Van Dam, José

30 Years at La Monnaie

2 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Parsifal; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Richard Strauss: Salome; Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlo; Simon Boccanegra; Falstaff; W...
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Cupido, Alberto; Dufrasne, Arnaud [Vocals]; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Kozlowska, Joanna; Krause, Carlos [Vocals]; Lascarro, Juanita; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; McI...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Pritchard, John; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Fischer, Iván; Benjamin, George

Legendary baritone José van Dam celebrates a triple anniversary: his 70th birthday, 50 years onstage, and 30 years at La Monnaie, Brussels' opera house. This...continue...
Recording information: La Monnaie, Brussels, Belgium....continue...

The Legend of Mozart: Opera Excerpts, Concertos, Symphonies, etc / Damrau, Dessay, Gens, Garanca

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, ...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Baltsa, Agnes; Ben-Nun, Efrat; Braley, Frank; Cachemaille, Gilles; Capuçon, Renaud; Coles, Samuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Garanca, Elina; Gens, Véronique; ...
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie; Langrée, Louis; Bolton, Ivor; Muti, Riccardo; Harding, Daniel; Pletnev, Mikhail; Schiff, Heinrich; Nelson, John; ; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Menuhin, Yehudi; Corboz...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Le Concert d'Astrée; Sinfonia Varsovia

From The Magic flute to the Kyrie of his Requiem, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

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

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
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

20th Century Classics: Ibert / Emmanuel Pahud; José van Dam; Louis Frémaux; Kent Nagano

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Jacques Ibert: Divertissement, for chamber orchestra; Pièces brèves (3) for Wind Quintet; Escales; Symphonie marine, for orchestra; Circus; Concerto for Flute; Ouverture de fête, f...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Brain, Leonard; James, Cecil; Morris, Gareth; Pahud, Emmanuel; Van Dam, José; Waters, Stephen
Conductors: Frémaux, Louis; Stokowski, Leopold; Irving, Robert; Zinman, David; Martinon, Jean; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Orchestre National de l'ORTF; Sinfonia of London; Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

50 Best Puccini / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bergonzi, Carlo; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; de los Angeles, Victoria; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Ercolani...
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years At The Met

193 CD / Decca / 2010-12-07

Works: Alban Berg: Lulu, opera; Wozzeck, opera, Op. 7; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande; John Harbison: The Gr...
Performers: Adams, Warren; Baker, Matt; Baker, Matt [Photography]; Bjorneboe, Andreas; Cardoso, Simone; Davis, Brian [Vocals]; Flair, Nicholas; Fracker, Richard; Gallo, Sarah Weber; Greenlaw, Ian; Guyer, Joyce; ...
Conductors: Levine, James

The Met Celebrates the 40th Anniversary of James Levine’s Company Debut with James Levine: Celebrating 40 Years at the Met: a Box Set of 32...continue...

100 Best Verdi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Il Trovatore; I Lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Andreolli, Florindo; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bernardi, Giuliano; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgato, ...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino;...

This 6-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901), performed by many of...continue...

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Greek Classics - Markopoulos: The Liturgy of Orpheus / Abrath, Flanders Opera SO, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2009-01-27

Works: Yannis Markopoulos: The Liturgy of Orpheus
Performers: Grauwels, Marc; Kelessidi, Elena; Valibouse, Arielle; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Abrath, Edwig;
Ensemble: Flanders Opera Choir; Flanders Symphony Orchestra

In his lavishly scored oratorio 'The Liturgy of Orpheus' Yannis Markopoulos combines fragments of Orphic poems with a narrative text by Panos Theodoridis to create...continue...

Best Puccini 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

In 2008, the world honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and...continue...

Olivier Messiaen - Complete Edition

32 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-12-09

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Preludes (8) for Piano; La fauvette des jardins; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Études (4) de rhythme; Cantéyodjayâ; Rondeau, for piano, I/24;...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Banlaky, Akos; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Barker, Noelle; Cantin, Catherine; Collerette, Hélène; C...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre; ; Kreder, Jean-Paul; Davis, Andrew; Chailly, Riccardo; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: ; Members of the Ensemble Le Madrigal (Members); Sextuor Jeanne Loriod

The 2008 Messiaen celebrations come to an overwhelming climax with this superb 32-CD set of his complete works. This limited edition set from Deutsche Grammophon...continue...

100 Best Puccini

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-10-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France

A Night at the Opera - 6 Complete Operas by Mozart, etc

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Berbié, Jane; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cahill, Teresa; Calabrese, Franco; Cappuccilli, Piero; Caron, Willy; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cioni, Renato; Cosso...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Verchi, Nino; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Schippers, Thomas; Basile, Arturo

This set offers six complete operas from the basic repertoire in great live opera recordings at a budget price. This set is a delightful primer...continue...

Verdi, Puccini, Bizet, Cilea: Operas / Domingo, et al

14 CD / Bravissimo / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Aida, opera; Otello; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Arroyo, Martina; Bertagna, Gianfranco; Bosco, Carlo del; Caballé, Montserrat; Cahill, Teresa; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casarini, Gianfranco; Ciannella, Giuliano; Cossotto, Fiorenza; ...
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu; Santi, Nello; Abbado, Claudio; Solti, Sir Georg; Masini, Gianfranco; Kleiber, Carlos

Six complete operas starring the great Placido Domingo at budget price in one space-saving set, featuring a twenty-four-page booklet with biographies, detailed listings, and historic...continue...

Best Beethoven 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-07-31

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Arrau, Claudio; Bär, Olaf; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baldwin, Dalton; Bar, Olaf; Barbizet, Pierre; Berry, Walter; Blochwitz, Hans-...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Sanderling, Kurt; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen; Karajan, Herbert von; Davies, Dennis R.; Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John; Galliera, Alceo; Szell, George; Gibson, Alexander, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chung Trio; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Melos Ensemble of London; Nash Ensemble; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Orchestra ...

Weekend Classics - A Verdi Weekend

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-11-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Otello; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Falstaff; I lombardi; Don Carlos; Un ballo in maschera; Simon Boccanegra
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carbonari, Virgilio; Cotrubas, Ileana; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foiani, Giovanni; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giacomotti...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Kleiber, Carlos; Abbado, Claudio; Kubelik, Rafael; Levine, James; Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: ; Bavarian State Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Verdi / Leconte, Lopez-Cobos

2 CD / Gala / 2006-03-07

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Giuseppe Verdi: Il corsaro
Performers: Canne-Meijer, Cora; Carreras, José; Demigny, Bernard; Friedmann, Gérard; Genty, Claude; Mollien, Jean; Papantoniou, Vasso; Plantey, Bernard; Steffner, Raymond; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Le Conte, Pierre-Michel; ; López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Frankfurt Opera Chorus; Frankfurt Opera Orchestra; ORTF Lyric Chorus; ORTF Lyric Orchestra

Wagner: Der fliegende Holläder / Karajan, Van Dam, Vejzovic

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Performers: Borris, Kaja; Hofmann, Peter [Tenor Vocal]; Moll, Kurt; Van Dam, José; Vejzovic, Dunja; Vocals], Thomas Moser [Tenor
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Vienna Opera Chorus

Penguin Guide
[van Dam is] thoughtful, finely detailed and lyrical, strong but not at all blustering...superbly matched and contrasted with the finest Daland on record, Kurt...continue...

Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten / Solti, Behrens, Domingo

3 CD / Decca / 2003-09-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65
Performers: Ardam, Elzbieta; Behrens, Hildegard; Braga, Rannveig; Dohmen, Albert; Domingo, Placido; Eder, Gerhard; Franzen, Hans; Gahmlich, Wilfried; Gambill, Robert; Hornik, Gottfried; Jo, Sumi; Lang, Elisabeth...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Karajan, Van Dam, Freni, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2003-06-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Barbié, Jane; Caron, Willy; Freni, Mirella; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Kelemen, Zoltan; Krause, Tom; Montarsolo, Paolo; Sénéchal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]; Schary, Elke; V...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Another full-bore Mozart performance with a tremendous cast and Karajan at the podium in Salzburg, 1974. This great recording has also never been available at...continue...

