Mezzo Soprano > Post Romantic Period

From a City Window: Songs by Hubert Parry / Ailish Tynan, soprano; Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano; William Dazeley, baritone; Iain Burnside, piano

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2013-05-14

Works: Hubert Parry: Good Night; To Lucasta on Going to the Wars, for voice & piano (English Lyrics, Vol. 3); Sleep, for voice & piano; Where shall the Lover Rest, for voice & piano; What Part of Dread Eter...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Dazeley, William; Tynan, Ailish

Recorded in the music room of Parry's boyhood home, Highnam Court in Gloucestershire, this disc sheds light on an area of the repertoire that has...continue...
Recording information: Music Room at Highnam Court, Gloucestershire, England (05/22/2012-05/24/2012)....continue...

Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde / Alice Coote; Burkhard Fritz. Marc Albrecht

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-04-30

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Coote, Alice; Fritz, Burkhard
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

Das Lied is considered the most personal of Mahler's works. It represents a synthesis of the two great pillars in Mahler's oeuvre, the symphony and...continue...
Recording information: Beurs van Berlage, Yakult zaal, Amsterdam (06/21/2012-06/22/2012)....continue...

Hahn: Chansons grises - songs by Zemlinsky, Boulanger, Milhaud, etc / Janina Baechle; Charles Spencer, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Chansons grises (7); Alexander von Zemlinsky: Songs (6), for mezzo-soprano or baritone & piano (or orchestra), Op. 13; Lili Boulanger: Dans l'immense tristesse, for voice & piano; Atte...
Performers: Baechle, Janina; Spencer, Charles [Piano]

After only a few years, Janina Baechle has become one of the great mezzo-sopranos of our time. Her debut album as a recitalist documents a...continue...

Janacek: Glagolitic Mass; Sinfonietta / Felicity Palmer; Ameral Gunson; John Mitchinson; Malcolm King; Jane Parker-Smith. Simon Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Leos Janácek: Sinfonietta; Glagolitic Mass
Performers: Gunson, Ameral; King, Malcolm; Mitchinson, John; Palmer, Felicity; Parker-Smith, Jane
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Chorus

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...

50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Folk Stories - Traditional folk songs and music by Brahms, Beethoven, Mahler, Britten, Respighi, Bartók, Sibelius, and Vogel / Cora Burggraaf: mezzo-soprano

1 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: English Traditional: Sprig of Thyme; Johannes Brahms: Marienwürmchen ("Marienwürmchen, setze dich"), folk song for voice & piano (Volks-Kinderlieder), WoO; German folk songs (49) for voice ...
Performers: Burggraaf, Cora; Ferschtman, Liza; Lepper, Simon; Mijnders, Floris

The debut CD on Challenge Classics for Cora Burggraaf, recipient of many prizes including the 2009/10 ECHO Rising Star Award, the 2006 Elizabeth Everts Prize,...continue...
Recording information: De Doelen Hall, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (2011-04-26&2011-12-11_2011-)....continue...

Salzburg Festival 1986 - Songs by Fauré, Strauss, Mahler, Copland, Ives, Pasatieri, Canteloube, Schonberg / Frederica von Stade, soprano, Martin Katz, piano

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; Mélodies (5), Op. 58 "de Venise"; Au Cimetière, song for voice & piano in E minor, Op. 51/2; La rose, Op. 51 no 4; Richard Strauss: Rot...
Performers: Katz, Martin; Von Stade, Frederica

In 1986 Frederica von Stade offered a program that knew no boundaries - ranging from the florid poesy of settings by Fauré and Strauss to...continue...
Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus (08/18/1986)....continue...

Mahler, Gustav: Das Lied Von Der Erde

1 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Linos, Glenys; Vandersteene, Zeger
Conductors: Nanut, Anton

Fruh: Berg, Schonberg, Webern / Marianne Kielland, mezzo-soprano; Nils Mortensen, piano

1 CD / Lawo Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Alban Berg: Fraue, Du Süsse, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder"); Über den Berg, song for voice & piano (from "Jugendlieder"); Tiefe Sehnsucht, duet for voices & piano (from "Jugen...
Performers: Kielland, Marianne Beate; Mortensen, Nils Anders

Berg, Webern, and Schönberg all inhabited a borderland between tonality and atonality. This CD from LAWO Classics is entitled Früh because the works date from...continue...
Recording information: Lofotkatedralen, Kabelvåg (06/02/2011-06/04/2011)....continue...

Quartet [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Dario Marianelli: Quartet, film score; Franz Schubert: An Sylvia; Arthur Sullivan: The Mikado; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Luigi Boccher...
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Charles, Leon; Cotrubas, Ileana; D'Angelo, Gianna; Engel, Karl; Georgiadis, John [Conductor]; Heley, John; Herbert, Ita; Hughes, Ronnie; Jones, Peggy Ann; Kampen, Christopher van; M...
Conductors: Morgan, James; Nash, Royston; Munchinger, Karl; Dorati, Antal; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bartoletti, Bruno; Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg

The original motion picture soundtrack to Dustin Hoffman's comedy Quartet brings together a variety of vintage performances from Decca's back catalog that are complemented by excerpts from the film sc...continue...

Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
Recording information: 1949-1960....continue...

Katherine Jenkins sings Music from the Movies

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Dolly Parton: L'amore sei tu (Italian version of "I Will Always Love You"); Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, son...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

Katherine Jenkins, a Welsh mezzo-soprano, is Britain's all-time best-selling classical-pop crossover act, an achievement no doubt attributed as much to her fashion model looks as her operatic voice. T...continue...

The Ultimate Collection: Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-11-27

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Traditional: I Vow To Thee My Country; Robert John Lange: Everyt...
Performers: Bradbury, Adrian; Jenkins, Katherine; Meirion, Rhys; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

Released shortly after the Welsh soprano turned 30, the Katherine Jenkins compilation The Ultimate Collection is a good summation of her recording career so far. In that sense, it tends to confirm the...continue...

Gustav Mahler: Symphonie No. 8 / Markus Stenz, Guerzenich Orchestra Cologne

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2012-11-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Boylan, Orla; Groissböck, Günther; Haveman, Barbara; Jovanovich, Brandon; Lang, Petra; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Palimina, Anna
Conductors: Stenz, Markus
Ensemble: Guerzenich Orchester Koeln

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Markus Stenz continues his Mahler symphony cycle with this superlative performance of Symphony No. 8... All of the soloists are just about perfect, the chorus...continue...
Recording information: Cybele AV Studio Duesseldorf (09/23/2011-09/27/2011)....continue...

Mahler: Symphonies 1-9 / Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra

10 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2012-11-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C...
Performers: Bulycheva, Zlata; Dudinova, Liudmila; Markov, Alexey; Nikitin, Evgeny; Paasikivi, Lilli; Semishkur, Sergey; Tynan, Ailish; Yastrebova, Viktoria
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Valery Gergiev's performances and recordings of Mahler's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra have garnered international acclaim. They have performed the works in Europe, North...continue...

Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mameli / Antonio De Palma, Natalia Margarit, Lorenzo Battagion, Barbara Vivian

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-11-04

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Goffredo Mameli, operetta
Performers: Battagion, Lorenzo; Grassi, Luciano; Margarit, Natalia; Palma, Antonio De; Vessella, Giampaolo; Vivian, Barbara
Conductors: Frontalini, Silvano
Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica, Ucraina di Donetsk

Recording information: Palazzetto Comunale di Sondalo (SO) (10/14/2011)....continue...

Schoenberg: Klavierstucke; Piano Suite; Piano Concerto; Fantasy; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte; Lieder / Glenn Gould, piano

4 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-10-30

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (3) for piano, Op. 11; Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23; Little Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 19; Suite for piano, Op. 25; Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 33; Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Fant...
Performers: Baker, Israel; Faull, Ellen; Gould, Glenn; Gramm, Donald; Vanni, Helen
Conductors: Craft, Robert;
Ensemble: ; CBC Symphony Orchestra; Juilliard String Quartet

Sony Classical celebrates Glenn Gould's 80th Anniversary with The Glenn Gould Collection, the complete Glenn Gould CD collection in 20 volumes, each available separately. They include...continue...

Romantique - Elina Garanca sings arias from Sapho, Dalila, Joan of Arc et al. / Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orléans); Charles Gounod: Sapho; Faust; La Reine de Saba; Nic...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Romantique is a knockout!

In Romantique, Elina Garanca makes a smashing return to the studio and puts her imprint upon the big Romantic repertory, brilliantly

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Recording information: Bologna, Salone Bolognini (03/2012)....continue...

Xavier Montsalvatge: Orchestral Works / Ruby Hughes, soprano; Clara Mouriz, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Xavier Montsalvatge: Partita, for orchestra; Canciones negras (5); Calidoscopi, for 2 pianos; Simfonia de Rèquiem, for soprano & orchestra
Performers: Hughes, Ruby; Mouriz, Clara
Conductors: Mena, Juanjo
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Montsalvatge was one on the most influential musical figures in Catalan music during the late the 20th century. He explored virtually every musical form, but...continue...
Recording information: MediaCity UK, Salford (12/08/2011-12/09/2011)....continue...

Myaskovsky: 3 Sketches, Op. 8; Lourié: Greek Songs; Shebalin: 5 Fragments, Op. 5; Gretchaninov / Yuri Serov, piano; Mila Shkirtil, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Northern Flowers / 2012-09-11

Works: Nikolay Myaskovsky: Sketches (3) to Words by Viacheslav Ivanov, Op. 8; Arthur Vincent Lourié: Greek Songs, suite for voice & piano; Alexander Gretchaninov: At the Well, Triptych to Words by Viac...
Performers: Serov, Yury; Shkirtil, Mila

This program of songs brings together composers who used the texts or translations of text by Viacheslav Ivanov, a poet, thinker, scientist and theoretician of...continue...

Saarella Palaa, Fire on the Island - Choral music by Jean Sibelius / Monica Groop, mezzo-soprano; Jorma Hynninen, baritone; Folke Gräsbeck, piano; Harri Viitanen, organ

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-09-08

Works: Jean Sibelius: Rakastava (The Lover), for male chorus (with or without string orchestra), JS 160; The Broken Voice (Sortunut ääni), partsong for (or mixed) male chorus, Op. 18/7; The Boat J...
Performers: Grasbeck, Folke; Groop, Monica; Hynninen, Jorma; Viitanen, Harri
Conductors: Murto, Seppo
Ensemble: ; Dominante Choir

Throughout his career, Jean Sibelius wrote pieces for choir which evince a consistently high standard as well as their creator's characteristic mode of expression. In...continue...

The Voice of Elena Souliotis - Verdi, Donizetti, Mascagni, Ponchielli

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-09-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Amilcar...
Performers: di Stasio, Anna; Foiani, Giovanni; Souliotis, Elena
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Varviso, Silvio

Recording information: RCA Italiana Studio A, Rome (09/1965); Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria (09/1965); RCA Italiana Studio A, Rome (09/1966); Sofiensaal, Vienna, Austria (09/1966)....continue...

Christine Schafer Sings Melodies - Chausson, Debussy / Christine Schafer, Irwin Gage, piano

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2012-09-04

Works: Ernest Chausson: Dans la forêt du charme et de l'enchantement, for voice & piano, Op. 36/2; Mélodies (4), for voice & piano, Op. 13; Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Mélod...
Performers: Doufexis, Stella; Gage, Irwin; Schafer, Christine

Recording information: Teldec-Studio, Berlin, Germany (06/1999)....continue...

Simply Opera

4 CD / Simply / 2012-09-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; George Frederick Handel: Xerxes (Serse); Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir d'Amore; La Favorita; Don Sebastiano; Il Duca d'Alba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fis...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Barowska, Janna; Callas, Maria; Cupido, Alberto; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; DiDonato, Joyce; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Jeric, Ana P...
Conductors: Camerata Budapest; Kovács, László; Elmquist, Martin; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Greenwood, Andrew; Zedda, Alberto; Kuchar, Theodore; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; I Solisti Italiani; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Janacek: The Cunning Little Vixen

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Cizek, Miroslav; Dobra, Jaroslava; Erbenova, Ludmila; Heriban, Josef; Hlavsa, Jan; Hlobilova, Eva; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Kolarova, Katerina; Marova, Libuse; Musilova, Milada; Ourednikova, Vera; Prochazk...
Conductors: Gregor, Bohumil
Ensemble: Prague National Theatre Chorus; Prague National Theatre Orchestra

Janácek: Kát'a Kabanová / Mackerras, Benacková, Straka, etc

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-08-01

Works: Leos Janácek: Kát'a Kabanov
Performers: Bauerova, Martina; Benackova, Gabriela; Buresova, Dana; Harvanek, Zdenek; Kopp, Miroslav; Kundlak, Jozef; Peckova, Dagmar; Randova, Eva; Straka, Peter; Vele, Ludek
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague National Theatre Chorus

"...Gabriela Benackova...has been able to fill the National Theatre in Prague whenever she sings the role. She sings beautifully here..Janacek's admirers will certainly want to...continue...

Frank Bridge: Orchestral Works - The Collector's Edition / Connolly, Langridge, Gerhardt, Hickox

6 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Frank Bridge: Enter Spring, rhapsody for orchestra, H. 174; Isabella, symphonic poem for orchestra, H. 78; Poems after Richard Jefferies, for orchestra, H. 118; Mid of the Night, symphonic poem for ...
Performers: Connolly, Sarah; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Langridge, Philip; Shelley, Howard; Williams, Roderick [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: ; BBC National Orchestra of Wales

The complete orchestral works by Frank Bridge are here released in an attractive six-disc box for the first time, as part of the new Hickox...continue...
Recording information: Brangwyn Hall, Swansea, England....continue...

Verdi & Puccini Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Domingo, Placido; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (1974-07-21_1974-07-23&1974-)....continue...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Archive - 5 Tudor Portraits; On Wenlock Edge; Merciless Beauty. Bonus CD: Vaughan Williams talks about Bach

2 CD / Albion / 2012-07-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge, song cycle for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Merciless beauty; Prelude on 3 Welsh Hymn Tunes, for brass band; Tudor Portraits (5), cho...
Performers: Anderson, Robert B.; Rankin, Nell; Watson, Gordon; Young, Alexander [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Adams, Bernard; Steinberg, William

Albion presents a special collection of archive recordings featuring the words and music of Ralph Vaughan Williams. On Wenlock Edge features tenor Alexander Young accompanied...continue...

Franz Poenitz: Songs and Hymns with Harp / Laura Vinciguerra & Susanna Bertuccioli, harp Iⅈ Sophie Marilley mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Franz Poenitz: Fantasia for harp in G flat major, Op. 65; Thirteenth Psalm of David, for mezzo-soprano & harp, Op. 30; Spukhafte Gavotte, for 2 harps, Op. 75; Der Fischer, for soprano (or tenor) & ha...
Performers: Bertuccioli, Susanna [Harp]; Brizi, Claudio; Marilley, Sophie; Vinciguerra, Laura

This world premiere recording is the second installment of the Poenitz cycle on Brilliant Classics presents works for solo voice, accompanied by harp(s) and harmonium....continue...
Recording information: Complesso Musicale di S. Croce, Umbertide - Perugia, It (10/05/2011-10/10/2011)....continue...

Puccini Operas, Vol. 1 - Manon Lescaut; La boheme; Tosca

6 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca
Performers: Benacka, Stanislav; Carroll, Silvano; Deyck, Lucienne Van; Durco, Jan; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Gauci, Miriam; George, Donald; Gijsegem, Ludwig van; Gonzales, Carmen; Hallon, Ladislav; Kaludov, Kaludi; Lam...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Humburg, Will
Ensemble: ; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra Brussels; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra

Giacomo Puccini is one of the most celebrated and beloved operatic composers that has ever lived. Included in this first installment of Puccini Operas are...continue...

Debussy: Le Martyre de Saint Sebastien / Isabelle Huppert, Sophie Marin-Degor, Kate Aldrich, Christine Knorren

1 CD / RCO Live / 2012-06-12

Works: Claude Debussy: Le martyre de Saint Sébastien, incidental music for soloists, chorus & orchestra, L. 124
Performers: Aldrich, Kate; Knorren, Christine; Marin-Degor, Sophie
Conductors: Gatti, Daniele
Ensemble: Orchestre National de France

Claude Debussy's Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien is a five-act musical mystery play that was produced in collaboration with poet and dramatist Gabriele d'Annunzio and...continue...

