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Verdi Heroines / Gheorgiu, Chailly, Giuseppe Verdi SO Milan

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello
Performers: Downes, Shana; Gheorghiu, Angela; Polverelli, Laura; Tramonti, Tizana
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"...this stunning new disc captures Angela Gheorghiu in some big roles we would not expect her to take into her repertoire at present...it is refreshing...continue...

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; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fi...
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...

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, ...

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 Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Regine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghena; Erwe...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...continue...

Sensatiable

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2013-01-17

Works: Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Don't Cry for Me Argentina, song (for the musical Evita); Pie Jesu (fro...
Performers: Akin, Joseph [Vocals]; Akin, Mary Penick; Ernst, Janna [Piano]; Gabka, Jane; Gisclair, Jean-Paul; Gisclair, Lauren Mouney; Hardin, Harry; Kelly, Frankie J.; Meyer, Joseph [Composer]; Nolan, Jesse; Pe...

Recording information: Axistudio, New Orleans, LA....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, Jorg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; Engel...
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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Edition Gewandhaus Orchester Leipzig, Vol. 2 - works by Weber, Wagner, Mozart Verdi & Beethoven / Schmitz, Brecher

2 CD / Querstand / 2013-01-08

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Der Freischütz; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isold...
Performers: Baumer, Margarete; Dahlberg, Friedrich; Daum, Heinz; Horand, Theodor; Meinl-Weise, Rita; Olberts, Joseph; Reinecke, Paul; Schaffrian, Rosl; Schmitz, Paul; Schurhoff, Lotte; Schwenkreis, Willi; Seider...
Conductors: Brecher, Gustav; Schmitz, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig

This second CD in the series featuring historical recordings by the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig contains recordings from 1929 to 1945, most of them published for...continue...

Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...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: Kovács, László; Camerata Budapest; 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

Carlo Bergonzi: A Discographic Career - Selections from Macbeth, Luisa Miller, Il Trovatore, La Traviata, Un Ballo, Tosca, Andrea Chenier et al.

3 CD / Widescreen / 2012-07-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L' Africana; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corena, Fernando; D'Angelo, Gianna; MacNeil, Cornell; Mercuriali, Angelo; Mill, Arnold van; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Simionato, Giulietta; Sordello, Enzo;...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Pritchard, John; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

30 Years at La Monnaie

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Richard Strauss: Salome; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Falstaff; W...
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Cupido, Alberto; Dufrasne, Arnaud [Vocals]; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Kozlowska, Joanna; Krause, Carlos [Vocals]; Lascarro, Juanita; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; McI...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Pritchard, John; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Fischer, Iván; Benjamin, George

Legendary baritone José van Dam celebrates a triple anniversary: his 70th birthday, 50 years onstage, and 30 years at La Monnaie, Brussels' opera house. This...continue...
Recording information: La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium....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...

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

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

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

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

Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Verdi: Stabat Mater, Te Deum / Karl Rathgeber

1 CD / Rondeau Production / 2012-03-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Giuseppe Verdi: Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Bubl, Barbara; Schmidt, Christian; Schneider, Bernard
Conductors: Rathgeber, Karl
Ensemble: ; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording juxtaposes 3 works by 2 famous Italian composers of opera: Puccini's Messa di Gloria, an early composition by the only 20-year-old scholar bursting...continue...
Recording information: Stadtkirche Bayreuth (03/18/2006)....continue...

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino & Falstaff / Branchini, Raimondi [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-03-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Falstaff
Performers: Battaglia, Paolo; Branchini, Susanna; Carraro, Tiziana; De Mola, Cinzia; Di Felice, Marco; Puértolas, Sabina; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rumetz, Paolo; Salsi, Luca; Simu, Tiberius; Tola, Virginia; Zul...
Conductors: Karytinos, Loukas; Arrivabeni, Paolo
Ensemble: Rovigo Teatro Sociale Chorus; Venice Philharmonic Orchestra "G.F. Malipiero"; Wallonie Royal Opera Orchestra

Two of Verdi's most loved operas for the price of one! Ruggero Raimondi takes the lead role in Verdi's final opera, 'Falstaff', recorded at the...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French...continue...

The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Tito Gobbi, Mario Filippeschi, Lina Paglughi, Giulio Neri, Tullio Serafin, conductor

2 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-03-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Gencer, Leyla; Minarchi, Dora; Roverre, Anna Maria; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]

Recording information: Roma (1946)....continue...

Airs D'Opera / Huberte Vecray, Soprano

1 CD / Musique en Wallonie / 2012-02-14

Works: André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Guillaume Tell; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adrienne Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot;...
Performers: Dubuc, Gilbert; Garen, David; Hector, Claude; Laffant, Jean; Vecray, Huberte; Verbeeck, Jan
Conductors: Doneux, Edgard; Martelli, Luigi; Bastin, Maurice

Although Huberte Vecray (1923 - 2009) devoted the essential part of her career to opera, mention should also be made of a series of radio...continue...
Recording information: INR Bruxelles....continue...

Ave Maria: Bach/Gounod, Schubert, Mozart, Pergolesi, Rossini, Verdi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Franz Liszt: Ave Maria 1; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Claudi...
Performers: Connell, John; Frimmer, Monika; Greindl, Josef; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hochreither, Karl; Lorengar, Pilar; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Seiffert, Peter; Szmytka, Elzbieta; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Parrott, Andrew; Rovatkay, Lajos; Max, Hermann; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Savall, Jordi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Neumann, Peter; Forster, Karl; Kraus, Richard; Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Collegium Cartusianum; Das kleine Konzert; Hespèrion XX; Taverner Players

The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

The Darling of Italy / Giuseppe Taddei, baritone (rec. 1947 - 1959)

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fagaro; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Sch...
Performers: Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Avogadro, Liana; Carteri, Rosanna; Cebotari, Maria; Colasanti, Irma; Corena, Fernando; Dalamangas, Cristiano; Dubbini, Agnese; Fer...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Serafin, Tullio; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando; Santini, Gabriele; Capuana, Franco; Rossi, Mario; ; Scaglia, Ferruccio; Questa, A...
Ensemble: ; Orchestra Sinfonica Di Ro

Nessun Dorma / Franco Bonisolli, tenor (rec. 1972 - 1975) [4 CDs]

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Manon Lexcaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Jules Massenet: Manon; Fromental Halévy: La Juive; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gae...
Performers: Bier, Johannes; Bindszus, Peter; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruscantini, Sesto; Corelli, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Freni, Mirella; Garduhn, Henno; Jedlicka, Rudolf; Kabaivanska, Raina; Kovicz, Hania; Lukat, Ha...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bartoletti, Bruno

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Romance Español: Classical Spanish Songs & Arias

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-11-08

Works: Anonymous: Jeux interdits; Fernando J. Obradors: El Vito, for voice & piano; Carlos Guastavino: La rosa y el sauce; Federico García Lorca: Las Morillas de Jaén, for voice & piano; Sevillana...
Performers: Antunano, Conchita de; Atlas, R.; Clark, Joseph; Perera, Cecilio; Wilde, Scarlett
Conductors: Arp, Klaus; Sullivan, J.P.

Recording information: Æsir Sound Studios, Miami, FL, USA (2010)....continue...

Gratitude, Gravy and Garrison: A Thanksgiving Concert / Garison Keillor

1 CD / Clarion / 2011-10-25

Works: Samuel F. Smith: America, for chorus & orchestra ("My Country 'Tis of Thee"); Paul W. Gerike: Comfort Ye, for chorus; Garrison Keillor: Let All Things Now Living, song; Sonnet; All About Pie, song; M...
Performers: Dworsky, Richard; Keillor, Garrison; Kemper, Charles; Palmquist, Krista J.; Steele, Jearlyn
Conductors: Johnson, Sigrid; Brunelle, Philip
Ensemble: Ensemble Singers

Storyteller Garrison Keillor & conductor Philip Brunelle lead a harmonious celebration of all things Thanksgiving with melodious voices of the Vocal Essence Chorus & Ensemble...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; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; Croisier, Marcelle; D'Amico,...
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

Verdi: Rigoletto [Highlights] / Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Alfredo Kraus and Mignon Dunn

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Dunn, Mignon; King, Malcolm; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Milnes, Sherrill; Murray, Ann; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Rawnsley, John; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Rudel, Julius

Gramophone Magazine
Kraus's singing is elegant and attractive throughout ... The Philharmonia plays with admirable élan and a great deal of subtlety for Rudel.
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Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (08/15/1978-08/25/1978)....continue...

Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Verdi: Il Trovatore [Highlights] / Corelli, Tucci, Simionato, Merrill

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Mercuriali, Angelo; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moneta, Luciana; Simionato, Giulietta; Tucci, Gabriella
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Rome Opera Orchestra

Recording information: Teatro dell'Opera, Rome (07/06/1964-07/12/1964); Teatro dell'Opera, Rome (07/14/1964); Teatro dell'Opera, Rome (07/17/1964); Teatro dell'Opera, Rome (07/31/1964); Teatro dell'Op...continue...

Verdi: Requiem; Four Sacred Pieces / Muti - Berlin PO, Scotto, Baltsa, Nesterenko, Luchetti

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Baltsa, Agnes; Luchetti, Veriano; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Scotto, Renata

Hailing the 'burning conviction' of this recording, Gramophone awarded Riccardo Muti 'the victor's palm' for his incandescent interpretation of Verdi's apocalyptic, yet deeply compassionate setting...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Giuseppe Borgatti

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-08-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Parsifal; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Robert Schumann: Lieder (6), Op. 33; My...
Performers: Baccaloni, Salvatore; Borgatti, Giuseppe; Fagoaga, Isidoro; Nessi, Giuseppe

Giuseppe Borgatti was Italy's first great Wagnerian tenor. His first Wagnerian opera was Lohengrin, when he appeared at the production in Milan in 1894. He...continue...

Terrific Tenors

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

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete); Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Best, Roy; Bjorling, Jussi; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collins, Kenneth; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Florez, Juan Diego; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Lanza, Mari...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Gardiner, John Eliot; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; López-Cobos, Jesús; Rizzi, Carlo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Kubelik, Rafael; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Walker, Anto...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Arias from Aida, Macbeth, Il Tabarro, I Lombardi, etc. / Zoran Todorovich, tenor

1 CD / Oehms / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; I Lombardi; La forza del destino; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La fanciulla del West; Richard Wagner:...
Performers: Fijacko, Valentina; Todorovich, Zoran [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Repusic, Ivan
Ensemble: Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra

Recording information: Vartoslav Lisinski Concert Hall, Zagreb (09/2010)....continue...

Documents of a singing career: Annelies Kupper

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-05-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Giovanni; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Eugen d'Albert: Die toten Augen; Tiefland; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Sta...
Performers: Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Fehenberger, Lorenz; Kupper, Annelies; Reinmar, Hans; Schlemm, Anny; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Leitner, Ferdinand; Sandberg, Herbert; Heger, Robert; Kraus, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Reinshagen, Victor; Rother, Artur; Lehmann, Fritz

Annelies Kupper (1906-1987) was born in Poland. She was a schoolteacher while at the same time studying voice. She launched her stage career at the...continue...

Verdi: Requiem

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-05-10

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Arvidsson, Bjorn [Tenor]; Simson, Julie; Slack, Karen; Thompson, Kevin [Bass]
Conductors: Kendrick, Donald
Ensemble: Sacramento Orchestra

Recording information: UC Davis Mondavi Center, Davis, California (03/19/2011)....continue...

Nomades

1 CD / Gallo / 2011-04-12

Works: Maori Traditional: Nga iwi é; South American Traditional: O que gran gozo (What Great Joy), Equadorian folk song; Por los montes (By the Mountains), Equadorian folk song; Venezuelan Traditional:...
Performers: Blanchart, Sophie; Tirabosco, Michel

This recording, made by a husband-wife duo of panpipes and guitar, documents music from their travels around the world. Music from South and Central America,...continue...

Ivan Kozlovsky / Recital No. 1

1 CD / Archipel / 2011-04-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Madame Butterfly; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Stanislaw Moniuszko: Halka; Ri...
Performers: Burlak, Ivan; Kozlovsky, Ivan; Maslenikova, I.; Selivanov, P.; Shumskaya, Yelisaveta
Conductors: Orlov, Alexander; Bron, Onissim; Samosud, Samuel

The Art of Belcanto

3 CD / Capriccio / 2011-03-29

Works: Franz Liszt: Pace non trovo (Sonnetto no 104), song for voice & piano (I & II), S. 270/1 (LW N14/1-2/1); Benedetto sia'l giorno (Sonetto 47), song for voice & piano (3 versions), S. 270/2 & S. 270a ...
Performers: Angelis, Giovanni de; Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bruson, Renato; Ghazarian, Sona; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Martel-Bittner, Monika; Nicolesco, Mariana; Rinaldi-Miliani, Stefano; Sabbatini, Giuseppe; Sc...
Conductors: Paternostro, Roberto

A few years ago, a singer at a top German opera house was begged by a conductor devoted to belcanto with the words: 'Don't just...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit: Margaret Sheridan

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-03-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Thomas Moore: The Meeting of the Waters; Herbe...
Performers: Cecil, Lionello; Mannerini, Ida; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Mummery, Browning; Pertile, Aureliano; Sheridan, Margaret; Zanelli, Renato
Conductors: Blois; Sabajno, Carlo; Goossens, Eugene, Sir

Irish soprano Margaret Sheridan enjoyed a tumultuous but highly successful opera career in Italy between the wars - a feat that was unusual for a...continue...

Seine Grössten Erfolge: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

10 CD / Red/membran / 2011-02-15

Works: Albert Lortzing: Zar und Zimmermann; Undine; Der Wildschütz; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni;...
Performers: Billing, Klaus; Casa, Lisa della; Fehrenberger, Lorenz; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Greindl, Josef; Greverus, Boris; Klust, Hertha; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Reutter, Hermann; Schock, Rud...
Conductors: Schuchter, Wilhelm; Fricsay, Ferenc; Rother, Artur; Kraus, Richard; Keilberth, Joseph; Cluytens, André; Ludwig, Leopold; Böhm, Karl; Schmitz, Paul; Lohe, Jean; Busch, Fritz; Rossi, Mario;...

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

Plácido Domingo: The Opera Collection [26 CDs]

26 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Jacques Offenbach: Ga&...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Cuenod, Hugues; Domingo, Placido; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony; Leiferkus, Sergei; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Prestia, Giacomo; Schade, Michael;...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Marin, Ion; Prêtre, Georges; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kleiber, Carlos; Chung, Myung-Whun; Solti, Sir ...

Domingo reaches his 70th birthday and Deutsche Grammophon celebrates by releasing 'The Opera Collection', a collection of his amazingly rich DG/Decca catalog recognizing the tenor's...continue...

Royal Swedish Opera Archives 1

2 CD / Caprice Records / 2011-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Billengren, Lars; Bjorling, Jussi; Lovberg, Aase Nordmo; Moberg, Ruth
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert; Grevillius, Nils

Ultimate Verdi Opera Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-12-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Il Trovatore; Macbeth; La Forza del Destino; Aïda; Otello; Un Ballo in Maschera; Ernani
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Csonka, Zsuzsa; Dragoni, Maria; Ferrarini, Alida; Frusoni, Maurizio; Gauci, Miriam; Johannson, Kristjan; Krause, Monika; Longhi, Daniela; Lotric, Janez; Mescherikova, Marina; Ramiro, Yor...
Conductors: Rahbari, Alexander; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Humburg, Will; Morandi, Pier G.; Saccani, Rico; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael

This highly dramatic album includes the most famous moments from Verdi’s ever-popular operas, in which public splendor and private pathos, true love and tragedy, vie...continue...

Great Tenor Songbook

1 CD / Sony Australia Import / 2010-11-30

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Teodoro Cottrau: Santa Lucia; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Richard Rodger...
Performers: Ahern, Susie; Davies, Rod; Field, Lindsay; Maunder, Janine; Serret, Michelle; Vincent, Mark
Conductors: Noble, Guy

Recording information: Studio 301, Sydney; Trackdown Studios, Sydney; River St....continue...

Classic Australian Performances / Sutherland, Bonynge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Francis Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, op...
Performers: Allman, Robert; Baigildin, Sergei; Begg, Heather; Bermingham, Jennifer; Black, Jeffrey; Brynnel, Monique; Collins, Kenneth; Dawes, Christopher; Donald, Robin; Donnelly, Malcolm; Elkins, Margreta; Ewe...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Recording information: Sydney Opera House....continue...

Lola Artot de Padilla

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-11-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Figaros Hochzeit; Don Juan; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Engelbert Humperdinck: Königskinder, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Travi...
Performers: Alten, Bella; Egenieff, Franz; Jorn, Karl; Padilla, Lola Artôt de; Perard-Petzl, Luise; Talen, Bjorn

Lola Artot de Padilla was born near Paris to parents who were famous singers. Her career was centered in Germany, where she was very popular....continue...

The Voice Of The Century / Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-10-26

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Georges Bizet: Vasco da Gama, ode-symphony for chorus & orchestra; G...
Performers: Cassinelli, Ricardo; Gibbs, John; Knight, Gillian; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pelizzoni, Rinaldo; Plessis, Christian du; Siepi, Cesare; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Verdi: Aida [Highlights]

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Nucci, Leo; Obraztsova, Yelena; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Personnel: Katia Ricciarelli (vocals); Leo Nucci, Ruggero Raimondi, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Elena Obraztsova (vocals)....continue...