Elms, Lauris

Classics at the Movies

4 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-08-09

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Davis, Catherine; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Gifford, Duncan; Goodman, Isador; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Hunter, Rita; Ivashkin...
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

Britten: Peter Grimes

2 CD / Musical Concepts / 2010-01-26

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Kells, Iris; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Lanigan, John; Nilsson, Raymond; Pears, Peter, Sir; Pease, James; Studholme, Marion; Watson, Clair...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin

"Few opera recordings can claim to be so definitive, with Pears, for whom it was written, in the name-part, and a first-rate cast. Britten conducts...continue...
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Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens

4 CD / Testament / 2009-08-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Spoken Word: Jon Vickers in conversation with Jon Tolansky
Performers: Allman, Robert; Carlyle, Joan; Davies, Rhoderick; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Edgar; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Langdon, Michael; Lewis, Ronald; Robinson, Forbes; Rouleau, Joseph; Shuard, Amy; Thebom, Bl...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

From our privileged position, half a century on, there may be a temptation to feel superior and to undervalue the 1957 Covent Garden Trojans and...continue...

Classics at the Movies/Various

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-01-27

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 ac...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Goodman, Isador; Kameneva, Vera; Kenny, Yvonne; Sheldon, Jane; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

Opera - The Greatest Moments Ever

1 CD / Petrol Records / 2008-07-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck...
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Begg, Heather; Brennan, David; Buchanan, Isobel; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; James, Fio...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Arnold, Geoffrey; Guidarini, Marco; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Walker, Antony; Rizzi, Carlo; Albert, Werner Andreas; Martin, André
Ensemble: ; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Symphony Orchestra; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Sinfonia Australis; Tasmanian Sympho...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Bonynge/The Sydney Opera House, live 1983, Joan Sutherland, Kenneth Collins [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-03-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore
Performers: Collins, Kenneth; Elms, Lauris; Summers, Jonathan; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra

Two enemies, passionate and vengeful; an old gypsy woman with a mysterious bond to them both, and a passionate young woman who must either betrayan...continue...
Run Time: 141 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Country of Origin: USA
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Classic 100 - Your 100 Favourite Classical Masterpieces

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-01-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, ...
Performers: Allen, Jamie; Brennan, David; Buchanan, Isobel; Campbell, Elizabeth; Campbell, Fiona; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elkins, Margreta; Elms, Lauris; English, Helen; Gershwin, George; Gieseking, Walte...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Halstead, Anthony; Otterloo, Willem Van; Woods, Thomas; Weymark, Brett; Fürst, Jànos; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; ; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Kelly, Brett; Stanhope, David; Fredma...
Ensemble: ; Macquarie Trio

The original collection which started the classic 100 phenomenon is back. Since its run-away success in 2002 the classic 100 concept has grown ever more...continue...

Originals - Britten: Peter Grimes / Benjamin Britten, Peter Pears

2 CD / Decca / 2006-10-10

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Elms, Lauris; Evans, Geraint [Baritone]; Kells, Iris; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; Lanigan, John; Nilsson, Raymond; Norman, Marcus; Pears, Peter, Sir; Pease, James; Studholme, Mario...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

"The Decca recording was one of the first great achievements of the stereo era. Few opera recordings can claim to be do definitive, with Peter...continue...

Britten Conducts Britten Operas Vol 1

8 CD / Decca / 2004-10-12

Works: Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; Owen Wingrave, opera, Op. 85; Billy Budd, Op. 50; Peter Grimes
Performers: Amit, Sheila; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bowman, David; Brannigan, Owen; Bryn-Jones, Delme; Bush, Henry; Cantelo, April; Coleby, Geoffrey; Dempsey, Gregory; Douglas, Nigel; Drake, Brya...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; English Chamber Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

These recordings of four of Britten's operas conducted by the composer are all classics. Owen Wingrave remains unique as an audio recording and this reissue...continue...