Ceccato, Aldo

Magic Verdi - highlights of Aida, Otello, Don Carlo, La Forza & Un ballo / Caballé, Freni, Domingo, Carreras, Gobbi, Muti,Giulini, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Don Carlo; Otello
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, M...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Guadagno, Anton; Gardelli, Lamberto; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Semkov, Jerzy; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferraris, Franco

The name Verdi is synonymous with Italian opera. No other composer embodies all the fascination and passion of Italian music drama like Verdi. The special...continue...

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Régine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghen...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...continue...

Victor de Sabata: The Merchant of Venice, complete incidental music / Málaga Chorus & PO; Aldo Ceccato

1 CD / La Bottega Discantica / 2012-07-10

Works: Victor de Sabata: Il Mercante di Venezia, operetta
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: Málaga Philharmonic Orchestra

The complete incidental music for William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice, recorded for the first time! Aldo Ceccato conducts the Orquesta Filarmónica de Málaga in...continue...
Recording information: Málaga (10/2008)....continue...

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata [Highlights] /Sills, Gedda, Panerai

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Erwen, Keith; Gedda, Nicolai; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Panerai, Rolando; Sharpe, Terence; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wallis, Delia
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Beverly Sills is a spirited, subtle and sensitive heroine. Nicolai Gedda gives an attractive performance and Aldo Ceccato conducts with finesse.
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Recording information: All Saints' Church, Tooting Graveney, London, England (1971-07-06_1971-07-09&1971-)....continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Donizetti: Maria Stuarda

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo

Donizetti's take on the last few days in the life of Mary, Queen of Scots, was premiered in 1834, but under the title of Buondelmonte...continue...
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Opera 2008

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Bostridge, Ian; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brightma...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Viotti, Marcello; Langrée, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Bateman, Paul; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Chung, Myung-Whun; Kohn, Eugene; Serafin, Tullio; Ensemble, Matheus; Spinosi, Jean-Chri...

2008 two-CD compilation featuring the world's favorite opera tracks, sung by the world's greatest opera stars. Featuring Operatic Superstars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas...continue...

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos no 1-4, etc / Anievas, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto ...
Performers: Anievas, Agustin [Piano]
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Atzmón, Moshe; Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Valen: The Complete Symphonies

2 CD / Simax / 2006-04-25

Works: Fartein Valen: Symphonies, Nos 1-4, complete
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo

Gemini - Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos nos 1-4, etc / Anievas

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-02-21

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto ...
Performers: Anievas, Agustin [Piano]
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Atzmón, Moshe; Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: ; New Philharmonia Orchestra

100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

Beverly Sills - The Great Recordings

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-05-11

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereu...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Gedda, Nicolai; Glossop, Peter; Kern, Patricia; MacDonald, Kenneth; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Treigle, Norman; van Allan, Richard [Bass-Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Rudel, Julius; Jalas, Jussi; Levine, James; Ceccato, Aldo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Buckley, Emerson
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Volksoper Orchestra

The track list on this 2-disc set has been carefully chosen and endorsed by Beverly Sills herself, and includes a track from Norma for the...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2 / John Ogdon, et al

1 CD / Testament / 2003-04-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40; Rondo brillant, for piano & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 29; John Ireland: The Holy Boy, p...
Performers: Ogdon, John
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

"These are beautiful performances of the concertos - as fine as any ever made. Ogdon is brilliant, tempos are moderate, and the orchestra is excellent....continue...

Stamitz, Penderecki: Viola Concertos / Dimitar Penkov, et al

1 CD / Gega New / 2002-12-01

Works: Carl Stamitz: Concerto for Viola no 1 in D major; Krzysztof Penderecki: Concerto for Viola
Performers: Penkov, Dimitar
Conductors: Kazandjiev, Vassil; Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sofia Symphony Orchestra

De Sabata: La notte di Plàton, etc / Aldo Ceccato, London PO

1 CD / Hyperion / 2001-05-01

Works: Victor de Sabata: La notte di Plàton, symphonic poem for orchestra; Gethsemani, poema contemplativo for orchestra; Juventus, symphonic poem for orchestra
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"...Victor de Sabata (1892-1967) was as much a composer in his youth as a conductor... Despite changes in literary fashion, de Sabata's tone poems display...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Ceccato, Sills, Kraus, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Borrelli, Annamaria; Carta, Nino; Chiocca, Gennaro; Gonzales, Renzo; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Pandano, Vittorio; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Zanasi, Mario; Zotti, Marisa
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: Naples Teatro San Carlo Orchestra

The Best of Saint-Saëns

2 CD / Philips / 1994-10-11

Performers: Campanella, Michele; Chorzempa, Daniel; Davidovich, Bella; Jennings, Patricia Prattis; Krebbers, Herman; Szeryng, Henryk; Villa, Joseph; Williams, Anne Martindale
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Haitink, Bernard; Previn, Andre; Van Remoortel, Edouard; Järvi, Neeme; De Waart, Edo
Ensemble: ; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Schumann/Mahler: Symphonies no 3 & 4 / Ceccato, Bergen PO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-09-23

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenish"; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. 120
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Schumann/Mahler: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Ceccato, Bergen PO

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 1994-03-25

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Symphony no 2 in C major, Op. 61
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra

Verdi: La Traviata / Ceccato, Sills, Gedda, Panerai

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1988-09-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Carlin, Mario; Elvin, William; Erwen, Keith; Fiorentini, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Panerai, Rolando; Sharpe, Terence; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; van Allan, Richard [B...
Conductors: Alldis, John; Ceccato, Aldo
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra