Abdrazakov, Ildar

Anna Netrebko: Live At The Met

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-09-20

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Sergey Prokofiev: Voyna i mir (War and Peace); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Lucia di Lammermoor; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigole...
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Alagna, Roberto; Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Beczala, Piotr; Brauer, Cecilia; Calleja, Joseph; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Flórez, Juan Diego; Halfvarso...
Conductors: Summers, Patrick; Gergiev, Valery; Cambreling, Sylvain; Benini, Maurizio; Fisch, Asher; Domingo, Placido; Armiliato, Marco; Levine, James

Our generation's greatest performer on the Met Stage showcases her finest performances in one collection. Live At The Met features excerpts from live performances on...continue...
Recording information: Metropolitan Opera, NY (2002-2010)....continue...

Bellini: Norma / Biondi/Europa Galante, Anderson, Barcellona [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2011-04-26

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Anderson, June; Barcellona, Daniela; Young Hoon, Shin
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio
Ensemble: Europa Galante

This 2001 production of Bellini's masterpiece was extraordinary in many aspects. Staged by Italian director Roberto Ando at the Teatro Regio in Parma, it gathered...continue...
Run Time: 163 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: Italian, English, Ger...continue...

Rossini: 3 Operas / Muti, Möst, DiDonato, Bartoli, Raimondi [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / TDK / 2010-11-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Il turco in Italia; Moïse et Pharaon (rev. of Mosè in Egitto), opera
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Bartoli, Cecilia; Ceron, Antonello; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Fischer, Jeannette; Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Garrett, Nicholas; Giuseppini, Gi...
Conductors: Campanella, Bruno; Welser-Möst, Franz; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra

This Rossini box set combines a number of opera highlights: his well-known operas II barbiere di Siviglia, II Turco in Italia and MoÏse et Pharaon....continue...
Run Time: 473 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Muti, Chicago

2 Super Audio CD / CSO Resound / 2010-09-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Borodina, Olga; Frittoli, Barbara; Zeffiri, Mario
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Chicago inaugurates Riccardo Muti's tenure as music director with their most anticipated release of the year. Recorded live in January 2009, from sold-out, electrifying concerts,...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center (01/15/2009-01/17/2009)....continue...

Verdi: Messa da Requiem / Muti, Chicago

2 CD / CSO Resound / 2010-09-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Borodina, Olga; Frittoli, Barbara; Zeffiri, Mario
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo

Chicago inaugurates Riccardo Muti's tenure as music director with their most anticipated release of the year. Recorded live in January 2009, from sold-out, electrifying concerts,...continue...
Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Symphony Center (01/15/2009-01/17/2009)....continue...

Cherubini: Masses; Overtures; Motets

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Mass no 4, for chorus & orchestra in F major ("di Chimay"); Mass no 5, for chorus & orchestra in D minor; Mass no 8 for chorus & orchestra in E major ("Missa Solemnis"); Antiphons (9...
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Feller, Harald; Fleckenstein, Barbara; Hanft, Max; Hartkopf, Christof; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Meyer, Andrew; Pizzolato, Marianna; Schneider, Bernard; Streit, Kurt; Tillin...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville

Luigi Cherubini was born in Florence, Italy, in September, 1760. He received his first musical instruction at the age of six from his father, Bartolomeo,...continue...

Rossini: Moise et Pharaon / Muti, Frittoli, Ganassi, Filianoti, Schrott [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-06-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Ceron, Antonello; Filianoti, Giuseppe; Frittoli, Barbara; Ganassi, Sonia; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Muraro, Maurizio; Muzek, Tomislav; Schrott, Erwin; Surguladze, Nino
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Arthaus presents an impressive staging of one of Rossini's opera masterpieces. This production, staged by La Scala Milan is conducted by Riccardo Muti. Moise et...continue...
Run Time: 181 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor / Anna Netrebko, et al

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-11-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Beczala, Piotr; Kwiecien, Mariusz; Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Anna Netrebko returns to the stage in the unforgettable performance of Donizetti's Lucia Di Lammermoor! This DVD release was originally broadcast live in HD from...continue...
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Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: Italian, German, English, French, Spani...continue...

Rachmaninoff: The Miserly Knight / Gianandrea Noseda

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2009-09-29

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op. 24
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Bezzubenkov, Gennady; Bronder, Peter; Didyk, Misha; Murzaev, Sergey
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Ildar Abdrazakov's Baron is a nasty portrait, snarling, self-involved, perpetually sneering. Terrific, in fact... The BBC Philharmonic plays wonderfully and the recording is spotless, with...continue...

Verdi: Oberto/ Abdrazakov/Ventre/Herlitzius/Cornetti/Lorenzo [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2007-10-30

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Oberto
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Cornetti, Marianne; Herlitzius, Evelyn; Lorenzo, Nuria; Ventre, Carlo
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: Chorus of Opera de Bilbao; Orchestra Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias

Verdi's first published opera, written in his 20s, already shows the instinctive melodic gift and heightened sense of drama which was to make him a...continue...
Run Time: 112 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Cherubini: Missa Solemnis in E / Muti, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-14

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Mass no 8 for chorus & orchestra in E major ("Missa Solemnis"); Antiphons (9), for 4 voices & orchestra ("à la Palestrina") (3 lost); Nemo gaudeat, motet for 2 choruses & 2 orga...
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Feller, Harald; Fleckenstein, Barbara; Hanft, Max; Hartkopf, Christof; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Meyer, Andreas; Pizzolato, Marianna; Schneider, Bernard; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

BBC Music Magazine
It's actually some of the quietest music which mesmerises most - the exquisitely prayerful 'O Salutaris', an interpolated oasis of religiose restraint before...continue...

Shostakovich: Words of Michelangelo / Noseda, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-03-21

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Suite on Verses of Michelangelo, songs (11) for bass & orchestra, Op. 145a (orchestration of Op 145); Songs (6) for bass & small orchestra, Op .140 (second orchestration of Op62)...
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar
Conductors: Noseda, Gianandrea
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"Abdrazakov deals better with monumental declamations than he does with the lighter love-recitatives: there's still some way to go with the finish of the phrases,...continue...

Cherubini: Messa in fa maggiore "Di Chimay" / Muti, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-04-06

Works: Luigi Cherubini: Mass no 4, for chorus & orchestra in F major ("di Chimay")
Performers: Abdrazakov, Ildar; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Ziesak, Ruth
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Cherubini is little regarded by the general public today, but in his time he achieved wide popularity and was greatly admired by other composers, notably...continue...