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Glass, Moran: The Juniper Tree

1 CD / Orange Mountain Music / 2009-06-09

Works: Philip Glass / Robert Moran: The Juniper Tree, chamber opera
Performers: Brown, Janet; Cotten, William; Derrah, Thomas; Stoneman, David; Sylvan, Sanford; Torgove, Lynn; Walters, Valerie; West, Jayne
Conductors: Pittman, Richard
Ensemble: Orchestra

The Juniper Tree is an opera composed by Philip Glass and Robert Moran with a libretto by Arthur Yorinks and is based on a tale...continue...
Personnel: Janet Brown (soprano); Sanford Sylvan (baritone).

Recording information: American Repertory Theater, Cambridge, MA....continue...

Bernstein: West Side Story / Bernstein, Te Kanawa, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-18

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Performers: Albert, Adrienne; Bernstein, Leonard; Bogardus, Stephen; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cornier, Carmen; Edeiken, Louise; Gondek, Juliana; Harrell, Richard; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Kueth...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Stahl, David
Ensemble: Orchestra

To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the premiere of West Side Story, Deutsche Grammophon has prepared this deluxe version of its memorable 1984 recording under...continue...
Personnel: Darryl Tookes, June Magruder, John Kuether, Richard Harrell, Stella Zambalis, Louise Edeiken, Peter Thom, Stephen Bogardus, Adrienne Albert, Charles Magruder, Angelina Reaux, Tony Wells, Jo...continue...

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...

Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...

Keith Hardwick - In Memoriam

1 CD / Pearl / 2004-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir...
Performers: Chaliapin, Feodor; Crabbe, Armand; Dawson, Peter; Franci, Benvenuto; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Koshetz, Nina; Melchior, Lauritz; Monte, Toti Dal; Nemeth, Maria; Pinza, Ezio; Schiotz, Ak...
Conductors: Alwin, Carl; Santini, Gabriele; Bourdon, Rosario; Byng, George W.; Setti, Giulio; Nastrucci, Gino; Albergoni, Angelo; Steinmann, Max; Tango, Egisto; Blech, Leo; Collingwood, Lawrance; Weissmann, Frie...
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Scimone, Araiza, et al

3 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2004-05-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; La donna del lago; Tancredi; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Rodelinda; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet, RV 703 "Tamerlano"
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Bruscantini, Sesto; Caballe, Montserrat; Horne, Marilyn; Montarsolo, Paolo; Ravaglia, Emilia; Rocchino, Teresa; Tadeo, Giorgio
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue; et al / Aubin, Depraz, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-09-30

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleue; Emmanuel Chabrier: La sulamite; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano)
Performers: Bellary, Marie-Luce; Boursin, Denise; Capderou, Janine; Collart, Claudine; Danco, Suzanne; Depraz, Xavier; Jollis, Georges; Lovano, Lucien; Monmart, Berthe; Peyron, Joseph; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Aubin, Tony; Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Chorus; Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Suisse Romande Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Blanche Thebom

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalil...
Performers: Hughes, William; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Weissmann, Frieder; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Singers to Remember - Nancy Evans - The Comely Mezzo

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2002-10-08

Works: Adrian W. Beecham: Outward Bound, for voice & piano; The Willow Song, for voice & piano; O Mistress Mine, for voice & piano; Frederick Delius: English Songs (3), for voice & piano, RT v/12; Danish So...
Performers: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Evans, Nancy; Foss, Hubert; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morris, Gareth; Newton, Ivor; Noble, Dennis
Conductors: Jacques, Reginald; Munro, Ronnie
Ensemble: Jacques Orchestra; Orchestra

Verdi: Falstaff, etc / De Sabata, Serafin,Stabile, et al

4 CD / Music & Arts / 2002-08-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Aida, opera; Otello
Performers: Biasini, Piero; Canali, Anna Maria; Caniglia, Maria; Carteri, Rosanna; Caruso, Mariano; Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Merli, Francesco; Nessi, Giuseppe; Oltrabella, Augusta; Silveri, Pao...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Beniamino Gigli - The Complete HMV Recordings (1938-1940)

1 CD / Romeo Records / 2002-05-28

Works: Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang, D 957; Cesare Andrea Bixio: Desiderio; Cuore diglielo anche tu; Mamma; Se vuoi goder la vita; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Giulio Caccini: Ama...
Performers: Elmo, Cloe; Gigli, Beniamino; Noto, Giuseppe
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Collingwood, Lawrance; Ricci, Luigi; Berrettoni, Umberto
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix / Gavazzeni, Fraus, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-01-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix
Performers: Allegri, Maria Grazia; Bruson, Renato; Cava, Carlo; Dara, Enzo; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Rinaldi, Margherita; Zilio, Elena
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea
Ensemble: Orchestra

For most of the second half of the 19th century, Linda de Chamounix was one of Donizetti's most popular and successful operas - then changing...continue...

Prima Voce - Charpentier: Louise / Bigot, Vallin, Pernet

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-04-30

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise
Performers: Gaudel, Christiane; Lecouvreur, Aimée; Pernet, André; Thill, Georges; Vallin, Ninon
Conductors: Bigot, Eugène
Ensemble: Les Choeurs Raugel; Orchestra

Made in Paris in 1935, this recording of Charpentier's popular opera "Louise", featuring Ninon Vallin and Georges Thill as Louise and Julien, won the Grand...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Giovanni Zenatello

1 CD / Preiser / 1991-04-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Boemi, A.; Gay, Maria; Granforte, Apollo; Marion, Gloria; Spani, Hina; Zenatello, Giovanni
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Sabajno, Carlo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra

Spirituals in Concert / Battle, Norman, Levine, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1991-03-12

Works: Traditional: In that great getting up morning; Sinner, please don't let this harvest pass; Over my head I hear music; Oh, what a beautiful city; I believe I'll go back home; Ride on, King Jesus!; Swi...
Performers: Allen, Nancy; Allen, Nancy [Harp]; Battle, Kathleen; Laws, Hubert; Lee, Sylvia Olden; Norman, Jessye; Simpson-Curenton, Evelyn; Sylvia Olden Lee
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Chorus; Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Conchita Supervia

1 CD / Preiser / 1990-10-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns...
Performers: Baracchi, Aristide; Ferraris, Ines; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Nessi, Giuseppe; Supervia, Conchita
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo
Ensemble: Orchestra