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Love Classics: Favorite Love Duets / Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Delibes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Doniz...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Burles, Charles; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Ten...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

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

Bruckner: Symphony no 7; Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide Overture / Walter, New York Philharmonic

1 CD / Testament / 2008-10-14

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide, opera in 3 acts, Wq. 40; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

"For those who know only the commercial recordings of Bruckner by Bruno Walter (1876-1962), especially the inscriptions made in Los Angeles after his heart attack...continue...

Wagner: Orchestral Music / Guido Cantelli, New York PO, et al

1 CD / Archipel / 2008-09-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Götterdämmerung; Faust Overture; Parsifal
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Stokowski - Classic 1947-1949 Columbia Recordings Vol 1

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Die Walküre; Mikhail Mikhaylovich Ippolitov-Ivanov: Caucasian Sketches, suite for orchestra, Op. 10; Olivier Messiaen: L' Ascension, 4 meditations for orches...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Stokowski - Classic 1947-1949 Columbia Recordings Vol 2

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Götterdämmerung; Jean Sibelius: Swanwhite, suite for orchestra, Op. 54; Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op...
Performers: Lipton, Martha
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Stokowski - Classic 1947-49 Columbia Recordings Vol 3

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 6 in E minor; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Spoken Word: Spoken Introductory rema...
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Mussorgsky, Berlioz, Wagner, etc / Cantelli, NBC SO, New York PO

1 CD / Guild / 2008-05-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Richard Wagner: Faust Overture; Götterdämmerung; Albert Roussel: Sinfonietta for strings, Op. 52; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24...
Performers: Bolognini, Remo; Guilet, Daniel
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Guido Cantelli was 36 years old when he was killed in a plane crash in 1956. His death brought to an end one of the...continue...

The Essential Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; I due Foscari; Aroldo; Rigoletto; Requiem Mass; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Gemma di Vergy; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Vinc...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Milnes, Sherrill; Resnik, Regina; Sardinero, Vicente; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Prêtre, Georges; Cillario, Carlo Felice; Guadagno, Anton; Queler, Eve; Masini, Gianfranco; Mehta, Zubin; Santi, Nello; Leinsdorf, Erich
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of New York;...

"La Superba" was the ecstatic nickname bestowed on the Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballe when RCA Red Seal released her first solo recordings in 1966. As...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies, Piano Concertos, etc / Masur, et al

10 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-02-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter daydreams"; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"; Romeo & Juliet; Symphony no 3 in D majo...
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Munroe, Lorne; Schonheit, Michael
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Guido Cantelli conducts Richard Wagner / NBC SO, NYPO, et al

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2006-07-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Rienzi; Faust Overture; Parsifal; Götterdämmerung; Siegfried Idyll
Conductors: Cantelli, Guido
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philharmonia Orchestra

The Essential Plácido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-10-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Luisa Miller; Requiem Mass...
Performers: Adams, John; Denver, John; Domingo, Placido; McGovern, Maureen; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Cobos, Luis; Levine, James; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Queler, Eve; Patanè, Giuseppe; DeMain, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Roa, Mig...
Ensemble: ; American Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchestra of...

Expanded Edition - Dvorák: Symphony no 9, etc / Bernstein

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-07-27

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83; Slavonic Dance no 3 for orchestra in A fla...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

"Bernstein's New World begins well with a fresh, brilliant account of the first movement and a beautifully played Largo. The recording, made in New York's...continue...

Wagner - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2003-08-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Hotter, Hans
Conductors: Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Thielemann, Christian; Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Elena Nikolaidi

1 CD / Preiser / 2003-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Giuseppe Verdi: Macbeth; Don Carlos; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carl Maria von Weber: Euryanthe, J 291/Op. 81; Richard Strauss: E...
Performers: Behr, Jan; Nikolaidi, Elena; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Cleva, Fausto; Ludwig, Leopold; Mitropoulos, Dimitri
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Strauss: Elektra / Mitropoulos, Varnay, Nicolaidi, et al

2 CD / Guild / 2002-07-01

Works: Spoken Word: Radio Broadcast Commentary for Richard Strauss' Elektra; Richard Strauss: Elektra; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Oberon; Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Pietro M...
Performers: Jagel, Frederick; Janssen, Herbert; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Varnay, Astrid; Warren, Leonard [Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc / Kurt Masur, New York PO

1 CD / Teldec / 1999-10-19

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Saltan; Scheherazade; Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Bizet: Symphony No. 1; Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-07-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaîté Parisienne; Franz von Suppé: Die schöne Galatea
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

We tend to think of Mozart and Mendelssohn as vying for the Most Precocious Youth award among classical composers. But while it's true that both of them wrote marvelous music before they hit the ripe ...continue...

A Tenors Valentine / Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-01-05

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; La Fanciulla del West; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Marton, Eva; Pavarotti, Luciano; Scotto, Renata; Three Tenors, The
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Buckley, Emerson; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Domingo, Placido; Cobos, Luis
Ensemble: Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera...

There is no better way to celebrate romance then with the passion of great arias from grand operas. Of course there are no better practitioners of the lyric drama then the Three Tenors: José Car...continue...

Bernstein Century - Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Suite, etc

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-12-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Eugen Onegin
Performers: Vacchiano, William
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

"Here is a Bernstein Century issue of some old favorites...Are these definitive? Ah, well, that is another matter...But it's hard to fault these, for their...continue...

Beverly Sills - Plaisir d'amour / Columbia SO, NYPO, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-11-24

Works: Jean Lenoir: Parlez-moi d'amour, song; Georges Bizet: Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), opera in 5 acts (unfinished); Franz Liszt: Buch der Lieder, Volume 2; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Charles Koechlin: Si...
Performers: Brook, Paige; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

"Many of our readers only need to be told that this exists: they'll run out and snatch it up. Others may not know her voice,...continue...

Twilight of the Gods - The Essential Wagner Collection

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1998-08-11

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Götterdämmerung; Lohengrin; The Flying Dutchman; Das Rheingold; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Siegfried; Parsifal; Siegfried Idyll;...
Conductors: Dorati, Antal; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Böhm, Karl; Gerdes, Otto; Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; National Symphony, Washington, D. C.; New York Philharmonic

Bernstein Century - Dvorák: Symphony no 7; Smetana

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-07-14

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Má vlast
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Bernstein Century - Great Marches

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-10-28

Works: John Philip Sousa: Semper Fidelis; The Thunderer; Washington Post; Hands Across the Sea; Stars and Stripes Forever; Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March, Op. 228; Josef Franz Wagner: Under the Double Eag...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Leonard Bernstein - The Joy of Christmas

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-09-16

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Christmas Traditional: Twelfth Night Song (traditional Russian); The Twelve Days of Christmas; God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); La...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic Orchestra and the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in this entertaining, sophisticated and merry collection. Tracks include "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen," "O Little To...continue...

Nocturne II / Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-09-02

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5 for Soprano and 8 Cellos; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Alexander Borodin: In the s...
Performers: Corigliano, John, Sr. [Violin]; Davrath, Netania; Gomberg, Harold; Graffman, Gary; Serkin, Rudolf; Stern, Carl
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

The Domingo Collection / Placido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-05-20

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: La travi...
Performers: Adams, John; Adams, John [Singer/Songwriter]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Iglesias, Julio; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Levine, James; Prêtre, Georges; Prêtre, Georges; Neschling, John; Queler, Eve; Kohn, Eugene; Gergiev, Valery; Patanè, Giuseppe; ; Navarro, Luis A. Garci...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Beethovenhalle Orchestra, Bonn; Byrne Camp Chorale; Evergreen Studios Orchestra; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestr...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Helen Traubel

1 CD / Preiser / 1996-10-15

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Walküre; Wesendonck Lieder; Schmerzen ("Sonne, weinest jeden Abend..."), so...
Performers: Baum, Kurt; Traubel, Helen
Conductors: O'Connell, Charles; Rodzinski, Artur; Knoch, Ernst; Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

Cartoons - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-05-14

Works: Raymond Scott: Powerhouse; In an 18th-Century Drawing Room (after Mozart's piano sonata No 1),; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaik...
Performers: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Entremont, Philippe; Faine, Maria Luisa; Glazer, Frank; Herman, Woody; Hogner, Gunter; Hungarian State Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Kos...
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Abbado, Claudio; Mehta, Zubin; Chailly, Riccardo; ; Patanè, Giuseppe; Adler, Samuel; Kostelanetz, André; Bernstein, Leonard; Herman, Woody; Hu...
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman Wind Ensemble; Ensemble Wien-Berlin; Hungarian State Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; La Scala Theater Orchestra; New ...

This disc includes both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: HansJörg Schellenberger (oboe); Milan Turkovic (bassoon); Frank Glazer, Philippe Entremont, Maria Luisa Faine, Eugene List, Bar...continue...

Opera - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Turan...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen [Soprano Vocals]; Marton, Eva; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Nucci, Leo; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ste...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Sebastian, Georges; Kohn, Eugene; Chailly, Riccardo; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Rudolf, Max; Cobos, Luis; Pritchard, John; Buckley, Emerson; Schippers, Thomas;...
Ensemble: ; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Metro...

Movies - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-12-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Jacob, Werner; Marton, Eva; Missenhardt, Gunter; Morelli, Adriana; Nucci, Leo; Putz, Ruth-Margaret; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Bruno, Weil; Bernstein, Leonard; Ziegler, Klaus Martin; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Chailly, Riccardo; Georgiadis, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Gosm...
Ensemble: ; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Canadian Brass; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Kassel Vocal Ensemble; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; London Philhar...

Favorite Arias / Carreras, Domingo, Pavarotti

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-07-02

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La boh&e...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Pavarotti, Luciano; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Buckley, Emerson; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Patanè, Giuseppe; Queler, Eve; Bernstein, Leonard; Levine, James
Ensemble: Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; Hungarian State Opera Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Opera Orchest...

Wagner: Highlights from "The Ring" / Mehta, New York PO

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-05-31

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Caballé, Montserrat; Wimberger, Peter
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic

Favorite Overtures / Bernstein, New York Philharmonic

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 1987-01-01

Works: Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Raymond; Franz von Suppé: Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant), overture to the operetta; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell
Performers: Brenner, Engelbert; Stern, Carl; Wummer, John
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic