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Gluck: Ifigenia in Tauride / Maria Callas

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2012-01-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Callas, Maria; Malagu, Stefania; Perotti, Eva
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

The recent rebirth of interest in the masterpiece of Christoph von Gluck's maturity, Ifigenia in Tauride, has proved that his art can still cast a...continue...
Recording information: Milan (06/01/1957)....continue...

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride / Christie, Galstian, Gilfry, Jankova [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Galstian, Juliette; Gilfry, Rodney; Jankova, Martina; Scharinger, Anton; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Orchestra La Scintilla

Gluck's wonderful but neglected 1774 opera, inspired by the Greek legend, is treated with forceful and convincing simplicity in Klaus Guth's revolutionary production staged at...continue...
Run Time: 108 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: French, English, Ger...continue...

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Diva Divo / Joyce DiDonato

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Jules Massenet: Chérubin; Cendrillon; Ariane; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; La Clemenza di Tito; Christoph Willibald Gluck: La Clemenza di Tito; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di ...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Montvidas, Edgaras; Obrecht, Pascale; Semenova, Elena; Stupenengo, Paolo; Suliman, Nabil
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi

Joyce DiDonato’s capacity for characterization is as astounding as the range and flexibility of her voice. This new collection showcases DiDonato’s multi-faceted art, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/18/2010-09/28/2010)....continue...

Blessed Spirit: A Gluck Retrospective

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2010-08-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: La Semiramide riconosciuta; Ezio; La clemenza di Tito; Antigono; Telemaco; Il re pastore; L'ivrogne corrigé; Orfeo ed Euridice; Alceste; Paride ed Elena; Iphigéni...
Performers: Bevan, Sophie; Stephany, Anna; Tynan, Ailish
Conductors: Page, Ian

The Classical Opera Company was founded in 1997 by conductor Ian Page. They specialize in the music of Mozart and his contemporaries, performing with their...continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (01/20/2010)....continue...

Martha Modl

2 CD / Preiser / 2010-06-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orpheus und Eurydike; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan u...
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Mödl, Martha; Schock, Rudolf [Tenor Vocal]; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Löwlein, Hans; Rother, Artur; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Keilberth, Joseph; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Schuchter, Wilhelm

Gluck: Iphigénie in Aulis

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Clam, Leopold; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Krebs, Helmut; Musial, Martha; Reith, Maria; Suthaus, Ludwig
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Buschkötter, Wilhelm; Gaebel, Kurt; Walter, Fried; Ludwig, Leopold

Gluck: Orpheus und Eurydike / Hengelbrock, Wesseling, Kleiter [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2010-01-26

Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Performers: Bridard, Yann; Gillot, Marie-Agnes; Im, Sunghae; Kleiter, Julia; Kudo, Miteki; Wesseling, Maria Riccarda
Conductors: Hengelbrock, Thomas
Ensemble: Balthasar-Neumann Choir; Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble

Run Time: 104 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: French, English, German, Span...continue...

Gluck: Orpheus und Eurydike / Hengelbrock, Wesseling, Kleiter [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2010-01-26

Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Performers: Bridard, Yann; Gillot, Marie-Agnes; Im, Sunghae; Kleiter, Julia; Kudo, Miteki; Wesseling, Maria Riccarda
Conductors: Hengelbrock, Thomas
Ensemble: Balthasar-Neumann Choir; Balthasar-Neumann Ensemble

Run Time: 104 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: French, English, German...continue...

Passione: Opera for Lovers

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Agay, Karola; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Geszty, Sylvia; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lear, Evelyn; Prey, ...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Luisi, Fabio; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Winkler, Johannes; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Fricke, Heinz; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Václav; Kurz, Siegfried

Nowhere are love and passion expressed more fervently than here. Great feelings that strike a chord!...continue...

Da Capo: Opera Highlights

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Gaetano Doni...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Breul, Elisabeth; Bumbry, Grace; Casa, Lisa della; Cervana, Sona [vocals]; Geszty, Sylvia; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse, Hanne-Lore; Lorenz, Siegfried; Neuki...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Neumann, Václav; Fricke, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Hanell, Robert; Kleinert, Rolf; Neuhaus, Rudolf; Winkler, Johannes; Patanè, Giuseppe...

Overtures, arias, and choruses: a medley of melodies that every opera lover knows!...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

Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-07-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Argenta, Nancy; Montague, Diana; Schirrer, Rene
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Gluck: Alcesta / John Eliot Gardiner/English Baroque Soloists, Anne Sophie von Otter, Paul Groves [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Caton, Frederic; Groves, Paul; Henschell, Deitrich; Massenot, Gladys; Tezier, Ludovic; Thebault, Hjordis; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

This release features a stark yet powerful production of Gluck's Baroque masterpiece Alceste....continue...

Gluck: Orphee et Eurydice / Gardiner, Kozena, Bender, Pettibon [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Performers: Bender, Madeline; Kozena, Magdalena; Petibon, Patricia
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

John Eliot Gardiner conducts Hector Berlioz's 1859 revision of Gluck's 'Orphee and Eurydice'....continue...

Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Roland; Persée, LWV 60; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Zaïs; Acanthe et Céphise, ou La sympathie, opera; Henry Desmarest: Vénus et Adonis; Christoph Willi...
Performers: Alexiev, Evgueniy; Andersen, Ditte; Auvity, Cyril; Essade, Marie-Helene; Gillot, Delphine; Gonzales-Toro, Emiliano; Haller, Salome; Lenormand, Marie; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rostand,...
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

TV Commercial Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for Clarinet in A major,...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Best, Roy; Brennan, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Fowles, Glenys; Janes, Fiona; Kameneva, Vera; Macliver, Sara; Montgomery, Belinda; Morgan, Alison; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Greene, Andrew; Dommett, Leonard; Anderson, Richard; Stanhope, David; Stenz, Markus; Divall, Richard; Milton, Nicholas; Rizzi, Carlo; Pi...

Was a tv ad for pasta sauce your introduction to italian opera? Did mozart first grab your attention when his music was used to sell...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nan Merriman

1 CD / Preiser / 2008-06-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Manuel de Fa...
Performers: Merriman, Nan
Conductors: Weissmann, Frieder; Susskind, Walter; Toscanini, Arturo; Monteux, Pierre; Stokowski, Leopold; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; NBC Symphony Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Nan Merriman was born in 1920 in Pittsburgh. She grew up in Los Angeles where she took lessons from Lotte Lehmann. She was singing on...continue...

Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

11 CD / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...

"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...

Classic 100 - Your 100 Favourite Classical Masterpieces

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-01-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, ...
Performers: Allen, Jamie; Brennan, David; Buchanan, Isobel; Campbell, Elizabeth; Campbell, Fiona; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elkins, Margreta; Elms, Lauris; English, Helen; Gershwin, George; Gieseking, Walte...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Halstead, Anthony; Otterloo, Willem Van; Woods, Thomas; Weymark, Brett; Fürst, Jànos; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; ; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Kelly, Brett; Stanhope, David; Fredma...
Ensemble: ; Macquarie Trio

The original collection which started the classic 100 phenomenon is back. Since its run-away success in 2002 the classic 100 concept has grown ever more...continue...

Pacini: Saffo; Massenet: Werther; etc / Gencer, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Roberto Devereux; Jules Massenet: Werther; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Giovanni Pacini: Saffo; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta,...
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Bertocci, Aldo; Bianco, Tito Del; Bondino, Ruggero; Borelli, Wilma; Borriello, Mario; Bottazzo, Pietro; Cadoni, Fernanda; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carlin, Mario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass ...
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio; Capuana, Franco; Sanzogno, Nino

In a world dominated by singers from the most deep-rooted operatic cultures, Turkish soprano Leyla Gencer (b. 1928) seemed an exotic quantity to many Western...continue...

Enchanting

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2007-07-03

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Charles Gounod: Faust; C...
Performers: Russell, Sally-Anne
Conductors: Milton, Nicholas

Celebrate the magnificent mezzo-soprano operatic repertoire with this album of classic arias sung by the luscious voice of Sally-Anne Russell. Featuring favourites such as the...continue...

Artist Portrait - Monica Groop

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-06-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 35, "Geist und Seele wird verwirret" BWV 35; Cantata no 169 "Gott soll allein mein Herze haben" BW...
Performers: Groop, Monica; Hynninen, Jorma; Wikman, Haakan
Conductors: Kangas, Juha; Tang, Muhai; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka
Ensemble: Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Ostrobothnian Chamber Orchestra

"As a single disc collection of recordings by Finnish mezzo soprano Monica Groop, this 2007 release entitled Artist Portrait could hardly be bettered. As showcased...continue...

Highlights from Glyndebourne / Music from Carmen, Idomeneo, La Cenerentola sung by Janet Baker, Maria Ewing, Philip Langridge [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2007-01-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K 366; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoro...
Performers: Bailey, Dennis; Baker, Janet, Dame; Dale, Laurence; Ewing, Maria; Hadley, Jerry; McCauley, Barry; Rawnsley, John; Rinaldi, Alberto; Taddei, Marta; Vaness, Carol

Run Time: 59 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: USA
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100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Bayerische Staatsoper 1997-2005 Live / Mehta, Bolton, et al

1 CD / Farao Classics / 2005-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Götterdämmerung; Die Walküre; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante, HWV 33; Serse, HWV 40; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Ro...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Daniels, David [Countertenor]; Gantner, Martin; Gritton, Susan; Harteros, Anja; Kasarova, Vesselina; Meier, Waltraud; Murray, Ann; Nilon, Paul; Röschmann, Dorothea; Sei...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra

100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Mackerras, Baker, Tear, et al

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2005-06-04

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Best, Matthew; Curtis, Mark; Davies, Maldwyn; Gelling, Philip; Hall, Elaine Mary; Roe, Janice Hooper; Shirley-Quirk, John; Summers, Jonathan; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"...In this [performance], Dame Janet gave one of the great performances of her life: she is extraordinary as Gluck's Alceste, a part that in the...continue...

Gluck: Paride ed Elena / McCreesh, Kozená, Gritton

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-05-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor
Performers: Gritton, Susan; Kozená, Magdalena; Sampson, Carolyn; Webster, Gillian
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

Paul McCreesh and his Gabrieli Consort & Players offer a splendid accompaniment. "...more important... was the presence of a conductor of genius, for McCreesh is...continue...

The Rosette Collection - Gluck: Iphigenie en Tauride

2 CD / Philips / 2004-09-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, opera in 4 acts, Wq. 46
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alliot-Lugaz, Colette; Argenta, Nancy; Armstrong, Jane; Borst, Danielle; Boulin, Sophie; Flowers, Suzanne; Hall, Carol; Houghton, Lucinda; Jenkin, Nicola [Sop...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

Gardiner's electrifying recording is a revelation - a dramatically paced performance of an opera that is compact and concentrated in this telling of a classical...continue...

Artist Portrait - Susan Graham

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; Ned Rorem: Stopping by Wood...
Performers: Graham, Susan
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Christie, William; Martineau, Malcolm; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick; Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants; Lyon Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

"The American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham has for the better part of a decade impressed audiences with her creamy singing and chiseled characterizations." - The New...continue...

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Wh...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Margarete Klose Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-01-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Giulio Cesare; Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don...
Performers: Klose, Margarete; Lemnitz, Tiana
Conductors: Heger, Robert; Abendroth, Hermann; Rother, Artur; Kempe, Rudolf; Celibidache, Sergiu
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich State Opera Orchestra; Prussian Staatskapelle Berlin

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 10 / Montague

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-04-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Chi sa qual sia, K 582; Christoph Willibal...
Performers: Beer, Susanne; Boylan, Orla; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Young, Alistair
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Parry, David

Montague has been a regular contributor to the Opera in English series; this is her second solo album on the label. - "Above all it...continue...

Gluck: Iphigenie in Aulis / Rother, Musial, Krebs, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-02-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Blatter, Johanna; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Krebs, Helmut; Musial, Martha
Conductors: Rother, Arthur
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin RIAS Chamber Orchestra

Zandonai: I Cavalieri di Ekebú / Simonetto, Picchi, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-01-01

Works: Riccardo Zandonai: I Cavalieri di Ekebu, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana,...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Carlin, Mario; Cattelani, Arrigo; Cioni, Bruno; Malaspina, Giampiero; Malatrasi, Rina; Panni, Nicoletta; Picchi, Mirto; Zaccaria, Antonio
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Fighera, Mario; Capuana, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Chorus Milan

Rapture - Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Wolfgang Amadeus Moza...
Performers: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Alagna, Roberto; Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin R...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ozawa, Seiji; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Kulka, János; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ferro, Gabriele; Levine, James; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Maazel...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus; Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Choir; Bayreuth Festival Or...

Personnel: Reri Grist , Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Renée Fleming, Mirella Freni, Edita Gruberová, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (sop...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Gardiner, Von Otter, Groves, Beuron, et al

2 CD / Philips / 2002-09-10

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Fuge, Katharine; Groves, Paul; Henschel, Dietrich; Lunn, Joanne; Testé, Nicolas; Tezier, Ludovic; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"There has been no recording of the 1776 French version - musically richer, dramatically tauter and more human than the monumental, monolithic Italian original -...continue...

The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Jacques Offenba...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, P...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cambreling, Sylvain; Soltesz, Stefan; Muti, Riccardo; Chung, Myung-Whun; Armstrong, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Norringto...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne S...continue...

Gluck: Alceste / Gui, Gencer, Picchi, Rome Opera, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-07-02

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste
Performers: Baratti, Giuseppe; Cadoni, Fernanda; d'Orazi, Attilio; Guarnera, Guido; Jotti, Renza; Nerozzi, Lidia; Piacente, Maurizio; Picchi, Mirto; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Rome Opera House Chorus

Gluck's stately and moving tale of an ancient Greek myth is one of the grandest products of its era, and a milestone in opera history....continue...

Recitals - Giulietta Simionato - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-06-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Tancredi; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sanzogno, Nino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Matacic, Lovro von

Gluck: Iphigenia in Tauride / Sanzogno, Callas, Dondi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-05-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Dondi, Dino; Ego, Costantino; Malagu, Stefania; Martelli, Edith; Perotti, Eva; Piva, Franco; Vocals], Anselmo Colzani [Baritone
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Le Belle Immagine - Mozart, Gluck, Myslivecek /Kozena, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Lucio Silla, K 135; La finta giardiniera, K 196; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del m...
Performers: Kozená, Magdalena; Willi, Barbara Maria
Conductors: Swierczewski, Michel
Ensemble: Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

"Poised between soprano and mezzo, Magdalena Ko ena's richly coloured voice combines fullness and warmth with the bloom and freshness of youth. Add to this...continue...

Dreams and Fables - Gluck: Italian Opera Arias / Bartoli

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-09-25

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: La clemenza di Tito; Il Parnaso confuso; Ezio, opera in 3 acts, Wq. 15; La Semiramide riconosciuta, opera in 3 acts, Wq. 13; La corona, opera in 1 act, Wq. 35; Antigono, op...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Forck, Bernhard
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin

"...This CD, in short, is a tour de force of dramatic singing, in the widest sense of the term: and it is also full of...continue...

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Karajan, Simionato, Jurinac, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-08-07

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Performers: Jurinac, Sena; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Vonk, Tourangeau, Malfitano, etc

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Rodelinda; Giovanni Paisiello: La Molinara, opera; Peter Winter: Il Ratto di Proserpina; Charles Gounod: Le soir; Léo Delibes:...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Tourangeau, Huguette
Conductors: Vonk, Hans

Roussel: Padmavati / Martinon, Gorr, Lance, Souzay

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-06

Works: Albert Roussel: Padmâvatî, opera-ballet, Op. 18; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90...
Performers: Byles, Edward; Dickinson, Meriel; Dodd, Marion; Dunan, Gerard; Farrall, Gordon; Fry, Leslie; Gorr, Rita; Lance, Albert; Langridge, Philip; Souzay, Gérard; Taylor, Neilson; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Martinon, Jean; Bruck, Charles; Lecomte, Pierre-Michel; Lindenberg, Edouard