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50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...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...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2012-10-30

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Sarabia, Guillermo; Soyer, Roger; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana; Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Placido Domingo, Teresa Stratas, Juan Pons, Florindo Andreoli, Alberto Rinaldi

2 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Conductors: Pretre, Georges
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra

The Penguin Guide
(Domingo)... heroically dominates the performance. Juan Pons sings the Prologue impressively.
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Victoria from the Heart: Love Songs / Victoria de las Angeles, soprano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini: Plaisir d'amour, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Gabriel Fauré: Les roses d'Ispahan, Op. 39 no 4; ...
Performers: Campora, Giuseppe; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morante, Manuel Garcia; Parsons, Geoffrey; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Prêtre, Georges; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Morelli, Giuseppe; Susskind, Walter; Cluytens, André; Monteux, Pierre; Santini, Gabriele; Serafin, Tullio

The pieces on this CD help us remember the softer side of Victoria de los Angeles, a soprano with a magnificent and unique voice, through...continue...

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

The Best of Placido Domingo: A Portrait / Verdi, Gounod, Boito, Puccini

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giovanna D'Arco; Un Ballo in Maschera; Don Carlo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Georges; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno

By now he has sung 123 different roles, more than any other tenor in the annals of music, with at least two more new roles...continue...

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles [Highlights] / Ileana Cotrubas, Alain Vanzo, Roger Sofer

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Cotrubas, Ileana; Sarabia, Guillermo; Soyer, Roger; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Gramophone Magazine
An enjoyable, recommendable performance of Bizet's fascinating opera à PrOtre draws superb playing and singing from his forces.
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Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris (07/18/1977-07/27/1977)....continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

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

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

The Callas Effect / Delux Edition: 2 CDs plus DVD Video

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...

The Callas Effect / Standard Edition

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Rigoletto; La traviata; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Ernani; Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera;...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forte, Carlo; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Rescigno, Nicola; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von

Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. She is widely regarded as the greatest opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice...continue...

20th Century Classics: Milhaud / Janos Starker, cello; Emmanuel Pahud, flute; Brigite

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Darius Milhaud: La création du monde, Op. 81; Concerto, for marimba, vibraphone & orchestra (or piano), Op. 278; Concerto, for cello & orchestra (or piano) no 1, Op. 136; Le boeuf sur le toit,...
Performers: Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Gage, Irwin; Ivaldi, Christian [Piano]; Le Sage, Eric; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Pahud, Emmanuel; Sadlo, Peter; Starker, Janos
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Celibidache, Sergiu; Susskind, Walter; Alldis, John; Milhaud, Darius; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Concert Arts Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Groupe Vocale de France; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Great Singers Live: Nicolai Ghiaurov

1 CD / BR Klassik / 2011-05-31

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Georges Bizet: La Jolie Fille de Perth, opera in 4 acts; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Mikhail Glinka: Ein Leben für den Zaren; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; Modest Mussorg...
Performers: Ghiaurov, Nicolai
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Antonini, Alfredo

"Previously unreleased recordings by Nicolai Ghiaurov from the 1960's under the direction of Georges Prêtre and Alfredo Antonini. The program contains key roles of the...continue...

Ultimate Wedding Collection [EMI Classics]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 4, BWV 1068; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Bullard, Thomas; Dale, Laurence; Dawson, Lynne; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kilbey, Reginald; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Menuhin, Yehudi; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, Georg...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Players

All the music you need for your special day is available in this exclusive 2-CD set. The joy, grandeur and intimacy of this ceremony of...continue...

50 Best Puccini / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ercolani...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

Essential Puccini

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; La rondine; Suor Angelica; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Craig, Charles; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor ...
Conductors: Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pappano, Antonio; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Matacic, Lovro von; Collins, Michael; Santini, Gabriele; Barbirolli, John; Gardelli,...

The Very Best Of Placido Domingo

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Giacomo Meyerbeer: L'Africaine; Charles Goun...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Graham, Susan; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Horton, Peter; Urmana, Violeta; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John; Prêtre, Georges; Behr, Randall; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Rudel, Julius; Pappano, Antonio; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Domingo, Placid...
Ensemble: ; Rondalla Lirica de Madrid

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 2-CD set of his greatest hits. A worldrenowned, multifaceted artist, Domingo, now...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...

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

Plácido Domingo: The Opera Collection [26 CDs]

26 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Jacques Offenbach: Ga&...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Cuenod, Hugues; Domingo, Placido; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony; Leiferkus, Sergei; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Prestia, Giacomo; Schade, Michael;...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Marin, Ion; Prêtre, Georges; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kleiber, Carlos; Chung, Myung-Whun; Solti, Sir ...

Domingo reaches his 70th birthday and Deutsche Grammophon celebrates by releasing 'The Opera Collection', a collection of his amazingly rich DG/Decca catalog recognizing the tenor's...continue...

New Year's Concert 2005 in Venice / Annalisa Raspagliosi / Giuseppe Gipali [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Various Composers: Works
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 60 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Venice
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Live On Stage / Fritz Wunderlich

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Gioachino Rossini: Der Barb...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Casa, Lisa della; Guden, Hilde [vocals]; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Heater, Claude; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Kmentt, Waldemar; Knapp, Josef...
Conductors: Rieger, Fritz; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Prêtre, Georges; Kempe, Rudolf; Wallberg, Heinz; Krips, Josef

Fritz Wunderlich, Germany's greatest tenor in the 20th century - and one of the greatest tenors of all time - would have celebrated his 80th...continue...

Placido Domingo: My Greatest Roles Vol. 3 / French Operas [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-09-28

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Mazurok, Yuri; Obraztsova, Elena; Serra, Luciana; Verrett, Shirley
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Rudel, Julius; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Kultur is delighted to announce the release of the third volume of DVD boxed sets showcasing some of the greatest recordings of Placido Domingo's career...continue...
Run Time: 479 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM, Dolby 2.0
Subtitles: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish
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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...

Essential Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208; Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Cantata BWV 156; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Dmitry Shostakovich:...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Bramma, Harry; Bullard, Thomas; Dale, Laurence; Dawson, Lynne; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Goossens, Leon [Ob...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kilbey, Reginald; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Menuhin, Yehudi; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, Georg...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Liverpool Cathedral & Brass Ensemble; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Players

This program covers favorite pieces of liturgical music suitable for all types of religious wedding services, as well as secular works for non-religious occasions, including...continue...

50 Best Romantic Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Samson et Dalila; Romance for violin & orchestra in C major, Op. 48; Georges Bizet: Carment; Carmen, opera;...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Car...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Slatkin, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Plasson, Michel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Dervaux, Pierre; Ozawa, Seiji; Frémaux, Louis; Kara...

50 Best Callas

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La figlia del reggimento; Anna Bolena; Lucrezia Borgia; Gioachino Rossini: Il turco in Italia; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; G...
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Berbie, Jane; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Moffo, Anna; Natali, Valiano; Panerai, Rolando; Rossi-Lemeni, Ni...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Votto, Antonino; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Prêtre, Georges

Tosca (E) - Callas, Bergonzi, Pretre

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-05-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Callas, Maria; Ercolani, Renato; Gobbi, Tito; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Trama, Ugo
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Recording information: Paris, Salle Wagram (12/1964-01/1965)....continue...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Icon: Nicolai Gedda

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 189, "Meine Seele rühmt und priest" (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Cantata no 160, "Ich weis...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Callas, Maria; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Ralph; Dupré, Desmond; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Halverson, Alan [Organ]; Malcolm, George; Mall...
Conductors: ; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Klemperer, Otto; Wangenheim, Volker; Heger, Robert; Bender, Heinrich; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Galliera, Alceo; Froment, Louis de; Dervaux, Pierre...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda was a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely...continue...

New Year's Day Concert 2010

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-23

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; 'Im Krapfenwaldl' Polka francaise, Op. 336; Stürmisch in Lieb' und Tanz (Stormy in Love and Dance), polka schnell for orchestra, Op. 393 (RV 393; Wein, Weib un...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Georges Pretre returns to Vienna's illustrious Musikverein to conduct a compelling program that combines adored classics with no less than four intriguing premieres. Idolized in...continue...
Recording information: Goldener Saal des Wiener Musikvereins (01/01/2010)....continue...

Roussel: Symphonies 3 & 4

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Albert Roussel: Symphony no 3 in G minor, Op. 42; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 53; Sinfonietta for strings, Op. 52; Concerto for piano & orchestra in G major, Op. 36; Bacchus et Ariane, ballet, Op. ...
Performers: Laval, Danielle; Tessier, Georges
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierre; Prêtre, Georges; Plasson, Michel

Albert Roussel (1869-1937) was a French composer who spent seven years in the French Navy, only turning to music at the age of 25. He...continue...

Massenet: Hérodiade

3 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Boyt, Jean-Paul; Bumbry, Grace; Denize, Nadine; Doumene, Jean-Jacques; Gabelle, Guy; Kennedy, Roderick [Bass Vocals]; Konsek, Xenia; Makris, Cynthia; Mars, Jacques; Mitchell, Leona; Normand, Antoine;...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Guschlbauer, Theodor

Verdi Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-02-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Nabucco; La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Don Carlo; Otello; La Forza Del Destino
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballe, Montserrat; Caruso, Enrico; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scotto,...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Previtali, Fernando; Buckley, Emerson; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Cellini, Renato; Masini, Gianfranco; Levine, James; Schippers, Thomas; Pr...

Complete EMI Recordings 1950-1991 (Box)

56 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Sonata for Piano no 9 in D major, K. 311 (K. 284c); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Bertin, Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Deschamps, Hubert; Druart, Henri; Falcucci, Joseph-Marie; Gedda, Nicolai; Laurence, Marie; Lepauw, Roger; Mesple, ...
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Silvestri, Constantin; Halffter, Ernesto; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Strauss, Paul; Baudo, Serge; Prêtre, Georges; Cambreling, Sylvain; Martinon, Jean; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierr...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Orchestre de Paris (Members); Soloists of the Lamoureux Concert Association Orch

This 56 CD collection contains numerous items which have become available for the first time (such as Mozart sonatas and Bach Inventions previously only released...continue...
Recording information: 1950-1991....continue...

Maria Callas - The Legendary Duets

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; Aida, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Purit...
Performers: Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Corelli, Franco; Cossotto, Fiorenza; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Ercolani, Renato; Fernandi, Eugenio; Forti, Carlo; Ged...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Serafin, Tullio; Ghione, Franco; Prêtre, Georges; Galliera, Alceo

In these 2 CDs, the iconic Greek-American soprano Maria Callas is heard in duets with a number of the greatest opera stars of her day....continue...

Hector Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2009-10-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Including a 56-page booklet with historic photos; a complete French libretto with new, original English translation; and an essay on the performance by Robert Levine,...continue...
Recording information: Rome Opera House, Rome, Italy (01/11/1969)....continue...

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

French Night: Waldbuhne Concert - Berlioz, Rave, Debussy / Pretre/BPO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2009-08-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le carnaval romain Overture, Op. 9; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano left hand; Boléro; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Georges Bizet: Carmen...
Performers: Fleisher, Leon
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

A celebration of the music of French composers at the famous open air stage set in the Berlin forest. The program includes Berlioz's 'Roman Carnival...continue...
Run Time: 98 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
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Poulenc: Organ Concerto, Piano Concerto, Les biches, etc / Tacchino, Dervaux, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor; Litanies à la vierge noire de Rocamadour; Concerto for Piano; Concerto Champêtre for Harpsichord; Concerto for 2 Pian...
Performers: Duruflé, Maurice; Février, Jacques [Piano]; Poulenc, Francis; Puig-Roget, Henriette; Tacchino, Gabriel; Wiele, Aimee van de
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Jouineau, Jacques; Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris

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This set usefully collects Poulenc's concertante works and throws in Les biches and the Litanies à la Vierge noire for good measure. Richly...continue...

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Best 100 - Wedding

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D, B.W.V. 1068.; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Wachet auf, ruft uns ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Atherton, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Bayco, Frederic; Bilgram, Hedwig; Bo, Alfie; Bra...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; Kilbey, Reginald; ; Barbirolli, John; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Karajan, Herbert von; Munrow, David; Menuhin, Yehudi; Stevens, ...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players; Consortium Musicum; Ensemble Berlin; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Nash Ensemble

The latest in EMI Classics' wildly successful 'Best 100 series', this 6-CDs-for-the-price-of-1 set offers the finest wedding music compilation ever assembled. From the grandest ceremony...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Lisa Della Casa - Recital - Mozart, Wagner, Strauss, etc

1 CD / Orfeo / 2009-01-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Gottfried von Einem: Dantons Tod; Richard Strauss: Capriccio; Arabella
Performers: Casa, Lisa della; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dickie, Murray; Hammond, Hugh Beresford; Krenn, Werner; Madeira, Jean; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Wiener, Otto; Windgassen, Wolfgang [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krombholc, Jaroslav; Wallberg, Heinz; Krips, Josef; Prêtre, Georges; Keilberth, Joseph

Recording information: Vienna State Opera House....continue...