Giuseppe Verdi Rarities / Luciano Pavarotti, tenor. Abbado1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-06-25 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Attila; I due foscari; I vespri siciliani; Aida, operaPerformers: Pavarotti, Luciano Conductors: Abbado, Claudio Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala ![]() World War Z [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack]1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-06-18 Works: Marco Beltrami: World War Z, film scorePerformers: Abrahams, Leo; Afia, Alex; Baggs, Simon; Barclay, John; Baron, Chris; Berrow, Mark; Berry, Richard [French Horn]; Bhattacharya, Daniel; Bonner, Natalia; Boyd, James; Bradshaw, Catherine; Brown, Charl... Conductors: Dunkley, Matt Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London; British Grove Studios, London....continue... ![]() Mozart: Sinfonia concertante; Concertone / Amoyal, Cameraata de Lausanne1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-05-28 Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Concertone for 2 Violins in C major, K 190 (186E)Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Cholokyan, Audrey [Oboe]; Mancini, Fulvia [Cello]; Oike, Ami [Violin]; Shimizu, Yuko [Viola] Conductors: Amoyal, Pierre Ensemble: Camerata de Lausanne "As the title reminds us, the Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, K364 is not a concerto for two solo instruments, but a symphony...continue... ![]() Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Souvenir de Florence / Camerata de Lausanne1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-05-28 Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"Conductors: Amoyal, Pierre Ensemble: Camerata de Lausanne "Tchaikovsky's Serenade is one of the most exciting pieces a chamber orchestra can perform. The composer's genius is evident here not only in his incredibly...continue... ![]() Edouard Lalo: Symphonie Espagnole; Namouna; Scherzo / Alexandre da Costa, violin1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-03-26 Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 21; Namouna, Suite no 1, for orchestra; Namouna, Suite no 2, for orchestra; Scherzo for orchestra in D minorPerformers: da Costa, Alexandre Conductors: Kalmar, Carlos Ensemble: Orquesta Sinfonica de Radio Television Espanola Following the "Fire and Blood" CD of music by Michael Daugherty (0825646719570), Canadian/Spanish violinist Alexandre da Costa is teamed with the Spanish Radio & TV...continue... Recording information: Teatro Monumental in Madrid (06/07/2012-06/08/2012)....continue... ![]() J.S. Bach: The Cello Suites / William Butt, cello (live, St. John's, London)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-03-26 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 4 in E flat major, BWV 1010; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Suite for Cello solo no 2 i...Performers: Butt, William Live recordings of the Bach Cello Suites are rare, with soloists using the safety of the recording studio and the opportunities offered for re-takes and...continue... Recording information: St John's, Smith Square, London (03/20/2009/03/27/2009)....continue... ![]() Verdi: Aida / Mancini, Filippeschi, Simionato, Panerai, Neri. Vittorio Gui (1951)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-02-26 Conductors: Gui, VittorioEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI Here Verdi's most popular work - and perhaps the best-known opera of all - has been reclaimed and remastered from an original 1951 mono recording...continue... Recording information: Rome (06/12/1951)....continue... ![]() Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra / Silveri, Stella, Bergonzi, Petri. Pradelli (1951)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-02-26 Conductors: Pradelli, Francesco MolinariEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI The personal becomes political when public life and private life merge against the backdrop of socially embattled 14th century Genoa. Though not the best-known of...continue... ![]() Verdi: Falstaff / Taddei, Pagliughi, Carteri, Meletti, Renzi. Mario Rossi (1949)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-02-26 Conductors: Rossi, MarioEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI Though Verdi is often remembered for the serious themes that characterized his verismo operas, he was also a man of good humor, as evinced by...continue... Recording information: Turin (10/02/1949)....continue... ![]() Verdi: I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata / Vitale, Bertocci, Petri, Pirazzini. Manno Wolf-Ferrari (1951)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-02-26 Conductors: Wolf-Ferrari, MannoEnsemble: Orchestra Lirica e Coro di Milano della RAI Though a gem among Verdi's 26 operas, I Lombardi alla prima crociata has been criminally underperformed in the repertoire. This historic mono recording, made in...continue... Recording information: Milan (02/22/1951)....continue... ![]() Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 20, 64, 76 & 103 / Endellion String Quartet1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-01-29 Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in B flat major, Op. 76 no 4/H 3 no 78 "Sunrise"; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 20 no 4/H 3 no 34; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 64 no 5/H 3 no 63 ...Conductors: Ensemble: Endellion String Quartet This sample of Haydn quartets includes supreme examples of his quartet oeuvre, ranging from an early example of his mature work in the form to...continue... Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/19/2012-07/22/2012). Includes work(s) by Franz Joseph Haydn....continue... ![]() The Australian Voices sing new music for chorus by Australian Composers1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-01-29 Works: William Barton: Kalkadunga Yurdu, for chorus; Lisa Young: Other Plans, song; Gordon Hamilton: To an Early-Flowering Almond, song for chorus (or chorus & piano or strings); Moon; Toy Story 3 = Awesome...Conductors: Hamilton, Gordon Ensemble: ; The Australian Voices THE AUSTRALIAN VOICES "This ensemble is captivating: breathtaking homogeny, perfect intonation, spectacular virtuosity... " Martin Steidler, Professor of Choral Conducting, Munich University "Luscious...continue... ![]() Roxanna Panufnik: Love Abide - New Choral Music, Diverse in Faith, Universal in Love / London Oratory School Schola1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-01-29 Works: Roxanna Panufnik: Love Endureth, for vocal ensemble; Love Abide, for mezzo-soprano, baritone, chorus & orchestra; Magnificat & Nunc dimittis, for chorus & organ; Zen Love Song, for chorus & shakuhach...Performers: Day, Kiku; Johnson, Richard; Little, Tom; Sinclair, Gilles [Treble]; Smyth, Ben Fleetwood Conductors: Smith, Barnaby; Ward, Lee; Ogden, David Ensemble: ; London Oratory School Schola Love Abide encapsulates the very contemporary ethos of multicultural spiritual devotion in a world populated by a rich diversity of faiths - all of them...continue... ![]() Verdi: Un ballo in maschera / : Ferruccio Tagliavini; Maria Curtis Verna; Pia Tassinari; Giuseppe Valdengo; Maria Erato2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-11-13 Conductors: Questa, AngeloEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI The traditional masked ball has perhaps never seemed as grim as in Verdi's personal and political tragedy Un Ballo in Maschera, which follows the King...continue... ![]() Dvorak: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 6 / José Serebrier1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-11-13 Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 10/B 34; Symphony no 6 in D major, Op. 60/B 112Conductors: Serebrier, José Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra "His understanding of the structure is secure; he trusts his players and knows when to give them their head, with the violas and in the...continue... Recording information: Lighthouse, Poole Arts Centre, Poole, Dorset (05/15/2012/05/16/2012)....continue... ![]() Verdi: Don Carlo / Mirto Picchi; Maria Caniglia; Nicola Rossi-Lemeni; Eve Stignani; Paolo Silveri; Giulio Neri3 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-11-13 Conductors: Previtali, FernandoEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI Based on Schiller's classic tale of woe under the Spanish throne, Verdi's Don Carlo was an early success that was sorely neglected outside of Italy...continue... ![]() Verdi: Otello / Carlos Guichandut; Cesy Broggini; Giuseppe Taddei; Tommaso Soley2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-11-13 Conductors: Capuana, FrancoEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Torino della RAI Othello is one of Shakespeare bitterest draughts of tragedy, and verismo master Verdi turned the story to its best use in his operatic adaptation. This...continue... ![]() Verdi: Ernani / Gino Penno; Caterina Mancini; Giuseppe Taddei; Giacomo Vaghi2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-11-13 Conductors: Previtali, FernandoEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma della RAI Verdi's Ernani has a strong history in recorded music, being the first opera ever recorded in its entirety in 1901. The Cetra Verdi Collection allows...continue... ![]() Verdi: I due Foscari / Carlo Bergonzi; Gian Giacoma Guelfi; Maria Vitale; Pasquale Lombardo2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-11-13 Conductors: Giulini, Carlo MariaEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano della RAI Lord Byron's text "The Two Foscari" captivated Verdi throughout his compositional life, finally resulting in one of his most dramatic but underperformed works. The Cetra...continue... ![]() American Serenade - works for violin & orchestra by Bernstein, Waxman & Gershwin / Rachel Kolly d'Alba, violin1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-10-30 Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Leonard Bernstein: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"; Franz Waxman: Carmen Fantasy, for violin & orchestraPerformers: d'Alba, Rachel Kolly Conductors: Axelrod, John Ensemble: ; Orchestre National des Pays de la Loire Recording information: La Cité des Congrès, Nantes, France (10/2011/11/2011)....continue... ![]() Highlights from Handel's Messiah1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-10-16 Works: George Frederick Handel: MessiahPerformers: Boyer, Tammy; Cochran, Lisa; Cottrell, Travis; Curry, Sheldon; Dockery, Ellen; Durham, Dave; George, Bill [Keyboards/Vocals]; Hall, Stephanie; Huffman, Sarah; Jordan, Marabeth; Mauldin, Russell; McCo... Conductors: Wyrtzen, Don Recording information: Angel Recording Studios Ltd., London, England; Quad Recording Studios, Nashville, TN....continue... ![]() Daniel Hope: The Warner Recordings - Bach, Mozart, Berg, Britten, Foulds, Shostakovich, Shankar, Falla et al. / Daniel Hope, violin5 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-09-25 Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV ...Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian; Blankestijn, Marieke; Chakraborty, Asok; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Knauer, Sebastian; Martin, Jaime; Mazumdar, Gaurav; Sebastian, Gilda Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Watkins, Paul; Oramo, Sakari; Shostakovich, Maxim Called "adventurous and brilliant" by the New York Times, Hope was named "the most exciting British string player since Jacqueline du Pré," by the London...continue... ![]() Widmung, Tribute - Transcriptions for trumpet; flugelhorn of works by Paganini, Debussy, Kreisler, Arban, Bartok et al. / Sergei Nakariakov, trumpet, flugelhorn1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-09-25 Works: Niccolò Paganini: Caprice no 24; Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin; Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Jean-Baptiste "Joseph" Arban: Fantasie Brillante, for cornet & e...Performers: Meerovitch, Maria; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet] This new album by Sergei Nakariakov was recorded in the Jesus-Christus-Kirche in Dahlem, Berlin in tribute and homage to his late mentor, the great Russian...continue... Recording information: Jesus-Christus Kirche, Berlin-Dahem (08/2010)....continue... ![]() Pierre-Laurent Aimard: The Warner Recordings - works by Debussy, Ravel, Boulez, Berg, Ives, Ligeti et al.6 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-09-25 Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Études (6) for piano, Book 1, L. 136/1-6; Études (6) for piano, Book 2, L. 136/7-12; Pour les huit doigts, etude for pi...Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Cherrier, Sophie; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola] Pierre-Laurent Aimard has for decades acted as the foremost contemporary exponent of modern piano music, building a reputation for profound musicality across the works of...continue... ![]() Verdi: Un Giorno di Regno / Renato Capecchi, Sesto Bruscantini, Lina Pagliughi, Laura Cozzi, Juan Oncina (rec. 1951)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28 Conductors: Simonetto, AlfredoEnsemble: RAI Orchestra Milan Remastered in February 2006, Warner Classics and Cetra present a historic mono recording of the rarely performed Verdi opera, Un giorno di regno. This 1951...continue... ![]() Verdi: Nabucco / Silveri, Binci, Cassinelli, Mancini, Gatti, Gaggi, Francardi (mono)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28 Conductors: Previtali, FernandoEnsemble: RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome Giuseppe Verdi's third opera, and the work that permanently established his reputation as a composer, is presented in a historic mono recording, remastered in 2005....continue... ![]() Verdi: Luisa Miller / Vaghhi, Volpi, Truccato-Pace; Baronti, Colombo, Kelston, Colarescu (rec. 1951)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28 Conductors: Rossi, MarioEnsemble: RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome Verdi's fifteenth opera and one that is performed quite frequently is now available from Warner Classics and Cetra. Featured in this 1951 celebration performance marking...continue... ![]() Verdi: Il Trovatore / Tagliabue, Mancini, Pirazzini, Volpi, Colella, Sciutti (rec. 1951)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28 Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il TrovatorePerformers: Colella, Alfredo Conductors: Previtali, Fernando Ensemble: RAI Symphony Orchestra of Rome Warner Classics and Cetra release a staple of the standard operatic repertoire. Verdi's Il trovatore is presented in this remastered 1951 celebratory performance with world-renowned...continue... Recording information: Roma (07/29/1951)....continue... ![]() Verdi: La Forza del Destino / Dominici, Caniglia, Tagliabue, Masini, Stignani, Pasero, Meletti (rec. 1941)2 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-08-28 Conductors: Marinuzzi, GinoEnsemble: Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro dell' EIAR di Torino With a vintage all-star cast from the highly acclaimed Teatro di Torino, Warner Classics/Cetra release the 1941 production of Giuseppe Verdi's La forza del destino....continue... ![]() Silent Noon - a collection of British songs by Britten, Quilter, Purcell, Vaughan Williams et al. / Operababes, Janet Haney, piano
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