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Alois Unerhört: The Boy and His Voice / Franz Farnberger, piano

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-08-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicc...
Performers: Bayer, Benjamin; Farnberger, Franz; Kohne, Karsten; Muhlbacher, Alois; Schlogl, Christoph

Recording information: Stift St. Florian (2009-2010)....continue...

Giacomo Puccini: Tosca

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-01-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: La favorita; Linda di Chamounix; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlo; Aida, opera
Performers: Bianchini, Giovanni; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Gaudioso, Gerardo; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Padis, Leo [Vocals]; Poggi, Gianni; Sacchetti, Antonio; Stella, Antonietta [Soprano Vocals]; Taddei, Giuseppe
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Rapolo, Ugo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Santini, Gabriele

This historic recording of Tosca was made in 1957 and originally released on Philips. There is a synopsis but no libretto or notes included....continue...
Recording information: Teatro San Carlo di Napoli (1957)....continue...

Live Recordings 1967-1999

3 CD / Orfeo / 2007-05-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Benackova, Gabriela; Burke, Richard; Carroli, Silvano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Diepold, Alexander; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Frittoli, Barbara; Gall, Axelle; Go...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Klobucar, Berislav; Luisi, Fabio; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Oren, Daniel; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Slatkin, Leonard; Santi, Nello; Albrecht, Gerd; Viotti, Marcello; Badea...

Puccini: Tosca / Karajan, Price, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Cava, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Mariotti, Alfredo; Monreale, Leonardo; Price, Leontyne; Taddei, Giuseppe; Weiss, Herbert
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Price and Stefano are wonderfully rich-voiced and passionate, Taddei a hellishly charismatic Scarpia with Karajan balancing detail and drama superbly." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Morelli, Corelli, Gordoni, D'Orazi, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2000-10-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Recorded Sound: Bis [encore]! Franco!!; Applause; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato
Performers: Artioli, Walter; Carbonari, Virgilio; Corelli, Franco; d'Orazi, Attilio; Giorgi, Walter; Gordoni, Virginia; Grella, Bruno; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Parma Teatro Regio Chorus; Parma Teatro Regio Orchestra

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...