Massenet: Don Quichotte / Marc Minkowski, Jose Van Dam [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naïve / 2012-05-29

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Tro Santafe, Silvia; Van Dam, Jose; Van Mechelen, Werner
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Chorus; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra

This production of one of the Massenet's final masterpieces of Massenet, Don Quichotte, was presented in May 2010 at the Belgium National Opera La Monnaie....continue...
Run Time: 172 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1,
Subtitles: English, German, French
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R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten / Thielemann, Gould, Schwanewilms, Schuster, Koch [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-05-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Brück, Markus; Conrad, Andreas; Gould, Stephen; Herlitzius, Evelyn; Humes, Steven; Koch, Wolfgang; Schuster, Michaela; Schwanewilms, Anne
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Already brimming with symbols and transformations, the epic fairytale recounted by Strauss and his librettist Hofmannsthal in Die Frau ohne Schatten acquires a further allegorical...continue...
Run Time: 246 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Franz Lehar: The Count of Luxembourg / Zips, Wachter, Sukis, Kunz, Frohlich [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Franz Lehár: Der Graf von Luxemburg
Performers: Frohlich, Peter; Kunz, Erich; Papouschek, Helga; Sukis, Lilian; Tilden, Jane; Wachter, Eberhard
Conductors: Goldschmidt, Walter
Ensemble: Graunke Symphony Orchestra

With its charmingly romantic theme and effective stage action, this Parisian-flavored libretto gave Franz Lehár every opportunity to display his talent. "The Count of Luxembourg"...continue...
Run Time: 95 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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R. Strauss: Die Frau Ohne Schatten / Thielemann, Gould, Schwanewilms, Schuster, Koch [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-05-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Brück, Markus; Conrad, Andreas; Gould, Stephen; Herlitzius, Evelyn; Humes, Steven; Koch, Wolfgang; Schuster, Michaela; Schwanewilms, Anne
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Already brimming with symbols and transformations, the epic fairytale recounted by Strauss and his librettist Hofmannsthal in Die Frau ohne Schatten acquires a further allegorical...continue...
Run Time: 246 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ger...continue...

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...continue...

Massenet: Cendrillon / de Billy, DiDonato, Gutierrez, Coote, Podles [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Jules Massenet: Cendrillon
Performers: Coote, Alice; DiDonato, Joyce; Gutierrez, Eglis; Lafont, Jean-Philippe; Podles, Ewa
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus

With Joyce DiDonato as Cinderella capturing all hearts – not just Prince Charming’s – Massenet’s enchanting, sophisticated retelling of the classic fairytale makes its debut...continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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Album Debussy: The composer and his interpreters / Historic recordings from 1904 - 1955

3 CD / Aeon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Mandoline; Fêtes galantes; Trois Ballades de Villon; Cinq Poèmes de Charles Baudelaire; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Estampes; Images; Children's Corner;...
Performers: Bathori, Jane; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Brothier, Yvonne; Cloez, Gustave; Croiza, Claire; Debussy, Claude; Dufranne, Hector; Garden, Mary; Joachim, Irene; Meedintiano, Ivana; Meyer, Marcelle; Moiseiwitsc...
Conductors: Chevillard, Camille; Toscanini, Arturo; Straram, Walther; Desomiere, Roger; Monteux, Pierre; Truc, Georges; Coppola, Piero; Cloez, Gustave; Beydts, Louis; Lindenberg, Edouard

The "Debussy, Music and the Arts" exhibition, organized by Paris's Musée d'Orsay, proposes to evoke the musician's major encounters with contemporary artists and poets. Paintings,...continue...

The Debussy Edition [18 CDs]

18 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Jeux; La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps,...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Badings, Vera; Borkh, Inge; Cassard, Philippe; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Cohen, Franklin; Danco, Suzanne; Dietschy, Veronique; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ericourt, Daniel; Ewi...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Chailly, Riccardo; Tetu, Bernard; Abbado, Claudio; Ansermet, Ernest; Gardiner, John Eliot; Lindenberg, Edouard; Fistoular...

Following our successful Mahler and Chopin editions, this is a joint Deutsche Grammophon/Decca Classics unlimited edition with benchmark Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics recordings....continue...

Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur / Elder, Gheorghiu, Kaufmann [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2012-05-01

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecourvreur
Performers: Borodina, Olga; Bottone, Bonaventura; Corbelli, Alessandro; Gheorghiu, Angela; Kaufmann, Jonas; Muraro, Maurizio
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Starring Angela Gheorghiu as the celebrated French actress Andriana Lecouvreur and Jonas Kaufmann as her lover Maurizio, Count of Saxony, Cilea's verismo drama explores celebrity,...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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Martha Mödl: The Portrait of a Legend / Wagner, Strauss, Fortner, Reimann

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Tristan und Isolde; Wesendonck Lieder; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Richard Strauss: Elektra; Wolfgang Fortner: Bluthochzeit; Aribert Reimann: Melusine; Pyotr ...
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Hoffmann, Grace; Mödl, Martha; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone Vocals]; Raucheisen, Michael; Ronisch, Rosemarie; Rose, Elisabeth; Steger, Ingrid; Suthaus, Ludwig; Topper, Hertha; Wi...
Conductors: Hollreiser, Heinrich; Keilberth, Joseph; Leitner, Ferdinand; Sebastian, Georges; Suitner, Otmar; Peters, Reinhard; Bareza, Niksa

Never released before recordings from 1950 - 1982 Wilhelm Furtwängler aptly referred to her as a "magic box", because her voice changed with every character...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Dohnanyi, Johansson, Lipovsek, Diener [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Johansson, Eva; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mayr, Reinhard; Muff, Alfred; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Martin Kuej's production at the Zurich opera house brings this bloody, ancient story into the present day: In the courtyard of her father who was...continue...
Run Time: 102 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...

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Patrie! Duets from French Romantic Opera by Halevy, Saint-Saens, Kosice , Gounod / Thébault, Pruvot

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII; Jules Massenet: Eve; Le Mage; Charles Gounod: Polyeucte; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie!; Ambroise Thomas: Le Caïd
Performers: Pruvot, Pierre-Yves; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Talpain, Didier
Ensemble: ; Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

The keyboard sonatas of C.P.E. Bach (1714 - 1788) bear hallmarks of a composer who lived through a significant moment in musical history: he composed...continue...
Recording information: Slovak State Philharmonic Hall, Kosice, Slovakia (04/16/2010-04/18/2010)....continue...

Mahler: Songs of a Wayfarer; Kindertotenlieder; 5 songs / Christa Ludwig

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gustav Mahler: Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Kindertotenlieder, song cycle for voice & piano (or orchestra); Rückert Lieder (5); Des Knaben Wunderhorn
Performers: Ludwig, Christa
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Vandernoot, Andre; Klemperer, Otto

Mahler's vocal works conjure up the spirit of old folk songs, reinterpreted as miniature emotional dramas. In Christa Ludwig these pieces found one of their...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Dohnanyi, Johansson, Lipovsek, Diener [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra
Performers: Diener, Melanie; Johansson, Eva; Lipovsek, Marjana; Mayr, Reinhard; Muff, Alfred; Schasching, Rudolf
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von
Ensemble: Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

Martin Kuej's production at the Zurich opera house brings this bloody, ancient story into the present day: In the courtyard of her father who was...continue...
Run Time: 102 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

A Portrait of Mariss Jansons & Mahler: Symphony No 2 / Film by Robert Neumuller [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-04-24

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Fink, Bernarda; Merbeth, Ricarda
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Music is the Language of Heart and Soul is the only available documentary about Mariss Jansons from his early days till today. Jansons is one...continue...
Run Time: 142 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Chin...continue...

Bellissimo French Opera: arias by Salieri, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Massenet, Bizet et al. / Caballe, Rancatore, Wok, Breedt

1 CD / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Antonio Salieri: Les Danaïdes; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba; Polyeucte; Jules Massenet: Roma; Chérubin; Le Roi de Lahore; Meditation (from "Thaïs"...
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Caballé, Montserrat; Casciarri, Giorgio; Girard, Guylaine [Soprano]; Grassi, Luca; Gueze, Sebastien; Lee, Jeong-Won; Martin-Bonnet, Éric; Massis, Annick; Mok, Warren; ...
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Palumbo, Renato; Benzi, Manlio; Guidarini, Marco; Villaume, Emmanuel; Viotti, Marcello; Davin, Patrick; Tingaud, Jean-Luc

After the first two "Bellissimo" recordings dedicated to Handel, Vivaldi and Italian opera arias, the new CD features some of the rarest and beautiful French...continue...