Braithwaite, Warwick

Icon: Kirsten Flagstad

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Serse; Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; O finstre Nacht, wann wirst du doch vergeben, sacred song for voi...
Performers: Alnaes, Eyvind; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jones, Geraint; McArthur, Edwin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parikian, Manoug; Suthaus, Ludwig; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter; Dobroven, Issay; Böhm, Karl; Sebastian, Georges; Weigert, Herman; Furtwängler, Wilhelm

This 5 CD set, devoted to the famous Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. Kirsten Flagstad enjoyed...continue...

Icon: Tito Gobbi / The Complete Solo Recordings

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Adriana Lecouvreur; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Zazà, opera; Pagliacci; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Otello...
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arie, Raffaele; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Caselli, Dario; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass Vocal]; Cornoldi, Claudio; de los Angeles, Victoria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Dickie...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Green, Philip; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Olivieri, Dino; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Bizzelli, Annibale; Serafin, Tullio; Santini, Ga...

This 5-CD set, devoted to the outstanding Italian baritone Tito Gobbi, is a further release in the EMI Classics ICON series. The bulk of this...continue...

Haydn Wood

1 CD / Symposium / 2009-12-08

Works: Haydn Wood: A May-Day Overture; Mannin Veen; Homage March, for orchestra; Moods; Three Famous Pictures, for orchestra; Evening Song, An, for orchestra; London Landmarks Suite; Paris; The Quietest Thi...
Performers: Booth, Webster; Cochrane, Peggie; Foort, Reginald; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Edwin; Wood, Haydn; Ziegler, Anne
Conductors: Wood, Haydn; Torch, Sidney; Somers, Debroy; Braithwaite, Warwick

This compilation was made in honor of the 50th anniversary of Haydn Wood's death. Wood wrote ballads and love songs for his wife and together...continue...

Prima Voce - Tito Gobbi

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2008-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Ve...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito; Monti, Nicola
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Robertson, James; Erede, Alberto; Santini, Gabriele; Braithwaite, Warwick
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

For this compilation, Prima Voce has chosen early 78 rpm recordings that capture Tito Gobbi’s voice at its most lyrical, persuasive, and attractive. Very few...continue...

Paperback Opera - Verdi: Nabucco / Previtali, Silveri, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2007-05-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Ave Maria
Performers: Binci, Mario; Cassinelli, Antonio; Francardi, Licinio; Gaggi, Albino; Gatti, Gabriella; Mancini, Caterina; Preziosa, Beatrice; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Previtali, Fernando; Braithwaite, Warwick; Erede, Alberto; Rignold, Hugo; Rankl, Karl; Patanè, Franco
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

This release in the Paperback Opera series focuses attention on the acclaimed Verdi bass Paolo Silveri (1913-2001). He began his career in 1944 that took...continue...

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Unpublished EMI Recordings 1946-52

2 CD / Testament / 2006-11-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Das Veilchen,...
Performers: Feasey, Norman; Hudez, Karl; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Pougnet, Jean; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Krips, Josef; Braithwaite, Warwick; Dobroven, Issay

"A glimpse into the singer's workshop" - a phrase from Schwarzkopf's spoken introduction to her excerpts from 'The Magic Flute' - aptly describes this collection...continue...

On Wings of Song / The glorious voice of Patrice Munsel

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2006-04-18

Works: Mexican Traditional: Cielito lindo, folk song; Ernesto Lecuona: Andalucía, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Luigi Arditi: Il Bacio; Russian Traditional: Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black E...
Performers: Cameron, John; Munsel, Patrice
Conductors: Goodman, Al; Braithwaite, Warwick; Mathieson, Muir; Rene, Henri

Personnel: Patrice Munsel (soprano).

Recording information: London, England; New York, NY....continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Kirsten Flagstad Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-12-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & ...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter; Dobroven, Issay
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

What more can one say about the great Flagstad? Already in the years from 1928 to1932 when she sang Elsa in 'Lohengrin' for the first...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

1 CD / Preiser / 2005-06-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Guglielmo Tell; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Mikhail Glinka: A Li...
Performers: Rossi-Lemeni, Nicola
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Braithwaite, Warwick; Benintende-Neglia, Tomaso; Fistoulari, Anatole; Previtali, Fernando

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Paolo Silveri Vol 2

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-09-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Nabucco; La forza del destino; Otello; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Georges Bizet: The Pe...
Performers: Infantino, Luigi; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Rankl, Karl; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Previtali, Fernando; Goehr, Walter; Patanè, Franco; Braithwaite, Warwick; Robinson, Stanford; Benintende-Neglia, Tomaso; Guarino, G.M.
Ensemble: ; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Grieg, Dorumsgaard - Song Recital / Kirstin Flagstad

1 CD / Testament / 2003-03-01

Works: Edvard Grieg: Songs (6), Op. 48; Songs (4), Op. 21; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Romances (6), Op. 39; Songs (5), Op. 70; Songs (6), Op. 25; The princess, EG 133; Arne Oddvar Dorumsgaard: Regn, for voice &...
Performers: Flagstad, Kirsten; Moore, Gerald [Piano]
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Susskind, Walter

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Blanche Thebom

1 CD / Preiser / 2002-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Camille Saint-Saëns: ...
Performers: Hughes, William; Thebom, Blanche
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Weissmann, Frieder; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Singers to Remember - Isobel Baillie - The Unforgettable

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2002-10-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Rodelinda; Der Messias; Theodora; Joshua; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 68, "Also hat Gott die Welt geliebt" BWV 68; Cantata no 201, "Der Streit zw...
Performers: Baillie, Isobel; Draper, Charles; Ison, G.; Lockwood, Arthur; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Pini, Anthony
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Cameron, Basil; Heward, Leslie; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Prentice, Charles; Robinson, Stanford
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

The Great Polish Bass in Opera & Song / Marian Nowakowski

1 CD / Pearl / 2001-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. ...
Performers: Leopold, Red; Nowakowski, Marian
Conductors: Green, Philip; Fistoulari, Anatole; Braithwaite, Warwick
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

Joan Hammond by Request - Charpentier, Massenet, et al

1 CD / Testament / 1999-01-10

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Le Cid; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La forza ...
Performers: Hammond, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Robinson, Stanford; Susskind, Walter; Curiel, Glauco; Tausky, Vilem; Collingwood, Lawrance
Ensemble: ; Hallé Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Handel, Bach, Purcell, Gluck, Wagner / Kirsten Flagstad

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dank Sei Dir, Herr (spurious); MEDLEY; Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O...
Performers: Brown, Stewart; Flagstad, Kirsten; Jones, Geraint; Parikian, Manoug; Svanholm, Set [Tenor Vocals]; Thalben-Ball, George, Sir [Composer/Organ]
Conductors: Braithwaite, Warwick; Fistoulari, Anatole; Susskind, Walter; Böhm, Karl
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

Tito Gobbi - Opera and Song

1 CD / Testament / 1996-01-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Otello; La traviata; Rigoletto; Macbeth; Giacomo Puccini: La Fanciulla d...
Performers: Gobbi, Tito
Conductors: Berrettoni, Umberto; Erede, Alberto; Robertson, James; Susskind, Walter; Braithwaite, Warwick; Green, Philip; Parodi, Armando La Rosa
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra