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Beecham Collection - Smetana, Verdi, Mozart, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin, Op....
Performers: Grandi, Margherita; Schoeffler, Paul
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Busoni: Doktor Faust / Fischer-Dieskau, Harper, Lewis, Wallace - Sir Adrian Boult

1 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2011-09-27

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Doktor Faust
Performers: Cameron, John; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Harper, Heather; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Wallace, Ian
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

A world première performance personalized by conductor Sir Adrian Boult, this archive recording from 1959 features Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau singing the role of Faust. This unreleased...continue...
Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London (11/13/1959)....continue...

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record - Mozart, Britten, Verdi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, Rossini, Lehár, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alan, Hervey; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Allin, Norman; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Barabas, Sari; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Borriel...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Mudie, Michael; Goodall, Reginald; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gui, Vittorio; Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Dove, Jonathan; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Opera Group Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Members; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orches...

The Glyndebourne Festival is a massive yearly event in both the British and international opera worlds, with stars from around the globe gathering to listen...continue...

Mercadante: Virginia / Benini, Patterson, Antonucci, Clarke, Castronovo, et al

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2009-03-10

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Virginia, opera
Performers: Antonucci, Stefano; Castronovo, Charles; Clarke, Paul Charles; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Le Brocq, Mark; Manley, Katherine; Patterson, Susan
Conductors: Benini, Maurizio
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Many 19th century Italian operatic composers had problems with censors. Verdi's disputes over Rigoletto notorious, but many other works by Rossini and Donizetti were rewritten...continue...

London PO 75th Anniversary Vol 3 / Tennstedt, Masur, et al

4 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2007-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Mass in C minor, K 4...
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; George, Michael; Leiferkus, Sergei; Monogarova, Tatiana; Muff, Alfred; Murray, Ann; Pape, Rene; Popp, Lucia; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Welser-Möst, Franz; Masur, Kurt; Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Klaus Tennstedt; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt brought the London Philharmonic Orchestra a major recording contract with EMI and concert engagements in Japan and the Far East; Franz Welser-Most followed...continue...

Boult conducts Ireland - Legend, etc / Boult, London PO

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-05-08

Works: John Ireland: Legend, for piano & orchestra (also 2 pianos); Satyricon; Concerto for Piano in E flat major; These Things Shall Be, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; Symphonic Studies (2), music from ...
Performers: Case, John Carol; Parkin, Eric
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

"Boult enjoys the energy, mystery and impish fun of the colourful orchestral writing of the outer movements, as well as the lyricism, but it is...continue...

Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-05-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereu...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Gedda, Nicolai; Glossop, Peter; Kern, Patricia; MacDonald, Kenneth; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Treigle, Norman; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Jalas, Jussi; Levine, James; Ceccato, Aldo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Buckley, Emerson
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The track list on this 2-disc set has been carefully chosen and endorsed by Beverly Sills herself, and includes a track from Norma for the...continue...

Bizet: Carmen - Highlights / Solti, Troyanos, Domingo, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-05-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Burrowes, Norma; Domingo, Placido; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Troyanos, Tatiana; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Martin: In Terra Pax, The Four Elements / Bamert, London PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-05-21

Works: Frank Martin: Les quatre éléments (The Four Elements), symphonic etudes for orchestra; In Terra Pax, oratorio for soloists, choruses & orchestra
Performers: Hill, Martyn; Howarth, Judith; Roberts, Stephen; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"The performers on this disc give a totally committed account which matches the high standards set in previous installments of Bamert's Martin series." ***** -Classical...continue...