Paër, Ferdinando

Portrait of a Legend - 17 arias from Mignon, La Cenerentola, Barber of Seville et al. / Giulietta Simionato, mezzo-soprano (mono)

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il Barbiere di Siviglia; L' Italiana in Algeri; Tancredi; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Jules M...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bettarini, Luciano; Pellegrino, Lilliana; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Quadri, Argeo; Rossi, Mario [Management]; Previtali, Fernando; Basile, Arturo; Ghione, Franco; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Erede, Alberto; Sanzogno, Nino; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von

Born in 1910, Giulietta Simionato had a slow start with her career, but had her big breakthrough at La Scala in 1955. Her workload was...continue...
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Ferdinando Paer (1771-1839): Il Santo Sepolcro (The Holy Sepulchre); Mayr: Invito / Cornelia Horak, Miriam Clark, Vanessa Barkowski, Thomas Michael Allen

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

Works: Simon Mayr: Invito ("Già trafitto"), for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra; Ferdinando Paër: Il Santo Sepolcro, oratorio for 4 voices, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Clark, Miriam; Hamann, Jens; Horak, Cornelia; Steppberger, Klaus; Stimmel, Thomas [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Hauk, Franz
Ensemble: ; Simon Mayr Chorus

Franz Hauk's pioneering series of the music of Simon Mayr extends our limited acquaintance with his contemporary, Ferdinando Paër whose dramatic oratorio The Holy Sepulchre...continue...
Recording information: Assam Church of Maria de Victoria, Ingolstadt, Germany (09/03/2008-09/07/2008)....continue...

Arias for Marietta Marcolini, Rossini's first muse / Ann Hallenberg, mezzo-soprano; Fabio Biondi

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-09-25

Works: Simon Mayr: Il sacrifizio d'Ifigenia; Gioachino Rossini: L'equivoco stravagante; L'Italiana in Algeri; Ciro in Babilonia; Joseph Weigl: L'imboscata; Ferdinando Paër: L'eroismo in amore; Giuseppe...
Performers: Akselberg, Fredrik; Almroth, Sofie; Christensen, Birgitte; Christensen, Marius Roth; Hallenberg, Ann; Melien, Halvor F.; Thornhill, Siri Karoline; Weisser, Johannes
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: ; Stavanger Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Born around 1780, Marietta Marcolini was a celebrated Italian contralto. She was so renowned for both her voice and her acting ability that Rossini wrote...continue...
Recording information: Stavanger Concert Hall, Norway (08/2011)....continue...

Dresdner Lieder, works from three centuries / Romy Petrick, Liana Bertok, piano

1 CD / Querstand / 2012-02-14

Works: Johann Gottlieb Naumann: Die Lehrstunde, song for voice & piano; Ich, song for voice & piano; Ferdinando Paër: Die Rose, song for voice & piano; Carl Maria von Weber: Das Mädchen an das ers...
Performers: Bertok, Liana; Petrick, Romy

A fine collection of mostly unknown lieder, all composed in Saxony's capital Dresden from the 18th to the 20th centuries, with a focus on the...continue...

Musik Aus Der Frauenkirche: 2005-2010

1 CD / Carus / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto d-Moll BWV 596; Markus-Passion BWV 247; Der Tag, der ist so freudenreich, BWV 294; Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; J...
Performers: Grünert, Matthias; Johannsen, Kay; Kühmeier, Genia; Kircheis, Friedrich; Korondi, Anna; Kummer, Samuel; Lorenz, Andreas; Markert, Annette; Mertens, Klaus; Rubens, Sibylla; Saelens, Yves; Sc...
Conductors: Willens, Michael Alexander; Güttler, Ludwig; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McGegan, Nicholas; Immerseel, Jos van; Kreile, Roderich; Rademann, Hans-Christoph
Ensemble: ; Blechbläserensemble; Virtuosi Saxoniae

Carus presents musical highlights from the critically acclaimed 18 Disc series entitled Musik aus der Frauenkirche Dresden. The recordings in this series not only document...continue...
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Gènie Oblige! / Wendy Waller

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-09-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Angiolin dal biondo crin, S. 269; Buch der Lieder, Volume 2; Was Liebe sei?, S. 288; Bist du!, S. 277; Die tote Nachtigall, S. 291; Lieder (3) aus Wilhelm Tell von Schiller (I & II), fo...
Performers: Singer, Margaret; Waller, Wendy

Paër: Missa piena / Kreile, Rubens, Vondung, Schneider, Zeppenfeld, et al

1 CD / Carus / 2009-04-14

Works: Ferdinando Paër: Missa piena
Performers: Rubens, Sibylla; Schneider, Jörg; Vondung, Anke; Zeppenfeld, George
Conductors: ; Kreile, Roderich
Ensemble: Dresden Kreuz Choir; Dresden Staatskapelle

This world-premiere recording is taken from a concert at the Frauenkirche Dresden on March 1, 2008. Ferdinando Paer is almost totally unknown but during the...continue...

Paer: Sofonisba (Highlights) / Guidarini, Larmore, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-11-14

Works: Ferdinando Paër: Sofonisba, opera
Performers: Crowe, Lucy; Evans, Rebecca; Larmore, Jennifer; Lee, Colin; Nilon, Paul; Palazzi, Mirco
Conductors: Guidarini, Marco
Ensemble: Geoffrey Mitchell Choir; Philharmonia Orchestra

"A delightful array of talent has been gathered by Opera Rara to essay excerpts from a rarely heard score. Paul Nilon, Jennifer Larmore, Rebecca Evans...continue...

Vocal Teamwork - Rare Operatic Ensembles

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2006-01-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Bianca e Falliero; Ricciardo e Zoraide; Guglielmo Tell; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Dinorah (Le pardon de Ploërmel), comic opera in 3 acts; L' Esule di Granata, opera (heroic melodrama...
Performers: Andrew, Ludmilla; Bailey, Simon; Banks, Barry; Barcellona, Daniela; Bayley, Clive; Biccire, Patrizia; Blake, Rockwell; Claycomb, Laura; Collins, Kenneth; Cook, Deborah; Cullagh, Majella; Custer, Manu...
Conductors: Parry, David; Judd, James; Carella, Giuliano; Matheson, John

We have here many different kinds of ensemble, starting with the elaborate formality of the duet from Rossinis Bianca e Falliero and concluding with the...continue...

Making Overtures - Mehul, Haydn, Smetana / Kapp, et al

1 CD / Essay / 2005-08-01

Works: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Joseph; Franz Joseph Haydn: Overture to L'anima del filosofo, in E flat major, H. 1a/3 (originally for English opera, Windsor Ca; Bedrich Smetana: Oldrich a Bozena (Oldric...
Conductors: Kapp, Richard
Ensemble: Philharmonia Virtuosi

Works for Organ and Orchestra / Markus Poschner, Franz Hauk

1 CD / Guild / 2004-01-01

Works: Ferdinando Paër: Concerto for organ & orchestra in D major; Jean Langlais: Choral médieval for 3 trumpets, 3 trombones & organ, Op. 29; Thème, Variations et Final, for organ, strin...
Performers: Hauk, Franz
Conductors: Poschner, Markus
Ensemble: Georgian Chamber Orchestra

Gems of the Clarinet (Box Set)

2 CD / The Classics Label / 2003-09-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Piano no 1 in F major, Op. 113; Concert Piece for Clarinet, Basset Horn and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 114; Heinrich Joseph Baermann: Ai...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Heaton, Roger; Purvis, Jennifer; Ritchie, Elizabeth; Soames, Victoria

Beautiful Image - Mosca, Rossini, et al / Diana Montague

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2000-05-10

Works: Giuseppe Mosca: Le bestie in uomini, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Ah, per pietà, t'arresta!, duet for 2 sopranos & orchestra (insertion number for G. Nicolini's Quint; L' inganno felice, opera; Gia...
Performers: Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Kenny, Yvonne; Lewis, Keith; Montague, Diana
Conductors: Parry, David

"Rarities there certainly are here...all featuring Diana Montague prominently. But the gem is a newly released item...[by] Julius Benedict. With its early-Romantic sensibility it makes...continue...

Il Salotto Vol 2 - La Potenza d'Amore / Miricioiu, et al

1 CD / Opera Rara / 1999-12-10

Works: Ferdinando Paër: La Gloria Al Massimo Degli Eroi, cantata; Giovanni Pacini: Triste Istoria, songs (4) for baritone (voice) & piano; La rampogna, romanza for voice & piano; Gioachino Rossini: Egl...
Performers: Black, Nigel; Cullagh, Majella; Drake, Susan; Ford, Bruce [Tenor Vocal]; Harper, David; Magee, Garry; Matteuzzi, William; Miricioiu, Nelly; Shkosa, Enkelejda; Watkins, Paul [Cello, Conductor]

This is the second volume in Opera Rara's five-part series devoted to the neglected genre of salon music by 19th century composers. This volume presents...continue...

Cimarosa, Paër: Il Maestro di Cappella / Casella, Corena

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 1999-06-26

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Il Maestro di cappella; Ferdinando Paër: Le maître de chapelle
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Martel, Jacqueline; Pontiggia, Luigi
Conductors: Casella, Leopoldo
Ensemble: Swiss Italian Orchestra

Lucien Fugere Recital

1 CD / Symposium / 1993-03-01

Works: André Messager: La Basoche, opera; Jules Massenet: Le jongleur de Notre-Dame; Friedrich von Flotow: L' Ombre, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don ...
Performers: Fugere, Lucien