Leiferkus, Sergei

Janacek: Cunning Little Vixen / Crowe, Bell, Leiferkus. Glyndebourne Chorus, London PO, Jurowski [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-05-28

Works: Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Bell, Emma; Crowe, Lucy; Leiferkus, Sergei; Rigby, Jean; Spicková, Lucie; Thompson, Adrian
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic

Melly Still's production for Glyndebourne finds the "delicate balance between whimsy and mysticism" (Daily Telegraph) at the heart of the opera, which Vladimir Jurowski conducts...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Janacek: Cunning Little Vixen / Crowe, Bell, Leiferkus. Glyndebourne Chorus, London PO, Jurowski [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-05-28

Works: Leos Janácek: The Cunning Little Vixen
Performers: Bell, Emma; Crowe, Lucy; Leiferkus, Sergei; Rigby, Jean; Spicková, Lucie; Thompson, Adrian
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic

Melly Still's production for Glyndebourne finds the "delicate balance between whimsy and mysticism" (Daily Telegraph) at the heart of the opera, which Vladimir Jurowski conducts...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Shostakovich: Symphony No. 13 "Babi Yar" / Sergei Leiferkus, Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Kurt Masur

1 CD / Apex / 2012-10-30

Works: Spoken Word: Babi Yar, poem; The Loss, poem; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar"
Performers: Leiferkus, Sergei
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Flummerfelt, Joseph
Ensemble: ; New York Philharmonic

The "Babi Yar" Symphony is one of Shostakovich's most extraordinary musical events. The soothing, lighter-toned bass voice of Sergei Leiferkus offers a chilling and moving...continue...
Recording information: Avery Fisher Hall, New York (01/1993)....continue...

Rachmaninov: The Bells; Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky / Shtoda, Prokina, Leiferkus - Evgeny Svetlanov

1 CD / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone, chorus & orchestra, Op. 35; Sergey Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78
Performers: Hodgson, Alfreda; Leiferkus, Sergei; Prokina, Yelena; Shtoda, Daniil
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra Chorus

ICA marks the 10th anniversary of the great Evgeny Svetlanov's death with a coupling of Rachmaninov's The Bells and Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky, two composers that...continue...

Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy / Puccini, Donizetti, Verdi, etc. [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Falstaff; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Sergei Rachmaninov: The miserly knight, Op 24
Performers: Auty, Peter; Battaglia, Paolo; Berkeley-Steele, Richard; Best, Jonathan; Bezduz, Bulent; Christoyannis, Tassis; Corbelli, Alessandro; Daza, Alfredo; Di Pasquale, Luciano; Elliott, Alasdair; Giordano,...
Conductors: Jurowski, Vladimir; Benini, Maurizio; Jordan, Philippe
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra

The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world's most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and...continue...
Run Time: 750 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
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Plácido Domingo: The Opera Collection [26 CDs]

26 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Jacques Offenbach: Ga&...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Cuenod, Hugues; Domingo, Placido; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony; Leiferkus, Sergei; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Prestia, Giacomo; Schade, Michael;...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Marin, Ion; Prêtre, Georges; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Barenboim, Daniel; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kleiber, Carlos; Chung, Myung-Whun; Solti, Sir ...

Domingo reaches his 70th birthday and Deutsche Grammophon celebrates by releasing 'The Opera Collection', a collection of his amazingly rich DG/Decca catalog recognizing the tenor's...continue...

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

Tchaikovsky: Cherevichki - The Tsarina's Slippers / Polianichko [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2010-11-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Slippers (Oxana's Caprices), comic-fantasy opera, Op. 14 (revised version of "Vakula the Smith")
Performers: Avis, Gary; Diadkova, Larissa; Galeazzi, Mara; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Guryakova, Olga; Leiferkus, Sergei; Matorin, Vladimir; Mikhailov, Maxim; Upperton, John; Vassiliev, Alexander; Voynarovskiy, Viachesl...
Conductors: Polianichko, Alexander
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House; Royal Opera Chorus

Based on Gogol's fantastical and comic story of the Devil's antics on Christmas Eve, this magical blend of opera and ballet is brought to vivid...continue...
Run Time: 155 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish
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Rachmaninov: Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Works

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 1 in D minor, Op. 13; Isle of the Dead, Op. 29; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; The Rock, Op. 7; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 44; Symphonic Dances, Op. 45; The Bell...
Performers: Kaludov, Kaludi; Leiferkus, Sergei
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

Fanfare
The disc of choral-orchestral music is the most consistently fine of the four. The Bells is one of the best-sounding performances in the set, and...continue...

Sergei Rachmaninov

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Festive Overture, Op. 96; Alexander Glazunov: Chant du ménestrel for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 71; Sergey Rachmaninov: The Bells, choral symphony for soprano, tenor, baritone...
Performers: Leiferkus, Sergei; Petrova, Lyubov; Yang, Wen-Sinn
Conductors: Serebrier, José

"Recorded live at the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory in April, 2010 (the last concert of the First International Rostropovich Festival) the major work...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory (04/02/2010)....continue...

Prokofiev: The Complete Operas / Kirov Opera

14 CD / Decca / 2010-03-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Betrothal in a Monastery ("The Duenna"), opera, Op. 86; Fiery Angel, Op. 37; The Gambler, opera, Op. 24; Love for three oranges; Semyon Kotko, opera, Op. 81; Symphonic Suite from 'W...
Performers: Aleksashkin, Sergey; Chepkov, Antatoli; Galuzin, Vladimir; Gassiev, Nikolai; Gorchakova, Galina; Kan, Vassili; Kazarnovskaya, Ljuba; Kuznetsov, Fyodor; Leiferkus, Sergei; Mayorov, Alexandr; Perlasova...
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery

This set brings together 6 complete operas on 14 CDs featuring the Kirov Opera and Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre - 'Betrothal in a Monastery',...continue...

Massenet: Grisélidis

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Jules Massenet: Grisélidis; Cendrillon
Performers: Blades, Christopher; Boucher, Michelle; Creffield, Rosanne; Forrester, Maureen [Contralto Vocal]; Haskin, Howard; Landry, Rosemarie; Leiferkus, Sergei; Levine, Gabrielle; Merrigan, Joan; Quilico, Lou...
Conductors: Stapleton, Robin; Bernardi, Mario

London PO 75th Anniversary Vol 3 / Tennstedt, Masur, et al

4 CD / London Philharmonic Orchestra / 2007-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Mass in C minor, K 4...
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; George, Michael; Leiferkus, Sergei; Monogarova, Tatiana; Muff, Alfred; Murray, Ann; Pape, Rene; Popp, Lucia; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Welser-Möst, Franz; Masur, Kurt; Jurowski, Vladimir
Ensemble: Klaus Tennstedt; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Klaus Tennstedt brought the London Philharmonic Orchestra a major recording contract with EMI and concert engagements in Japan and the Far East; Franz Welser-Most followed...continue...

Mahler: Das Klagende Lied / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 CD / San Francisco Symphony / 2007-09-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: DeYoung, Michelle; Leiferkus, Sergei; Shaguch, Marina; Vocals], Thomas Moser [Tenor
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Chorus

For the benefit of the collectors and MTT fans everywhere, the San Francisco Symphony label is pleased to bring back this essential Mahler recording, now...continue...

Opera House - Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa / Järvi, Leiferkus, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-04-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa
Performers: Diadkova, Larissa; Gorchakova, Galina; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Larin, Sergei; Leiferkus, Sergei; Margison, Richard; Pederson, Monte; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

Betrayal, torture, execution, murder and madness are all present in Tchaikovsky's fascinating portrayal of anti-hero Mazeppa and his world, dramatically realized in Neeme Jarvi's heady...continue...

Saint Saens: Samson et Dalila / Domingo, Levine/Metropolitan Opera Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47
Performers: Anthony, Charles; Borodina, Olga; Domingo, Placido; Fink, Richard Paul; Fitch, Bernard; Leiferkus, Sergei; Pape, Rene; Walker, Alfred
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Placido Domingo in another of his signature roles tries heroically to resist Olga Borodina's seductive Delilah. This performance from the opening of the 1998 season...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Trio - Rachmaninov: Complete Operas / Järvi, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-06-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; The miserly knight, Op. 24; Francesca da Rimini
Performers: Aalexashkin, Sergei; Caley, Ian; Chernov, Vladimir; Guleghina, Maria; Kotscherga, Anatolij; Larin, Sergei; Leiferkus, Sergei; Levinsky, Ilya; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This 3 for the price of 2 set features the acclaimed recordings of all three of Rachmaninov's operas....continue...

Massenet: Grisélidis / Stapleton, Landry, Leiferkus, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2003-07-02

Works: Jules Massenet: Grisélidis; Cendrillon
Performers: Blades, Christopher; Creffield, Rosanne; Haskin, Howard; Landry, Rosemarie; Leiferkus, Sergei; von Kannen, Gunter
Conductors: Stapleton, Robin; Bernardi, Mario
Ensemble: Dublin Radio Telefis Eireann Symphony Orchestra; National Arts Centre Orchestra; Wesford Festival Chorus

Beethoven: Fidelio (Highlights) / Harnoncourt, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2002-09-17

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Leiferkus, Sergei; Margiono, Charlotte; Polgar, Laszlo; Seiffert, Peter; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Tchaikovsky: Pique Dame / Gergiev/Kirov Opera [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Philips / 2002-07-16

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Performers: Alexashkin, Sergei; Grigorian, Gegam; Leiferkus, Sergei; Solodovnikov, Vladimir
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: Kirov Theater Chorus; Kirov Theater Orchestra

Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
Country of Origin: Russia
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Rachmaninov: Complete Songs Vol 3 / Howard Shelley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-09-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Letter to K. S. Stanislavsky, song for voice & piano, TN ii/56; Songs (14) for voice & piano, Op. 34; From the Gospel of St John, song for voice & piano, TN ii/57; Songs (6) for v...
Performers: Leiferkus, Sergei; Naoumenko, Alexandre; Popescu, Maria; Rodgers, Joan; Shelley, Howard

"What can I say that I haven't said before? This is the third and last volume of Rachmaninoff's songs by these people, presented in chronological...continue...

Rachmaninov: Complete Songs Vol 2 / Howard Shelley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-05-21

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Were you hiccoughing; Night, song for voice & piano, TN ii/55; Songs (12) for voice & piano, Op. 21; Songs (15) for voice & piano, Op. 26
Performers: Leiferkus, Sergei; Naoumenko, Alexandre; Popescu, Maria; Rodgers, Joan; Shelley, Howard

"Joan Rodgers does some amazing things with her voice, and knows what she is singing about. Howard Shelley, as the guiding spirit of the enterprise,...continue...

Rachmaninov: Complete Songs Vol 1 / Howard Shelley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-02-20

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: At the gate of the Holy Abode, song for voice & piano,TN ii/50/1; I shall tell you nothing; Again you leapt, my heart, for voice & piano, TN ii/51; C'était en avril, song for...
Performers: Leiferkus, Sergei; Naoumenko, Alexandre; Popescu, Maria; Rodgers, Joan; Shelley, Howard

"Rejected love is a favorite theme of Rachmaninov's, and it is explored in an almost clinical thoroughness. Gradually--the songs are performed in chronological order--the piano...continue...

Beethoven: Fidelio / Harnoncourt, Margiono, Seiffert, et al

2 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1995-10-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Florianschutz, Robert; Leiferkus, Sergei; Macias, Reinaldo; Margiono, Charlotte; Polgár, László; Seiffert, Peter; Skovhus, Bo [Baritone Vocal]; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir

Rachmaninov: Songs / Sergei Leiferkus, Howard Shelley

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-08-22

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: At the gate of the Holy Abode, song for voice & piano,TN ii/50/1; Oh no, I beg you, forsake me not, song for voice & piano, Op. 4/1; Songs (6), Op. 4; Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne ...
Performers: George, Michael; Leiferkus, Sergei; Shelley, Howard

"...Leiferkus is, of course, one of today's eminent operatic baritones, noted for his dramatic talent as well as his rich, powerful voice. That power is...continue...

Verdi: Otello / Chung, Domingo, Studer, Leiferkus, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-10-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Domingo, Placido; Duminy, Philippe; Graves, Denyce; Hepokoski, James A.; Leiferkus, Sergei; Prestia, Giacomo; Schade, Michael; Studer, Cheryl
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Paris Opera Children's Chorus

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
theatre, so Otello is a difficult opera to bring off out of it. For some years now, Domingo has been, on stage,...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 13 "Babi Yar" / Masur, New York PO

1 CD / Teldec / 1994-05-03

Works: Yevgeny Yevtushenko: Babi Yar (Recitation); Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 13 in B flat minor, Op. 113 "Babi Yar"; Spoken Word: The Loss, poem
Performers: Leiferkus, Sergei
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Choral Artists; New York Philharmonic