Countertenor > Gluck, Christoph Willibald

A Portrait

3 CD / Accent Import / 2012-07-03

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giovanni Pergolesi: Livietta e Tracollo; La Serva Padrona; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Requiem...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Claessens, Huub; Demeyere, Ewald; Groop, Monica; Hermans, Elisabeth; Isokoski, Soile; Jacobs, Rene; Kuijken, Sara; Laki, Krisztina; Mackie, Neil; Mechelen, Werner van; Oelze, Christia...
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La Petite Bande

Arias for Guadagni / Iestyn Davies, countertenor; Arcangelo

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul, HWV 53; Theodora, HWV 68; The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Johann Adolf Hasse: Didone abbandonata; John Christopher Smith: The Fairies; Thomas Arne: ...
Performers: Davies, Iestyn; Jonathan Cohen [Cello/Conductor]
Conductors: Cohen, Jonathan
Ensemble: Arcangelo

British countertenor Iestyn Davies is one of the fastest rising stars on the concert and opera circuit. Following his highly acclaimed recording of Porpora cantatas,...continue...
Recording information: St. Silas The Martyr, St. Silas Place, Kentish Town, Lo (08/10/2011-08/12/2011)....continue...

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Dian...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

The World of the Castrati: The Voice of Angels

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione; Giulio Cesare; Ariodante; Alcina; Serse; Admeto, re di Tessaglia; Fernando, re di Castiglia; Faramondo; Antonio Caldara: La Pass...
Performers: Baldi, Antonio; Bedini, Domenico; Blythe, Stephanie; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Cafarelli; Carestini, Giovanni; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cicognani, Giuseppe; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Des...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Hickox, Richard; Rousset, Christophe; Christie, William; Bolton, Ivor; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; Bicket, Har...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of...continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

Opera 2010

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago; Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda; Orlando finto pazz...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Ciofi, Patrizia; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Diana; Daniels,...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Müller, Eduardo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Muti, Riccardo; Langrée, Louis; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Bicket, Harry; Bateman, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Harding...

Following the enormous success of the album 'Opera 2009', EMI Classics releases Opera 2010. With 40 tracks, and over 21/2 hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Serenade - Songs by Beethoven / David Daniels, Martin Katz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Adelaide, D 95; Antonio Cal...
Performers: Daniels, David; Katz, Martin

Le salon de musique de Marie-Antoinette / Sandrine Chatron, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Francesco Petrini: Variations (12) on "Les Folies d'Espagne"; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Jean-Baptiste Krumpholtz: Petits airs variés, Op. 10; Sonata for Harp in F major, Op...
Performers: Chatron, Sandrine; Lombard, Jean-François; Michel, Amélie; Paulet, Stéphanie; Poulenard, Isabelle

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

Die Welt der Kastraten / Kowalski, Köhler, Ragin, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; The choice of Hercules, HWV 69; Serse, HWV 40; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Johann Adolf Hasse: La conversione di Sant'Agostino; Cleofide; Cl...
Performers: Cordier, David; Jacobs, René; Köhler, Axel; Kowalski, Jochen; Nirouët, Jean; Popken, Ralf; Ragin, Derek Lee; Van der Sluis, Mieke; Visse, Dominique; Wessel, Kai; Zaepffel, Alain
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut; Creed, Marcus; ; Christie, William; Max, Hermann; Pommer, Max; Linde, Hans-Martin
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Das Kleine Konzert; Lautten Compagney; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Carestini - The Story of a Castrato / Haïm, Jaroussky, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-20

Works: Nicola Porpora: Siface, opera in 3 acts; Giovanni Maria Capelli: I fratelli riconosciuti, opera; George Frederick Handel: Arianna in Creta; Ariodante; Alcina; Leonardo Leo: Farnace, opera in 3 acts; ...
Performers: Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle

In this album, countertenor Philippe Jaroussky pays tribute to the famous 18th-century Italian castrato Carestini, for whom Handel composed Arianna in Creta. Jaroussky is rapidly...continue...

Gluck: Ezio / Stoehr, Cencic, Martinez, Post, et al

3 CD / Coviello / 2007-10-06

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ezio
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel

A very little known opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck – written prior to his revolutionary works which led to stirring discussions with the traditionalists in...continue...

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Kuijken, Kweksilber, Jacobs

2 CD / Accent / 2007-01-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Performers: Falewicz, Magdalena; Jacobs, Rene; Kweksilber, Marianne
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: Ghent Collegium Vocale; La petite bande

In spite of the fact that it dates back almost 25 years, this 1762 version of Gluck's most important opera remains an outstanding recording. With...continue...

The Best of Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-10-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Rodelinda; Rinaldo; Giulio Cesare; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Antonio Vivaldi: Salve Regina, antiphon for voice, double chorus, 2 recorders, flute, double stri...
Performers: Armstrong, Siobhán; Bonney, Barbara; Brough, Harvey; Dantone, Ottavio; Karamazov, Edin; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Na, Hyun-Sun; Scholl, Andreas; Shames, Stacey
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Dyer, Paul; Dantone, Ottavio; Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Les Talens Lyriques

The essential collection featuring one-of-a-kind countertenor Andreas Scholl, who burst on the music scene in 1999 to critical acclaim. "Scholl's voice rushes through the bloodstream."...continue...

Gluck: Orfeo and Euridice / Haenchen, Kowalski

2 CD / Capriccio / 2000-01-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Performers: Fliegner, Christian; Kowalski, Jochen; Schellenberger-Ernst, Dagmar
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra

Gluck: Armide / Minkowski, Delunsch, Workman, Naouri, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-11-16

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Armide
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Delunsch, Mireille; Gabail, Valerie; Gregoire, Thierry; Heaston, Nicole; Hurtaud, Jean-Christophe; Kozena, Magdalena; Masset, Francoise; Naouri, Laurent; Podles, Ewa; Polegato, Brett; R...

"...for most listereners this new recording will introduct an opera well worth getting to know...[The opera] comes across vividly in Marc Minkowski's spirited account, which...continue...

Sento Amor - Gluck, Handel, Mozart / David Daniels, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-11-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a); Ombra felice...Io ti lascio, K 255; Ascanio in Alba, opera, K. 111; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Telemacco, nell'isola di Circè,...
Performers: Daniels, David

Heroes - Handel, Gluck, Mozart / Scholl, Norrington, OAE

1 CD / Decca / 1999-05-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Semele; Saul; Rodelinda; Giulio Cesare; Johann Adolf Hasse: Artaserse, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Telemacco, nell'isola di Circè, opera in 2 acts, ...
Performers: Fulgoni, Sarah; Kelly, Frances [Harp]; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Counter-tenor Andreas Scholl has gained an enormous following for his many acclaimed recordings on the Harmonia Mundi label. Now, at age 32, Scholl is an...continue...

La musique au temps des Castrats - Gluck, Vivaldi, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 1994-11-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Antonio Vivaldi: Montezuma, RV 723; Dixit Dominus in D; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Gregorio Allegri: De ore prudentis; Repleti sunt omnes; Marc-Ant...
Performers: Bowman, James; Cabré, Josep; Elves, John; Lesne, Gérard; Malas-Godlewska, Ewa; Ragin, Derek Lee; Visse, Dominique
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard; Savall, Jordi; Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble a Sei Voci; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Le Concert des Nations; Les talens lyriques; Namur Chamber Choir

Jochen Kowalski - Arias

1 CD / Capriccio / 1992-01-01

Works: Johann Adolf Hasse: Artaserse; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Telemaco; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ascanio in Alba, K 111; Gaetano Donizetti: Lin...
Performers: Kowalski, Jochen
Conductors: Fricke, Heinz
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra