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Venezia - Opera Arias of the Serenissima / Max Emanuel Cencic, countertenor

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Antonio Caldara: Adriano in Siria; Costanzo Porta: La costanza combattuta in amore; Anonymous, Italian: A' piedi miei svenato (attrib. Vivaldi); Anche in mezzo a perigliosa (attrib. Vivaldi); Frances...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Marocchi, Stefano
Conductors: Minasi, Riccardo
Ensemble: Il Pomo d'Oro

For today's audiences, Vivaldi's name exemplifies Venetian opera in the early 18th century - but he was not the only composer to shape the distinctive...continue...
Recording information: Sala Rossa of Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Vicenza, Italy (08/27/2012-09/03/2012)....continue...

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VCL 645452

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

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VCL 164972

The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagú, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

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VCL 164942B

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...continue...

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VCL 165022

The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

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VCL 026792

The Very Best of Jascha Heifetz

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i); Henri Vieuxtemps: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor, Op. 37 "Grétry"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Heifetz, Jascha; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arok
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John

Jascha Heifetz has been described as the 'greatest twentieth-century exponent of his instrument by Gramophone. Critics admired his technical agility and the myriad nuances of...continue...

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VCL 164862

Britten: The Rape of Lucretia / Kirchschlager, Bostridge, Britton, Purves, Russell, Coleman-Wright. Knussen

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Performers: Bostridge, Ian
Conductors: Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble

Ian Bostridge has continued to be a success in performing ever since his operatic debut in 1994. Collaborating with orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna...continue...
Personnel: Sussie Ahlberg (vocals).

Recording information: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk (06/11/2011/06/13/2011)....continue...

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VCL 026722

Rolalndo Villazon Sings Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-22

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

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

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VCL 357112C

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Natalie Dessay, Lawrence Zazzo, isabel Leonard, Varduhi Abrahamyan et al. [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Berg, Nathan; Dessay, Natalie; Dumaux, Christophe; Lefevre, Aimery; Leonard, Isabel; Visse, Dominique; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Haim, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée

Handels popular opera, Giulio Cesare, is named after the great Roman emperor, but it's most memorable character is Cleopatra. In this production by Laurent Pelly...continue...

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VCL 236669

The Voice: Philippe Jaroussky

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Nicola Porpora: Polifemo; Siface; Antonio Vivaldi: Tito Manlio; Ercole sul Termodonte; Pianti, sospiri e dimandar mercede; Giustino; L'Olimpiade; Tieteberga; George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Serse...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel; Deuter, Markus; Ducros, Jerome; Gliozzi, Emilia; Huille, Jerome [Cello]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Rial, Nuria; Rivoal, Frederic
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Tubéry, Jean; Rhorer, Jérémie; Pluhar, Christina; Paavo, Järvi; Fasolis, Diego; Christie, William
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble la Fenice (France); Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; L'Arpeggiata; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Arts Florissants

Established as one of Virgin Classics' bestselling artists, Philippe Jaroussky, who has been described as "the Apollo of countertenors" by Germany's A Die Zeit, stands...continue...

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VCL 027042

Drama Queens / Joyce Didonato, soprano; Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Giuseppe Maria Orlandini: Berenice; Giovanni Porta: Ifigenia in Aulide; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Alessandro; Reinhard Keiser: Fredegunda; Octavia; Johann Adolf Hasse:...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Grammy® Award winner Joyce DiDonato joins conductor Alan Curtis and Il complesso barocco for Drama Queens, an electrifying program of royal arias the 1rom 7th...continue...
Recording information: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Italy (07/16/2012-07/22/2012)....continue...

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VCL 026542

Leonardo Vinci: Artaserse, opera / Philippe Jarouskky, Diego Fasolis, Max Emanuel Cencic, Franco Fagioli and Valer Barna-Sabadus

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-10-22

Works: Leonardo Vinci: Artaserse, opera
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: Swiss Radio and Television Chorus

No less than five brilliant countertenors - including Philippe Jaroussky - join conductor Diego Fasolis and Concerto Köln for Artaserse by Leonardo Vinci (1690- 1730)....continue...
Recording information: Deutschland Kammermusiksaal, Köln (09/21/2011-09/28/2011)....continue...

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VCL 028692

Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia / Julia Lehzneva, Vivica Genaux, Ann Hallenberg, Romina Basso. Biondi

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia, opera (mostly lost), RV 726
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: Europa Galante

L'Oracolo in Messenia, an opera written by Vivaldi for Vienna in 1740, was reconstructed by Faio Biondi in 2011 in a triumphant open to the...continue...
Personnel: Nancy Glor (vocals).

Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna (01/13/2012-01/15/2012)....continue...

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VCL 025472

Massenet: Cendrillon / de Billy, DiDonato, Gutierrez, Coote, Podles [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Jules Massenet: Cendrillon
Performers: Coote, Alice; DiDonato, Joyce; Gutierrez, Eglis; Lafont, Jean-Philippe; Podles, Ewa
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus

With Joyce DiDonato as Cinderella capturing all hearts – not just Prince Charming’s – Massenet’s enchanting, sophisticated retelling of the classic fairytale makes its debut...continue...
Run Time: 165 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English
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VCL 025099

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Christie, de Niese, Jaroussky [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Bonitatibus, Anna; Cencic, Max Emanuel; De Niese, Danielle; Jaroussky, Philippe; Quintans, Ana
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts florissants

The culmination of a three-year Monteverdi project led by conductor William Christie and director Pier Luigi Pizzi at Madrid's Teatro Real, L'incoronazione di Poppea brings...continue...
Run Time: 150 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Subtitles: English, French
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VCL 709519

Verdi: La Traviata / Langree, Dessay, Castronovo, Tezier [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Castronovo, Charles; De La Muela, Silvia; Dessay, Natalie; Scarabelli, Adelina; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Langree, Louis
Ensemble: Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; London Symphony Orchestra

Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violleta in Vedi's La Traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-Francois Sivadier at the...continue...
Run Time: 139 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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VCL 307989

Les Héroines Romantiques, Vol. 3: Tragédiennes / Véronique Gens

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: Etienne-Nicolas Méhul: Ariodant; Rodolphe Kreutzer: Astyanax; Antonio Salieri: Les Danaïdes; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; François-Joseph Gossec: Thés...
Performers: Gens, Veronique
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

In her third 'Tragédiennes' album for Virgin Classics, French soprano Véronique Gens continues her exploration of French operatic repertoire. Tragédiennes Vol. 3 covers the late...continue...
Recording information: IRCAM, Paris (06/30/2011-07/05/2011)....continue...

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VCL 709272B

Bel Canto Arias: Donizetti & Rossini / Vivica Genaux, soprano

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-10-18

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; L'italiana in Algeri; La donna del lago; Semiramide; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Alahor in Granata; Anna Bolena
Performers: Genaux, Vivica
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Recording information: Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris (2002-09-30_2002-09-30&2008-)....continue...

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VCL 293232

Ballets Russes: Russian Dances and Ballets / Paavo Jarvi

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-10-18

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; The Nutcracker; Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Gayaneh; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Golden Age; Jazz Suite no 2; Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 "Tea for Two"; Sergey Proko...
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi
Ensemble: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Recording information: Paris, Radio France, Auditorium Olivier Messiaen (2002-12-16_2002-12-21&2003-)....continue...

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VCL 293192C

Vivaldi: Il Farnace / Max Emanuel Cencic, Ruxandra Donose

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-10-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Il Farnace, RV 711
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: I Barocchisti

Virgin Classics invites you to enjoy the world premiere recording of Viviadi's Il Farnace in a version that Vivaldi prepared specially for the city of...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Stelio Molo, Lugano, Switzerland (07/02/2010-07/10/2010)....continue...

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VCL 709142B

Gluck: Ezio / Prina, Cencic, Hallenberg, Lehtipuu, Karasawa, Pregardien

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Ezio, opera in 3 acts, Wq. 15
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Alan Curtis, described by the New York Times as "one of the great scholar-musicians of recent times", conducts a brilliant cast including Sonia Prina, Ann...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre de Poissy (12/18/2008)....continue...

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VCL 709292B

Vivaldi Best Loved Adagios / Fabio Biondi, Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Europa Galante and Ensemble Matheus

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Andromeda Liberata; Concerto for Lute in G minor "La Notte" RV 439; Stabat Mater, RV 621; Concerto for Violin & second violin in A major 'Per eco in Lontano', RV 552; Laudate Pueri D...
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Comparato, Marina; Daniels, David; Genaux, Vivica; Jaroussky, Philippe; See, Janet
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Parrott, Andrew; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Warren-Green, Christopher; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Europa Galante; Taverner Players

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VCL 840302B

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...

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VCL 289842

Handel: Ariodante / Curtis, DiDonato

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-06-07

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

In this complete recording of Ariodante, Alan Curtis, a supreme Handelian conductor and scholar, joins forces with glorious mezzo soprano Joyce DiDonato, who, with her...continue...
Recording information: Villa San Ferma, Lonigo, Italy (01/03/2010-01/11/2010)....continue...

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VCL 708442

Classic Lullabies: Music For Sweetest Dreams

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Robert Schumann: Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15; Märchenbilder no 4 (Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck), for viola (or violin) & piano, Op....
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Bonney, Barbara; Debost, Michel; Février, Jacques [Piano]; Janowitz, Gundula; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Laval, Danielle; Little, Tasmin; Paik, Kun-woo; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Rosc...
Conductors: ; Tate, Jeffrey; Stamp, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Tortelier, Paul; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Baudo, Serge
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble

Joannes Brahms was not the only great composer to write a beautiful lullaby. Virgin Classics is proud to release a brand new compilation containing 18...continue...

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VCL 708292

Best Handel 50 / EMI

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Ariodante; Arianna in Creta; Radamisto; Orlando; Armino; Serse; Giulio Cesare; Teseo; Alcina; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 1 in F; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Wa...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Auger, Arleen; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Genaux, Vivica; Gilchrist, Jane; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Jaroussky, Ph...
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; ; Norrington, Roger; Rousset, Christophe; Hickox, Richard; Nelson, John; Briger, Alexander; Linde, Hans-Martin; McGegan, Nicholas; P...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

50 Best is a series of 3-CD sets which feature genres of music ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs,...continue...

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VCL 708222

Francoeur, Philidor: Festive and Ceremonial Music for Versailles

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Hugo Reyne: Generale de la garde francaise (after Lully & André Philidor); Appels de chasse; Anonymous, French: L'Assemblée; L'Ordonnance pour le fifre; André Danican Philidor: L...
Performers: Dumestre, Vincent; Pierlot, Philippe; Reyne, Hugo
Conductors: Reyne, Hugo

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VCL 963442B

Vivaldi: Ercole Sul Termodonte / Biondi, Villazon

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Ercole, su'l Termodonte, opera in 3 acts (incomplete, but mostly extant), RV 710
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]

Cast:
Rolando Villazon (Ercole), Patrizia Ciofi (Orizia), Diana Damrau (Martesia), Joyce DiDonato (Ippolita), Vivica Genaux (Antiope), Topi Lehtipuu (Telemone), Philippe Jaroussky (Alceste),...continue...
Recording information: Saloncino del Teatro della Pergola, Firenze, Italy (01/02/2009-01/06/2009); Saloncino del Teatro della Pergola, Firenze, Italy (06/06/2010-06/07/2010); Saloncino del Teatro dell...continue...

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VCL 945450

Handel: Cleopatra Arias / Natalie Dessay

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare in Egitto, HWV17
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Wallace, Stephen
Conductors:
Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée

Soprano Natalie Dessay, conductor Emanuelle Haïm and composer George Frideric Handel make an established and admired team. Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare is a new role...continue...
Recording information: Notre Dame du Liban, Paris (11/06/2010-11/13/2010)....continue...

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VCL 078722

Diva Divo / Joyce DiDonato

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Jules Massenet: Chérubin; Cendrillon; Ariane; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; La Clemenza di Tito; Christoph Willibald Gluck: La Clemenza di Tito; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di ...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Montvidas, Edgaras; Obrecht, Pascale; Semenova, Elena; Stupenengo, Paolo; Suliman, Nabil
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi

Joyce DiDonato’s capacity for characterization is as astounding as the range and flexibility of her voice. This new collection showcases DiDonato’s multi-faceted art, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/18/2010-09/28/2010)....continue...

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VCL 419860

Caldara in Vienna: Forgotten Castrato Arias / Jaroussky

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Demofoonte; La Clemenza di Tito; Temistocle; Scipione Nelle Spagne; Ifigenia in Aulide; Adriano in Siria; Lucio Papirio Dittatore; Enone; Achille in Sciro
Performers: Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Jaroussky, Philippe

Virgin Classics is proud to release the deluxe edition of Philippe Jaroussky’s critically acclaimed release 'Caldara: Opera Arias'. This exclusive deluxe edition contains a 100-page...continue...
Recording information: Paterskirche, Kempen, Germany (07/12/2010-07/19/2010)....continue...

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VCL 488102

Puccini: Tosca / Colaneri/Met, Mattila, Alvarez [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-12-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo; Courtney, James; Gagnidze, George; Makepeace, Jonathan; Mattila, Karita; Pittsinger, David; Plishka, Paul; Sorensen, Joel
Conductors: Colaneri, Joseph
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

This production of Tosca opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2009 - 10 season, the first to be programmed entirely by the house's General Manager Peter Gelb,...continue...
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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VCL 419739

The World of the Castrati: The Voice of Angels

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione; Giulio Cesare; Ariodante; Alcina; Serse; Admeto, re di Tessaglia; Fernando, re di Castiglia; Faramondo; Antonio Caldara: La Pass...
Performers: Baldi, Antonio; Bedini, Domenico; Blythe, Stephanie; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Cafarelli; Carestini, Giovanni; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cicognani, Giuseppe; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Des...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Hickox, Richard; Rousset, Christophe; Christie, William; Bolton, Ivor; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; Bicket, Har...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of...continue...

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VCL 487912

Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Benjamin Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 64
Performers: Fletcher, Dexter; Hart, Simon; Mead, Andrew; Pierre, Gregory; Watson, Nicholas
Conductors: Hickox, Richard

Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (1990-11-13_1990-11-16&1990-)....continue...

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VCL 406212

Mozart: Opera & Concert Arias / Véronique Gens

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-10-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; O temerario Arbace!...Per quel patern...
Performers: Gens, Veronique; Tan, Melvyn [Piano]
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor

Recording information: Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London (02/24/1998); Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London (02/27/2009-03/02/2009)....continue...

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VCL 286332

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos / Levine/Met, Dessay, Voigt [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Gunn, Nathan; Margison, Richard; Mentzer, Susanne; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Two of today's reigning sopranos - Deborah Voigt and Natalie Dessay - embody the contrasting philosophies at the heart of this 2003 Metropolitan Opera production...continue...

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VCL 418679

Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Norrington

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Les Francs-Juges, opera, H. 23a (fragments)
Conductors: Norrington, Roger

Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London....continue...

$8.98 $7.98

VCL 285792

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

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VCL 284432

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Florez, DiDonato, ROH, Pappano [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Corbelli, Alessandro; DiDonato, Joyce; Florez, Juan Diego; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Keenlyside, Simon
Conductors: Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The cast of this Barbiere, taken from performances in July 2009 at the London's Royal Opera House, could quite simply not be bettered today: dazzling...continue...

$29.98 $27.98

VCL 945819

Handel: Opera Arias

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-04-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Imeneo, HWV 41; Floridante, HWV 14; Arianna in Creta, HWV 32; Tamerlano, HWV 18; Serse, HWV 40; Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11; Parnasso in festa, HWV 73; Agrippina, HWV 6; Radamis...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Barocchisti

After his foray into the early Romantic era - heroic arias written for female mezzo sopranos to perform in male disguise - Max Emmanuel Cencic...continue...
Recording information: Radio Svizzera di lingua italiana, Lugano, Auditorio St (07/14/2009-07/19/2009)....continue...

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VCL 945740

Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore / Callegari, Villazon, Bayo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-04-06

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Bayo, Maria; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Obregon, Cristina; Pratico, Bruno; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble: Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra

When Donizetti's comedy, updated to the mid-20th century by the Uruguayan-born director Mario Gas, was mounted at Barcelona's magnificent Liceu opera house in 2005, Opera...continue...

$26.98 $23.98

VCL 672779

J.C. Bach: La dolce fiamma

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Johann Christian Bach: La Clemenza di Scipione; Artaserse; Sentimi, non partir and Al mio bene, a lei che adoro, recitative & aria for 2 voices, piano & orches; Orfeo ed Eurdice; Adriano in Siria; Ca...
Performers: Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie

Philippe Jaroussky's last operatic recital for Virgin Classics collected arias written for a castrato singer, Carestini, whose star had been somewhat eclipsed by his contemporaries...continue...
Recording information: Paroisse Notre Dame du Liban, Paris, France (05/17/2009-05/23/2009)....continue...

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VCL 945640

Coloraturas

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Un ballo in mascchera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Igor St...
Performers: Damrau, Diana
Conductors: Ettinger, Dan

The multifaceted German coloratura soprano, who has been described as "the Meryl Streep of classical music" shows her vocal and dramatic range with this collection...continue...
Recording information: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 1 (2008-02-11_2008-02-12&2009-)....continue...

$17.98 $15.98

VCL 193132C

Lehar: La Veuve Joyeuse / Korsten/Opera de Lyon, Gens, Ludlow, Gietz [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Gens, Veronique; Guerrero, Alexandre; Léger, Magali; Le Roux, Francois; Lefort, David; Ludlow, Ivan
Conductors: Korsten, Gérard
Ensemble: Lyon Opera Chorus; Lyon Opera Orchestra

The heroine of 'La Veuve Joyeuse' is called Missia Palmieri, but she had started off in 1905 as Hanna Glawari in Vienna, where this operetta...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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VCL 961369

Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande / De Billy, Dessay, Degout, Naouri [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Degout, Stephane; Dessay, Natalie; Ens, Phillip; Lemieux, Marie-Nicole; Mirfin, Timothy; Naouri, Laurent
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

"There's more to life than top notes," Natalie Dessay has said. She has, of course, made her reputation with the florid, stratospheric heroines of Romantic...continue...
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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VCL 961379

Pyrotechnics - Vivaldi Opera

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-12-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Cantone in Utica, RV 705; Semiramide, RV 733; La fida ninfa, RV 714; Griselda, RV 718; Work(s); Ipermestra, RV 722; Farnace, RV 711G; Tito Manlio, RB 778; Rosmira fedele, RV 731
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Genaux, Vivica
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]

This album of Vivaldi arias features numbers from a dozen or so operas and includes five arias receiving their first recording. It joins Genaux's existing...continue...
Recording information: Biblioteca del Monastero di San Giovanni, Parma (12/17/2008-12/23/2008)....continue...

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VCL 945730

Serenade - Songs by Beethoven / David Daniels, Martin Katz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; Franz Schubert: Der Tod und das Mädchen, D 531/Op. 7 no 3; Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D 774; Nacht und Träume, D 827; Adelaide, D 95; Antonio Cal...
Performers: Daniels, David; Katz, Martin

$13.98 $11.98

VCL 863612

Opera Arias / Joyce Didonato, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida; La Donna del Lago; Maometto II; Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Semiramide; Otello; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Amici, Corrado; Brownlee, Lawrence; DiDonato, Joyce; Nicola, Roberta de; Putelli, Carlo
Conductors: Müller, Eduardo
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"While recording companies do not routinely concern themselves with exploring the legacies of singers that no one can reasonably hear, to her credit DiDonato takes...continue...

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VCL 945790

Il bel sogno / Inva Mula

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Hushi, Agim; Mula-Tchako, Inva
Conductors: Lipanoviç, Ivo

Praised for her superb technique and musicality, Albanian soprano Inva Mula performs a wide range of roles from the lyric, Bel Canto and Mozartian repertoires....continue...

$17.98 $15.98

VCL 945380

Tragédiennes Vol 2 - Opera Arias / Gens, Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Orfeo ed Euridice; Antonio Sacchini: Dardanus; Odipe à Colone; Renaud; Niccolò Piccinni: Didon, opera; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Andromaqu...
Performers: Gens, Veronique
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

Following up her critically-lauded Tragediennes album (winner of Gramophone and Echo Kassik Awards), French soprano Veronique Gens has recorded a sequel, continuing the first album's...continue...

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VCL 165742

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