Spontini, Gaspare

Lyric and Coloratura Arias - by Boito, Catalani, Cherubini, Cilea, Spontini, Giordan, Meyerbeer at al. / Maria Callas, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Meyerbeer: ...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio
Ensemble: ; La Scala Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Misterio: Ritual Music for an Uncertain Age / Sandra Pirruccio, flute; Francesco Chirivì, transverse flute;, Margherita Scafidi, harp; Marco Ciannella, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Gaspare Spontini: Notturno concertante for oboe, flute & orchestra; Hector Berlioz: L' enfance du Christ, Op. 25; Marco Ciannella: Suite for flute & piano; Miserio for flute & orchestra no 1; Miserio...
Performers: Chirivi, Francesco; Ciannella, Marco; Kazarian, Artaches; Pirruccio, Sandra; Scafidi, Margherita
Conductors: Chirivì, Francesco; Chirivi, Francesco
Ensemble: Accademia Barocca Dorica; International Ensemble de Córdoba

This CD presents an original selection of works by composers associated with Freemasonry: Spontini, Berlioz, Clementi, Sibelius, Puccini, Ciannella. Although comprising highly varied music that...continue...
Recording information: Ancona, Italy (04/09/2011-04/11/2011); Córdoba, Spain (04/09/2011-04/11/2011); Pesaro, Italy (04/09/2011-04/11/2011); Ancona, Italy (04/12/2011-04/13/2011); Córdoba, S...continue...

A Vocal Portrait: Operatic recital 1957; RAI broadcasts 1955/56, etc. / Anita Cerquetti, soprano

1 CD / Preiser / 2011-11-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; I Vespri Siciliani; Nabucco; Ernani; La Forza del Destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaspare Spontini: Agnese di Hohenstraufen; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Amilcare Pon...
Performers: Cerquetti, Anita; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rossi, Mario; Gui, Vittorio;
Ensemble: ; RAI Concerto, Milan

Born in 1931, Anita Cerquetti had a short (eight-year) period of fame from 1952 to 1960, receiving great acclaim for her performances of Norma, Aida...continue...

Maria Callas in Hamburg (15.05.1959)

1 CD / Myto Records / 2011-07-03

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlo; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola

Recording information: Musikhalle, Hamburg (05/15/1959)....continue...

Maria Callas in Stuttgart

1 CD / Myto Records / 2011-04-08

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La vestale; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlo; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola

Recording information: Liederhalle, Stuttgart, Germany (05/19/1959)....continue...

Viva Domingo!

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; Giavanna d'Arco; Otello; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; La clemenza di...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Domingo, Placido; Erwen, Keith; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Gabriel, Ana; Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas; Milnes, Sherrill; Pandora; Sc...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Barker, John; Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Chung, Myung-Whun; Levine, James; Pappano, Antonio; Prêtre, Georges; Bartoletti, Bruno; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Viotti, Marcello; Rudel, J...

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 4-CD set replete with extension liner notes, artist testimonials, and a career...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Bergonzi, Vitale, Panerai, Petri

2 CD / Gala / 2009-09-01

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea; Saverio Mercadante: Il Giuramento; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale
Performers: Berdini, Amedeo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertocci, Aldo; Canali, Anna Maria; Demetz, Vincenzo Maria [Vocals]; Dominguez, Oralia; Ferrein, Giuliano; Guagni, Enzo; Panerai, Rolando; Petri, Mario; Pirazzini, M...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino; Simonetto, Alfredo; Previtali, Fernando

Recording information: Teatro dell'Arte, Milan, Italy (02/12/1954)....continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Ester Mazzoleni

1 CD / Preiser / 2009-08-11

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Giocond...
Performers: Amato, Pasquale; Bruno, Elisa; Mazzoleni, Ester; Petri, Elisa; Viñas, Francisco; Zenatello, Giovanni

Born in 1882, Ester Mazzoleni sang Leonora in Il trovatore in 1906 at the Teatro Costanzi in Rome when she replaced a soprano who had...continue...

Maria Callas and Friends / Votto, Gavazzeni, Corelli, Monaco, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-01-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena; Luigi Cherubini: Medea
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Raimondi, Gianni; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rescigno, Nicola; Ghione, Franco
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Lisbon San Carlos National Theater Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Saying something new about Maria Callas is an impossible task. In the fifties she was the absolute star of the international opera scene and since...continue...
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Spontini, Giordano, etc: Operas / Callas, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Poliuto; Giacomo Puccini: Tos...
Performers: Amadini, Maria; Bastianini, Ettore; Boniface, Edgard; Callas, Maria; Campi, Carlo; Carlin, Mario; Carturan, Gabriella; Caruso, Mariano; Cavallari, Rina; Cazzato, Michele; Cesarini, Athos; Cioni, Rena...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von

Seven complete operas starring the great Maria Callas! Seven great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with...continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)

70 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Gaetano Donizetti: Luci...
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Amadini, Maria; Arie, Raffaele; Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Begali, Ottorino; Benzi, Arma...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Santini, Gabriele; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

This 70-CD set features everything Callas ever recorded in the studio, including newly licensed and remastered material....continue...

Maria Callas 100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Luc...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Barbieri, Fedora; Berbie, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Cattelani, Aurora; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; F...
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Rescigno, Nicola; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Ghione, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Prêtre, Georges

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular works composed between 1900 and 1999, as well as representative pieces by composers who broadened the...continue...

Spontini: La Vestale / Kreder, Mazella, Grancher

1 CD / Gala / 2005-01-06

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera
Performers: Grancher, Micheline; Mazella, Renée; Mollien, Jean; Peyron, Joseph; Vessieres, Andre
Conductors: Kreder, Jean-Paul
Ensemble: ORTF Lyric Orchestra

Soprano Arias / Mescheriakova, Halász, Slovak RSO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-07-01

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Francesca da Rimini; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Luisa Miller; Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti...
Performers: Meshcheriakova, Marina
Conductors: Halász, Michael

The Russian soprano Marina Mescheriakova has established herself as one of the most exciting voices in the opera and concert world. Here she presents a...continue...

Spontini: Olimpia / Molinari-Pradelli, Lorengar, Tagliavini

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Gaspare Spontini: Olympia, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Giacomotti, Alfredo; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Lorengar, Pilar; Maionica, Silvio [Bass vocals]; Rizzati, E.; Tagliavini, Franco; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Molinari-Pradelli, France

Spontini was one of the most important Italian composers just before Rossini swept all before him. Long neglected, his operas have been revived with great...continue...

Great Voices of the Past - Opera's Greates Heroines

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-08-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Otello; Il Trovatore; Gioac...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Boninsegna, Celestina; Caniglia, Maria; Destinn, Emmy; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Maynor, Dorothy; Melba, Nellie; Monte, Toti Dal; Muller, Maria; Muzio, Claudia; Oliver...
Conductors: Tansini, Ugo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Rother, Artur; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Koussevitzky, Sergey; Pitt, Percy; Cellini, Renato; Dobroven, Issay

The perfect companion to Opera d'Oro's previous release, "Opera's Greatest Heroes"! The heroines of opera have not had an easy path to victory; most of...continue...

Recitals - Maria Callas - Arias & Scenes

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Nabucco; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramid...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Votto, Antonino; Prêtre, Georges; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo
Ensemble: ; Athens Festival Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan

Highlights from the legendary Maria Callas recitals in Athens (1957) and Paris (1963), and from Italian radio broadcasts (1952-56). Conductors include Pretre, Votto, De Fabritis...continue...

The Art of Montserrat Caballe Vol 1 - Wagner, Verdi, et al

2 CD / Bella Voce / 2001-02-02

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Luigi Cherubini: Démophon; Vincenzo Bellini: Adelson e Salvini, opera; Norma, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Sancia di Castiglia, opera; Roberto Devereux; Gioachi...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cassilly, Richard

Prima Voce Vol 2 - Treasury of Opera - Historic Recordings

5 CD / Nimbus Records / 2000-11-14

Works: Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Manon Lescaut; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: May Night; Sadko; Snow Maiden; The Tsar's Bri...
Performers: Anthony, Grace; Barone, Clement; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bori, Lucrezia; Bronskaya, Yevgeniya; Caruso, Enrico; Chaliapin, Feodor; de Luca, Giuseppe; Farrar, Geraldine [So...
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Romani, Romano; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Ormandy, Eugene; Cloez, Gustave; Bourdon, Rosario; Albergoni, Angelo; Dobrindt, Otto; Pelletier, Wilfred; Coppola, Piero; Ghione, Franco; Barb...

Callas Collection - Spontini: La Vestale / Corelli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-01-11

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola; Sordello, Enzo; Stignani, Ebe [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Votto, Antonino
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

Few sopranos could encompass the vocal and dramatic demands of the heroine of this seldom-heard but beautiful opera, which has two sublime arias for the...continue...

The EMI Record of Singing Vol 3 - 1926-1939

10 CD / Testament / 1999-12-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Das Rheingold; The Flying Dutchman; Siegfried; Wesendonck Lieder; Rudolf Wille: Königsballade, ...
Performers: Albanese, Licia; Allin, Norman; Andrésen, Ivar; Angelis, Nazzareno de; Arangi-Lombardi, Giannina; Austral, Florence; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Badia, Conchita; Badini, Ernesto; Baillie, Isobel; Ba...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Viebig, Ernst; Heidenreich, Johannes; Seidler-Winkler, Bruno; Weissmann, Frieder; Kun, Cornelius; Dobrindt, Otto; Blech, Leo; Muller, Hans Udo; Orthmann, Erich; Alwin, Carl; Schmals...

Recitals - An Evening with Maria Callas Vol II

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-05-18

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Nabucco; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), ...
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Simonetto, Alfredo

Maria Callas - Hamburg 1959 / Rescigno, Norddeutschen RSO

1 CD / Gala / 1997-11-19

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Performers: Callas, Maria
Conductors: Rescigno, Nicola
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Prima Voce - Rosa Ponselle

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1997-11-01

Works: Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Aida, opera; Ernani; La forza del destino; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Antonio De Curtis: Carm&egrav...
Performers: Martinelli, Giovanni; Pinza, Ezio; Ponselle, Rosa; Romani, Romano; Schmidt, Mischa
Conductors: Bourdon, Rosario; Setti, Giulio; Pasternack, Josef A.
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Kyra Vayne

1 CD / Preiser / 1995-03-21

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; La forza del destino; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, ...
Performers: Vayne, Kyra

Callas - La Divina 3

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1995-01-17

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Carmen,...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Panerai, Rolando
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Galliera, Alceo; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; Paris Opéra Orchestra ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Horn and Harp Soirée / Sören Hermansson, Eric Goodman

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-10-14

Works: Frédéric Nicolas Duvernoy: Nocturne for horn & harp no 2 in E flat major; Louis-François Dauprat: Sonata for horn & harp; Air Écossais Varié for horn & harp, Op 22; Gaspare S...
Performers: Goodman, Erica [Harp]; Hermansson, Soren

Gasparo Sontini: La Vestale

2 CD / Orfeo / 1992-10-06

Works: Gaspare Spontini: La Vestale, opera
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Cauli, Arturo; Grandis, Franco de; Lefebvre, Pierre; Pasino, Gisella; Plowright, Rosalind
Conductors: Kuhn, Gustav

Spontini: Olympie / Albrecht, Varády, Toczyska, Tagliavini

2 CD / Orfeo / 1987-08-11

Works: Gaspare Spontini: Olympia, opera
Performers: Becker, Josef; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Fortune, George; Toczyska, Stefania; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Albrecht, Gerd
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

French Opera Arias / June Anderson, Michel Plasson

1 CD / EMI Classics /

Works: Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Jules Massenet: Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: Ivan IV (Ivan the Ter...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...