Romantic Period > Catalani, Alfredo

Essential Film Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K.183; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K....
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bell, David [Organ]; Callas, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hough, Stephen; Koopman, Ton; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Little, Tasmin; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Abel, David [Violin]; Previn, Andre; Love, Geoff; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Ormandy, Eugene; Barbi...

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...

Cellocinema - music for cello & piano by Rota, Herrmann, Piazzolla, Catalani, Janacek, Chaplin et al. / Eckart Runge, cello; Jacques Ammon, piano

1 CD / Genuin / 2012-09-25

Works: Nino Rota: 8 1/2; Tom Waits: Helsinki Mood; Bernard Herrmann: Psycho; Astor Piazzolla: Tanti Anni Prima; Vuelvo al sur, tango song; Regreso al amor, tango song (from Sur); Carlos Gardel: Por una cabe...
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Ensemble: Cello Project

Whatever the cello project does Eckart Runge and Jacques Ammon carry us off into faraway worlds, enchanting us like the magicians of the Big Screen....continue...

The Art of Renee Fleming - in music of Richard Rodgers, JS Bach, Handel, Bernstein, Puccini, Schubert, Gershwin et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Ave Maria; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Antoni...
Performers: Anderson, Rusty; Beroukhim, Cyrus; Fleming, Renee; Gerlach, Alexis Pia; Hakim, William; Hartley, David; Kahne, David; Mills, Jesse; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Pearce, Steve; Pelton, Shawn; Salmins, Ral...
Conductors: Delfs, Andreas; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Gergiev, Valery; Levine, James; Barenboim, Daniel; Bicket, Harry; Gemignani, Paul; Summers, Patrick

A new priority album of the very best from the world's favorite soprano, released to coincide with a major international TV appearance

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Lyric and Coloratura Arias - by Boito, Catalani, Cherubini, Cilea, Spontini, Giordan, Meyerbeer at al. / Maria Callas, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: ...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; La Scala Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

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

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...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...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...

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

Homage to Maria Callas / Soprano Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valenti, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

A Vocal Portrait: Operatic recital 1957; RAI broadcasts 1955/56, etc. / Anita Cerquetti, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; I Vespri Siciliani; Nabucco; Ernani; La Forza del Destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaspare Spontini: Agnese di Hohenstraufen; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Pon...
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio;
Ensemble: ; RAI Concerto, Milan

Born in 1931, Anita Cerquetti had a short (eight-year) period of fame from 1952 to 1960, receiving great acclaim for her performances of Norma, Aida...continue...

Homage to Maria Callas [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valentini, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

The Callas Effect / Standard Edition

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...

The Callas Effect / Delux Edition: 2 CDs plus DVD Video

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...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; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
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

Magnifico Brass Quintet: Eternal Source of Brass Divine / Shikego Hata, soprano

1 CD / Indesens / 2011-09-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: In furorw justissimae irae, RV 626; Gloria; George Frederick Handel: Samson; Jules Cesar; Xerses; Birthday Ode for Queen Ann; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: Madame Butt...
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Ensemble: Magnifica Brass Quintet

The union of voice and brass instruments creates a subtle alchemy full of emotion in these gems of vocal repertoire, from Handel and Vivaldi to...continue...
Recording information: Eglise Saint-Eliphe de Rampillon (04/2010-08/2010)....continue...

Alois Unerhört: The Boy and His Voice / Franz Farnberger, piano

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-08-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicc...
Performers: Bayer, Benjamin; Farnberger, Franz; Kohne, Karsten; Muhlbacher, Alois; Schlogl, Christoph

Recording information: Stift St. Florian (2009-2010)....continue...

Classics at the Movies

4 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-08-09

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Davis, Catherine; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Gifford, Duncan; Goodman, Isador; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Hunter, Rita; Ivashkin...
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

Canzone e Cantate / Franco Fagioli, countertenor - Vivaldi, Handel, Paisiello, et al.

1 CD / Carus / 2011-07-26

Works: Girolamo Frescobaldi: Arie musicali Bk.1 no 15, Se l'aura spira, in 3 sections for solo voice; Arie musicali Bk.2 no 9, A miei pianti, al fine un di, aria for solo voice; Claudio Monteverdi: Scherzi ...
Performers: Fagioli, Franco; Frezzato, Marco; Halubek, Jorg; Pianca, Luca

Recording information: Hans-Rosbaud-Studio, Baden-Baden, Germany (06/14/2010-06/19/2010)....continue...

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Dian...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

Classical 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-05

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Karl Jenkins: Gloria; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Stabat Mater; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto ...
Performers: Adès, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Capu...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Müller, Eduardo; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Prizeman, Robert; ; Gergiev, Valery; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Serafin, Tullio; Nézet-Sé...
Ensemble: ; Quatuor Ebène ; Scottish Ensemble

With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of classical favorites, this double album features the best and most popular names in classical music, ranging from...continue...

Italian Intermezzo: Music Without Words

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2011-01-25

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Suor Angelica; Edgar, opera; Alfredo Catalani: Loreley; La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Siberia; Fedora; Amilcare Ponchielli: La ...
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea

The intermezzi recorded on this CD are, in the main, orchestral mood-painting interludes found in the great Italian operatic repertoire of the 19th and early...continue...
Recording information: Studio 7, New Broadcasting House, Manchester....continue...

Opera Arias / Marie-Josée Lord

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-11-16

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Michel Berger: Starmania; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Andrea ...
Performers: Lord, Marie-Josee
Conductors: Pietraroia, Giuseppe

Recording information: Église Saint-Ferdinand, Laval, Québec, Canada (06/2010)....continue...

Opera Arias / Barbara Hendricks

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; Claude Debussy: L'Enfant prodigue; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress; Francesco Cilèa: Adri...
Performers: Collerette, Helene; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Olivier Messiaen, Radio France, Paris (2002-12-16_2002-12-21&2003-)....continue...

Il Mito dell'Opera: Nicola Martinucci

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2010-08-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; I Lombardi Alla Prima Crociata; Attila; La Forza del Destino; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohéme; Tosca; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Tur...
Performers: Martinucci, Nicola

Recording information: 1976-1996....continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

Zen Voices

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Caballe, Montserrat; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Hallenberg, Ann; Hendricks, Barbara...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Equilbey, Laurence; Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, A...
Ensemble: ; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Kammer Ensemble de Paris; Nash Ensemble

Opera Arias, Vol. 1

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-03-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Othello; La Forza Del Destino; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca;...
Performers: Gullberg, Maria
Conductors: Gotta, Antonello

Umberto Giordano: Siberia

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Umberto Giordano: Sibera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Farina, Ida; Ferrara, Mario; Galo, Gino; Gencer, Leyla; Guggia, Mario; Lazzarini, Adriana; Londi, Laura; Maragliano, Luisa; Mazzini, Guido; Mazzotta, Paolo; Monachesi, ...
Conductors: Belardinelli, Danilo

Catalani: Loreley

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Alfredo Catalani: Loreley
Performers: Cavalieri, Anna de; Colella, Alfredo; Gigli, Rina; Guelfi, Piero; Ken Neate
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo

Birgit Nilsson: Rarities

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Kornblumen ("Kornblumen nenn' ich die Gestalten"), song for voice & piano, Op. 22/1 (TrV 153/1); Lieder (5), Op. 48; Lieder (8), Op. 10;...
Performers: Cox, Jean; Hallgren, Carl-Axel; Jonsson, Folke; Leitner, Ferdinand; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Norlin, Ingegard; Schymberg, Hjordis; Soderstrom, Elisabeth; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Widgren...
Conductors: Sandberg, Herbert; Leitner, Ferdinand; Celibidache, Sergiu; Kinsky, Roberto

Arturo Toscanini: Anthology 1

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2010-02-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: work(s); Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Loreley; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa; Paul Dukas: L'...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

In Toscanini's later years, when he was mainly serving the vast American radio audience, Toscanini programmed shorter and lighter pieces alongside the great symphonies and...continue...

Catalani: LA Wally

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-11-03

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Kaufmann, Julie; Titus, Alan
Conductors: Steinberg, Pinchas

Recording information: Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk (10/06/1989-10/21/1989)....continue...

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

Cheryl Barker sings Great Operatic Arias

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-09-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jake Heggie: The End of the Affair; Ric...
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Dazeley, William; Keith, Gillian
Conductors: Parry, David

Following her superb performances as Emilia in 'The Macropulos Case' and in the title role of 'Katya Kabanova' and 'Madam Butterfly' for the Opera in...continue...

Verismo / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; La Rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: Iris; Lodoletta; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Zaz&...
Performers: Armani, Gilles; Calabrese, Marco; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Chacon-Cruz, Arturo; Dessi, Annalisa; Fleming, Renee; Gomez, Carlos; Kaufmann, Jonas; Latis, Emma; Mencaroni, Lucia; Saito, Kaoru; Vignudelli, Ba...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

America's favorite soprano celebrates the red-blooded passion and drama of Italian opera with sumptuous arias by Puccini and his contemporaries - composers of the verismo...continue...

La Divina

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-09-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I P...
Performers: Barbesi, Attilio; Callas, Maria; Caselli, Dario; Gedda, Nicolai; Germont, Alfredo; Vercelli, Angela
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Basile, Arturo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele

Recital at Wigmore Hall / Nelly Miricioiu, David Harper

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Henri Duparc: L'invitation au voyage; Soupir; Chanson triste; Enrique Granados: Colección de tonadillas; Ottorino Respighi: Notturno; Liriche (6), Set 1; Canti (5) all'antica; L'ultima ebbrezza;...
Performers: Harper, David; Miricioiu, Nelly

Divos & Divas

2 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Agustín Lara: Granada; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Borodina, Olga; Caballe, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dan, Elena; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego...
Conductors: Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Armiliato, Marco; Gemignani, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; Müller, Eduardo...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; ...

Divos & Divas is a unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today and includes a galaxy of...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ester Mazzoleni

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-08-11

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bruno, Elisa; Mazzoleni, Ester; Petri, Elisa; Viñas, Francisco; Zenatello, Giovanni

Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...

Two Divas: Callas & Tebaldi - The Greatest Sopranos of All Time

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2009-04-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ave Maria; La traviata; Otello; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Um...
Performers: Callas, Maria; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors:
Ensemble: Mexico City Palacio de Bellas Artes Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra; Orchestra De La Suisse Romande; Orchestra Di Milano Della Rai; Orchestra Sinfonica...

Icon - Franco Corelli - Schubert, Verdi, Puccini, Massenet, Rossini, etc

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Luisa Miller; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Ernani; Un ballo in maschera; ...
Performers: Amara, Lucine; Bumbry, Grace; Corelli, Franco; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Gobbi, Tito; Lazzarini, Adriana; Mazzini, Guido; Mercuriali, Angelo; Modesti, Giuseppe...
Conductors: Ferraris, Franco; Serafin, Tullio; Schippers, Thomas; Pedrazzoli, Eduardo; Mehta, Zubin; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Lombard, Alain; Mingardo, Raffaele

With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence, and film-star good looks, tenor Franco Corelli was one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. These 4...continue...

Renée Fleming by Request

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588;...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fleming, Renée; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Opera's Greatest Moments

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Aida, opera; La traviata; Rigoletto; Alfredo Catalani:...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Borowska, Joanna; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Ferrarini, Alida; Gauci, Miriam; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Ionata, Maria Pia; Kohutkova, Adriana; Kwon, Hellen; Lamberti, Giorgio;...
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Wildner, Johannes; Halász, Michael; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Rahbari, Alexander; Leitner, Konrad; Morandi, Pier G.

All the opera you'll ever need! This 2-CD set compiles the world's most famous arias and choruses from the greatest operas of all time....continue...

Living a Dream

1 CD / Decca / 2009-01-27

Works: Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Francesco Sartori: Canto della terra, song; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phanto...
Performers: Bold, M.; Finch, Catrin; Jenkins, Katherine; Paracelli, J.
Conductors: Inglis, Anthony

Katherine Jenkins' Italian-language version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" ("L'Amore Sei Tu"), first performed live at Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire on August...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); The Prague Symphony (various instruments); J. Paracelli (guitar); Guillo (keyboards); M. Bold (percussion).

Originally released in Europe in 2005 b...continue...

Classics at the Movies/Various

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-01-27

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 ac...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Goodman, Isador; Kameneva, Vera; Kenny, Yvonne; Sheldon, Jane; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

Icon - Victoria de los Angeles - The Voice of an Angel Sings Puccini, Verdi, etc

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Alfredo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Borelli, Giannella; Christoff, Boris; Croisier, Marcelle; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Drolc, Eduard; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Gerard, Jean-Claude...
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe; Robinson, Stanford; Susskind, Walter; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele; Cellini, Renato; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, Andr...

The distinguished Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles was one of the best-loved classical singers of the 20th century. With a voice of exceptional beauty,...continue...