Opera/Operetta > Cello

Tchaikovsky: The Queen Of Spades Suite; Voyevoda Suite (Arr. Peter Breiner) / New Zealand SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-05-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Queen of Spades; Voyevoda
Performers: Joyce, Andrew; Leppanen, Vesa-Matti
Conductors: Breiner, Peter
Ensemble: ; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra

Slovak-born composer and conductor Peter Breiner has received considerable inter-national acclaim for his adaptations, and his Tchaikovsky arrangements are particularly impressive examples of his art....continue...
Recording information: Michael Fowler Centre, Wellington, New Zealand (02/09/2012-02/10/2012)....continue...

Leo Fall: The Rose of Stambul / Kimberly McCord, Alison Kelly, Erich Buchholz, Geral Frantzen, Robert Morrissey

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-03-26

Works: Leo Fall: Die Rose von Stambul, operetta in 3 acts
Performers: Benham, Aaron; Bockel, Sarah; Buchholz, Erich; Buck, Michelle; Casady, Eric; Frantzen, Gerald; Guerra, Chris; Hill, Nicole; Kelly, Alison [Violin]; McCord, Kimberly; Morrissey, Robert; Pixely, Khaki;...
Conductors: Frantzen, John
Ensemble: Chicago Folks Opertta

Leo Fall's early career mirrored that of his famous contemporary Franz Lehár. Both were born in provinces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and soon moved to...continue...
Recording information: Percy Julian Auditorium, Oak Park, Illinois, USA (08/08/2011)....continue...

Verdi Heroines / Gheorgiu, Chailly, Giuseppe Verdi SO Milan

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-03-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I vespri siciliani; Don Carlos; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello
Performers: Downes, Shana; Gheorghiu, Angela; Polverelli, Laura; Tramonti, Tizana
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Verdi Grand Symphonic Orchestra Milan

"...this stunning new disc captures Angela Gheorghiu in some big roles we would not expect her to take into her repertoire at present...it is refreshing...continue...

Vicente Martín y Soler: Il Burbero di Buon Cuore / Elena de la Merced; Carlos Chausson; Véronique Gens; Saimir Pirgu; Cecilia Diaz

2 CD / Dynamic / 2013-02-26

Works: Vicente Martin y Soler: Il burbero di buon cuore, opera
Performers: Rousset, Christophe [Harpsichord/Conductor]; Sakai, Atsushi
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid

Il Burbero di buon cuore is based on one of the most popular and amusing French comedies by Carlo Goldoni, Le bourru bienfaisant. A brilliant...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Real, Madrid (2007-11-14&2007-11-16&2007-)....continue...

Around Britten - works for solo cello by Benjamin Britten, John Tavener and Matthew Barley / Matthew Barley, cello

1 CD / Signum UK / 2013-02-07

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87; Greensleeves, folksong arrangement for high voice & piano; Folksongs (7), Volume 1; The Holy Sonnets; Gloriana; Oliver Cromwell, for voice & piano...
Performers: Barley, Matthew

Villazon Verdi / Rolando Villazon, tenor. Gianandrea Noseda

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-19

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto, conte di San Bonifacio; I due Foscari; Brindisi I ("Mescetemi il vino!"), song for voice & piano; L'esule, song for voice & piano; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; In solitaria...
Performers: Barilli, Armando; Erdmann, Mojca; Favaro, Ugo [Horn]; Lukic, Relja; Ombuena, Vicente; Picatto, Luigi [Clarinet]; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: ; Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Tori

Released to coincide with Verdi's anniversary year (1813 to 2013).

A unique and carefully-crafted personal selection of Verdi arias and songs that takes us on

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Recording information: Auditorio RAI Arturo Toscanini, Turin, Italy (09/2012)....continue...

A Late Quartet - Music by Angelo Badalamenti [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-06

Works: Angelo Badalamenti: A Late Quartet, film score; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die Tote Stadt; Cristian Puig: Bulerias del encuntreno, song; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Lidstrom, Mats; Lysell, Kjell; Puig, Cristian; Sparf, Nils-Erik [Violin/Viola]; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Grace, Jeff; LoDuca, Joseph

Dvorak: Silent Woods; Polonaise in A; transcriptions of songs & violin pieces for cello & piano / Christian Poltera, cello; Kathryn Stott, piano

1 Super Audio CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2012-10-14

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G major, Op. 100/B 183; Rondo for cello & piano in G minor, B. 171 (Op. 94); Silent Woods (Klid), for cello & piano (arr. from From the Bohemian ...
Performers: Poltéra, Christian; Stott, Kathryn

Antonín Dvo!ák's path to his famous cello concerto was long and far from direct. Certainly he had used the instrument to great effect in his...continue...

Trios by Handel, Vivaldi and Telemann

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522; Concerto in D major for flute, violin & bassoon, RV 91; George Frederick Handel: Sonata for Recorder and Basso Continuo in A min...
Performers: Costa, Neal Peres da; Lacey, Genevieve; Yeadon, Daniel

Recording information: Iwaki Auditorium, ABC Southbank, Melbourne....continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Vitalij Kowaljow, Diana Damrau, Rolando Villazon, Joyce DiDonato

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Bayl, Benjamin; Pfiz, Konstantin [Cello, Continuo]; Summers, Timothy
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick
Ensemble: Rastatt Vocal Ensemble

This thrilling recording around concert performances at the Bade-baden Festpielhaus is set to be a milestone in at least two ways:

It marks the beginning

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Recording information: Festspielhaus Baden-Baden (07/2011)....continue...

Michael F. Williams: The Juniper Passion / Stephanie Acraman, Julia Booth, Lilia Carpinelli, Pene Pati et al.

2 CD / Atoll / 2012-08-14

Works: Michael F. Williams: The Juniper Passion, opera
Performers: Abramova, Elena [Violin]; Acraman, Stephanie [Soprano (Vocal)]; Austin, Katherine; Bierre, Susan; Booth, Julia; Campbell, Ian; Carpinelli, Lillia [Soprano (Vocal)]; Cross, Douglas; Grapes, Brent [Tru...
Conductors: Griffiths-Hughes, Rachel
Ensemble: New Zealand Chamber Soloists

This World War II opera, set during the Battle of Monte Cassino, presents a universal experience of war with a uniquely New Zealand perspective. Contains...continue...
Recording information: Stebbing Recording Centre, Auckland, New Zealand (07/2011-09/2011)....continue...

The Very Best of Paul Tortelier from the EMI Catalog [2 CDs]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Cello no 1 in G, BWV 1007; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D major ("L'estro armonico" no 9), Op. 3/9, RV 2; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto ...
Performers: Heidsieck, Eric; Iwasaki, Shuku; Pau, Maria de La; Rostal, Max; Tortelier, Maud; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Tortelier, Paul; Faerber, Jörg; Kempe, Rudolf; Boult, Adrian; Berglund, Paavo; Tortelier, Maud; Tortelier, Yan Pascal

Paul Tortelier had the lean, ascetic look of an El Greco saint, yet possessed the turbulent idealism of Don Quixote, whom he portrayed so memorably...continue...

"Noah" - Ave Maria; Deep River; Notte di Luce; Shenandoah; Amazing Grace et al. / Noah Stewart, tenor

1 CD / Verve / 2012-07-03

Works: Mantovani: Cara mia; Harry: Jubilee Songs of the USA; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Justin Hayward: Nights in White Satin; Vincent Youmans: Without a Song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; American Traditional: ...
Performers: Baker, Steven; Bertl, Johnny M.; Dorn, Elisabeth; Dubach, Susanne [Violin, Viola]; Hintringer, Harry [Drums]; Juritz, David; Karlsson, Fridrik; Knollmueller, Christian; Laher, Werner; Sasdi, Inka [Ce...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Bertl, Johnny M.; Hein, Richard

Verve Records is thrilled to present the debut album from Harlem Tenor, Noah Stewart.

It is hard to believe that only a few years ago

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Personnel: Susanne Dubach (violin, viola); Inka Sasdi (cello); Wolfgang Drechsler (woodwinds, horns).

Tenor Noah Stewart, a native of Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, has won raves not only i...continue...

Erwin Schrott: Arias

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-06-26

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Don Quichotte, opera in 5 acts; Giuseppe Verdi: I Lombardi; Attila; Arrigo Boito: Mefist...
Performers: Coliban, Sorin; Grun, Maria [Cello]; Schrott, Erwin; Shaham, Rinat
Conductors: Rustioni, Daniele

Recording information: ORF, Vienna, Austria (03/11/2012-04/25/2012)....continue...

Dedications: A Life in Music / Keith Harvey, cello

2 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-05-08

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; Ferruccio Busoni: Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, arrangement for cello & piano (after J. S. Bach, BWV 903; BBGA 7/7), Ki; Alexander Scriab...
Performers: Harvey, Keith; Hendry, Linn; Knight, Meralyn; Pettinger, Peter

Legendary cellist Keith Harvey in arrangements and transcriptions dedicated to a lifetime of influences! Cello Classics presents the Emmy Award-winning cellist playing several works receiving...continue...
Recording information: All Saints Church, London N2; Conway Hall, London....continue...

The Tokyo Concerts: Alfredo Kraus (1996) & Franco Corelli (1971) [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2012-04-24

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Flavio; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Paride ed Elena; Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Le Cid; Fernando J. Obradors: Del cabello más sutil, for voi...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edemiro; Corelli, Franco; Kraus, Alfredo; Polo, Asier; Suga, Emiko; Tebaldi, Renata
Conductors: Mori, Tadashi
Ensemble: Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra

This collection box consists of the Franco Corelli 1971 Tokyo Concert and the Alfredo Kraus 1996 Tokyo Recital. Two wonderfully historic performances for the price...continue...
Run Time: 114 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, 4:3, Color
Subtitles: Italian, English, French, German
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The Richard Strauss Edition [35 CDs + CD-Rom]

36 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Der Rosenkavalier, Op. 59; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Don Juan, Op. 20; Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Metamorph...
Performers: Becker, Herbert; Beranova, Katerina; Bierbach, Franz; Blankenburg, Heinz; Boese, Ursula; Botha, Johan; Cassilly, Richard; Clement, Manfred; Damm, Peter; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Dunn, Mignon; E...
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf; Plasson, Michel; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Böhm, Karl; Keilberth, Joseph; De Waart, Edo

This truly unique set comprises a superb collection of some of the greatest performances of Richard Strauss's orchestral, operatic, chamber and vocal works, brought together...continue...

The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

Maria / Cecilia Bartoli

2 CD / Decca / 2012-01-17

Works: Giovanni Pacini: Irene, o L'Assedio di Messina; Dopo tante e tante pene (alternative ending for Rossini's opera Tancredi), rondo; Giuseppe Persiani: Ines di Castro; Felix Mendelssohn: Infelice, Op. 9...
Performers: Albelo, Celso; Bartoli, Cecilia; Forster, Benjamin; Goldschmidt, Maria; Mermoud, Claudio; Pesch, Ada; Pezzotti, Daniel; Pickup, Robert; Pisaroni, Luca; Prelle, Una; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vicini, ...
Conductors: Fischer, Adam

"[Bartoli] has aimed not only to present Malibran's repertoire but also to capture her sound. Bartoli's rich voice, with its pyrotechnical capabilities and dramatic powers,...continue...
Recording information: Evangelisch-reformierte Kirchgemeinde, Zürich-Oberstras (2006-08-14_2006-08-16&2006-)....continue...

Beauty of the Baroque / Danielle De Niese, Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Decca / 2012-01-10

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Third and Last Booke of Songes; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Samson; Acis and Galatea; Rodelinda; The Triumph of Time and Truth; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Claudio M...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bicket, Harry; Caminiti, Daniele; Niese, Danielle de; Paronuzzi, Giorgio; Scholl, Andreas; Zeller, Martin
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Since her early success in Glyndebourne's now famous production of Handel's Giulio Cesare, Danielle de Niese has become most closely associated with the music of...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (08/12/2010-08/16/2010)....continue...

Einojuhani Rautavaara: Marjatta (Various Works for Children's Choir)

1 CD / Ondine / 2011-11-15

Works: Einojuhani Rautavaara: Marjatta matala neiti (Marjatta, the Lowly Maiden), mystery play in 1 act; Puusepän poika (The Carpenter's Son), for SSA chorus; Lorca Suite, for mixed or children's choir...
Performers: Devoyon, Sarah; Hamalainen, Julia; Heinonen, Aliisa; Holopainen, Timo; kovero, annika; Lehtonen, Aliisa; Maria Vuorinen String Quartet; Matvejeff, Anna; Niemi, Sofia; Palkama, Elina; Saari, Eero
Conductors: Hyökki, Pasi
Ensemble: ; Tapiola Choir

This new release features works for children's choir by Rautavaara, performed by the world-renowned Tapiola Choir led by Hyokki. These pieces cover a wide range...continue...
Recording information: Suomenlinna Church, Helsinki, Finland....continue...

Homage to Maria Callas / Soprano Angela Gheorghiu

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valenti, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

España! Songs and Dances from Spain

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-11-15

Works: Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole; La vida breve; El amor brujo; Enriqué Granados: Goyescas; 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37; Pablo de Sarasate: Danzas españolas, Op. 23; Isaac Al...
Performers: Maisky, Lily; Maisky, Mischa

Gramophone Magazine
This is an attractive recital of transcriptions of favourite Spanish pieces - I hesitate to describe them as 'lollipops' as they are more than...continue...
Recording information: Schloss Elmau, Groáer Saal (03/2011)....continue...

Stefan Weisman: Darkling / Maeve Hoglund, Hai-Ting Chinn, Jon Garrison, Mark Uhlemann and Stefan Weisman / Anna Rabinowitz

2 CD / Albany Records / 2011-11-08

Works: Stefan Weisman: Darkling, opera for 4 voices, actors & string quartet
Performers: Bunch, Kenji [Viola]; Chiu, Tom; Payton, Philip; Ramakrishnan, Raman
Conductors: Demaris, Brian

The creation of Darkling, an opera with music by Stefan Weisman and libretto by Anna Rabinowitz, is a story of transformations. It is a story...continue...
Recording information: American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New Yor (02/25/2011); Merlin Studios, New York, New York (02/25/2011); American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, New Yor (0...continue...

Homage to Maria Callas [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Charles Gounod: Faust; Vincenzo Bellini: Il Pirata, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; G...
Performers: Gheorghiu, Angela; Jones, Karen [Flute]; Tuck, Luisa; Valentini, James; Watmouch, Tom
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco

Homage to Maria Callas is a collection of beloved French and Italian operatic masterpieces performed by Angela Gheorghiu, the defining diva of this century. The...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/2011); MSR Studios, New York (01/2011); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (01/2011); Henry Wood Hall, London (02/2011); MSR Studios, New York (02/2011...continue...

La - Solo Cello Works by Morricone, Saint-Saens, Gagnon and Caccini / Vincent Belanger, cello

1 CD / Fidelio Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Ennio Morricone: Once Upon a Time in the West, film score; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Vincent Belanger: Evolution, tango for solo cello on El Choclo; Mélancolie, for cell...
Performers: Bélanger, Antoine; Barney, Mélanie; Beaulieu, Nathalie; Belanger, Guy; Bell, Karen [Violin]; Belpaire, Nicolas; Blanchet, Helene; Dubuc, Valerie; Gagnon, Francois; Gervais, Lizann; Guen...
Conductors: Belanger, Guy

The originality of this disc lies in its blending the gypsy guitar sound with a complex jazz repertoire not easily available to gypsy musicians and...continue...

Vivaldi: Cello Concertos / Jean-Guihen Queyras, cello

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-10-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Dorilla in tempe RV 709; Concerto for Cello in G minor, RV 416; Concerto for Cello, strings & continuo in F major, RV 412; Concerto for strings & continuo in C major, RV 114; Concert...
Performers: Beuse, Christian; Freiheit, Jan; Kallweit, Georg; Kristinsdottir, Elfa Run; Queyras, Jean-Guihen
Conductors: Kallweit, Georg
Ensemble: ; Accademy for Ancient Music, Berlin

Among his many famous and beloved concertos, Vivaldi wrote no fewer than twenty-seven for the cello - an instrument that at the time was generally...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio Berlin (10/2010)....continue...

