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Offenbach: Les Contes D'hoffmann / Laho, Petibon, Wesseling [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2009-10-27

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann
Performers: Beaulieu, Delphine; Braun, Romaric; Cachemaille, Gilles; Cavallier, Nicolas; Deletre, Bernard; Denize, Nadine; Doufexis, Stella; Harnisch, Rachel; Huchet, Eric; Laho, Marc; Petibon, Patricia; Riccard...
Conductors: Davin, Patrick
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Offenbach's masterpiece, based on three stories by the German author E.T.A. Hoffmann, is both a three-act opera and a trilogy of taut, individual dramas, all...continue...
Run Time: 171 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: French, English, German,...continue...

Ultimate Russian Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Marche slave, Op. 31; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Mo...
Performers: Fenyves, Lorand
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Ansermet, Ernest; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dorati, Antal
Ensemble: Detroit Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Offenbach: La Perichole, etc / Soustrot, Ewing, Rosenshein, Bacquier, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2008-06-01

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La Périchole
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Barscha, Monique; Buloze, Nicole; Cassinelli, Riccardo; Ewing, Maria; Hasler, Samuel; Martinelli, Paolo; Muel, Jean-Paul; Ossola, Charles; Renee, Madelyn; Rosenshein, Neil
Conductors: Soustrot, Marc
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Marilyn Horne - The Complete Decca Recitals

11 CD / Decca / 2008-04-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; Tancredi; Semiramide; L'italiana in Algeri; La Cenerentola; L'assedio di Corinto; La donna del lago; Vincenzo Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi, op...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Horne, Marilyn; Katz, Martin
Conductors: Lewis, Henry; ; Mehta, Zubin; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Rom...

"Each of the 11 CDs comes in a slip case with the original cover art, but no texts or translations are provided. At the price...continue...

Donizetti: Don Pasquale. Pido/Suisse Romande / Ciofi, Alaimo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2008-02-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale
Performers: Alaimo, Simone; Braun, Romaric; Ciofi, Patrizia; Giossi, Marzio; Shankle, Norman
Conductors: Pidò, Evelino
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Bel Air presents 'Don Pasquale', a comic masterpiece from the pen of Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848). One of the most riotous operas ever composed, it also...continue...
Run Time: 127 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Purcell: Dido and Purcell / Capdevielle, et al

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2007-10-01

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Benoit, Ellen; Bise, Juliette; Comte, Adrienne; Cuenod, Hugues; Diakoff, Nastia; Kolassi, Irma; Marc'hadour, Yvon le; Pifteau, Marguerite; Vivarelli, Gisele
Conductors: Capdevielle, Pierre
Ensemble: Geneva Conservatory Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra

This historic performance of Purcell's one true opera is an example of the prevailing style of the times. It would take another decade for the...continue...

Falla: The Three-Cornered Hat / Ansermet, et al

1 CD / Lim / 2007-04-17

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve)
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

De Falla's Iberian gem "The Three-Cornered hat" is an audiophile's dream of a symphonic masterpiece. It boasts one of the most varied, rich, sophisticated tonal...continue...

Original Masters - Ernest Ansermet - Decca Recordings 1953-1967

6 CD / Decca / 2007-02-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 31 "Der Himmel lacht, die Erde jubilieret" BWV 31; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 22 in E flat major, H 1 no 22 "Philosopher"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 4 i...
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Hamel, Michel; Martin, Pauline; Montmollin, Marie-Lise de
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Swiss born Ernest Ansermet formed the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (OSR) in 1918-together they had a long recording career on Decca following World War...continue...

Strauss: Elektra / Tate, Jones, Rysanek, Evans, et al

2 CD / Claves / 2006-07-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Elektra, Op. 58
Performers: Antonini, Evangelia; Evans, Anne; Faes, Antoinette; Franz, Janeen; Graus, Leonard; Hamilton, Ronald; Jenkins, Neil; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame; Kreitzer, Jacalyn; Pavlu, Michael; Rysanek, Leonie; Sauramo, ...
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra

At the end of 1903 Richard Strauss attended a performance of von Hofmannsthal's adaptation of 'Elektra' which made a very strong impression on his. After...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Aldo Protti

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-04-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigoletto; La traviata; Aida, opera; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Caselli, Dario; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Del Monaco, Mario; Latinucci, Pier Luigi; Mercuriali, Angelo; Protti, Aldo [Baritone Vocals]; Rossi, Lina; Siepi, Cesare; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Erede, Alberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Many opera lovers will still have vivid memories of this spirited singer, born in Cremona in 1920. His stocky, agile, muscular figure, his striking "diavolo"...continue...

Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento, etc / Martinotti, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2006-02-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La fille du régiment; L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers: Alva, Luigi; Baro, Jaime; Bouvier, Michel; Bruscantini, Sesto; Castel, Francois; di Stasio, Anna; Ganzarolli, Wladimiro; Grist, Reri; Pavarotti, Luciano; Wixell, Ingvar
Conductors: Martinotti, Bruno [cond.]; Patanè, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera - Acts 2 & 3 / Sanzogno, et al

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2005-10-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Beloni, Gino; Biasini, Piero; Castellani, Carla; Del Monaco, Mario; Giunta, Arsenio; Morel, Marisa; Nardi, Luigi; Simionato, Giulietta
Conductors: Sanzogno, Nino
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Debussy: Pelleas et Melisande / Auberson, Tappy, et al

2 CD / Claves / 2005-06-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Blanzat, Anne-Marie; Chedel, Arlette; De Narke, Victor; Koubrak, Gregor; Olsen, Derrik; Souzay, Gerard; Spoorenberg, Erna; Tappy, Eric
Conductors: Auberson, Jean-Marie
Ensemble: Geneva Grand Theatre Chorus; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Fernando Corena

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-12-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Corena, Fernando; Modesti, Giuseppe; Pirazzini, Miriam; Poli, Afro
Conductors: Maag, Peter; Erede, Alberto; Parodi, Armando La Rosa
Ensemble: ; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Wagner: Die Walküre / Denzler, Werthe, Ralf, Alsen, Hofmann

3 CD / Gebhardt / 2004-02-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre
Performers: Alsen, Herbert; Grob-Prandl, Gertrud; Hofmann, Ludwig; Milinkovic, Georgine von; Ralf, Torsten
Conductors: Denzler, Robert F.
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

Midnight Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-05-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no...
Performers: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Cleveland Orchestra; Coker, Paul; English Chamber Orchestra; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Gillespie, Rhondda;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Dutoit, Charles; ; Patanè, Giuseppe; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Malcolm, George; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonynge, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Borodin Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; I Salonisti; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Phi...

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Marisa Robles (harp); Joshua Bell, Nigel Kennedy (violin); Miklós Perényi , Janos Starker (cello); Heinz Holliger (ob...continue...

The #1 Classical Album

2 CD / Decca / 2002-05-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Domingo, Placido; Haselbock, Martin; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Loveday, Alan; Ortiz, Cristina; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schiff, Andr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Munchinger, Karl; Végh, Sándor; Boskovsky, Willi; Kempe, Rudolf; Tate, Jeffrey; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philhar...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Fricsay, Werth, Anders, Frick, et al

2 CD / Gebhardt / 2002-05-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Anders, Peter; Frick, Gottlob; Metternich, Josef; Otto, Lisa; Pantscheff, Ljubomir; Werth, Helene
Conductors: Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

The Great Renata Tebaldi

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; La Fanciulla del West; Turandot; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Alfredo Catalani: La ...
Performers: Bastianini, Ettore; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caruso, Mariano; Cesari, Renato; Del Monaco, Mario; Fioravanti, Giulio; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; MacNeil, Cornell; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Pog...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Cleva, Fausto; Capuana, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Serafin, Tullio; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; ...
Ensemble: ; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome...

This new 2-CD collection commemorates Renata Tebaldi's legendary career as she celebrates her 80th birthday. It includes over 2 1/2 hours of popular arias from...continue...

La Stupenda - The Supreme Voice of Joan Sutherland

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; La traviata; Rigoletto; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonifacio, Tina; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Duval, Pierre; Elkins, Margreta; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Gibbs, John; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Pavarotti, Lucia...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Pritchard, John; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Light Opera Chorus; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Opera Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra;...

"...In recognition of her 75th birthday, also in November, Decca has issued a 27-track 'best of' CD set, showcasing some of [Dame Sutherland's] most famous...continue...

The Glories of Handel Opera / Berganza, Kirkby, Horne, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 2001-02-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Orlando; Riccardo Primo, HWV 23; Atalanta; Semele; Rodelinda; Ezio, HWV 29; Giulio Cesare; Rinaldo; MEDLEY; Berenice, Regina d'Egitto, HWV 38
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Greevy, Bernadette [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Horne, Mari...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Rousset, Christophe; Bonynge, Richard; ; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Balkwill, Bryan; Lewis, Henry
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Les Talens Lyriques; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Vienna Cantata Or...

Falla: Three-Cornered Hat, etc / Ansermet, Berganza, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2000-07-18

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); El amor brujo
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

"...His [Ansermet's] recordings are informed by meticulous knowledge of the intricacies of light and shade in Falla's scores, and here sound as fresh as when...continue...

Classics for Children - Prokofiev, Saint-Saëns, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1999-10-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Nouvelles suites de pi&egr...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Nishry, Varda; Ortiz, Cristina; Roge, Pascal
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Dutoit, Charles; Munchinger, Karl; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Ansermet, Ernest; Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Two and a half hours of well-known classical music, all composed specifically with children in mind. The "Peter and the Wolf" on this set is...continue...

The Essential Falla

2 CD / Decca / 1999-10-12

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Concerto for Harpsichord, for harpsichord (or piano), flute, oboe, clarinet, violin & cello, G. 71; Homenaje - M. de Falla; Psyché; Nights in the gardens of Spain...
Performers: Boky, Colette; Constable, John [Keyboards]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Katz, Martin; Mistral, Nati; Smith, Jennifer [Vocals]
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ansermet, Ernest; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; London Sinfonietta; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Spain's leading composer Manuel de Falla is well represented in this 2 CD collection. Falla's best known works: Nights in the Gardens of Spain; The...continue...

Nessun Dorma - 20 Great Tenor Arias / Pavarotti, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Turandot; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Miller; La traviata; Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Um...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Bailey, Norman; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Bode, Hannelore; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placi...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Chailly, Riccardo; Solti, Sir Georg; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Maazel, Lorin; Bonynge, Richard; Erede, Alberto; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Franco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Resc...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; New P...

Hans Knappertsbusch in London and in Switzerland

1 CD / Preiser / 1998-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Rienzi; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73
Conductors: Knappertsbusch, Hans
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Zürich Tonhalle Orchestra

Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, etc / Ernest Ansermet

2 CD / Decca / 1995-02-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; May Night; The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), musical pictures (suite) for orchestra, Op. 57; Tale of Tsar Saltan; Russian Easter Festival Overtu...
Performers: Fenyves, Lorand
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest; Horneffer, Jacques
Ensemble: Geneva Motet Choir; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Borodin: Symphonies, etc / Ansermet, Suisse Romande

1 CD / Decca / 1991-01-29

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central Asia; Symphony no 2 in B minor; Symphony no 3 in A minor
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra

The Best of Domingo

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1987-07-07

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Un ballo in maschera; La traviata; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Gaetano Donizetti: L' e...
Performers: Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Proenza, Pedro di; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Maazel, Lorin; Karajan, Herbert von; Kleiber, Carlos; Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Bavarian State Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Offenbach: Contes d'Hoffmann / Bonynge, Sutherland, Domingo

2 CD / Decca Import / 1987-07-07

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Charon, Jacques; Cuenod, Hugues; Domingo, Placido; Guigue, Paul; Jacques, R.; Lilowa, Margarita; Neury, Andre; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Proenza, Pedro di; Sutherland, Joan, Dam...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Suisse Romande Orchestra