Martinez, Ana Maria

The Ultimate Operetta Album

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-06-29

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; Mein Herr Marquis (Adele's Laughing Song) (from Die Fledermaus); Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; The Gypsy Baron; Der Zigeunerbaron; Franz Lehár: Lippen schwei...
Performers: Berkes, Janos; Csonka, Zsuzsa; Ebner, Karl-Michael; Erdmann, Mojca; Kathol, Marko; Kenny, Yvonne; Kertesi, Ingrid; Martinez, Ana Maria; Roider, Michael
Conductors: Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László; Bonynge, Richard; Mercurio, Steven

A beautiful selection of the best-known operetta arias, duets & orchestral music from Vienna's golden age of operetta, including Die Fledermaus, The Merry Widow, The...continue...

Amor, Vida de mi vida / Domingo, Martinez, Lopez Cobos / Lecuona, Torroba, Lehar / Salzburg Mozarteum Orch. [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / EuroArts / 2009-03-31

Works: Federico Chueca: El bateo; Federico Moreno Torroba: La Maravilla; La Chulapona; La Marchenera; Pablo Luna y Carné: El niño judío; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres pi...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Martinez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

This release is a BLU-RAY DISC and will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as EUA 2072478. The many...continue...
Run Time: 101 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, LPCM 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
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Amor, Vida de mi vida / Domingo, Martinez, Lopez Cobos / Lecuona, Torroba, Lehar / Salzburg Mozarteum Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2009-03-31

Works: Federico Chueca: El bateo; Federico Moreno Torroba: La Maravilla; La Chulapona; La Marchenera; Pablo Luna y Carné: El niño judío; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres pi...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Martinez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Lopez-Cobos, Jesus
Ensemble: Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra

The many passionate, fiery and lyrical vocal pieces of Spanish zarzuelas have continued to thrive in concerts and recitals all over the world. One of...continue...
Run Time: 101 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...

Glass Box - Philip Glass Nonesuch Retrospective

10 CD / Nonesuch / 2008-09-30

Works: Philip Glass: Contrary Motion; Music with Changing Parts; Music in Similar Motion; Music in 12 parts; Einstein on the Beach; Closing; North Star; Dressed like an Egg; Mad Rush; MEDLEY; Koyaanisqatsi;...
Performers: Allen, Sanford; Anderer, Joseph; Arner, Leonard; Baker, Timothy; Balm, Neil; Barab, Seymour; Bargen, Karl; Bauch, Ethan; Beckenstein, Marion; Benary, Barbara; Benincasa, Rex; Bielawa, Lisa; Bielecki,...
Conductors: Riesman, Michael; Keene, Christopher; ; Davies, Dennis R.; Goldray, Martin; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: ; American Composers Orchestra; Bruckner Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Kronos Quartet; Lyric Quartet; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Quena Ensemble; String Orchestra; S...

This elegantly packaged 10-disc retrospective surveys four decades of work by Philip Glass, from his earliest solo pieces to his world-renowned operas to his Oscar-nominated...continue...

Mozart: Cosi Fan Tutte / Honeck/Vienna PO, Martinez, Koch, Mathey, Degout, Donath, Allen [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / HBDirect Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Degout, Stephane; Donath, Helen; Koch, Sophie; Martinez, Ana Maria; Mathey, Shawn
Conductors: Honeck, Manfred
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

"A musical and vocal pleasure . . . A major festival event in the anniversary year." -Donaukurier, Ingoldstadt...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music [Box Set]

51 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-11-21

Works: Joseph Achron: Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 60; Golem, suite for chamber orchestra; Belshazzar; Samuel Adler: Sephardic Choruses (5), for chorus (from Ever Since Babylon); Nuptial Scene, for voice &...
Performers: Abelson, Robert; Adler, Bruce; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allardyce, Lauren; Arnold, Hubert; Aslan, Pablo; Avila, Jorge; Barr, Jean; Barrick, Clinton; Ben-Ze'ev, Re'ut; Bermel, Derek; Besley, Megan; B...
Conductors: Silverstein, Joseph; Schwarz, Gerard; Gardner, Patrick; Adler, Samuel; Winther, Rodney; Wilkins, Christopher; Kiesler, Kenneth; Itai, Avner; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Nei...
Ensemble: ; Chamber Opera Ensemble; Cincinnati Wind Symphony; Dave Brubeck Trio; Eastman Players; Finchley Children's Music Group; Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble; Schola Hebraeica Chorus; Southern Jazz Ensemble...

Includes ashrei (ashrei yoshvei veitekha (l. glantz) / eine by various composers.

Includes b'motza'ei m'nuha (assembled for "the first s'liho by various composers....continue...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mercurio, Bocelli, Martinez, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2006-11-21

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera
Performers: Accurso, Roberto; Antonucci, Stefano; Bocelli, Andrea; Bonaffini, Salvatore; Martinez, Ana Maria; Piccoli, Francesco; Todaro, Salvatore
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Catania Teatro Massimo Bellini Opera Orchestra

'Pagliacci' is Leoncavallo's much loved short opera of romance, jealousy and revenge among a group of traveling players. This recording features an outstanding cast, conducted...continue...

Many Voices / Steven Mercurio

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-08-29

Works: Steven Mercurio: A White Rose, for voice; Desiderio, for voice; Daydream; Good-Night, for voice; Paternità, for voice; Song in Chaos, for voice; Serenade, for tenor and orchestra
Performers: Bocelli, Andrea; Giordani, Marcello; Jo, Sumi; Martinez, Ana Maria; Quilico, Gino; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven

American Classics - Milken Archive - Celebration of Israel

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Samuel Cohen: Hatikvah (National Anthem, Israel); Julius Chajes: Old Jerusalem, for voice & piano; Hebrew Suite, for orchestra; Adarim, for orchestra; Herbert Fromm: Pioneers (Halutzim), for orchestr...
Performers: Kohler, Margaret; Martinez, Ana Maria; Schebesta, Martin
Conductors: Rickenbacher, Karl Anton; Jaffe, Elli; Adler, Samuel; Wirth, Gerald; Mester, Jorge; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: ; Eastman Players

The music on this CD is a joyous celebration of Zionist dreams and hopes, as well as of daily life in Israel. From the mystical...continue...

Soprano Songs and Arias / Ana María Martínez

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-11-15

Works: Léo Delibes: Les Filles de Cadiz "Chanson Espagnole"; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Franz Lehár: The Merry W...
Performers: Martinez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Mercurio, Steven

The dramatic range and unusually broad repertoire of Ana Mara Martnez sets her apart as one of todays most sophisticated and versatile lyric sopranos, a...continue...

American Classics - Milken Archive - Beveridge / Marriner

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-10-18

Works: Thomas Beveridge: Yikor Requiem
Performers: Brubaker, Robert; Martinez, Ana Maria; Shammash, Elizabeth
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus

American Classics - Weisgall: T'kiatot, etc / Schwarz, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-06-01

Works: Hugo Weisgall: T'kiatot; Psalm of the Distant Dove, for voice & piano; Choral Etudes (4) for a capella chorus; A Garden Eastward, cantata for high voice & orchestra
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Martinez, Ana Maria; Okerlund, Kristen; Ovitsky, Steven A.; Schwendener, Paul
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard; Itai, Avner; Mester, Jorge
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Orquesta Simfonica de Barcelona i Nacion Catalunya; Seattle Symphony Orchestra

"Here there is no Holocaust-invoking dramatic work and hardly any settings of traditional music. There is, however, in the 'Choral Etudes' a set lovely and...continue...

American Classics - M.D. Levy: Masada, etc / Levi, Troxell

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-02-01

Works: Marvin David Levy: Canto de los Marranos (Song of the Crypto Jews), for soprano & orchestra (re-written version); Shir Shel Moishe (Song of Moses), kabbalat shabbat service; Masada, for tenor, chorus...
Performers: Martinez, Ana Maria; Rideout, Vale; Troxell, Richard
Conductors: Mester, Jorge; Kiesler, Kenneth; Levi, Yoel
Ensemble: ; Ernst Senff Choir

"Well, the performances are excellent. The contributions of the two orchestras are beyond reproach, while all the soloists acquit themselves admirably... If you like Levy,...continue...

American Classics - Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Naomi and Ruth, cantata for soprano, female chorus & piano/organ (or orchestra), Op. 137; Sacred Service for the Sabbath Eve, for baritone, chorus & organ, Op. 122; Prayers...
Performers: Christopher, Ted; Cohen, Jem; Harbach, Barbara; Mariner, Rodney; Martinez, Ana Maria; Potton, Hugh; Robinson, McNeil; Spiro, Simon
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Corp, Ronald [Composer]; Levin, Neil
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; London Chorus; New York Cantorial Choir

"This is wonderful, worthwhile music from one of our 'adopted' American 20th-Century masters. If you're a sacred music fan - Jewish or not - it...continue...

American Classics - Introducing American Jewish Music

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-09-01

Works: Dave Brubeck: Gates of Justice; Leonard Bernstein: Hashkiveniu; Anonymous: Hudl Mitn Shtrudl; Darius Milhaud: Études for String Quartet, Op. 442; Service sacré, Op. 279; Julius Chajes: ...
Performers: Adler, Bruce; Bloch, Robert; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Clement, Richard; Feldon, Barbara; Feldshuh, Tovah; Fisk, Eliot; Guttman, Jim; Jolley, David; Krakauer, David; Marti...
Conductors: ; Gloyd, Russell; Itai, Avner; Jaffe, Elli; Levi, Yoel; Papadopoulos, Marios; Schwarz, Gerard; Wirth, Gerald; Levin, Neil; Cullen, Joseph
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Choral Arts Society; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; BBC Singers; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Coro Hebraeico; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Dave Brub...

The Milken Archive of American Jewish Music is a vast recorded panorama of the rich body of Jewish music, both sacred and secular, that has...continue...

Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas / Summers, Houston Opera

2 CD / Albany Records / 2002-12-01

Works: Daniel Catán: Florencia en el Amazonas
Performers: Doss, Mark S.; Gradus, Oren; Guzman, Suzanna; Martinez, Ana Maria; Schuman, Patricia; Shelton, Chad; Vasquez, Hector
Conductors: Summers, Patrick
Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera Chorus; Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

"The recording was made at performances at Houston Grand Opera in 2001. The sound captures the full brilliance of the music. The orchestra produces some...continue...

Bacalov: Missa Tango; Piazzolla: Adiós, etc / Chung, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-11-14

Works: Luis Enríque Bacalov: Missa Tango, for mezzo-soprano, tenor (voices), bandoneón solo, mixed chorus & orchestra; Tangosaín; Astor Piazzolla: Adiós Nonino, tango; Libertango
Performers: Bacalov, Luis Enrique; Domingo, Placido; Martinez, Ana Maria; Passarella, Hector Ulises
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus; Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"...[Before] you start gnashing your teeth over what you might assume is yet another breech of the wall separating the sacred from the profane, let...continue...

Glass: Symphony no 5 / Davies, Martinez, Graves, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-10-03

Works: Philip Glass: Symphony no 5 "Choral"
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Graves, Denyce; Martinez, Ana Maria; Olinsky, Frank; Owens, Eric [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Sheng: The Song of Majnun - A Persian Romeo and Juliet

1 CD / Delos / 1997-01-01

Works: Bright Sheng: The Song of Majnun, opera
Performers: Blackwell, Patrick; Chioldi, Michael; Grove, Jill; Lattimore, Jonita; Martinez, Ana Maria; Petro, Mary; Very, Ray; Youngblood, Grant
Conductors: Holmquist, Ward
Ensemble: Houston Grand Opera Orchestra

Glass: La Belle et la Bête / Riesman, Philip Glass Ensemble

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-04-01

Works: Philip Glass: La belle et la bête
Performers: Felty, Janice; Kuether, John; Martinez, Ana Maria; Neill, Hallie; Purnhagen, Gregory; Zhou, Zheng
Conductors: Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: Philip Glass Ensemble

Schuman: The Mighty Casey, A Question of Taste / Schwarz

2 CD / Delos / 1994-01-01

Works: William Schuman: The Mighty Casey, baseball opera in 3 scenes; A Question of Taste, opera in 1 act
Performers: Angus, Tricia; Azrieli, Sharon; Bean, Katherine; Berneche, Anaik; Bernhardt, Valerie; Bishop, Elizabeth; Blackwell, Patrick; Blevins, Timothy; Bouras, Christina; Bruns, Martin; Bukhosini, Linda; Burn...
Conductors: Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Juilliard Orchestra