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Mozart: La Clemenza di Tito / Andrew Davis/LPO, Langridge, Putnam [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-03-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito
Performers: Langridge, Philip; Mahe, Martine; Montague, Diana; Putnam, Ashley; Rose, Peter [bass voice]; Szmytka, Elzbieta
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nicholas Hytner's elegant staging, performed in the original Italian language, was premiered during the Mozart Bicentenary season at Glyndebourne on 28 June 1991. An impressive...continue...
Run Time: 143 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish
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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

Stravinsky: The Ballets / Robert Craft, et al

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-03-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex; Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion; L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Pe...
Performers: Beesley, Mark; Bickley, Susan; Cornwell, Joseph; Greenan, Andrew; Hall, Peter; Hill, Martyn; Lane, Jennifer; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Longworth, Pippa; Montague, Diana; Preece, Simon; Richardson...
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: ; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

Rediscovered - Mayr: Opera Highlights / Parry, Severini, Kenny, Smythe, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2008-07-08

Works: Simon Mayr: Elisa; Ginevra di Scozia, opera; L' amor coniugale, opera; Adelasia e Aleramo, opera; Elena, opera; Alonso e Cora, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Fedra, opera; Medea in Corinto, opera
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Christie, Nan; Doghan, Philip; Dugdale, Sandra; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harrhy, Eiddwen; John, Kevin; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Dian...
Conductors: Parry, David; Severini, Tiziano
Ensemble: ; Trieste Teatro Verdi Orchestra

Between 1794 and 1824, Bavarian-born Johann Simon Mayr (1763-1845) composed over sixty operas. Admired for his fusion of Italianate melody with Germanic harmony and instrumentation,...continue...

Vaugham Williams: Choral Works / Best, Corydon Singers, et al

4 CD / Hyperion / 2008-06-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi; Dona nobis pacem; Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viol...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Barratt, Christine; Best, Jonathan; Bowen, John; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Dawson, Lynne; Dobi...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Issued to mark the fiftieth anniversary of Vaughan Williams' death, this collection is tantalizing: it starts with one of the best-selling discs in the Hyperion...continue...

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, K 588 / Mackerras, Watson, Montague, Maltman, Spence, Garrett, Et Al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Cohen, John; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christopher; Montague, Diana; Schneider, Ronald; Spence, Toby; Watkin, David; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

'Cosi fan tutte' is Mozart's third opera to a Da Ponte libretto. It is in 'opera buffa' style and has only six characters, two couples...continue...

Land of Hope and Glory

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Thomas Arne: Rule Britannia; William Walton: Coronation March "Crown Imperial"; Charles Villiers Stanford: Songs of the Sea, for baritone, male chorus & orchestra, Op. 91; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Fawbert, Andrew; George, Michael; Hill, Robert [Clarinet]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Maltman, Christo...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger

Il Salotto Vol 11 - La Serenata / Ford, Montague, Harper

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2008-01-08

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Le Soir; Ange et Mortel ("La nuit a parsemé son manteau d'étincelles"), duet for 2 voices; La serenata ("Tu d'amarmi un dì giurasti"), romanza for voice; Giovanni Paci...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Beer, Susanne; Bundgaard, Sine; Cullagh, Majella; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harper, David; Kelly, Paul Austin; Montague, Diana; Sampson, Richard; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocals]; Stone, ...

'La Serenata' is the eleventh volume of Opera Rara's acclaimed 'Il Salotto' series, exploring the more intimate world of the salon ("salotto," in Italian) and...continue...

Entre Nous: Celebrating Offenbach

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2007-10-09

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann; Geneviève de Brabant, opera in 2, 3, & 5 act versions; La jolie parfumeuse, comic opera in 3 acts; Le pont des soupirs; Les braconniers, operetta in 3 a...
Performers: Berthon, Cassandre; Claycomb, Laura; Cognet, Andre; Félix, Loïc; Kenny, Yvonne; Larmore, Jennifer; Le Brocq, Mark; Lee, Colin; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Montague, Diana; Sherman, Ale...
Conductors: Parry, David

Opera Rara's latest release features a glittering array of singing stars heard in a double helping of delightful rarities by Jacques Offenbach. In the course...continue...

Opera in English - Humperdinck: Hansel & Gretel / Mackerras

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-07-31

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera
Performers: Coppen, Sarah; Evans, Rebecca; Hayward, Robert; Henschel, Jane; Larmore, Jennifer; Montague, Diana; Plowright, Rosalind; Tynan, Sarah
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: New London Children's Choir

"Simply unmissable for any fans of this opera, Anglophone or not, Mackerras balances the songful and the sinister with absolute sureness. There is not a...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 9 - Ora Divina - The Sublime Hour

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2007-01-09

Works: Angelo Mariani: Ad un fiume, romanza for voice & piano; La partenza, for voice & piano; Lord Burghersh: Sì fiero dolore, canone for 4 voices & piano; Fabio Campana: Clair de lune, mélodie f...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Beer, Susanne; Bundgaard, Sine; Cullagh, Majella; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harper, David; Kelly, Paul Austin; Montague, Diana; Stone, Mark [Baritone Vocals]; Stone, Mark [Baritone Voc...

Ora divina is the ninth volume of Opera Rara's acclaimed Il Salotto series. The songs featured on this disc explore the serious side of love....continue...

Stravinsky: Pulcinella, Le baiser de la fée / Craft, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-01-17

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella; Le baiser de la fée (The Fairy's Kiss), ballet in 4 scenes for orchestra
Performers: Beesley, Mark; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Craft, Robert
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Stravinskys one-act ballet with song, Pulcinella, is no mere re-working of music by Pergolesi and other 18th-century Italian composers. Instead he uses the originals as...continue...

Mozart - The Supreme Decorator / Mackerras, Hanover Band

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-01-10

Works: Johann Christian Bach: Adriano in Siria, opera seria in 3 acts, CW G6 (T. 211/1); La clemenza di Scipione, opera seria in 3 acts, CW G10 (T. 229) (incomplete); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Alcandro, lo c...
Performers: Cullagh, Majella; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Hanover Band

"Sir Charles not only conducts the Hanover Band with greatest affection that is repaid by the musicians, but has also written enthusiastic notes placing all...continue...

Opera in English - Smetana: The Bartered Bride / Mackerras

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-11-22

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93
Performers: Bonner, Yvette; Clarke, Paul Charles; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gritton, Susan; Hesketh-Harvey, Kit; Hill, Louis; Howard, Yvonne; Leggate, Robin [Tenor Vocal]; Montague, Diana; Moses, Geoff...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

"By almost any reckoning, this is the most popular of Czech operas, in the repertory of almost every opera house, so it is astonishing how...continue...

Opera in English - Mozart: The Magic Flute / Mackerras

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-04-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Banks, Barry; Bronder, Peter; Chambers, Celia; Cullagh, Majella; Evans, Rebecca; Fikret, Nazan; Fox, Sarah; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Graham-Hall, John; Hancock, Gareth; Jones, Victoria; Keenl...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir

Sir Charles Mackerras has spent many years researching performance practice of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He is a noted authority on Mozart's operas, having...continue...

The Young Donizetti / Ford, Kenny, Montague, Parry, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2004-10-12

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' ajo nell' imbarazzo, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Il falegname di Livonia (Pietro il Grande), opera; Enrico di Borgogna, opera; Zoraida di Granata; Chiara e Serafina (Il pir...
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Bickley, Susan; Cullagh, Majella; Davies, Lynne; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hargraves, Matthew; Harrhy, Eiddwen; John, Kevin; Jones, Della; Kelly, Paul Austin; Kenny, Yvonne; Larmore,...
Conductors: Parry, David; Francis, Alun; Allemandi, Antonello

"With such outstanding 'bel canto' artists as Jennifer Larmore, Majella Cullagh, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Bruce Ford, and conductor David Parry, one could hardly go...continue...

Opera in English - Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Bonner, Yvette; Danby, Graeme; Dazeley, William; Evans, Rebecca; Graham-Hall, John; Joyce, Victoria; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; McCafferty, Frances; Montague, Diana; Purves, Christoph...
Conductors: Parry, David

"...the most intelligent and certainly the most involving traversal of the opera on record for many years... being able to follow every nuance of the...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...

Opera in English - Mozart: Idomeneo / Parry, Ford, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Bayley, Clive; Davies, Ryland; Evans, Rebecca; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Gedda, Nicolai; Montague, Diana; Patterson, Susan
Conductors: Parry, David

David Parry's conducting has been consistently praised throughout this series, as much for its dramatic pacing as for its elegance and style. 'There's an intensity...continue...

Opera in English - Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen /Rattle

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Leos Janácek: Príhody Lisky Bystrousky (The Cunning Little Vixen)
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bainbridge, Rebecca; Barnett, Christopher; Baum, Emily; Connolly, Emma; Dobie, Fiona; Dobson, John; Folwell, Nicholas; Gregory, Devin; Groves, Glenys; Howell, Gw...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"This opera is one of the most moving and complete commentaries in any medium about the cycle of life and the connections between man and...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias / Elizabeth Futral

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-06-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Semele; Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix; Gioachino Rossini: Zelmira; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seragli...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Cohen, David; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Montague, Diana; Robinson, Dean; Wakeford, Lucy; Wedd, Peter
Conductors: White, Steven

"...there is much to enjoy here, especially in the French items where Futral's whitish tone sounds idiomatic, her high notes even tending towards the slight...continue...

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...

Meyerbeer in Italy / Ford, Kenny, Parry, London PO, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-10-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto; Romilda e Costanza, opera (melodramma semiserio) in 2 acts; Emma di Resburgo, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, op...
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Bovino, Maria; Dolton, Geoffrey; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Kitchen, Linda; Mason, Anne; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Mills, Bronwen; Montague, Diana; Nic...
Conductors: Parry, David
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Tyrants and Lovers / Parry, Miricioiu, Larmore, Ford, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-08-01

Works: Simon Mayr: L' amor coniugale, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata; Pia de' Tolomei, opera; Buondelmonte, opera (2nd vers., Maria Stuarda); Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Torquato Tasso, opera; Gio...
Performers: Blake, Rockwell; Cicogna, Adriana; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Fulgoni, Sarah; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Glanville, Mark; Hargraves, Matthew; Harrh...
Conductors: Parry, David

"Mostly this is a compilation of extracts from Opera Rara's catalogue of early 19th century exotica, but three new items are all worth seeking out....continue...

Duets to Die For - Larmore, Fleming, Miricioiu, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2002-02-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Zoraida di Granata; Anna Bolena; Simon Mayr: Ginevra di Scozia, opera; Medea in Corinto, opera; Vincenzo Lavigna: Hoango; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Ricciar...
Performers: Blake, Rockwell; Cullagh, Majella; Eaglen, Jane; Fleming, Renee; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Haddock, Marcus; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Jones, ...
Conductors: Parry, David

Renée Fleming Sings - Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2001-04-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Miricioiu, Nelly; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

Renee Fleming has one of the most beautiful voices before the public today. She is well known for her Mozart and Strauss roles as well...continue...

Beautiful Image - Mosca, Rossini, et al / Diana Montague

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-10

Works: Giuseppe Mosca: Le bestie in uomini, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; L' inganno felice, opera; Gia...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; Lewis, Keith; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

"Rarities there certainly are here...all featuring Diana Montague prominently. But the gem is a newly released item...[by] Julius Benedict. With its early-Romantic sensibility it makes...continue...

The Opera Rara Collection Vol 2

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide; Mosè in Egitto; Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: Zoraida di Granata; L'Assedio di Calais; Gianni da Calais, opera; Alfredo il Grande, opera; Maria di Rudenz; ...
Performers: Antoniozzi, Alfonso; Banks, Barry; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cullagh, Majella; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Dolton, Geoffrey; Fleming, Renee; Focile, Nuccia; Ford, Bruce [Te...
Conductors: Parry, David

The success of the first Opera Rara Collection created the demand for this second disc of highlights from their catalog of 19th century rarities. Once...continue...

Opera in English - Cav & Pag / Parry, O'Neill, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-02-08

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Bronder, Peter; Dazeley, William; Hall, Peter; Joll, Phillip; Mannion, Rosa; Miricioiu, Nelly; Montague, Diana; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Opie, Alan [Baritone Vocals]; Parfitt, Paul
Conductors: Parry, David

Opera in English - Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Parry, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier
Performers: Gedge, Nicholas; Ginty, Eugene; Joshua, Rosemary; Kenny, Yvonne; MacIntyre, Stuart; Montague, Diana; Parfitt, Paul; Rhys-Davies, Jennifer; Roberts, Gareth; Shaw, Geoffrey; Shore, Andrew; Tomlinson, J...
Conductors: Parry, David

Penguin Guide
Parry paces the score most persuasively, and the orchestral sound is aptly sumptuous...Diana Montague is a winningly expressive Octavian, and Rosemary Joshua a sweet-toned...continue...

Opera in English - Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parry, et al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-11-17

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliac...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Banks, Barry; Bayley, Clive; Bronder, Peter; Clarke, Paul Charles; Dawson, Lynne; Dazeley, William; Eaglen, Jane; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Hargraves, Matthew; Haymon, Cynthia...
Conductors: Parry, David; Bellini, Gabriele; Daniel, Paul

This is the premiere recording in English of Donizetti's sparkling comic opera. Conductor David Parry has been unanimously praised for his direction throughout the Opera...continue...

Opera Rara Collection - 20 Selected Highlights

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-09-10

Works: Saverio Mercadante: Orazi e Curiazi; Virginia, opera; Il Salotto; Gaetano Donizetti: Gabriella di Vergy, opera; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Ugo conte di Parigi, opera; L'Assedio di Calais; Emilia di Live...
Performers: Andrew, Ludmilla; Arthur, Maurice; Browne, Sandra; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cook, Deborah; Davies, Joan; Eaglen, Jane; Fleming, Renee; Focile, Nuccia; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Gray, Lissa; Hargraves, Ma...
Conductors: Parry, David; Francis, Alun; Judd, James
Ensemble: ; London Mozart Players; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Listening to the nearly 80 minutes of this disc was, for me, analogous to what I felt as a child entering a candy shop: Every...continue...

Bruce Ford - Romantic Heroes / Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-08-10

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Carlo di Borgogna; Gaetano Donizetti: Alfredo il Grande, opera; Rosmonda d'Inghilterra; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Der Nordstern; Saverio Mercadante: Virginia, opera; Federico Ricci: Il mari...
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

Opera Rara presents the first, long-awaited solo recital recording from American bel canto specialist Bruce Ford. So far, most of Ford's work with Opera Rara...continue...

19th Century Heroines

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-08-10

Works: Giuseppe Nicolini: I Baccanali di Roma; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto; Gaetano Donizetti: Alahor in Granata, opera; Carlo Coccia: Rosmonda, opera; Marcos Antonio Portugal: La Morte di Semi...
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Doghan, Philip; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Kitchen, Linda; Meek, James; Montague, Diana; Platt, Ian; Smythe, Russell
Conductors: Parry, David

100 Years of Italian Opera 1810-1820

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-10

Works: Vincenzo Pucitta: La Vestale, opera; Pietro Generali: Adelina, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; T...
Performers: Best, Jonathan; Bickley, Susan; Bolton, Andrea; Bovino, Maria; Bromley, Phillip Guy; Cashmore, John; Doghan, Philip; Dolton, Geoffrey; Drake, Susan; Harrhy, Eiddwen; John, Kevin; Jones, Della; Kenny,...
Conductors: Parry, David

"As ever in these volumes the playing of the Philharmonia under David Parry is an utterly reliable source of strength, and the presentation is again...continue...

Meyerbeer. Il Crociato In Egitto. I.platt. Y.kenny. D.montag

4 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Il crociato in Egitto
Performers: Benelli, Ugo; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Kitchen, Linda; Montague, Diana; Platt, Ian
Conductors: Parry, David

Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra / Parry, Fleming, et al

2 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Rosmonda d'Inghilterra
Performers: Fleming, Renee; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Miricioiu, Nelly; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

100 Years of Italian Opera 1820-1830

3 CD / Opera Rara / 1998-07-01

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Margherita d'Anjou; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama) in 2 acts; Simon Mayr: Fedra, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Le nozze in villa, opera; La zingara, opera; Chiara e Sera...
Performers: Ambrogi, Antonio; Angeli, Signor de; Ansiglioni, Pietro; Ashman, David; Bassi, Nicola; Bastianelli, Cristoforo; Bayley, Clive; Belloc, Teresa; Benedetti, Michele; Bertozzi, Angela Maria Silvestri; Bi...
Conductors: Parry, David

Lloyd: John Socman (Highlights) / Lloyd, Philharmonia Orch

1 CD / Albany Records / 1994-11-01

Works: George Lloyd: John Socman, opera
Performers: Alder, Stephen; Booth, Thomas; George, Michael; Montague, Diana; Rivers, Malcolm; Sheffield, Philip; Watson, Janice; Wilson-Johnson, David; Winfield, John
Conductors: Lloyd, George
Ensemble: London Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music, Mystical Songs / Best

1 CD / Hyperion / 1990-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to music; Mystical Songs (5) for baritone, chorus ad lib & orchestra (or organ); Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Flos campi
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Allen, Thomas; Connell, Elizabeth; Connell, John; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Davies, Maldwyn; Dawson, Anne; Hill, Martyn; Howell, Gwynne; Imai, Nobuko; Kitchen, Linda; Montague...
Conductors: Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Singers; English Chamber Orchestra

Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor / Gardiner, McNair, Montague

1 CD / Philips / 1988-08-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; McNair, Sylvia; Mitchell, Alastair; Montague, Diana; Robson, Anthony; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bellini: Norma / Sutherland, Caballé, Pavarotti, Ramey

3 CD / Decca Import / 1988-04-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Begley, Kim; Caballe, Montserrat; Montague, Diana; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Chorus

Monteverdi: L'Orfeo / Gardiner, Rolfe-Johnson, Baird, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Baird, Julianne; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Chance, Michael; Dawson, Lynne; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Milner, Howard; Montague, Diana; Nichols, Mary; Robertson,...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists