Opera/Operetta > Plasson, Michel

Vive Offenbach!: Famous Operetta Arias & Overtures / Jane Rhodes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole; Barbe-Bleue; La vie parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; La belle Hélène
Performers: Rhodes, Jane
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Benzi, Roberto; Frémaux, Louis
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de Bordeaux Aquitaine

No other composer depicted the typical French effervescence and easy-going Parisian lifestyle so accurately, coupled with biting satire of the powers-that-be, as Jacques Offenbach. This...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...

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: Villazón, Rolando; Villaz?n, 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...

The Very Best of Jessye Norman from the EMI Catalog [2 CDs]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-17

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde; Wesendonck Lieder; Franz Schubert: Dem Unendlichen, D 291; Der Winterabend, D 938; Auflösung ("Verbirg dich, Sonne"), so...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alliot-Lugaz, Colette; Balwin, Dalton; Baquier, Gabriel; Burles, Charles; Carreras, Nicole; Debost, Michel; Duesing, Dale; Fontanarosa, Renaud; Gage, Irwin; LaFont, Jean-Phi...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Cambreling, Sylvain; Muti, Riccardo; Plasson, Michel

If anyone may lay claim to the title of prima donna assoluta of the late 20th century, it is surely Jessye Norman. She is one...continue...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Hunt Cantata, BWV 208; Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Cantata...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...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...

The Best of Jose Carreras: A Portrait

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Macbeth; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fromental Halévy: La Juive (The Jewess); Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Jac...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delacôte, Jacques; Plasson, Michel; Muti, Riccardo; Lombard, Alain

Gounod: Romeo & Juliette [Highlights] / Alagna, Gheorghiu, Van Dam, Keenlyside

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keenlyside, Simon; Larcher, Claire; Todorovitch, Marie-Ange; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: ; Choir du Capitole de Toulouse

Personnel: Guy Fletcher (vocals); Alain Vernhes, Alain Fondary (baritone).

Recording information: Halle aux grains, Toulouse (10/17/1995-10/26/1995)....continue...

100 Best Choruses

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

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

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

Delibes: Lakmé [Highlights] / Natalie Dessay, Kunde, van Dam

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Kunde, Gregory; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

Gramophone Magazine
Natalie Dessay is certainly a star in the title role and yet she never fails to remember that Delibes's heroine must be a fragile...continue...
Recording information: Halle-aux-grains, Toulouse (06/24/1997-07/02/1997)....continue...

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Most Relaxing Classics / Cziffra, Meyer, Plasson, Lawrence-King

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Clarinet no 2; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for lute and two violins in D; François Couperin: Les Baricades mistérieuses, for harpsichord (Pièces ...
Performers: Bailes, Anthony; Cziffra, György; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Lawrence-King, Andrew; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Ragin,...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; ; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Parrott, Andrew; Plasson, Michel; Downes, Edward; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Danske Strings

Moonlight Classics / Beethoven, Debussy, Dvorak, Ravel, Vivaldi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16; Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orche...
Performers: Campanella, Bruno [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gedda, Nicolai; Haidan, Delphine; Maurer, Sonia; Menuhin, Yehudi; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Popp, Lucia; Richter, Sviatoslav; Scaramuzzino, ...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Paavo, Järvi; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Kurtz, Efrem; Plasson, Michel; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Soltesz, Stefan; Vonk, Hans

Very Best of Thomas Hampson

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Le lazzarone ("Au bord des flots d'Azure"), cabaret song for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, bo; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume ...
Performers: Airizer, Csaba; Alagna, Roberto; Alpher, David; Barrard, Marc; Domingo, Placido; Guzelimian, Armen; Hampson, Thomas; Knowles, Greg; Mahe, Martine; Mason, Molly; Parloff, Michael; Parsons, Geoffrey; R...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Almeida, Antonio de; Pappano, Antonio; Armstrong, Richard; Davis, Andrew; Luisi, Fabio; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz

50 Best Wedding

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Padre Giovanni Battista Martini: Toccata for trumpet & organ (or ensemble); Norwegian Traditional: Wedding March from Nordmose; ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Atherton, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ball, Michael; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Coburn, Pamela; Craig, Charles; Dess...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Karajan, Herbert von; Munrow, David; Parrott, Andrew; Menuhin, Yehudi; Stevens, Denis; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Hughes, Owain Arwel...

Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...continue...

Gounod: Romeo et Juliette / Plasson

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Unspecified: Roméo et Juliette Synopsis & Librettist [CD-ROM Track]
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Gramophone Magazine
Gheorghiu brings a fine conviction to the despairing scene with Friar Laurence and then to the scene of the potion ... There are many,...continue...
Recording information: Halle aux grains, Toulouse (10/1995)....continue...

Massenet: Werther / Kaufmann, Koch, Tezier, Plasson [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Decca / 2010-10-25

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther
Performers: Kaufmann, Jonas; Koch, Sophie; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Orchestra; Paris Opera Children's Chorus

Hard on the heels of a triumphant Lohengrin, Decca follows up with an equally astonishing debut performance of Jonas Kaufmann: Goethe's love-lorn hero Werther in...continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

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

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

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

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

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...

Georges Bizet: Carmen [Highlights]

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

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Beuron, Yann; Cals, Isabelle; Cavallier, Nicolas; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hampson, Thomas; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Rivenq, Nicolas; Tezier, Ludovic; Vidal, Elisabeth
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Zen Voices

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Caballe, Montserrat; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Hallenberg, Ann; Hendricks, Barbara...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Equilbey, Laurence; Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, A...
Ensemble: ; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Kammer Ensemble de Paris; Nash Ensemble

Best Tchaikovsky 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Concerto for Violin in D, Op. 35; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G, Op. 44; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo them...
Performers: Abramovic, Charles; Chang, Sarah; Christ, Tanja; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Christoff, Boris; Donohoe, Peter; Eyron, Jan; Gaust, Georg; Gedda, Nicolai; Gergieva, Larissa; Hartog, Bernhard; Lemalu, Jona...
Conductors: Fedoseyev, Vladimir; Ozawa, Seiji; Barshai, Rudolf; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Muti, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Lanchbery, John; Soltesz, Stefan; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Plasso...
Ensemble: ; Chung Trio

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893), performed by many of...continue...

Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Charles Gounod: La Reine de Saba; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos
Performers: Liccioni, Georges; Manuguerra, Matteo; Mars, Jacques; Martin, Mireille; Peyron, Joseph; Py, Gilbert; Sarroca, Suzanne; Serkoyan, Gerard
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Lecomte, Pierre-Michel

Massenet: Don Quichotte

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts
Performers: Gonnella, Robert; Papis, Christian; Pradal, Vicente; Rivenq, Nicolas; Rogue, Guy; Stewart, Malcolm; Todorovitch, Marie-Ange; Vernet, Isabelle
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

"Massenet's Don Quichotte marks the ripe maturity of his artVan Dam has sung beautifully throughoutBerganza as Dulcinée has the appropriate maturity of tonewhile chorus and...continue...
Recording information: Halle-Aux-Grains, Toulouse, France (06/23/1992-06/27/1992)....continue...

Massenet: Werther

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Bastin, Jules
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

BBC Music Magazine
[Kraus] enters into the soul of the character
...continue...
Recording information: Studio No. 1, Abbey Road, London (08/1979/09/1979)....continue...

Senza Parole: Opera Without Words/Various (Dig)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridic...
Performers: Morbitzer, Egon
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Forster, Horst; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Kempe, Rudolf; Neumann, Václav; Konwitschny, Franz; Plasson, Michel; Kegel, Herbert; Apelt, Arthur; Hanell, Robert; Masur...

All who love the instrumental music to the opera will find their favorite orchestral pieces here!...continue...

Gounod: Mireille / Gounod, Freni, Vanzo, Plasson, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-11-17

Works: Charles Gounod: Mireille; Unspecified: Mireille Introduction & Libretto
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Recording information: Halle-aux-grains, Toulouse (11/11/1979-11/21/1979)....continue...

Gounod: Faust / Michel Plasson, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-11-17

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Unspecified: [Tosca] Synopsis & Libretto [CD-ROM track]
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Recording information: Halle-aux-grains, Toulouse (02/15/1991-02/28/1991)....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...

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

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...

Chabrier: España, Gwendoline, Suite pastorale, etc / Plasson, Hendricks, Mentzer, et al

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Gwendoline; Joyeuse marche "Marche française"; Suite pastorale; Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comiq...
Performers: Del Vescovo, Pierre; Hendricks, Barbara; Mentzer, Susanne
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

'Espana' is one of the great orchestral showpieces, and has almost deemed Chabrier a one work composer. He was one of a group of French...continue...

Icon - Mirella Freni - Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, etc / Pavarotti, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisi...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Garbi, Francesca; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, St...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Downes, Edward; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Plasson, Michel; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Ferraris, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, A...

Like her frequent stage partner and friend Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni was also born in 1935, a native of Modena, Italy. Freni had a long...continue...

Angela & Roberto Forever / Gheorghiu, Alagna, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ju...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Abbado, Claudio

Angela Gheorghiu and Roberto Alagna have always been opera’s greatest pair. The real-life husband and wife couple have amazed audiences for years with their remarkable...continue...

100 Best Romantic Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics. Performed by some of the world?s leading artists. Among them are the...continue...

Best Romantic Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

The second of this month's 'Best 100' releases is the 'Best Romantic Classics 100'. A fantastic present for Valentine's Day, this 6-CD album sets the...continue...

Gemini - Fauré: Masques et Bergamasques, etc / Plasson

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-23

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Masques et bergamasques, musical comedy in 1 act, Op. 112; Shylock, incidental music and suite for tenor & orchestra, Op. 57; Ballade f...
Performers: Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Gedda, Nicolai; Nagle, Patricia; Tortelier, Paul; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Alix Bourbon Vocal Ensemble; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

"Faure was the first to write a 'Pelleas and Melisande'... it's beautiful music, and this is a lovely recording of it... 'Masques et Bergamasques' was...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...

The Miracle of the Voice - Natalie Dessay

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaîté Parisienne; Robinson Crusoé; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Jules Mass...
Performers: Bonaccorso, Rosario; Cassar, Yvan; Cavallier, Nicolas; Ceccarelli, Andre; Dessay, Natalie; Naouri, Laurent; Nougaro, Claude; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Fournillier, Patrick; Minkowski, Marc; Langrée, Louis; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Conlon, James; Rombi, Philippe; Davis...

From Baroque music to Stravinsky, this 2-CD compilation offers a comprehensive sample of Natalie Dessay's musicianship....continue...

Tenor

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-01-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Le Villi; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Messa di Gloria; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Requiem Mass; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Airizer, Czaba; Alagna, Roberto; Alain, Marie-Claire; Dessay, Natalie; Facini, Enrico; Fissore, Enrico; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hampson, Thomas; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Quemener, Yann-Armel; Vaduva, Leontina; ...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Pidò, Evelino; Plasson, Michel; Armstrong, Richard; Nelson, John; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Maitrise de Ste.-Marie d'Antony; Paris Opera Children's Chorus

In this compilation the incomparable tenor Roberto Alagna sings with some of the world's greatest artists including Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson, Claudio Abbado, Angel Gheorghiu,...continue...

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

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

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

Opera Recital [Includes Bonus DVD]

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-02-21

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; A...
Performers: Laconi, Florian; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Rolando Villazon is undoubtedly the revelation of the years 2004-2005, and has received critical acclaim and several awards including a 2005 Gramophone Award and the...continue...

Rolando Villazón - Opera Recital / Plasson, Munich Radio SO

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-02-07

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; A...
Performers: Blank, Theresa; Laconi, Florian; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Munich Radio Orchestra

Rolando Villazon is undoubtedly the revelation of the years 2004-2005, and has received critical acclaim and several awards including a 2005 Gramophone Award and the...continue...

100 Best Opera Classics

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

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

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

The Very Best of Alfredo Kraus

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-04-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; La figlia del reggimento; Giu...
Performers: Beguelin, Jean-Noel; Buchan, Cynthia; Caballe, Montserrat; Dunn, Mignon; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Malfitano, Cat...
Conductors: Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Veltri, Michelangelo; Caldwell, Sarah; Rescigno, Nicola; Rudel, Julius; Levine, James; Fulton, Thomas; Plasson, Michel; Campanella, Bruno