Romantic Period > Bonynge, Richard

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...

La Stupenda: The Glory of Joan Sutherland. Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Regiment; Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur; Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; plus a gala concert with Lucian Pavarotti. Australian Opera, Richard Bonynge [6 DVDs]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-10-30

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La fille du régiment, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Performers: Allman, Robert; Austin, Anson; Begg, Heather; Elkins, Margreta; Grant, Clifford; Johnston, Suzanne; Pringle, John; Shaw, John; Stevens, Ronald; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Thane, Amanda; Wegner, John; Yu...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethen Sydney Orchestra

This unique 5 DVD collection brings together, for the first time, the legendary Australian soprano Joan Sutherland in four key dramatic coloratura roles that were...continue...
Run Time: 725 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTXC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.0
Subtitles: English
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William Vincent Wallace: Chopinesque; Le Zéphyr; Le Chant des Oiseaux; Woodland Murmurs et al. / Rosemary Tuck, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-09-25

Works: William Vincent Wallace: Polonaise de Wilna, for 2 pianos; Nocturne Melodique, for piano; La Sympathie, waltz for piano; Le Zéphyr, nocturne for piano; Souvenir de Cracovie, mazurka for piano; W...
Performers: Bonynge, Richard; Tuck, Rosemary
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: ; Tait Chamber Orchestra

The scintillating virtuoso pianist and composer William Vincent Wallace wrote a sheaf of memorable compositions for his instrument. He met the huge demand for sheet...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...

Edita Gruberova, soprano: The Teldec Recordings - Mozart, Haydn, Donizetti, Verdi, R. Strauss [4 CD]

4 CD / Teldec / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mia speranza adorata...Ah, non sai qual pena, K 416; Voi avete un cor fedele, K 217; No, che non sei capace, K 419; Ma che vi fece...Sperai vicino il lido, K 368; Misera! dov...
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Holl, Robert; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Tachezi, Herbert
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Bonynge, Richard; Rizzi, Carlo

Edita Gruberová (born December 23, 1946) is one of the most acclaimed coloraturas of recent decades. She is noted for her great tonal clarity, agility,...continue...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...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...

Bellini: Norma / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Caballé, Ramey

3 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Welsh National Opera Orchestra

Artists:
Joan Sutherland (Norma), Luciano Pavarotti (Pollione), Montserrat Caballé (Adalgisa), Samuel Ramey (Oroveso)
Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall (11/1984/12/1984)....continue...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, Ghiaurov

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Poli, Pier Francesco
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Roayl Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

Artists:
Joan Sutherland (Lucia), Luciano Pavarotti (Edgardo), Sherrill Milnes (Enrico), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Raimondo), Ryland Davies (Arturo), Huguette Tourangeau (Alisa), Pier Francesco Poli...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (06/28/1971-06/16/1971)....continue...

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...

Icon - Luciano Pavarotti / 'O Sole Mio, Nessun Dorma!, Mattinata, et al.

1 CD / Decca / 2011-09-27

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; P...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Guadagno, Anton; Karajan, Herbert von; Gamba, Piero; Rescigno, Nicola; Bonynge, Richard; Magiera, Leone; Mehta, Zubin

In the strictest sense of the word, the late Pavarotti was truly an Icon. With a career spanning almost 50 years, Pavarotti was heralded throughout...continue...

The Opera Show

2 CD / / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball); Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers); Tancredi; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Th...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Campbell, Fiona; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Do...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Frizza, Riccardo; Divall, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Varviso, Silvio; Armiliato, Marco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Do...

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

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

Stellar Sopranos

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

Works: Victor Massé: La Reine topaze (The Topaz Queen); Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann (The Tales of Hoffmann); Un mari à la porte (A Husband at the Door); George Frederick Handel: Giuli...
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Matthews, Emma; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Price, Leontyne; Serra, Luciana; Streich, Rita; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Dyer, Paul; Davis, Colin; Pritchard, John; Leinsdorf, Erich; Tang, Muhai; Rudner, Ola; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Hager, Leopold; Gaebel, Kurt

Léo Delibes: Lakmé / Joan Sutherland, Bonynge, Sydney Opera House

2 CD / Opera Australia / 2011-07-12

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

Superstar soprano Dame Joan Sutherland gives a thrilling, nuanced performance in Delibe's Lakmé, a lush, lyrical, and exotic tale of a doomed romance between a...continue...
Recording information: Sydney Opera House (08/18/1976)....continue...

Giuseepi Verdi: Il Trovatore / Joan Sutherland, Richard Bonynge

2 CD / Opera Australia / 2011-07-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus

Fiery and full-blooded, Verdi's Il trovatore is a masterpiece of obsession, madness, and revenge with an intricate plot that binds a mysterious gypsy woman, two...continue...
Recording information: Sydney Opera House (07/02/1983)....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...

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...

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...

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

Bravo Pavarotti [2 CDs]

2 CD / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Ernani; Il trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; M...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Krause, Tom; Luccardi, Giancarlo; Milnes, Sherrill; Morresi, Gius...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; Maag, Peter; Chailly, Riccardo; B...

This 2-for-1 CD set celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Pavarotti (10/12/1935). Known worldwide as the superstar of stadium concerts and sporting...continue...

Bravo Pavarotti [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Ernani; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K 366; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'...
Performers: Clark, Graham; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Talvela, Martti
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Rescigno, Nicola; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Welsh N...

This DVD celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Pavarotti (10/12/1935). Known worldwide as the superstar of stadium concerts and sporting spectaculars, Luciano...continue...
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Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish and Chinese
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Musical Handyman

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjez; Georges ...
Performers: Duck-Chong, Jenny; Dudman, Michael; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Morgan, Alison; Munro, Ian; Olding, Dene; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne; Schaupp, Karin; Spina, Rosario La; Tedeschi, Si...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Northey, Benjamin; Woods, Thomas; Dommett, Leonard; Measham, David; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Challender, Stuart; Swierczewski, Michel; Nicholls, Christopher; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope,...

Wallace: Lurline

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-29

Works: William Vincent Wallace: Lurline, opera
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

The Lorelei Rock in the Rhine River on which the siren Lurline played her enchanting harp to lure fishermen to a watery grave is the...continue...
Recording information: Cosmo Rodewald Hall, Martin Harris Centre, Univerisity (06/27/2009-06/28/2009)....continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Tears On Toast: Opera's Greatest Tragedies & Triumphs

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; The Girl of the Golden West; Charles Gounod: Faust; ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Barker, Cheryl; Bartoli, Cecilia; Begg, Heather; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Elvin, William; Fowle...
Conductors: Fritzsch, Johannes; Noseda, Gianandrea; Bonynge, Richard; Summers, Patrick; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Divall, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hogwood, Christopher; Karajan, Herbert vo...

Verdi: Il Trovatore

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Spoken Word: Interview with Luciano Pavarotti
Performers: Burgess, Gary; Davies, John; Duykers, John; Grant, Clifford; Obraztsova, Yelena; Pavarotti, Luciano; Roark, Linda; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Malas, Spiro; Sullivan, Daniel; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Tourangeau, Huguette; Ulfung, Ragnar; Way, Nolan Van; Yarnell, Bruce
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Léo Delibes: Lakmé

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Allen, Betty; Bacquier, Gabriel; Cioni, Renato; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Makas, Maxine; Maraslian, Alicia; Moral, Luciano del; Opthof, Cornelis; Pierce, Jacqueline; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Toura...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola

Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Music That Moves Me

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-11-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor; Arthur Bliss: Morning Heroes; Edward Elgar: Variations on an ...
Performers: Aarset, Eivind; Anderson, Marian; Hammond, Joan, Dame; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Henriksen, Arve; Maaref, Dhafer Ben Youssef; Robeson, Paul; Tedeschi, Susan
Conductors: Heward, Leslie; Bonynge, Richard; Kibblewhite, Michael; Barbirolli, John; Collingwood, Lawrance; Cave, Philip; Noble, Ray; Porcelijn, David

Adam: Giselle / Bonynge, Cullberg Ballet, Monte-Carlo National Opera Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-10-27

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Giselle
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

"My version of Biselle is an attempt at retelling the story." The Swedish choreographer, Mats Ek, made dance history in 1982 with his compelling, bizarrely...continue...
Run Time: 89 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Legends: The Three Tenors

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funicul&a...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; López-Cobos, Jesús; Müller, Eduardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin

Personnel: Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Luciano Pavarotti (tenor).

Includes work(s): medley: west side story (bernstein) / o p by various composers....continue...

The Best of Joan Sutherland Vol. 2 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-07-28

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; La fille du régiment; Lucrezia Borgia; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus; L...
Performers: Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Orchestra

This program, live from Sydney Opera House, contains highlights of her stage performance including 'Il Trovatore', 'Ladme', 'Norma' and more....continue...
Run Time: 76 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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Strauss: Die Fledermaus / Sutherland, Gard, Begg, Austin [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-06-30

Works: Johann Strauss Jr.: Die Fledermaus
Performers: Austin, Anson; Begg, Heather; Gard, Robert; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

Created by the waltz king Johann Strauss, 'Die Fledermaus' is the dizzyingly silly story of Eisenstein who would rather party than go to jail; his...continue...
Run Time: 172 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Ballet Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2009-06-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Swan Lake; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Jules Massenet: La Vierge;...
Performers: Golan, Ron
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Agoult, Raymond; Zinman, David; Dorati, Antal; Dutoit, Charles; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir

Hand-picked from Decca's world-renowned catalog of recordings, and featuring the Vienna Philharmonic, London Symphony Orchestra, Cleveland Orchestra among many others, the 'Adagios' series has consist...continue...

Celeste Aida - The Verdi Album / Luciano Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2009-05-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Coni, Paolo; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gibbs, John; Kavrakos, Dimitri; King, Malcolm; Lambriks, Marjon; Lloyd...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharm...

This special collection of great Verdi tenor arias is taken from Luciano Pavarotti's classic recordings - all made in the prime of his career. The...continue...

Ultimate Classical Dreams - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pietro Mascagni: Cava...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Berbie, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Boskovsky, Willi; Breitenbach, Gunther; Brown, Iona; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Fassbaender, Brigitte [M...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick; Zinman, David; Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Munchinger, Karl; Tate, Jeffrey; Davis, Colin; Malcolm, George; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, Is...
Ensemble: ; Borodin Quartet; Weller Quartet

For Mother - A Classical Bouquet

4 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-10

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Symphony no 2 in E ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Cohen, Franklin; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Goossens, Marie; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Har...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Khachaturian, Aram; Solti, Sir Georg; Segal, Uri; Agoult, Raymond; Kempe, Rudolf; Gavazzeni, Giana...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

In time for Mother's Day comes this new box-set, a bouquet of classical gems for every mother's music library. This 4-CD set includes a wide-range...continue...

Tchaikovsky Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Romeo & Juliet; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; C...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hajdu, Istvan [Piano]; Josefowicz, Leila; Kotova, Nina; Moll, Phillip; Postnikova, Viktoria; Sakonov, Josef; Schnitzler, Mic...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles; Karajan, Herbert von; Maazel, Lorin; Haitink, Bernard; Stokowski, Leopold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dorati, Antal; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Orbel...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Moscow Chamber Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orc...

This release is the perfect CD for those who would like an introduction to the music of Tchaikovsky, one of the best selling composer's of...continue...

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...

Originals - Donizetti: La fille du régiment / Bonynge, Sutherland, Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-02-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento
Performers: Bruyere, Jules; Coates, Edith; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Gorde, Omar; Jones, Alan; Malas, Spiro; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sinclair, Monica; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The classic recording is now available at mid-price for the first time! Recorded in 1967, the recording features Joan Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti at the...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

TV Commercial Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for Clarinet in A major,...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Best, Roy; Brennan, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Fowles, Glenys; Janes, Fiona; Kameneva, Vera; Macliver, Sara; Montgomery, Belinda; Morgan, Alison; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Greene, Andrew; Dommett, Leonard; Anderson, Richard; Stanhope, David; Stenz, Markus; Divall, Richard; Milton, Nicholas; Rizzi, Carlo; Pi...

Was a tv ad for pasta sauce your introduction to italian opera? Did mozart first grab your attention when his music was used to sell...continue...

Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Christmas Traditional: Good King ...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bonney, Barbara; Clark, Patricia; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; McNair, Sylvia; Price, Leontyne; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Ka...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delfs, Andreas; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard; Marin, Ion; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pinnock, Trevor; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Guadagno, Anton; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; R...

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and...continue...

Vienna, City of My Dreams

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-10-07

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut (Vienna Blood), operetta (arr. & edited by A. Müller); Casanova; Carl Zeller: Der Vogelhändler; Der Obersteiger; Rudolf Sieczynski: Wien, du Stadt meiner Tr&#...
Performers: Bowman, Calvin; Cook, Jan; Kenny, Yvonne; Smith, Wilma; Vries, Doug de
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Despite being the city where Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Brahms, Berg and Schoenberg lived and created many of their greater masterpieces, many people still consider...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