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Rossini: Semiramide / Bonynge, Sutherland, Horne

3 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide
Performers: Clark, Patricia; Fyson, Leslie; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Langdon, Michael; Malas, Spiro; Rouleau, Joseph; Serge, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

"To give Mr. Bonynge his due, he inspires a memorable account of the title role in "Semiramide" from Ms. Sutherland in this classic recording from...continue...

Puccini: Manon Lescaut / Bartoletti, Caballé, Domingo

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Dickerson, Bernard; Domingo, Placido; Howell, Gwynne; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Mangin, Noel; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Sardinero, Vicente; Tear, Robert; van Allan, Richar...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Britten Conducts Britten Operas Vol 1

8 CD / Decca / 2004-10-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; Owen Wingrave, opera, Op. 85; Billy Budd, Op. 50; Peter Grimes
Performers: Amit, Sheila; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bowman, David; Brannigan, Owen; Bryn-Jones, Delme; Bush, Henry; Cantelo, April; Coleby, Geoffrey; Dempsey, Gregory; Douglas, Nigel; Drake, Brya...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

These recordings of four of Britten's operas conducted by the composer are all classics. Owen Wingrave remains unique as an audio recording and this reissue...continue...

Britten: Billy Budd / Britten, London SO

3 CD / Decca Import / 2004-09-14

Works: Benjamin Britten: Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35; Songs and Proverbs of W. Blake, song cycle for baritone & piano, Op. 74; Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers: Bowman, David; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Brannigan, Owen; Britten, Benjamin; Bryn-Jones, Delme; Bush, Henry; Coleby, Geoffrey; Dempsey, Gregory; Drake, Bryan; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Garrett, ...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Massenet: Manon / Rudel, Sills, Gedda, New Philharmonia

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-07-12

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Castel, Nico; Gedda, Nicolai; Kern, Patricia; Raynaud, Michele; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Souzay, Gérard; T'hezan, Helia; Trempont, Michel
Conductors: Rudel, Julius
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

With the critical acclaim and outstanding sales success of 'The Three Queens', 'Lucia di lammermoor', 'The Tales of Hoffman' and 'I Puritani', Beverly Sills remains...continue...

Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-05-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereu...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Gedda, Nicolai; Glossop, Peter; Kern, Patricia; MacDonald, Kenneth; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Treigle, Norman; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Jalas, Jussi; Levine, James; Ceccato, Aldo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Buckley, Emerson
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The track list on this 2-disc set has been carefully chosen and endorsed by Beverly Sills herself, and includes a track from Norma for the...continue...

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...

Mozart - The Greatest Hits

2 CD / Decca / 2002-07-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Gran Partita; Ave verum corpus; Symp...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anda, Geza; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Baltsa, Agnes; Bar, Olaf; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Gilels, Elena; Grumiaux, Arthu...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Anda, Géza; De Waart, Edo; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Wind Ensemble; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vi...

Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots /Bonynge, Sutherland, Arroyo, et al

4 CD / Decca / 2001-09-11

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Hugenoten
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Bacquier, Gabriel; Clement, Joseph; Cossa, Dominic; Coster, Janet; Gibbs, John; Grant, Clifford; Lehane, Maureen; Noble, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Mad About Italian Opera

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-09-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Gaetano...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Baniewicz, Vera; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gullino, Walter; Larmore, Jennifer; Mora, Fernando de la; Pavarotti, Luc...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Karajan, Herbert von; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Sinopoli, Freni, Carreras, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1989-01-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Curtis, Mark; Freni, Mirella; Howarth, Judith; Katagiri, Hitomi; Komatsu, Hidenori; Laciura, Anthony; Pons, Juan; Rorholm...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Verdi: Rigoletto / Bonynge, Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes

2 CD / Decca / 1985-05-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Cassinelli, Ricardo; Clement, Joseph; Gibbs, John; Grant, Clifford; Knight, Gillian; Milnes, Sherrill; Noble, John; Pavarotti, Luciano; Plessis, Christian du; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Talvela, Martti;...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus