3 CD / Col Legno /
2010-01-01
Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
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1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-12-15
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers:
Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
Here is Giacomo Puccini’s immortal opera in a high budget feature-film version - not a staged operatic production - directed by Academy Award nominee Robert...continue...
Run Time: 109 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color ...continue...
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KUL D4601
1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-12-15
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème
Performers:
Netrebko, Anna; Villazon, Rolando
This is a BLU-RAY disc and it will not play on a standard DVD player. A standard DVD is available as KUL D4601. Here is...continue...
Run Time: 109 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color ...continue...
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KUL BD4601
1 CD / Challenge Records /
2009-11-10
Works: Niccolò Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6; Violin Concerto No. 2 in B minor, Op. 7 "La campanella"; Gioachino Rossini: Matilde di Shabran
Performers:
Koelman, Rudolf
Ensemble:
Netherlands Symphony Orchestra
The two most popular violin concertos of Paganini, aptly linked by a Rossini overture. Virtuoso violinist Rudolf Koelman is the former leader of Amsterdam's Royal...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players....continue...
2 CD / Aeon /
2009-11-10
Works: James Dillon: Philomela
Performers:
Barriga, Luisa; Castillo, Ricardo; Harrison, Josquin; Komsi, Anu; Narucki, Susan; Peintre, Lionel
Ensemble:
Remix Ensemble
British composer James Dillon, inspired by the myth reported by Ovid and Sophocles, created his first scenic work with this visionary work. For this recording,...continue...
Recording information: Casa de Musica, Porto (10/15/2006-10/17/2006)....continue...
1 Super Audio CD / Reference Recordings /
2009-11-10
Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Snow Maiden; Richard Strauss: Salome; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Mazeppa; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Henri Rabaud: Marouf, Cobbler of Cairo; Anton Rubinstein: The De...
Ensemble:
Minnesota Orchestra
"A sonic spectacular. The orchestra sounds full, natural, warm, and nicely spread out over the soundstage. There is none of the glare that still seems...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Recording information: Orchestra Hall, Minneapolis Minnesota (01/18/1996-01/20/1996)....continue...
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REF SACD712
1 CD / Reference Recordings /
2009-11-10
Works: Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a virtuoso orchestral spectacular that RR has wanted to record for many years. Sinfonia da Requiem is...continue...
Recording information: Community of Christ Auditorium, Independence, Missouri (06/05/2009-06/06/2009)....continue...
2 CD / Bel Canto Society /
2009-11-10
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida
Performers:
Bechi, Gino; Caniglia, Maria; Gigli, Beniamino; Pasero, Tancredi; Stignani, Ebe; Tajo, Italo
Ensemble:
Rome Opera House Orchestra
"My first reaction on hearing this recording again was that to sing RadamEs, Gigli denies the sweetness of his voice and belts, making him sound...continue...
Recording information: Teatro dell'Opera (07/15/1946-07/24/1946)....continue...
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BCS OF54
1 CD / Bel Canto Society /
2009-11-10
Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana
Performers:
Melandri, Antonio; Meloni, Maria; Poli, Afro; Rasa, Lina Bruna; Toscani, Rina Gallo
Ensemble:
Opera Italiana d'Olanda Orchestra
Booklet includes interviews with Olivero and Simionato on Mascagni's conducting. Mascagni conducted this studio recording of the opera from 1940, and the world always has...continue...
Recording information: Den Haag (11/07/1938)....continue...
2 CD / Hyperion /
2009-11-10
Works: Thomas Arne: Artaxerxes
Performers:
Bott, Catherine; Campbell, Colin; Edgar-Wilson, Richard; Gibbs, Charles; Hyde, Philippa; Partridge, Ian; Robson, Christopher; Spence, Patricia
Ensemble:
Parley of Instruments
Thomas Arne's 'Artaxerxes' was the first opera seria libretto in English. Arne's work was a huge success in large part because it was an excellent...continue...
Recording information: 03/25/1995-03/30/1995....continue...
1 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2009-11-03
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Lucia di Lammermoor; Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani; Ambroise Thomas: Hamlet; Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Pardon de Ploërmel
Performers:
Cavallier, Nicolas; Dessay, Natalie; Ferrari, Franck; Klose, Wolfgang; Rose, Matthew [Bass Voice]; Tezier, Ludovic
Ensemble:
Concerto Cologne; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra
This collection features Natalie Dessay in five scenes of coloratura madness - or near-madness - by two Italian composers, two French composers, and one satirising...continue...
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VCL 994690
4 DVD Video / TDK /
2009-10-27
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Love for Three Oranges, Op. 33; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades, Op. 68
Performers:
Antoine, Guillaume; Ballestra, Jean-Luc; Banks, Barry; Bogatcheva, Irina; Chausson, Carlos; DiDonato, Joyce; Galouzine, Vladimir; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Jenis, Dalibor; Minutillo, Hanna Esther; Papian, H...
Ensemble:
Paris National Opera Chorus; Paris National Opera Orchestra
TDK presents three exceptional recordings of superb operas from productions by the Opéra national de Paris, that reflect an operatic history of over 100 years:...continue...
Run Time: 446 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.0, DTS 5.0 Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...
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TDK GOLDBOX8
2 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Performers:
Anger, Ain; Botha, Johan; Erod, Adrian; Merbeth, Ricarda; Schade, Michael; Selinger, Michaela; Struckmann, Falk
Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra
Wagner’s Meistersinger is a festive opera in its own right, but at the unforgettable performances of the work at the Vienna State Opera in January...continue...
Run Time: 274 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: German, English, Fre...continue...
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$38.99
EUA 2072488
4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 7...
Performers:
Barenboim, Daniel; Denoke, Angela; Fritz, Burkhard; Meier, Waltraud; Pape, Rene; Salminen, Matti; Seiffert, Peter; Stabell, Carsten
Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Chorus; Juilliard String Quartet; Staatskapelle Berlin; Valencian Community Choir; Valencian Community Orchestra; West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Overture, symphony, concerto, chamber music, opera: this unique set of DVDs offers a representative overview of the works of one of the greatest of all...continue...
Run Time: 437 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9,
4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...
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EUA 2057958
2 CD / Decca /
2009-10-27
Works: Nicolo Porpora: Siface; Germonico in Germania; Semiramide riconosciuta; Adelaide; Antonio Caldara: Sedecia; La morte d'Abel figura di quella del nostro Redentore; Francesco Araia: Berenice; Carl Hein...
Performers:
Bartoli, Cecilia
Ensemble:
Il Giardino Armonico
Cecilia Bartoli uncovers the extraordinary and cruel world of the castrati and sings the glorious music they inspired. The all-new album consists almost entirely of...continue...
Recording information: Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain (01/28/2009-01/31/2009); Centro Cultural Miguel Delibes, Valladolid, Spain (02/01/2009-02/03/2009); Centro Cultural Miguel Deli...continue...
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DEC B001341202
1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527
Performers:
Alvarez, Carlos; Antonacci, Anna Caterina; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Pieczonka, Adrianne; Ragazzo, Lorenzo; Schade, Michael; Selig, Franz-Joseph
Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra
For his production of "Don Giovanni" at the Vienna International Festival (Vienna Festival), Roberto de Simone does not want to follow in the footsteps of...continue...
Run Time: 173 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian ...continue...
1 CD / /
2009-10-27
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Mikhail Glinka: The Lark; Charles Gounod: Faust; Paul Bernard: Ça fait peur aux oiseaux; Jean Lenoir: Parlez-moi d'amour; Claude Debussy: La Belle au ...
Performers:
Lott, Felicity; Moretti, Isabelle
Like a true star, Isabelle Moretti long dreamed of cutting an album that would express her joy in making her harp sing. She's joined by...continue...
Recording information: Temple Manin, Paris, France (02/2009)....continue...
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NAI 5186
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-10-27
Works: Sergei Prokofiev: Gambler, Op. 24
Performers:
Didyk, Misha; Ognovenko, Vladimir; Opolais, Kristine; Toczyska, Stefania
Ensemble:
Staatskapelle Berlin
Based on Fyodor Dostoyevsky's novel of the same name, 'The Gambler' is a dark study of human failings and the corruptive power of money. The...continue...
Run Time: 135 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Subtitles: English ...continue...
2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Otello
Performers:
Bauer, Vladimir; Blasberg, Erich; Kaschel, Horst-Dieter; Noack, Christa; Nocker, Hanns; Rogge, Hans-Otto; Rossler, Herbert; Schmoock, Hanna; Seufert, Peter
Ensemble:
Komische Opera Chorus; Komische Opera Orchestra
For Walter Felsenstein, Verdi's "Othello" was one of the most significant works in the history of opera. This was why he chose it to shoot...continue...
Run Time: 121 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish ...continue...
1 CD / Ibérica / Anne Gastinel, Pablo Marquez /
2009-10-27
Works: Manuel de Falla: Danza Española No. 1 (la vida breve); Seven Spanish Folksongs, for mezzo-soprano and piano; Danza de la Molinera (The Three-Cornered Hat); Canción del Fuego Fatuo (Love the...
Performers:
Gastinel, Anne [composer]; Marquez, Pablo
Guitarist Pablo Marquez began the guitar at the age of ten. At the age of twenty he won first prizes at the Villa-Lobos International Competition...continue...
Recording information: Temple des Terreaux, Lyon (France) (04/2009)....continue...
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NAI 5182
1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72
Performers:
Berger, Fritz; Holm, Richard; Laszlo, Magda; Poll, Alfred; Rehfuss, Heinz; Schoner, Sonja; Wieter, Georg
Ensemble:
Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra
When Walter Felsenstein is offered to shoot at adaptation of the story about Fidelio / Leonore in the early fifties, he accepts. Together with Hanns...continue...
Run Time: 85 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish ...continue...
2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk district, Op. 29
Performers:
Bomstein, Leonid; Charbonnet, Jeanne-Michele; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Kunaev, Sergej; Matorin, Vladimir; Miriani, Nana; Petrinksy, Natascha; Rodescu, Julian; Vaneev, Vladimir
Ensemble:
Florence Maggio Musicale Chorus; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra
At first glance, the title of Shostakovich’s opera seems to speak for itself: Katherina, neglected and unhappy in her marriage, commits the most heinous crime...continue...
Run Time: 170 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: Russian, English, Ge...continue...
2 CD / Profil /
2009-10-27
Works: Christoph W. Gluck: Orphée et Euridice
Performers:
Berton, Liliane; Gedda, Nicolai; Micheau, Janine
Ensemble:
Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris
Recording information: Salle de la Mutualité, Paris (03/18/1957); Salle de la Mutualité, Paris (03/20/1957-03/22/1957); Salle de la Mutualité, Paris (03/25/1957-03/27/1957)....continue...
3 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: John Adams: Nixon in China
Performers:
Dahl, Tracy; Hammons, Thomas; Heller, Marc; Kanyova, Maria; Malde, Melissa; Orth, Robert; Simson, Julie; Yuan, Chen-Ye
Ensemble:
Colorado Symphony Orchestra
A longtime collaborator of John Adams and champion of his music, Marin Alsop directs this live recording of Opera Colorado's 25th Anniversary Celebration production of...continue...
Recording information: Ellie Caulkins Opera House, Denver, Colorado (06/06/2008-06/14/2008)....continue...
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NXS 8669022
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: François Rebel: Zélindor, roi des Sylphes; Suite from 'Le Trophée'
Performers:
Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Grant Murphy, Heidi; Hong, Ah Young; Sharp, William [Baritone]
Ensemble:
Opera Lafayette Orchestra
First performed at Versailles in 1745, the opera ballet 'Zelindor' is a delightful rococo pastorale which found favour with Louis XV's mistress, Madame de Pompadour,...continue...
Recording information: Music Center of Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland, U (10/15/2007-10/16/2007)....continue...
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