Baritone > Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]

The Very Best of Jussi Björling

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cellini, Renato

Björling, like Gigli and Caruso before him, was idolised in his time as the operatic tenor par excellence in the Italian repertoire. He was a...continue...

16 Prologo da Pagliacci di Ruggero Leoncavallo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2010-08-27

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bechi, Gino; Borghese, Domenico Viglione; Del Monaco, Mario; Galeffi, Carlo; Gobbi, Tito; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Ruffo...

Prima Voce - Giuseppe Di Stefano sings Verdi & Puccini

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cehanovsky, George; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gobbi, Tito; Luise, Melchiorre; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Cellini, Renato; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; De Sabata, Victor

Giuseppe di Stefano, without any doubt, possessed one of the most beautiful natural tenor voices to be heard during the 20th century. The 1950 recordings...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Icon - Jussi Björling, The Swedish Caruso sings Verdi, Puccini, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; A...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Newton, Ivor; Reardon, Joh...
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Waldimir, Sune; Bokstedt, Bertil; Cellini, Renato; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele

Swedish opera star Jussi Bjorling (1911–1960) was essentially a lyric tenor with the added ability to sing dramatic roles, which enabled him to excel in...continue...

Jussi Björling in Concert - Live at Carnegie Hall

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2008-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Schwanengesang, D 957; Die schöne Müllerin, D 7...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Bjorling, Jussi; Calabrese, Franco; Campi, Enrico; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Schauwecker, Frederick; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Perlea, Jonel; Cellini, Renato; Grevillius, Nils

"Bjorling was sadly underused as a concert singer; recordings of renowned recitals such as here offer glimpses of his musicianship even in unfamiliar territory... Included...continue...

Prima Voce - Zinka Milanov

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-08-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Il Trovatore
Performers: Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Cellini, Renato; Mitropoulos, Dimitri

Croatian-born Zinka Milanov was one of the most eminent Verdi sopranos at the Met, where she dominated several roles over a period of twenty-eight years....continue...

Prima Voce - Leonard Warren

2 CD / Nimbus Records / 2007-06-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Traditional: Blow the man down; The drummer and the cook; The Dru...
Performers: Keast, Raymond; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Shaw, Robert; Black, Frank

Leonard Warren (1911-1960) was the acknowledged Metropolitan Opera successor to the previous leading baritone, Lawrence Tibbett. He dominated the Met stage, especially in Verdi roles,...continue...

Verdi: La Forza del Destino

3 CD / Video Artists International / 2006-09-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Bernard, Donald; Del Monaco, Mario; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Neumann, Lydia; Pechner, Gerhard; Rotolo, Rosemary; Treigle, Norman; Turner, Claramae; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]; Wildermann...
Conductors: Herbert, Walter
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Chorus

Here is the 1953 New Orleans Opera production starring Zinka Milanov in excellent sound quality, mastered from previously unissued sound sources. Included is a bonus...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 4

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff; Ernani; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Amilcare Ponc...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Baum, Kurt; Bjorling, Jussi; Christoff, Boris; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Roman, Stella; Wa...
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Merola, Gaetano
Ensemble: Members of the NBC Symphony Orchestra (Members); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Leonard Warren (1911-1960), is still a shimmering beacon of the operatic art, a role model to whom so many are compared. During his brief career...continue...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera Highlights, etc / Warren, et al

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Peters, Roberta [Soprano Vocal]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Cellini, Renato; Perlea, Jonel
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Italo Tajo

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-10-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Un bacio di mano, K 541; Per questa bella mano, K 612; Così dunque tradi...
Performers: Tajo, Italo; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Erede, Alberto; Rossi, Mario; Previtali, Fernando; Morel, Jean Paul; Cellini, Renato

Verdi: La Traviata / Monteux, Carteri, Valletti, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Il Trovatore; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino
Performers: Carteri, Rosanna; Caselli, Dario; Keast, Raymond; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Maccagnani, Rina Allesandri; Marimpietri, Lidia; Monreale, Leonardo; Scarlini, Glauco; Tommaso, Salvatore De; Vall...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; Morel, Jean Paul; Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

This 1956 'Traviata' departed from the usual formula in that the conductor chosen was Pierre Monteux, an eminent figure in the field of French music...continue...

Famous Voices of the Past - Giuseppe Di Stefano

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Sicilian Traditional: A la Barcillunisia; Can...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Cehanovsky, George; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Moscona, Nicola; Munsel, Patrice; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Cellini, Renato; Consiglio, Mario
Ensemble: Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle; Wagner, Strauss/Barbirolli

2 CD / Guild / 2004-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Spoken Word: Broadcast Commentary (Carnegie Hall; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Charles Gounod: Ring out, wild bells, song for voice & piano; Camil...
Performers: Bonnelli, Richard; Castagna, Bruna; Cordon, Norman; Ginster, Ria; Kullman, Charles; Meisle, Kathryn; Pauly, Rose; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Irish Traditional: Lond...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Keast, Raymond; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Motto, Thomas; Newman, Arthur; Sektberg, Willard; Sprinzena, Nathaniel; Tajo, Italo; Ukena, Paul; Varnay, Astrid...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Set Svanholm Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Gunnar de Frumerie: Singoalla, opera; Ture Ran...
Performers: Ewert, Brita; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Thebom, Blanche; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Grevillius, Nils; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Lawrence Tibbett

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-11-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Otello; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Rugge...
Performers: Bampton, Rose; Dreeben, Herman; Martinelli, Giovanni; Massue, Nicolas; Nicholson, Robert; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Shilkret, Nathaniel; Setti, Giulio; Pelletier, Wilfred; Bourdon, Rosario

The Very Best of Jussi Björling

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cellini, Renato

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-10-01

Works: Traditional: Blow the man down; The drummer and the cook; The Drunken Sailor; Morris Levine: Haul-A-Way, Joe; Low Lands; Anonymous, English: A-Rovin', sea shanty; American Traditional: Shenandoah; En...
Performers: Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Levine, Morris; Black, Frank
Ensemble: Chorus; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Strauss: Elektra / Mitropoulos, Varnay, Nicolaidi, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2002-07-01

Works: Spoken Word: Radio Broadcast Commentary for Richard Strauss' Elektra; Richard Strauss: Elektra; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Pietro M...
Performers: Jagel, Frederick; Janssen, Herbert; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

Opernsänger einmal anders

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-05-01

Works: Mischa Spoliansky: Ich hab' für die Liebe die gröáte Sympathie (from the film "Zwei Krawatten"); Ich habe Heimweh, ich möcht' nach Haus (from the film "Zwei Krawatten"); Modest ...
Performers: Bechi, Gino; Blatt, Josef; Bohnen, Michael; Grosz, Wilhelm; Herrmann, Josef; Hotter, Hans; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Pinza, Ezio; Scheidl, Theodor; Sved, Alessandro; ...
Conductors: Dobrindt, Otto; Schönbaumsfeld, Franz; Brühne, Lothar; Olivieri, Dino; Green, Johnny; Black, Frank
Ensemble: ; Dino Olivieri Orchestra; Johnny Green Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Verdi: Rigoletto / Cellini, Peerce, Warren, Tajo, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2001-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; Otello
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Keast, Raymond; Motto, Thomas; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Sprinzena, Nathaniel; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale

Callas Collection - Verdi: Il trovatore / Warren, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Callas, Maria; Moscona, Nicola; Sagarminaga, Carlos; Simionato, Giulietta; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Picco, Guido
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Chorus

In this live performance from June 20, 1950, a youthful Maria Callas is supported by an unusually stellar cast of co-principals, including the beloved American...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Leinsdorf, Milanov, Bjoerling, Rome Opera

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Bianchini, Giovanni; Carlin, Mario; Catalani, Nestore; Corena, Fernando; Jussila, Mika; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Monreale, Leonardo; Preziosa, Vincenzo; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus

"...Here we have Bjoerling and Warren--enough even without Milanov--but Milanov is wonderful. This has been on CD before...but the remastering is better...One of the best...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Armand Tokatyan

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-07-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla del West; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Arturo B...
Performers: Bontempi, Pino; Browning, Lucielle; Cehanovsky, George; Cordon, Norman; Dickenson, Jean; Dickey, Annamary; Steber, Eleanor; Tokatyan, Armand; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]

Four American Baritones - Thomas, Tibbett, Warren, Merrill

1 CD / Preiser / 1999-03-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pag...
Performers: Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Thomas, John Charles; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]

Verdi: Rigoletto / Herbert, Warren, Gueden, Conley, et al

2 CD / Video Artists International / 1999-02-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Conley, Eugene; Gadpaille, Warren; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Patterson, John; Treigle, Norman; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]; Wildermann, William
Conductors: Herbert, Walter
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren

1 CD / Preiser / 1997-04-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté P...
Performers: Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Morel, Jean Paul; Weissmann, Frieder; Pelletier, Wilfred; Tarrasch, William

Prima Voce - Tibbett in Opera

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere ...
Performers: Bampton, Rose; Dreeben, Herman; Martinelli, Giovanni; Massue, Nicolas; Nicholson, Robert; Tibbett, Lawrence; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Stokowski, Leopold; Smallens, Alexander; Pelletier, Wilfred

Leonard Warren - His First Recordings

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1995-11-06

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Alvary, Lorenzo; Bampton, Rose; Browning, Lucielle; Dickenson, Jean; Steber, Eleanor; Tokatyan, Armand; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred

New Orleans Opera Archives Vol 4 - Verdi: Falstaff

2 CD / Video Artists International / 1994-12-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Assandri, Virginio; Chiesa, Vivian Della; Pritchett, Lizabeth; Sachs, Evelyn; Schuh, Audrey; Torigi, Richard; Treigle, Norman; Turp, Andre; Vellucci, Luigi; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: New Orleans Opera Chorus

The Elenor Steber Collection Vol 1 (1938-1951)

1 CD / Video Artists International / 1994-12-27

Works: Claude Debussy: L'enfant prodigue; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; La traviata; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat mater; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules...
Performers: Cehanovsky, George; Steber, Eleanor; Tokatyan, Armand; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Pelletier, Wilfred; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Barlow, Howard
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

"...[this CD], excellently transferred from 78rpm originals, show the American soprano at her most pristine and limpid...The second CD is made up chiefly of broadcast...continue...