Viotti, Marcello

Ponchielli: La Gioconda / Violeta Urmana, Placido Domingo, Luciana D'Intino, Elisabetta Fiorillo, Lado Ataneli

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks; Munchner Kinderchor; Munchner Rundfunkorchester

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...

Jules Massenet: Thais, opera / Eva Mei, Michele Pertusi, William Joyner, Christophe Fel

2 CD / Dynamic / 2013-01-29

Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Teatro la Fenice di Venezia Chorus; Teatro la Fenice di Venezia Orchestra

Thaïs is an opera in three acts by Jules Massenet to a French libretto by Louis Gallet based on the novel Thaïs by Anatole France....continue...

Rolalndo Villazon Sings Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Un Ballo in maschera; Ernani; I Lombardi; Don Carlo; Macbeth; Requiem Mass
Performers: Villaz?n, Rolando; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

From the very beginning of his glittering career, Rolando Villazon has shown himself to be an outstanding Verdi interpreter. On the occasion of the 200th...continue...

Edita Gruberova Edition Vol 1 - The Queen of Belcanto - Arias by Donizetti and Bellini

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Anna Bolena; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Bros, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Schneiderman, Helene; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich; Boncompagni, Elio; Viotti, Marcello; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Edita Gruberova, leading diva of bel canto singing, has selected several of her favorite arias centered on an archetype of the bel canto era: the...continue...

Bellini Portraits - arias from I Pirata; I Capuleti e I Montecchi; La Sonnambula; Norma et al. / Edita Gruberova, soprano

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Beatrice di Tenda, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Bros, Jose; Clementis, Tamas; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Schmidt, Monika; Schrott, Erwin; Tuand, Carlo
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio; Haider, Friedrich; Viotti, Marcello; Steinberg, Pinchas

Bellini's individually melancholic and ethereal phrases have always been a favorite of Edita Gruberova, and the artist personally has made this selection out of six...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; Björling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Lu...
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...

Bellissimo French Opera: arias by Salieri, Meyerbeer, Gounod, Massenet, Bizet et al. / Caballe, Rancatore, Wok, Breedt

1 CD / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Antonio Salieri: Les Danaïdes; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots; Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba; Polyeucte; Jules Massenet: Roma; Chérubin; Le Roi de Lahore; Meditation (from "Thaïs"...
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Caballé, Montserrat; Casciarri, Giorgio; Girard, Guylaine [Soprano]; Grassi, Luca; Gueze, Sebastien; Lee, Jeong-Won; Martin-Bonnet, Éric; Massis, Annick; Mok, Warren; ...
Conductors: Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Palumbo, Renato; Benzi, Manlio; Guidarini, Marco; Villaume, Emmanuel; Viotti, Marcello; Davin, Patrick; Tingaud, Jean-Luc

After the first two "Bellissimo" recordings dedicated to Handel, Vivaldi and Italian opera arias, the new CD features some of the rarest and beautiful French...continue...

Donizetti: Maria Stuarda / Gruberova, Oprisanu, Arevalo, Bronikowski

2 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bronikowski, Marcin; Gruberova, Edita; Lucas, Michaela; Monte, Duccio dal; Oprisanu, Carmen
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

A superb recording of the bel canto classic featuring the incomparable Edita Gruberova in the title role supported by a cast of exciting young singers....continue...

Opera 2012 / Gheorghiu, Villazon, Damrau, Alagna, Dessay, Grigolo, DiDonato, Daniels

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Il barbiere di Siviglia; La Cenerentola; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Fille du Régiment; ...
Performers: Ades, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Domingo, Placido; Garanca, Elina; Gens, Veroni...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Ono, Kazushi; Viotti, Marcello; Pidò, Evelino; Morandi, Pier G.; Coppola, Anton; Armstrong, Richard; Bellincampi, Giordano; Curtis, Alan; Norrington, Roger; Faso...

Following the enormous success of the album OPERA 2011, Virgin Classics releases OPERA 2012. With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damra...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

Classical 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-05

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Karl Jenkins: Gloria; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Stabat Mater; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto ...
Performers: Adès, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Capu...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Müller, Eduardo; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Prizeman, Robert; ; Gergiev, Valery; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Serafin, Tullio; Nézet-Sé...
Ensemble: ; Quatuor Ebène ; Scottish Ensemble

With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of classical favorites, this double album features the best and most popular names in classical music, ranging from...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: Caballé, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Domingo, Placido; Erwen, Keith; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Gabriel, Ana; Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas; Milnes, Sherrill; Pand...
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...

Jules Massenet: Thais, Eva Mei, Michele Pertusi, William Joyner, et al / Marcello Viotti [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Thaïs
Performers: Fel, Christophe; Joyner, William; Mei, Eva; Pertusi, Michele
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Chorus; Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 90 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): , Digitally Processed
Country of Origin: Italy
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Georges Bizet: Les Pecheurs des perles / Marcello Viotti / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera
Performers: de Donato, Luigi; Grassi, Luca; Massis, Annick; Nakajima, Yasu
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 122 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: Italy
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Jules Massenet: La Roi De Lahore / Marcello Viotti / Teatro La Fenice di Venezia [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Le roi de Lahore
Performers: Gipali, Giuseppe; Sanchez, Ana Maria; Stoyanov, Vladimir; Zanellato, Riccardo
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Venice Teatro la Fenice Orchestra

Run Time: 153 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: Venice
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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...

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...

Lucia Aliberti Sings Bellini

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Beatrice di Tenda, opera
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; May, Hermine; Reyes, Jose Guadalupe
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello; Luisi, Fabio

The bel canto soprano Lucia Aliberti is right in her element here, as arias and scenes from La Sonnambula and Il Pirata let her show...continue...

Passione: Opera for Lovers

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Vincenzo Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Agay, Karola; Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Dickie, John [Tenor Vocal]; Frontiali, Roberto; Gavanelli, Paolo; Geszty, Sylvia; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Kuhse,...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Luisi, Fabio; Suitner, Otmar; Vonk, Hans; Winkler, Johannes; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Fricke, Heinz; Pommer, Max; Neumann, Václav; Kurz, Siegfried

Nowhere are love and passion expressed more fervently than here. Great feelings that strike a chord!...continue...

Verdi: Rigoletto / Viotti / Arena of Verona / Nucci, Mula, Machado [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-11-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Bigi, Loredana; Canettieri, Alessandra; Floris, Giovanni; Josipovich, Milena; Luperi, Mario; M'Punga, Sarah; Machado, Aquiles; Mula, Inva; Nardinocchi, Angelo; Nava, Tino; Nucci, Leo; Piccinni, Andre...
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Orchestra e Coro Dell'Arena di Verona

"The Duke must of necessity be a lecher" - with these words Verdi opposed the police censorship of his Rigoletto. For the then government the...continue...
Run Time: 134 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...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...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...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; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Ar...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; An...
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...

Legendary Treasures - Violin Concertos Vol 1 / Silvia Marcovici, et al

3 DVD Audio / Doremi / 2009-01-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Camille Saint...
Performers: Marcovici, Silvia
Conductors: Mandeal, Cristian; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Inbal, Eliahu; Viotti, Marcello

These rare live, monumental performances have never appeared before on CD! Silvia Marcovici is the most important violinist to come out of Romania since George...continue...

Respighi: Works for Violin & Orchestra / Marcello Viotti, Ingolf Turban, English Chamber Orchestra

1 CD / Claves / 2009-01-13

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Chaconne for Violin, Organ and Strings; Concerto all'antica for Violin; Concerto a Cinque for Oboe, Trumpet, Piano, Violin, Double Bass and Strings; Pastorale in C major after Tart...
Performers: Turban, Ingolf
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

The current interest in Respighi's music has led to the rediscovery of many of his lesser-known and unpublished compositions. This recording contains two world premieres...continue...

The Three Tenors at Christmas / Carreras, Pavarotti, Domingo

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); César Franck: Panis angelicus; Georges Bizet: Agnus Dei, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore ...
Performers: Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gormley, Michael G.; Pavarotti, Luciano; Sissel
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Viotti, Marcello; Solti, Sir Georg; Gamba, Piero; Sutej, Vjekoslav

This brand-new compilation brings together three of the greatest opera singers of our time: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo and Jose Carreras. This generously filled CD...continue...

