Romantic Period > Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame

Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

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 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...

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi & Puccini / Pritchard

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Le villi; Tosca; La rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Dale, Laurence; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The New Zealand-born Kiri Te Kanawa's lyric soprano voice and captivating stage presence have, throughout her operatic career, won her critical acclaim and a multitude

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Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London (09/17/1981)....continue...

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; Jane, Doug; Lusher, Don; Myhre, Graeme; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Doy, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Members of the National Philharmonic Orchestra Lon

After the Covent Garden Nozze di Figaro, an international career was assured. With a carefully chosen repertoire that included the principal soprano roles of Mozart,...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

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...

Music for Royal Weddings

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Water Music 1;...
Performers: Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; Palmer, Felicity; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Runnett, Brian; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Riddle, Nelson; Schreier, Peter; Hill, David; Guest, George; Page, Neil; ...

From the Heart: The Best of Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / / 2011-04-05

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Cinema Paradiso; Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir&o...
Performers: Banbury, James; Bold, M.; Franglen, Simon; Guillio; Jenkins, Katherine; Meirion, Rhys; Paracelli, John; Scott, Keith; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: King, Robert; Allwood, Ralph; O'Grady, Jenny

Sweetest Love

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-03-22

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Morgan Pochin: Sweetest Love, song (after Bach's Air on the G String); Absence, song (after Sat...
Performers: Arcadian Ensemble; Czech Film Orchestra; Jenkins, Katherine; Philharmonia Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphonia; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Inglis, Anthony; Dodd, Nicholas

Recording information: BBC Friday Night Is Music Night....continue...

The Wedding Collection

2 CD / Classic FM Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Hubert Parry: Lady Radnor's Suite; Jerusalem; Char...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Drury, Elizabeth; Fleming, Renée; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hurford, Peter; Jenkins, Katherin...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul; Hawes, Patrick; Hickox, Richard; Hancock, Gerre; Fancourt, Daisy; Lole, Simon; Vivian, James; Brüggen, Frans; Rose, Barry; Darlington, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Gi...
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort

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...

Ultimate Collection - Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / Decca / 2010-08-03

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Traditional: I Vow To Thee My Country; Robert John Lange: Everyt...
Performers: Bradbury, Adrian; Jenkins, Katherine; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

2009 collection from the world's favorite mezzo-soprano. From the crossovers of Cohen's 'Hallelujah' to the straight operatic conventions of Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Jenkins...continue...
Released shortly after the Welsh soprano turned 30, the Katherine Jenkins compilation The Ultimate Collection is a good summation of her recording career so far. In that sense, it tends to confirm the...continue...

A Portrait of Kiri Te Kanawa

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Ruhe...
Performers: Amner, Richard; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Andrew

Selections recorded 1979-83....continue...

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...

Schubert Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 "Die Forelle" (The Trout); Ave Maria; Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Ständchen ("Leise flehen meine Lieder")...
Performers: Amner, Richard; Deutsch, Helmut; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Horszowski, Mieczyslaw; Istomin, Eugene; Kroyt, Boris; Roisman, Joseph; Rose, Leonard; Schneider, Mischa; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Stern,...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz; Bernstein, Leonard; Szell, George

Recording information: 1936/1960....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...

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...

Kiri Te Kanawa in Concert [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-03-31

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Turandot; La Rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Traditional: Pokarekare Ana; Home Sweet...
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Hopkins, John; Barlow, Stephen
Ensemble: New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Early in 1990, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa made a triumphant return to her native New Zealand to give three concerts, the last of which –...continue...
Run Time: 60 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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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...

Highlights from Arena di Verona - Favorite Opera Arias [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-02-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Il trovatore
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Atlantov, Vladimir; Dimitrova, Ghena; Martinucci, Nicola; Marton, Eva; Plowright, Rosalind; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Wixell, Ingvar

Some of the opera world's greatest artists are featured in extracts from works by Verdi and Puccini, performed at Italy's spectacular Arena di Verona....continue...
Run Time: 63 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English
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From The Heart

1 CD / Decca / 2009-02-17

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Cinema Paradiso; Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir&o...
Performers: Allwood, Ralph; Banbury, James; Bold, M.; David Rowland [Choir Director, Harpsichord]; Franglen, Simon; Guillio; Jenkins, Katherine; King's Consort Choir; King, Robert; Meirion, Rhys; National Youth ...

Katherine Jenkins' album 'From The Heart - The Best Of Katherine Jenkins' was only released in China in 2007. It is a compilation CD of...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Rhys Meirion (tenor); James Banbury (keyboards, percussion); Simon Franglen (keyboards, programming)....continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Haitink, Morris, Marton, Jerusalem, Adam, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, et al

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Falcon, Ruth; Goldberg, Reiner; Haage, Peter; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Johanss...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Richard Wagner's tetralogy 'The Ring of the Nibelung' remains, quite simply, one of the largest-scale works of art ever conceived. With a total performance time...continue...

The King's Singers Greatest Hits

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-05

Works: John Lennon: Penny Lane; Help!; Yesterday; Eleanor Rigby; Paul Simon: Bridge Over Troubled Water; The Sounds of Silence; John David: You Are the New Day; Lionel Richie: Three Times A Lady; Cy Coleman...
Performers: Baines, Michael; Barrueco, Manuel; Chase, Roger; Crayford, Marcia; Fraser, John; Fullbrook, Charles; Gerhardt, Emil; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Hickox, Richard [Conductor]; Jackman, Bill; Kampen, ...
Conductors: Davis, Carl

The King's Singers are a unique group. Aside from their unusual voice distribution (2 countertenors, 1 tenor, 2 baritones and a bass), they have, over...continue...

The Ultimate Wedding Album

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Domingo, Placido; Hurford, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rudel, Julius; Chailly, Riccardo; Bonynge, Richard; Riddle, Nelson

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Solti/Royal Opera House, Te Kanwa [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Beesley, Mark; Opie, Alan; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Sylvester, Michael; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

A well-received, stylish 1991 Royal Opera production staged by Elijah Moshinsky and premiered with Kiri Te Kanawa and Sir Georg Solti. This quality production, directed...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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The Christmas Spirit

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Work(s); Good King Wen...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Blades, James; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; P...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Rutter, John; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Jones, Philip; Guest, George; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David; Munchinger, Karl; Boult, Adrian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir of Cambridge

Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Cilea: Operas / Domingo, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Bertagna, Gianfranco; Bosco, Carlo del; Caballé, Montserrat; Cahill, Teresa; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casarini, Gianfranco; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; ...
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu; Santi, Nello; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Masini, Gianfranco; Kleiber, Carlos

Six complete operas starring the great Placido Domingo at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

French Opera Masterworks / Fournet, Solti, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Léo Delib...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Badaro, Thelma; Baldwin, Anthony; Benvenuti, Monica; Beretta, Anna; Bickerstaff, Robert; Bilt, Peter van der; Blanc, Ernest; Bris, Michele Le; Cahill, Teres...
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton; Prêtre, Georges; Solti, Sir Georg; Fournet, Jean; Piantini, Carlos

Six complete operas from the French repertoire in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic photos! Exciting live recordings...continue...

A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Berbié, Jane; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cahill, Teresa; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caron, Willy; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Cosso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Schippers, Thomas; Basile, Arturo

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer...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...

Celebration! Live At The Albert Hall / Kiri Te Kanawa[DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2007-08-14

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Various Composers: Works
Performers: O'Neill, Dennis; Previn, Andre; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Barlow, Stephen
Ensemble: André Previn Trio ; London Symphony Orchestra; Waihirere Maori Group

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Bizet: Carmen / Solti, Domingo, Verrett, Te Kanawa, et al

3 CD / / 2005-11-15

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Allan, Thomas; Cahill, Teresa; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Pashley, Anne; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Van Dam, Jose; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

"Verrett is quite interesting. Hers has always been an individual timbre, perhaps not beautiful in the conventional sense, but unique, and possessing an innate animal...continue...

Kiri Te Kanawa Sings Verdi and Puccini Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-10-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Rondine; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Le Villi; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Knight, Gillian; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Von Stade, Frederica; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Andrew

"It is a pleasure to recommend this programme of Verdi and Puccini without reservation. - Gramophone...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...

The Art of Joan Sutherland

6 CD / Decca / 2005-03-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Athalia, HWV 52; Giulio Cesare; Giovanni Bononcini: Griselda; Giovanni Paisiello: La Molinara, opera; Niccolò Piccinni: La Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Begg, Heather; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonynge, Richard; Clement, Joseph; Dilley, Harry; Dobson, John; Krenn, Werner; Pepin, Andre; Sillito, Kenneth; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri,...
Conductors: Lewis, Anthony; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Boult, Adrian; Hogwood, Christopher; Jones, Granville; Gamley, Douglas; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John

This new major retrospective showcases Joan Sutherland in many of her famous roles and recordings across her career from 1959 to a recording of a...continue...

Brahms: A German Requiem / Solti, Te Kawana, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-03-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Vocals], Bernd Weikl [Baritone
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Kiri Te Kanawa Songbook [Australia]

1 CD / Decca Import / 2005-02-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: Purcell Realizations from Harmonia Sacra; Franz Liszt: Die Loreley; Comment, disaient-ils, S 276 no 2 (2nd version); Buch der Lieder, Volume 2; Pace non trovo (Sonnetto no 104), son...
Performers: Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame

Artist Portrait - Kiri Te Kanawa

1 CD / Erato / 2004-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Canto d'anime, song for voice & piano; La Rondine; Turandot; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & p...
Performers: Leech, Richard; Quilico, Gino; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Titus, Alan; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Nagano, Kent; Lombard, Alain; Janowski, Marek; Legrand, Michel; Stapleton, Robin
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Coventry Cathedral Choir; London Studio Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

"Her singing is not simply a matter of voice, but while there are plenty of sopranos who will perform with admirable efficiency in a comparable...continue...

Sleeping with Schubert

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-06-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Work(s); Sonata for piano, 4 hands in C major ("Grand Duo"), D. 812 (Op. posth. 140); "Trout" Quintet; Fantasy for Piano 4 ha...
Performers: Amner, Richard; Deutsch, Helmut; Groethuysen, Andreas; Haefliger, Andreas; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Tal, Yaara; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: ; Bruno, Weil
Ensemble: Artis Quartett; Classical Band; Ensemble Wien-Berlin; L'Archibudelli

The Essential Wedding - Wedding favorites by Bach, Handel, Stainer, Pachelbel, Wagner

2 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Michael Laird Brass Ensemble; National ...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; ; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Morris, Wyn; Guest, George; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Page, Neil; Rudel, Julius; Ingman, Nick...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Choir of Uppingham School; English Sinfonia; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's College Choir of Cambridge; Michael Laird Bras...

Personnel: Felicity Palmer, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Anthony Way (treble); Harry Dilley (trumpet); Stephen Cleobury , Richard Farnes, Peter...continue...

Kiri Te Kanawa - Highlights from "Faust", "Otello", etc

2 CD / Bella Voce / 2004-05-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bisson, Yves; Burrows, Stuart; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cossutta, Carlo; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Wilhelmenia; Fyson, Leslie; Howell, Gwynne; Krause, Tom; Soyer, R...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: National Theater Opera Chorus of Paris; National Theater Opera Orchestra of Paris; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Kiri: A Portrait

2 CD / Decca / 2004-02-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Joseph Canteloube: Baïlèro; Chants d'Auvergne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, ...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bär, Olaf; Bar, Olaf; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bonynge, Richard; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Carreras, Jose [Tenor ...
Conductors: Barlow, Stephen; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Fischer, György; Davis, Colin; Rudel, Julius; Dutoit, Charles; Rosem, Barry; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Ricc...
Ensemble: ; Lynn Harrell and Instrumental Ensemble

Personnel: Olga Hegedus (cello); Mitsuko Uchida (piano); Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ)....continue...

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Wh...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

Simply Christmas

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Lowell Mason: Jo...
Performers: Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen; Corkhill, David; Domingo, Placido; Finucane, Tom; Haynes, Simon; Hughes, Christopher; Keenlyside, Simon; Kendall, William; Lamb...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Willcocks, David, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Stephen; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Guadagno, Anton; Münchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, C...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group members; Goldsborough Orchestra; Ki...

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Abbey Road Ensemble; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; London Symphony Orchestra; Lusher, Don; New World Philharmonic, The; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Or...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Maori Vocal Group; National Philharmonic Orchestra London members; New ...

Personnel: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Jeremy Budd (treble); Richard Anaru (guitar); Jim Hughes (harmonica); Don Lusher (trombone); Laurie Holloway (piano); Mickey Ututaonga (drums, percussion); Charli...continue...

For Your Life - For Your Wedding

1 CD / Decca / 2003-04-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Sc...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; English Chamber Orchestra; Howarth, Elgar; Jones, Philip; Kubelik, Rafael; Laird, Michael; Laubin...
Conductors: Richter, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Howarth, Elgar; Karajan, Herbert von; Agoult, Raymond; Boult, Adrian; Rose, Barry; Dutoit, Charles; Pinnock, Trevor; Kubelik, Rafael; Steiner, Heinrich
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

This selection features both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Wolfgang Marschner (violin); Philip Jones, Bernhard Läubin, Hannes Läubin, Wolfgang Läubin, James Gerard Watson, J...continue...

Wagner - The Opera Collection: Parsifal / Solti

4 CD / Decca Import / 2003-02-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Aichberger, Ewald; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frick, Gottlob; Hansmann, Rotraud; Hargan, Alison; Hotter, Hans; Howells, Anne; Kelemen, Zoltan; Knight, Gillian; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Lackn...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Boys' Choir

This recording of 'Parsifal' was the first studio recording of the work. The cast includes both Lucia Popp and a young Kiri Te Kanawa as...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Solti, Verrett, Domingo, Van Dam, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-09-03

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Cahill, Teresa; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Lancaster, Robert; Pashley, Anne; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Van Dam, Jose; Verr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

A "Carmen" cast and conductor like this would be hard to match on any label, at any price, but it's yours in remastered digital sound...continue...

The #1 Classical Album

2 CD / Decca / 2002-05-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Domingo, Placido; Haselbock, Martin; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Loveday, Alan; Ortiz, Cristina; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schiff, Andr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Munchinger, Karl; Végh, Sándor; Boskovsky, Willi; Kempe, Rudolf; Tate, Jeffrey; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philhar...