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Viva Verdi: Overtures & Preludes / Riccardo Chailly

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliana; Alzira; La traviata; Il corsaro; Nabucco; Jérusalem (Original Version (libr. from 1843 "I Lombardi")); Jérusalem; Giovanna d'Arco; Aida, opera; Macbeth...
Performers: Ferrando, Mauro; Meloni, Fabrizio; Prandino, Luisa; Thouand, Fabien; Zoni, Marco
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica Della Scala

Wiiner of the 2012 ECHO Award for "Conductor of the Year" and one of the world's most respected maestros Riccardo Chailly celebrates Verdi's bicentenary year...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium di Milano (06/05/2012-06/11/2012)....continue...

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

The Girl with the Golden Harp

1 CD / Classic FM Import / 2012-09-11

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson and Delilah; Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Welsh Traditional: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), folk song; Lisa Lan; Bugeilio'r gwenith gwyn (Watch...
Performers: Jones, Claire [Harp]
Conductors: Morley, Stuart

Recording information: St. Augustine's Church, London....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...

"Noah" - Ave Maria; Deep River; Notte di Luce; Shenandoah; Amazing Grace et al. / Noah Stewart, tenor

1 CD / Verve / 2012-07-03

Works: Mantovani: Cara mia; Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Justin Hayward: Nights in White Satin; Vincent Youmans: Without a Song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Bertl, Johnny M.; Dorn, Elisabeth; Dubach, Susanne [Violin, Viola]; Hintringer, Harry [Drums]; Juritz, David; Karlsson, Fridrik; Knollmueller, Christian; Laher, Werner; Sasdi, Inka [Ce...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Bertl, Johnny M.; Hein, Richard

Verve Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Harlem Tenor, Noah Stewart.

It is hard to believe that only a few years ago

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Personnel: Susanne Dubach (violin, viola); Inka Sasdi (cello); Wolfgang Drechsler (woodwinds, horns).

Tenor Noah Stewart, a native of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, has won raves not only i...continue...

Maria / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2012-01-17

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene, o L'Assedio di Messina; Dopo tante e tante pene (alternative ending for Rossini's opera Tancredi), rondo; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines di Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 9...
Performers: Albelo, Celso; Bartoli, Cecilia; Forster, Benjamin; Goldschmidt, Maria; Mermoud, Claudio; Pesch, Ada; Pezzotti, Daniel; Pickup, Robert; Pisaroni, Luca; Prelle, Una; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vicini, ...
Conductors: Fischer, Adam

"[Bartoli] has aimed not only to present Malibran's repertoire but also to capture her sound. Bartoli's rich voice, with its pyrotechnical capabilities and dramatic powers,...continue...
Recording information: Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde, Zürich-Oberstras (2006-08-14_2006-08-16&2006-)....continue...

Weddings On The Harp

1 CD / Harp Music To Go / 2011-11-22

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Orchestral Suite no 3; Richard Wagner:...
Performers: Miller, Merry [Harp]

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Dessay, Beczala, Bannik ,Voropaev, Gergiev

2 Super Audio CD / Mariinsky / 2011-08-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Bannik, Ilya; Beczala, Piotr; Dessay, Natalie; Dombrovskaya, Zhanna; Kipriskaya, Sofia; Reckert, Sascha; Skorokhodov, Sergei; Sulimsky, Vladislas; Voropaev, Dmitry
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Mariinsky Theatre Opera Orchestra

The Mariinsky label's opera recordings have garnered acclaim and awards from around the world, most recently for Valery Gergiev's recording of Parsifal released in 2010....continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, R (09/12/2010-09/16/2010)....continue...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Juan Pons, Cheryl Studer, Placido Domingo

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-07-12

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony
Conductors: Marin, Ion
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Full track lists and synopses n English, German and French.

"The finest version in digital sound"- The Penguin Guide...continue...
Recording information: St. John's, Smith Square, London (08/1990)....continue...

Maurice André Edition / Suites, Dances and Arrangements [6 CDs]

6 CD / Erato / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata, Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Cantata, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Barboteu, Georges; Bernard, Joelle; Bylsma, Anner; De Antoni, Charles; Giebel, Agnes; Holtmann, Jacques; Jaap Schroder [Violin/Conductor]; Karius, Wolfgang; LaGorce, Marcel; Maliponte...
Conductors: Pichaureau, Claude; Soustrot, Marc; Ristenpart, Karl; Rauber, François; Lagrange, Claude; Corboz, Michel; Leonhardt, Gustav; Faerber, Jörg; Gotti, Tito; Paillard, Jean-François; Martin...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble De Cuivres De Paris; Ensemble of Bologna; Harmonie Municipale D'alès ; Trombone Quartet of the RTF Orchestra

Fourth in the series of 6CD box sets of the extensive Erato recordings of Maurice André, famous French trumpet player with the silvery touch....continue...
Includes j'ai du bon tabac (anon.) / menuet d'isis (j.-b. l by various composers.

Includes work(s) by Giuseppe Torelli....continue...

100 Years of Strauss

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-26

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Musikalischer Scherz"; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Fata Morgana, Op. 330; The Gypsy Baron; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Casanova; Sp...
Performers: Awouters, Michel; Awouters, Veronique; Bercu, Jan; Bertholome, Marie Helene; Brepols, Mireille; Casteleyn, Elke; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Das, Monica; Delplanque, Claire; Derwahl, Tanja; D...
Conductors: Rieu, André
Ensemble: Johann Strauss Orchestra

Recording information: Wijngrachttheater, Kerkrade, The Netherlands....continue...

Plácido Domingo: The Opera Collection [26 CDs]

26 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Jacques Offenbach: Ga&...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Cuenod, Hugues; Domingo, Placido; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony; Leiferkus, Sergei; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Prestia, Giacomo; Schade, Michael;...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Marin, Ion; Prêtre, Georges; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kleiber, Carlos; Chung, Myung-Whun; Solti, Sir ...

Domingo reaches his 70th birthday and Deutsche Grammophon celebrates by releasing 'The Opera Collection', a collection of his amazingly rich DG/Decca catalog recognizing the tenor's...continue...

Ave Maria Adagios

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-01-18

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Astor Piazzolla: Tanti Anni Prima; Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; Pietro Mascagni: Ave Maria, for voice & orchestra; Jules Massenet: Méditation, for violin & orchestra (...
Performers: Ferrarini, Claudio; Sacchi, Floraleda

Recording information: Exclaim Studio, Italy (Olgiate Comasco) (10/03/2008-10/04/2008)....continue...

Sospiri / Cecilia Bartoli

1 CD / Decca / 2011-01-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tiempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace; Geminiano Giacomelli: Merope; Antonio Caldara: La Morte d'Abel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Florez, Juan Diego; Goldschmidt, Maria; Maurizio, Cinzia; Pezzotti, Daniel; Piovano, Luigi; Prelle, Una; Rossi, Daniele; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Antonini, Giovanni; Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Marchi, Alessandro de; Adam, Fischer
Ensemble: ; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

After great success with the deluxe edition, Sospiri is now available in a jewel version. In this special new collection, Cecilia sings tender, sensual arias...continue...

Apasionada: Spanish & Exotic Pieces for Flute

1 CD / ABC Classics (Premiere) Import / 2010-11-30

Works: Émile Pessard: Bolero, for flute & piano; Andalouse, for flute & harp; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Pièce en forme ...
Performers: Cleworth, Ian; Johnson, Louise; McBride, Max; Nixon, Brad; Pikler, Gregory; Rutter, Jane; Thane, Amanda; Willems, Gerard

Sospiri / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2010-11-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Geminiano Giacomelli: Merope; Antonio Vivaldi: Farnace; Antonio Caldara: La morte d'abel figura di quella del nostro redentore; ...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Flórez, Juan Diego; Goldschmidt, Maria; Maurizio, Cinzia; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pezzotti, Daniel; Piovano, Luigi; Prelle, Una; Rossi, Daniele; Savini, Mary Cotton; Terfel, Bryn...
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni; Minkowski, Marc; Abbado, Claudio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Marchi, Alessandro de; Fischer, Adam; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

Cecilia Bartoli is loved the world over for vocal fireworks and spectacular coloratura, but she is also adored for her spine-tingling pianissimi and her ability...continue...

Harry Somers: Fool; Death Of Enkidu

2 CD / Centrediscs / 2010-02-23

Works: Harry Somers: The Fool (Le Fou), opera in 1 act; The Death of Enkidu, opera in 1 act
Performers: Borys, Roman; Cherney, Lawrence; Christie, Max; Coulombe, Alain [Bass Vocal]; Cram, Robert; Dahl, Gregory; Edwards, Darryl [Tenor Vocal]; Engleman, Robin [Percussion]; Fujino, Carol; Gievori, Bardyhl...
Conductors: Currie, David; Dala, Leslie

Recording information: Glenn Gould Studio, Toronto....continue...

Monteverdi: Complete Operas on Brilliant Classics

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308; Unspecified: Orfeo and L'Incoronazione di Poppea
Performers: Antonelli, Giordano; Bucci, Angela; Canihac, Jean-Pierre; Coelati, Riccardo Rama; Giannelli, Jean Michel; Giardini, Luca; Gintoli, Loredana; Imbert, Jean; Lechartier, Eric; Lucchi, Frédé...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio

Monteverdi's three great operas (a fourth, Arianna, only survives in part) are among the earliest surviving examples of opera, and are still regular fixtures on...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium of Pigna, Corsica (10/2006); Pigna Auditorium, Corsica, France (10/2006)....continue...

Turrin: The Scarecrow, opera

1 CD / Longhorn / 2010-01-26

Works: Joseph Turrin: The Scarecrow, opera in 2 acts
Performers: Baker, Julie [Flute]; Beverly, Ryan; Borski, Joshua; Breeding, David [Horn]; Bule, Zach; Eubanks, Sara; Gauvain, Zach; Gould, Travis; Han, Jinhee; Hearon, Mark; Hindelang, Kristin; Hou, Jou-an; Phili...
Conductors: Turrin, Joseph

Recording information: McCollough Theater, University of Texas Performing Arts....continue...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Moore, Angela [Harp]; Root, Marten
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (08/02/1997-08/13/1997)....continue...

L'Opera en Duo - Strauss, Wagner, Bizet / Ceysson, Verney, et al

1 CD / XXI-21 Productions / 2009-11-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugène Onéguine; La Dame de Pique; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermauss; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samoson et Dalila; Gioachino Ros...
Performers: Ceysson, Emmanuel; Verney, Laurent

This unusual recording is a transcription of famous opera arias transcribed by the performers for viola and harp. Both musicians are members of the orchestra...continue...
Recording information: Studio 12, Radio-Canada, Montreal, Canada (05/02/2008-05/04/2008)....continue...

Donizetti: Il giovedì grasso / Loehrer, Rizzoli, Oncina, Catalani

1 CD / Nuova Era / 2009-10-27

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il giovedì grasso, opera
Performers: Bassi-Ferrari, Irene; Catalani, Nestore; Loomis, James; Malacarne, Rodolfo; Minetto, Maria; Oncina, Juan; Rizzoli, Bruna; Rovetta, Teodoro
Conductors: Loehrer, Edwin

Il Giovedi Grasso is one of many operas written by Donizetti, but it is reminiscent of his greatest role-model, Rossini, who influenced Donizetti in the...continue...

Cantare / Isabelle Moretti, Felicity Lott

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-10-27

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Mikhail Glinka: L'alouette; Albert Heinrich Zabel: Faust Fantasie, for harp, Op. 12 (after Gounod); Paul Bernard: Ça fait peur aux oiseaux, song; Jean...
Performers: Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Moretti, Isabelle

Like a true star, Isabelle Moretti long dreamed of cutting an album that would express her joy in making her harp sing. She's joined by...continue...

Amuse / Masumi Nagasawa

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: François-Joseph Naderman: Fantaisie en Variations sur le Songe de J.J. Rousseau, for harp; Louis Spohr: Fantasia for harp in C minor, Op. 35; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The M...
Performers: Nagasawa, Masumi

Masimi Nakagawa explores harp music spanning the late Baroque, when the harp became a favorite instrument of the French salon through the Romantic era and...continue...

Orpheus with his Lute - Rubbra, et al / Morgan, Witsenburg

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Jacopo Peri: Euridice, opera; Luigi Rossi: Orfeo; Stefano Landi: La Morte D'Orfeo, opera; Franz Joseph Haydn: L'anima del filosofo ossia Orfeo ed Euridice; Christoph Will...
Performers: Morgan, Rachel Ann; Witsenburg, Edward

King David And His Harp

1 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Anonymous: Rex Caeli, sequence (Cantica CM); Gabriel Voigtlander: Zum Lobe der Musik; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David et Jonathas, tragédie en musique, H. 490; George Frederick Handel: Saul; Edw...
Performers: Morgan, Rachel Ann; Witsenburg, Edward

Serenade / Abbie de Quant, Masumi Nagasawa

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Anton Bernhard Fürstenau: Fantasie, for flute & harp; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; François Borne: Fantasie brillante for Flute and Piano on Bizet's Carmen; Henk Badings: C...
Performers: Nagasawa, Masumi; Quant, Abbie de

Handel's Harp / Maxine Eilander, Cyndia Sieden, Stephen Stubbs, Seattle Baroque Orchestra

1 CD / ATMA / 2009-08-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Esther; Saul; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Giulio Cesare; Rinaldo; Concertos (6) for Organ, Op. 4; Alexander Balus
Performers: Eilander, Maxine; Sieden, Cyndia; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Conductors: Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]
Ensemble: Seattle Baroque Orchestra

Handel's complete music for harp on a single CD for the first time. Handel used the harp in everything from operas and oratorios to adaptations...continue...

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Concerto for Harpsichord in F mi...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite cello classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-07-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

Peterson-Berger: Arnljot [Highlights] / Okko Kamu, et al

1 CD / Sterling / 2009-07-05

Works: Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Arnljot
Performers: Asker, Bjorn; Hagegård, Erland; Jehrlander, Kåge; Langebo, Karin; Thallaug, Edith
Conductors: Kamu, Okko
Ensemble: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

The origin to 'Arnljot' is a melody that Wilhelm Peterson-Berger created when he first visited Jamtland in 1898. When journeyed over Storsjon he was inspired...continue...

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

Classical Favorites from the Harp

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-05-05

Works: Claude Debussy: Poèmes (7) de Banville; Clair de lune; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Camille Saint-Sa...
Performers: Fletcher, Sally

Tagen Letter - Music with Flute - Nielsen, Telemann, Gluck, Bach, Ives, Debussy, etc / Mikael Beier, et al

2 CD / Danacord / 2009-03-10

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs; Georg Philipp Telemann: Fantasias (12) for Flute solo; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Traditional: Greens...
Performers: Beier, Mikael; Dreisig, Flemming; Osterlind, Vibeke Franck; Von Bulow, Gert

The Art of the Harp [Box Set]

2 CD / ABC Classics / 2009-01-08

Works: Henry Purcell: King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Ground for Harpsichord in D minor, Z D222 "Celebrate this Festival"; Christian Pezold: Minuets (2), for keyboard in G maj...
Performers: Giles, Alice; McGuire, Marshall

Christmastide

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-11-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Ave Maria; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Max Reger: M...
Performers: Appleman, Abraham; Capalbo, Michele; Drake, Victoria; Fader, Oren; Heiss, David; Lionti, Vincent; Mason, Eric; Miller, Dan; Mortimore, Stephanie; Yajima, Mineko
Conductors: Contino, Fiora

Rossini: Il Viaggio A Reims

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-05-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bandelli, Antonella; Boustany, Wissam; Corato, Luigi de; Credico, Oslavio di; Cuberli, Lella; Dara, Enzo; Gasdia, Cecilia; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Gimenez, Edoardo; Matteu...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Mendelssohn: Songs Without Words; Mozart, etc / Kollé, Vollmer

1 CD / Guild / 2008-05-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for piano no 37 in F major, Op. 85/1; Song Without Words for piano no 46 in G minor, Op. 102/4; Song Without Words for piano no 36 in E major, Op. 67/6; Songs wi...
Performers: Kolle, Andrea; Vollmer, Jasmine

The program for this recording is made up entirely of original transcriptions for flute and harp, ranging from folk-based music in the 18th century leading...continue...

La Belle Vie - French Opera Fantasie / Bell' Alma Duo

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-04-22

Works: Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jules A. Demersseman: Grand Concert Fantasy after Weber's "Oberon"; Henri Duparc: Chanson triste; Claude Debussy: L'enfant...
Performers: Frisch, Michele; Kienzle, Kathy
Conductors:
Ensemble: Bell' Alma Duo

Best Relaxing Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (B...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Auger, Arleen; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Ti...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; ; Menuhin, Yehudi; Willcocks, David; Rees, Jonathan; Olah, Erno; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Foster, Lawrence; Karajan, Herbert von; Haitink, Bern...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Il Seminario Musicale; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Quartet of London; Scottish Ensemble

The first of this month's 'Best 100' series releases is the 'Best Relaxing Classics 100' album. Many people value classical music for the soothing melodies...continue...

Maria / Bartoli, Vengerov, Fischer, Scintilla CO

1 CD / Decca / 2007-10-16

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines de Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 94; Manuel Garcia: El poeta calculista, opera; La figlia dell'aria, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula,...
Performers: Albelo, Celso; Bartoli, Cecilia; Forster, Benjamin; Goldschmidt, Maria; Mermoud, Claudio; Pesch, Ada; Pezzotti, Daniel; Pickup, Robert; Pisaroni, Luca; Prelle, Una; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vicini, ...
Conductors: ; Fischer, Adam
Ensemble: International Chamber Soloists; Scintilla Chamber Orchestra

Cecilia Bartoli revisits the early Romantic era of Rossini, Bellini and their contemporaries and views the Bel canto glory days through the eyes of Maria...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Luigi Infantino

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Requiem Mass; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestr...
Performers: Cockerill, John; Guerrini, Adriana; Infantino, Luigi; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Rankl, Karl; Olivieri, Dino; Patanè, Franco; Bellezza, Vincenzo; Martin, Ray

Luigi Infantino possessed a wonderfully dignified voice, described by the critics as "expressive, flexible, round and lyrical." Another example of the tenor di grazia, he...continue...

