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50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...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...

Mozart: Requiem; Bruckner: Te Deum

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-07-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Anton Bruckner: Te Deum in C major, WAB 45; Georg Philipp Telemann: Warum verstellst du die Gebarde, sacred cantata for v...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Fischer, Fritz; Price, Leontyne; Rossel-Majdan, Hilde; Sauer, Franz; Werdermann, Hermann; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Langenbeck, Wolfgang

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus: Complete Opera Plus Bonus Gala Scene / Gueden, Kmentt, Koth, Berry, Waechter

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-09-13

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: I Could Have Danced All Night, song (for the musical My Fair Lady); E...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Sutherland, ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary recording of Strauss II's opera, featuring some of the greatest opera stars of the mid-twentieth century. In addition to the opera itself - which...continue...
Recording information: 1960....continue...

Stellar Sopranos

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Victor Massé: La Reine topaze (The Topaz Queen); Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann); Un mari à la porte (A Husband at the Door); George Frederick Handel: Giuli...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Matthews, Emma; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Serra, Luciana; Streich, Rita; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Dyer, Paul; Davis, Colin; Pritchard, John; Leinsdorf, Erich; Tang, Muhai; Rudner, Ola; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Hager, Leopold; Gaebel, Kurt

The Art of Singing / Golden Voices of the Century [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-07-26

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; Christoff, Boris; Corelli, Franco; De los Angeles, Victoria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Flagstad, Kirsten; Gigli, Beni...

Many illustrious opera stars of the twentieth century are featured in sound and vision in rare footage, much of it previously unavailable....continue...
Run Time: 116 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W and Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Japanese
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Music for Royal Weddings

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Water Music 1;...
Performers: Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; Palmer, Felicity; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Runnett, Brian; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Riddle, Nelson; Schreier, Peter; Hill, David; Guest, George; Page, Neil; ...

The Wedding Collection

2 CD / Classic FM Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Hubert Parry: Lady Radnor's Suite; Jerusalem; Char...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Drury, Elizabeth; Fleming, Renée; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hurford, Peter; Jenkins, Katherin...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul; Hawes, Patrick; Hickox, Richard; Hancock, Gerre; Fancourt, Daisy; Lole, Simon; Vivian, James; Brüggen, Frans; Rose, Barry; Darlington, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Gi...
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort

Mozart: Requiem / Karajan, Price

1 CD / Archipel / 2011-02-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Lacrimoso son' io, K 555; Don Giovanni
Performers: Price, Leontyne; Sauer, Franz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (08/24/1960)....continue...

Messiah: The Dream Cast [Australia]

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-11-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; Price, Leontyne; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; McCreesh, Paul; Hogwood, Christopher; Pinnock, Trevor; Minkowski, Marc; Walker, Antony; Kaminski, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Mackerras, Charles...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

The Music of America: Barber

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-08

Works: Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Dover Beach, Op. 3; Symphony no 1, Op. 9; Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; Adagio for Strings; Concerto for Violin, Op. 14...
Performers: Barber, Samuel [Composer]; Blier, Steven; Garvey, David [Piano]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Horowitz, Vladimir; Katz, Martin; Price, Leontyne; Stern, Isaac; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Slatkin, Leonard; Bernstein, Leonard

"For a number of reasons, Sony's three-disc release of music by Samuel Barber in honor of his centenary year makes a terrific introduction for listeners...continue...

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Corelli, Franco; Dutoit, Laurence; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Price, Leontyne; Simionato, Giulietta; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]; Zimmer, Rudolf
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Verdi: Aida

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Anthony, Charles [Tenor Vocal]; Baldwin, Marcia; Domingo, Placido; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; MacNeil, Cornell; Morris, James; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Levine, James

Dvorak Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Rusalka; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"; Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11/B 39; Slavonic Dances (8) for Pia...
Performers: Firkusny, Rudolf; Meyers, Anne Akiko [Violin]; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Price, Leontyne; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Santi, Nello; Szell, George; Litton, Andrew; Kempe, Rudolf; Munch, Charles

Verdi Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Nabucco; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Don Carlo; Otello; La Forza Del Destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Caruso, Enrico; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scotto,...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Previtali, Fernando; Buckley, Emerson; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Cellini, Renato; Masini, Gianfranco; Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pr...

Little Music Lovers - Lullabies

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Stephen Foster: Beautiful dreamer; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 5...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jones, Della; Popp, Lucia; Price, Leontyne; Su...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Carl; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard

The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala - Oct. 22, 1983 [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-15

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Berberian, Ara; Blegen, Judith; Bruscantini, Sesto; Bruson, Renato; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Darrenkamp, John; Di F...
Conductors: Levine, James; ; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

The gala celebration is a collection of opera's best-loved favorites and immediately catches attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna...continue...
Run Time: 231 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, Frenc...continue...

Georges Bizet: Carmen

3 CD / RCA Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Besancon, Maurice; Corelli, Franco; Demigny, Bernard; Freni, Mirella; Linval, Monique; Macaux, Genevieve; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Leontyne; Schooten, Frank
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Aida's Brothers and Sisters - Black Voices in Opera and Concert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-07-28

Works: Various: Work(s)
Performers: Allen, Betty; Anderson, Marian; Bumbry, Grace; Estes, Simon; Friedrich, Gotz; Grist, Reri; Hendricks, Barbara; McFerrin, Bobby; Price, Leontyne; Robeson, Paul; Said, Edward; Verrett, Shirley

This film tells the story of classic black singing against the background of black emancipation in politics and society. The story stretches from the first...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French, Spanish, Italian
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The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Smallens, Price, Warfield, Calloway, et al

2 CD / Audite / 2008-11-19

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Calloway, Cab; Price, Leontyne; Warfield, William
Conductors: Smallens, Alexander
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra

"The soloists are fabulous and their vivid characterizations are immediately engaging. Cab Calloway was a legendary Sportin' Life, and the originality and eccentricity of this...continue...

Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Christmas Traditional: Good King ...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bonney, Barbara; Clark, Patricia; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; McNair, Sylvia; Price, Leontyne; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Ka...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delfs, Andreas; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard; Marin, Ion; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pinnock, Trevor; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Guadagno, Anton; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; R...

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and...continue...

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Smallens, Price, Warfield, Calloway, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2008-07-08

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Calloway, Cab; Colbert, Helen; Dowdy, Helen; James, Joseph; Lamar, Moses; McCurry, John; Price, Leontyne; Riemann, Walter; Roberts, Howard A.; Scott, Leslie [Vocals]; Thigpen, Helen; Warfield, Willia...
Conductors: Smallens, Alexander
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

This complete recording of Porgy and Bess is taken from a broadcast of a live recording at the Titania Palast, Berlin on September 21, 1952....continue...

Puccini: Turandot

2 CD / Orfeo / 2008-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie, Murray; Klein, Peter; Lorenzi, Ermanno; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Paskalis, Kostas; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Price, Leontyne; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

The Christmas Spirit

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Work(s); Good King Wen...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Blades, James; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; P...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Rutter, John; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Jones, Philip; Guest, George; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David; Munchinger, Karl; Boult, Adrian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir of Cambridge

Verdi - The Greatest Operas / Giulini, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Breda, Rita Bezzi; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose ...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas by Giuseppe Verdi at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Donizetti, etc: Operas / Corelli, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Franco Corelli! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four page booklet...continue...

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Ultimate Opera - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; La tr...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Borthayre, Jean; Braun, Victor; Bumbry, Grace; Burrowes,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Lewis, Henry; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Maazel, Lorin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bernet, Dietfried; Solti, Sir Georg; Patanè, Giuseppe; Serafin, Tullio; Downes, Edward; Gibson,...

"Decca doesn't stint in offering some of its most outstanding performances -- the star-studded list of singers includes Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, Birgit Nilsson, Marilyn...continue...

The Originals - J. Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Karajan, Kmentt

2 CD / Decca / 2007-05-08

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow; The Land of Smiles; Benedetto Ferrari: Domino; Frederick Loewe: My Fair Lady, musical; Vincenzo Valente: Passione for voice & orc...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berry, Walter; Bjorling, Jussi; Corena, Fernando; Del Monaco, Mario; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Koth, Erika; Nilsso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
The most luxuriantly Viennese of all Fledermice, with Karajan and the Philharmonic at their most effervescent and a delectable Staatsoper cast, plus a...continue...

Albéniz, Falla, Granados / Price, Reiner, Chicago SO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-01-23

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 2; Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite ...
Performers: Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra at its finest, under the impeccable leadership of Fritz Reiner, brings elegance and fire to some of Spain's greatest orchestra music,...continue...

Ultimate Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; MEDLEY; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Blyth, Bruce; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Willi; Burrows, Stuart; Farnes, Richard; Flood, David; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruenberg, Erich; Howarth, Elgar; Jo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Munchinger, Karl; Morris, Wyn; Gamba, Piero; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Previn, Andre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Anserm...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Decca's Ultimate Classics is a five-CD box set that presents the best-known pieces of classical music in a straightforward, no-frills program. Most of the selections are quite famous, taken from large...continue...

Everybody's Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2006-09-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bjorling, Jussi; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collier, Marie; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; Cross, Gr...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Davis, Colin; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin; Pidò, Evelino; Mackerr...
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symph...

Featuring an all-star lineup that includes Andrea Bocelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Renee Fleming, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Cecilia Bartoli, Jose Carreras and many others. This is...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Leinsdorf, Price, Tucker, Elias

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-09-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; La Porta, Art...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

This Grammy-winning recording documents the extraordinarily passionate interpretation of the title character by Leontyne Price, by turns delicately girlish and fiercely resolute. The first opera...continue...

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte / Leinsdorf, Price, Troyanos, et al

3 CD / RCA Records / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Milnes, Sherrill; Price, Leontyne; Raskin, Judith; Shirley, George; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Metropolitan Opera Gala

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Richard Strauss: Final Scene; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, ...
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Caballe, Montserrat; Corelli, Franco; Domingo, Placido; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Resnik, Regina; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vo...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Levine, James; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Adler, Kurt

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Karajan, Price, Vienna PO

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Cava, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Mariotti, Alfredo; Monreale, Leonardo; Price, Leontyne; Taddei, Giuseppe; Weiss, Herbert
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

"Price and Stefano are wonderfully rich-voiced and passionate, Taddei a hellishly charismatic Scarpia with Karajan balancing detail and drama superbly." -Gramophone Magazine...continue...

Verdi: Aida / De Fabritiis, Price, Casellato-Lamberti, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-05-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Casellato-Lamberti, Giorgio; Fiorentini, Mirella; Julius, Gabriele de; Parutto, Mirella; Price, Leontyne; Pugliese, Franco; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Zanasi, Mario
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero

Leontyne Price 'live' was one of the greatest artists ever. Here she performs in Verdi's 'Aida in a live recording in Rome, 1966....continue...

Classic Library - Verdi Heroines / Leontyne Price

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; La traviata; Ernani; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: El Hage, Robert Amis; Hage, Robert Amis el; Londi, Laura; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Vozza, Corinna [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; ; Leinsdorf, Erich; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: ; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; Rome Opera Orchestra

Legendary Performances of Franco Corelli - 7 Operas

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

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovat...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Callas, Maria; Capecchi, Renato; Carbonari, Virgilio; Carlin, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Dutoit, Laurence; Equ...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Matacic, Lovro von; Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von

Franco Corelli (1921-2003), by virtue of his thrilling tenor voice and handsome stage presence, was one of the most popular opera singers on the international...continue...

Mozart 250 - A Celebration

4 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-02-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello no 6 in E flat major ("String ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Cho-Liang, Lin; Cieslewicz, Philipp; Clevenger, Dale; De Larrocha, Alicia; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Galway, James [Flute...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Szell, George; Bruno, Weil; Lockhart, James; Brico, Antonia; Leppard, Raymond; Kubelik, Rafael; Faerber, Jörg; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Kuhn, Gustav; Zukerman, Pinchas; Maazel, Lori...
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Winds; Cleveland Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; London Symp...