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Non solo buffo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2013-05-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims; La Cenerentola; L'Italiana in Algeri; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Macbeth; Ernani; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Velluti, Giovanni

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...

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

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Alexander Knaifel: The Canterville Ghost, opera / Suleimanov, Monogarova, Jurowski

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Alexander Knaifel: Canterville Ghost, opera
Performers: Livental, Alexander; Suleimanow, Stanislaw
Conductors: Jurowski, Michail
Ensemble: Moscow Forum Theatre Orchestra

Alexander Aronovich Knajfel concert tours have taken him all over Russia, Europe and the USA and he has since sung a variety of operatic roles...continue...
Recording information: Mosfilm Studios, Moscow (09/1990)....continue...

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...

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Verdi: The Great Operas [35 CDs]

36 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Giovanna d'Arco; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; ...
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Pappano, Antonio; Santini, Gabriele; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin

2013 will herald the start Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To kick off the Verdi year, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi box set that celebrates...continue...

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Régine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghen...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...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...


Works:

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...

Edition Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Vol. 2 - works by Weber, Wagner, Mozart Verdi & Beethoven / Schmitz, Brecher

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isold...
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Dahlberg, Friedrich; Daum, Heinz; Horand, Theodor; Meinl-Weise, Rita; Olberts, Joseph; Reinecke, Paul; Schaffrian, Rosl; Schmitz, Paul; Schurhoff, Lotte; Schwenkreis, Willi; Seider...
Conductors: Brecher, Gustav; Schmitz, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

This second CD in the series featuring historical recordings by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig contains recordings from 1929 to 1945, most of them published for...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

Edita Gruberova Edition Vol 1 - The Queen of Belcanto - Arias by Donizetti and Bellini

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Anna Bolena; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Bros, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Schneiderman, Helene; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich; Boncompagni, Elio; Viotti, Marcello; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Edita Gruberova, leading diva of bel canto singing, has selected several of her favorite arias centered on an archetype of the bel canto era: the...continue...

Salvatore Sciarrino: Macbeth, opera / Otto Katzameier, Anna Radziejewska, Richard Zook, Sonia Turchetta, Thomas Mehnert

2 CD / Col Legno / 2012-11-13

Works: Salvatore Sciarrino: Macbeth, opera
Performers: Katzameier, Otto; Mehnert, Thomas; Radziejewska, Anna; Turchetta, Sonia; Zook, Richard
Conductors: Christ, Evan
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien

Personnel: Edwin Pfanzagl (programming).

Recording information: Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, Austria (08/04/2011-08/05/2011)....continue...

Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate / Han Gunter Nocker, Martha Modl, Horst Hiestermann. Ensemble Modern, Friedemann Layer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate
Performers: Hiestermann, Horst; Modl, Martha; Nöcker, Hans Günther
Conductors: Layer, Friedemann
Ensemble: Ensemble Modern

In September 1984, as part of the Berlin Festival Week, the Deutsche Oper Berlin staged the world premiere of German composer Aribert Reimann's opera "Die...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: Germany
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2012-11-06

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City)
Performers: Benningsen, Lilian; Kusche, Benno
Conductors: Lehmann, Fritz

Recording information: München (1952)....continue...

The Essential Wagner - highlights from the great operas performed by the artists of EMI Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Die Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tris...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Goldberg, Reiner; Gorr, Rita; Haage, Peter; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marj...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Heger, Robert; Ludwig, Leopold; Jansons, Mariss; Tennstedt, Klaus; Konwitschny, Franz; Schneider, Peter; Cluytens, André; Bender, Heinrich; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...

The operas of Richard Wagner have never been more popular than they are today, and performances of his Ring cycle continue to fill opera houses...continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Chernov, Gruberova, Florez, Serra, Ellero d'Artegna Weikert - Munich Radio SO

3 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Anderson, Brother James; Brembeck, Christian; Chernov, Vladimir; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Flórez, Juan Diego; Gruberova, Edita; Laghezza, Rosa; Serra, Eric
Conductors: Weikert, Ralf
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Male Choir; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Juan Diego Florez and Vladimir Chernov are outstanding as Almaviva and Figaro. Enric Serra sounds appropriately like the old man looking for a young wife......continue...

Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2012-10-30

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Sarabia, Guillermo; Soyer, Roger; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro / Summers, Rhodes, Fiebig, Coleman-Wright [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-10-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Breen, Kanen; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dark, Jacqueline; Durkin, Rachelle; Fiebig, Taryn; Fyfe, Warwick; Pendry, Sian; Tahu-Rhodes, Teddy
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Opera Australia Chorus

Neil Armfield's sparkling production of The Marriage of Figaro masterfully captures Mozart's most popular comedic opera. In this classic performance, recorded live at the Sydney...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...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...

Jonathan Harvey: Wagner Dream, opera / Claire Booth, Gordon Gietz. Martyn Brabbyns

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-10-09

Works: Jonathan Harvey: Wagner Dream, opera
Performers: Angas, Richard; Baljet, Jan Willem; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Booth, Claire; Davies, Rebecca de Pont; de Vries, Rudi; Duesing, Dale; Gietz, Gordon; Hayward, Trish; Pels, Onno; Pittie, Pascal; Roep...
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn
Ensemble: Ictus Ensemble

Inspired by the last moments of Richard Wagner's life and his interrupted opera project Die Sieger, Jonathan Harvey's Wagner Dream centers around a Buddhist revelation...continue...
Recording information: Westergasfabriek, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (06/2007)....continue...

Twenty-Five Years! - Marais, Charpentier, Handel, Purcell et al. / Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

2 CD / Glossa / 2012-10-06

Works: Pierre Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria; Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy; Messe à huit voix; Te Deum à huit voix; George Frederick Handel: Mus...
Performers: Bayodi, Hanna; Christoyannis, Tassis; Cornwell, Joseph; d'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Duthoit, Marie Louise; Fernandes, Joao; Gens, Véronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Mechaly, Galle; Mercer, Shan...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra

26 years ago, Hervé Niquet recalls having become so incensed with the disparaging remarks directed at French music and the Lamentations of Jean Gilles in...continue...

Bellini Portraits - arias from I Pirata; I Capuleti e I Montecchi; La Sonnambula; Norma et al. / Edita Gruberova, soprano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Beatrice di Tenda, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bros, Jose; Clementis, Tamas; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Schmidt, Monika; Schrott, Erwin; Tuand, Carlo
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio; Haider, Friedrich; Viotti, Marcello; Steinberg, Pinchas

Bellini's individually melancholic and ethereal phrases have always been a favorite of Edita Gruberova, and the artist personally has made this selection out of six...continue...

Semperoper Edition, Vol. 3: Wagner Again? - The earliest postwar Dresden Wagner recordings / Goltz, Aldenhoff, Bohme, Sattler et al.

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Tristan und Isolde; Rienzi; Parsifal
Performers: Aldenhoff, Bernd; Baumer, Margarete; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Eyle, Helmut; Friedland, Brunnhild; Gruber, Ernst; Herrmann, Josef; Kramer, Hans [Vocals]; Paul, Karl; Rehm, Kurt; Sattler, Joachim; Sch...
Conductors: Keilberth, Joseph; Pflüger, Gerhard; Kleinert, Rolf; Kempe, Rudolf; Striegler, Kurt; Wehding, Hans Hendrik; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Stoschek, Walter

It may seem unimaginable to audiences of postwar generations that Dresden opera lovers had to wait four years after 1945 for a performance of a...continue...

Gyorgy Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre, opera / Chris Merritt, Ines Moraleda, Ana Puche, Werner Van Mechelen, Barbara Hannigan. Michael Boder, Teatre del Liceu SO [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: György Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
Performers: Hannigan, Barbara; Mechelen, Werner van; Merritt, Chris; Moraleda, Ines; Olsen, Frode; Puche, Ana
Conductors: Boder, Michael
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu presents Gyorgy Ligeti's sole opera "Le grand macabre" in a stunningly imaginative and highly theatrical production by La Fura dels...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Rossini: Sigismondo / Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Concetti, Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa. Michele Mariotti, Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sigismondo
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Concetti, Andrea; Peretyatko, Olga; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna Chorus; Teatro Comunale di Bologna Symphony Orchestra

Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. The work, centered on a...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Mozart: Opera Arias for Bass from Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Fagaro; Magic Flute et al. / Ferruccio Furlanetto, bass

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni, K 527; Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Furlanetto, Ferruccio
Conductors: Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This exciting release features 15 of Mozart's most popular operatic arias, performed by legendary bass-baritone Ferruccio Furlanetto. Representing the pinnacle of Mozart's mature style, these...continue...
Recording information: Sofiensaal, Vienna (10/05/1990)....continue...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
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: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
Cou...continue...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
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: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Gyorgy Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre, opera / Chris Merritt, Ines Moraleda, Ana Puche, Werner Van Mechelen, Barbara Hannigan. Michael Boder, Teatre del Liceu SO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: György Ligeti: Le Grand Macabre
Performers: Hannigan, Barbara; Mechelen, Werner van; Merritt, Chris; Moraleda, Ines; Olsen, Frode; Puche, Ana
Conductors: Boder, Michael
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu

Barcelona's Gran Teatre del Liceu presents Gyorgy Ligeti's sole opera "Le grand macabre" in a stunningly imaginative and highly theatrical production by La Fura dels...continue...
Run Time: 164 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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Rossini: Sigismondo / Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Concetti, Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa. Michele Mariotti, Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sigismondo
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Concetti, Andrea; Peretyatko, Olga; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO

Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. The work, centered on a...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

Baroque Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo; L' Incoronazione di Poppea; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Dixit Dominus; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Water Mu...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Auger, Arleen; Bianchini, Chiara [Violin]; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Caens, Thierry; Daniels, David; Deletre, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerom...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Norrington, Roger; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Reyne, Hugo; ; Christie, William; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patri...
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Folies Françoises; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players; Trio Sonnerie

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Handel: Agrippina / Geb, Matsui Wiles, Braun, Cordier, Jaursch, Wachter, Baehr. Junghanel

2 CD / Intergroove Media / 2012-09-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina
Performers: Baehr, Guido [Vocals]; Braun, Judith [Vocals]; Cordier, David; Geb, Susanne; Jaursch, Markus [Vocals]; Matsui, Hiroshi; Wachter, Steve [Vocals]; Wiles, Elizabeth [Vocals]
Conductors: Junghanel, Konrad
Ensemble: Saaklandisches Staatsorchester

Twilight Of The Gods - Wagner Highlights from Der Ring des Nibelungen / Blythe, Kaufmann, Morris, Terfel, Voigt et al. / MET, Levine

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Die Götterdämmerung
Performers: Ammann, Lindsay; Bardon, Patricia; Blythe, Stephanie; Cano, Jennifer Johnson; Croft, Dwayne; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Diegel, Adam; Dix, Marjorie Elinor; Erdmann, Mojca; Fillmore, Molly; Gigliot...
Conductors: Levine, James; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The most famous, the most performed, the most thrilling, and the most recorded opera cycle in music history

A unique and exclusive package, on multi-set

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Recording information: Metropolitan Opera (2010-2012)....continue...

Zelenka: Sub olea pacis et palma virtutis / Stryncl, et al

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-09-06

Works: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Sub olea pacis, ZWV 175 "S. Wenceslao"
Performers: Brezina, Jaroslav; Forster, Markus; Hlavenkova, Anna; Kiss, Noemi; Prochazka, Ales; Zdunikowski, Adam
Conductors: Stryncl, Marek
Ensemble: Boni Pueri Boys Choir; Musica Aeterna; Musica Florea; Philidor Ensemble

"The performance is in the period style. The soloists are all very good, as are the various instrumetnal and choral ensembles. The recording, made in...continue...

The Voice of Elena Souliotis - Verdi, Donizetti, Mascagni, Ponchielli

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-09-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Amilcar...
Performers: di Stasio, Anna; Foiani, Giovanni; Souliotis, Elena
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Varviso, Silvio

Recording information: RCA Italiana Studio A, Rome (09/1965); Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria (09/1965); RCA Italiana Studio A, Rome (09/1966); Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria (09/1966)....continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Tagliabue, Mancini, Pirazzini, Volpi, Colella, Sciutti (rec. 1951)

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Colella, Alfredo
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando
Ensemble: RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome

Warner Classics and Cetra release a staple of the standard operatic repertoire. Verdi's Il trovatore is presented in this remastered 1951 celebratory performance with world-renowned...continue...
Recording information: Roma (07/29/1951)....continue...

Michaël Levinas: La Metamorphose, complete opera / Fabrice di Falco, Magali Léger, André Heyboer, Anne Mason, Simon Bailey

1 CD / Aeon / 2012-08-14

Works: Michaël Levinas: La Métamorphose, opera
Performers: Bailey, Simon; Falco, Fabrice Di; Guillou, Arnaud; Heyboer, Andre [Baritone (Vocal)]; Laberdesque, Laurent; Leger, Magali; Mason, Anne; Pasturaud, Julie
Conductors: Octors, Georgea
Ensemble: Ensemble Ictus

At the beginning of Kafka's novella, the metamorphosis has already taken place. Now there is only ordeal. The choice made by Michaël Levinas, to represent...continue...
Recording information: Opéra de Lille (03/11/2011/03/13/2011)....continue...

Johannes Kalitzke: Die Bessenen, opera in 4 acts / Klangforum Wien; Kalitzke (cond); R. Bergman, etc.

1 CD / Neos Production / 2012-08-03

Works: Johannes Kalitzke: Die Besessenen (The Possessed), opera in 4 acts
Performers: Bergmann, Robert; Frenkel, Noa; Hemm, Manfred; Hulett, Benjamin; Kowalski, Jochen; Melrose, Leigh; Van Kerckhove, Hendrickje
Conductors: Kalitzke, Johannes
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien

Janácek: Kát'a Kabanová / Mackerras, Benacková, Straka, etc

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Leos Janácek: Kát'a Kabanov
Performers: Bauerova, Martina; Benackova, Gabriela; Buresova, Dana; Harvanek, Zdenek; Kopp, Miroslav; Kundlak, Jozef; Peckova, Dagmar; Randova, Eva; Straka, Peter; Vele, Ludek
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague National Theatre Chorus

"...Gabriela Benackova...has been able to fill the National Theatre in Prague whenever she sings the role. She sings beautifully here..Janacek's admirers will certainly want to...continue...

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Klemperer, Adam, et al

2 CD / Living Stage / 2012-08-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Adam, Theo; Burmeister, Annelies; King, James [Vocals]; MacDonald, Kenneth; Silja, Anja; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: BBC Chorus

Fibich: Bride of Messina / Jilek, Prague National Theatre

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Zdenék Fibich: The Bride of Messina, Op 18
Performers: Benackova, Gabriela; Hanus, Karel; Horacek, Jaroslav; Marova, Libuse; Sormova, Nada; Svejda, Miroslav; Zidek, Ivo; Zitek, Vaclav
Conductors: Jílek, Frantisek
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra; Prague Radio Chorus

"It would be hard to imagine a presentation more persuasive than this 1975 Prague Radio recording." -Opera News...continue...

Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Cizek, Miroslav; Dobra, Jaroslava; Erbenova, Ludmila; Heriban, Josef; Hlavsa, Jan; Hlobilova, Eva; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Kolarova, Katerina; Marova, Libuse; Musilova, Milada; Ourednikova, Vera; Prochazk...
Conductors: Gregor, Bohumil
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra

La Voce d'Oro

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco C...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (06/20/1972-06/24/1972)....continue...

Donizetti Portraits - arias from Gemma di Vergy; Caterina Comato, Lucrezie Borgia et al. / Edita Gruberova

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Emilia di Liverpool; Gemma di Vergy; Linda di Chamounix; Caterina Cornaro, opera; Lucrezia Borgia; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
Performers: Bunz, Hans Werner; Gruberova, Edita; Haußler, Gerald; Hollop, Markus; Weber, Hanne
Conductors: Boncompagni, Elio
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

This recital program composed of operas whose pivotal characters are women. Emilia di Liverpool, Gemma di Vergy, Caterina Camera, Lucrezia Borgia and Rosmonda d`Inghilterra are...continue...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...