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Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frideric Handel: Messiah; Serse; Semele; Acis and Galatea; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte; Di...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John; Alva, Luigi; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose; Cinelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; De Lisi, Leonardo; de...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Bavarian Symphony Orchestra; Belgrade Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philh...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

The Mozart Album

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165; Bella mia fiamma, addio!... Resta, oh cara, K528; Giunse alfin il momento... Al desio di chi t'adora, K577; Così fan tutte; Idomeneo; Don Giov...
Performers: de Niese, Danielle; Terfel, Bryn
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Danielle DeNiese made her Met debut as Barbarina in 'Le nozze di Figaro'. At just 19, it was already clear that she was destined to...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (11/24/2008-11/30/2008); Abbey Road Studios, London (04/01/2009)....continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Fischer, Lehtipuu, Pisaroni, Riveno [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-08-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Garmendia, Ainhoa; Lehtipuu, Topi; Persson, Miah; Pisaroni, Luca; Rivenq, Nicolas [baritone]; Vondung, Anke
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Mozart's genius in setting to music Da Ponte's comic play of love, infidelity and forgiveness marks 'Cosi fan tutte' as one of the great works...continue...
Run Time: 210 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby True HD 5.0, Dolby True HD 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione Di Popea / Danielle De Niesse

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2009-07-14

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione Di Popea
Performers: Ablinger-Sperrhacke, Wolfgang; Arnet, Marie; Battaglia, Paolo; Cirillo, Lucia; Coote, Alice; Davies, Iestyn; de Niese, Danielle; Freston, Amy; Gijsbertsen, Peter; Mihai, Simona; Mumford, Tamara; Orms...
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

This is the major debut on Decca DVD of Danielle de Niese. Returning to the opera house where she sang her sensational Cleopatra in Handel's...continue...
Recording information: Glyndebourne Festival (06/2008)....continue...

Haydn, Zumsteeg: Cello Concertos / Comberti, et al

1 CD / Cello Classics / 2009-07-05

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C major, H 7b no 1; Concerto for Cello no 2 in D major, Op. 101/H 7b no 2; Johann Rudolf Zumsteeg: Concerto for Cello in A major
Performers: Comberti, Sebastian
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

In commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the death of Joseph Haydn, Sebastian Comberti plays the two popular concertos, performed using the original chamber-size orchestration,...continue...

Made Famous By Classic FM

2 CD / Universal Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Karl Jenkins: Adiemus; Jay Ungar: The Ashokan Farewell; Henryk Mikolaj Górecki: Symphony No. 3; Ludovico Einaudi: Le Onde; Peter Maxwell Davies: Farewell to Stromness; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lave...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley; Benedetti, Nicola; Coxwell, Janet; Doyle, Patrick; Fernandez, Eduardo; Hunt, Fionnuala; Jansen, Janine; Johnson, Emma; Lord, Jon; Maxwell Davies, Peter, Sir; Ogden, Craig; Pa...
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchest...

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Christie/Glyndebourne, Connolly, Kirchschlager [2 Blu-Ray]

2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2009-04-28

Works: George Frideric Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Ben Abdeslam, Rachid; Connolly, Sarah; De Niese, Danielle; Dumaux, Christophe; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Maltman, Christopher
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

This is a BLU-RAY disc that will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as BOA 0950. "William Christie conducting...continue...
Run Time: 306 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Ita...continue...

Opera 2009 / Pavarotti, Callas, Domingo, Brightman, Villazón, Gheorghiu, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La Rondine; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; L'Amico Fritz; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Don Carlos; I vespri sicil...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Berganza, Teresa; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose; Ciofi, Patrizia; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Diana; Daniels, David [Countertenor]...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra; Camerata Salzburg; Ensemble Matheus; French ...

Following in the mold of the bestselling Classical 2009 album, Opera 2009 is the perfect starting point for consumers curious to learn about opera music,...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frideric Handel: Samson, HWV 57; Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno, HWV 46a; Serse, HWV 40; Alcina, HWV 34; Ariodante, HWV 33; Atalanta, HWV 35; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Tamerlano, HWV 18; I...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa; Bumbry, Grace; de Niese, Danielle; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Ferrier, Kathleen; Fleming, Renee; Gritton, Susan; Horne,...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Bar...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

Best Concertos 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; P...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Causse, Gerard; Cavasanti, L...
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...

The latest release in from the top-selling 'BEST 100' series by EMI Classics contains excerpts from the most famous concertos of all time. Each of...continue...

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2009-02-10

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frideric Handel: ME...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David [Countertenor]; Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, Veronique; Jaco...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Matheus; Geneva Chamber Orchestra; Il Complesso Barocco; L'Europa Ga...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frideric Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Serse, HWV 40; Semele, HWV 58; Acis and Galatea, HWV 49; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, K 366; Die Entführung aus dem Serail, ...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John; Alva, Luigi; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; De Lisi, Leonardo; de...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Bavarian Symphony Orchestra; Belgrade Philharmonic Or...

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Faultless, Ainsley, Tynan, Bardon, Finley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-01-27

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bardon, Patricia; Connolly, Sarah; Crowe, Lucy; Finley, Gerald; Lane, Carys; Outram, Rebecca; Purefoy, William; Tynan, Sarah
Ensemble: Choir of the Age of Enlightenment; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

"This new recording for Chandos from the Choir and Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment is surely set for widespread critical acclaim. The performance takes...continue...

Classical Love Songs / Domingo, Pavarotti, Netrebko, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro, K 492; Don Giovanni, K 527; Die ...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Carreras, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Claudia; Freni, Mirella; Garanca, Elina; Gruberova, Edita; Horne, Marilyn; Kaufmann, Jonas; Kozena, Magdalena; Netrebko, Anna; Pavarotti, Luc...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Metropolitan Orchestra; Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enligh...

In time for Valentine's Day comes this new compilation of beautiful arias. Opera is the most romantic of arts featuring tender sentiments and hearts aflame...continue...

Zen Classics - Mozart, Debussy, etc / L. Maazel, P. Järvi, N. Dessay, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11; Sergei Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene; Dumay, Augustin; Hendricks, Barbara; Isbin, Sharon; Isserlis, Steven; Janowitz, Gundula; Litton, Andrew; Meyer, Paul; Meyer, Sabine; Murray, ...
Ensemble: Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Chorus; Brussels Théâtre de la ...

Virgin Classics presents 3 CDs of music designed to help you find inner peace and calm. From the soothing sounds of Satie's Gymnopedie to the...continue...

Blow: Venus & Adonis / Jacobs, Joshua, Age of Enlightenment

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-09-09

Works: John Blow: Venus and Adonis
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Finley, Gerald; Josey, Christopher; Joshua, Rosemary; Kiehr, Maria Cristina
Ensemble: Clare College Choir; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

John Blow's 'Venus and Adonis' is a work of intense beauty. Rene Jacobs leading the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and a distinguished roster of soloists, Jacobs brings in a flawless performanc...continue...

100 Best Concertos

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; P...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Causse, Gerard; Cavasanti, L...
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...

The Best of Baroque

1 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2008-08-19

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Henry Purcell: Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge"; George Frideric Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437; Cor...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Cavasanti, Lorenzo; Gens, Veronique; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Huggett, Monica; Kirshbaum, Ralph; Lesne, Gerard
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; L'Europa Galante; La Simphonie du Marais; Les Arts florissants; London Class...

Mozart: Così Fan Tutte, K 588 / Mackerras, Watson, Montague, Maltman, Spence, Garrett, Et Al

3 CD / Chandos Records / 2008-04-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

'Cosi fan tutte' is Mozart's third opera to a Da Ponte libretto. It is in 'opera buffa' style and has only six characters, two couples...continue...

Donizetti: Imelda de Lambertazzi / Elder, Cabell, et al

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2008-04-08

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Imelda de' Lambertazzi
Performers: Cabell, Nicole; Giordano, Massimo; Lester, Richard; Lopardo, Frank; Pay, Antony; Sherratt, Brindley; Westman, James
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

"Opera Rara have done it again. Just as the company produced the must-have opera recording of 2007 in 'Dom Sebastien', 'Imelda de' Lambertazzi' is guaranteed...continue...

The #1 Baroque Album

2 CD / Decca / 2007-11-13

Works: George Frideric Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Rinaldo, HWV 7; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music, HWV 348-350; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Coronation Anth...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore; Bennett, William [flute]; Bonney, Barbara; Brown, Iona; Chorzempa, Daniel; Fernandez, Eduardo; Fleming, Renee; Haselbock, Martin; Hasson, Maurice; Holliger, Heinz; Howarth, Elgar;...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Christ Church Cathedral Choir; Engl...

'The #1 Baroque Album' features the best-loved and most popular works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Pachelbel and many others. This disc features performances of Renee...continue...

Opera - New Generation - Greatest Arias

2 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) / 2007-08-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K 620; Don Giovanni, K 527; Le nozze di Figaro, K 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Christoph W. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; H...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Beuron, Yann; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Daniels, David [Countertenor]; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Garanca, Elina; Genaux, Vi...
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg; Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Musical de Paris; French National Orchestra; Il Complesso Barocco; L'Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée; Les Arts f...

This new compilation of 2 CDs for the price of 1 brings together a new generation of internationally-renowned voices, in varied repertoire spanning several centuries....continue...

Great Handel / Bickett, Bostridge, Royal, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-07-17

Works: George Frideric Handel: Semele, HWV 58; Messiah, HWV 56; Serse, HWV 40; La resurrezione, HWV 47; Acis and Galatea, HWV 49; Ariodante, HWV 33; Samson, HWV 57; L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato, H...
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Royal, Kate [Soprano]
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Making his baroque debut for EMI Classics, famed tenor Ian Bostridge takes on Handel's greatest arias. The repertoire is a mixture of English- and Italian-language...continue...

Purcell: Dido & Aeneas / Jacobs, Dawson, Finley, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2007-06-14

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Blaze, Robin; Bowen, John; Dawson, Lynne; Finley, Gerald; Joshua, Rosemary; Kiehr, Maria Cristina; Visse, Dominique; Wallace, Stephen
Ensemble: Clare College Choir; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

"An uninhibited and richly coloured Dido with a starry cast - arguably the first truly persuasive account from a continental director - puts this account...continue...

Mozart: Cosi fan tutte / Ivan Fischer/Orch. Of the Age of Enlightenment, Lehtipuu, Pisaroni [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Garmendia, Ainhoa; Lehtipuu, Topi; Persson, Miah; Pisaroni, Luca; Rivenq, Nicolas [baritone]; Vondung, Anke
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

'Dressed in shades of sand and stone by Vicki Mortimer, and bathed in summer light by Paule Constable, Hytner's period production marries elegance, farce and...continue...
Run Time: 210 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...