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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Artur Rodzinski, et al

4 CD / Gala / 2009-04-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Tannhäuser
Performers: Hoffman, Grace; Lauhöfer, Robert; Neidlinger, Gustav; Nilsson, Birgit; Von Rohr, Otto; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: ; Rodzinski, Artur
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; New York Philharmonic

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

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-11-01

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

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

Rossini: Guillaume Tell / Sanzogno, Silveri, Filippeschi, Borrelli, Zaccaria, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-07-04

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell
Performers: Arié, Raffaele; Barbesi, Attilio; Benetti, Margherita; Borelli, Giannella; Carlin, Mario; Filippeschi, Mario; Massaria, Antonio; Mercuriali, Angelo; Rovere, Anna Maria; Silveri, Paolo; Washing...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Beethoven: Fidelio / Jochum, Braun, Frantz, Hopf, Rysanek, Weber, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2008-05-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Braun, Hans; Dickie, Murray; Frantz, Ferdinand; Hopf, Hans; Lindermeier, Elisabeth; Lopatto, Dimitri; Rysanek, Leonie; Spataro, Tomaso; Weber, Ludwig
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen;
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Verdi: La Forza Del Destino / Sanzogno, Cerquetti, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2007-06-02

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera; Gasparo Spontini: Agnes von Hohenstaufen; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Cerquetti, Anita; Christoff, Boris; Coda, Eraldo; Ferraro, Pier Miranda; Gonzales, Renzo; Massaria, Antonio; Pola, Arrigo; Presti, Vera; Protti, Aldo; Simionato, Giulietta; Zagonara...
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Rodzinski, Liebl, et al

3 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2007-03-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Brouwenstijn, Gré; Brunelli, Walter; Dickie, Murray; Ernster, Deszö; Harrower, Peter; Liebl, Karl; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Schweiger, Rosl; Wächter, Eberhard; Wilfert, Herta
Conductors: Rodzinski, Artur
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Born in Split (Dalmatia) in 1892, Artur Rodzinski was one of the most popular conductors active on the international scene between 1930 and 1958, year...continue...

Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov / Khaikin, Naydenov, Ghiaurov

3 CD / Gala / 2006-07-05

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers: Andreolli, Florindo; Baldani, Ruza; Bodourov, Ljubomir; Chiappi, Mario; Cvejik, Biserka; Di Cesare, Ezio; Diakov, Anton; Fiorentini, Mirella; Frascati, Tommaso; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Grigoriev, Anton; K...
Conductors: Khaikin, Boris; Naydenov, Asen
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Sofia National Opera Chorus; Sofia National Opera Orchestra

Mozart: Idomeneo, Ré di Creta / Maag, RAI Rome

2 CD / Arts / 2006-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Giebel, Agnes; Jeiden, Georg; Leon, Cesare Ponce de; Shofer, Ottokar; Stadler, Irmgard; Ward, David
Conductors: Maag, Peter
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

First staged at the New Court Theatre in Munich on January 29, 1781, 'Idomeneo' is a major statement in Mozart's operatic output. During the 1950's...continue...

Weber: Der Freischütz, Oberon / Sawallisch, Albrecht, et al

3 CD / Ponto Recordings / 2006-05-04

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon, J 306
Performers: Bjoner, Ingrid; Diakov, Anton; Donath, Helen; Ferrara, Mario; Hamari, Julia; Hering, Karl-Joseph; Hollweg, Werner; King, James [Classical]; Machi, Mario; Miljakovic, Olivera; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pric...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Albrecht, George A.
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

An homage to the deceased tenor, James King, this recording features both Margaret Price and Ingrid Bjoner in Maria Von Weber's Der Feischutz. The Annchen...continue...

Weber: Der Freischütz / Sawallisch, Price, King, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 2006-04-01

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, opera, J. 277 (Op. 77); Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Diakov, Anton; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Dunn, Mignon; Ferrara, Mario; King, James [Vocals]; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Lavani, Carmen; Machi, Mario; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Rid...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Legendary Performances of Renata Tebaldi - 7 Operas

14 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2006-03-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco; La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La Fanciulla del West; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Amedeo, Giovanni; Assandri, Virginio; Barbesi, Attilio; Barioni, Daniele; Bergonzi, Carlo; Borriello, Mario; Buccini, Vittorio; Campi, Enrico; Carbonari, Virgilio; Caroli, Angelo; Caruso, Mariano; Ca...
Conductors: Simonetto, Alfredo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Basile, Arturo; Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Milan; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Milan; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Naples Teatro San Carlo Chorus; Orc...

Throughout the 1950s and '60s Renata Tebaldi (1922-2004) was one of the best-loved sopranos in the world. Famous both for the stunning beauty of her...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Furtwängler

13 CD / Gebhardt / 2005-11-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Der Ring des Nibelungen
Performers: Cavelti, Elsa; Frantz, Ferdinand; Frick, Gottlob; Gabory, Magda; Grümmer, Elisabeth; Greindl, Josef; Jurinac, Sena; Klose, Margarete; Konetzni, Hilde; Mödl, Martha; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinge...
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Verdi: Aida / Gui, Massaria, Simionato, Mancini, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2005-09-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Filippeschi, Mario; Mancini, Caterina; Massaria, Antonio; Neri, Giulio; Simionato, Giulietta; Tommaso, Salvatore De
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Grand Tier - Mozart: Idomeneo, Ré di Creta / Davis, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-10-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; Liviero, Antonio; Norman, Jessye; Pugliese, Franco; Snarski, Andrea; Woodland, Rae
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Grand Tier - Puccini: La Bohème / Schippers, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème
Performers: Bruscantini, Sesto; Calabrese, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Frosini, Mario; Maddalena, Alessandro; Maffeo, Gianni; Pavarotti, Luciano; Prisco, Elio; Talarico, Rita; Vocals], Nicola Ghiuselev [Bass
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

"There's no death of Bohemes on the market, but this one has a place alongside the best... [Pavarotti is] vocally animated and simply stellar; to...continue...

Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi /Maazel, Cossotto, Pastori

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-10-07

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

Bellini's version of the Romeo and Juliet story, first stage in 1830, is one of his finest early works, and after decades of neglect it...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Jochum, Windgassen, Frantz, Weber, et al

4 CD / Living Stage / 2003-02-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Frantz, Ferdinand; Mödl, Martha; Pernerstorfer, Alois; Uhde, Hermann; Weber, Ludwig; Windgassen, Wolfgang
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus of White Voices Rome; Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini / Ozawa, Bonisolli, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-02-04

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23
Performers: Bonisolli, Franco; Brendel, Wolfgang; Frascati, Tommaso; Hage, Robert Amis el; Loomis, James; Sinimberghi, Gino; Steiner, Elisabeth; Thau, Pierre; Zylis-Gara, Teresa
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

The most common thing people say after they hear this great opera for the first time is: "Why isn't it done more often?" Two simple...continue...

Mozart: Idomeneo, Ré di Creta / Davis, Gedda, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-09-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Harper, Heather; Liviero, Antonio; Norman, Jessye; Pugliese, Franco; Snarski, Andrea; Spica, Elvira; Virgili, Carla; Woodland, Rae
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Mozart was only 24 when he wrote 'Idomeneo' but he already had seven operas to his credit. Although it is not his best-known opera today,...continue...

Berg: Lulu / Maderna, Steingruber, Rehfuss, Zareska, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-03-05

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera
Performers: Colombo, Scipio; Delorko, Ratko; Frascati, Tommaso; Loomis, James; Lopatto, Dimitri; Rehfuss, Heinz; Ribacchi, Luisa; Ruesche, Kurt; Steingruber, Ilona; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Maderna, Bruno
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Berg died before completing his second opera (after Wozzeck), and for decades it was performed with the story of the third act mimed to music...continue...

Wagner: Parsifal / Gui, Callas, Baldelli, Panerai, et al

3 CD / Fono / 2001-10-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Baldaccini, F.; Baldelli, Africo; Bertocci, Aldo; Broilo, Renata; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Lopatto, Dimitri; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pace, Mitì Truccato;...
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

In this historic live recording, Callas assumes the role of Kundry in Wagner's Parsifal for the first time, in 1950. Complete libretto, history of the...continue...

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Karajan, Gedda, Laszlò, Petri, etc

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-09-04

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex
Performers: Bertocci, Aldo; Catalani, Nestore; Gedda, Nicolai; Laszlo, Magda; Petri, Mario
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Beethoven: Fidelio / Bernstein, Nilsson, Adam, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2001-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Adam, Theo; Crass, Franz; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Spiess, Ludovic; Unger, Gerhard; Vogel, Siegfried
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Italian Singers of Wagner Vol 2 / Del Monaco, Pertile, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2001-06-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Parsifal
Performers: Baldelli, Africo; Callas, Maria; Caniglia, Maria; Del Monaco, Mario; Modesti, Giuseppe; Molinari, Enrico; Pampanini, Rosetta; Parmeggiani, Ettore; Pertile, Aureliano; Stracciari, Riccardo; Tagliabue,...
Conductors: Molajoli, Lorenzo; Quadri, Argeo; Berrettoni, Umberto; Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Milan Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

Grand Tier - Strauss: Arabella / Rennert, Caballé, Nimsgern, Kollo, etc

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2001-02-06

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella
Performers: Alemanno, Osvaldo; Bloom, Peter; Borgato, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Dominguez, Oralia; Falcone, Licia; Felagi, Tom; Freiberger, Manfred; Gaifa, Carlo; Kollo, René [Tenor Vocal]; Milj...
Conductors: Rennert, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Mehta, Nilsson, Wolff, et al

3 CD / Myto Records / 2001-02-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Bertolini, Wande; Brilioth, Helge; Buoso, Ennio; Meven, Peter; Nilsson, Birgit; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pastine, Gianfranco; Strudthoff, Claudio; Wolff, Beverly
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Callas Collection - Wagner: Parsifal / Gui, Christoff, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2000-05-16

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Baldelli, Africo; Bertocci, Aldo; Broilo, Renata; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Christoff, Boris; Frosini, Mario; Lopatto, Dimitri; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pace, Miti Truccato; Pagliughi, Lina; Paner...
Conductors: Gui, Vittorio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

One of the more unusual appearances of Maria Callas was as Kundry in Parsifal. Adding to the amazement of it all is that the opera...continue...

Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex / Abbado, Troyanos, Kozma, Crass

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-09-14

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus rex
Performers: Crass, Franz; Kozma, Lajos; Roni, Luigi [Bass Vocals]; Troyanos, Tatiana
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome

Wagner: Der Fliegende Holländer / Sawallisch, Bjoner, et al

2 CD / Myto Records / 1998-09-28

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Bjöner, Ingrid; Crass, Franz; Eliasson, Sven-Olof; Fonseca, Regina; Lehrberger, Thomas; Ridderbusch, Karl
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome

Strauss: Arabella / Rennert, Caballé, Nimsgern, et al

2 CD / Bella Voce / 1998-05-03

Works: Richard Strauss: Arabella, Op. 79
Performers: Alemanno, Osvaldo; Boom, Peter; Borgato, Renato; Caballe, Montserrat; Dominguez, Oralia; Falcone, Licia; Freiberger, Manfred; Gaifa, Carlo; Kollo, Rene; Miljakovic, Olivera; Moll, Kurt; Monreale, Leo...
Conductors: Rennert, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Italian Radio Chorus Rome; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome