Walker, James

Gilbert & Sullivan Edition [Bonus CD]

25 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Arthur Sullivan: Gondoliers; Grand Duke; Overture di ballo, for orchestra in E major; Henry VIII; HMS Pinafore; Iolanthe (The Peer and the Peri), operetta; Mikado; Patience (Bunthorne's Bride), opere...
Performers: Adams, Donald; Palmer, Christene; Potter, Philip; Reed, John; Round, Thomas
Conductors: Godfrey, Isidore; Nash, Royston; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Walker, James

29 May 2011 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Sir William Schwenck Gilbert - the librettist of one of the most famous musical...continue...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale / Parodi, Corena, Lazzari, La Gatta, Poli, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2009-02-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Ambroise Thomas: Le caïd; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le pas d'armes du Roi Jean; Char...
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Gatta, Dora; Lazzari, Agostino; Poli, Afro; Signore, Gino del
Conductors: Parodi, Armando La Rosa; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Walker, James

This latest offering in Preiser's Paperback Opera Series is taken from a 1952 recording by Urania Records. As a bonus, a recital by Fernando Corena...continue...

La Gaîté Offenbach

2 CD / Decca Import / 1994-05-25

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Belle Hélène; La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein; La Fille du Tambour-Major; Robinson Crusoé; La Périchole; Le Papillon Ballet; ...
Performers: Charon, Jacques; Corena, Fernando; Crespin, Regine; Domingo, Placido; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Tourangeau, Huguette
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Ansermet, Ernest; Lombard, Alain; Walker, James; Bonynge, Richard