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Abbado, Berganza, Prey, et al

3 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2002-01-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Borgato, Maria; Freni, Mirella; Malagú, Stefania; Mazzucato, Daniela; Monreale, Leonardo; Montarsolo, Paolo; Picchi, Mirto; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Voc...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

Mozart: Requiem K.626, Great Mass In C Minor, Missa Brevis

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Mass no 9 for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major (missa brevis, "Spatzenmesse...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Cuberli, Lella; Engen, Keith; Krenn, Werner; Laubenthal, Horst R.; Mathis, Edith; Moll, Kurt; Scholz, Rudolf; Seiffert, Peter; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Levine, James; Kubelik, Rafael

Bizet: Carmen - Highlights / Solti, Troyanos, Domingo, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-05-12

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Berbié, Jane; Burrowes, Norma; Domingo, Placido; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Troyanos, Tatiana; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: John Alldis Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Beethoven: Cantata on the death of Emperor Joseph II, etc

1 CD / Hyperion / 1997-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Auf den Tod Kasier Josephs II, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra, WoO 87; Auf die Erhebung Leopold des Zweiten, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra, WoO 88; Opferlie...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Howarth, Judith; Rigby, Jean; Singers, Corydon; Smith, Roger; Van Dam, José; Watson, Janice
Conductors: Rakowski, Maciej; Best, Matthew
Ensemble: Corydon Orchestra; Corydon Singers

"Beethoven was only 19 when in Bonn he was commissioned to write this 40-minute cantata on the Emperor's death...When he came to write Fidelio, he...continue...

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis; Mozart: Coronation Mass /Karajan

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-01-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Cole, Vinson; Cuberli, Lella; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Van Dam, José; Winbergh, Gösta
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Wiener Singverein

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy - My Favorite Opera for Children

1 CD / Decca / 1994-08-23

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Charles Gounod: Faust; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Richard Wagner: Die Walk...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Berbie, Norma; Berry, Walter; Burrowes, Norma; Charon, Jacques; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Domingo, Placido; Elkins, Margreta; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Hamari, Jul...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Varviso, Silvio; Bonynge, Richard;
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Karajan Gold - Beethoven: Symphonie no 9 / Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1993-10-12

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Cole, Vinson; Perry, Janet; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande / Abbado, Ewing, Le Roux

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1992-11-10

Works: Claude Debussy: Pelléas et Mélisande
Performers: Courtis, Jean-Philippe; Ewing, Maria; LeRoux, Francois [Baritone Vocal]; Ludwig, Christa; Mazzola, Rudolf; Pace, Patrizia; Van Dam, José
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Vienna State Opera Chorus

Wagner: Parsifal / Barenboim, Berliner Philharmoniker

4 CD / Teldec Import / 1991-10-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Bechly, Daniela; Burgess, Sally; Coburn, Pamela; Hölle, Matthias; Hauman, Constance; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Küttenbaum, Annette; Leidland, Hilde; Maus, Pet...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The "Amadeus" Mozart

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1990-12-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Serenade for Winds no 10 in B flat major, K 361 (370a); Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat maj...
Performers: Alliot-Lugaz, Colette; Bailleux, Odile; Brubaker, E. Scott; Casadesus, Gaby; Casadesus, Robert; Cohen, Franklin; Druian, Rafael; Druian, Raphael; Eban, Eli; Heller, Alexander; Hill, Martyn; Jack Kulo...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Moyse, Marcel; Entremont, Philippe; Ormandy, Eugene; Szell, George; Maazel, Lorin; Simon, Stephen; Malgoire, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra members; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Marlboro Festival Wind Ensemble; Nord-Pas-de-Calais Ch...

Wagner: Parsifal / Karajan, Hofmann, Vejzovic, Moll, Van Dam

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1984-09-17

Works: Richard Wagner: Parsifal
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Håkan; Gjevang, Anne; Halem, Victor von; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hofmann, Peter [Tenor Vocal]; Hopfner, Heiner; Lambriks, Marjon; Michael, Audrey; Moll, Kurt; Nielsen,...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Karajan's reading...grows in intensity and feeling with the work itself, reaching an almost terrifying force in the Prelude to Act 3 which is sustained to...continue...