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Verdi Opera Selection, Vol. 2 - Aida with Pavarotti & Chiara; Nabucco with Leo Nucci; Simon Baccanegra with Domingo / Guleghina; Harteros [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Cavalletti, Massimo; Chiara, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Miroslav; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Guleghina, Maria; Harteros, Anja; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; ...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Luisi, Fabio; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Arthaus Musik celebrates Giuseppe Verdi's 200th birthday, who is especially known for his numerous opera compositions, and undoubtedly one of the most famous romantics. This...continue...
Run Time: 513 min.
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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 Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Voice of the Century [25 discs - Includes DVDs] [Limited Edition]

25 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-01-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Heidenröslein, D 257/Op. 3 no 3; Der Erlkönig, D 328; An den Frühl...
Performers: Alda, Catarina; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Demus, Jörg [Piano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Donderer, Georg; Dyk, Cornelis van; ...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Böhm, Karl; Richter, Karl; Gorvin, Carl; Stadlmair, Hans; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Weissenborn, Gunther; Fricsay, Ferenc; Gerdes, Otto; Joch...


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Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89 by Franz Schubert

Performer: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Baritone), Daniel Barenboim (Piano)
Period: Romanti

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Deutsche Oper Berlin: 100 Years, 1912-2012 / Live recordings from the 1960s, treasures in black & white / Ludwig, Tebaldi, Grummer, Fischer-Dieskau et al. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Don Carlos; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto
Performers: Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Dooley, James; Dooley, William; Ferr, Mario; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Greindl, Josef; Grobe, Donald; Grummer, Elisabeth; Johnson, Patricia; King, James; Koth, Erika; Lo...
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc; Patané, Giuseppe; Rother, Artur; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Deutsche Oper Berlin Orchestra

For its 100th anniversary the Deutsche Oper Berlin presents a special edition of live recordings. This special edition box contains the live recordings from the...continue...
Run Time: 729 min.
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Sound Format(s): PCM Mono,
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Wagner: The Ring Without Words - A synthesis of orchestral music from the "Ring" / Lorin Maazel, Berlin Philharmonic [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
... Maazel's continuous musical score, seventy-five minutes without a break, begins with the opening tones of Rheingold...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
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Country of Origin: Austria
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Wagner: The Ring Without Words - A synthesis of orchestral music from the "Ring" / Lorin Maazel, Berlin Philharmonic [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2012-09-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

A unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring cycle, arranged in a free-flowing and chronological cycle by world-famous conductor Lorin Maazel. Comprised of the...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio Surround
Country of Origin: Austria
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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...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

De Falla: La Vida Breve, opera / Maazel - Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Giancarlo Del Monaco, Gallardo-Domas, De Leon, Fernandez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-06-26

Works: Manuel de Falla: La vida breve
Performers: Bou, Felipe; Corbacho, Luisa; Fernandez, Esperanza; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Leon, Jorge De; Pastor, Juan Carlos Gomez
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana; Valencian Community Orchestra

Presented here for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, Manuel de Falla's "La vida breve" is arguably the greatest opera in the entire...continue...
Run Time: 82 min.
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Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
Subtitles: ES,EN,DE,FR
Country of Origin: Aus...continue...

De Falla: La Vida Breve, opera / Maazel - Orchestra Comunitat Valenciana, Giancarlo Del Monaco, Gallardo-Domas, De Leon, Fernandez [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-06-26

Works: Manuel de Falla: La vida breve
Performers: Bou, Felipe; Corbacho, Luisa; Fernandez, Esperanza; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Leon, Jorge De; Pastor, Juan Carlos Gomez
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana; Valencian Community Orchestra

Presented here for the first time on DVD and Blu-ray Disc, Manuel de Falla's "La vida breve" is arguably the greatest opera in the entire...continue...
Run Time: 82 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Stereo, DTS-HD 5.1
Subtitles: ES,EN,DE,FR
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Cimarosa: The Secret Marriage / Maazel, Greindl, Koth, Otto, Johnson [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto
Performers: Greindl, Josef; Grobe, Donald; Johnson, Patricia; Koth, Erika; McDaniel, Barry; Otto, Lisa
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra

Staged by Gustav Rudolf Sellner, conducted by Lorin Maazel , with costumes by Filippo Sanjust and performed by the six soloists with consummate vocal elegance,...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Mono,
Subtitles: German, English, French, Spanish, Italian
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Opera 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Nabucco; V...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Braun, Victor; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chiara...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Mehta, Zubin; Luisi, Fabio; Pappano, Antonio; Antonini, Giovanni; Armiliato, Marco; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Wellber, Omer Meir; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; C...

This magnificent collection features the greatest starts of opera including Anna Netrebko, Jonas Kaufmann, Joyce DiDonato, Juan Diego Florez, Cecilia Bartolia, Andrea Bocelli and many...continue...

Legendary Moments of the New Year's Concert / Karajan, Kleiber, Maazel, Mehta

4 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-12-20

Works: Johann Strauss II: Waldmeister; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Morgenblätter (Morning Papers), waltz for orchestra, Op. 279 (RV 279); Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; Der Zigeunerbaron; Wiener Blu...
Performers: Hink, Werner; Maazel, Lorin
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin; Kleiber, Carlos
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic

The Vienna New Year’s Concert is the world’s most famous classical music event. Established by the Vienna Philharmonic as an annual tradition, the concert has...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Leo Nucci

3 CD / Decca / 2011-11-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin

Recording information: Studio Albanella, Milan (12/1985-01/1986)....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

Puccini: Turandot / Maazel/Vienna State Opera, Marton, Carreras [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-05-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, Jose; Marton, Eva; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

From the Vienna State Opera, Arthaus presents a timeless document of great opera. Puccini's last opera tells the story of the battle of the sexes...continue...
Run Time: 139 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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A Gershwin Collection from Decca

7 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Lullaby, for string quartet; An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Girl Crazy; Oh, Kay!; Funny Face; Let...
Performers: Austin, Patti; Austin, Patty; Boatwright, McHenry; Brown, William; Buck, John; Clemmons, Frarncois; Conrad, Barbara [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Deane, Christopher; Floyd, Alpha; Hagan, Samuel; Hendricks, ...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Fiedler, Arthur; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Herrmann, Bernard; Dorati, Antal; Mauceri, John; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; London Festival Ensemble

An unparalleled collection of many of Gershwin's most popular pieces from Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris to a collection of songs and...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Maazel/La Fenice, Hvorostovsky, Ciofi, Sacca [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-03-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Sacca, Roberto
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Teatro La Fenice Orchestra

This 2004 production of Verdi's La Traviata celebrates the resurrection of the legendary Teatro La Fenice, which had been completely destroyed by a fire in...continue...
Run Time: 146 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

Essential Puccini

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-03-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; La bohème; La Rondine
Performers: Alagna; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Maria; Freni, Mirella; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Ludwig; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Bartoletti, Bruno; Erede, Alberto; Maazel, Lorin; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe

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...

Wagner: The Ring Without Words / Maazel, Berlin PO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"A unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring cycle. Arranged by Lorin Maazel, the work was designed to be free flowing (no breaks) and...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, French, Japan...continue...

Wagner: The Ring Without Words / Maazel, Berlin PO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2011-01-25

Works: Richard Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"A unique synthesis of orchestral music from Wagner's Ring cycle. Arranged by Lorin Maazel, the work was designed to be free flowing (no breaks) and...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
Subtitles: German, French, Japanese
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Bravo Pavarotti [2 CDs]

2 CD / Decca / 2010-10-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Ernani; Il trovatore; La traviata; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Otello; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; M...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Freni, Mirella; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Krause, Tom; Luccardi, Giancarlo; Milnes, Sherrill; Morresi, Gius...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Levine, James; Rescigno, Nicola; Maag, Peter; Chailly, Riccardo; B...

This 2-for-1 CD set celebrates the 75th anniversary of the birth of Luciano Pavarotti (10/12/1935). Known worldwide as the superstar of stadium concerts and sporting...continue...

Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf, Ravel / Royal Ballet School, Netherlands Dance [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-07-27

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges
Performers: Berbie, Jeanne; Collard, Jeanine; Dowell, Anthony; Ogeas, Francoise
Conductors: Murphy, Paul; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; RTF Chorus

Run Time: 82 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSq, 4:3, Color
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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...

Verdi: La Traviata / Maazel/La Scala, Gheorghiu, Vargas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-03-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cossutta, Enrico; Frontali, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Paliaga, Alessandro; Petrinksy, Natascha; Roni, Luigi; Terranova, Piero; Tramonti, Tiziana; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Praised by Bloomberg for having "mastered the role" and "acting her socks off," Angela Gheorghiu leads an all-star cast which includes Ramon Vargas and Roberto...continue...
Run Time: 132 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

A Portrait of Kiri Te Kanawa

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel und Gretel; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Richard Strauss: Lieder (4), Op. 27; Ruhe...
Performers: Amner, Richard; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Davis, Andrew

Selections recorded 1979-83....continue...

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Verdi: Falstaff Commedia Lirica In Tre Atti

2 CD / Orfeo / 2009-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff
Performers: Berry, Walter; Gahmlich, Wilfried; Mazzola, Rudolf; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin

Recording information: Neueinstudierung (02/02/1983)....continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Maazel/La Scala, Hayashi, Kim, Dvorsky [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-08-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Dvorsky, Peter; Hayashi, Yasuko; Kim, Hak-Nam; Zancanaro, Giorgio
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Giacomo Puccini, the most significant Italian opera composer to follow in the footsteps of Giuseppe Verdi, discovered the foundation for Madam Butterfly in London where...continue...
Run Time: 144 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: Italian, German, French, Spanish
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Classical Music Prep School - Essential Music Everyone Wants to Know

4 CD / Telarc / 2009-08-11

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O viridissima virga; Anonymous, Cantigas de Santa Maria: Work(s); Anonymous, Worcester Antiphonarium: Salve virgo virginum; Anonymous, Trouvères: Au renouvel; Guillaume Duf...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bishop, Michael [Engineer]; Brewer, Christine; Cheng, Gloria; Chertock, Michael; Dinnerstein, Simone [Piano]; Gutierrez, Horacio; Kammen, Shira; O'Conor, John; Russell, David [Guita...
Conductors: ; MacKenzie, Norman; Pearlman, Martin; Ozawa, Seiji; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kunzel, Erich; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Slatkin, Leonard; Maazel, Lorin; Bishop, Michael; Levi, Yoel; Shaw, Robert; ...
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Quartet; Empire Brass & Friends; Ensemble Galilei; Ensemble P.A.N. [Project Ars Nova]

Legends: The Three Tenors

1 CD / Decca Import / 2009-08-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Luigi Denza: Funiculì funicul&a...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; López-Cobos, Jesús; Müller, Eduardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin

Personnel: Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Luciano Pavarotti (tenor).

Includes work(s): medley: west side story (bernstein) / o p by various composers....continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Birgit Nilsson; Lorin Maazel

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-06-02

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Grobe, Donald; Krause, Tom; McCracken, James [Tenor Vocal]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin

Recording information: Sofiensaal, Vienna (03/1964)....continue...

Celeste Aida - The Verdi Album / Luciano Pavarotti

2 CD / Decca / 2009-05-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Luisa Miller; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Caballe, Montserrat; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Chiara, Maria; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Coni, Paolo; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gibbs, John; Kavrakos, Dimitri; King, Malcolm; Lambriks, Marjon; Lloyd...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Maag, Peter; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Magiera, Leone; Muti, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharm...

This special collection of great Verdi tenor arias is taken from Luciano Pavarotti's classic recordings - all made in the prime of his career. The...continue...

Verdi: Aida / Maazel/La Scala, Chiara, Pavarotti, Dimitrova, Ghiaurov [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2009-04-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Burchuladze, Paata; Chiara, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pons, Juan
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

This magnificent production of Verdi's most-loved masterpiece was a triumphant success when it opened at La Scala in December 1985 and Luciano Pavarotti's long-awaited performance...continue...
Run Time: 238 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English, German, French, Dutch, Sp...continue...

Mozart Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Symphony...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Donat, Zdislawa; Entremont, Philippe; Hucke, Helmut; Jones, Mason; Mintz, Shlomo; Penzel, Erich; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ritzkowsky, Johannes;...
Conductors: Szell, George; Davis, Colin; Levine, James; Leinsdorf, Erich; Bruno, Weil; Spivakov, Vladimir; Maazel, Lorin; Ormandy, Eugene; Fiedler, Arthur;
Ensemble: ; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Members of the Collegium Aureum (Members)

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

Patrizia Ciofi Live

2 CD / Dynamic / 2009-02-09

Works: Tommaso Traetta: Ipplito ed Aricia, opera in 5 acts; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Il crociato in Egitto; Gioachino Rossini: Otello; Gaetano Donizetti: Pia de' Tolomei, opera; La figlia del re...
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia
Conductors: Golub, David; Palumbo, Renato; Arrivabeni, Paolo; Hull, Eric; Villaume, Emmanuel; Frizza, Riccardo; Maazel, Lorin

Opera Britannia
There is much to enjoy here, but the "Prendi amor" from Tomasso Traetta's Ippolito e Aricia is the highlight of this two disc compilation...Ciofi's...continue...

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi / Maazel, Tatozzi, Pastori, Cossotto, Vinco, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-11-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera
Performers: Cossotto, Fiorenza; Gavarini, Renato; Pastori, Antonietta; Tatozzi, Vittorio; Vinco, Ivo
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

It is worth noting that all previous releases of this program are multi-copied recordings. Here for the first time it is presented from the Original...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Maazel/Teatro alla Scala, Gheorghiu, Vargas [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-09-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cossutta, Enrico; Frontali, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Paliaga, Alessandro; Petrinksy, Natascha; Roni, Luigi; Terranova, Piero; Tramonti, Tiziana; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Run Time: 132 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, En...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Maazel/Teatro alla Scala, Gheorghiu, Vargas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2008-09-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Cossutta, Enrico; Frontali, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Paliaga, Alessandro; Petrinsky, Natascha; Roni, Luigi; Terranova, Piero; Tramonti, Tiziana; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Run Time: 132 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ge...continue...

The Pavarotti Story

4 CD / Decca / 2008-04-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Aida, opera; Otello; I lombar...
Performers: Bono; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Eno, Brian; Evans, David; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; John, Elton; Jungwirth, Manfred [Bass Vocals]; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Kerns, Ric...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Solti, Sir Georg; Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Patanè, George; Rescigno, Nicola; Chailly, Riccardo; Pritchard, John; Maazel, Lorin; Levine, James; Kertész, Istv...

This commemorative set documents Pavarotti's life story in both words and music. Presented in superb, high quality packaging including a 70 page illustrated booklet of...continue...
Personnel: Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Dr. David Evans , Elton John, Frank Sinatra (vocals); Joan Sutherland (soprano); Christa Ludwig, Elke Schary, Jane Shaulis (mezzo soprano); Plácido Domingo, ...continue...

Essential Jose Carreras (International)

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven

A beloved member of The Three Tenors, Spain's Jos Carreras has become one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

Christa Ludwig: Live Recordings, 1955-1994

3 CD / Orfeo / 2008-02-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Capriccio, ...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Bonisolli, Franco; Casa, Lisa della; Cathy Berns-Rund; Chauvet, Guy; Donch, Karl; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Flossman, Gilels; Gall...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Krips, Josef; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Ludwig, Leopold; Prêtre, Georges; Heger, Robert; Maazel, Lorin; Bernstein, Leonard; Stein, Horst; Albrecht, Gerd; Mehta, Zubi...

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Maazel, Pilou, Guy, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2008-02-12

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Guy, Henri; Martino, Adriana; Pilou, Jeannette; Reynolds, Anna; Rovetta, Teodoro; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra

This live 1969 broadcast performance of Debussy's operatic masterpiece, one of the seminal vocal works of the twentieth century, joins the Grand Tier catalogue with...continue...

The Essential José Carreras

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: ; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Tallis Chamber Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

A beloved member of "The Three Tenors," Spain's Jose Carreras endures as one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

Puccini's Greatest Hit - The Ultimate "Nessun dorma"

1 CD / RCA Records / 2007-10-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Appleby, Jo; Banbury, James; Bjorling, Jussi; Bolton, Michael; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Garrett, Nicholas; Habbin, David; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vo...
Conductors: Masini, Gianfranco; Cobos, Luis; Maazel, Lorin; Heindorf, Ray; Mercurio, Steven; Abbado, Roberto; Rizzi, Carlo; Ingman, Nick; Mehta, Zubin; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: ; Grudgionz Festival Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Shakespeare at the Opera - Verdi: Otello, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Richard Wagner: Das Liebesverbot, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Otello; Falstaff; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Charles Gounod: R...
Performers: Abello, Andre; Aichberger, Ewald; Barbieri, Fedora; Borg, Kim; Cadoni, Fernanda; Campi, Enrico; Capecchi, Renato; Cappuccilli, Piero; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Cossutta, Carlo; Dermota...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Heger, Robert; Böhm, Karl; Rieger, Fritz; Almeida, Antonio de; Kleiber, Carlos; Rossi, Mario

Seven complete operas based on plays by Shakespeare—great live opera recordings at budget price in one space-saving set! Exciting live recordings taped 1958–1983 feature the...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...