Romantic Period > Chailly, Riccardo

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...

Viva Verdi: Overtures & Preludes / Riccardo Chailly

1 CD / Decca / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliana; Alzira; La traviata; Il corsaro; Nabucco; Jérusalem (Original Version (libr. from 1843 "I Lombardi")); Jérusalem; Giovanna d'Arco; Aida, opera; Macbeth...
Performers: Ferrando, Mauro; Meloni, Fabrizio; Prandino, Luisa; Thouand, Fabien; Zoni, Marco
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica Della Scala

Wiiner of the 2012 ECHO Award for "Conductor of the Year" and one of the world's most respected maestros Riccardo Chailly celebrates Verdi's bicentenary year...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium di Milano (06/05/2012-06/11/2012)....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...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Bartoli, Matteuzzi, Dara, Corbelli, Pertusi

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Orchestra e coro del Teatro Communale di Bologna

"All eyes and ears, inevitably, are on Bartoli, and she doesn't disappoint...The singing itself is ravishing. At the same time, the performance makes dramatic sense...Decca...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Comunale di Bologna (06/22/1992-07/02/1992)....continue...

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia / Cecilia Bartoli, Alessandro Corbelli, Ramon Vargas

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia
Performers: Bullo, Massimiliano
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Orchestra

Artists:
Cecilia Bartoli (Fiorilla), Ramon Vargas (Narciso), Michele Pertusi (Selim), Laura Polverelli (Zaida), Alessandro Corbelli (Don Geronio), Roberto De Candia (Prosdocimo), Francesco P...continue...
Recording information: Sala Verdi, Conservatorio di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi", M (07/07/1997-07/18/1997)....continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Pavarotti, Nucci, Anderson, Ghiaurov, Verrett

2 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo

Artists:
Leo Nucci (Rigoletto), June Anderson (Gilda), Luciano Pavarotti (Il Duca di Mantova), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile), Shirley Verrett (Maddalena), Vitalba Mosca (Giovanna), Natale d...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Comunale di Bologna (06/1988)....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...

The World's Greatest Operas / Carmen, Aida, Tosca, Magic Flute [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Decca / 2011-10-24

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Amsellem, Norah; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bespalovaite, Irena; DAEArcangelo, Ildebrando; Damrau, Diana; Gerhaher, Christian; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Groves, Paul; Grundheber, Franz; Gu...
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony; Chailly, Riccardo; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra;...

The World's Greatest Operas is a 6 DVD Deluxe set, containing 4 of the most famous and most performed operas - Aida, Carmen, Die Zauberflöte...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Chailly, Pendatchanska, Custer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-01-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Custer, Manuela; Palazzi, Mirco; Pendatchanska, Alexandrina; Secco, Stefano
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Leipzig Opera Chorus

"On the occasion of the 140th anniversary of the composer's death, crowds gathered at the Leipziger Gewandhaus to witness a world-class performance of one of...continue...
Run Time: 85 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Latin, English, Germa...continue...

Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music / Schumann, Mendelssohn, etc [5 DVD]

5 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-10-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Richard Strauss...
Performers: Argerich, Martha; Erben, Frank-Michael; Shaham, Gil
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Masur, Kurt; Haenchen, Hartmut; Abbado, Claudio; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach; Sachsische Staatskapelle Dresden

Definitive performances of five of the great masterpieces of the orchestral repertoire, combined with essential documentary introductions. Legendary pianist Martha Argerich brings her unique intensity...continue...
Run Time: 335 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...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...

Schumann: Piano Concerto, Symphony No. 4 / Argerich, Chailly [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2010-02-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Carnaval, Op. 9; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Performers: Argerich, Martha
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Martha Argerich has long been hailed as one of the greatest and most uniquely imaginative pianists. This legendary Argentinean musician is surrounded by an aura...continue...
Run Time: 93 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
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Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Mendelssohn Discoveries / Riccardo Chailly

1 CD / Decca / 2009-10-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Work(s); Concerto for Piano in E minor; Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"
Performers: Prosseda, Roberto
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Conductor Riccardo Chailly continues his long association with the Gewandhausorchester with this all-new recording of Mendelssohn. Each work was influenced by the composer's travels to...continue...

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...

Rossini: La Cenerentola / Chailly/VPO, Murray, Araiza, Quilico [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-06-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Berry, Walter; Denning, Angela; Evangelatos, Daphne; Murray, Ann; Quilico, Gino; Schone, Wolfgang
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus

This witty production of the classic Cinderella fairy tale, 'La Cenerentola', by Gioacchino Rossini, is performed by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra and Chorus at the...continue...
Run Time: 171 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, English, German, French, Spanish
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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

Romantic Masterpieces, Performances & Documentaries / Brahms, Mendelssohn, Schumann / Shaham, Abbado, Argerich [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-03-31

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Vio...
Performers: Argerich, Martha; Erben, Frank-Michael; Shaham, Gil
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

This box set combines some of the most famous and beloved works of the Romantic period, which - with all their lyrical emotion, their colorful...continue...
Run Time: 265 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Brahms: Violin Concerto, Double Concerto / Repin, Mork, Chailly, Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-03-17

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"
Performers: Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech; Wahlgren, Henrik
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This highly anticipated second DG release from Vadim Repin, one of today's most celebrated violinists, features Brahms' romantic Violin Concerto and Double Concerto. As a...continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos / Michiko Takahashi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

14 CD / RCO Live / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra; Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 5, Op. 50; Luigi Dallapiccola: Commiat...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Devos, Lode; Dorow, Dorothy; Hargan, Alison; Herbers, Werner; Kilduff, Barbara; Kim, Yong-Hee; Lewis, Keith; Meel, Nico van der; Olof, Theo; Oosterkamp, Wou...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kondrashin, Kirill; Vis, Lucas; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Davis, Colin; Järvi, Neeme; Dorati, Antal; Cerha, Friedrich; B...

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a transcription in sound of the concert-giving history of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, based upon radio recordings from...continue...

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...

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...

Verdi: Aida, Alagna, Urmana, Chailly/La Scala [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Decca / 2008-11-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Komlosi, Ildiko; Spotti, Marco; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This DVD features the high-profile new production from La Scala in Milan, filmed before Roberto Alagna's sensational departure! The spectacular new production by veteran director/designer...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
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The Pavarotti Story

4 CD / Decca / 2008-04-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Otello; I lombar...
Performers: Bono; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eno, Brian; Evans, David; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; John, Elton; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Kerns, Ric...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Patanè, George; Rescigno, Nicola; Chailly, Riccardo; Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Levine, James; Kertész, Istv...

This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of...continue...
Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Dr. David Evans , Elton John, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Joan Sutherland (soprano); Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Jane Shaulis (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, ...continue...

Ultimate Piano Concertos - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-03-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Felix ...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Bolet, Jorge; Curzon, Clifford; Kovacevich, Stephen; Ortiz, Cristina; Postnikova, Viktoria
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Atzmón, Moshe; Chailly, Riccardo; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Davis, Colin; Inbal, Eliahu
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

A must for piano fans, the great concerti by Chopin, Grieg and Rachmaninov are featured in this set, alongside Mozart, Beethoven and Schumann. Presenting some...continue...

Verdi: Aida (Zeffirelli) / Alagna, Urmana, Chailly/Teatro alla Scala [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2008-02-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Komlosi, Ildiko; Spotti, Marco; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This DVD features the high-profile new production from La Scala in Milan, filmed before Roberto Alagna’s sensational departure! The spectacular new production by veteran director/designer...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Schumann/Mahler: Complete Symphonies / Chailly, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-02-19

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

The Gewandhaus Orchestra - under it's Music Director Riccardo Chailly - brings generations of authentic "romantic" style to performances of all four Schumann symphonies. These...continue...

