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Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Preludio sinfonico; Crisantemi / Antonio Pappano, Roberto Alagna, Thomas Hampson

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; Messa di Gloria; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Chorus

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (09/2000)....continue...

Puccini: Suor Angelica / Kristine Opolais, Lioba Braun, Mojca Erdmann, Nadezhda Serdyuk. Andris Nelsons

1 CD / Orfeo / 2012-10-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Suor Angelica; Preludio a orchestra
Performers: Opolais, Kristine
Conductors: Nelsons, Andris
Ensemble: ; WDR Radio Symphony Chorus; WDR Radio Symphony Orchestra

Uncut, Suor Angelica lasts just about an hour, and one often hearts it in the concert hall today. With its unrestrained melancholy and mystical ambience,...continue...
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Tenor Arias: Puccini, Mascagni, Verdi, Leoncavallo

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-03-30

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Preludio a orchestra; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Francesco Cilèa: L'arlesiana; Ruggero...
Performers: Hervieux, Marc
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick

Marc Hervieux delivers superb renditions of favorite Italian arias on this blockbuster ATMA recording. After the extraordinary success of Le premier Noël (ATMA's best selling...continue...
Recording information: Églist Saint-Ferdinand, Laval, Québec, Canada (09/08/2009-09/09/2009)....continue...

Puccini: Ritrovato

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-11-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; La rondine; Madama Butterfly; Edgar, opera; Manon Lescaut; La fanciulla del West; Adagetto in F major, for small orchestra; Suor Angelica
Performers: Dell'Oste, Annamaria; Domingo, Placido; Johnson, Dick; Secco, Stefano; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Veronesi, Alberto

Recording information: Groáer musikvereinssaal Wien (02/2008/12/2008)....continue...

Puccini Rediscovered

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-09-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Edgar, opera; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; Adagetto in F major, for small orchestra; Suor Angelica
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Nigro, Alfredo; Secco, Stefano; Urmana, Violeta
Conductors: Veronesi, Alberto
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Puccini's music has moved generations of music lovers. His arias contain the essence of Italian romantic opera: passion, love, and anguish. These forgotten arias, handpicked...continue...

Best Puccini 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

In 2008, the world honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and...continue...

100 Best Puccini

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-10-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

The Puccini Experience / Mehta, Italian Radio SO Rome, Italian Radio Chorus Rome

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; ...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cowan, Richard; Cura, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Barbacini, Maurizio; Conlon, James; Domingo, Placido; Sado, Yutaka; Nagano, Kent; Mehta, Zubin; López-Cobos, Jesús; Slatkin, Leonard; Szilvay, Csaba; Szilvay, Géza; Verrot, Pasca...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ph...

The Originals - Puccini / Riccardo Chailly, Berlin RSO

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; Capriccio Sinfonico; Le Villi; Edgar, opera; Minuet for string quartet, no 1 in A major; Minuet for string quartet, no 2 in A major; Minuet for string quartet, ...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

"In a highly attractive collection of Puccinian juvenilia and rarities, Chailly draws opulent and atmospheric playing from the Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra, helped by outstandingly...continue...

Puccini: Messa di Gloria, etc / Scimone, Carreras, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2003-02-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Preludio a orchestra; Capriccio Sinfonico
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

Puccini: Messa di Gloria, etc / Morandi, Palombi, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-02-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria; Preludio a orchestra; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Lundberg, Gunnar
Conductors: Morandi, Pier G.
Ensemble: Hungarian Radio Chorus; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra

"The performances are first rate. Pier Giorgio Morandi, longtime first oboe at La Scala and assistant to Riccardo Muti, emphasizes both the lyricism and the...continue...

Puccini: Messa di Gloria, etc / Pappano, Alagna, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-09-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; Messa di Gloria; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"The 'Messa di Gloria', the full-scale mass he completed around the age of 20, is something of a Rodney Dangerfield in the choral canon. It...continue...

Opera Gala / Alessandra Marc, Litton, Dallas SO and Chorus

1 CD / Delos / 2000-01-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Luisa Miller; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Richard Strauss: Die ägyptische Helena, Op. 75; Samuel Barber: Antony and Cleo...
Performers: Marc, Alessandra
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra

Puccini: Sacred Works; Michele Puccini / Cosmi, Buda, et al

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 1998-04-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; Salve Regina, for soprano & harmonium; Vexilla regis prodeunt, hymn for male chorus & organ; Messa di Gloria; Motet et Credo, for baritone, chorus & orchestra (...
Performers: Casciari, Giorgio
Conductors:
Ensemble: Cappella "S. Cecilia" Della Cattedrale di Lucca