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Johannes Brahms Lieder - Complete Edtion, Vol. 9

1 CD / CPO / 2009-11-17

Works: Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder, Op. 103; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 106; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 107; Serious Songs (4), Op. 121
Performers: Deutsch, Helmut; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Vermillion, Iris

CPO's edition of the songs of Johannes Brahms once again continues on its way, now with Vol. 9. In their diversity the songs of Brahms's...continue...
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Cecilia Bartoli / The Barcelona Concert & Malibran Rediscovered [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-02-10

Works: Manuel García: La figlia dell'aria; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines de Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 94; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Otello; Michael Balfe: The Maid of Artois; Johann...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia
Conductors: Fischer, Adám
Ensemble: Scintilla Chamber Orchestra

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Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Catalan
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The Opera Gala - Live From Baden Baden / Netrebko, Garanca, Vargas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-24

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigolett...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas and...continue...

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 ...

Opera News
Smart, sophisticated and opinionated, Anne Sofie von Otter has become a star by doing exactly what she wants
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The Opera Gala - Live From Baden-Baden / Netrebko, Garanca, Vargas, Tezier [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-01-08

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigolett...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas and...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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George Vosburgh - Trumpet Masterworks / Fink, Fire

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-11-18

Works: Arthur Honegger: Intrada, for trumpet & piano in C major, H. 193; George Enescu: Légende, for trumpet & piano; Jean Françaix: Sonatine for trumpet & piano in C major; Eric Ewazen: To Ca...
Performers: Fire, Tami; Vosburgh, George

Rossini in Venice / Baird, Gratis, Urrey, Hougham, Willis

1 CD / Albany Records / 2002-08-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: I gondolieri, quartet for mixed voices & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, book 1), QR vii/1; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume 1 "Album italiano"; Les soirées mus...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Gratis, Lorie; Urrey, Frederick; Willis, Andrew

Mozart - The Last Concerto, 1791 / Bruggen, Hoeprich, et al

1 CD / Glossa / 2002-06-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; La clemenza di Tito, K 621; Adagio for 2 Clarinets and 3 Basset Horns in B flat major, K 411 (484a); Masonic Funeral Music in C minor...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Hoeprich, Eric
Conductors: Brüggen, Frans
Ensemble: Orchestra of the 18th Century

Gramophone
We're hardly lacking for pretty-toned mezzo-sopranos these days, but Joyce DiDonato has more than just a lovely voice - she's got what showbiz folks call...continue...

Movie Adagios / Solti, Tebaldi, Lupu, Schiff, Fleming, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a); Così fan tutte, K 588; Req...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Brymer, Jack; Fassbaender, Brigitte; Fleming, Renée; Gürtler, Dietfried; Hasson, Maurice; Krause, Tom; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp, Lucia;...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Segal, Uri; Gardelli, Lamberto; Atzmón, Moshe; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Mauceri, John; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ingman, Nick; Chailly, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Kertész,...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields members; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clevel...

Darkness & Light Vol 3 -Stern, Foss, et al /Honigberg, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-04-01

Works: Robert Stern: Hazharah, for cello & piano; Tom Myron: Käthe Kollwitz, for soprano & string quartet; Lukas Foss: Elegy for Anne Frank, for cello & piano; Karl Ignaz Weigl: Piano Trio
Performers: Brake, Kathryn; Donnellan, Glenn; Green, Patricia; Holt, Joseph; Honigberg, Carol; Honigberg, Steven; Marsh, George; Sakamoto, Tsuna

Sculthorpe: Island Dreaming, etc /Von Otter, Brodsky Quartet

1 CD / Challenge Classics / 2001-03-06

Works: Peter Sculthorpe: Quartet for Strings no 11 ("Jabiru Dreaming"); Little Serenade; Quartet no 13 ("Island Dreaming"), for string quartet & mezzo-soprano; From Nourlangie; Quartet for Strings no 8; Mar...
Performers: von Otter, Anne Sofie

"The Brodskys... play this whole programme with precision and spirit. The equally adventurous von Otter is almost unrecognizable with her vibrato-less chest tones in the...continue...

The Best of Gilbert and Sullivan / D'Oyly Carte Opera

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-08-08

Works: Arthur Sullivan: HMS Pinafore; Yeomen of the Guard; Iolanthe; Pirates of Penzance; Mikado; Patience; Gondoliers
Performers: Barclay, Yvonne; Bottone, Bonaventure; Butteriss, Simon; Cameron, Patricia; Creasy, Philip; Fieldsend, David; Jones, Gareth [baritone]; Ker, Thora; Masterson-Smith, Simon; Maxwell, Donald; McVay, Tom...
Conductors: Edwards, John Owen; Pryce-Jones, John
Ensemble: D'Oyly Carte Opera Chorus; D'Oyly Carte Opera Orchestra

Complete Webern / Boulez

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-05-09

Works: Anton Webern: Passacaglia for orchestra, Op. 1; Movements (5), version for string orchestra, Op. 5; Pieces (6) for orchestra, Op. 6; German Dances (6) for orchestra (arr. from Schubert); Im Sommerwin...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Cascioli, Gianluca; Dutton, Lawrence [Viola]; Finckel, David; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Hagen, Clemens; Kremer, Gidon; Maisenberg, Oleg; McCormick, Mary Ann; Oelz...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ensemble InterContemporain

This landmark set is the first and only complete edition of Webern's works. Among the composers of the Second Viennese School, Anton Webern always had...continue...

Grainger Edition Vol 12 - Songs for Mezzo / Jones, Thwaites

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Percy Grainger: David of the White Rock, folk song for voice & piano (BFMS unnumbered); Died for Love (Percy Grainger); Sprig of thyme; Willow, Willow, song for voice & piano (OEPM 1); Near Woodstock...
Performers: Jones, Della; Lavender, John; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Thwaites, Penelope; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Again Grainger amazes, amuses, arouses, intrigues. These 'Songs for mezzo' originate in Britain (with an excellent sequence of Scottish songs), Jutland and...continue...

Bizet: Carmen - Excerpts / Lombard, Urai-Monzon, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 1999-01-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Castets, Maryse; Leguerinel, Franck; Olmeda, Martine; Papis, Christian; Texier, Vincent le; Tregan, Thierry; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice
Conductors: Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; Bordeaux Grand-Theatre Chorus

"...Ms. Uria-Monzon's dark-voiced, husky, sexy, sensual, humorous, alluring gypsy. This is not a lighter mezzo like many recent Carmens, but a beautiful dramatic voice. On...continue...

The Hyperion Schubert Edition - Complete Songs Vol 28

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-07-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Versunken, D 715; Im Gegenwärtigen Vergangenes, D 710; Mahomets Gesang II ("Seht den Felsenquell"), song for voice & piano (fragment), D. 721; Geheimes, D 719/Op. 14 no 2; Johann...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Bostridge, Ian; Denley, Catherine; George, Michael; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Keenlyside, Simon; Koningsberger, Maarten; MacDougall, Jamie; Rozario, Pat...
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Ensemble: London Schubert Chorale

'There are unknown treasures here. Anyone who hasn't invested in this vast enterprise might well begin with this volume' (Classic CD)

'Irresistible listening' (The Financial Times)...continue...

Opera at the Movies

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1995-04-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Antonín Dvorák: Rusalka, Op 114/B 203; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda;...
Performers: Borowska, Joanna; Dickie, John; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas; Mikulas, Peter; Orgonasova, Luba; Welch, Jonathan; Yachmi, Rohangiz
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Wildner, Johannes; Lenárd, Ondrej; Rahbari, Alexander; Mund, Uwe; Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Dohnányi, Oliver
Ensemble: Bratislava Radio Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmonic Orchestra; Capella Istropolitana; Czecho-Slovak Radio Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Slova...

Ferruccio Tagliavini - The Early Operatic Recordings 1940-43

1 CD / Centaur / 1993-08-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Falstaff; I lombardi; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; L'Amico Fritz; Francesco Cil&eg...
Performers: Huder, Maria; Mascherini, Enzo; Olivero, Magda; Tagliavini, Ferruccio; Tassinari, Pia
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo
Ensemble: EIAR Symphony Orchestra Turin

Beethoven: Mass in C, etc / Shaw, Atlanta SO & Chorus

1 CD / Telarc / 1990-11-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C major, Op. 86; Elegiac song (Elegischer Gesang) ("Sanft wie du lebtest") for 4 voices & string quartet, Op. 118; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, cantata for chorus & o...
Performers: Humphrey, Jon; Myers, Myron; Schellenberg, Henriette; Simpson, Marietta
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Atlanta Symphony Chorus; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra