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Verdi: Requiem / Colin Davis, Christine Brewer, Karen Cargill, et al

2 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2009-09-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Cargill, Karen; Neill, Stuart; Relyea, John
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Colin Davis' series of choral master-works continues with Verdi's Requiem, a work that Davis has been conducting for much of his long career. It...continue...

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini / Davis, Kunde, Claycomb, Jeffery, London Symphony Orchestra, et al

2 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2008-06-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23
Performers: Cals, Isabelle; Claycomb, Laura; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Elliott, Alasdair; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Imbrailo, Jacques; Jeffrey, Darren; Kunde, Gregory; Relyea, John; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Sir Colin Davis has made seven incredibly successful Berlioz recordings for LSO Live, which garnered praise from around the world and collected numerous awards. He...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

Mozart: Requiem / Davis, Arnet, Stephany, Kennedy, et al

1 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2008-02-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626
Performers: Arnet, Marie; Jeffrey, Darren; Stephany, Anna; Vocal], Andrew Kennedy [Tenor
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
If you want a traditionally conceived budget-price Requiem, well sung à superbly played and vividly recorded, Davis's performance has much to commend it.
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Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ / Davis, Beuron, et al

2 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2007-09-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25
Performers: Beuron, Yann; Cargill, Karen; Dazeley, William; Rose, Matthew; Rose, Peter de
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Tenebrae

"[This is] a honey of a piece...and this marvelous new recording from Sir Colin reinforces that assessment at every turn...each solo voice is superb. French...continue...

Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage / Davis, Herincx, et al

2 CD / Lyrita / 2007-03-13

Works: Michael Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Burrows, Stuart; Carlyle, Joan; Daniels, Andrew; Dean, Stafford; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Herincx, Raimund; Remedios, Alberto; Whelan, David
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

Long patronized by the music establishment as an amateur because of his late start in music study, Michael Tippett (1905-1998) was to become in later...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Davis, Caballé, Carreras, et al

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Elvin, William; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Discover - Opera

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-10-31

Works: Orazio Vecchi: L'Amfiparnaso; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; Francesco Cavalli: Calisto; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Castor et Pollux,...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Banditelli, Gloria; Barr, Frank; Benackova, Gabriela; Biel, Ann-Christine; Bordogna, Paolo; Borst, Martina; Buchanan, Alison; Carmignani, Alessandro; Cigna, Patrizia; Da...
Conductors: Vartolo, Sergio; ; Medlam, Charles; Mallon, Kevin; Östman, Arnold; Halász, Michael; Segerstam, Leif; Zedda, Alberto; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Davis, Colin; Casadesus, Jean-Claude;...
Ensemble: ; Aradia Ensemble; London Baroque; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

For 400 years, opera has illuminated the innermost recesses of human existence. Once the sport of kings and princes, it now provides the soundtrack of...continue...

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Davis, Rendall, et al

2 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2006-10-10

Works: Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Rendall, David; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

"This new recording from the LSO and Sir Colin Davis is so detailed in its emotional responses-so magical is Davis's phrasing that there are times...continue...

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Davis, Rendall, et al

2 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2006-09-12

Works: Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Rendall, David; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius' was thought by many to be outlandishly modern at the time of its completion in 1900. Telling the story of the...continue...

Complete Mozart Edition 15 - Late Italian Operas

11 CD / Philips Import / 2006-03-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Burrows, Stuart; Caballe, Montserrat; Casula, Maria; Clarke, Christina; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Freni, Mirella; Ganza...
Conductors: Davis, Colin

In Volume 15 of the Complete Mozart Edition, the Late Italian Operas are featured, including Le Nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni. Artists such as...continue...

Sibelius: Kullervo / Davis, Mattei, Groop, London SO, et al

1 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2006-02-14

Works: Jean Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7
Performers: Groop, Monica; Mattei, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"This winning disc features earthy, folk-drenched music composed by a youthful Sibelius which the LSO and Chorus under Colin Davis perform with passion and energy....continue...

Sibelius: Kullervo / Davis, Mattei, Groop, London SO, et al

1 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2006-02-14

Works: Jean Sibelius: Kullervo, Op. 7
Performers: Groop, Monica; Mattei, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Verdi: Falstaff / Davis, Pertusi, Alvarez, Ibarra, et al

2 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2004-10-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Bezdüz, Bülent; Domashenko, Marina; Elliott, Alasdair; Hoare, Peter [; Ibarra, Ana; Jeffrey, Darren; Moreno, Maria José; Pertusi, Michele
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"If it wasn't obvious before, then it is now. The LSO Live label is the recording phenomenon of the decade. Here's a conductor at the...continue...

Artist Portrait - José Cura

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-03-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Pietro Mascagni: Cav...
Performers: Bitetti, Ernesto; Borodina, Olga; Cura, Jose; Delgado, Eduardo
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Cura, Jose; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Berlioz - Edition du Bicentenaire / Colin Davis, London SO

12 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2003-10-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; Harold in Italy for viola and o...
Performers: Anastassov, Orlin; Barcellona, Daniela; Bezdüz, Bülent; Bezduz, Bulent; Cals, Isabelle; DeYoung, Michelle; Earle, Roderick; Ewing, Alan; Greenan, Andrew; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Lang, ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

Close Encounters with Great Singers - Jon Vickers

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2003-06-24

Works: Jon Vickers / Jon Tolansky: Jon Vickers in Conversation with Jon Tolansky (Interview); Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias;...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Glossop, Peter; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; Veasey, Josephine; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Stein, Horst; Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Buenos Aires Teatro Colón Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Simply the Best - Classical Passion - Music for Lovers

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-05-20

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Sergey Rachmanino...
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Borodina, Olga; Brodsky Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; Cura, Jose; Katsaris, Cyprien; Klocker, Dieter; Legrand, Michel; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Little, Tasmin; London Symphony Or...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek; Wolff, Hugh; Shostakovich, Maxim; Domingo, Placido; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Davis, Colin; Davis, Andrew; Foster, Lawrence; Lenárd, Ondrej; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Zehetm...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen; London Symphony Orchestra; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orches...

Personnel: José Cura (tenor); Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Dieter Klöcker (clarinet); Güher Pekinel , Süher Pekinel , Michel Legrand, Cyprien Katsaris, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai ...continue...

Fauré: Penelope; Berlioz / Lloyd-Jones, Veasey, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-03-06

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pénélope, opera in 3 acts; Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a
Performers: Angas, Richard; Creffield, Rosanne; English, Gerald; Glossop, Peter; Howlett, Neil; Javelin, Sara de; Lee, Susan; Oliver, Alexander; Peters, Johanna; Sage, Sally le; Turp, Andre; van Allan, Richard [...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Chorus

The Compact Opera Collection - Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Elvin, William; Ghazarian, Sona; Howell, Gwynne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Payne, Patricia; Summers, Jonathan; Wixel...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

Essential Verdi - 40 of His Greatest Masterpieces

2 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Don Carlos; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass; Otello; Mac...
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borodina, Olga; Bruson, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara, Maria; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; ...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Pritchard, John; Santi, Nello; Davis, Colin; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, ...
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Kirov Theater...

2001 is the Verdi Year - Verdi's 100th Anniversary. "Essential Verdi" is packed with 40 selections from the great Verdi operas sung by the greatest...continue...

Britten: Peter Grimes / Davis, Vickers, Harper, et al

2 CD / Philips / 1999-06-15

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Cahill, Teresa; Dobson, John; Harper, Heather; Lanigan, John; Pashley, Anne; Payne, Patricia; Robinson, Forbes; Summers, Jonathan; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

Amore - Opera's Greatest Romances / Price, Domingo, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figa...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Frascati, Tommaso; Hadley, Jerry; Jussila, Mika; La Porta, Arturo [Baritone Vocal]; Londi, Laura; Mathis, Edith; Milnes,...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Kubelik, Rafael; Perlea, Jonel; Basile, Arturo; Downes, Edward; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rome Opera House Chorus; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

Mozart: Arias / Vesselina Kasarova, Sir Colin Davis, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-08-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Idomeneo; Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K 87 (74a); Don Giovanni; Lucio Silla, K 135;...
Performers: Kasarova, Vesselina
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Mikorey, Stefan, Dr.
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

"Kasarova is the dynamo among the bountiful crop of modern mezzos. She tears passionately into everything she sings; and if the intensity is sometimes rather...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Davis, Caballé, Carreras, Wixell

2 CD / Philips Import / 1993-08-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Elvin, William; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Complete Mozart Edition Vol 44 - La Clemenza di Tito / Davis

2 CD / Philips / 1992-02-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Burrows, Stuart; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Herbert, Ian; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Lowe, Frederick; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Popp, Lucia; Von St...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

Mozart: Exsultate Jubilate, etc / Davis, Te Kanawa, et al

1 CD / Philips / 1986-01-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Kyrie in D minor, K 341 (368a); Ave verum corpus; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a)
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Davies, Ryland; Howell, Gwynne; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra