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Toscanini Conducts Wagner - Orchestral Preludes; Interludes and Arias [5 CDs]

5 CD / RCA Records / 2013-04-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried Idyll; Lohengrin; Parsifal; Die Walküre; Faust Overture; Siegfried; Tannhäu...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo


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Tristan und Isolde: Act 3 Prelude by Richard Wagner

Conductor: Arturo Toscanini
Orchestra/Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra
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Placido Domingo Sings Caruso

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; La bohème, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore; Jules Massenet: Manon; Le Cid; Francesco Cilèa: L' arlesiana; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giaco...
Performers: Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: London, England (07/26/1971-07/30/1971); London, England (08/05/1971); London, England (08/09/1971)....continue...

Verdi & Puccini Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Domingo, Placido; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (1974-07-21_1974-07-23&1974-)....continue...

La Voce d'Oro

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco C...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (06/20/1972-06/24/1972)....continue...

Great Opera Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; I Vespri Siciliani; Don Carlo; Otello; Georges Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de perles; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill
Conductors: Guadagno, Anton

Recording information: Great Britain (06/08/1970-06/11/1970)....continue...

Domingo Conducts Milnes! Milnes Conducts Domingo!

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Jules Massenet: Hérodiade; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Charles Gounod: Faust; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Piet...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill; Price, Doreen; Temperley, Jean; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Milnes, Sherrill

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/14/1972-08/16/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (08/18/1972-08/19/1972); Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great ...continue...

Great Love Duets

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Riccardo Zandonai: Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Gavazzeni, Gianandrea

Recording information: RCA Studios, Rome, Italy (01/21/1972-01/22/1972); RCA Studios, Rome, Italy (02/03/1972)....continue...

Leontyne Price: Arias & Duets / Complete Album Collection (14 CDs)

14 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Macbeth; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Simon Boccanegra; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Giacomo Pu...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Barioni, Daniele; Boatwright, McHenry; Bubbles, John W.; Burton, Miriam; Davies, Ryland; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Hage, Robert El; Hall, Berniece; Henso...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo; Henderson, Skitch; Leinsdorf, Erich; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Adler, Peter Herman; Downes, Edward; Cleva, Fausto; Santi, Nello; Lewis, Hen...

This Limited Edition fourteen CD set, 'The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums' brings together for the first time all the recital and duet albums...continue...

Gershwin: Porgy & Bess / Harnoncourt

3 CD / RCA Records / 2010-09-21

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Darden, George; Furthner, Rainer [Percussion]; Hofstatter, Manuel; Pointier, Wolfgang [Banjo]; Rapp, Stefan; Schmidinger, Leonhard
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Recording information: Helmut-List-Halle, Graz, Austria (2009-06-29&2009-07-01&2009-)....continue...

Mario Lanza - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 2009-06-23

Works: Nicholas Brodszky: The Toast of New Orleans; Because You're Mine; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sadko; Eduardo Di Capua: 'O sole mio; Sigmund Romberg: Student Prince; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ri...
Performers: Lanza, Mario

André Previn - An 80th Birthday Celebration

1 CD / RCA Records / 2009-04-14

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The wasps; André Previn: Concerto for Guitar; Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse; The Subterraneans; Vocalise; Ray Henderson: Bye Bye Blackbird; Kurt Weill: Die Dreigrosch...
Performers: Allen, Carl; Blanchard, Terence; Brown, Ray; Capp, Frank; Ellis, Herb; Henderson, Joe [Saxophone]; Johnson, J.J.; Kirkland, Kenny; Ma, Yo-Yo; Manne, Shelly; McNair, Sylvia; Mitchell, Red; Perlman, It...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Williams, John [Guitar]; Redford, J.A.C.
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

Andre Previn will celebrate his 80th birthday this spring with a series of concerts at Carnegie Hall that reflect his incredible, tireless artistry - new...continue...

The Essential Vladimir Horowitz

2 CD / RCA Records / 2009-04-07

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Polonaise for piano no 6 in A flat major ("Héroique"), Op. 53, CT. 155; Ballade for Piano no 1 in G minor, B 66/Op. 23; Mazurka for piano no 25 in B minor, Op. 33/4,...
Performers: Horowitz, Vladimir

Russian-born Vladimir Horowitz (1903-1989) was one of the most acclaimed pianists of the modern age, a formidable virtuoso whose inimitable artistry and technique were rooted...continue...

Cantabile / Sol Gabetta

1 CD / RCA Records / 2009-02-03

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole; Work(s); Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Les Filles de Cadiz "Chanson Espagnole"; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon...
Performers: Gabetta, Sol; Ursuleasa, Mihaela

On 'Cantabile', Grammy nominated cellist Sol Gabetta together with the Prague Philharmonic under the Canadian conductor Charles Olivieri-Munroe, has recorded orchestral arrangements of arias and...continue...

The Essential Julian Bream

2 CD / RCA Records / 2008-01-15

Works: Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etudes (12) for Guitar, W 235; Study no 8; Estudio, for guitar no 12 in A minor, A. 235/12; Joaquin Malats: Serenata andaluza; Jo...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Malcolm, George
Conductors:
Ensemble: Julian Bream Consort

The great English guitarist and lutenist Julian Bream celebrates his 75th birthday in 2008, looking back on a unique and innovative career that forged a...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

Albéniz, Falla, Granados / Price, Reiner, Chicago SO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-01-23

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 2; Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite ...
Performers: Price, Leontyne
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

The Chicago Symphony Orchestra at its finest, under the impeccable leadership of Fritz Reiner, brings elegance and fire to some of Spain's greatest orchestra music,...continue...

Puccini: Madama Butterfly / Leinsdorf, Price, Tucker, Elias

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-09-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly
Performers: Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Cadoni, Fernanda; Carbonari, Virgilio; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Elias, Rosalind [Mezzo-Soprano]; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; La Porta, Art...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

This Grammy-winning recording documents the extraordinarily passionate interpretation of the title character by Leontyne Price, by turns delicately girlish and fiercely resolute. The first opera...continue...

Puccini: Turandot / Leinsdorf, Nilsson, Tebaldi, et al

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-09-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; di Stasio, Anna; Frascati, Tommaso; Funari, Myriam; Monreale, Leonardo; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Paolis, Alessio de; Pucci, Nelly; Sereni, Mari...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

This Grammy-winner, on of the most successful versions of Puccini's final opera, offers Nilsson's first recording of the title character, and Bjoerling's last operatic portrayal...continue...

Puccini: La Bohème / Leinsdorf, Moffo, Tucker, et al

2 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-09-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Costa, Marie; Maero, Philip; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Onesti, Giorgio; Tasin, Flavio; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Zagonara, A...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

Paris in the 1830s... a group of struggling young artists... the triumphs and tragedies, the high spirits and heartbreak, immortal love in glorious melody. Before...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Levine, Cotrubas, Tappy, Vienna PO

3 CD / RCA Records / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Baumgartner, Christian; Boesch, Christian; Bomches, Helge von; Cotrubas, Ileana; Donat, Zdislawa; Eder, Gerhard; Hiestermann, Horst; Huber, Markus; Kales, Elizabeth; Mayr, Ingrid; Nitsche, Horst; Pan...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Classic Library - Mozart: Overtures / Davis, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Bastien und Bastienne, K 50 (46a); Der Schauspieldirektor, K 486; Lucio Silla, K 135; Così fan tutte, K 588; ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

Classic Library - Verdi Heroines / Leontyne Price

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; La traviata; Ernani; Otello; Un ballo in maschera; Il Trovatore; La forza del destino
Performers: El Hage, Robert Amis; Hage, Robert Amis el; Londi, Laura; Price, Leontyne; Tozzi, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Vozza, Corinna [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; ; Leinsdorf, Erich; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: ; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; Rome Opera Orchestra

Classic Library - Wagner: Arias & Scenes

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-03-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Borchers, Christel; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Falcon, Ruth; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Lenz, Friedrich; Meier, Waltraud; Melchior, Lauri...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Guadagno, Anton; Davis, Colin; Keilberth, Joseph; Munch, Charles; Ormandy, Eugene; Janowski, Marek; McArthur, Edwin
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philad...

Pops Caviar / Fiedler, Boston Pops

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2006-02-07

Works: Alexander Borodin: In the steppes of central Asia; Prince Igor; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Flight of the Bumblebee; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Masquerade; Pyo...
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops

Here is over an hour of the most beloved Russian orchestral showpieces, in performances worthy of a great maestro and his orchestra. DSD remastering brilliantly...continue...

Vienna / Reiner, Chicago SO

1 CD / RCA Records / 2006-02-07

Works: Johann Strauss II: Morgenblätter, Op. 279; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; An der schönen, blauen Donau, Op. 314; Wiener Blut; Das Spitzentuch der Königin; Der Zigeunerbaron; Morgenbl&au...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Here is a portrait in music of a time and a place, from a conductor whose life and career in the new world had its...continue...

Rockabye Baby / Horne, Katz, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2005-10-11

Works: Welsh Traditional: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), folk song; Joseph Canteloube: Brezairola; Ethelbert Nevin: Mighty Lak' a Rose, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Hugo Wolf: Lieder (6) fü...
Performers: Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Katz, Martin

Marilyn Horne sings the wondrous music of childhood lullabies from around the world, each in their original language. Highlights include: 'Berceuse', 'Arrorro', 'All Through the...continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Prêtre, Caballé, Bergonzi, Milnes

2 CD / RCA Records / 2005-10-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Boucher, Gene; Caballe, Montserrat; Enns, Harold; Iacopucci, Fernando; Jamerson, Thomas; Krebill, Dorothy; Milnes, Sherrill; Ruta, Franco; Sforza, Camillo; Stokes, Nancy; Tasin, Flav...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges

Puccini: La Boheme / Caballé, Domingo, Solti

2 CD / RCA Records / 2005-10-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Byers, Alan [Tenor Vocal]; Caballé, Montserrat; Castel, Nico; Domingo, Plácido III; Domingo, Placido; Mangin, Noel; Mason, William [Bass-Baritone Vocal]...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

R. Strauss: Scenes from Salome and Elektra

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra; Final Scene
Performers: Borkh, Inge; Schoeffler, Paul; Yeend, Frances
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Rhapsodies - Liszt, Enesco, Smetana, et al / Stokowski

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; George Enescu: Romanian Rhapsody no 1 in A major, Op. 11 no 1; Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Richard Wagner: Tri...
Performers: Froelich, Ralph; Garnick, Arthur; Schuman, Henry; Shapiro, Harvey [Cello]; Wright, Marilyn
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

The flash and fire of Liszt, the emotional surges of Smetana, the guts and glory of Wagner - all the colors in Stokowski's rhapsodic repertoire...continue...

Complete Collections - Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies, etc

6 CD / RCA Records / 2005-05-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Die Hochzeit des Camacho, opera, Op. 10; Symphony no 3 in A minor, O...
Performers: Edelmann, Sergei; Holle, Matthias; Kaufmann, Julie; Lipovsek, Marjana; Popp, Lucia; Protschka, Josef; Scharinger, Anton; Takezawa, Kyoko; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Weill, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 2005-03-08

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Dürmüller, Jörg; Rensburg, Kobie van; Selig, Franz-Josef; Stenwold, Terje; Weber, Astrid
Conductors: Bruno, Weil
Ensemble: Prague Chamber Chorus

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Musically, one notes instantly the extra clarity of textures and the fact hat the orchestra does not so easily overwhelm the singers...Jörg Dürmüller is...continue...

Dvorák: New World Symphony; Smetana / Reiner, CSO

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-01-25

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Jaromir Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Reiner and Chicago capture the passion and nobility of this popular symphony and make it seem newly-minted. In this new remastering, the strings soar, the...continue...

Classic Library - Rossini, Donizetti, Verdi / Caballé

2 CD / RCA Records / 2004-10-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Donna del Lago; Otello; In giorno si bello, for 2 sopranos, tenor, bass & piano (3 quartetti da camera); Stabat mater; Armida; Tancredi; L'assedio di Corinto; Gaetano Donizetti:...
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Elkins, Margreta; Fyson, Leslie; Kozma, Lajos; Mauro, Ermanno; McDonnell, Tom; Sunara, Maja; Vozza, Corinna [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; RCA Italian Opera Chorus; RCA Italian Opera Orchestra

"She's at her best here, singing with the fire that sometimes seemed to elude her, flaunting her ravishing pianissimos, and never breaking a sweat or...continue...

Classical Music 101 - 101 Famous Classical Themes

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-28

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Goldberg Variations, BWV 9...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Ax, Emanuel; Baekkelund, Kjell; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Douglas, Barry [Piano/Conductor]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Hautz...
Conductors: Stratta; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Munch, Karl; Leinsdorf, Erich; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; Prêtre, Georges; Copland, Aaron; Kapp, Richard; Grüner-Hegge...
Ensemble: ; Lucerne Festival Strings; Philharmonia Virtuosi

Leontyne Price - Verdi & Puccini Arias

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La Rondine; Tosca; Turandot
Performers: Londi, Laura; Price, Leontyne
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: ; Rome Opera House Orchestra

Known by connoisseurs as the legendary 'Blue Album', this historic gem from 1961 was Leontyne Price's debut orchestral recording for RCA. It offers some of...continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition, etc / Reiner, Chicago

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-14

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Suite for Orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 43; Marche slave, Op. 31; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor;...
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Even if you're wavering about Reiner's 'Pictures', this is worth it for the Glinka and is delightful, brimming over with tuneful dash and effervescent vivacity;...continue...

Planets:holst

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian

Classic Library - Domingo sings Caruso / Santi, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: La bohème, opera; Pagliacci, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Jules Massenet: Manon; Le Cid; Francesco Cilèa: L'Arlesiana; Friedrich von Flotow: ...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Psaros, Georgetta; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich; Solti, Sir Georg; Downes, Edward;
Ensemble: ; John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This recording is one of Domingo's landmark albums, which salutes a tenor of an earlier age while establishing Caruso's repertoire as his own....continue...
Personnel: Plácido Domingo (tenor)....continue...

Classic Library - Wagner: Orchestral Works

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Rienzi; Lohengrin; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Siegfried Idyll; Götterdämmerung
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Symphonic splendor from one of the world's finest orchestras under the baton of a virtuoso conductor....continue...

Classic Library - Mussorgsky: Pictures, etc / Temirkanov

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Songs and dances of death; Pictures at an exhibition
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"Sergei Leiferkus' heartfelt Songs and Dances of Death is notable for its rich vocal tone and telling timbral variety. The baritone's distinctly different styles of...continue...

Mozart: Arias and Duets / C. Genz, S. Genz, Kuijken, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-06

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Misero! o sogno...Aura che intorni spiri, K 431 (425b); Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Si mostra la sorte, aria for tenor & orchestra, K. 209;...
Performers: Badiarov, Dmitry; Genz, Christoph; Genz, Stephan
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La petite bande

Ramón Vargas - Between Friends / Sutej, Gauci, Nucci, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-02-24

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Maometto II; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; La forza del destino; Giacom...
Performers: Baronchelli, Davide; Frontiali, Roberto; Gauci, Miriam; Gerelo, Vassily; Guidotti, Emidio; Kasarova, Vesselina; Lanza, Manuel; Lavarian, Barbara; Nucci, Leo; Rota, Alberto; Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Sutej, Vjekoslav
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

One of the most recurring themes in opera is friendship and the many guises it takes. From duty, honor and love to sacrifice, disregard and...continue...
Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor saxophone).

Recording information: Auditorium di Milano, Milan, Italy (04/08/2003-04/15/2003)....continue...

The Opera Band

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-01-13

Works: James Shearman: Prayer in the Night, song (after Sarabande by George Frideric Handel); Alex North: Unchained Melody; Antonio Galbiati / Giuseppe Dettori: Canto alla vita; Peter Wolf / Michelle Wolf /...
Performers: Appleby, Jo; Bould, Miles; Cottle, Laurence; Cottle, Richard; Forever, Amici; Garrett, Nicholas; Habbin, David; Harvey, Richard [Gryphon]; Parricelli, John; Patrick, Nick; Sewell, Geoff; Valentine, T...
Conductors: Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: Budapest Film Orchestra

Selections recorded at Shine Studios, Metropolis London, and Budapest Radio Studios.

Personnel: Richard Harvey (pipe); Richard Cottle (keyboards); Nick Patrick (percussion, programming); Miles...continue...

Björling Rediscovered - Carnegie Hall Recital September 1955

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-09-09

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Schwanengesang, D 957; Die sch&...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Schauwecker, Frederick

Red Seal - Halévy: La Juive / Young, Shicoff, et al

3 CD / RCA Records / 2003-05-20

Works: Fromental Halévy: La juive
Performers: Gati, Istvan; Isokoski, Soile; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Monarcha, Janusz; Reinprecht, Johann; Schorg, Regina; Shicoff, Neil [Tenor Vocal]; Todorovich, Zoran [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Young, Simone
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Orchestra

In My Heart -17th & 18th Century Italian Songs /Ramón Vargas

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-01-21

Works: Giulio Caccini: Amarilli mia bella, for voice & continuo (from Le nuove musiche); Giacomo Carissimi: Vittoria, vittoria, mio core; Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Pompeo; L'honestà negli amori; Anton...
Performers: Anderson, John; Black, Nigel; Bucknall, Nicholas; Chu, Katherine; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Garland, Roger; Lale, Peter; Laurence, Christopher; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Vargas, Ramon ...

Personnel: Ramón Vargas (tenor); Paul Willey, Rolf Wilson, Roger Garland (violin); Peter Lale, Bruce White (viola); Tony Pleeth (cello); Paul Edmund-Davies (flute); Nicholas Bucknail (clarinet);...continue...

The World's Greatest Arias / Domingo, Price, Heppner, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-08-27

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze d...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Björling, Jussi; Bjorling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Merrill, Robert [Barito...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich; Santi, Nello; Cellini, Renato; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Roberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Navarro, Garcia; ; Previtali, Fernando; Guadagno, Anton
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; New Philharmonic Orchestra; Orquestra Sinfonica de Sevilla; RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra; RCA Victor Orchestra; R...

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera / Leinsdorf, Price, et al

2 CD / RCA Records / 2002-07-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals]; Iacopucci, Fernando; Mario Basiola, Jr.; Mazzoli, Ferruccio; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Voca...
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: RCA Italian Opera Orchestra

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Heifetz Rediscovered - Grieg, Brahms, et al / Heifetz, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-05-07

Works: Edvard Grieg: Sonata no 3 in C minor for violin & piano; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Henryk Wieniawski: Saltarello; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; ...
Performers: Achron, Isidor; Bay, Emanuel; Chotzinoff, Samuel; Heifetz, Jascha