Flaming Heart - Monteverdi: Madrigals, etc / I Fagiolini

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-01-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Madrigals, Book 4; Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, Book 5; Madrigals, Book 8; Piagn' e sospira, madrigal for 5 voices (from Book 4), SV 93
Performers: Campbell, Richard; Crookes, Anna; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Halls, Matthew; Hogan, Louise; Lane, Carys-Anne; Martin, Catherine; Mulroy, Nicholas; Pierron, Catherine; Quinteiro, Eligio; Smit...

"As anyone who has experienced a concert by Robert Hollingsworth and I Fagiolini, the group he founded 20 years ago, would expect, their first Monteverdi...continue...

L'heure bleu - Fauré, Verdi, et al / Tirabosco, Chatelain

1 CD / Gallo / 2007-01-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6), Op. 34; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Edward German: Romance for Clarinet and Piano; Gabriel Fauré: Les berceaux, Op. 23 no 1; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore;...
Performers: Chatelain, Nathalie; Tirabosco, Michel

"Music above all," wrote Verlaine. And adding their own poetry, as well, this is what Michel Tirabosco and Nathalie Chatelain 's beautiful recording is all...continue...

Night Owl

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2006-08-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Carnival of the animals...
Performers: Banks, Jon [Harp]; Bennett, Elinor; Bohle, Walter; Flachot, Reine; Gregory, James; Hill, Sarah; Ricci, Ruggiero; Souter, Martin
Conductors: Rezucha, Bystrik; Tenant-Flowers, Sarah; Kuntsch, Matthias; Chang, Yun-Sung

Late night classics. At the end of a long day, and on into the night, this lovely album of relaxing music will help banish those...continue...

Encore - Lloyd Webber - Unexpected Songs

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-07-18

Works: Pam Chowhan: Star of the County Down / Lady D'Arbanville, for ensemble; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Michael William Balfe: I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls, aria (from "The Bohemian Girl"); Fréd...
Performers: Ball, Michael; Chowhan, Pamela; Finch, Catrin; Hannigan, Steafan; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lockett, Pete [Percussion]

Widely regarded as one of the most creative musicians of his generation, Julian Lloyd Webber has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Yehudi...continue...
Personnel: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Michael Ball (vocals); Steafan Hannigan (whistling, flute, Uilleann pipe); Catrin Finch (harp); Pam Chowhan (piano, keyboards); John Lenehan (piano); Peter Loc...continue...

Bel Canto: Roberto Alagna

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; La Favorita; Don Pasquale; Roberto Devereux; Dom Sébastien, roi du Portugal, opera; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La fille du régiment, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keohone, Paul; Masters, Rachel; Moore, Darren; Moore, Darren [Engineer]; Preece, Simon; Price, John; Price, John [Classical]
Conductors: Pidò, Evelino; Pidò, Evelino
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Voices

"Roberto Alagna concentrates solely on the work of bel canto masters Donizetti and Bellini. These are composers who foreground vocal timbre and rely on highly...continue...
Selections recorded September and October 1999 at EMI Abbey Road Studio no. 1, London and May 2001 at Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London, England....continue...

Roberto Alagna - Berlioz: Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Huit Scénes de Faust, for solo voices, chorus, orchestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Cohen, Jeffrey [Piano/Choir Director]; Dyball, Jeffrey; Gheorghiu, Angela; Zvellenreuther, Jean-Marc
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Gramophone wrote of this album of Berlioz arias: "Algana, always at his best singing in French, is here at his most appealing in solos commonly...continue...

The Romantic Harp - Grandjany, Pierné, et al / Judy Loman

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: Marcel Grandjany: Fantasy on a Theme of Haydn for harp, Op 31; Marcel Tournier: Vers la source dans le bois; Nino Rota: Sarabanda & Toccata for harp; Gabriel Pierné: Impromptu-caprice for Harp...
Performers: Loman, Judy

"Judy Loman may be an almost unknown harpist here, but she studied with Carlos Salzedo and was harpist with the Toronto Symphony from 1960 to...continue...

Surround Yourself with Enrico Caruso

1 DVD Audio / Nimbus Records / 2005-06-14

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; La Favorita; Dom Sébastien; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Il Duca d'Alba; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; G...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Bada, Angelo; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Destinn, Emmy; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Gadski, Johanna; Gluck, Alma; Homer, Louise; Jacoby,...