Gounod, Charles

A Musical Journey: Italian Festival - A Musical Celebration of Italy; Leoncavallo, Cui, Liszt, et al. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2013-06-25

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; César Cui: Tarentella; Jules Massenet: Scènes napolitaines; Charles Gounod: Saltarello; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funiculà; Benjamin Godard: Sc&e...
Conductors: Lenárd, Ondrej
Ensemble: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra

Scenes of Italy range from the bay of Sestri Levante in Liguria to the Tuscan vineyards of Montepulciano, Florence and Venice. The music chosen for...continue...
Run Time: 53 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo 2.0,
Subtitles: None
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Non solo buffo

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2013-05-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Viaggio a Reims; La Cenerentola; L'Italiana in Algeri; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Macbeth; Ernani; Don Carlo; Falstaff; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: ...
Performers: Lepore, Carlo; Velluti, Giovanni

Barcarole: Favourite Orchestral Pieces by Bizet, Offenbach, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Gonoud et al. / Marriner

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Seasons; Eugen Onegin; The Nutcracker; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Jules ...
Performers: Kalafusz, Hans
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sir Neville Marriner is one of the most versatile conductors of our time. Alongside recordings of Baroque and Classical repertoire, he has also made a...continue...
Recording information: SDR-Studio, Villa Berg, Stuttgart (09/09/1987-03/12/1987)....continue...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 3

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Otello; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Amilcare Ponchiell...
Performers: Alda, Frances; Amato, Pasquale; Ancona, Mario; Caruso, Enrico; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [Soprano Vocals]; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gogorza, Emilio de; Hempel, Frieda; Homer, Louise; Perini, ...

The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagú, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

Great Singers Live, from the Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Grummer, Prey, Popp, M. Price, Ghiaurov, Freni

6 CD / BR Klassik / 2013-01-29

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giuseppe V...
Performers: Altmann, Hans; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grummer, Elisabeth; Kmentt, Waldemar; Popp, Lucia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor...
Conductors: Eichhorn, Kurt; Ghiaurov, Vladimir; Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo; Stein, Horst; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Zanotelli, Hans; Wallberg, Heinz; Gardelli, Lamberto; Quadri, Argeo; Fricke, Heinz;...

The "Great Singers Live" series regularly presents recordings of The Munich Radio Orchestra's historic Sunday concerts. Previously five singer portraits have been released, featuring Mirella...continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Bohumir Kryl - World Famous Wizard of the Cornet (rec. 1901 - 1918)

1 CD / Archeophone / 2013-01-08

Works: Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Variations on "Carnival of Venice," for trumpet; Jules Levy: German Air (Du Du), for cornet; Grand Russian Fantasia; John Hartmann: Arbucklenian Polka; Facilita for corn...
Performers: Haines, Leroy [Trombone]; Kryl, Bohumir

Recording information: 1901-1918....continue...

Favourite Sacred Masterpieces - works by Tallis, Allegri, Pergolesi, Mozart, Bach-Gounod & Franck / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus
Performers: Faulkner, Julie; Kertesi, Ingrid; Mukk, Jozsef [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László

Taken from the recent 25th anniversary boxed set, Great Sacred Masterpieces (8.501062), this single disc ranges roughly over three centuries....continue...

December Lights

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-12-11

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Sleep Little Jesus (Slaap nu...
Performers: Louwerse, Mirusia; Maffioletti, Carla; Rieu, Andre; Skota, Kimmy [Vocals]
Conductors: Rieu, André

Christmas Fantasies / Valerie Milot, harp; Antione Bareil, violin

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-11-27

Works: Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Scarborough Fair; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Antoine Bareil: Trois jours avant Noël, for violin & harp; E...
Performers: Bareil, Antoine; Milot, Valerie [Harp]

Recording information: Église St-Augustin, Saint-Augustin de Mirabel, Québec, (10/2010/04/2011)....continue...

Ave Maria / Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal, Daniel Taylor

1 CD / Analekta / 2012-11-27

Works: Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Hildegard von Bingen: Ave generosa; Claudio Montev...
Performers: Chantal-Fortin, Andre-Nicolas; de Villers, Victor Guilhe la Combe [Boy Soprano]; Keesmaat, Amanda; Lefevre; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Taylor, Daniel;
Ensemble: Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal; Theatre of Early Music

Recording information: Multi-Media Room, Schulich School of Music, Mcgill Univ (05/15/2010-05/16/2010); St. Augustin de Mirabel, Quebec, Canada (05/15/2010-05/16/2010); St. Matthias' Church, Westmount...continue...

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

Gounod: Romeo et Juliette / Andrea Bocelli, Maite Alberola. Fabio Luisi

2 CD / Decca / 2012-11-19

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice

Andrea Bocelli, the award-winning tenor and international "cross over" superstar, returns to his first love - grand opera - with a starring role in one...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Carlo Felice, Genoa, Italy (2012-02-21_2012-02-26&2012-)....continue...

A Diletta - Songs by Bellini, Franck, Gluck, Gounod, Ibert, Tosti et al. / Roberto Scandiuzzi, bass; Friedrich Haider, piano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Anton Rubinstein: Habräische Melodie ("Mein Geist ist trüb und schwer"), song for voice & piano, Op. 78/1; Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky: Nochnoi defir stroont efir (The Night Zephyr S...
Performers: Haider, Friedrich; Scandiuzzi, Roberto

Celebrated operatic bass Roberto Scandiuzzi has been an unequivocal success on the international opera scene since his La Scala debut in 1982 and has only...continue...

Cantus Angelicus / Gluck; Bach; Gounod; Schubert / Risto Joost, Tallinn Sinfonietta / Heldur Harry Polda, boy soprano

1 CD / Estonian Record Products / 2012-11-13

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. ...
Performers: Polda, Heldur Harry
Conductors: Joost, Risto
Ensemble: ; Tallinn Sinfonietta

Recording information: St Jacob's Church (Viimisi, Estonia) (10/14/2011-10/16/2011)....continue...

Insomnia: A Nocturnal Voyage in Song / William Berger, baritone; Ian Burnside, piano

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Abendempfindung, K 523; Claude Debussy: Nuit d'étoiles ("Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles"), song for voice & piano, L. 4; Maurice Ravel: Le grillon, for voice & pia...
Performers: Berger, William; Burnside, Iain [Piano]

Recording information: The Queen's Hall, Edinburgh (02/13/2012-02/14/2012)....continue...

French Classics / Gounod, Saint-Saëns, Debussy, Bizet, Ravel, et al. / Yondai Butt, London Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra...
Conductors: Butt, Yondani
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/02/2011-11/03/2011)....continue...

Romantique - Elina Garanca sings arias from Sapho, Dalila, Joan of Arc et al. / Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orléans); Charles Gounod: Sapho; Faust; La Reine de Saba; Nic...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Romantique is a knockout!

In Romantique, Elina Garanca makes a smashing return to the studio and puts her imprint upon the big Romantic repertory, brilliantly

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Recording information: Bologna, Salone Bolognini (03/2012)....continue...

Bonbons for Organ - 21 selectons by Handel, Mozart, Sousa, Verdi, Gounod, Daquin, Campra, Dubois et al. / Martin Setchell: organ

1 CD / Atoll / 2012-10-09

Works: Albert Renaud: Toccata in D minor, Op 108/1; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Elvira Madigan; Felix Arndt: Nola; Francois Dubois: Fiat lux; Martin Setchell: Three Piece Suit...
Performers: Setchell, Martin [Organ]

This album includes a selection of classic favorites, as well as Martin Setchell's own works. The classics include compositions by Mozart, Handel, Dubois, and many...continue...
Recording information: Christchurch Town Hall, New Zealand (11/18/2000-11/19/2000)....continue...

Christmas with Los Romeros - Away in a Manger, Joy to the World, Ave Maria, Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy et al.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joy to the World (theme by Handel); William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditio...
Performers: Romeros, Los
Conductors: Paris, Massimo

Recording information: Sala María Cristina, Málaga (04/2011-05/2011).

The Christmas album and the guitar ensemble are two of the most consistent sales drivers in classical music, and ...continue...

The Heartfelt Voice - Heinz Hoppe, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-09-25

Works: Werner Bochmann: Heimat, deine Sterne, song for voice & piano; Abends in der Taverne, song; Robert Stolz: Vor meinem Vaterhaus steht eine Linde; Karl Blume: Grün ist die Heide, song (from the fi...
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Bartos, Rita; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hansen, Max; Hofmann, Willi; Hoppe, Heinz; Langel, Willy [Vocals]; Litz, Gisela; Owen, Chloe; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schlemm, Anny;...
Conductors: Becht, Erich; Stolz, Robert; Marszalek, Franz; Stephan, Wilhelm; Schandert, Manfred; Muller-Lampertz, Richard; Cremer, Curt; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Burkhardt, Paul; Erede, Alberto; Martin, Wolfgang...

Heinz Hoppe was been the incarnation of the "olk singer": that rare species of singer possessing the necessary vocal qualities to pursue a career in...continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

The Best Wedding Music Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's Ma...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lundkvist, Erik; Parker-...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, George; Muti, Riccardo; Lehani, Fritz

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

1 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

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

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

The Art of

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Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

Simply Opera

4 CD / Simply / 2012-09-04

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; George Frederick Handel: Xerxes (Serse); Gaetano Donizetti: L' Elisir d'Amore; La Favorita; Don Sebastiano; Il Duca d'Alba; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fis...
Performers: Alperyn, Graciela; Amps, Kym; Barowska, Janna; Callas, Maria; Cupido, Alberto; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; DiDonato, Joyce; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Harper, Thomas [Tenor Vocal]; Jeric, Ana P...
Conductors: Camerata Budapest; Kovács, László; Elmquist, Martin; Rahbari, Alexander; ; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Halász, Michael; Greenwood, Andrew; Zedda, Alberto; Kuchar, Theodore; Wildner...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Budapest; I Solisti Italiani; Scholars Baroque Ensemble

Mantovani Christmas

2 CD / Lifestyles / 2012-08-28

Works: Christmas Traditional: O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); Good King Wenceslas (Piae Cantiones, 1582); Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); The Holly and the Ivy (En...
Conductors: Mantovani

The Art of Gruberova: Opera arias from Semiramide; Rigoletto; Mignon, Lakme; Die Fledermaus et al. / Haider / Edita Gruberova, soprano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette, opera; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Léo D...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

A breathtaking program of virtuoso soprano and coloratura arias performed by Edita Gruberova, recorded in Tokyo with her frequent artistic collaborator Friedrich Haider on the...continue...

Gounod: Romeo et Juliette / Nino Machaidze, Stefano Secco, Jean-Francois Borras, Artur Rucinski. Orch. Dell'Arena di Verona, Mastrangelo [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-08-28

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette
Performers: Borras, Jean-Francois; Machaidze, Nino; Rucinski, Artur; Secco, Stefano
Conductors: Mastrangelo, Fabio
Ensemble: Chorus dell' Arena di Verona; Orchestra dell' Arena di Verona

Here the iconic Verona opera - and Charles Gounod's masterpiece - makes a superb comeback in the majestic setting of the Arena di Verona. 'Roméo...continue...
Run Time: 177 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish...continue...

Trumpet & Organ - works by Charpentier, Albinoni, Handel, Bach, Schubert, Clarke, Stanley, Purcell, Krebs et al. / Maurice André, trumpet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Sonata for Violin in A minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Ca...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Bilgram, Hedwig; Mitterhofer, Alfred; Parker-Smith, Jane

For a half-century he had the reputation of the trumpet soloist: Maurice André, who died in 2012. The best examples of his radiant tone are...continue...

Organ Extravaganza! / - incl. Colonel Bogey, The Dam Busters, Tuba Tune, Penguins' Playtime et al. / Kevin Bowyer, organ

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-08-14

Works: Jeremy Nicholas: Toccata Giubiloso, for organ; Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Sergey Rachmaninov: Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Charles Williams: The Devil's Galop, ...
Performers: Bowyer, Kevin

18 memorable tunes composed or arranged for organ played on two renown English pipe organs. Favorites include The Dam Busters March, In A Party Mood,...continue...

New Bach Rock

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-08-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor; Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Ludwig van Beethoven: B...
Performers: Kovalchek, Steve [Bass (Electric), Guitar (Electri
Conductors:
Ensemble: Newbach

Recording information: University Of Northern Colorado Recording Studio, Greel (07/2010/08/2010)....continue...

Best of the Most Relaxing Classical Music in the World

1 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2012-07-31

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Goldberg Variations; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Camille Sain...

Denon's Most Relaxing Series is a sales smash with over million sets sold

The original most relaxing classical music in the Universe has scanned over thousand

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La Voce d'Oro

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (06/20/1972-06/24/1972)....continue...

Domingo Conducts Milnes! Milnes Conducts Domingo!

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Charles Gounod: Faust; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Piet...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Price, Doreen; Temperley, Jean; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/14/1972-08/16/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/18/1972-08/19/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great ...continue...

Romantic Opera Duets

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-07-31

Works: Jules Massenet: Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Pietro Mascagni: I Rantzau
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert

Recording information: EMI Studios, London, UK (01/21/1978-01/22/1978); EMI Studios, London, UK (02/03/1978)....continue...

Nun danket alle Gott: Kirchenmusik Klassiker

2 CD / ZYX Records Import / 2012-07-17

Works: Recorded Sound: Church Bells; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat, BWV 243; Pièce d'orgue (Fantasia), for organ in G major, BWV 572 (BC J83); Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Wol...
Performers: Becker-Foss, Hans-Christoph; Kraft, Walter; Lanza, Mario [Actor/Singer]; Spencer, Kenneth

"Noah" - Ave Maria; Deep River; Notte di Luce; Shenandoah; Amazing Grace et al. / Noah Stewart, tenor

1 CD / Verve / 2012-07-03

Works: Mantovani: Cara mia; Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Justin Hayward: Nights in White Satin; Vincent Youmans: Without a Song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Bertl, Johnny M.; Dorn, Elisabeth; Dubach, Susanne [Violin, Viola]; Hintringer, Harry [Drums]; Juritz, David; Karlsson, Fridrik; Knollmueller, Christian; Laher, Werner; Sasdi, Inka [Ce...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Bertl, Johnny M.; Hein, Richard

Verve Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Harlem Tenor, Noah Stewart.

It is hard to believe that only a few years ago

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Personnel: Susanne Dubach (violin, viola); Inka Sasdi (cello); Wolfgang Drechsler (woodwinds, horns).

Tenor Noah Stewart, a native of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, has won raves not only i...continue...

Erwin Schrott: Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-06-26

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts; Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi; Attila; Arrigo Boito: Mefist...
Performers: Coliban, Sorin; Grun, Maria [Cello]; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Rustioni, Daniele

Recording information: ORF, Vienna, Austria (03/11/2012-04/25/2012)....continue...

Essential Ballroom Classics - Over 2 hours of captivation dance music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), waltz; Frühlingsst...
Performers: Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Morris, Gareth; Nilsson, Stig; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Jansons, Mariss; Boskovsky, Willi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Auge, J. Casas; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Ozawa, Seiji; Plasson, Michel; Järvi, Paavo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir;...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!"...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

Great Voices of the Century / Prey, Damrau, Domingo, Bartoli, Schock, Kraus, Wunderlich

2 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2012-05-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze de Figaro; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Missa in C, KV 257, "Credo-Messe"; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Don Giovanni; Vincenzo Bellini: I Pur...
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bartoli, Cecilia; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Damrau, Diana; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hollweg, Werne...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Paternostro, Roberto; Wöss, Kurt; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gardelli, Lamberto; Raichev, Rouslan; Simonov, Georgi; Kraus, Richard; Marinov, Ivan; Froschauer, Helmuth; Knubben, Klaus; Sussk...

Great Voices of the Century is a wonderful collection featuring the greatest voices of the century as well as the greatest works by Mozart, Donizetti,...continue...

50 Best Overtures [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Overture to L'italiana in Algeri; Overture to Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro;...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rodzinski, Artur; Lanchbery, John; Kempe, Rudolf; Serafi...

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...

Great Singers: Hermann Prey sings Mozart, Rossini, Lortzing, Verdi et al.

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Albert Lortzing: Der Wildsc...
Performers: Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Wallberg, Heinz; Fricke, Heinz; Eichhorn, Kurt; Abbado, Roberto
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hermann Prey's performance of Papageno was historic, and turned him into the most popular opera singer in Germany. This CD includes a collection of previously...continue...

Patrie! Duets from French Romantic Opera by Halevy, Saint-Saens, Kosice , Gounod / Thébault, Pruvot

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Fromental Halévy: Charles VI; Camille Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII; Jules Massenet: Eve; Le Mage; Charles Gounod: Polyeucte; Emile Paladilhe: Patrie!; Ambroise Thomas: Le Caïd
Performers: Pruvot, Pierre-Yves; Thébault, Hjördis
Conductors: Talpain, Didier
Ensemble: ; Kosice Philharmonic Orchestra

The keyboard sonatas of C.P.E. Bach (1714 - 1788) bear hallmarks of a composer who lived through a significant moment in musical history: he composed...continue...
Recording information: Slovak State Philharmonic Hall, Kosice, Slovakia (04/16/2010-04/18/2010)....continue...

Bellissimo French Opera: arias by Salieri, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Massenet, Bizet et al. / Caballe, Rancatore, Wok, Breedt

1 CD / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Antonio Salieri: Les Danaïdes; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba; Polyeucte; Jules Massenet: Roma; Chérubin; Le Roi de Lahore; Meditation (from "Thaïs"...
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Caballé, Montserrat; Casciarri, Giorgio; Girard, Guylaine [Soprano]; Grassi, Luca; Gueze, Sebastien; Lee, Jeong-Won; Martin-Bonnet, Éric; Massis, Annick; Mok, Warren; ...
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Palumbo, Renato; Benzi, Manlio; Guidarini, Marco; Villaume, Emmanuel; Viotti, Marcello; Davin, Patrick; Tingaud, Jean-Luc

After the first two "Bellissimo" recordings dedicated to Handel, Vivaldi and Italian opera arias, the new CD features some of the rarest and beautiful French...continue...