McCaw, John

Verdi: Preludes; Ballet Music; Opera Choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Requiem Mass; Aida, opera; La battaglia di Legnano; Luisa Miller; La traviata; I vespri si...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; McCaw, John; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music,

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents Verdi: Preludes, Ballet Music K& Opera Choruses. The...continue...

La Voce d'Oro

1 CD / RCA Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Un ballo in maschera; Francesco C...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Santi, Nello

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London, Great Britain (06/20/1972-06/24/1972)....continue...

Verdi: Opera Choruses, Overtures & Ballet music / Riccardo Muti

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Requiem Mass; Aida, opera; La battaglia di Legnano; Luisa Miller; La traviata; I vespri si...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; McCaw, John; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; La Scala Orchestra and Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera Chorus; Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music,

With his questing spirit, Verdi took an often innovative approach to the choral and orchestral components of his operas. In Nabucco, his first great success,...continue...

Nielsen: Concertos / Matsuyama, Stinton, McCaw, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-10-01

Works: Carl Nielsen: Concerto for Violin, Op. 33; Concerto for Clarinet, FS 129/Op. 57; Concerto for Flute, FS 119
Performers: Matsuyama, Saeka; McCaw, John; Stinton, Jennifer
Conductors: Wagner, Jan; Leppard, Raymond; Bedford, Steuart
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Odense Symphony Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

The Young Domingo

2 CD / RCA Records / 1999-08-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: Il Duca d'Alba; L' elisir d'amore, opera; Fromental Halévy: La juive; Giuseppe Verdi: Luisa Mill...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Eathorne, Wendy; Etheridge, Brian; McCaw, John; Pasaros, Georgetta; Psaros, Georgetta; Whiteley, Franklyn
Conductors: Downes, Edward; Santi, Nello
Ensemble: ; John Alldis Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

For Placido Domingo fans, THE YOUNG DOMINGO serves up more than enough satisfying fare. These two disks contain not only the entirety of three opera aria recordings made by Domingo from 1969 (the year...continue...