Leoncavallo, Ruggero

Amore: The Opera Album

1 CD / Universal Import / 2013-02-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Les Pecheurs de Perles; Jules Massenet: Werther; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Um...
Performers: Cottle, Lawrence; Jason, Neil; Johnson, Bashiri [Percussion]; Watson, Russell
Conductors: Ingman, Nick; Hayward, William; Dodd, Nicholas; Lubbock, John

Personnel: Russell Watson (tenor)....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, ...

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...

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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Pavarotti: Essential Performances / Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini, Leoncavallo, et al.

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2013-01-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I Lombardi; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: La Figlia del reggimento; La Favorita; L' Elisir d'amore; Lucia de Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Turandot; Edua...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

This disc contains an overview of some of Pavarotti's most famous and beloved recorded opera arias and songs, opening with a universal favorite, "La donna...continue...

Groáe Tenöre der Musikgeschichte, Vol. 2

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-01-08

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; I lombardi; Attila; La traviata; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Geo...
Performers: Bada, Angelo; de Luca, Giuseppe; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Gigli, Beniamino; Homer, Louise; Pinza, Ezio; Rethberg, Elisabeth
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Reibold, Bruno; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Olivieri, Dino; Ricci, Ruggiero; Sabajno, Carlo; Goehr, Walter; Barbirolli, John; Ghione, Franco; Colling...

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

Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Forever Domingo: Placido Domingo sings Puccini, Verdi, Bizet, Rossini

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-11-19

Works: Agustín Lara: Granada; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mattinata; Guy d'Hardelot: Parce que (Because), for voice & piano (or orchestra); Ern...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gullino, Walter; Milnes, Sherrill; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Peeters, Marcel; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Mehta, Zubin; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio

Opera

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Requiem; Aida, opera; La traviata; Il trovatore; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohè...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea

Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mameli / Antonio De Palma, Natalia Margarit, Lorenzo Battagion, Barbara Vivian

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-11-04

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Goffredo Mameli, operetta
Performers: Battagion, Lorenzo; Grassi, Luciano; Margarit, Natalia; Palma, Antonio De; Vessella, Giampaolo; Vivian, Barbara
Conductors: Frontalini, Silvano
Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica, Ucraina di Donetsk

Recording information: Palazzetto Comunale di Sondalo (SO) (10/14/2011)....continue...

Opera Arias from Norma, Aida, Otello et al. / Veronica Ferraro, soprano

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; I Vespri siciliani; La Forza del Destino; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciul...
Performers: Ferraro, Pier Miranda

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Plácido Domingo, Veronica Villarroel, Franco Zeffirelli production / Leonard Slatkin [DVD}

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-09-25

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Villarroel, Veronica
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: Washington National Opera Chorus; Washington National Opera Orchestra

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...

Placido Domingo Sings Caruso

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; La bohème, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Le Cid; Francesco Cilèa: L' arlesiana; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giaco...
Performers: Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: London, England (07/26/1971-07/30/1971); London, England (08/05/1971); London, England (08/09/1971)....continue...

Lang Lang: Complete Recordings 2000-2009 [12 CDs]

12 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Trio for Piano and Strings in A minor, Op. 50; Dumka for Piano in C minor, Op. 59 "Russian rustic scene"; Morceaux (6) for ...
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Domingo, Placido; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fan, Wei; Ji, Wei; Lang Lang; Lang, Guo-Ren [Composer]; Maisky, Mischa; Moragues, Pascal; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Sarah Brig...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Gergiev, Valery; Long, Yu; Eschenbach, Christoph; Mehta, Zubin; Temirkanov, Yuri; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Warren-Green, Christopher

Probably the moment you've been waiting for... the DG catalogue priority of 2012.

It's a stunning visual - fresh and modern - and it's a

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Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, o.Op. 132 (TrV ...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Opera Choirs - choruses by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni

1 CD / Acanta / 2012-06-26

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I Lombardi; Macbeth; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacc...
Conductors: Arena, Maurizio
Ensemble: ; Choir of the Maggio Musicale, Florence; Girls choir of the Music School Fiesole

In opera the chorus provides a change from the solo voices in the on-stage production and form an integral part of the theatrical whole. Usually...continue...

Frederica von Stade in Duets, Arias, Scenes & Songs

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Botschaft ("Nelken wind ich und Jasmin"), for soprano voice, alto voice & piano (Spanisches Liedersp; Das Glück (" Vöglein vom Zweig"), song for voice & piano (Lieder-Album...
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Brehm, Alvin; de Peyer, Gervase; Glickman, Loren; Katz, Martin; Kavafian, Ani; Kavafian, Ida [Violin]; Lesser, Laurence; Maria, Joel Del; Phillips, Daniel; Schwarz, G...
Conductors: Bernardi, Mario; Davis, Andrew

Born in 1945, Frederica von Stade - who auditioned for the Met on a $50 bet - is considered one of the world's most accomplished...continue...
Recording information: Columbia 30th Street Studio, New York, NY (08/1977/07/1978); National Arts Centre, Ottawa, Canada (08/1977/07/1978); Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1977/07/1978); Columbia...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: Arnaltes, Edelmiro; Bartoli, Cecilia; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Damrau, Diana; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Jones, Gwyneth,...
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...

Neapolitan Songs / Giuseppe Di Stefano, tenor [Limited Ed.]

2 Super Audio CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lolita "Spanish Serenade"; Paolo Tosti: Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Canzoni-stornelli (3); Romanze (3); La serenata; Non t'amo più; Addio; 'A vucchella; A Ma...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe
Conductors: Guarino, Gian Maria; Oliveri, Dino

Gramophone Magazine
Di Stefano is here in very good form indeed ... He can still thrill with his power and can also be irresistibly tender in...continue...
Recording information: Milan (1953-04-??&1953-06-??&1961-)....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...

Great Opera - Puccini, Bizet, Verdi, Rossini, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, ope...
Performers: Abel, Jozef; Alperyn, Graciela; Aragall, Giacomo; Benacka, Stanislav; Boschkowa, Nelly; Braga, Rannveig; Carroli, Silvano; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Daniel, Boaz; Dever, Barbara; Dragoni, Maria; D...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Humburg, Will; Rahbari, Alexander; Saccani, Rico

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Trumpet & Piano: Works by Arban, Arensky, Bernstein, Dinicu / Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet

3 CD / Teldec / 2012-03-27

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy & Bess; Anton Arensky: Concert Valse; Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Variations on "Carnival of Venice," for trumpet; Variations ona Tyrolean Song; Variations ...
Performers: Markovich, Aleksandr; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Nakariakova, Vera

This boxed set of extraordinary trumpet/flugelhorn recordings by Sergei Nakariakov for Trumpet/Flugelhorn and piano is a true delight. Featuring the original album cover art for...continue...
Recording information: Teldec Studio Berlin....continue...

The Very Best of Jussi Björling

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Gioachino Rossini: Stabat Mater; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Bjorling, Anna-Lisa; Bjorling, Jussi; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ebert, Harry; Franke, Paul; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Cellini, Renato

Björling, like Gigli and Caruso before him, was idolised in his time as the operatic tenor par excellence in the Italian repertoire. He was a...continue...

The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

Il Mito dell'Opera: Nicola Martinucci, Vol 2

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-03-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un Ballo in Maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leon...
Performers: Martinucci, Nicola; Vocals], Virginia Zeani [Soprano

Recording information: 1976-2003....continue...

The Pavarotti Collection, Vol. 2

11 CD / Bravissimo / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Requiem; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

With over 100 historic recordings on 12 discs, this magnificent box set presents selections from well-known operas such as Verdi's Aïda, Puccini's La bohème, Donizetti's...continue...

Arrivederci / Vittorio Grigolo, tenor

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2012-02-14

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Non ti scordar di me; Renato Rascel: Arrivederci Roma; Eldo di Lazzaro: Chitarra romana, song for voice & orchestra; Umberto Giordano: Fedor...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

BBC Music Magazine
After he has handsomely done his classical duty with arias from Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Cilea among others, Grigolo lets rip with popular...continue...

Dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition / Van Cliburn; Valery Klimov, Natallia Shakhovskaya et al.

5 CD / Melodiya / 2012-02-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op...
Performers: Amentaeva, A.; Atlantov, Vladimir; Cliburn, Van; Farr, L. [Piano]; Khalilova, Farida; Klimov, Valery; Marsh, Jane; Natalia Shakhovskaya
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Shostakovich, Maxim; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Ermler, Mark; Haikin, B.;
Ensemble: ; State Academic Bolshoi Theatre Sextet

Melodiya presents an exclusive edition dedicated to the International Tchaikovsky Competition! A major artistic phenomenon and national endowment of Russia, the International Tchaikovsky Competition i...continue...

Il Tenore, The Tenor / Salvatore Licitra

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Otello; Aida, ope...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chegwidden, Davey; Frittoli, Barbara; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hamilton, Mike; Jones, Warren; Labèque, Katia; Licitra, Salvatore; May, Daniel; Plazas, Mary; Wood, Nath...
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi; Rizzi, Carlo; Muti, Riccardo; May, Daniel; Armiliato, Marco

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

Declassified: Classics Reimagined

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2012-01-24

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor "From the New World"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, O...
Performers: Col Loughnan; Ferris, Tom; Gaer, Leon; Harvey, Michael; Jones, David; Lee Hutchings; Macdonald, Noel; McIvor, Bob; Muhobecerac, Larry; Oh, Andrew; Pratt, Daryl; Risby, Bill; Rose, Michel; Trent Willi...

Recording information: LG Overdub Room, Sydney, Australia; Original Music, Sydney, Australia; Sony Music Studios, Sydney, Australia; Studios 301, Sydney, Australia; The Drumroom, Sydney, Australia....continue...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Farrell, Tucker, Bardelli - MET

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-01-17

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Conductors: Santi, Nello
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Recording information: The Metropolitan Opera (04/11/1964)....continue...

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

The Unforgotten Voice / Hermann Prey, baritone

4 CD / Red/membran / 2011-11-21

Works: Oscar Straus: Die Musik kommt; Ein Walzertraum; Victor Hollaender: Die Kirschen in Nachbars Garten, for voice & orchestra; Hoffmann: Pinocchios Lied, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Conradin Kreutz...
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Behrend, Siegfried; Engel, Karl; Heinemann, Herbert; Holm, Richard; Koth, Erika; Malzer, Martin; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Raucheisen, Michael; Rothenberger, ...
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Geese, Heinz; Fricke, Heinz; Walter, Fried; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Gruber, Arthur; Mälzer, Martin; Schick, Tristan
Ensemble: ; Members of the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra (Memb

Homage to Maria Callas / Soprano Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valenti, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

Arrivederci [17 Track Version] / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-11-11

Works: Lucio Dalla: Caruso; Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Ti voglio tanto bene; Non ti scordar di me; Renato Rascel: Arrivederci Roma; Eldo di Lazzaro: Chitarra romana, song for voice & orchestra; U...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, St. Paul's School, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

Italian & Neapolitan Songs: Tosti, Resphighi, DeCurtis / Zelikson

1 CD / Romeo Records / 2011-11-03

Works: Paolo Tosti: La serenata; Canzoni-stornelli (3); Addio; Ideale, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Romanze (3); 'A vucchella; A Marechiare; Non t'amo più; Tristezza for voice & piano/orchestra;...
Performers: Chaiter, Yoram; Zelikson, Irena

Recording information: The Classical Studio, Herzliya....continue...

Homage to Maria Callas [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valentini, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

Holiday in Italy

1 CD / K2 Hd / 2011-10-18

Works: Luigi Denza: Funiculì Funiculà, for voice & orchestra (& chorus ad lib); Italian Traditional: Tiritomba; Santa Lucia; Enrico Toselli: Serenade for voice & piano (or orchestra) ("Rimpian...
Conductors: Edelhagen, Kurt

A Passion for Pavaraotti: The Barcelona Recital

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2011-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; La Danza; Vincenzo Bellini: Dolente immagine di figlia mia, for voice & piano; Arietta da...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano

A lavish performance by one of the world's greatest tenors! This exclusive DVD+CD set provides an opportunity to see and hear one of the greatest...continue...

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Arrivederci / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-10-11

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Giannattasio, Carmen; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, Barnes, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

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

1 CD / Decca / 2011-09-27

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

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

A Napoli: Favorite Italian songs & arias by Tosti, Leoncavallo, Rossini, Galdieri, et al. / Marc Hervieux, tenor

1 CD / ATMA / 2011-09-27

Works: Vincenzo Russo: I te vurria vasà, for ensemble; Gioachino Rossini: La danza. Tarantella Napolitana ("Già la luna è in mezzo al mare"), for voice & piano (Soirées music; Pa...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Benny, Marie-Andree; Bolshoy, Daniel; Chenevert, Yan; Desgagne, Alain; Gadbois, Annie; Hervieux, Marc; Lizotte, Caroline; Marchand, Josee; Pilon, Francois; Triquet, Julie

Following the great success of Le Premier Noël and Tenor Arias, tenor Marc Hervieux returns with A Napoli, his third ATMA CD, dedicated to Neapolitan...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-François-de-Sales, Laval, Québec, Canada (06/2009).

Refusing to pander to the classical pop market, "Quebec's answer to Pavarotti," Marc Hervi...continue...

Arrivederci / Vittorio Grigolo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-09-20

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Bonaviri, Daniele; Giannattasio, Carmen; Grigolo, Vittorio; Thomas, Dan [Mandolin]
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.

Recording information: Auditorium Niccolò Paganini, Parma (02/2011-04/2011); Wathen Hall, Barnes, London, England (02/2011-04/2011)....continue...

Carlo Bergonzi: Early Recordings

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; La Forza del Destino; Il Trovatore; Un Ballo in Maschera; Simon Boccanegra; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africana; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Francesco ...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Simonetto, Alfredo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Pradella, Massimo

The original Decca recordings on this CD document Bergonzi's first operatic recital of 1957 in its entirety. We hear the tenor after his first season...continue...
Recording information: Torino (01/30/1960)....continue...

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana [Highlights] / Scotto, Carreras, Nurmela, Benelli

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Benelli, Ugo; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Manuguerra, Matteo; Nurmela, Kari; Scotto, Renata; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Caballé and Scotto have some lovely moments and both are strong in dramatic commitment ... Carreras gives generously of voice and emotion in both...continue...

Cavalleria Rusticana & Pagliacci / Levine/Met, Domingo, Stratas, Milnes [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Sony Classical / 2011-08-16

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Shinall, Vern; Stratas, Teresa; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Run Time: 151 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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