Britten: Noye's Fludde / Wilks, Wilson, Wyn, BBC Concert

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Benjamin Britten: Noye's Fludde, children's opera, Op. 59; A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28
Performers: Alleyne, Susan; Anderson, Louisa; Ankier, Joanne; Barnett, Judy; Bate, Jennifer; Baylav, H. Cahit; Belas, Oliver; Berry, Christine; Blomiley, Nigel; Carson, Frank; Cass, Helen; Cinnamon, Emily; Clark...
Conductors: Wilks, Nicholas
Ensemble: BBC Concert Orchestra members; Finchley Children's Music Group

"This production has the benefit of very strong voices in Benjamin Luxon - resonant and impressive as 'The Voice of God' and David Wilson-Johnson as...continue...

New Horizons - Music from France and Spain / Walton, et al

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Maurice Ravel: Mélodies hébraïques (2); Pièce en forme de Habañera; Manuel de Falla: Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); Canciones populares españolas (7); El amor ...
Performers: Grimwood, Daniel; Walton, Jamie

Opera Scenes and Arias; Italian Songs / Ruggero Raimondi

1 CD / Apex / 2011-09-27

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Jules Massenet: Don Quich...
Performers: Benedetti, Rene; Bris, Michele Le; Fremeau, Jean-Marie; Jaclin, Meral; Lublin, Elaine; Raimondi, Ruggero
Conductors: Tchakarov, Emil; Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Paris National Theatre Orchestra

Richard Strauss once was quoted saying, "The human voice is the most beautiful instrument of all, but it is the most difficult to play." Contained...continue...
Recording information: Notre-Dame Du Liban, Paris, France (02/1981); Villa Contarini, Piazzola sul Brenta, Padova, Italy (02/1981); Notre-Dame Du Liban, Paris, France (06/1984); Villa Contarini, Piazz...continue...

Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: A Tribute / McGegan

2 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-08-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Ariodante; Theodora; Messiah; Clori, Tirsi e Fileno, HWV 96; Susanna; Radamisto; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Arianna; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Gottfried Heinrich Stölz...
Performers: Blumenstock, Elizabeth; Bowles, David; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Collel, Bjorn; David Tayler [Lute/Guitar]; Freiberg, Sarah; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; LeGuin, Elisabeth; Linsenberg, Judith; McGe...
Conductors: McGegan, Nicholas
Ensemble: Freiburger Barockorchester; Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

This set is a tribute to the supreme artistry of mezzo-soprano Lorraine Hunt Lieberson (1954-2006). It gathers together some of the finest recordings of arias...continue...

Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie / Minkowski, Fouchécourt, Gens

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-07-12

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Hippolyte et Aricie
Performers: Middenway, Marion; Zilberajch, Aline
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Hippolyte et Aricie was Rameu's earliest surviving opera, a tale of Phaedra's incestuous love for her stepson, Hippolyte. Marc Minkowski's recording is well cast, with...continue...
Recording information: Opéra Royal, Versailles (06/1994)....continue...

Casals Encores / Alban Gerhardt , cello, Cecile Licad, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-06-14

Works: David Popper: Chanson villageoise, Op. 62 no 2; Mazurka, for cello & piano, Op. 11 no 3; Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 54; Claude Debussy: Petite Suite; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn; Giovanni Sgambati:...
Performers: Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Licad, Cecile

This sensational new release from cellist Alban Gerhardt recaptures the novelty of the much-loved encores performed by Pablo Casals. Casals, one of the world's greatest...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Wyastone Estate, Monmouth (06/25/2010-06/27/2010)....continue...

100 Years of Strauss

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-26

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "Musikalischer Scherz"; Die Tänzerin Fanny Elssler; Fata Morgana, Op. 330; The Gypsy Baron; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Casanova; Sp...
Performers: Awouters, Michel; Awouters, Veronique; Bercu, Jan; Bertholome, Marie Helene; Brepols, Mireille; Casteleyn, Elke; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Das, Monica; Delplanque, Claire; Derwahl, Tanja; D...
Conductors: Rieu, André
Ensemble: Johann Strauss Orchestra

Recording information: Wijngrachttheater, Kerkrade, The Netherlands....continue...

Thomas Daniel Schlee: Ich, Hiob, Op. 68

2 CD / Paladino Music / 2011-04-26

Works: Thomas-Daniel Schlee: Ich, hiob, sacred opera, Op. 68
Performers: Azesberger, Kurt; Eckart, Matthias; Fuchsluger, Anneliese; Langmayr, Ursula; Ottmar, David; Rummel, Martin; Schulz, Matthias; Schulz, Veronika; Zuzer, Wolfgang

With its premiere in 2007 and revivals in 2008 and 2009, the sacred opera "Ich, Hiob" by Thomas Daniel Schlee is one of the most...continue...
Recording information: ORF Landesstudio Oberösterreich (03/2009)....continue...

Bach's Secret Files and More Crossover Fantasies

1 CD / Summit Records / 2011-04-12

Works: Joe Burgstaller: The River of Night, for jazz ensemble (after Bach's Prelude in C minor); Aria, for jazz ensemble (after Bach); Shadow Cutting, for jazz ensemble (after Satie's Gymnopédie no 1);...
Performers: Burgstaller Martignon 4; Feliciano, Brenda; Kannen, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Burgstaller Martignon 4

Combine a renowned trumpeter with a Grammy-nominated pianist and you get a tasty crossover delight - classical music for jazz fans, and jazz music for...continue...
Personnel: Michael Kannen (cello).

Recording information: Bennett Studios, Englewood, NJ (06/10/2010-06/12/2010).

Crossover albums intertwining classical music and jazz are nothing new; ...continue...

Music by Masonic Composers

1 CD / Gega New / 2011-04-12

Works: Francesco Geminiani: Sonata for cello & continuo no 3 in C major, Op. 5/3; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée; Pièces de clavecin; Johann Christian Bach: Concerto for cello & orchestra in C min...
Performers: Nikolov, Ventseslav [Cello]; Tcharaktchieva, Ruzhka

Bulgarian cellist Ventseslav Nikolov and pianist Ruzhka Tcharaktchieva perform a concert of works by Masonic composers who lived during the last three centuries....continue...
Recording information: Studio 1, Bulgarian National Radio (04/2010-05/2010)....continue...

Rossini: Overtures / Reiner

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-04-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: William Tell; The Silken Ladder; Il signor Bruschino; The Barber of Seville; The Thieving Magpie; Cinderella; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Virizlay, Mihaly
Conductors: Reiner, Fritz

Monteverdi & Scelsi: Vita / Arrangements for 3 cellos

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-03-29

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 7; Ardo si ma non t'amo, madrigal in 3 sections for 5 voices (from Book 1), SV 39; Madrigals, Book 8; L'incoronazione di Poppea; Altri canti d'amor; Hor ch'el Ciel...
Performers: Iancu, Sarah; Lejeune, Matthieu; Wieder-Atherton, Sonia

"Watching Sonia Wieder-Atherton play is like watching Rudolf Nureyev dance." - TimeOut New York A previous recording from Sonia Wieder-Atherton, Au Commencement Monteverdi, forged links...continue...

Mozart Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Il re Pastore; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Lucio Silla; Der Schauspie...
Performers: Baur, Markus; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Coburn, Pamela; Fischer, Andreas; Fischer, Thierry; Gassmann, Frank; Gienger, Stefan; Gruberova, Edita; Hampson, Thomas; Holl, Robert; Hollweg, W...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Meditations

1 CD / Mirare / 2011-02-08

Works: Ernest Bloch: From Jewish Life; Pablo Casals: Song of the birds, for cello & piano; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Antonin Dvorák: Symphonie du Nouveau Monde, op. 95; Jacques Offenbach:...
Performers: Bertrand, Emmanuelle; Couturier, Eric-Maria [cello]; Gaugue, Emmanuel; Phillips, Xavier; Pidoux, Raphael; Pidoux, Roland; Pierre, Nadine; Salque, Francois
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Ensemble: Les Violoncelles Français

The cello octet is a formation that is now heard only rarely. Yet it harks back to a tradition which was highly esteemed until the...continue...
Recording information: Temple de Bon Secours, Paris, France (12/07/2009-12/09/2009)....continue...

Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso / Scimone

3 CD / Erato / 2011-01-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728
Performers: Chiampan, Gianni; Farina, Edoardo; Hubscher, Jurgen; Koyama, Kiyoshi; Marzi, Bepi de
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio

Recording information: Sala della Chitarra, Villa Contarina, Piazzola sul Bren (07/1977)....continue...

Alfredo Kraus û The 1996 Tokyo Recital [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Dynamic / 2011-01-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Il Flavio; Christoph Willibald Gluck: O del mio dolce ardor; Jules Massenet: Werther; Fernando J. Obradors: Del cabello más sutil, for voice & piano; Pablo Sorozábal...
Performers: Arnaltes, Edemiro; Kraus, Alfredo; Polo, Asier; Suga, Emiko

Run Time: 55 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0,
Subtitles: English, German, Italian, French
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The Hollywood Cello

1 CD / Soundset / 2010-12-14

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Romance-Impromptu (written for the film "Deception"), for cello & piano; Die tote Stadt; Richard Hageman: Recitative and Romance, for cello & piano; Lazare Saminsky: Chasidic...
Performers: Hamilton, Gregory [Cello]; Hamilton, Kate; Hamilton, Robert [Piano]

This recording offers concert works for cello by film composers of the Golden Era. Cellist Gregory Hamilton is on the faculty at Concordia College and...continue...

Smetana: Moldau; Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2; Roumanian Rhapsody No. 1

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2010-12-14

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

Osias Wilenski: Carmen's Revenge

1 CD / Navona / 2010-11-16

Works: Osias Wilenski: Carmen's Revenge (La Vengaza de Carmen), opera in 3 acts; Movements (3), for flute & piano; Romances, for clarinet & piano; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Armengol, Ferran; Comas, Marina; Frances, Salvador; Guna, Jose; Lopez, Maria Rosa; Mora, Albert; Tsanowa, Yana; Wilenski, Osias
Conductors: Wilenski, Osias

Mikhail Glinka: Orchestral Works

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2010-11-09

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Overture, for orchestra in D major, G. i129; Overture, for orchestra in G minor, G. i85; Call her not heavenly (Ne nazivay yeyo nebesnoy), for voice & orchestra, G. viii119; Symphony,...
Performers: Konovalov, Ilya; Nazarov, Vitaly; Novikov, Petr; Rudin, Alexander; Senderskaya, Olga; Shakirova, Alina
Conductors: Rudin, Alexander

He is the "Father of the Russian music," the Russian history books say. But what do we know of Mikhaïl Glinka, except the echoes of...continue...
Recording information: Moscow, Moscow State Broadcasting and Recording House (09/11/2009-09/15/2009)....continue...

Rameau: Platee / Minkowski

2 CD / Erato / 2010-10-26

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Platée
Performers: Cocset, Bruno; Zylberajch, Aline
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc

Recording information: Studio 103, Radio France, Paris, France (12/1988)....continue...

Romance in Tuscany

1 CD / Capitol / 2010-07-27

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Harry Warren: Innamorata; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Boheme; Turandot; Andrea Morricone: Cinema Paradiso (for the ...
Performers: Angell, David; Catchings, John; Davidson, David [Violin]; Jezzro, Jack; Mock, John; Reist, Sari; Sixfin, Pamela; Steinberg, Jeff; Taylor, Jeff [Accordion/Keyboards]; Winkelman, Karen

Recording information: Wildwood....continue...

Stadler & Sposobina play Glazunov & Tchaikovsky

1 CD / Northern Flowers / 2010-05-11

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Elegy for cello & piano in D flat major ("Une pensée à Liszt"), Op. 17; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 51; The Sleeping Beauty; Sergey Rachmaninov:...
Performers: Sposobina, Karina [Piano]; Stadler, Alexey [Cello]

Born in 1991, Alexey Stadler studied at the Rimsky-Korsakov College of Music. He has participated in international music festivals and won several international competitions. He...continue...
Recording information: St. Catherine's Lutheran Church, St. Petersburg, Russia (12/12/2008-12/15/2008)....continue...