathedral Choir; Hickey, George; Holland, Jonath...
Conductors: Massey, Roy

One of the top English Cathedral choirs sing a varied program of many popular carols for Advent and Christmastide together with lesser known ones particular...continue...
Personnel: John Stafford, George Edwards, Sam Johnson, Robert Thomas, Jr. (vocals); Tim Fulford Brown (tenor); Huw Williams (organ).

Recording information: Hereford Cathedral, Hereford, Hertfo...continue...

Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, etc; Brahms / Kathleen Ferrier

1 CD / Regis Records / 2010-05-01

Works: Gustav Mahler: Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Rückert Lieder (5); Johannes Brahms: Serious Songs (4), Op. 121; Gesänge (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91
Performers: Ferrier, Kathleen; Gilbert, Max; Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"In the Brahms and Mahler record everything benefits from the loveliness of voice and sincerity of approach. Finest of all, I think, are the Vier...continue...

Schumann: Das Paradies und Die Peri

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Robert Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus & orchestra, Op. 50; Overture, Scherzo & Finale for orchestra in E minor / E major, Op. 52
Performers: Faulkner, Julie; Hale, Robert; Lewis, Keith; Quivar, Florence [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Swensen, Robert; Wilke, Elisabeth
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe

Robert Schumann wrote his oratorio Das Paradies und die Peri on Persian fairy tales, a rather unusual subject in a period when oratorios were mainly...continue...
Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden (03/25/1994-03/28/1994)....continue...

Marcel Cordes

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-04-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla; Giuseppe Verdi: Arnoldo; Rigoletto; La Traviata; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Jacques Offenbach: Hoffmans Erz...
Performers: Cordes, Marcel; Kohn, Karl; Koth, Erika; Stoll, Walter; Wagner, Sieglinde
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Schmidt-Bolcke, Werner; Gaebel, Kurt

Born Kurt Schumacher, Marcel Cordes spent the war years in a French prisoner-of-war camp. He resumed his singing career in 1948 and changed vocal roles...continue...

Wagner: Die Walküre / Fisch, State Opera of South Australia

4 Super Audio CD / Melba Recordings Import / 2010-03-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Barnes, Jennifer; Brocheler, John; Campbell, Lisa; Dunlop, Donna-Maree; Gasteen, Lisa; Green, Richard; Harper-Brown, Lisa; Keegan, Liane; Ladner, Kate; MacFarlane, Gaye; McKendree-Wright, Zan; Riedel...
Conductors: Fisch, Asher
Ensemble: State Opera of South Australia

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Wagner: Das Rheingold

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Plumacher, Hetty; Stolze, Gerhard; Uhde, Hermann; Weber...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Wagner: Die Walküre

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Falcon, Bruni; Friedland, Brunnhild; Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Plate, Sibylla; Resnik, Regina; Schubert, Erica; Sorrell, Lise; Thomamuller, Liesel...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Wagner: Siegfried

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Siegfried
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hotter, Hans; Ilosvay, Maria von; Kuen, Paul; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Streich, Rita; Varnay, Astrid; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Wagner: Götterdämmerung

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hinsch-Grondahl, Natalie; Ilosvay, Maria von; Litz, Gisela; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Plumacher, Hetty; Resnik, Regina; Uhde, Hermann; Varnay, Astrid; Windg...
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens

Great Operatic Arias, Vol. 21

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-02-23

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Iolanta; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe; John Adams: Doctor Atomic; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Mastersingers of Nuremberg; Wolfgang Amade...
Performers: Brain-Gabbott, Emma; Crowe, Lucy; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gibbons, Anne-Marie; Hancock, Gareth; Jenkin, Kathryn; Long, Matthew [Vocals]; Miles-Johnson, Deborah
Conductors: Gardner, Edward

Leading baritone and dramatic interpreter of his generation, Gerald Finley is an artist who sets alight the stage and delights the ear, whatever role he...continue...
Recording information: Blackheath Halls, London, England (04/13/2009-04/16/2009)....continue...

Ernestine Schumann-Heink: The 1934 Broadcasts

1 CD / Bel Age Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5), Op. 49; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 94; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Alexander MacFayden: Cradle Song; Richard Wagner: Träume (...
Performers: Schumann-Heink, Ernestine

Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen - Historical Recordings 1926-1932

4 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Austral, Florence; Bockelmann, Rudolf; Easton, Florence; Fear, Arthur; Fry, Howard; Gruhn, Nora; Guszalewicz, Genia; Habich, Eduard; Henke, Waldemar; Kinderma...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Barbirolli, John; Heger, Robert; Alwin, Carl

Brahms: Complete Songs & Duets / Volle, Elsner

14 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (4) for voice & piano, Op. 46; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 72; Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 63; Über die Heide, song for voice & piano, Op. 86/4; Der Tod, das ist...
Performers: Adolfsen, Hans; Baianu, Adrian; Bognar, Ferenc; Bourve, Antonia; Danz, Ingeborg; Deutsch, Helmut; Elsner, Christian [Vocals]; Glassl, Roland; Hartlieb, Tobias; Huber, Gerold; Irányi, Stefanie;...

The songs of Brahms span his entire, 60-year creative life, and contain many of his most personal utterances, as well as many of his most...continue...

Da Capo: Opera Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Doni...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Cervana, Sona [vocals]; Geszty, Sylvia; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lorenz, Siegfried; Neuki...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Neumann, Václav; Fricke, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe...

Overtures, arias, and choruses: a medley of melodies that every opera lover knows!...continue...