Bellini: Complete Operas / Bernstein, Callas, Bonynge, Caballé, Cioffi, Scotto, et al

25 CD / Dynamic / 2008-09-30

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Adelson e Salvini, opera; Bianca e Fernando, opera; Il Pirata, opera; La Straniera, opera; Zaira, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; La sonnambula, opera; Norma, opera; Beatric...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; Amodio, Nicola; Anderson, Kelly; Balboni, Anna Maria; Barcellona, Daniela; Caballe, Montserrat; Caforio, Armando; Callas, Maria;...
Conductors: Licata, Andrea; Viotti, Marcello; Sanzogno, Nino; Olmi, Paolo; Acocella, Luciano; Carella, Giuliano; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Luisi, Fabio; Bonynge, Richard; Bernstein, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: ; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra; Italian International Orchestra; Macerata Opera Festival Orchestra; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

Elections Classiques 2007 - Coffret 50 Airs Prefer

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle no 2 en mi bémol majeur D. 929; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie no 9 en ré mineur Op. 125 -; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emper...
Performers: Asperen, Bob van; Bonney, Barbara; Braley, Frank; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Cals, Isabelle; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Cavallier, Nicolas; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dessa...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Vonk, Hans; Serafin, Tullio; Barenboim, Daniel; Harding, Daniel; Marin, Ion; Willcocks, David; Karajan, Herbert von; Klemperer, Otto; Munch, Charles; Paavo, Jä...

Bellini: Il Pirata / Viotti, Aliberti, Frontali, Neill et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia [Soprano Vocal]; Anderson, Kelly; Frontiali, Roberto; May, Hermine; Neill, Stuart; Reyes, Jose Guadalupe
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

Chausson: Le Roi Arthus / Viotti, Anthony, Rouillon, et al

3 CD / E1 Entertainment / 2008-06-10

Works: Ernest Chausson: Le roi Arthus, lyric drama in 3 acts, Op. 23
Performers: Anthony, Susan; Arevalo, Octavio; Galkin, Nikolai; Huchet, Eric; Nasrawi, Douglas; Ottevaere, Daniel; Rigosa, Danilo; Rouillon, Philippe; Serkin, Valeri; Soco, Zrinko
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The Great Wall Of China is the stone witness to both the strengths and weaknesses of China. This two-part documentary reveals the source of the...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

Les ballets Russes Vol 2 - Ravel, Poulenc / Gielen, Viotti, Southwest German RSO

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-03-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Francis Poulenc: Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36
Conductors: Gielen, Michael; Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Ravel's radiantly magical Daphnis et Chloé complete, in a glowing, ecstatic choral performance, with a glorious "Daybreak" and a thrilling closing "Danse gé...continue...

Viva Villazón!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Le Cid; P...
Performers: Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello; Pidò, Evelino; Plasson, Michel; Domingo, Placido; Haïm, Emmanuelle

In the last four years Rolando Villazon has become one of the most outstanding tenors of his generation. The range of repertoire he has recorded...continue...

Julia Varady Sings Wagner & Verdi

1 CD / Orfeo / 2007-06-13

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Otello
Performers: Broitman, Ruben; Giacomini, Giuseppe; Grundheber, Franz; Koves, Peter; Lipovsek, Marjana; Varady, Julia [Soprano Vocals]; Winsauer, Waltraud
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf; Viotti, Marcello; Badea, Christian; Soltesz, Stefan; Runnicles, Donald

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Best of all is her Desdemona, in extracts from Otello in May 1996 conducted by Donald Runnicles. The confrontation from Act 3 with Giuseppe...continue...

Paganini: Violin Concertos 1& 2, 24 Caprices / Alexander Markov, et al

2 CD / Apex / 2007-05-22

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 6; Concerto for Violin no 2 in B minor, Op. 7 "La Campanella"; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1
Performers: Markov, Alexander
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Saar Radio Symphony Orchestra

Live Recordings 1967-1999

3 CD / Orfeo / 2007-05-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; La Fanciulla del West; Tosca; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, ...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Benackova, Gabriela; Burke, Richard; Carroli, Silvano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Diepold, Alexander; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Frittoli, Barbara; Gall, Axelle; Go...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Klobucar, Berislav; Luisi, Fabio; Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Oren, Daniel; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Slatkin, Leonard; Santi, Nello; Albrecht, Gerd; Viotti, Marcello; Badea...

Giordano: Andrea Chenier

2 CD / Capriccio / 2006-12-28

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Dundekova, Evghenia; Guleghina, Maria; Helm, Hans; Lefebvre, Pierre; Linos, Glenys; Otelli, Claudio; Pasino, Gisella; Pertusi, Michele; Rinaldi-Miliani, Stefano; Ze...
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello

Schulhoff: Ogelala, Suite, Symphony no 2 / Dohnanyi, Viotti

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-06-13

Works: Erwin Schulhoff: Ogelala, ballet, WV 64; Suite, for orchestra, Op. 37; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Dohnányi, Oliver von; Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: ; Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra

Born in 1894, Czech composer Erwin Schulhoff was a prodigy whose life was cut tragically short. He died in 1942 in the Nazi concentration camp...continue...

Paradisi Gloria - Martin: In Terra Pax, etc / Viotti, et al

3 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-09-20

Works: Frank Martin: In Terra Pax, oratorio for soloists, choruses & orchestra; Pilate, short oratorio for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Golgotha, oratorio for 5 soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra
Performers: Braun, Lioba; Buffle, Christine; Cachemaille, Gilles; Dalis, Fabrice; Fel, Christopher; Galvez-Vallejo, Daniel; Komlosi, Ildiko; LeRoux, Francois [Baritone Vocal]; Lisnic, Tatiana; Pia, Claude; Rouil...
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello; Schirmer, Ulf
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

This new release showcases the music of Swiss composer Frank Martin. Martin's profound Christian faith is reflected in the sacred works included on this recording....continue...

Stabat Mater - Penderecki, Poulenc, Szymanowsky

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-08-16

Works: Francis Poulenc: Stabat Mater, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 148; Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater, Op. 53; Krzysztof Penderecki: Passio et mors domini nostri Jesu Christi secundum Lucam "Saint ...
Performers: Benz, Georgina von; Previati, Fabio; Urmana, Violeta; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rilling, Helmuth

With this release, Profil presents settings of the 'Stabat Mater' by Penderecki, Poulenc, and Szymanowsky. Viotti and Rilling lead the Munchner Rundfunkorchester and the Chor...continue...

Martinu: Works for Violin and Orchestra / Viotti, et al

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-08-09

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Duo Concertante for 2 violins & orchestra (Concerto no 1), H. 264; Concerto for 2 violins & orchestra (no 2), H. 329
Performers: Pospichal, Jan; Zwiauer, Florian
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Three of his best concerted works for violin and orchestra and performed here by Jan Pospichal and Florian Zwiauer, both lead violinists with the Vienna...continue...

Paradisi Gloria - Psalms / Viotti, Rundel, Ruzicka, et al

1 CD / Profil Edition Gunter Hanssler / 2005-07-19

Works: Alexander von Zemlinsky: Psalm 13; Igor Markevitch: Psalm for soprano & orchestra; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Passover Psalm, Op 30; Ernest Bloch: Psalm 22, for alto (or baritone) & orchestra
Performers: Magee, Emily; Prokina, Yelena; Texier, Vincent le
Conductors: Halsey, Simon; Ruzicka, Peter; Rundel, Peter; Glaser, Michael; Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus

This exceptional program features contemporary sacred music at its best. This recording includes a fantastic collection of Psalm compositions by Korngold, Bloch and Noam....continue...

Schubert: Complete Symphonic Works Vol 3 / Viotti, et al

1 CD / Claves / 2004-11-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 4 in C minor, D 417 "Tragic"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Saarbrücken Radio Symphony Orchestra

Schubert: Symphonies no 6 & 7 / Marcello Viotti, et al

1 CD / Claves / 2004-04-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 6 in C major, D 589 "Little C Major"; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello

Schubert: Complete Symphonic Works Vol 4 / Marcello Viotti

1 CD / Claves / 2004-03-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D major, D 200; Overture in B flat major, D 470; Overture in D major, D 556; Overture in D major, D 590 "In the Italian style"; Overture in C major, D 591/Op. 170 "In...
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Saar Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rolando Villazón - Italian Opera Arias / Viotti, Munich RSO

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2004-02-10

Works: Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi; Don Carlos; Macbeth; Rigoletto; La traviata; Giacomo P...
Performers: Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Rolando Villazon debuts his recording career with grand repertoire that ranges from bel-canto arias to masterpieces of the verismo style: Cilea, Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi. The...continue...

Schubert: Symphonies no 1 & 2 / Viotti, RSO Saarbrücken

1 CD / Claves / 2004-02-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 1 in D major, D 82; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, D 125
Conductors: Viotti, Marcello
Ensemble: Saar Radio Symphony Orchestra