3 CD / Col Legno /
2010-01-01
Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Recorded at the Tyrolean Festival Erl in 2007....continue...
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 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 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
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...
6 CD / Dorian /
2009-10-27
Works: Antonio Estévez: Florentino, el que cantó al diablo; Melodia en el Llano; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 10 for Chorus and Orchestra "Rasga o coracao"; Bachiana Brasileira No. 2; Uirapur...
Performers:
Almenar, Elizabeth; Alvarado, William; Alvarez, Idwer; Angell, Cecilia; Clapes, Ingacio; De La Mora, Fernando; Iglesias, Enrique; Muskus, Claudio; Senn, Marta
Ensemble:
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
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DRN 90914
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-10-27
Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Performers:
Kozlovsky, Ivan; Mikhailov, Maxim; Nelepp, Georgi; Pirogov, Alexandre
Ensemble:
Bolshoi Theater Chorus; Bolshoi Theater Orchestra
Modest Mussorgsky's masterpiece is given the full cinematic treatment in this historic 1954 film by acclaimed Russian filmmaker Vera Stroyeva. With magnificent scenery, lavish costumes...continue...
Run Time: 109 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM, Subtitles: English ...continue...
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes, Op. 33; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pil...
Performers:
Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Gilchrist, James; Gritton, Susan; Harper, Heather; Kanga, Skaila; Langridge, Phil...
Ensemble:
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...
The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-10-27
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers:
Alaimo, Simone; Capecchi, Renato; Croft, Richard; Larmore, Jennifer; Malis, David
Ensemble:
Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Netherlands Opera Chorus
For his first opera production, Dario Fo, the theatre director known for his brilliant wit, chose to stage Rossini's 'Il Barbiere di Siviglia' sung in...continue...
Run Time: 153 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Subtitles: English ...continue...
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: John Gay: The Beggar's Opera, Op. 43
Performers:
Batho, Katy; Bickley, Susan; Evans, Bryn; Fox, Sarah [Soprano]; Gardiner, Robert Anthony; Gibson, Siobhain; Hopwood, Paul; Jenkin, Kathryn; Jones, Leah-Marian; Katherine Peterson; Lord, Bernadette; M...
Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia
The popularity of Britten's three chamber operas proper (The Rape of Lucretia, Albert Herring and The Turn of the Screw) has tended to somewhat overshadow...continue...
Recording information: Blackheath Halls, London (02/04/2009-02/04/2009)....continue...
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-10-27
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni, K 527; Le nozze di Figaro, K 492; Così fan tutte, K 588
Peter Sellars' recent productions of Mozart, set in contemporary America, are probably the most radical and iconoclastic opera stagings of our time. Mr. Sellars is...continue...
Run Time: 57 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Subtitles: English ...continue...
1 Blu-Ray 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: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1 Subtitles: Russian, English, G...continue...
1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers:
Fox, Tom; Gambill, Robert; Hoffmann, Florian; Horl, Andreas; Meier, Waltraud; Milling, Stephen; Muller, Katherina; Nylund, Camilla; Reijans, Marcel; Trekel, Roman
Ensemble:
Deutsche Symphonie-Orchester Berlin; Vienna Philharmonic Chorus
Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s production is based on the Paris version by Richard Wagner with an extended Venusberg scene and a ballet very surprisingly choreographed by Amir...continue...
Run Time: 263 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 7.1 Subtitles: German, English, Fr...continue...
2 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte /
2009-10-27
Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers:
Gadd, Stephen; Gambill, Robert; Karneus, Katarina; Mosley-Evans, Richard; Pape, Rene; Robinson, Timothy; Skovhus, Bo; Stemme, Nina
Ensemble:
Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra
"Heading the cast as an ideal Isolde is Swedish soprano Nina Stemme. A more completely satisfying performance of the role could not be imagined. She...continue...
Run Time: 358 min. Region: All Picture Format: Blue Ray, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby True HD 2.0, Dolby True HD 5.0 Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...
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$49.49
BOA 7039D
4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur
Performers:
Bolognese, Mario; Borodina, Olga; Borras, Jean-Francois; Camastra, Marco; Chausson, Carlos; Dessi, Daniela; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Giuseppini, Giorgio; Guelfi, Carlo; Guleghina, Maria; ...
Ensemble:
Slovak Philharmonic Choir; Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra; Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Zurich Opera Chorus; Zurich Opera Orchestra
This box contains four splendid productions of masterpieces of Italian opera: Il barbiere di Siviglia, La Traviata, Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur. 'Il barbiere di Siviglia'...continue...
Run Time: 554 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Surround Subtitles: Italian, English, German...continue...
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