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Magic Moments of Opera / Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven, Strauss [11 DVD]

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

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, ...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Beczala, Piotr; Cedolins, Fiorenza; Chiara, Maria; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Gambill, Robert; Garanca, Elina; Kaufmann, Jonas; Marton, Eva; Nylund, C...
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Fischer, Iván; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Maazel, Lorin; Jordan, Philippe; Campanella, Bruno; Oren, Daniel; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Zurich Opera Orchestra

For the first time, gathered together in one box set are all of your favorite operas. Feel the love and passion; wrath and wit; revenge...continue...
Run Time: 1500 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish + Italian (except Aida) + Dutch (Aida only)
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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...

Mahler: Symphony No. 4, Ruckert-Lieder / Abbado, Kozena [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-11-16

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Rückert Lieder (5)
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Orchestra

The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the magnificent mezzo-soprano Magdalena Koená, with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, hold the audience spellbound in this live recording...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Mahler: Symphony No. 4, Ruckert-Lieder / Abbado, Kozena [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2010-11-16

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Rückert Lieder (5)
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Lucerne Festival Orchestra

The charismatic and inspiring Claudio Abbado and the magnificent mezzo-soprano Magdalena Koená, with the Lucerne Festival Orchestra, hold the audience spellbound in this live recording...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Pergolesi Collection / Abbado, Carmignola, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Concerto for Violin in B flat major; Salve Regina; Mass (Kyrie & Gloria), for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F major (4 versions); Salve regina, for countertenor & ...
Performers: Antonaz, Laura; Balducci, Antonella; Bertotti, Lavinia; Cangemi, Veronica; Carmignola, Giuliano; Dominguez, Rosa; Gallo, Lucio; Grandini, Alfredo; Harnisch, Rachel; Kleiter, Julia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Pergolesi Year 2010 celebrates the birth 300 years ago of a first rank composer. Had Pergolesi not died young, his name would rank among the...continue...

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...

Gala Concerts / Abbado, Welser-Most [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; La traviata; Falstaff; Aida, opera; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Richard Strauss: ...
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia; Baltsa, Agnes; Barcellona, Daniela; Domingo, Placido; Doufexis, Stella; Emmerlich, Gunter; Futral, Elizabeth; Gallo, Lucio; Gruberova, Edita; Grundheber, Franz; Hadley, Jerry; Hampso...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Mehta, Zubin; Welser-Möst, Franz; Ozawa, Seiji; Gatti, Daniele; Thielemann, Christian; Caetani, Oleg; Seiffarth, Roland
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Chorus; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Veinna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centers that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth...continue...
Run Time: 385 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Jonas Kaufman sings Mozart, Schubert, Beethoven, Wagner

1 CD / Decca / 2010-04-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Parsifal; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Franz Schubert: Fierrabras; Alfonso und Estrella; Ludwig van Beethoven:...
Performers: Joswig, Margarete; Kaufmann, Jonas; Volle, Michale
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Jonas Kaufmann has already performed many of these roles on the world's great opera stages. This album consists of outstanding arias from German opera; music...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (12/02/2008-12/06/2008)....continue...

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina / Abbado, Ghiaurov, Atlantov, Marusin [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-05-26

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Performers: Burchuladze, Paata; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Kocherga, Anatoly; Marusin, Yuri; Semtschuk, Ludmila
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Chorus Bratislava; Vienna Boys Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

This program is a live recording of Alfred Kirchner's production of Mussorgsky's 'Khovanshchina' from the Vienna State Opera. Conducted by Claudio Abbado and featuring top...continue...
Run Time: 172 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Strauss: Elektra / Abbado/Vienna State Opera, Marton, Fassbaender, Studer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-05-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte; Grundheber, Franz; King, James [Classical]; Marton, Eva; Studer, Cheryl
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"The highlight of the Festival was Harry Kupfer's new production of Elektra, first seen at the Vienna State Opera some weeks before Salzburg. Eva Marton...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: German, French, English, Italian, Span...continue...

Verdi: Requiem - Carreras/Price/Norman/Raimondi [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-03-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Carreras, Jose; Norman, Jessye; Price, Margaret; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Edinburgh Festival Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Giuseppe Verdi, himself an honored patriotic figure, held the poet Alessandro Manzoni in the highest of esteem. The great Requiem mass, as superb and typical...continue...
Run Time: 96 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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Marches & Dances - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, etc / Claudio Abbado, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Contradances (5), K 609; Contredanse for orchestra in D major, K. 609/3; German Dances (3), K 605; Ludwig van Beethoven: Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Franz Schubert: Galop & ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Gretchen; Erfurt, Ulrike; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hasler, Renate; Kenny, Yvonne; Nafe, Alicia; Pogson, Geoffrey; Sandison, Gordon; Sattmann...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Abbado 2008 is a celebration of the 75th birthday (June) of Claudio Abbado, "the most respected living conductor" (The New York Times). The maestro himself,...continue...

Claudio Abbado / Mozart, Rossini, Schubert, Brahms / Pollini, Hadley [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Kyrie in D minor, K 341 (368a); Grabmusik, K 42 (35a); Laudate Dominum; Franz Schubert: Mass no 6 in E flat major, D 950; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat m...
Performers: Hadley, Jerry; Holl, Robert; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mattila, Karita; Pita, Jorge Antonio; Pollini, Maurizio
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: La Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

DVD 1 contains the 1986 edition of the "All Saints' Day Concert" - second only to the New Year's concert in that most musical of...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

Verdi - The Greatest Operas / Giulini, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas by Giuseppe Verdi at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting...continue...

A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Berbié, Jane; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cahill, Teresa; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caron, Willy; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Cosso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Schippers, Thomas; Basile, Arturo

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Cilea: Operas / Domingo, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Bertagna, Gianfranco; Bosco, Carlo del; Caballé, Montserrat; Cahill, Teresa; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casarini, Gianfranco; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; ...
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu; Santi, Nello; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Masini, Gianfranco; Kleiber, Carlos

Six complete operas starring the great Placido Domingo at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Rossini: Barber Of Seville (Highlights)

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Cesari, Renato; Dara, Enzo; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Kovats, Barna; Malagu, Stefania; Montarsolo, Paolo; Prey, Hermann [B...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Bizet: Carmen (Highlights)

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Kenny, Yvonne; Milnes, Sherrill; Nafe, Alicia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Von Stade, Abbado/La Scala [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Desderi, Claudio; Guglielmi, Margherita; Montarsolo, Paolo; Von Stade, Frederica; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Rossini’s adaptation of the classic Cinderella story includes the beautiful "Nacqui all'affanno" aria. This performance from Teatro alla Scala features Frederica von Stade in the...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina / Abbado, Haugland, Atlantov

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-09-13

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina
Performers: Atlantov, Vladimir; Borowska, Joanna; Gahmlich, Wilfried; Haugland, Aage; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Koves, Peter; Lipovsek, Marjana; Nikolov, Bojidar; Popov, Vladimir; Poschner, Brigitte; Simic, Goran; V...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Slovak State Philharmonic Chorus

Rossini: The Barber of Seville / Berganza, Abbado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-06-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Berganza, Teresa; Cesari, Renato; Dara, Enzo; Malagú, Stefania; Montarsolo, Paolo; Prey, Hermann; Roni, Luigi
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

A classic staging, witty lovely and full of theatrical truth, this DVD is a must-have for every admirer of Rossini's unique masterpiece....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Origin: Italy
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Verdi: Don Carlos / Abbado, Domingo, Ricciarelli, et al

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Bramante, Aldo; Bullo, Libero; Cerri, Gaspare; Corbelli, Alessandro; Domingo, Placido; Fontaine, Serge; Gernone, Sebastiano; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grella, Bruno; Maz...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Lizzio, Franco
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra [Hybrid SACD]

2 Super Audio CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2004-09-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Ellens Gesang II, D 838/Op. 52 no 2; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; An Sylvia; Im Abendrot, D 799; Nacht und...
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Alban Berg Collection / Barenboim, Behrens, Mutter, Kremer

8 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-03-09

Works: Alban Berg: Pieces (3) for orchestra, Op. 6; Lyric Suite, for orchestra (arr. from Nos.2-4 of string quartet version); Concerto for Violin; Chamber Concerto for Piano, Violin and 13 Winds; Sonata for...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Blankenheim, Toni; Boese, Ursula; Doukan, Pierre; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Forsberg, Bengt; Gonda, Anna; Gru...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Levine, James; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble InterContemporain; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Love Moods - The Most Romantic Classics

2 CD / DG Deutsche Grammophon (USA) Import / 2004-01-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the film "Titanic"); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto...
Performers: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; C...
Conductors: Levine, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Swierczewski, Michel; Karajan, Herbert von; David, Colin; Kleiber, Carlos; Daniel, Paul; Muti, Riccardo; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Abbado, Claudio; ; Serafin, Tullio; Previ...
Ensemble: ; Members of the London Symphony Orchestra (Members); Roby Lakatos Ensemble

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Barbara Bonney, Montserrat Caballé, Ileana Cotrubas (soprano); Magdalena Kozená, Anne Sofie von Otter, Teresa Berganza ...continue...

Grand Tier - Verdi: Aida / Abbado, Arroyo, Domingo, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ligi, Josella; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

"Domingo has recorded Radames commercially four times, but I dare say that this performance, taped live in Munich in 1972 under the baton of Claudio...continue...

Schubert: Lieder with Orchestra

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2003-04-08

Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

The product of separate concerts at Paris's Cite de la Musique last spring, this fascinating album is the fruit of an idea Claudio Abbado had...continue...
This album received the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Classical Vocal Performance....continue...

Abbado, Claudio: Verdi: Requiem [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2002-05-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barcellona, Daniela; Gheorghiu, Angela; Konstantinov, Julian
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 89 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Germany
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Verdi: Macbeth / Abbado, Cappuccilli, Verrett, Ghiaurov, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-04-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Mariotti, Alfredo; Martinucci, Nicola; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Zardo, Carlo; Zerbini, Antonio [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

The cast on this great recording in recent sound is equal or superior to anything on commercial studio recordings. With Abbado conducting at La Scala,...continue...

Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Otello; Rigoletto; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brendel, Wolfgang; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cor...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Basile, Arturo; Maag, Peter; Verchi, Nino; Santi, Nello; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gardelli, Lamberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Rennert, Wolf...

Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits!From the 20th century's most exciting live opera performances come nineteen spectacular tracks starring Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Franco Cor...continue...

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Abbado, Ghiaurov, Raimondi, etc

3 CD / Myto Records / 2002-02-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Barbieri, Fedora; Corato, Luigi de; Ferrarini, Alida; Foiani, Giovanni; Gaifa, Carlo; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Gullino, Walter; Jankovic, Eleonora; Langridge, Phil...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Abbado, Berganza, Prey, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-01-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Borgato, Maria; Freni, Mirella; Malagú, Stefania; Mazzucato, Daniela; Monreale, Leonardo; Montarsolo, Paolo; Picchi, Mirto; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Verdi: Requiem / Abbado, Gheorghiu, Alagna, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-11-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barcellona, Daniela; Gheorghiu, Angela
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Orféon Donostiarra

"Abbado has once again captured the essence of Verdi's greatest opera, yet with even greater intensity and emotion than before. He draws superb playing from...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff / Abbado, Terfel, Pieczonka, Berlin PO, etc

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-08-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Diadkova, Larissa; Doufexis, Stella; Facini, Enrico; Hampson, Thomas; Kotcherga, Anatoly; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Roschmann, Dorothea; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"In a short time, Bryn Terfel has become the Falstaff of choice, so a recording was inevitable. And the Welsh bass-baritone is a force to...continue...

Verdi: Choruses

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2001-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Il trovatore; Otello; Ernani; Aida, opera; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Un Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Requiem
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Obraztsova, Elena; Obraztsova, Yelena; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Penguin Guide
The combination of precision and tension is riveting and the analogue recording is of DG's highest standard, offering a wide dynamic range, fine detail...continue...

Various: New Year's Gala '97: Berlin Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2000-07-01

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; Pablo de Sarasate: Carmen Fantasy for Violin and Orchestra, Op. 25; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Manue...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Pletnev, Mikhail; Shaham, Gil; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

ClassicalCDReview.com - Robert Benson
Abbado in a brightly festive mood can be observed on this DVD of the Berlin Philharmonic's 1997 New Year's Gala, a rather...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 2.0
Country of Origin: Germany
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Verdi: Don Carlo / Ghiaurov, Prevedi, Abbado, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Casula, Maria; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Guglielmi, Margherita; Manganotti, Gianfranco; Prevedi, Bruno; Talvela, Martti; Zerbini, Anton...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

A star-studded performance of this dark Verdi masterpiece makes for an evening of great opera....continue...

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Abbado, Troyanos, Kozma, Crass

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-09-14

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex
Performers: Crass, Franz; Kozma, Lajos; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Verdi: Aida / Abbado, Arroyo, Domingo, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1998-08-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ligi, Josella; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Mahler: Symphonies no 2 & 4 / Claudio Abbado

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1997-09-16

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Hetzel, Gerhart; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Neblett, Carol; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mussorgsky: Night on Bare Mountain, etc / Abbado, Berlin PO

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 1997-09-02

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Sorochintsï Fair; Khovanschina; Scherzo, for piano in B flat major; Intermezzo in modo classico, for orchestra in B minor, edited by Rimsky-Korsakov; Festive March, for orches...
Performers: Kotcherga, Anatoly; Tarasova, Marianna
Conductors: ; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Children's Chorus

Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps, etc / Abbado, London SO

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1997-07-15

Performers: Berganza, Teresa; Davies, Ryland; Howard, Leslie; Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Verdi: Macbeth / Abbado, Verrett, Cappuccilli, Domingo et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1997-01-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Bortolotti, Massimo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Foiani, Giovanni; Fontana, Sergio; Gallamini, Maria Fausta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Malagú, Stefania; Malagu, Stefani...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Abbado, Gallo, McNair, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-01-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Allemano, Carlo; Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bartolomey, Franz; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Gallo, Lucio; Gati, Istvan; Jelosits, Peter; McNair, Sylvia; Rost, Andrea [Soprano V...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
a little on the plush side, perhaps, but with a good cast including a nicely tremulous Cherubino from Cecilia Bartoli
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Mahler: 10 Symphonies / Abbado, Berlin Philharmonic, etc

12 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-05-02

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 6 in A minor ...
Performers: Hetzel, Gerhart; Holler, Adolf; McNair, Sylvia; Meier, Waltraud; Norman, Jessye; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Rost, Andrea [Soprano Vocals]; Seifert, Gerd; Seiffert, Peter; Studer, Cheryl; Terfel, Bryn; V...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
The current pre-eminence of Gustav Mahler in the concert hall and on disc isn't something that could have been anticipated - other...continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Abbado, Jerusalem, Moll, Studer, Meier

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-01-17

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Performers: Domaracki, Amy-Linda; Eder, Gretchen; Erfurt, Ulrike; Fischer, Senta; Hasler, Renate; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kasemann, Franz; Koves, Peter; Mach, Elisabeth; Meier, Waltraud; Moll, Kurt; Nikolov, Bojid...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra