Menotti, Gian Carlo

American Violin Concertos by Wiprud, Barber & Menotti / Ittai Shapira, violin

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Theodore Wiprud: Concerto for Violin ("Katrina"); Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin, Op. 14
Performers: Shapira, Ittai
Conductors: Sanderling, Thomas; Thomson, Neil
Ensemble: ; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian Philharmonic Orchestra

In this laudable effort Israeli virtuoso violinist Ittai Shapira gathers three seemingly disparate violin concertos to create a picture of the genre through a particularly...continue...

Nocturnes - for piano by Field, Chopin, Respighi, Fauré, Sibelius, Bizet, Alkan, Poulenc, Satie, Rachmaninov et al. / Michael Landrum, piano

2 CD / Sono Luminus / 2012-08-28

Works: John Field: Nocturne no 4, for piano in A major, H. 36; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/1, CT. 114; Nocturne for piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 9/1, C...
Performers: Landrum, Michael

Sono Luminus is proud to present this two-disc set from pianist Michael Landrum, Nocturnes, bringing together a plethora of composers' works that enliven the nocturne...continue...
Recording information: Hale Auditorium, Cultural Life Center, Roberts Wesleyan (2000-03-09_2000-03-10&2000-)....continue...

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...

Harp Landscapes - Debussy, Enesco, Koechlin, Menotti, et al / Francette Bartholomee, harp

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Danses sacrée et profane, for chromatic harp & string orchestra, L. 103; George Enescu: Allegro de concert, for chromatic harp; Charles Koechlin: Nocturne for chromatic harp, O...
Performers: Bartholomee, Francette; Bokany, Ferenc; Pierreuse, Bernard; Shi, Ning

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...

The Liszt Legacy / Claudio Arrau, Alicia Larrocha, Raymond Lewenthal, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Egon Petri

10 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonli...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; De Larrocha, Alicia; Lewenthal, Raymond; Moiseiwitsch, Benno; Petri, Egon

The pièce de résistance of Deutsche Grammophon's Liszt 200th anniversary celebration is a 10-CD box that brings together five great piano virtuosos of the past...continue...

Christmas On Stage & Screen / US Air Force Band & Singing Sergeants

1 CD / Altissimo / 2011-10-25

Works: Ken Whitcomb: The Spirit of Christmas, for band; Christmas Traditional: Medley; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Victor Herbert: ...
Performers: Abraira, Donna; Askew, Robin; Colleran, Russell; Davis, Brian [Vocals]; Haselbeck, Alex; Nokes, David L.; Pearson, Richard; Sommers, Nathan

Christmas- its story, its spirit, its nostalgia- has the unique ability to move and inspire us. It is the influence behind momentary, unnoticed acts of...continue...
Recording information: Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, (01/21/1996-01/25/1996)....continue...

Menotti: Goya / Villaume, Domingo, Breedt, Martinez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-09-27

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Goya
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Domingo, Placido; Gerhaher, Christian; Martinez, Iride
Conductors: Villaume, Emmanuel
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Goya is strong, passionate, quite theatrical and overwhelmingly romantic....This opera is constructed on unabashed passion and most of all excitement... it's intensive theater - comic,...continue...
Run Time: 101 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Engish, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japan...continue...

Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915 / Dawn Upshaw

1 CD / Nonesuch / 2011-09-20

Works: Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief; John Harbison: Mirabai Songs; Igor Stravinsky: Rake's Progress
Performers: Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

Amour, Amor, Amore

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-06-07

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; George Frederick Handel: Agrippina; Giovanni Paisiello: Nel cor più non mi sento; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Das Veilchen, K 476; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("E...
Performers: Beard, Scott; Turchi, Elisabeth [Soprano (Vocal)]

Recording information: Thomson Chapel, Wilson College (02/13/2011)....continue...

Vivace

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-02-15

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 62 in E flat major, H 16 no 52; Gian Carlo Menotti: Ricercare and Toccata on a Theme from The Old Maid and the Thief, for piano; Franz Liszt: Auf dem Wasser...
Performers: Albright, Charlie

Recording information: Corbet Theatre - Centralia, WA (12/27/2010-12/28/2010)....continue...

Mostly Americana / 20th-Century Songs and Arias

1 CD / Enharmonic Records / 2011-02-08

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium; Richard Hundley: The Astronomers, an epitaph for voice & piano; Isaac Greentree, an epitaph for voice & piano; My Master Hath a Garden, for voice & piano; Birds, U.S.A...
Performers: Piitz, Lori [Piano]; Poffenberger, Jennifer [Soprano]

Coloratura soprano Jennifer Poffenberger studied at Indiana University School of Music. She lives in Columbus, Indiana, where she teaches voice and is active in regional...continue...
Recording information: Recital Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN (1990-1992)....continue...

Sari Biro Legacy: Historic Performances

4 CD / Cambria / 2011-01-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Keyboard no 2 in C minor, BWV 826; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 492/L 14; Sonata for Harpsichord in E major, K 380/L 23; Sonata for Harp...
Performers: Biro, Sari
Conductors: Vardi, Emanuel; Loibner, Wilhelm

In celebration of her 100th birthday, Cambria releases The Sari Biro Legacy - a 4 CD boxed set (with 44 page booklet) authorized by the...continue...

Menotti: The Counsel / Bauer-Theussl/Vienna Volksoper [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-10-26

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
Performers: Dutoit, Laurence; Ferenz, Willy; Fischer, Res; Konetzni, Hilde; Lane, Gloria; Muszely, Melitta; Nidetzky, Friedrich; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Szemere, Laszlo; Waechter, Eberhard [Vocals]; Welitsch, Ljuba
Conductors: Bauer-Theussl, Franz
Ensemble: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

Gian Carlo Menotti was one of the most important 20th-century composers of opera working in the United States. For his opera The Consul he won...continue...
Run Time: 103 min.
Region: All
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Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Menotti: The Old Maid And The Thief / Rennert, Hongne, Moorefield, Konetzni [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-09-28

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief, opera; Das Medium
Performers: Albanese, Nino; de Vine, Maria Jose; Draksler, Sonja; Foster, Norman; Hongen, Elisabeth; Konetzni, Hilde; Moorefield, Olive; Waechter, Eberhard [Vocals]
Conductors: Rennert, Wolfgang; Aliberti, Armando
Ensemble: Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

Gian Carlo Menotti was one of the most important 20th-century composers of opera working in the United States. 'The Old Maid and the Thief' and...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Gian Carlo Menotti: Trio For Violin Clarinet; Piano Five Songs

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-05-25

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano; Five Songs, for voice & piano; Cantilena e scherzo for harp & string quartet; Canti della lontananza, song cycle for soprano & piano
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Martin, Max [Clarinet]; Milford, Julian; Thorsen, Marianne; Tingay, Gillian; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Menotti's instrumental and vocal concert music has not attracted as much attention as his stage works, but his cantatas, concertos, song-cycles and other works all...continue...

Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul; The Medium; The Telephone

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul; The Medium; The Telephone (L'amour à trois), opera
Performers: Andreassi, Maria; Cotlow, Marilyn; Dame, Beverly; Jongeyans, George; Keller, Evelyn; Lane, Gloria; Lishner, Leon [Bass Vocals]; MacNeil, Cornell; Marlo, Maria; Mastice, Catherine; McKinley, Andrew; M...
Conductors: Engel, Lehman; Balaban, Emanuel

Legendary Voices: Giampiero Malaspina

1 CD / Preiser / 2010-02-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Macbeth; La forza del destino; Otello; Falstaff; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: ...
Performers: Malaspina, Giampiero; Pavesio, Piero [Piano]
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Quadri, Argeo; Goehr, Walter; Mudie, Michael; Olivieri, Dino

Giampiero Malaspina's (b.1916) voice had a dark timbre that enabled him to sing Wagnerian roles successfully. He trained in Rome and made his debut in...continue...

Touch - The Toccata Project / Rorem, Sowerby, Amalong

1 CD / Albany Records / 2009-11-10

Works: Ned Rorem: Toccata, for piano (4th mvt. of Piano Sonata no 1); George Antheil: Toccatas (2), for piano, W. 72; Lee Hoiby: Toccata, for piano, Op. 1; Irving Fine: Diversions for piano; Leo Sowerby: To...
Performers: Amalong, Philip

Touch: The Toccata Project is a collection of post-1900 piano toccatas written by American composers. The distinguished pianist Philip Amalong has uncovered many unknown gems...continue...

Within a Dream - A Celebration of the Artistry of Richard Hickox

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-10-27

Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pilgrim's Pr...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur [Tenor Vocal]; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Voca...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...

The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...

Echo eines Sängerlebens / Ruthilde Boesch

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2009-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Zaide, K 344 (334b); Max Reger: Mariä Wiegenlied; Leo Blech: Work(s); Gioachino Rossini: Duetto buffo di due gatti; Johann Strauss II: ...
Performers: Boesch, Christian; Boesch, Ruthilde; Christ, Rudolf; Loibner, Wilhelm; Patzak, Julius
Conductors: Paumgartner, Bernhard; Loibner, Wilhelm; Schoenherr, Max; Stolz, Robert

Great Operatic Arias Vol 2 / Brewer, Parry, Philharmonia Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Lu...
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Howarth, Judith; Robinson, Timothy
Conductors: Parry, David

"Hats off, gentlemen. A diva. The real, rare, wondrous thing. Her name is Christine Brewer." With these words the 'Evening Standard' described the first of...continue...

American Classics - Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, My Christmas / Willis, Mabry, Nashville SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors, opera; My Christmas, for male chorus & ensemble
Performers: Anthony, Dean; Gunlogson, Kirsten; Hawkersmith, Ike; LeFan, Bart; Short, Kevin; Thomas, Todd
Conductors: Willis, Alastair; Mabry, George
Ensemble: Nashville Symphony Orchestra

Menotti's 'Amahl and the Night Visitors', the first opera written for television, enjoys more than five hundred performances annually around the world and is immensely...continue...

2008 Sydney International Piano Competition of Australia, Vol. 1: Solo Highlights

4 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-11-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Partita for Keyboard no 4 in D major, BWV 828; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in B flat major, K 545/L 500; Sonat...
Performers: Albright, Charlie; Altamura, Fernando; Dank, Ran; Fulei, Balazs; Fung, David; Kitamura, Tomoki; Kolessova, Tatiana; Pham, Hoang; Rhee, Yoon Soo; Sato, Takashi; Shamray, Konstantin; Tsvetkov, Daniil; ...

Cult Operas of the 1970s: Mozart; Beethoven; Weber; etc. / Hamburg State Opera [10 DVD]

11 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Carl Maria von Weber: Der F...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Ahlin, Cvetka; Blankenburg, Heinz; Blankenburg, Heinz Horst; Blankenheim, Toni; Boese, Ursula; Cassilly, Richard; Deutekom, Christina; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fliether, Herbert; Flores...
Conductors: Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Stein, Horst; Ludwig, Leopold; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Janowski, Marek; Maderna, Bruno; Kuntzsch, Matthias
Ensemble: Hamburg State Opera Chorus; Hamburg State Opera Orchestra; NDR Children's Chorus

This DVD box set contains ten historical studio productions from the Hamburg State Opera....continue...
Run Time: 1320 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Classic Archive: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf [DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2008-09-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die kleine Spinnerin, K 531; Warnung, K 433 (416c); Ich möchte wohl der Kaiser sein, K 539; Christoph W. Gluck: Einem Bach der fliesst; Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 5...
Performers: Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth

These recitals – retrieved from the archives - allow us to re-encounter Schwarzkopf in her favourite lieder repertoire with arias and songs by Gluck, Menotti,...continue...
Run Time: 132 min.
Region: All
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Eleanor Steber in Concert (1956-58)

2 CD / Video Artists International / 2008-08-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été...
Performers: Biltcliffe, Edwin; Steber, Eleanor

Souvenir - Piatigorsky / Brott, Drachman, Sanders, Randall

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Gregor Piatigorsky: Paganini Variations, for cello & piano; Syrinx for cello solo; Promenade; Divertimento for cello & orchestra in D major (after Haydn's baryton trios); Gian Carlo Menotti: Suite fo...
Performers: Brott, Denis; Drachman, Evan; Sanders, Samuel [Piano]

Menotti: The Consul, The Medium, The Telephone / Engel, Balaban, Rescigno, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2008-07-04

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul; The Medium; The Telephone
Performers: Cotlow, Marilyn; Dame, Beverly; Keller, Evelyn; Lane, Gloria; Lishner, Leon; MacNeil, Cornell; Mastice, Catherine; Neway, Patricia; Powers, Marie; Rogier, Frank
Conductors: Engel, Lehman; Balaban, Emanuel
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Prima Voce - Rolando Panerai

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-06-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Otello; Rug...
Performers: Dobbs, Mattiwilda; Panerai, Rolando; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Serafin, Tullio; Galliera, Alceo; Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

This disc features selections from Rolando Panerai's recorded legacy dating from the 1950s. His fresh, opulent, virile and vibrant tone must surely be rated as...continue...

James Adler Plays Syncopated Rhythms

1 CD / Albany Records / 2008-04-01

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Pasquinade, caprice for piano, Op. 59, D. 113 (RO 189); James Adler: Three Moments from Scott Joplin's Treemonisha (A Concert Paraphrase), for piano; Piano Transitions, suite...
Performers: Adler, James

Pianist and composer James Adler made his debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra at the age of 16, the start of varied career in the...continue...

Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief / Victoria Bond, et al

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-12-01

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Old Maid and the Thief, opera
Performers: Arduino, Natalie; Davidson, Blake; Franklin, Nicole; Mock, Lynn Parr
Conductors: Bond, Victoria
Ensemble: Lone Springs Arts

Even for those of a "certain age" (i.e., baby-boomers) who never followed classical music, there is the indelible memory of "Amahl and the Night Visitors,"...continue...

Menotti: Help, Help, the Globolinks! / Kuntzsch/Hamburg Phil. & Ballet, Mathis, Saunders, Wolansky, Workman, Marschner (1969 Studio Prod.) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2007-02-27

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Help, Help, the Globolinks!
Performers: Marschner, Kurt; Mathias, Edith; Saunders, Arlene; Wolansky, Raymond; Workman, William
Conductors: Kuntzsch, Matthias
Ensemble: Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra

"Attention, attention! Unknown flying objects from another planet and creatures identified so far only as Globolinks have landed on Planet Earth. All citizens are asked...continue...
Run Time: 71 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Mono,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
Country...continue...

Grosse Sänger unseres Jahrhunderts: Inge Borkh

1 CD / / 2006-10-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; U...
Performers: Bajew, Christo; Borkh, Inge; Josef Neumann; N.N.; Rohr, Otto van; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Wiener, Otto
Conductors: Rother, Artur; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Fournet, Jean; Müller-Kray, Hans; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Krannhals, Alexander

Menotti, Vierne: Masses / Ferris, Gibbons, Fair, et al

1 CD / Cedille / 2006-01-01

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Missa O Pulchritudo, for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Louis Vierne: Messe Solennelle in C sharp minor, Op. 16
Performers: Bailey, Dexter; Fair, Deborah; Gibbons, Joan; Sillitti, Tom; Vorrasi, John; Weisflog, Thomas
Conductors: Ferris, William
Ensemble: Composer Festival Orchestra; William Ferris Chorale

"Cedille has made a good decision in choosing this program to launch its new mid-price FOUNDation imprint. First, Menotti's Mass proves surprisingly engrossing and substantial,...continue...

The Artistry of Ralph McLane - Beethoven, Berg, Brahms

1 CD / Boston Records / 2005-12-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Alban Berg...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Elman, Mischa; Levant, Oscar [Piano]; McLane, Ralph

Bear Essentials - American Classcics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Concerto for Clarinet; Old American Songs, Set 1; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Duke Ellington: Do nothin' till you hear ...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Graham, Susan; Hilton, Janet; McNaught, Graeme; Shelley, Howard; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Dufallo, Richard; Mosko, Stephen; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; Turovsky, Yuli; Jeanes, Major E. W.; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Stephens, D.S.; ; Slatkin, Leonard; Dausgaard, Thomas; Bamert, Matthi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Blues & Royals Band; Center City Brass Quintet; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; I Musici de Montréal; N...

Menotti: Goya / Mercurio, Hernandez, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2005-03-08

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Goya
Performers: Adams, Angela; Daner, Penelope; Hernandez, Cesar; Nickell, Karen; Senator, Boaz; Vocals], Suzanna Guzman [Mezzo-Soprano; Wentzel, Andrew
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

Premiered in Washington DC in 1986, and revised in 1991, 'Goya' is one of the last operas by America's best-known opera composer, Gian Carlo Menotti....continue...

Inge Borkh - Rarities

2 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2004-05-22

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Borkh, Inge; Gutstein, Ernst; Rebroff, Ivan; Thaw, David
Conductors: Löwlein, Hans
Ensemble: Frankfurt Opera Chorus; Frankfurt Opera Orchestra

Menotti: The Consul / Patricia Neway, Chester Ludgin, et al

2 CD / Video Artists International / 2004-03-16

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
Performers: Kelley, Norman; Kobart, Ruth; Lishner, Leon [Bass Vocals]; Ludgin, Chester; Neway, Patricia; Sachs, Evelyn; Sarfaty, Regina; Voketaitis, Arnold

Menotti: Il Console / Schippers, Zeani, Colmagro, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-05-06

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Consul
Performers: Casarini, Gianfranco; Castel, Nico; Colmagro, Gianluigi; Davidson, Joy; Fioroni, Giovanni Andrea; Giorgetti, Giorgio; Goldenthal, Bibiana; Matteini, Giuliana; Rafanelli, Flora; Vivo, Graziano del; Vo...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Richard Hickox - CBE - A Celebration

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Herbert Howells: Pageantry, suite for brass band; Hymnus Paradisi for soprano, tenor, chorus & orchestra; Percy Grainger: Country Gardens; Scotch Strathspey and Reel, folk song for male chorus (or ma...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Denley, Catherine; Harper, Heather; Little, Tasmin; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Rodgers, Joan; Tear, Robert; Terfel, Bryn; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Chorus; London Symp...

Menotti: The Saint of Bleecker Street / Hickox, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-04-23

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Saint of Bleecker Street, opera
Performers: Check, Jennifer; Farrugia, Amelia; Hernandez, Levi; Howard, Yvonne; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

Menotti: Violin Concerto, Death of Orpheus, etc / Hickox

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-02-26

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Concerto for Violin in A minor; Muero porque no muero, cantata; Llama de Amor Viva, for baritone, chorus & orchestra; For the Death of Orpheus, for tenor, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Koh, Jennifer [Violin]; MacDougall, Jamie; Roberts, Stephen
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

"The chorus and orchestra from the festival that Menotti has run for over 40 years respond wholeheartedly under the direction of Richard Hickox... The Violin...continue...

The Legendary Moscow Recordings 1958 & 1961 / Pollack

1 CD / Cambria / 2002-01-01

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 7 in B flat major, Op. 83; Thirty Years (Festive Poem for the 30th Anniversary of November 1917), for orchestra, Op. 113; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugu...
Performers: Pollack, Daniel

Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon & the Manticore / Koch

1 CD / Albany Records / 2001-09-01

Works: Jack Gottlieb: Presidential Suite; R. Murray Schafer: A Medieval Bestiary, for chorus; Gian Carlo Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore (The Three Sundays of a Poet), madrigal fable
Performers: Anderson, Eric; Burk, Jacqualine; Chavez, Kirstin; McMurtry, Lynn; Smith, Trevor
Conductors: Koch, Timothy
Ensemble: Carolina Chamber Chorale

The highlight of this disc is Menotti's "The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore." Here is one of Menotti's most accomplished works. It calls for...continue...

Making of a Medium Vol 11 - Spanning the 20th Century

1 CD / Crystal Records / 2001-06-12

Works: Dinos Constantinides: The Oracle at Delphi; Gian Carlo Menotti: Trio for Violin, Clarinet and Piano; Max Bruch: Pieces (8) for Clarinet, Viola/Cello and Piano, Op. 83; Jon Deak: Lad a dog
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Ensemble: Verdehr Trio

Menotti: Apocalisse, Sebastian Suite, etc / Hickox, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-04-24

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Apocalypse, for orchestra; Fantasia for cello & orchestra; Sebastian
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: Spoleto Festival Orchestra

"The latest in the Hickox Chandos Menotti rehabilitations is the best of all. This is all accessible music that has something to say." -Herman, ARG...continue...

Menotti: Amelia al Ballo, etc / Sanzogno, Carosio, Panerai

1 CD / Testament / 2000-12-01

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: Amelia Goes to the Ball; The Unicorn, the Gorgon and the Manticore (The Three Sundays of a Poet), madrigal fable
Performers: Campi, Enrico; Elena Mazzoni; Panerai, Rolando; Prandelli, Giacinto; Vocals], Margherita Carosio [Soprano; Zanolli, Silvana
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Gian Carlo Menotti enrolled at Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music upon his arrival from Italy in the U.S. His first mature work, the one-act opera...continue...

Menotti: The Medium, The Telephone, Amelia Al Ballo, etc

2 CD / Pearl / 2000-09-26

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium; The Hero, for voice & piano; Work(s); Amelia Goes to the Ball; Sebastian; The Telephone (L'amour à trois), opera
Performers: Cotlow, Marilyn; Dame, Beverly; Keller, Evelyn; Mastice, Catherine; Powers, Marie; Rogier, Frank
Conductors: Balaban, Emanuel; Ormandy, Eugene; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Levin, Sylvan