Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]

Bernstein: On the Town / Frederica von Stade, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Cleo Laine, David Garrison. Michael Tilson Thomas

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-04-02

Works: Leonard Bernstein: On the Town
Performers: Barrett, Michael; Benson, Lindsay; Collins, Stewart; Garrison, David; Harrison, Thomas; Ollmann, Kurt; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

First choice, Deutsche Grammophon's new original album series, continues and offers 10 appealing new titles. This is the third batch of 10. Earlier releases have...continue...
Recording information: Barbican Centre, London (06/1992)....continue...

José Carreras: Verona Live, with Caballé, Kollo, Cotrubas, Nucci, Dimtrova, Raimondi, Ramey, Marton et al. / José Carreras, tenor

2 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; L'Arlesiana; Giuseppe Verdi: ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Caballé, Montserrat; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Carroli, Silvano; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Dvorsky, Peter; Furlanetto, ...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Collado, Jose

This live recording took place in August of 1988 in the Arena di Verona in honor of legendary tenor Jose Carreras, celebrating his recovery from...continue...
Recording information: Verona (08/08/1988)....continue...

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Bruckner: 10 Symphonies / Daniel Barenboim - Chicago SO [10 CDs]

10 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-18

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 0 in D minor, WAB 100 "Die Nullte"; Symphony no 1 in C minor, WAB 101; Te Deum in C major, WAB 45; Symphony no 2 in C minor, WAB 102; Symphony no 3 in D minor, WAB 103; Ps...
Performers: Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Norman, Jessye; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rendall, David; Welting, Ruth
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Barenboim's account of the underrated Nullte Symphony...has much to recommend it. The opening is suitably atmospheric, and Barenboim draws a sympathetic, warm-toned response from the...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Temp...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Opera Arias / Samuel Ramey

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Simon Boccanegra; Nabucco; Les Vêpres siciliennes; Don Carlos; Gioachino Rossini: Le Comte Ory; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Hector Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust; Giacomo M...
Performers: Greiner, Gottfried; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Weber, Heinrich
Conductors: Delacôte, Jacques

More than 35 years into an extraordinary career, Samuel Ramey continues to reign as the foremost interpreter of bass and bass-baritone operatic and concert repertoire....continue...
Recording information: Studio No. 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich (04/1988)....continue...

Puccini: La Boheme, highlights / Pappano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Fissore, Enrico; Hampson, Thomas; Keenlyside, Simon; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Swenson, Ruth Ann; Vaduva, Leontina
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Penguin Guide
Pappano's CD recording of Boheme is conducted with ever-fresh imagination, bringing out not just subtle emotions alonside high passion, but also the fun of...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (08/01/1995-08/10/1995)....continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle; Moses in Egypt

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Berkowitz, Paul; Browne, Sandra; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nunn, Richard; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ricciarell...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra

Part mass, part cantata, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was the most substantial work of his final years. It is a beautiful and elegant piece which...continue...
Recording information: Watford Town Hall....continue...

Operatic Duets for Baritone & Bass / Hampson, Ramey

1 CD / Apex / 2011-03-29

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Marino Faliero; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Don Carlos; Boccanegra; Un giorno di regno (Il ...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Martin, Miguel Angel Gomez

Recording information: Studio 1, Bayerischer Rundfunk (07/1997)....continue...

Heroes & Villains

2 CD / Decca / 2010-06-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Il trovatore; La traviata; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Braun, Victor; Bruson, Renato; Burrowes, Norma; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Clark,...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; De Billy, Bertrand; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Davis, Colin; Abbado, Claudio; Bartoletti, Bruno; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbe...

The biggest stars seize centre stage to sing the greatest scenes and arias of opera's heroes and villains. This is a compilation of the calibre...continue...

Verdi: Attila, etc / Ferro, Abbado, Ramey, et al

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Attila; Luisa Miller; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera
Performers: Antonini, Giovanni [Bass Vocal]; Bottion, Aldo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Luchetti, Veriano; Nesterenko, Evgeny; Nucci, Leo; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ricciarelli, Katia; Roark...
Conductors: Ferro, Gabriele; Abbado, Claudio

100 Chefs-D'oeuvre

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-01-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 en sol mineur, K. 550; Concerto pour clarinette en la majeur, K. 622; Symphony no 25 en sol mineur, K. 183; Concerto pour piano no 21 en ut majeur, K. 467; Sym...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bostridge, Ian; Bracht, Roland; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Car...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Tate, Jeffrey; Faerber, Jörg; Welser-Möst, Franz; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Si...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Classicum; Melos Ensemble of London; Members of the Sinnhoffer Kammerorchester München ; Nash Ensemble; Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Gemini - Handel: Messiah / Davis, Battle, Quivar, Aler, Ramey, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Battle, Kathleen; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

Elections Classiques 2007 - Coffret 50 Airs Prefer

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle no 2 en mi bémol majeur D. 929; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie no 9 en ré mineur Op. 125 -; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emper...
Performers: Asperen, Bob van; Bonney, Barbara; Braley, Frank; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Cals, Isabelle; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Cavallier, Nicolas; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dessa...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Vonk, Hans; Serafin, Tullio; Barenboim, Daniel; Harding, Daniel; Marin, Ion; Willcocks, David; Karajan, Herbert von; Klemperer, Otto; Munch, Charles; Paavo, Jä...

Rossini: Il Viaggio A Reims

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-05-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il viaggio a Reims
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bandelli, Antonella; Boustany, Wissam; Corato, Luigi de; Credico, Oslavio di; Cuberli, Lella; Dara, Enzo; Gasdia, Cecilia; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Gimenez, Edoardo; Matteu...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

A Portrait of Igor Stravinsky - His Works, His Life

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-02-26

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird; Movements (3) from Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps; Pieces (3) for string quartet; Berceuses du Chat (4), song cycle for voice & 3 clarinets or piano; Histoire du ...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Bostridge, Ian; Cornwell, Joseph; Evitts, David; Ewing, Alan; Frautschi, Jennifer; Frith, Benjamin [Piano]; Greenan, Andrew; Hill, Martyn; Hill, Peter; Humphries, Jon; Lane, Jennifer;...
Conductors: Craft, Robert; Kelly, Brett; Ward, Nicholas; Sanderling, Stefan; Shao, En; Studt, Richard; Rudel, Julius
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Fry; Northern Chamber Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Schirmer Ensemble; Simon Joly Chorus; Twentieth Century Classics Ensemble

From the Russian fairy-tale enchantment of 'The Firebird' to the austere ritual at the end of his 'Requiem Canticles' composed over half a century later,...continue...

Verdi: I Due Foscari / Gardelli, Carreras, Ricciarelli

2 CD / Philips / 2007-08-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I due Foscari
Performers: Antoniak, Mieczyslaw; Bello, Vincenzo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Connell, Elizabeth; Handlos, Franz; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ricciarelli, Katia
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Originals - Rossini: Messa di Gloria / Marriner, et al

1 CD / Philips Import / 2007-04-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Jo, Sumi; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus

"It is a mystery why Rossini's Messa di Gloria is so little known. He wrote the work-a nine movement setting of the "Kyrie" and "Gloria"...continue...

Puccini: Tosca / Davis, Caballé, Carreras, et al

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Elvin, William; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Penguin Guide
Pacing the music naturally and sympathetically, Sir Colin Davis proves a superb Puccinian, one who not only presents Puccini's drama with richness and force...continue...

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Bonynge, Sutherland, Ramey, Mentzer

3 CD / Decca Import / 2006-10-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hadley, Jerry; Mentzer, Susanne; Nissa, Bernadette Manca di; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Surjan, Giorgio [Bass Vocals]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Best Mozart 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Symphony no 3...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anna, Donna; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bostridge, Ian; Bracht, Roland; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brymer, Jack [C...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Tate, Jeffrey; Faerber, Jörg; Welser-Möst, Franz; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Si...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Classicum; Melos Ensemble of London; Members of the Sinnhoffer Kammerorchester München ; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Nash Ensemble; Sabine...

This collection features the top 100 tracks loved the world over, made popular by films such as 'Amadeus' and featured in TV commercials. Many may...continue...

Weekend Classics - A Soprano Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart...
Performers: Artmeier, Fred; Bumbry, Grace; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Claudia; Freni, Mirella; Gruberova, Edita; Nilsson, Birgit [Soprano Vocal]; Ott, Karin; Poggi, Gianni; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Bar...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Kleiber, Carlos; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; Löwlein, Hans; Peters, Reinhard; Rudel, Julius; Levine, James; Marin, Ion; Böhm, Karl; Michalski, C...

Brahms: A German Requiem / André Previn, Royal PO, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2006-05-31

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable, etc / Fulton, Gallois, et al

3 CD / Gala / 2006-01-05

Works: Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Donati, Walter; Lagrange, Michele; Marliere, Jean-Philippe; Ochagavia, Jose; Philippe, Michel; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Fulton, Thomas
Ensemble: Paris Opéra Chorus

Essential Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Rigo...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Maazel, Lorin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mehta, Zubin; Chailly, Riccardo; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Kertész...

Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (Complete)

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-03-10

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Ellis, Osian; Laciura, Anthony; Larmore, Jennifer; Mora, Fernando de la; Pons, Juan; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Studer, Cheryl
Conductors: Marin, Ion

The #1 Mozart Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffn...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Allen, Thomas; Anda, Geza; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Bar, Olaf; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, B...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Levine, James; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Hogwood, Christopher; Anda, Géza; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio; ; Böhm, Karl; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; English Baroque Soloists; Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica; Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

This set contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Marge Marshall, Barbara Bonney, Barbara Hendricks , Eva Lind , Lucia Popp, Cheryl Studer, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Agnes Baltsa, Anne ...continue...

Vissi d'arte - The Magnificent Voice of Montserrat Caballé

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-04-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro; I masnadieri; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Gioachino Rossini: Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Giacomo Meyerbe...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bello, Vincenzo; Bergonzi, Carlo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Giaiotti, Bonaldo; Morresi, Giuseppe; Oliver, Alexander; Pavarotti, Luciano; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Ba...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Gardelli, Lamberto; Masini, Gianfranco; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Mehta, Zubin; Bartoletti, Bruno; Chailly, Riccardo; Maag, Peter; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; López-Cobos, Jesús; Bon...
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; John Alldis Choir; London Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Wandswort...

Essential Mozart Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366; La Clemenza de Tito; ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bar, Olaf; Barham, Edmund; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Burrows, Stuart; Collins, Anne; Davies, Ryland; Gruberova, Edit...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Kertész, István
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Bizet: Carmen - Highlights / Sinopoli, Larmore, Moser, et al

1 CD / Apex / 2003-02-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Boissy, Nathalie; Gheorghiu, Angela; Larmore, Jennifer; Miserre, Dieter; Muraro, Maurizio; Petrinsky, Natascha; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ress, Ulrich; Vocals], Thomas Moser [Tenor; Vysnia...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra

The Compact Opera Collection -Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-08-20

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Hakan; Bello, Vincenzo; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sardinero, Vicente
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus

"The recording is warm, refined in detail and atmospheric... those who seek emotional histrionics in the Mad scene will find that Caballe manages much of...continue...

Handel: Messiah (Highlights) / Davis, Battle, Quivar, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Battle, Kathleen; Quivar, Florence [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: Toronto Symphony Orchestra

Mozart - The Greatest Hits

2 CD / Decca / 2002-07-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Gran Partita; Ave verum corpus; Symp...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anda, Geza; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Baltsa, Agnes; Bar, Olaf; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Gilels, Elena; Grumiaux, Arthu...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Anda, Géza; De Waart, Edo; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Wind Ensemble; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vi...

A Date with the Devil - Berlioz, Liszt, et al / Samuel Ramey

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-07-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Robert le Diable; Franz Liszt: Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté P...
Performers: Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Rudel, Julius

The distinguished American bass Samuel Ramey, whom 'Time Magazine' referred to as 'a basso of extraordinary dramatic and lyric gifts' presents the Devil in various...continue...

Donizetti: Anna Bolena / Rudel, Scotto, Ramey

2 CD / Gala / 2002-04-06

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Performers: Ciesinski, Catherine; Clough, Evans C.; Kolk, Stanley; Marsee, Susanne; Munafro, Frank; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Rudel, Julius
Ensemble: Philadelphia Opera Orchestra

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Solti, Ramey, Te Kanawa

3 CD / Decca / 2001-03-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Berbie, Jane; Kenny, Yvonne; Langridge, Philip; Mason, Anne; Moll, Kurt; Popp, Lucia; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Russell, Lynda; Tadeo, Giorgio [Bass Vocal]; Te Kanawa, Kiri,...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus

Opera - Verdi: Rigoletto (Highlights) / Rudel, Sills, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto
Performers: Dunn, Mignon; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Milnes, Sherrill; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Rudel, Julius
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Great Tenors of the Century - Cura, Seiffert, Alagna, et al

1 CD / Teldec / 2000-03-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; La bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Richard Wagner: Si...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Anders, Peter; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boutet, Benoit; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Cottone, Salvatore; Cura...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Nagano, Kent; Viotti, Marcello; Rizzi, Carlo; Barenboim, Daniel; Buckley, Emerson; Santi, Nello; Pradella, Massimo; Scaglia, Ferruccio; de Fabritiis, Oliviero...

Simply the Best Night at the Opera / Algana, Bartoli, et al

2 CD / Erato / 1999-07-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cura, Jose; Daniel, Susan; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Dubosc, Catherine; Gheorghiu, Angela; ...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Nagano, Kent; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; Lombard, Alain; Scimone, Claudio; Lenárd, Ondrej; Conlon, James; Foster, Lawrence; Barenboim, Daniel; Leppar...

Boito: Mefistofele / Bartoletti, Ramey, Cupido, Dessi

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1999-03-23

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele
Performers: Cupido, Alberto; Dessi, Daniela [Soprano Vocal]; Emili, Romano; Gyldenfeldt, Graciela von; Memeo, Francesco; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Tagliasacchi, Monica; Zannini, Laura
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno
Ensemble: Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus

Great Opera Houses

2 CD / Decca Import / 1999-03-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Nabucco; I lombardi; Aida, opera; La battaglia di Legnano; Attila; Otello; Macbeth; La traviata; Don Carlos; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: No...
Performers: Braun, Victor; Burrows, Stuart; Davies, Ryland; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Elkins, Margreta; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Johnson, Robert; Jones, Della; Jones, Isola; Kraus, Philip; Maslennikov, Alexei; Massar...
Conductors: Franci, Carlo; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Karajan, Herbert von; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Kubelik, Rafael

Verdi: I Lombardi / Levine, Anderson, Leech, Pavarotti, etc

2 CD / Decca / 1997-09-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Griffey, Anthony Dean; Leech, Richard; Pavarotti, Luciano; Racette, Patricia; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Shaulis, Jane; ssis, Yanni
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
Pavarotti appeared at the Met production of ILombardi in 1993: this recording is the delayed result. He's in good voice and sings...continue...

The Domingo Collection / Placido Domingo

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-05-20

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Giacomo Puccini: Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & piano; Giuseppe Verdi: La travi...
Performers: Adams, John; Adams, John [Singer/Songwriter]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Iglesias, Julio; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Rudel, Julius; Scotto, Renata; Stemme, Nina [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Levine, James; Prêtre, Georges; Neschling, John; Queler, Eve; Kohn, Eugene; Gergiev, Valery; Patanè, Giuseppe; ; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Holdridge, Lee; Silv...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Beethovenhalle Orchestra, Bonn; Byrne Camp Chorale; Evergreen Studios Orchestra; Hungarian State Symphony Orchestr...

Bizet: Carmen / Sinopoli, Larmore, Gheorghiu, Moser, Ramey

3 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1996-09-03

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Boissy, Nathalie; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Gheorghiu, Angela; Larmore, Jennifer; Miserre, Dieter; Muraro, Maurizio; Petrinsky, Natascha; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ress, Ulrich; Trees, Nicolas;...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Chorus

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia - Highlights / Lopez-Cobos

1 CD / Teldec (USA) Import / 1996-09-03

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Corbelli, Alessandro; Frittoli, Barbara; Gimenez, Raul [Tenor Vocals]; Hagegard, Hakan; Larmore, Jennifer; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús

Mad About Italian Opera

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-09-20

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Gaetano...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Baniewicz, Vera; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Cappuccilli, Piero; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gullino, Walter; Larmore, Jennifer; Mora, Fernando de la; Pavarotti, Luc...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Karajan, Herbert von; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; London Symphony Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia - Highlights / Chailly

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-06-14

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Barbacini, Paolo; Dara, Enzo; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Nucci, Leo; Pierotti, Raquel; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sammaritano, Silvestro
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Verdi: Aida - Highlights / Levine, Millo, Domingo, Zajick

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-06-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera
Performers: Anthony, Charles [Tenor Vocal]; Cook, Terry; Domingo, Placido; Millo, Aprile; Morris, James; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Zajic, Dolora; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Orchestra

Gounod: Faust / Rizzi, Hadley, Gasdia, Ramey, Mentzer

3 CD / Teldec / 1994-05-31

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust
Performers: Agache, Alexandru; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fourcade, Philippe; Gasdia, Cecilia; Hadley, Jerry; Mentzer, Susanne; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo

Puccini: Tosca / Davis, Caballé, Carreras, Wixell

2 CD / Philips Import / 1993-08-17

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Elvin, William; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra