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Patricia Van Ness "In Paradisum" - Requiem; The Voice of the Tenth Muse / Sanford Sylvan, baritione; Ruth Cunning, soprano

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Patricia Van Ness: Requiem for baritone soloist & chorus; The Voice of the Tenth Muse, for soprano soloist & chorus; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Cunningham, Ruth; Sylvan, Sanford
Conductors: Hodgkins, David
Ensemble: ; Allegro

Coro Allegro, led by Hodgkins, is dedicated to building social and musical bridges through high-quality performances of significant choral works and expanding the available repertoire...continue...
Recording information: Church of the Covenant, Boston, MA....continue...

Maria Farantouri Sings Taner Akyol

1 CD / Enja Records / 2011-03-08

Works: Taner Akyol: Bilen Gelsin (Let Him Come Who Knows), song; Vay Gurbet (Ah, Exile), song; Göçmen Kuslar (Birds of Passage), song; Yildiz Dagi (Star Mountain), song; Sukunum Sana (Mute), song;...
Performers: Akyol, Taner; Anissegos, Antonis; Cagwin, Jarrod; Farantouri, Maria
Conductors: Ioannidis, Symeon

Personnel: Maria Farantouri (vocals); Taner Akyol (vocals, baglama).

Recording information: Megaron Recording Center (05/2010/06/2010); Studio am Fluss, Berlin (05/2010/06/2010); Megaron Record...continue...

Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges, Ma mère l'oye / Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges, opera-ballet in 2 parts; Ma mère l'oye
Performers: Billerbeck, Nora von; Erdmann, Mojca; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Koch, Sophie; Kozena, Magdalena; LeRoux, Francois [Baritone Vocal]; Massis, Annick; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwab, Sylke; Stutzm...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus

Ravel's one-act opera 'L'Enfant et les Sortileges' has a particular importance for Sir Simon Rattle. Shortly after winning the John Player conducting prize at the...continue...

Vaughan Williams: The Wasps / Goodman, Elder, et al

2 CD / Halle Records / 2009-01-13

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps
Performers: Suart, Richard; Wines, Chris
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: Hallé Orchestra

The complete score of the music Ralph Vaughan Williams composed for a production of Aristophanes' comedy 'The Wasps' at Cambridge University in 1909, had not...continue...

Bellini: Complete Operas / Bernstein, Callas, Bonynge, Caballé, Cioffi, Scotto, et al

25 CD / Dynamic / 2008-09-30

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Adelson e Salvini, opera; Bianca e Fernando, opera; Il Pirata, opera; La Straniera, opera; Zaira, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Beatric...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Amodio, Nicola; Anderson, Kelly; Balboni, Anna Maria; Barcellona, Daniela; Caballe, Montserrat; Caforio, Armando; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Capasso, Camille;...
Conductors: Licata, Andrea; Viotti, Marcello; Sanzogno, Nino; Olmi, Paolo; Acocella, Luciano; Carella, Giuliano; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Luisi, Fabio; Bonynge, Richard; Bernstein, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra; Italian International Orchestra; Macerata Opera Festival Orchestra; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Opera 2008

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Bostridge, Ian; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brightma...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Viotti, Marcello; Langrée, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Bateman, Paul; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Chung, Myung-Whun; Kohn, Eugene; Serafin, Tullio; Ensemble, Matheus; Spinosi, Jean-Chri...

2008 two-CD compilation featuring the world's favorite opera tracks, sung by the world's greatest opera stars. Featuring Operatic Superstars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas...continue...

Handel: Riccardo Primo

3 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Riccardo Primo, HWV 23
Performers: McGreevy, Geraldine; Mead, Timothy; Rial, Nuria; Streetman, Curtis; Wilson-Johnson, David; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Goodwin, Paul

International Record Review
Nuria Rial sings neatly, sweetly with smooth tone and line
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Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Cinq Mars; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesa...
Performers: Delgado-Boge, Claire; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena; Marcinger, Ludovit; Martineau, Malcolm; Massis, Annick; Parat, Edwige; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Swierczewski, Michel; Goebel, Reinhard; Stryncl, Marek; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ; Musica Florea

A richly-colored voice, a perfect technique and a vivid musical imagination: the recipe for a portrait of an exceptional artist. 'Enchantment' is a personal selection...continue...

Mozart: Messe en ut mineur / Piau, Sollied, Krivine, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Caton, Frederic; Piau, Sandrine; Sollied, Anne-Lise
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel
Ensemble: La Chambre Philharmonique

The Guardian
Emmanuel Krivine is one of today's greatest conductors and is never, under any circumstances, to be missed
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Musiche del Novecento Italiano - Berio, Dallapiccola, etc

1 CD / Stradivarius / 2006-01-10

Works: Alfredo Casella: Sonatina for piano, Op. 28; Ottorino Respighi: Deità silvane; Goffredo Petrassi: Toccata for piano; Luigi Dallapiccola: Goethe-Lieder, for mezzo-soprano & 3 clarinets; Luciano...
Performers: Alberti, Alfonso; Casiraghi, Paolo; Defronzo, Francesco; Eusebio, Alessandro; Formenti, Sonia; Genghini, Katya; Lukacs, Monika; Mari, Grazi; Nikolic, Katarina; O'Brien, Rachel; Pozzo, Monica; Ricci, ...
Conductors: Ceccherini, Tito
Ensemble: Ensemble Risognanze

This is an audio CD accompanied by a CD-ROM containing biographies, critical notes, scores and musical analysis of representative works by the greatest Italian composers...continue...

Puccini: La Boheme / Caballé, Domingo, Solti

2 CD / RCA Records / 2005-10-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Byers, Alan [Tenor Vocal]; Caballé, Montserrat; Castel, Nico; Domingo, Plácido III; Domingo, Placido; Mangin, Noel; Mason, William [Bass-Baritone Vocal]...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

Roger Waters: Ca Ira / Terfel, Huang, Groves, et al

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-09-27

Works: Roger Waters: Ça Ira (There Is Hope), opera
Performers: Bower, Jamie; Groves, Paul; Huang, Ying; Lo, Ismael; Nowack, David; Patterson, David; Russill, Helen; Terfel, Bryn; Waters, Roger
Conductors: Wentworth, Rick
Ensemble: The Orchestra

Personnel: Ismaël Lô, Ying Huang, Bryn Terfel (vocals).

Recording information: AIR Recording Studios, London, England; Angel Studios, Islington, London, England; EMI Abbey Road Studio...continue...

Light Garden Trilogy

1 CD / Metier / 2003-01-01

Works: Afghan Traditional: Naghma-ye kashâ l Bairami; Bibi Gol Afruz (Shining Flower Lady); Alla Hu (This is God); Siah Cheshm-e Khumari (Your captivating black eyes); Sadie Harrison: The Light Garden,...
Performers: Skaerved, Peter Sheppard; Sparling, Andrew; Ustad Asif Mahmoud; Veronica Doubleday
Conductors: ; Martinez, Odaline de la
Ensemble: Ensemble Bakhtar; Lontano; The Tate Ensemble

The Compact Opera Collection -Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-08-20

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Hakan; Bello, Vincenzo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sardinero, Vicente
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

"The recording is warm, refined in detail and atmospheric... those who seek emotional histrionics in the Mad scene will find that Caballe manages much of...continue...

The Compact Opera Collection - Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti

3 CD / Decca / 2002-08-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Burrows, Stuart; Moll, Kurt; Popp, Lucia; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sass, Sylvia; Sramek, Alfred; Vocals], Bernd Weikl [Baritone
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus

Margaret Price is one of the finest Mozartian sopranos of her generation and Lucia Popp gives a truly exquisite portrayal of the peasant girl Zerlina....continue...