Tenor > Post Romantic Period

Mahler: Das klagende Lied; Blumine; Symphony No. 10 / Manuela Uhl, soprano; Lioba Braun, alto; Werner Gura, tenor. Blunier

1 Super Audio CD / MD&G / 2013-05-21

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, Cantata for Soli, Chorus and Orchestra (Version 1898/99); Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major
Performers: Güra, Werner; Uhl, Manuela
Conductors: Blunier, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Chorus Brno

Mahler initially had a hard time of it. A few compositional attempts from his youth did not turn out to his liking and were destroyed....continue...
Recording information: Bonn (05/14/2012-05/26/2012)....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...

Happy New Year: Opera Gala from Dresden / Diana Damrau; Piotr Beczala. Thielemann

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Works: Emmerich Kálmán: Gräfin Mariza; Die Csárdásfürstin; Die Zirkusprinzessin; Kaiserin Josephine; Der Teufelsreiter; Die Herzogin von Chicago; Das Veilchen vom Montmartre; D...
Performers: Beczala, Piotr; Denoke, Angela; Labin, Ana-Maria; Schopf, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Thielemann, Christian
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Dresden

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Recording information: Semperoper, Dresden (2011-12-31&2012-12-29_2012-)....continue...

Desert Island Discs

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2013-03-05

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Paganini Variations; Giaco...
Performers: Alexander, Roberta [Soprano Vocals]; Baillie, Alexander; Bjorling, Jussi; Boriskin, Michael; Botha, Johan; Chen, Evelyn; Dawson, Lynne; Farrall, Joy; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Ormandy, Eugene; Slatkin, Leonard; Pritchard, John; Cleobury, Nicholas; Daniel, Paul; McGegan, Nicholas; Szell, George; Previn, Andre; Foster, Lawrence; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Carl; S...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

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...

Hugo Wolf: The Complete Songs, Vol. 5 / Sarah-Jane Brandon: soprano; Daniel Norman: tenor; William Dazeley: baritone; Sholto Kynoch: piano

1 CD / Stone Records / 2013-02-12

Works: Hugo Wolf: Sie haben heut' abend Gesellschaft; Ich stand in dunkeln Träumen; Das ist ein Brausen und Heulen; Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen; Mir träumte von einem Königskind; Mein Liebch...
Performers: Brandon, Sarah-Jane; Dazeley, William; Kynoch, Sholto [Piano]; Norman, Daniel

Stone Records is delighted to announce its newest Oxford Lieder Live release, the fifth disc in the first-ever complete edition of the songs of Hugo...continue...
Recording information: Holywell Music Room, Oxford, England (04/14/2012)....continue...

Amore: The Opera Album

1 CD / Universal Import / 2013-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Les Pecheurs de Perles; Jules Massenet: Werther; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Um...
Performers: Cottle, Lawrence; Jason, Neil; Johnson, Bashiri [Percussion]; Watson, Russell
Conductors: Ingman, Nick; Hayward, William; Dodd, Nicholas; Lubbock, John

Personnel: Russell Watson (tenor)....continue...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 3

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Amilcare Ponchiell...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gogorza, Emilio de; Hempel, Frieda; Homer, Louise; Perini, ...

The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

José Carreras: Live in Vienna - Songs & Arias by Fauré, Massenet, Truina, Liszt, Puccini, Tosti, Falvo et al. / José Carreras, tenor; Vincenzo Scalera, piano

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Jules Massenet: Poème d'amour; Joaquín Turina: Los dos miedos, poema en forma de canciones, for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. ...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Scalera, Vincenzo

This disc marks Jose Carreras' "comeback" performance following his battle with Leukemia. This live recording includes work by Faure, Liszt, Puccini and many others. Carrera...continue...
Recording information: 09/16/1988....continue...

Salzburg Festival 1981 - Songs by Massenet, Fauré, Tosti, Mompou, Turina, de Falla / José Carreras, tenor; Edoardo Muller, piano

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Jules Massenet: Pensée d'automne; Elégie; Poème d'amour; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Toujours, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21/2;...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Muller, Eduardo [Conductor]

Accompanied by Edoardo Müller, José Carreras' recital of 1981 takes us from the French song with piano by Massenet and Fauré to the canciones of...continue...
Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (08/16/1981)....continue...

Dolci Napoli - Neapolitan Songs by Cannio, Vian, Russo, D'Esposito, Roven, Bovio, Nardella et al. / Charles Castronovo, tenor

1 CD / GPR Records / 2013-01-29

Works: Rodolfo Falvo: Guapparia; Dicitencello vuie; Enrico Cannio: O surdato 'nnammurato; Antonio Vian: Luna rossa, for voice & orchestra; Eduardo di Capua: Ah! Maria, Marì, song for voice & piano (or ...
Performers: Castronovo, Charles
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Ensemble: Sweet Nectar

Of Dolci Napoli, one of Charlie's biggest fans says; 'Charlie's talent and dedication has earned him much success and I believe his debut album of...continue...

José Carreras: Live Comeback Concerts - arias, songs, zarzuela arias by Grieg, Tosti, Toldra, Catala, Mompou, Vives, Puccini et al. / José Carreras, tenor

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Edvard Grieg: Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Spoken Word: Jose Carreras welcomes his audience; Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Eduardo Toldrá: Canticel for voice & or...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Scalera, Vincenzo; Schneider, Ronald

Jose Carreras was known as part of the "big three" tenors of the twentieth century, among Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. This new disc presents...continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballe, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gha...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....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...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Elgar: The Apostles / Sir Mark Elder, Halle Orchestra and Choir

2 CD / Halle Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Edward Elgar: The Apostles, Op. 49
Performers: Coote, Alice; Evans, Rebecca; Groves, Paul; Imbrailo, Jacques; Kempster, David; Sherratt, Brindley
Conductors: Elder, Mark

This new release presents the oratorio planned to open the trilogy, the lesser-known and under-served work The Apostles, in a performance The Guardian described as...continue...
Recording information: The Bridgewater Hall, Manchester (05/05/2012)....continue...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

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

Mahler: Das Lied von Der Erde, Symphonien Nos. 9 und 10 / Kurt Sanderling, Berlin SO / Peter Scheier, tenor; Birgit Finnila, alto

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Symphony no 9 in D major; Symphony no 10 in F sharp major (realization by Deryck Cooke)
Performers: Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: ; Berlin Symphony Orchestra

To mark the 100th birthday of Kurt Sanderling, this informatively presented edition brings together Mahler's late symphonic works, which the great conductor studied and lived...continue...
Recording information: Christuskirche, Berlin....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...

Pavarotti: Essential Performances / Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Leoncavallo, et al.

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I Lombardi; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: La Figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' Elisir d'amore; Lucia de Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Edua...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

This disc contains an overview of some of Pavarotti's most famous and beloved recorded opera arias and songs, opening with a universal favorite, "La donna...continue...

Introduction To Pavarotti / Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, De Curtis, Mozart, Massenet, Tosti

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Luisa Miller; Requiem; Il Trovatore; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; I Purtani; Ernesto de Curtis: Non ti scordar di me; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di La...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

Although famous for his starring roles in the most familiar operas of Verdi and Puccini, Luciano Pavarotti had a wide range of repertoire outside opera....continue...

Intimate Pavarotti / Beethoven, Bellini, Liszt, Mascagni, Donizetti, Verdi, Schubert, et al.

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: In questa tomba oscura, WoO 133; Vincenzo Bellini: Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Ariette da Camera; Franz Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonnetto no 104), song for ...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

With one exception, all the numbers on this recording are from the non-operatic repertoire for which Pavarotti was famous on the recital stage, a venue...continue...

George Whitefield Chadwick: Songs / Glenn Siebert, tenor; Peter Kairoff, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-12-11

Works: George Whitefield Chadwick: When stars are in the quiet skies, for voice & piano, L. 7/102 (from "Songs (5) (1910)"); Love's Image, for voice & piano; A Flower Cycle, song cycle for voice & piano, L....
Performers: Kairoff, Peter; Siebert, Glenn

George Whitefield Chadwick was one of the most significant and influential composers in the United States in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Although...continue...
Recording information: Wake Forest University (2012)....continue...

Favourite Sacred Masterpieces - works by Tallis, Allegri, Pergolesi, Mozart, Bach-Gounod & Franck / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus
Performers: Faulkner, Julie; Kertesi, Ingrid; Mukk, Jozsef [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László

Taken from the recent 25th anniversary boxed set, Great Sacred Masterpieces (8.501062), this single disc ranges roughly over three centuries....continue...

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

Forever Domingo: Placido Domingo sings Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Rossini

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-19

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Guy d'Hardelot: Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ern...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gullino, Walter; Milnes, Sherrill; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio

Vergiss mein Nicht

2 CD / Red/membran / 2012-11-19

Works: Oscar Straus: Ein Walzertraum; Maurus Katt: Wenn mein Herz Heimweh hat; Hans Moltkau: Geh' nicht fort; Niemals lass ich dich allein; Nico Dostal: Monika; Gunter Georgy-Engelhardt: Gondel, gleite du h...
Performers: Fahberg, Antonia; Sailer, Friederike; Stankovski, Ernst; Wunderlich, Fritz
Conductors: Marszalek, Franz; Mareczek, Fritz; Stech, Willi; Becker, Gerhard

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...

Marco Beasley: Storie di Napoli / Guido Morini, Ensemble Accordone

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2012-11-13

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Ballo de li Sante (The Saints' Ball), song; In galera li panettieri! (To Jail with Bakers!), song; Cicerenella; Stella Diana; Andrea Falconieri: Cara è la rosa, villanelle (f...
Performers: Alloisio, Roberta; Beasley, Marco
Conductors: Morini, Guido
Ensemble: Accordone

Recording information: Santa Maria Incoronata Church, Martinengo, Bergamo, Ita (03/05/2012-03/09/2012)....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...

Stanford: Sacred Choral Music / David Hill, Winchester Cathedral Choir

3 CD / Hyperion / 2012-11-13

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Evening Service (Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis) for chorus & organ (or orchestra) in B flat major, Op; The Lord Is My Shepherd; Motets (3) for chorus, Op. 38; Services in A ...
Performers: Christopher Monks [Organ/Choral Conductor]; Farr, Stephen; Hill, David; Kendall, William
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: ; Winchester Cathedral Choir

Sir Charles Villiers Stanford is a central figure in Anglican church music. His many settings of the Magnificat and Nunc dimittis have been staples of...continue...
Recording information: Winchester Cathedral (01/1997/04/1997)....continue...

Opera

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Requiem; Aida, opera; La traviata; Il trovatore; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohè...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea

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...

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
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Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Dreamticket to La Boheme - Arias excerpted from performances 1902-1960 / Bjorling, Caruso, Bori, Schone at al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Arizmendi, Elena; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Caruso, Enrico; Cebotari, Maria; de Luca, Giuseppe; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Eisinger, Irene; Ferrani, Cesira [Soprano Vocal]; Fr...

This recording offers the opportunity to hear some of the world's famous singers performing the same arias and scenes so the listener can put together...continue...

Opera Arias from Norma, Aida, Otello et al. / Veronica Ferraro, soprano

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; I Vespri siciliani; La Forza del Destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciul...
Performers: Ferraro, Pier Miranda

Respighi: Quartett Dorico; Ill Tramonto; Lauda per la Nativita del Signore / Sena Jurinac, Liliana Rossi, Lidia Marimpietri, sopranos; Tommaso Frascati, tenor

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2012-10-06

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Quartet for Strings ("Quartetto dorico"), P. 144; Il tramonto; Lauda per la Natività del Signore, for soloists, chorus & ensemble, P. 166
Performers: Frascati, Tommaso; Jurinac, Sena; Marimpietri, Lidia; Rossi, Liliana
Conductors: ; Antonellini, Nino
Ensemble: Barylli String Quartet; Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma

Up to 50 years ago the knowledge of Ottorino Respighi 's music was essentially limited to the three famous roman symphonic poems. The Chamber production...continue...

The Voice of Peter Pears - Dowland, Schubert, Britten, Grainger, Copland et al. / Peter Pears, tenor, Julian Bream, guitar; Benjamin Britten, piano

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2012-10-06

Works: Thomas Ford: Faire Sweet Cruell for 4 voices & instruments; Philip Rosseter: What Then Is Love But Mourning; John Dowland: Second Book of Songs or Ayres; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Thomas Morley...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir

This Regis disc celebrates the uniqueness of one of the twentieth century's most distinctive voices in collaborations with life-long musical partners Benjamin Britten and Julian...continue...

The English Song Collection - songs by Britten, Finzi, Leighton, Warlock, Gurney, Bliss et al. / James Gilchrist, tenor; Anna Tilbrook, piano

3 CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Gerald Finzi: O Fair to See for soprano (or tenor) & piano, Op.13; Till Earth Outwears, song cycle for soprano (or tenor) & piano, Op. 19; A Young Man's Exhortation, Op. 14; Ralph Vaughan Williams: O...
Performers: Cox, Michael; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Tilbrook, Anna

In-demand tenor James Gilchrist has been hailed as an unparalleled interpreter of English song. In this special three-disc set are gathered his finest recordings to...continue...

Saint-Saens: Samson and Dalila / José Cura, Julia Gertseva, Stefan Stoll. Jochem Hochstenbach - Badisches Staastheater [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Cura, Jose; Gertseva, Julia; Stoll, Stefan
Conductors: Hochstenbach, Jochem
Ensemble: Badisches Staastheater

In Saint- Saens' saga of hatred and holy war, power and desire, there is no victor and no truth. The god-like is diminished, power restricted,...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Italian, Spanish
Cou...continue...

Jorg Schneider sings arias by Stolz, J. Strauss Jr.; Millocker, Kalman; Ziehrer, Zeller, Lehar / Jorg Schneider, tenor

1 CD / Capriccio / 2012-09-25

Works: Robert Stolz: Frühjahrsparade; Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Der Zigeunerbaron; Eine Nacht in Venedig; Wiener Blut; Eduard Künneke: Ich bin nur ein armer Wandergesell, song (from Der V...
Performers: Berten, Nina; Schneider, Jörg
Conductors:
Ensemble: Vienna Salon Orchestra

Austrian tenor Jorg Schneider started his career in 1995 as member of the Staatstheater Wiesbaden, and from 1997 to 2000 he was a member of...continue...
Recording information: Vienna (07/2010)....continue...

Mahler: Das Klagende Lied; Janacek: The Fiddler's Child / Cahill, Baker, Tear, Howekk / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Leos Janácek: The Fiddler's Child (Sumarovo Díte), ballad for orchestra, JW 6/14
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Cahill, Teresa; Dekany, Bela; Howell, Gwynne; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

Rozhdestvensky was the first Russian conductor to perform and record all Mahler's symphonies in his country. Das klagende Lied is performed here live. The ICA...continue...

The Heartfelt Voice - Heinz Hoppe, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-09-25

Works: Werner Bochmann: Heimat, deine Sterne, song for voice & piano; Abends in der Taverne, song; Robert Stolz: Vor meinem Vaterhaus steht eine Linde; Karl Blume: Grün ist die Heide, song (from the fi...
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Bartos, Rita; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hansen, Max; Hofmann, Willi; Hoppe, Heinz; Langel, Willy [Vocals]; Litz, Gisela; Owen, Chloe; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schlemm, Anny;...
Conductors: Becht, Erich; Stolz, Robert; Marszalek, Franz; Stephan, Wilhelm; Schandert, Manfred; Muller-Lampertz, Richard; Cremer, Curt; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Burkhardt, Paul; Erede, Alberto; Martin, Wolfgang...

Heinz Hoppe was been the incarnation of the "olk singer": that rare species of singer possessing the necessary vocal qualities to pursue a career in...continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Christmas Mass in Vienna: Music for Christmas by Hammerschmidt, Vulpius, Mozart, Arcadeit, Rheinberger, Franck et al. / Choral Society of St. Augustine at ViennaÆs Jesuit Church

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-09-11

Works: Andreas Hammerschmidt: Machet die Tore weit (Open Wide the Gates); Melchior Vulpius: Nun komm der Heiden Heiland, for chorus; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestr...
Performers: Heinrich, Gernot; Horak, Cornelia; Schamschula, Maximilian [Organ]; Sramek, Alfred
Conductors: Pixner, Andreas
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of St. Augustine Vienna

The Choral Society of St. Augustine at Vienna's Jesuit Church is a church choir. The choir occupies a special place in the Viennese musical scene,...continue...
Recording information: Jesuitenkirche-Univesitätskirche, Vienna, Austria (10/01/2011/10/02/2011)....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