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Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

Villazon Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor. Gianandrea Noseda

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio; I due Foscari; Brindisi I ("Mescetemi il vino!"), song for voice & piano; L'esule, song for voice & piano; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; In solitaria...
Performers: Barilli, Armando; Erdmann, Mojca; Favaro, Ugo [Horn]; Lukic, Relja; Ombuena, Vicente; Picatto, Luigi [Clarinet]; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Tori

Released to coincide with Verdi's anniversary year (1813 to 2013).

A unique and carefully-crafted personal selection of Verdi arias and songs that takes us on

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Recording information: Auditorio RAI Arturo Toscanini, Turin, Italy (09/2012)....continue...

Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...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...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...continue...

Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Opera 2012 / Gheorghiu, Villazon, Damrau, Alagna, Dessay, Grigolo, DiDonato, Daniels

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Fille du Régiment; ...
Performers: Ades, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Garanca, Elina; Gens, Veroni...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Ono, Kazushi; Viotti, Marcello; Pidò, Evelino; Morandi, Pier G.; Coppola, Anton; Armstrong, Richard; Bellincampi, Giordano; Curtis, Alan; Norrington, Roger; Faso...

Following the enormous success of the album OPERA 2011, Virgin Classics releases OPERA 2012. With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Une fête Baroque! / Anne Sofie von Otter; Sandrine Piau; Natalie Dessay; Philippe Jaroussky; Patricia Petibon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Opéra-ballet; Hippolyte et Aricie, Tragédie lyrique; Dardanus, Tragédie lyrique; Platée, Ballet-bouffon; Castor et Pollux, Trag&e...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Benichou, Olivier; Bertin, Pascal; Billiet, Jeroen; Claycomb, Laura; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Degout, Stephane; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; Fierro, Sydney; Haidan, Delphine; H...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert dÆ Astree

Paris's Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Le Concert d' Astree, under its founder and conductor Emmanuelle Haim gave a concert entitled Fetes Baroques to celebrate its 10th...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (12/19/2011)....continue...

Wagner Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhaüser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Götterdämme...
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kang, Philip; Lipovsek, Marjana; Meier, Waltraud; Palmer, Felicity; Pape, Rene; Schreibmayer, Kurt; S...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Carols and Christmas Songs / Bryn Terfel

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-02

Performers: Aston, Ryan; Band, Caryl Parry Jones; Crosby, Bing; Cynan, Geraint; Edwards, Gwawr [Vocals]; Finch, Catrin; Hopkins, Nigel; Isaac, Myfyr; Jones, Caryl Parry; Parry, Non; Phillips, Christian; Rhys-Wil...
Conductors: Evans, Tecwyn; Trotter, John Scott; Jones, Caryl Parry

World-renowned bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is the heart and soul of this album's special assemblage of Welsh and international top talent for a very personal, intimate...continue...

Berlioz: La Mort d'Orphee Songs & Choruses / Plasson, Villazon

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-10-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: La Mort d'Orphée, for tenor, women's chorus & orchestra, H. 25; Tristia, for chorus & Orchestra, Op. 18; Irish melodies (8), Op. 2; Chant des chemins de fer, for tenor, 6-part ...
Performers: Bismuth, David; Rivenq, Nicolas; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Recording information: Toulouse, Halle aux Grains (04/26/2003-04/30/2003)....continue...

Verdi: Don Carlo / Pappano, Royal Opera, Villazon, Keenlyside [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2010-10-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ganassi, Sonia; Halfvarson, Eric; Keenlyside, Simon; Lloyd, Robert; Poplavskaya, Marina; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

National Theatre director Nicholas Hytner's new staging of Verdi's grandest - and arguably greatest - opera, 'Don Carlo', was the highlight of the 2007/2008 Royal...continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Callegari, Villazon, Bayo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-04-06

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Obregon, Cristina; Pratico, Bruno; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

When Donizetti's comedy, updated to the mid-20th century by the Uruguayan-born director Mario Gas, was mounted at Barcelona's magnificent Liceu opera house in 2005, Opera...continue...

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

Puccini: La Boheme (the Film) / Netrebko, Villazon, De Billy, Dornhelm [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-12-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Cabell, Nicole; Daniel, Boaz; Degout, Stephane; Kowaljow, Vitalij; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Blu-Ray, Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, stars opera's 'Golden Couple,' Rolando Villazón and...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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Puccini: La Boheme (the Film) / Netrebko, Villazon, De Billy, Dornhelm [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-12-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers: Cabell, Nicole; Daniel, Boaz; Degout, Stephane; Kowaljow, Vitalij; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Giacomo Puccini's immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version directed by Academy Award nominee Robert Dornhelm, stars opera's 'Golden Couple,' Rolando Villazón and Anna...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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La Boheme / Puccini,Netrebko,Villazon, De Billy

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-11-23

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bracci, Tiziano; Cabell, Nicole; Daniel, Boaz; Degout, Stephane; Kowaljow, Vitalij; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

This recording is the original soundtrack to one of the first opera movies created especially for a theatrical screening. 'La Boheme: The Highlights' of the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie im Gasteig, Munich, Germany (04/2007)....continue...

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Antonio Pappano, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Ganassi, Sonia; Harteros, Anja; Pape, Rene; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"There's not much to be picky about in Antonio Pappano's excellent version; he straddles the line between the work's theatrical and "spiritual" sides and conveys...continue...

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Rizzi/Vienna PO, Netrebko, Villazon, Hampson [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-05-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cordella, Salvatore; Gay, Paul; Hampson, Thomas; Netrebko, Anna; Pilcher, Diane; Schneiderman, Helene; Villazon, Rolando; Wallen, Herman
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This is a BLU-RAY disc and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DGG B000692209. The infamous and...continue...

Handel / Rolando Villazón, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Players

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-03-31

Works: George Frederick Handel: Tamerlano; Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ariodante; La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47
Performers: Bottone, Rebecca; Gadoullet, Jean; Howarth, Robert; Suckling, Christopher; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Gabrieli Players

Internationally acclaimed tenor Rolando Villazon presents an all-new recording of Italian arias by Handel. All admirers of the tenor's voice will be engaged by this...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Fleming, Villazon, Conlon/LA Opera [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2009-03-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Fleming, Renee; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

Opera superstars Renee Fleming and Rolando Villazon star in this sumptuous 2006 production at the Los Angeles Opera of Verdi's masterpiece. "Violetta has lately become...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian Spanish, Dutch, Chinese
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Gounod: Roméo Et Juliette / Rolando Villazon, Nino Machaidze [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-03-10

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Braun, Russell; Burggraaf, Cora; Gatell, Francisco; Machaidze, Nino; Petrenko, Mikhail; Struckmann, Falk; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Mozarteum Orchester

This releases is a BLU-RAY DVD and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as DGG B001249209. The sensational...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: French, German, English, Spanish, Chinese
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Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Gounod: Roméo Et Juliette / Rolando Villazon, Nino Machaidze [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-01-20

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Braun, Russell; Burggraaf, Cora; Gatell, Francisco; Machaidze, Nino; Petrenko, Mikhail; Struckmann, Falk; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Mozarteum Orchester

The sensational hit of Salzburg's 2008 festival season arrives on DVD! Starring tenor Rolando Villazon in a stunning performance, this was the must have ticket...continue...
Picture Format: 16:9
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.0 Surround
Subtitles: French, German, English, Spanish, Chinese
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Massenet: Manon / Netrebko, Villazon, Barenboim/Staatskapelle Berlin [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-18

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Alattar, Hanan; Corazza, Remy; Daza, Alfredo; De La Muela, Silvia; Fischesser, Christof; James, Gal; Netrebko, Anna; Vieweg, Matthias; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor Dresden

The setting in this production has been updated to the 1950s and the entire opera takes place as if Manon were the star of her...continue...

Lamenti - Cavalli, Monteverdi, Carissimi, etc / Emmanuel Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Francesco Cavalli: Egisto; Didone; Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; L'Incirinazione Di Poppea; L'Orfeo; Barbara Strozzi: Cantate, ar...
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Gens, Veronique; Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lehtipuu, Topi; Naouri, Laurent; Purves, Christopher; Villazon, Rola...
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Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée

Emmanuelle Haim follows her acclaimed 2006 recording of Monteverdi's 'Combattimento' with an unusual and inventive program on the theme of the lamento, a literary and...continue...

Massenet: Manon / Barenboim/Staats Kapelle Berlin, Netrebko, Villazon [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-09-23

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Alattar, Hanan; Corazza, Remy; Daza, Alfredo; De La Muela, Silvia; Fischesser, Christof; James, Gal; Netrebko, Anna; Vieweg, Matthias; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatsopernchor Dresden

The setting in this production has been updated to the 1950s and the entire opera takes place as if Manon were the star of her...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: French, German, English, Spani...continue...

Massenet: Manon / Perez/Gran Teatre del Liceu, Dessay, Villazon, Ramey [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Henry, Didier; Lanza, Manuel; Ramey, Samuel; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Pérez, Victor Pablo
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

For their first-ever encounter in a staged opera, Natalie Dessay as Manon and Rolando Villazon as des Grieux were the much-awaited highlight of Barcelona’s Liceu...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Spain
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Puccini Gold - Pavarotti, Netrebko, Bocelli, Villazón, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; La Rondine; Suor Angelica; La Fanciulla del West; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; De Candia, Roberto; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Ren...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Colin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Bartoletti, Bruno; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

In 2008, the world of classical music will celebrate the life of Giacomo Puccini, born 150 years ago! Here is the definitive greatest hits package...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata, Conlon/LA Opera, Fleming, Villazón, Conlon [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bruson, Renato; Fleming, Renee; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Los Angeles Opera Chorus; Los Angeles Opera Orchestra

Opera superstars Renee Fleming and Rolando Villazon star in the 2006 Los Angeles production of Verdi's tragic masterpiece, 'La Traviata.' This performance was the highlight...continue...
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Country of Origin: USA
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Viva Villazón!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Le Cid; P...
Performers: Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello; Pidò, Evelino; Plasson, Michel; Domingo, Placido; Haïm, Emmanuelle

In the last four years Rolando Villazon has become one of the most outstanding tenors of his generation. The range of repertoire he has recorded...continue...

Duets - Anna Netrebko, Rolando Villazón

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-09-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Jules Massenet: ...
Performers: Luisotti, Nicola; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando; Weissmann, Nadine
Conductors: Luisotti, Nicola

Released in 2007, Duets is a collaborative album from Mexican-born tenor Rolando Villazon and Russian soprano Anna Netrebko. Backed by the Staatskapelle Dresden, the eight-track collection features pe...continue...

Domingo, Netrebko, Villazón / The Berlin Concert, live from the Waldbuhne [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-04-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Otello; La traviata; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Bohème; Jules Massenet: Le mage; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Th...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

"By [Domingo's] side two of the hottest singers in the new generation are in correspondingly superb shape. Hearing Rolando Villazon today is like being transported...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Gitano: Zarzuela Arias

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-02-06

Works: Pablo Sorozábal: La taberna del puerto; La Del Manojo de Rosas, zarzuela; Amadeo Vives: Doña Francisquita, zarzuela in 3 acts; José Serrano: La Alegria del batallon, zarzuela; La...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Domingo, Placido

"The greatest compliment I can pay to Villazon is that, as his trumpet tones rang out in the first of these arias (and I had...continue...
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Monteverdi: Combattimento / Haïm, Villazón, Ciofi, Lehtipuu, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Interrotte speranze, eterna fede; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Madrigals, Book 9; Madrigals, Book 10; Piú lieto il guardo; Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, B...
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Lehtipuu, Topi; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée

Emmanuelle Haim and her ensemble Le Concert d'Astree continue their exploration of Monteverdi works with this recording of the tragic war madrigal Il Combattimento di...continue...

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'amore / Villazon, Netrebko [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Netrebko, Anna; Nucci, Leo; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Eschwé, Alfred
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

"Villazon is a remarkably versatile tenor and he puts his individual stamp on everything he does. Nemorino was a role in the repertoire of all...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Joyeux Noël [Bande Originale du Film]

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-01-01

Works: Philippe Rombi: Joyeux Noël (Merry Christmas), film score; Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel: Bist du bei mir; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fidele...
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Rombi, Philippe; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Rombi, Philippe
Ensemble: ; Ensemble de cornemuses; Quatuor à cordes Bel Arte

Personnel: Natalie Dessay (soprano); Rolando Villazón (tenor); Carmine Lauri (violin); Philippe Rombi (piano, programming).

Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; ...continue...

Many Voices / Steven Mercurio

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-08-29

Works: Steven Mercurio: A White Rose, for voice; Desiderio, for voice; Daydream; Good-Night, for voice; Paternità, for voice; Song in Chaos, for voice; Serenade, for tenor and orchestra
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Giordani, Marcello; Jo, Sumi; Martinez, Ana Maria; Quilico, Gino; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven

Verdi: La Traviata / Netrebko, Villazón, Rizzi / Vienna Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-06-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 132 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS Stereo Surround,
Country of Origin: USA
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Opera Recital [Includes Bonus DVD]

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-02-21

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; A...
Performers: Laconi, Florian; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Rolando Villazon is undoubtedly the revelation of the years 2004-2005, and has received critical acclaim and several awards including a 2005 Gramophone Award and the...continue...

Violetta - Selections from La Traviata / Netrebko, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cordella, Salvatore; Gay, Paul; Hampson, Thomas; Netrebko, Anna; Pilcher, Diane; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Schneiderman, Helene; Villazon, Rolando; Wallen, Herman
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Anna Netrebko has quickly established herself as one of the finest sopranos in the world today. "Violetta" is a show-stopping recording of highlights from her...continue...
Violetta, a CD featuring Anna Netrebko, is essentially an album of highlights from La Traviata, and although the focus is rightly on her, the musical quality of all the performances and of the entire ...continue...

Rolando Villazón - Opera Recital / Plasson, Munich Radio SO

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-02-07

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; A...
Performers: Blank, Theresa; Laconi, Florian; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Munich Radio Orchestra

Rolando Villazon is undoubtedly the revelation of the years 2004-2005, and has received critical acclaim and several awards including a 2005 Gramophone Award and the...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Rizzi, Netrebko, Villazón, Vienna PO

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-11-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cordella, Salvatore; Gay, Paul; Hampson, Thomas; Luca, Dritan; Netrebko, Anna; Pilcher, Diane; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Schneiderman, Helene; Springer, Friedrich; Villazon, Rolando; Wallen, Herman
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo
Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

This new recording of La Traviata, the time-honored verismo masterpiece by Giuseppe Verdi performed live from the stage of the 2005 Salzburg Festival, features soprano...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlo / Various [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-10-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Lloyd, Robert; Roocroft, Amanda; Ryhanan, Jaako; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"This is a unique new production of the four-act Italian version of Don Carlo and by and large it works very well. The two-disc set...continue...
Run Time: 199 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...