Wicks, Dennis

Strauss: Salome

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Richard Strauss: Final Scene
Performers: Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Howlett, Neil; Kelly, David C. [Bass Vocal]; King, James; Milnes, Sherrill; Wicks, Dennis
Conductors: Leinsdorf, Erich

Recording information: Walthamstow Town Hall, London (1968-06-24&1968-06-26&1968-)....continue...

Maria Callas - The Complete Puccini Studio Recordings

15 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Boniface, Edgard; Borriello, Mario; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Calabrese, Franco; Callas, Maria; Campi, Enrico; Carlin, Mario; Caselli, Dario; Cioni, Renato; Clabassi, Plinio [Bass...
Conductors: De Sabata, Victor; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Votto, Antonino; Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

This elegant 15-CD set includes all of Callas' studio recordings of Puccini operas: Manon Lescaut, La Boheme, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot. These are all...continue...

Original Jacket Collection - Montserrat Caballé

15 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-06-24

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Il Pirata, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Roberto Devereux; Lucrezia Borgia; Maria di Rohan; Anna Bolena; Torquato Tasso, opera; Gemma di Vergy; Belisario, opera; Parisina ...
Performers: Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Brecknock, John; Caballe, Montserrat; Collins, Kenneth; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Elkins, Margreta; Fyson, Leslie; Griffiths, Gwyn; Ho...
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice; Ferrer, Rafael; Guadagno, Anton; Marco, Eugenio M.; Leinsdorf, Erich

This 15-disc set commemorates the virtuoso singer's 75th birthday in 2008. Winner of the 'Gramophone's 2008 Lifetime Achievement Award', Caballe personally selected the repertoire in...continue...

Berlioz: Requiem / Colin Davis, Dowd, London SO

2 CD / Philips / 2007-03-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: Requiem, Op. 5 (Grande Messe des Morts); Symphonie funèbre et triomphale, for band, strings & chorus, Op. 15
Performers: Dowd, Ronald; Wicks, Dennis
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"The large-scale brass sound is formidably caught and the choral fortissimos are glorious."-The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs...continue...

Verdi: La forza del destino / Busch, Wegner, et al

3 CD / Andromeda / 2006-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Dargavel, Bruce; Maclean, Bruna; Mason, Stanley; Miller, Mildred; Poleri, David; Rothmuller, Marko; Thomas, Robert [tenor]; Wegner, Walburga; Wicks, Dennis
Conductors: Busch, Fritz
Ensemble: Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Puccini: Tosca / Cillario, Callas, Cioni, Gobbi, et al

2 CD / Opera D'Oro / 1997-09-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Boniface, Edgard; Bowman, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Callas, Maria; Cioni, Renato; Garrett, Eric [Vocals]; Gobbi, Tito; Godfrey, Victor; Sellar, David; Wicks, Dennis
Conductors: Cillario, Carlo Felice
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus

Pierre Boulez Edition - Schoenberg: Moses und Aron, etc

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1993-07-13

Performers: Angas, Richard; Cassilly, Richard; Hermann, Roland; Knight, Gillian; Langridge, Philip; Manning, Jane; Noble, John; Palmer, Felicity; Reich, Gunter; Rippon, Michael; Watts, Helen; Wicks, Dennis; Winf...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: BBC Singers; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble InterContemporain; Orpheus Boys' Choir