Opalach, Jan

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

Bad Pets / Two Part Invention with Patricia Koch Budlong, soprano; Jan Opalach, bass-baritone

1 CD / Clear Note / 2011-09-27

Works: Paul Salerni: Bad Pets, for bass baritone & ensemble; Speaking of Love, for soprano & ensemble; Two Partita, for flute & guitar; Glenn Caluda: Regrets, Tears, and Blarney, for ensemble; John Arnold: ...
Performers: Budlong, Patricia Koch; Opalach, Jan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Two Part Invention

This CD features repertoire for flute and guitar duo ranging from arrangements of Elizabethan lute music to Bach, Italian serenades to modern tangos, and much...continue...
Recording information: Red Rock Recording, Saylorsburg, PA....continue...

Curtis-Smith: Gold Are My Flowers, A Civil War Song Cycle / Carmen Pelton

1 CD / Albany Records / 2011-09-13

Works: Curtis Curtis-Smith: Gold Are My Flowers (Christopher the Christ-Bearer), cycle for 2 voices & ensemble; A Civil War Song Cycle, for voice & piano
Performers: -Smith, Curtis; Ardizzone, Matthew; Bonhag, Mary [Soprano]; Buranskas, Karen; Knific, Renata Artman; Knific, Tom; Moonert, Judy; Opalach, Jan; Pelton, Carmen; Roederer, Silvia; Smith, Christine M.; T...
Conductors: Miller, Joe

Two works for voice by the internationally recognized composer C. Curtis-Smith are offered on this recording. The first - Gold Are My Flowers - is...continue...

Tony Caruso's Final Broadcast

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-10-26

Works: Paul Salerni: Tony Caruso's Final Broadcast, opera in 10 scenes
Performers: Familant, Jacquelyn; Opalach, Jan
Conductors: Pak, Jung-Ho

Paul Salerni's award-winning opera with a libretto by Dana Gioia takes place in a classical music radio station on the last night of its operations....continue...
Recording information: Red Rock Recording Studio, Saylorsburg, PA (04/11/2009); Star City Recording, Bethlehem, PA (04/11/2009); Red Rock Recording Studio, Saylorsburg, PA (06/03/2009/06/07/2009); Sta...continue...

Early Music Up Late

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-04-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto in B flat major for Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; Wolfgang ...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Baird, Julianne; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bindi, Jean-Louis; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Carmignola, Giuliano; Chateauneuf, Paula; Cordier, David; Costa, Neal Peres da; Dollman, Ben...
Conductors: Dyer, Paul; Minkowski, Marc; Hogwood, Christopher; Rifkin, Joshua; ; Goebel, Reinhard; Brüggen, Frans; Marcon, Andrea; Peelman, Roland; Walker, Antony; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: ; Bach Ensemble; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble of the Classic Era; Gabrieli Consort; Musica Antiqua Köln ; The English Concert; The Song Company

Handel: Imeneo / Palmer, Ostendorf, Baird, Opalach, et al

2 CD / Vox Classical / 2008-02-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Imeneo, HWV 41
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Brewer, Edward; Fortunato, D'Anna; Hoch, Beverly; Opalach, Jan; Ostendorf, John [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Palmer, Rudolph
Ensemble: Brewer Baroque Chamber Orchestra

A Gift to Be Simple

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2005-02-01

Works: Aaron Copland: Variations on a Shaker Melody, for orchestra (arr. from Appalachian Spring); Appalachian Spring; Anonymous: Ainsworth Psalms; Bay Psalms; The Lord descended from above (from James Lyon...
Performers: Bogdan, Thomas; Garber, Lin; Mason, Patrick [Baritone Vocal]; Muenz, Richard; Opalach, Jan; Parker, Paul; Price, Patricia; Rees, Rosalind; Shields, Roger
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Smith, Gregg; Landau, Siegfried

The pioneering spirit of the first explorers of the United States of America, from their own music from the earliest times to superb evocations of...continue...

Bach J.s: Cantatas Bwv 106, 131, 99, 56, 82 & 158

2 CD / Decca Import / 1998-06-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 106, "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit," ("Actus Tragicus"), BWV 106 (BC B18); Cantata, BWV 131; Cantata no 99, "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 99; Cantata ...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Brownless, Edmund; Monoyios, Ann; Opalach, Jan
Conductors: Rifkin, Joshua
Ensemble: Bach Ensemble

Aitken: Cantatas 1, 3, 4 & 6, Piano Fantasy

1 CD / CRI / 1998-02-17

Works: Hugh Aitken: Cantata no 1 on Elizabethan Texts; Cantata no 3 "From This White Island"; Cantata no 4; Fantasies for piano; Cantata no 6 "Remembering"
Performers: Arico, Fortunato; Bressler, Charles; Hakes, Jean; Kaplan, Melvin; Kirkpatrick, Gary; Kraber, Karl F.; Kwalwasser, Helen; Lynch, Ynez; Opalach, Jan; Taylor, Ted

Bach: Cantatas 147, 80, 8, 140, etc / Rifkin, Bach Ensemble

2 CD / Decca / 1997-10-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 80, "Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott," BWV 80 (BC A183); Cantata no 8 "Liebster Gott, wann werd i...
Performers: Baird, Julianne; Bryden, Jane; Fast, Allan; Jeffrey Thomas [Tenor Vocals/Conductor]; Kelley, Frank; Minter, Drew [Counter Tenor Vocals]; Opalach, Jan
Conductors: Rifkin, Joshua
Ensemble: Bach Ensemble

Music Of Claudio Spies

1 CD / CRI / 1996-06-18

Works: Claudio Spies: Lament, for voice & piano; Envoi, for voice & piano; Insieme, for flute & violin; Bagatelle, for piano; Sonnet-Settings (5) for vocal quartet & piano; Beisammen, for oboes & English ho...
Performers: Feinberg, Alan [Piano]; Greene, Brian [vocals]; Kampmeier, Margaret A.; Martin, Henry; May, Andrew; McNutt, Elizabeth; Miller, Robert; Opalach, Jan; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]; Ronis, David; Sullivan, Ma...
Conductors: Spies, Claudio

Wolpe: Quintet with Voice, etc / Serkin, Knussen, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 1993-11-01

Works: Stefan Wolpe: Suite im Hexachord, for oboe & clarinet. C. 65, Op. 24b; Quintet with Voice, for Baritone voice, horn, clarinet, cello, piano & harp, C. 139; Piece in Three Parts for Piano & Sixteen In...
Performers: Allen, Barbara; Bartlett, Eric; Blustine, Allen; Grabois, Daniel; Karis, Aleck; Opalach, Jan; Serkin, Peter [Piano]; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]
Conductors: Purvis, William [Horn]; Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble: Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center; Speculum Musicae members