Verdi: Macbeth / Chailly/Bologna Teatro Orch., Verrett, Nucci, Ramey, [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth
Performers: Barasorda, Antonio; Luchetti, Veriano; Nucci, Leo; Ramey, Samuel; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra

This story of a ruthlessly ambitious Scottish lord who seizes the throne with the help of his scheming wife and a trio of witches was...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music: Robert Schumann / Argerich, Chailly [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2007-11-20

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Performers: Argerich, Martha
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Gewandhausorchester Leipzig

Volume V of the 20-part DVD series "Discovering Masterpieces of Classical Music" features one of the world’s most fascinating pianists, highlighting piano repertoire from the...continue...
Run Time: 63 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Germany
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Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Schumann: Symphonies 2 & 4; Mahler / Chailly, Gewandhaus Orchestra

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61; Genoveva, Op. 81; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This album of Schumann's Symphonies 2 and 4 produces a winning formula of an all-Schumann program performed by the orchestra of Shumann's home town, with...continue...

Tenor

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-01-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao); Missa Solenne (Messa di Gloria); Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia de...
Performers: Basrak, Karen; Binelli, Daniel; Bruton, Laura; Ciapponi, Raffaella; Clay, William; CollinsBray, Shields; Decosta, Adriana Voirin; Florez, Juan Diego; Galvez, David; Mijalovic, Nikola; Shih, Michael
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Frizza, Riccardo; Harth Bedoya, Miguel; Chailly, Riccardo; Rousset, Christophe

UK-only release from Peru's finest vocalist, the obvious successor to Luciano Pavorotti's throne. Although comparisons to Pavorotti are warranted, Florez' main inspiration is Spanish tenor...continue...

Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos, Romance / Janine Jansen, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2007-01-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Max Bruch: Romance for Viola and Orchestra, Op. 85; Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Jansen, Janine; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

"Her violin tone is distinctive, clear and bright, not at all fruity in a conventional way, encouraging her to take a light, athletic view of...continue...

Brahms: 4 Symphonies / Chailly, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Asko Ensemble

3 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Academic Festival Overture in C minor, Op. 80; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"Mr. Chailly's Brahms was not as intense as Arturo Toscanini's or as mystically compelling as Wilhelm Furtwangler's or, to name another Concertgebouw predecessor, Willem Mengelberg's....continue...

Rossini: Guglielmo Tell / Chailly, Milnes, Pavarotti, Freni

4 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell
Performers: Connell, Elizabeth; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Jones, Della; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Milnes, Sherrill; Noble, John; Pavarotti, Luciano; Suarez, Cesar Antonio; Tomli...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: National Philharmonic Orchestra

"Chailly's is a forceful reading, particularly strong in the many ensembles, and superbly recorded. Milnes makes a heroic Tell, always firm and Pavarotti sings the...continue...

Martha Argerich (pno), Schumann: Piano Concerto, Chailly/Gewandhausorchester [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-09-26

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120; Symphonic Etudes for Piano, Op. 13; Carnaval, Op. 9; Kinderszenen, Op. 15
Performers: Argerich, Martha
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Martha Argerich has long been hailed as one of the greatest and most uniquely imaginative pianists. This legendary Argentinean musician is surrounded by an aura...continue...
Run Time: 94 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Eng...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Pavarotti, Gruberova, Wixell, Chailly/VPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-07-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gruberova, Edita; Pavarotti, Luciano; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's authentic rendering of Verdi's 'Rigoletto' captures all the tenderness and tragedy of Verdi's heart-breaking drama. This production was filmed on location in 1981...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German, Spanish, Chinese
Country of Origin: USA
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Verdi: Ballo In Maschera Un / Massimiliano Pisapia, Franco Vassallo, Chiara Taigi, Annamaria Chiuri

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-06-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Chiuri, Anna Maria; Pisapia, Massimiliano; Taigi, Chiara; Vassallo, Franco; You, Eun Yee
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This DVD Video celebrates a double premiere at the Leipzig Opera from November 2005. Riccardo Chailly directs Verdi's "un ballo in maschera" for the first...continue...
Run Time: 137 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: En...continue...

Brahms: The Piano Concertos / Chailly, Freire, Gewandhaus

2 CD / Decca / 2006-05-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83
Performers: Freire, Nelson [Piano]
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

"Nelson Freire and Riccardo Chailly offer interpretations of both works that stand with the very best available. Recorded live, this must have been some pair...continue...

Felix Mendelssohn / Genwandhausorchester Leipzig / Anne Schwanewilms, Soprano, Petra-Maria Schnitzer

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-01-17

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; Psalm 114, Op. 51; Wolfgang Rihm: Verwandlung 2
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Riccardo Chailly appears in his inaugural concert as Music Director of the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig. This DVD Video includes a bonus film: Chailly in Leipzig. The...continue...
Run Time: 121 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: En...continue...

Mendelssohn: Sinfonie "Lobegesang", etc / Chailly, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2005-11-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Midsummer Night's Dream Overture, in E major Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"
Performers: Schnitzer, Petra Maria; Schwanewilms, Anne; Seiffert, Peter
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Opera Chorus

This live recording is Riccardo Chaillys first concert as Music Director of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra. Opening night in Leipzig is a tradition that includes...continue...

Verdi: Don Carlo / Various [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2005-10-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Croft, Dwayne; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Lloyd, Robert; Roocroft, Amanda; Ryhanan, Jaako; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

"This is a unique new production of the four-act Italian version of Don Carlo and by and large it works very well. The two-disc set...continue...
Run Time: 199 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

The Classical Album 2005 [US Version]

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: En Aranjuez con tu amor; Agustín Lara: Granada; Derek Strange / Bond: Viva! (after Vivaldi); Maori Traditional: Pokare Kare Ana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ludovic...
Performers: Banbury, James; Bocelli, Andrea; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Einaudi, Ludovico; Ferrier, Kathleen; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Freire...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Banbury, James; Norrington, Roger; Scholes, Peter; Rudel, Julius; Cleobury, Nicholas; Horner, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Musumarra, Romano; Giulini, Carlo Maria...
Ensemble: ; Bond (String Quartet); Czech Film Orchestra; Duel; Duel Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tab...

The greatest artists of today on this 2-on-1CD includes Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Luciano Pavarotti,Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Renée Fleming, Bond, José Carreras, Bryn Terfe...continue...

Berio: Orchestral Transcriptions / Chailly, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2005-07-26

Works: Luciano Berio: Hornpipe, arrangement for chamber ensemble (after Purcell); Quattro versioni originali della "Ritirata notturna di madrid," superimposed & transcribed for orche; Variazioni "Ein Mä...
Performers: Ghiazza, Fausto
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

Riccardo Chailly has long been a champion of the music of Luciano Berio, with whom he had a close personal friendship. This disc features world...continue...

MIrella Freni - A Celebration

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-04-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Ruggero L...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Ludwig, Christa; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Abbado, Roberto; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Levine, James
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra; Venice Teatro la Fenic...

Mirella Freni is without a doubt a true legendary soprano. She recorded a substantial discography for Decca and Deutsche Grammophon and this 2 CD collection...continue...

Best of Wagner

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-01-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Götterdämmerung; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; King, James [Vocals]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ridderbusch, Karl; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Varviso, Silvio; Chailly, Riccardo; Gerdes, Otto; Kubelik, Rafael; Jochum, Eugen; Solti, Sir Georg

The Essential Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / Decca Import / 2004-05-11

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Il Trovatore; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Mass...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Lopardo, Frank; Tramonti, Tizana
Conductors: Mauceri, John; Chailly, Riccardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino

Loved for the dark beauty of her voice, her dramatic commitment and her truly operatic rise to fame, Angela Gheorgiu is now among the most...continue...

Joseph Calleja - Tenor Arias - Verdi, etc / Chailly, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butte...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Easley, Lydia; Parodi, Giovanni Battista
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Chorus Milan; Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"Over the last few years, quite a few new tenors of major importance have appeared and taken their places in the world's opera houses. A...continue...

Rossini: Stabat Mater / Chailly, Frittoli, Ganassi, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2003-05-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
Performers: Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Pertusi, Michele; Sabbatini, Giuseppe
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chorus

"Chailly is not the most flexible of conductors, and sometimes his accents seem too martial, but he knows how to pace the music and he...continue...