| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| COSI FAN TUTTE [3 CD SET] |
Soloists, Synkova (harpsichord accomp.), Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Capella Istropolitana - Wildner |
8.660008-10 |
Naxos |
£2.99 |
 Don Giovanni [3 CD SET] PG*** |
Ghiaurov, Watson, C Ludwig, Freni, W Berry, Gedda, Crass, Montarsolo, New Philhamonia & Chorus-Klemperer |
CMS 7 63841 2 |
EMI |
£13.99 |
| Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail [2 CD SET] Barenreiter edition. PG***"Schafer makes a ravishing Konstanze. Bostridge is ideal as Belmonte, finely detailed in both words and musical treatment, always individual." |
Schafer, Petibon, Bostridge, Paton, A Ewing, Lles Arts Florissants - Christie |
3984-25490-2 |
Erato |
£9.99 |
| La Clemenza Di Tito [2 CD SET] PG*** |
Rolfe Johnson, A Sofie von Otter, McNair, Varady, Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists - J E Gardiner |
431 806-2 |
Archiv |
£14.99 |
| Cosi fan Tutte [3 CD SET] |
Isokoski, Groop, Argenta, Markus Schafer, La Petite Bande Orchestra & Chorus - S Kuijken |
99555 |
Brilliant |
£3.99 |
| Don Giovanni [3 CD SET] DELETION |
Fischer-Dieskau, Kohn, Kreppel, Jurinac, Haefliger, Stader, Sardi, Seefried, Berlin RSO, RIAS Kammerchor - Fricsay |
463 629-2 |
DG Originals |
£14.99 |
| The Magic Flute [2 CD SET] with full libretto |
Streit, Bonney, Sumi Jo, Cachemaille, Sigmundsson, Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra & Chorus - Ostman |
440 085-2 |
L'Oiseau Lyre |
£8.99 |
| The Magic Flute [2 CD SET] Sung in English
Gramophone Editors Choice - June 2005
BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month - June 2005
BBC Radio 3 Disc of the Week - May 2005
Telegraph Classical CDs of the Week - April 2005 |
Rebecca Evans, Elizabeth Vidal, Majella Cullagh, Sarah Fox, Diana Montague, Lesley Garrett, Simon Keenlyside, John Tomlinson,Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Three Boys from New London Children's Choir, LPO - Mackerras |
CHAN 3121 |
Chandos |
£10.99 |
| Le Nozze di Figaro [3 CD SET] |
Te Kanawa, Upshaw, Furlanetto, Von Otter, Troyanos, MET Opera Chorus and Orchestra - Levine |
477 5614 |
DG |
£6.99 |
| Die Zauberflote [2 CD SET]. (Abbado's first Magic Flute)
BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month - June 2006
Gramophone Editors Choice - June 2006
Times Classical CD of the Week - May 2006 |
Pape, Miklosa, Roschmann, Strehl, Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Mahler Chamber Orchestra - Abbado |
477 5789 |
DG |
£11.99 |
| Le Nozze Di Figaro [3 CD SET] |
Keenlyside, Gens, Ciofi, Regazzo, Kirchschlager, McLaughlin, Collegium Vocale Gent, Concerto Koln - Jacobs |
HMC 901818.20 |
Harmonia Mundi |
£15.99 |
| Don Giovanni - Highlights |
Soyer, Sgourda, Alva, Lagger, Heather Harper, Geraint Evans, Helen Donath, Scottish Opera Chorus, ECO - Barenboim |
DCL 706542 |
Disky |
£1.49 |
| Die Zauberflote [2 CD SET] PG*** "Klemperer's Magicflute is one of his finest achievements on record; indeed, he is inspired. The new transfer is managed expertly" Remastered for Great Recordings of the Century |
Gedda, Janowitz, Berry, Popp, Frick, Philharmonia Chorus and Orchestra - Klemperer |
CMS 5 67388 2 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| Le Nozze Di Figaro [2 CD SET] Milan 04.02.1954, digitally remastered. |
Panerai, Seefried, Petri, Schwarzkopf, Jurinac, Coro e Orchestra Del Teatro All Scala Di Milano - Karajan |
WLCD 0083 |
Walhall |
£7.99 |
| Die Zauberflote [2 CD SET] |
Moll,Schreier, Moser, Rothenberger, Walter Berry, Theo Adam, Fassbaender, Bavarian State Opera - Sawallisch |
3 58607 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| Die Zauberflote (Sung in English) [2 CD SET] New York 03.03.1956, digitally remastered |
Lucine Amara, Brian Sullivan, Roberta Peters, Jerome Hines, George London, Laurel Hurley, Theodor Uppman, MET - Bruno Walter |
WLCD 0181 |
Walhall |
£8.99 |
| Le Nozze Di Figaro - Highlights |
Kunz, Seefried, Jurinac, London, Schwarzkopf, Hongen, Vienna State Opera Chorus, VPO - Karajan |
RRC 1097 |
Regis |
£2.75 |
| Cosi Fan Tutte [3 C DSET] Salzburg Festival 02.08.1954 |
Seefried, Hermann, Kunz, Dermoda, Otto, Schoffler, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper, VPO - Bohm |
C 357 942 I |
Orfeo |
£10.99 |
| Cosi Fan Tutte [2 CD SET] Sung in English 17.12.1955, digitally remastered 24 bit |
Eleanor Steber, Blanche Thebom, Cesare Valletti, Lorenzo Alvary, MET - Stiedry |
ANDRCD 9020 |
Andromeda |
£5.99 |
| Cosi fan Tutte [3 CD SET] Remastered for EMI Great Recordings of the Century. PG Rosette Award "Bohm's classic set has been handsomely repackaged. Its glorious solo singing is headed by the imcomparable Fiordiligi of Schwarzkopf and the equally moving Dorabella of Christa Ludwig; it remains a superb momento of Walter Legge's recording genius." |
Schwarzkopf, Ludwig, Taddei, Kraus, Berry, Philharmonia and Chorus - Bohm |
CMS 5 67382 2 |
EMI |
£14.99 |
| Cosi fan Tutte [3 CD SET] |
Seefried, Merriman, Prey, Haefliger, Koth, Fischer-Dieskau, RIAS Kammerchor, BPO - Jochum |
477 5669 |
DG |
£8.99 |
| Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail, Exsultate jubilate K165* [2 CD SET] |
Franck, Haefliger, Stader, Reich, Greindl, RIAS Kammerchor, RIAS SO - Fricsay, *with Stader (sop) |
457 730-2 |
DG Originals |
£10.99 |
| Don Giovanni [3 CD SET] Salzburg 24.07.1956 plus bonus Lisa Della in concert (Schubert, Brahms, Wolf) Salzburg 11.08.1957* |
Siepi, Frick, Grummer, Simoneau, Della Casa, Corena, W Berry, Streich, Vienna Opera Chorus, VPO - Mitropoulos, *Sandor (piano) |
3 CD 00128 |
MYTO |
£9.99 |
| Don Giovanni [3 CD SET] |
Skovhus, Girolami, Schorg, Pieczonka, Raimondi, Daniel, Hungarian Radio Chorus, Nicolaus Esterhazy Sinfonia - Halasz |
8.660080-82 |
Naxos |
£5.99 |
| Don Giovanni [3 CD SET] MET 14.12.1957 (previously unreleased) |
Siepi, Corena, Della Casa, Steber, Peerce, Peters, Tozzi, MET - Karl Bohm |
ANDRCD 9026 |
Andromeda |
£7.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| Madam Butterfly [2 CD SET] |
Gauci, Ramiro, Tichy, CzechoSlovak RSO & Chorus - Rahbari |
8.660015-16 |
Naxos |
£2.99 |
| La Boheme [2 CD SET] PG(***). BBC Radio 3 Building a Library - June 2008. With Full Libretto |
De Los Angeles, Bjorling, RCA Victor Orchestra & Chorus, The Columbus Boychoir - Beecham |
CDS 7 47235 8 |
EMI |
£8.99 |
| Gianni Schicchi. PG*** |
Panerai, Donath, Baniewicz, Seiffert, Pane, Errante, Kunz, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra - Patane |
74321 25285 2 |
RCA |
£2.99 |
| La Boheme [2 CD SET] Sung in English (Booklet/libretto missing) |
Haymon, O'Neill, Opie, McLaughlin, Miles, The Peter Kay Children's Choir, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Phil - Parry |
CHAN 3008 |
Chandos |
£3.75 |
| La Boheme [2 CD SET] Penguin Guide*** |
Alagna, Vaduva, Hampson, Swenson, Keenlyside, Ramey, London Voices, Philharmnia - Pappano |
CDS 5 56120 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| Tosca [2 CD SET] Remastered for RCA Treasury Opera Series. PG*** |
L Price, Domingo, Milnes, Plishka, John Alldis Choir, Wandsworth School Boys Choir, New Philharmonia-Mehta |
74321 39503 2 |
RCA |
£9.99 |
| Manon Lescaut [2 CD SET] PG*** "Gauci gives one of the most sensitive performances of this role on any set" |
Gauci, Kaludov, Sardinero, Jaak Gregoor Choir, BRT PO & Chorus - Rahbari |
8.660019-20 |
Naxos |
£4.99 |
| Tosca [2 CD SET] STILL SEALED |
Bocelli, Cedolins, Coro Polifonico della Scuola di Musica di Fiesole, Orchestra & Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - Mehta |
473 710-2 |
Decca |
£7.99 |
| An Introduction to Mme Butterfly |
written by Thomson Smillie, narrated by David Timson |
8.558049 |
Naxos |
£1.25 |
| Manon Lescaut [2 CD SET] |
Petrella, Campagnano, Meletti, Latinucci, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coeo di Torino della RAI - Cupolo |
8573 87474 2 |
WarnerFonit |
£3.99 |
| Tosca [2 CD SET] |
Nilsson, Corelli, Fischer-Dieskau, Orchestra dell'Accademica di Santa Ceilia Rome - Maazel |
460 753-2 |
Decca |
£4.99 |
| Tosca [2 CD SET] Remastered |
Callas, Bergonzi, Gobbi, Monreale, Choeurs du Theatre National de l'Opera, Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire - Prete |
CMS 5 66444 2 |
EMI |
£6.99 |
| Madame Butterfly - final, Paris version (sung in English) [2 CD SET] |
Cheryl Barker, Jean Rigby, Paul Charles Clarke, Yurisich, Stuart Kale, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Philharmonia - Abel |
CHAN 3070 |
Chandos |
£7.99 |
| La Boheme [2 CD SET] Gramophone Editors Choice - June 2008 |
Netrebko, Villazon, Daniel, Cabell, Degout, BRSO & Chorus - De Billy |
477 6600 |
DG |
£11.99 |
| Madama Butterfly [2 CD SET] Covent Garden 02.05.1967 Gramophone Editors Choice - September 2007 |
De Los Angeles, Lanigan, Howitt, Geraint Evans, Tree, ROH CG Orchestra and Chorus - Kempe |
ROHS006 |
ROH Heritage |
£11.99 |
| La Boheme [2 SACD SET, playable on CD and SACD Players] |
Moffo, Tucker, Merrill, Costa, Tozzi, Rome Opera - Leinsdorf |
82876 82621 2 |
RCA Living Stereo |
£7.99 |
| La Boheme [2 CD SET] (rec. 1956, remastered) plus Beecham speeaks about La Boheme and Beccham conducts "Mimi's Farewell" and the complete Act 4 (rec. 1935/36) PG*** |
Victoria De Los Angeles, Jussi Bjorling, Robert Merrill, Tozzi, Amara, Columbus BoyChoir, RCA Victor SO & Chorus - Beecham |
8.22249-50 |
Naxos |
£4.49 |
| La Boheme [2 CD SET] Remastered for EMI Great Recordings of the Century |
Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, Mariella Adani, Carlo Badioli, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Mario Sereni. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma -Thomas Schippers |
3 92005 2 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| Il Tabarro |
Frittoli, Miro Dvorsky, Ataneli, Henschel, Banks, Miles, BBC Singers, BBC PO - Noseda |
BBC MM304 |
BBC |
£2.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| Luisa Miller [2 CD SET] PG*** ORIGINAL CD RELEASE WITH FULL LIBRETTO |
Pavarotti, Caballe, Milnes, Giaotti, van Allan, Reynolds, Celine, London Opera Chorus, NPO - Maag |
417 420-2 |
Decca |
£8.99 |
| Stiffelio [2 CD SET] PG*** (DELETION) |
Carreras, Sass, Manuguerra, Ganzarolli, Cesare, Venuti, Moser, ORF SO & Chorus Vienna - Gardelli |
422 432-2 |
Philips |
£11.99 |
| Simon Boccanegra [2 CD SET] PG*** |
Gobbi, Christoff, Monachesi, De Los Angeles, Campora, Orchestra & Chorus Rome Theatre Opera - Santini |
CMS 7 63513 2 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| Attila [2 CD SET] DELETION |
S Ramey, C Studer, Shicoff, Zancanaro, La Scala Milan Orchestra & Chorus - Muti |
CDS 7 49952 2 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| Don Carlo [3 CD SET] Covent Garden 12.5.1958 - Bonus Bergonzi in Un Ballo in Maschera. Venice'58 |
Christoff, Jon Vickers, Gobbi. Brouwenstijn, Barbieri, ROH Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus - Giulini |
3 MCD 941.97 |
MYTO |
£14.99 |
| La Traviata [2 CD SET]. Classic CD Top Recommend |
Cotrubas, Domingo, Milnes Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Carlos Kleiber |
415 132-2 |
DG |
£9.99 |
| Alzira [2 CD SET]. PG*** |
Cotrubas, Araiza, Bruson, Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra - Gardelli |
C 057 832 H |
Orfeo |
£15.99 |
| Don Carlo [3 CD SET] PG*** (DELETION) |
Gorchakova, Borodina, Hvorostovsky, Scandiuzzi, Margison, Lloyd, ROH CC Orchestra & Chorus - Haitink |
454 463-2 |
Philips |
£12.99 |
| La Traviata [2 CD SET] Penguin Guide Rosette Award |
Gheorghiu, Lopardo, Nucci, ROH CC Orchestra and Chorus - Solti |
448 119-2 |
Decca |
£11.99 |
| La Traviata 'A Paris' after the Televised Film Version [2 CD SET] (Still Sealed) |
Jose Cura, E Gvazava, R Panerai, Solisti Cantori, RAI NSO - Mehta |
8573-82741-2 |
Teldec |
£3.99 |
| Don Carlos (Live Recording) in French PG*** |
Alagna, Van Dam, Hampson, Mattila, Choeur du Theatre du Chatelet, Orchestre de Paris - Pappano |
CDS 5 56152 2 |
EMI |
£12.99 |
| Ernani [2 CD SET] in English |
Patterson, Opie, Gavin, Rose, ENO - David Parry |
CHAN 3052 |
Chandos |
£6.99 |
| Falstaff [2 CD SET] Turin 1949, Remastered 2000 |
Taddei, Carteri, Meletti, Pagliughi, Renzi, Turin RAI SO & Chorus - Rossi |
8573 82651 2 |
Warner Fonit |
£3.99 |
| IL Trovatore [2 CD SET] Remastered for RCA Opera Treasury Series. PG Rosette Award |
L Price, Domingo, Milnes, Cossotto, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, New Philharmonia - Mehta |
74321 39504-2 |
RCA |
£9.99 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] |
Tumagian, Ferrarini, Ramiro, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Czecho-Slovak RSO - Rahbari |
8.660013-14 |
Naxos |
£3.99 |
| Un ballo in maschera [2 CD SET] PG***"..a warmly dramatic reading. Muti's rhythmic resilience and consideration for the singers go with keen concentration. The sound is full and vivid." |
Arroyo, Domingo, Cappuccilli, Cossotto, Grist, ROH CG Chorus, New Philharmonia - Muti |
CMS 5 66510 2 |
EMI |
£8.99 |
| Un ballo in maschera [2 CD SET] Live 1957, digitally remastered 2002 |
Callas, Di Stefano, Bastianni, Simionato, La Scala - Gavazzeni |
CMS 5 67918 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| Attila [2 CD SET] Vienna 1980 |
Ghiaurov, Cappuccilli, Zampieri, Visconti, Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra - Sinopoli |
LS 347.20 |
Living Stage |
£5.99 |
| An Introduction to Il Trovatore (still sealed) |
Written by Thomson Smillie, Narrated by David Timson |
8.558079 |
Naxos |
£1.49 |
| FRITTOLI Sings IL CORSARO: Egli non riede ancora...Non so le tetre immagini. DON CARLO: Tu che la vanità. LUISA MILLER: Sinfonia, Tu puniscimi, o Signore...A brani, a brani, o perfido! SIMON BOCCANEGRA: Come in quest'ora bruna.
IL TROVATORE: Timor di me? D'amor sull'ali rosee. Tu vedrai che amore, Tacea la notte placida...Di tale amore. LA TRAVIATA: Act III Prelude, E strano, è strano...Sempre libera, Tenesta la promessa...Addio del passato |
Frittoli (sop), LSO - Colin Davis |
8573-85823-2 |
Erato |
£2.99 |
| Falstaff [2 CD SET] Recorded 17-23 / 05 / 2004
BBC Radio 3 Disc of the Week - November 2004
Gramophone Editors Choice - November 2004
The Guardian "A magnificent interpretation..Glorious, every single second of it" |
Pertusi, Alvarez, Ibarra, Domashenko, Henschel, LSO & Chorus - Colin Davis |
LSO0055 |
LSO Live |
£4.99 |
| Falstaff [2 CD SET] With Full Libretto. Remastered for Great Recordings of the Century. PG*** |
Gobbi, Alva, Panerai, Spataro, Schwarzkopf, Moffo, Philharmonia & Chorus - Karajan |
CMS 5 67083 2 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| Stiffelio [2 CD SET] PG*** |
Jose Carreras, Sylvia Sass, Matteo Manuguerra, ORF Symphony Orchestra/ Lamberto Gardelli. |
475 6775 |
Philips |
£10.99 |
| Aida [2 CD SET] |
Ghiuselev, Nikolov, Viner-Chenisheva, Smochevski, Sofia National Opera Chorus & Orchestra - Marinov |
CD 1008 |
AVM Classics |
£3.99 |
| I Vespri Siciliani [3 CD SET] DELETION (With full libretto) |
Studer, Merritt, Zancanaro, Furlanetto, La Scala - Muti |
CDS 7 54043 2 |
EMI |
£12.99 |
| TOSCANINI (The Verdi Recordings) - Aida (complete), Falstaff (complete), I Lombardi Act III Trio, Hymn of the Nations, I vespri siciliani Overture, La Traviata (complete), Luisa Miller Overture and "Oh! Fede negar potessi; Quando le sere al placido", Requiem, Nabucco, Otello (complete), Te Deum, Rigoletto Act IV, Un ballo in maschera (complete) [12 CD SET] |
NBC SO - Toscanini, with Albanese, Moreland, Stellman, Peerce, Merrill, Della Chiesa, Milanov, Warren, Moscona, Haskins, Neli, Turner, Cehanovsky, Stitch-Randall, Gustavsson, Tucker, Valdengo, Merriman, Vinay, Chabay, Di Stefano, Barbieri, Robert Shaw Chorale, NBC Chorus, Westminster Choir |
82876 67893 2 |
RCA |
£14.99 |
| Otello [2 CD SET] |
Vinay, Browenstijn, Kraus, Lanigan, Noreen Berry, Raymond Nilsson, ROH CG - Kubelik |
ROHS001 |
Royal Opera House |
£10.99 |
| I Vespri Siciliani [3 CD SET] Edition with only liner notes PG"..remains a first choice." |
Arroyo, Domingo, Milnes, Raimondi, Goeke, Ewing, Morris, John Alldis Choir, New Philharmonia - Levine |
ADD-DP |
RCA |
£7.99 |
| Aida [2 CD SET] |
Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma - Mehta |
3 58645 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| Il Trovatore [2 CD SET] (Moscow 1964) DELETION |
Bergonzi, Tucci, Cappuccilli, Simionato, La Scala Milan Orchestra and Chorus - Gavazzeni |
OPD-1129 |
Opera D'Oro |
£7.99 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] PG*** "Levine conducts a thrustful reading, vividly dramatic. The sound is full and immediate.....the cast are first rate." DELETION |
Pavarotti, Chernov, Studer, Scandiuzzi, MET - Levine |
447 064-2 |
DG |
£11.99 |
| Il Trovatore [2 CD SET] Recorded on 26 November 1964 |
Gwyneth Jones, Giulietta Simionato, Bruno Prevedi, Peter Glossop, ROH CG - Giulini |
ROHS011 |
Royal Opera House |
£10.99 |
| La Traviata [2 CD SET] PG "It is worth having the Votto set just for the moving and deeply considered singing of Renata Scotto as Violetta. In a role which has usually eluded teh efforts of prima donnas on record, she gives one of the most complete portaits." |
Scotto, Raimondi, Bastianini, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala - Votto |
477 5665 |
DG |
£4.99 |
| Aida [2 CD SET] |
Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Elena Obraztsova, Leo Nucci. Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala - Abbado |
477 5605 |
DG |
£4.99 |
| Rigoletto [2 CD SET] Sung in English. Slipcase a bit scruffy with some wear on edges and marks on the back. Booklet/libretto and discs in very good condition. PG*** "The intensity and fine pacing of thhe ENO stage performances are splendidly caught. Outstanding vocally is the heady-toned Duke of Arthur Davies...John Rawnsley as Rigoletto..Helen Field as Gilda..too sing both powerfully and naturally. Excellent recording. |
Rawnsley, Field, Davies, Tomlinson, Rigby, Bailey, Opie, ENO Orchestra and Chorus - Elder |
CHAN 3030 |
Chandos |
£7.99 |
| Simon Boccanegra [2 CD SET] PG(***) "Gobbi's portrait of the tragic Doge is one of his greatest on record and it emerges all the more impressively when it is set against equally memorable performances by Christoff and De Los Angeles. The transfer is full and immediate, giving a vivid sense of presence to the voices." WITH FULL LIBRETTO |
Gobbi, Christoff, Monachesi, Dari, De Los Angeles, Campora, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma - Santini |
CHS 5 67483 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg [4 CD SET] PG*** "Jochum's is a performance which, more than any, captures the light and shade of Wagner's most warmly approachable score, its humour and tenderness as well as its strength. ..the choice of Domingo as Walther is inspired. The key to the set is of course the searching and highly individual Sachs of Fischer-Dieskau. There is a lovely bloom on the whole sound." |
Fischer-Dieskau, Ligendza, C Ludwig, Domingo, Lagger, Maus, Herman, Laubenthal, Berlin Opera Orchestra & Chorus - Jochum |
415 278-2 |
DG |
£19.99 |
| Tannhauser [3 CD SET] Dresden Version (DELETION) PG"The Konwitschny set is a fine one." |
Frick, Hopf, Fischer-Dieskau, Wunderlich, Schech, Grummer,Chorus&Orch der StaatsoperBerlin-Konwitschny |
CMS 7 63214 2 |
EMI |
£17.99 |
| Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] Munich 1.9.1955 |
Aldenhoff, Uhde, B Nilsson, Rysanek, Malaniuk, Frick, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus -Knappertsbusch |
C 356 944 L |
Orfeo |
£22.99 |
| Die Walkure [4 CD SET]. PG*** |
Elming, Holle, Tomlinson, Secunde, Evans, Finnie, Floeren Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Barenboim |
4509 91186-2 |
Teldec |
£12.99 |
| Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] Penguin Guide *** |
Tomlinson, Brinkmann, Schreibmayer, Clark, Finnie, Johansson, Bayreuth Festival Orch & Chorus - Barenboim |
4509-91185-2 |
Teldec |
£7.99 |
| Siegfried [4 CD SET] Penguin Guide *** |
Jerusalem, Clark, Tomlinson, Kannen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra - Barenboim |
4509-94193-2 |
Teldec |
£16.99 |
| The Ring Cycle [14 CD SET] Bayreuth 1989 |
Behrens, Varady, Lipovsek, H Schwarz, Balslev, Meier, Hale, Kollo, Moll, Schunk, Tear, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Sawallisch |
CZS 5 72731 2 |
EMI |
£24.99 |
| Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1959 |
Konya, Grummer, Crass, Blanc, Waechter, Bayreuth Orchestra & Chorus - Matacic |
GM 1.0002 |
Melodram |
£11.99 |
| WALKURE - "Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater", "Dich selige Frau", "Wintersturme", Siegmund heiss ich". SIEGFRIED - "Nothung! Neidliches Schwert!", "Ho-Ho! Schmeide mein Hammer", "Dass der mein Vater nicht ist", "Heiss ward mir", "Selige Ode auf sonniger Hoh". GOTTERDAMMERUNG: "Mime heiss ein morrischer Zwerg", "Brunnhilde heilige Braut" |
John Treleaven (tenor), Slovak RSO - Anguelov |
74321 72114 2 |
Artenova |
£2.75 |
| The Ring Cycle [16 CD SET] in English |
Remedios, Rita Hunter, Haugland, Dempsey, Bailey, ENO - Goodall |
CHAN 3065 |
Chandos |
£74.99 |
| The Ring Cycle [14 CD SET] |
Adam, Altmeyer, Jerusalem, Kollo, Moll, Nimsgern, Norman, Schreier, Salminen, Dresden Staatskapelle & Chorus - Marek Janowski |
82876-55709-2 |
RCA |
£25.99 |
| Siegfried [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1955, remastered |
Windgassen, Varnay, Hotter, Neidlinger, Kuen, Greindl, Hollweg, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra - Keilberth |
SBT4 1392 |
Testament |
£22.99 |
| Der Ring Des Nibelungen [14 CD SET] |
Ludwig, Haggander, Svenden, Norman, Behrens, Battle, Studer, Schwarz, Morris, Jerusalem, Lorenz, Wlaschiha, Moll, Zednik, Rootering, MET - Levine |
471 678-2 |
DG |
£29.99 |
| Parsifal [2 CD SET] - Complete Opera - Dual channel technique used to double play back time. Bayreuth 1953 (DELETION) |
London, Greindl, Weber, Vinay, Uhde, Modl, Bayreuth Festival - C Krauss |
RPC 32516.17 |
Rodolphe |
£5.99 |
| The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET] Bayreuth 1955 |
Varnay, Windgassen, Traxel, Uhde, Weber, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus - Knappertsbusch |
WLCD 0161 |
Walhall |
£7.99 |
| Parsifal [4 CD SET] New York 17.04.1954, remastered (STILL SEALED) |
Varnay, Svanholm, London, Hotter, MET - Stiedry |
WLCD 0070 |
Walhall |
£12.99 |
| Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] Oslo 1955, remastered. Plus bonus - Tristan und Isolde - Act I, London 1950* |
Svanholm Flagstad, Bjoner, Johnsen, Nordjo, Gronnberg, Norwegian State Opera Chorus and Orchestra - Fjelstad, *Svanholm, Flagstad, Shacklock, Schoffler, ROH GC - Rankl |
WLCD 0178 |
Walhall |
£9.99 |
| The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET] Bayreuth 1995. First CD release in stereo
Times Classical CD of the Week - July 2006 |
Uhde, Varnay, Weber, Lustig, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra - Keilberth |
SBT2 1384 |
Testament |
£13.99 |
| Tannhauser [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 09.08.1955, remastered |
Greindl, Windgassen, Fischer-Dieskau, Traxel, Blankenheim, Bayreuth Festival Chorus and Orchestra - Cluytens |
C 643 043 D |
Orfeo |
£15.99 |
| Parsifal [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1956 |
Vinay, Modl, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl, Hotter, Herwig, Bayreuth Orchetra & Chorus - Knappertsbusch |
4 CDLSMH 34035 |
Hunt |
£8.99 |
| Tristan und Isolde [3 CD SET] Libretto Missing |
Domingo, Stemme, Fujimura, Pape, Bar, Bostridge, The Royal Opera House CG Orchestra and Chorus - Pappano |
3 52423 2 |
EMI |
£4.99 |
| Tannhauser [3 CD SET] (Bayreuth 26 July 2004) |
Youn, Gould, Terkel, Bieber, Wegner, Bezuyen, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Thielemann |
THIEL1 |
Bayreuth |
£14.99 |
| Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Milan 18.03.1965 (DELETION) |
Jess Thomas, Ingrid Bjoner, Franz Crass, Astrid Varnay, Gustav Neidlinger, Tom Krause, La Scala Milan Opera - Sawallisch |
LS 4035151 |
Living Stage |
£14.99 |
| The Flying Dutchman [2 CD SET] London 1969, remastered (DELETION) |
Theo Adam, Martti Talvela, Kenneth Macdonald, James King, New Philharmonia and BBC Chorus - Klemperer |
LS 347.07 |
Living Stage |
£8.99 |
| Parsifal. [4 CD SET] STILL SEALED. Bayreuth 1957. First release, remastered. From the private collection of Martha Mödl. |
Martha Modl, Ramon Vinay, George London, Josef Greindl, Bayreuth Festival - Hans Knappertsbusch. |
WLCD 0215 |
Walhall |
£11.99 |
| Tannhauser [3 CD SET] STILL SEALED.Rec. Leipzig 1954 |
Ernst Gruber, Brunnhild Friedland, Dora Zschille, Leipzig Radio Chorus and Orchestra - Gerhard Pfluger |
WLCD 0222 |
Walhall |
£8.99 |
| Die Walkure [3 CD SET] Covent Garden 27.09.1957, remastered. First Release (STILL SEALED) |
Nilsson, Fisher, Vinay, Hotter, Dalberg, Royal Opera House Covent Garden - Kempe |
WLCD 0228 |
Walhall |
£9.99 |
| WOLFGANG WINDGASSEN Sings Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab (Rienzi), Wie sie selig, hehr und milde« (Tristan und Isolde), Notung, Notung, Neidliches Schwert (Siegfried), Hoho, Hoho, Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, Brünhilde, heilige Braut« (Götterdämmerung), Nur eine Waffe taugt (Parsifal), In fernem Land« (Lohengrin), Mein lieber Schwan, O Fürstin (Tannhäuser), Fanget an! (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg), Selig wie die Sonne, Morgenlich leuchtend (First Release on CD) |
Wolfgang Windgassen (tenor), with Walter Carnuth, Annelies Küpper, Annelies Küpper, Hertha Töpper, Richard Holm, Josef Hermann, Bamberger Symphoniker, Münich PO/Berlin RSO - Richard Kraus, Ferdinand Leitner, Leopold Ludwig |
477 6543 |
DG |
£3.99 |
| Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1958 plus bonus of Rysanek in excerpt from Flying Dutchman Bayreuth 1959 and Die Walkure Bayreuth 1958 |
Rysanek, Konya, Varnay, Blanc, Bayreuth Orchestra & Chorus - Cluytens |
3 MCD 890.02 |
MYTO |
£11.99 |
| Das Rheingold [2 CD SET] Covent Garden 25.09.1957 (track listing only) |
Hotter, Von Milinkovic, Lindermeier, Von Ilosvay, Witte, Evans, Allmann, ROH CG Orchestra & Chorus - Kempe |
KEMPE1 |
ROH |
£3.99 |
| The Mastersingers of Nuremburg [4 CD SET]
Gramophone Editors Choice - August 2008
BBC Music Magazine Recommended - August 2008 |
Alberto Remedios, Norman Bailey, Gregory Dempsey, Derek Hammond-Stroud, Margaret Curphey, Ann Robson, Sadlers Wells Chorus & Opera Orchestra -Reginald Goodall |
CHAN 3148 |
Chandos |
£16.99 |
| Parsifal [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1956, digitally remastered |
Modl, Vinay, Fischer-Dieskau, Greindl, Blankenheim, Hotter, Bayreuth Festival - Knappertsbusch |
WLCD 0192 |
Walhall |
£10.99 |
| Die Walkure [3 CD SET]Bayreuth1956, 24 bit remastering |
Varnay, Brouwenstijn, Von Milinkovic, Windgassen, Hotter, Greindl, Bayreuth Festival - Knappertsbusch |
ANDRCD 9014 |
Andromeda |
£6.99 |
| Die Meistesinger von Nurnberg [4 CD SET] 11.09.1955, digitally remastered |
Della Casa, Topper, Hopf, Frantz, Frick, Pflanzl, Bavarian State Opera - Knappertsbusch |
C 462 974 L |
Orfeo |
£22.99 |
| Tannhauser: "Dich teure Halle, gruss ich wieder". The Flying Dutchman: "Johohoe! Johohoe!", "Wie aus der Ferne". Lohengrin: "Einsam in truben Tagen". Die Walkure: "War es so schmachlich", "Deinen leichten Sinn lass dich denn leiten.", "Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht", "Leb wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind!", "Loge, hor! Lausche hieher!". Tristan und Isolde: Liebestod (Remastered for Great Recordings of the Century) |
Nilsson (sop), Hotter (bartione), Philharmonia - Ludwig |
5 09702 2 |
EMI |
£4.49 |
| Tristan And Isolde – The Duet Scenes [SACD, playable on CD and SACD Players] |
Deborah Polaski (Soprano), Johan Botha (Tenor), Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra - Bertrand de Billy |
OC 626 |
Oehms |
£6.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
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| VERDI: Don Carlos (Region Code: 2-6) |
Alagna, Hampson, Mattila, Van Dam, Meier, Orchestre de Paris, Choeur de Theatre du Chatelet - Pappano |
0630 16318 2 |
Warner |
£11.99 |
| MUSSORGSKY: Boris Godunov [2 DVDs] region code:1-6. Penguin Guide Rosette |
Lloyd, Borodina, Steblianko, Leiferkus, Kirov Opera - Gergiev |
075 089-9 |
Philips |
£14.99 |
| WAGNER: Die Walkure Act I Vienna Festival 1963 (region code: All) |
Watson, Uhl, Greindl, VPO - Knappertsbusch |
DV-CLHK63 |
TDK |
£10.99 |
| PAVAROTTI AND LEVINE IN RECITAL at the MET. MOZART: Un'aura amorosa. ROSSINI: La promessa, La danza. BELLINI: Dolente immagine di Fille mia, Malinconia, ninfa gentile, Vanne, o rosa fortunata, Bella Nice, che d'amore, Ma rendi pur contento, Vaga luna. VERDI: La mia letizia infondere. MASSENET: Pourquoi me réveiller'. RESPIGHI: Nevicata, Pioggia. FLOTOW: M'apparì tutt'amor. MASCAGNI: Serenata. SIBELLA: La Girometta. DENZA: Occhi di fata. PAISELLIO: Nel cor più non mi sento. DONIZETTI: Il barcaiolo. LEONCAVALLO: O Colombina. TRAD: La Giana. DONAUDY: O del mio amato ben. PUCCINI: Sole e amore, Recondita armonia, Nessun dorma.TOSTI: Non t'amo più, Marechiare (Region Code: 1 - 6) |
Pavarotti, James Levine (piano) |
074 3071 |
Decca |
£8.99 |
| WAGNER: Parsifal. The Search for the Grail: Documentary, A Film Special presented by Placido Domingo (Classic FM Best Buy - July 2004) (Region Code: 2, 5) Tony Palmer’s film centres round a performance of Parsifal, with the unmistakable Placido Domingo in the title role, and conducted by the distinguished Valery Gergiev. However this is much more than just a performance of the opera. Also included is a striking documentary, narrated by Domingo himself, offering description of the plot and exploring theories about Parsifal’s origins and considerable sphere of influence. Gergiev's conducting is riveting in its dramatic intensity, ravishing beauty and transcendent religiosity. Along with Domingo's stunning surety in the title role, Violeta Urmana is the compelling Kundry, Matti Salminen the fierce Klingsor.” (Los Angeles Times) |
Domingo, Urmana, Putilin, Salminen, The Kirov Orchestra & Choir at the Mariinsky Theatre - Gergiev |
100 610 |
Arthaus |
£11.99 |
| MOZART: Cosi Fan Tutte. directed by Peter Sellars (2 DVD SET) [Region Code: 0] |
Susan Larson, Frank Kelley, Sue Ellen Kuzma, Janice Felty, James Maddalena, Sanford Sylvan. |
071 4139 |
Decca |
£7.99 |
| WAGNER: Parsifal [3 DVD SET] (Region Code: 0)
‘It is by a long way the most thoughtful, positive and penetrating view of Parsifal that I have encountered’ The Times. ‘Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s provocative, intelligent and finally very moving production of Wagner’s perplexing masterpiece dares to ask questions for which there are no easy answers’ The Independent. ‘Nikolaus Lehnhoff’s (production of Parsifal) ....is one of the best Wagner stagings of my lifetime’ Opera Review |
Christopher Ventris, Waltraud Meier, Matti Salminen, Tom Fox, Thomas Hampson, Festspielchor Baden-Baden, Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin - Nagano |
OA 0915 D |
Opus Arte |
£19.99 |
| R STRAUSS: Rosenkavalier. [2 DVDs] Region Code: 0. Penguin Guide Rosette - March 2003 |
Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jungwirth, Brigitte Fassbaender, Francisco Araiza, Lucia Popp. Orchester der Bayerischen Staatsoper - Carlos Kleiber |
073 4072 |
DG |
£16.99 |
| GIORDANO: Andrea Chenier. (Region Code: 0) DELETION |
Benackova, Placido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper - Santi |
073 4070 |
DG |
£9.99 |
| BIZET: Carmen (09.12.1978) Region Code: 0 |
Obraztsova, Domingo, Mazurok, Buchanan, Vienna State Opera - Carlos Kleiber |
DV-CLOPCAR |
TDK |
£13.99 |
| VERDI La Traviata. (Region Code: 0) |
Netrebko, Villazon, Hampson, Schneiderman, Pilcher, Konzertvereinigung Wiener, Staatsopernchor, VPO - Rizzi |
073 4189 |
DG |
£12.99 |
| VERDI: Aida [2 DVD SET] All Regions. STILL SEALED |
Fantini, Berti, Komlosi, Doss, Anastassov, Jentjens, Symphony Orchestra and Choir of La Monnaie De Munt 0 Oho |
OA 0954 D |
Opus Arte |
£8.99 |
| MOZART: Don Giovanni [2 DVD SET] All Regions. |
Drabowicz, Youn, Schorg, Gens. Reijans, Kocherga, Orchestra Academy of the Gran Teatre Liceu, Barcelona, Chamber Choir of the Palau de la Musica Catalana - de Billy |
OA 0921 D |
Opus Arte |
£8.99 |
| MOZART: Le Nozze Di Figaro [2 DVD SET] (All Regions) STILL SEALED |
Mattei, Regazzo, Oelze, Murphy, Schafer, Orchestra and Chorus Of The Opera National De Paris - Cambreling |
OA 0960 D |
Opus Arte |
£11.99 |
| MOZART: Don Giovanni [2 DVD SET] (All Regions) STILL SEALED |
Carlos Alvarez, Maria Bayo, Bros, Ganassi, Regazzo, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Real, Madrid - Perez |
OA 0958 D |
Opus Arte |
£9.99 |
| MOZART: Don Giovanni (All Regions) Milan 1987 |
Thomas Allen, Koptchak, Gruberova, Araiza, Ann Murray, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala - Muti |
OA LS3001 D |
Opus Arte |
£6.99 |
| CILEA: Adriana Lecouvreur (All Regions) |
Freni, Dvorsky, Vinco, Cossotto, Gavazzi, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala - Gavazzeni |
OA LS3011 D |
Opus Arte |
£8.99 |
| DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor (All Regions) |
Bruson, Devia, La Scola, Berti, Colombara, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro all Scala - Ranzani |
OA LS3003 D |
Opus Arte |
£5.99 |
| BERNSTEIN: Trouble in Tahiti (All Regions) |
Novacek, Daymond, Randle, Stafford-Allen, Hegarty, City of London Sinfonia - Daniel |
OA 0838 D |
Opus Arte |
£9.99 |
| MAHLER: Symphony No.2 (Region Code: 0) Live Lucerne 21st August 2003 |
Gvazava (sop), Larsson (contralto), Orfeon Donostiarra, Lucerne Festival Orchestra - Abbado |
DV-COMS2 |
TDK |
£14.99 |
| WAGNER: Das Rheingold (Region Code: 0) “The singing and action fit together perfectly…This Rheingold has an incomparable quality.” (FAZ). “All in all, the new Stuttgart Rheingold was a clear winner.” (Opera Magazine)
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Wolfgang Probst, Michaela Schuster, Helga Ros Indridadóttir, Esa Ruuttunen, Eberhard Francesco Lorenz, Stuttgart State Orchestra - Zagrosek |
2052068 |
EuroArts |
£9.99 |
| WAGNER: Götterdämmerung (Region Code: 0)
“This first act is simply sensational . . . acquiring a thrilling dynamic, with each new interpretative gesture, every seemingly whimsical detail fully supported by the staging of the scenes and music…” (Der Tagesspiegel)
“It is very likely that in the near future the Stuttgart Ring, conceived by Klaus Zehelein will be remembered as a Wagnerian watershed as much as Wieland Wagner’s in the 1950s.” (Opera Magazine) [2 DVD SET] |
Albert Bonnema, Luana DeVol, Eva-Maria Westbroek, Roland Bracht, Hernan Iturralde, Franz-Josef Kapellmann, Staatsoper Stuttgart - Lothar Zagrosek |
2052098 |
EuroArts |
£11.99 |
| NEW YEAR’S CONCERT 2006 From the Teatro La Fenice - VERDI: Overture to La Forza del Destino. "O Signore dal tetto natio", "La mia letizia infondere" (I Lombardi). "Va pensiero" (Nabucco). "Libiamo me' lieti calici" (La Traviata). PUCCINI: "Vissi d'arte". MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro Overture. "La ci darem la mano" (Don Diovanni) DONIZETTI: Don Pasquale Sinfonia. "Una furtiva lacrima" (L'elisir d'amore). (Region Code: 0) |
Fiorenza Cedolins (sop), Joseph Calleja (tenor), Roberto Scandiuzzi (bass), Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice - Masur |
DVWW-CONYC6V |
TDK |
£8.99 |
| TCHAIKOVSKY Pique Dame Rec. 2005 [2 DVD SET] (Region Code: 0) |
Vladimir Galouzine, Hasmik Papian, Orchestre et Choeurs de l’Opera National de Paris - Gennadi Rozhdestvensky |
DVWW-OPPIQUE |
TDK |
£13.99 |
| STRAUSS: Capriccio (Region Code: 2, 5) |
Kiri Te Kanawa, Hakan Hagegard, Tatiana Troyanos, San Francisco Opera Orchestra - Donald Runnicles |
100 354 |
Arthaus |
£14.99 |
| VIVALDI: Orlando furioso (Region Code: 2, 5) |
Marilyn Horne, Susan Patterson, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Sandra Walker, Jeffrey Gall, San Francisco Opera Chorus and Orchestra - Behr |
100 210 |
Arthaus |
£14.99 |
| VERDI: La Forza Del Destino. (All Regions) |
Susanna Branchini, Renzo Zulian, Marco Di Felice, Tiziana Carraro, Paolo Battaglia, Paolo Rumetz, Orchestra Filarmonica Veneta - Lukas Karytinos |
DV33512 |
Dynamic |
£12.99 |
| MIRELLA FRENI - CESARE SIEPI (Lugano Recital 1985) - NICOLAI: The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture GOUNOD: Que les songes heureux (Philemon et Baucis). BOITO: L'altra notte in fondo al mar (Mefistofele). VERDI: Il lacerato spirito (Simon Boccanegra). Ella giammai m'mao, Tu che vanita (Don Carlos). PUCCINI: Visi d'arte (Tosca). O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi) MOZART: Overture, Madamina il catalogo e questo, La ci darem la mano (Don Giovanni) (All Regions) |
Freni (sop), Siepi (bass), Orchestra Della RTV Della Svizzera Italiana - Amaducci |
VLD161 |
Videoland |
£6.99 |
| LEHAR The Merry Widow (All Regions) |
Dagmar Schellenberger, Rodney Gilfry, Ute Gfrerer, Orchestra & Choir of the Opera House Zurich - Franz Welser-Most |
100451 |
Arthaus |
£14.99 |
| OFFENBACH: Les Contes d'Hoffmann (All Regions) DELETION (recorded Parma 17.02.1988) |
Alfredo Kraus, Barbara Hendricks, Ruth Welting, Jolanta Omilian, Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma della Cooperativa, Orchestra Sinfonica dell'Emilia-Romagna "Arturo Toscanini" - Guingal |
HCD 4012 |
Hardy Classics |
£12.99 |
| WALTER FELSENSTEIN EDITION - BEETHOVEN: Fidelio (1956 - 1 DVD). JANACEK: Das schlaue Füchslein (1965 - 1 DVD 104 min +18 extras). MOZART: Don Giovanni (1966 - 2 DVDs 165 min + 40 min rehearsal film), Die Hochzeit des Figaro (1975/76 - 2 DVDs 166 min + 50 min bonus footage). VERDI: Othello (1969 - 2 DVDs 121 min + 20 min extras). OFFENBACH: Hoffmanns Erzählungen (1970 - 2 DVDs 131 min + 32 min bonus film), Ritter Blaubart (1973 - 2 DVDs 139 min + 30 min extras)
Special Features: Original manuscripts of Walter Felsenstein. Original staging piano reductions with audio examples. Drafts of the stage design, figurines, sketches & drawings. Historical audio material with speeches & interviews with Walter Felsenstein. Rehearsal film “Don Giovanni” & newsreel footage “The Tales of Hoffmann”. Footage of Felsenstein stagings 1945-1961. Script excerpts, conceptual scripts & picture galleries
This unique edition brings together 7 opera films in a rare documentation that offers an insight into the theatrical work of a man whose legendary productions fascinated international audiences for decades. The films can now be experienced for the first time in carefully restored digital form.
Limited Edition, 12 DVD SET + 104 page book, facsimile prints & 7 inserts for each opera film (All Regions) |
Gross, Schiel, Holm, Nollier, Arnold, Hopp, Volker, Oehlmann, Enders, Asmus, Melis, Barlow, Moulson, Rossler, Schlemm, Nocker, Noack, Bauer, Schmoock, Muszely, Schob-Lipka, Kreyssig, Falewicz, Chor und Orchester der Komsichen Oper Berlin - Masur/Voigtmann /Kosler/Lehmann/Neumann |
101 305 |
Arthaus |
£79.99 |
| THE ART OF GRACE BUMBRY - TCHAIKOVSKY: Adieux, forêts (Jeanne d'Arc). MASSENET: Pleurez, mes yeux (Le Cid). VERDI: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (Un Ballo in Maschera). LISZT: Es muss ein Wunderbares sein. SCHUMANN: Wenn ich in deine Augen seh' (Dichterliebe, No.4), Der Sandmann. BRAHMS: Auf dem Kirchhofe, O liebliche Wangen. WOLF: Schlafendes Jesuskind (Region Code: 0) 7th Jan 1973, Black and White |
Grace Bumbry, arias are accompanied by Orchestre de Radio-Canada - Jacques Beaudry; songs are accompanied by John Newmark (piano) |
43344 |
VAI |
£8.99 |
| GIORDANO: Fedora. (Teatro alla Scala, Milan 1993) Region Code 0) |
Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Coro ed Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala - Gavazzeni |
DVWW-OPFED |
TDK |
£11.99 |
| DONIZETTI: La Fille du Regiment (All Regions) |
Ewa Podles, Bruno Pratico, Paul Austin Kelly, Mariella Devia, Edoardo Borioli, Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Alla Scala - Renzetti |
DV-OPLFDR |
TDK |
£14.99 |
| GOUNOD: Faust (Parma February 1986) All Regions |
Gonzalez, Alfredo Kraus, Ghiuselev, Coviello, Vespasiani, Orchesta Sinfonica dell'Emilia Romagna “Arturo Toscanini” , Chorus of Teatro Regio di Parma - Alain Guingal
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HCD 4005 |
Hardy Classics |
£12.99 |
| ROSSINI: L'Italiana in Algeri (All Regions) Schwetzinger Festival 1987 |
Doris Soffel, Robert Gambill, Gunther von Kannen, Nuccia Focile, Susan McLean, Bulgarian Male Chorus Sofia, Stuttgart RSO - Weikert |
100 120 |
Arthaus |
£12.99 |
| DONIZETTI: La Fille Du Regiment (All Regions) |
Sutherland, Austin, Begg, Yurisch, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, The Australian Opera Chorus - Bonynge |
OA F4025 D |
Opus Arte |
£10.99 |
| WAGNER: Gotterdammerung [2 DVD SET] (All Regions) |
Deborah Polaski, Wolfgang Schmidt, Anne Schwanewilms, Falk Struckmann, Eric Halfvarson, Hanna Schwarz, Bayreuther Festspiele - Levine |
073 4340 |
DG |
£12.99 |
| BELLINI: Beatrice di Tenda (Region Code: 0) [2 DVD SET] |
Gruberova, Volle, Kaluza, Hernandez, M Christoff, Chor et Orchester der Oper Zurich - Viotti |
DV-OPBDTM |
TDK |
£14.99 |
| GILBERT & SULLIVAN: HMS Pinafore & Trial By Jury.
(All Regions) ‘…delightfully playful with just the right balance of tongue-in-cheek humour.’ The Daily Telegraph
‘ …a luminous cast, impeccable orchestra and spirited direction…’ The Age |
Anthony Warlow, David Hobson, Colette Mann, John Bolton Wood, Tiffany Speight, Ali McGregor, Opera Australia Melbourne Chorus, Orchestra Victoria - Greene |
OA F4009 D |
Faveo/BBC Opus Arte |
£8.99 |
| DONIZETTI: Maria Stuarda (All Regions) |
Carmela Remigo, Sonia Ganassi, Joseph Calleja, Riccardo Zanellato, Teatro Donizetti di Bergamo - Carminati |
33407N |
Dynamic |
£12.99 |
| BEVERLY SILLS in DONIZETTI The Daughter of the Regiment. (Playable in all Regions) |
Sills, McDonald, Malas, Costa-Greenspon, Anderson, Stevenson, Freyman, Wylie, Wexler, Filene Center Orchestra, the Wolf Trap Co. Chorus - Wendelken-Wilson |
VAI4212 |
VAI |
£14.99 |
| BERLIOZ: Les Troyens [2 DVD SET] ALL REGIONS |
Domingo, Norman, Troyanos, Monk, Cheek, Plishka, Ahlstedt, Catania, MET - Levine |
073 4310 |
DG |
£16.99 |
| GREAT STARS OF OPERA Vol. 1 -Telecasts from the Bell Telephone Hour 1959-66 - Giuseppe Di Stefano (1963) in Manon (Massenet): Je suis seul . . . Ah, fuyez, douce image. Renata Tebaldi (1959) in Madama Butterfly (Puccini): Un bel dì, Con onor muore. Risë Stevens (1959) in Natoma (Herbert): Beware of a hawk, my baby . . . Lonely am I. Robert Merrill & Robert Peters (1962) in Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini): Largo al factotum, Dunque io son (2:45). Anna Moffo & Nicolai Gedda (1962) in La Traviata (Verdi): Libiamo . . . Un dì felice. Leontyne Price (1963) in Il Trovatore (Verdi): D’amor sull’ali rosee. Leontyne Price (1966) in Aida (Verdi): Ritorna vincitor! Giulietta Simionato & Jon Vickers (1964) in Aida (Verdi): Già i sacerdotti adunansi. Richard Tucker (1965) in Pagliacci (Leoncavallo): Recitar! . . . Vesti la giubba. George London (1964) in Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky): Farewell, my son. Régine Crespin & Franco Corelli (1964) in Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi): Teco io sto! Victoria de los Angeles (1960) in La Bohème (Puccini): Si, mi chiamano Mimì. Régine Crespin (1965) in Tosca (Puccini): Vissi d’arte. Franco Corelli (1962) in Tosca (Puccini): E lucevan le stelle. Birgit Nilsson (1963) in Turandot (Puccini): In questa reggia. rgit Nilsson (1963) in erdämmerung (Wagner): Immolation Scene (Finale). Eileen Farrell (1959) in Tristan und Isolde (Wagner): Mild und leise (Liebestod). Joan Sutherland (1962) in Lucia di Lammermoor: (Donizetti): Mad Scene |
SEE ABOVE with The Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra and Chorus - Donald Voorhees |
VAI4201 |
VAI |
£14.99 |
| MARIA CALLAS (Living and Dying for Art and Love) - TDK now offers this documentary DVD, featuring excerpts of the Tosca that was to be her final triumph - Director Franco Zeffirelli devised the staging especially for Maria Callas' return to the stage in 1964 after a three year break. This documentary explores the causes for the artist's decision to finally say goodbye to opera for good. Friends and colleagues - all eminent personalities of the arts world like Placido Domingo and Grace Bumbry - speak about the soprano and their memories of her.The film also sets her unsurpassed and legendary Tosca interpretation against her dramatic personal life. The film explores the singer's relationship with the Greek billionaire - who was to marry Jackie Kennedy after ending his engagement to Maria Callas - and the tragic implications this had on the Diva's life and career. Bonus: Excerpts from "Tosca" with Maria Callas and Tito Gobbi; "Tre sbirri... Una carrozza..." (Act I); "Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore" (Act II); "E qual via scegliete?" (Act II) (REGION CODE: 0) |
featuring Grace Bumbry, Judi Dench, Plácido Domingo, Tito Gobbi, Antonio Pappano, David Webster, Franco Zeffirelli |
DV-DOCMC |
TDK |
£12.99 |
| MOZART: Le nozze di Figaro [2 DVD SET] ALL REGIONS. |
Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Roschmann, Christine Schafer, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, VPO - Harnoncourt |
073 4245 |
DG |
£12.99 |
| MASSENET Thais (ALL REGIONS) |
Mei, Petrusi, Joyner, Fel, Buffle, Orchestra e Coro Del Teatro La Fenice Di Venezia - Viotti |
33427 |
Dynamic |
£12.99 |
| MOZART: Die Zauberflote [REGION CODE 0] |
Dahlberg, Biel, Samuelson, Polgar, Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra & Chorus - Ostman |
102 013 |
Arthaus |
£13.99 |
| VERDI: Otello [ALL REGIONS] |
Domingo, Frittoli, Uncci, Catani, Ceron, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro Alla Scala - Muti |
DV-OPOTEL |
TDK |
£13.99 |
| VERDI GALA - Recorded live at the Teatro Padiglione Palacassa, Parma, 11.03.2001 - Arias from Aida, Un Ballo in Maschera, Il Corsaro, Don Carlo, Falstaff, La Forza Del Destino, Jerusalem, Nabucco, Otello, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Il Trovatore [REGION CODE 0] |
Alvarez, Carreras, Cura, Dessi, Devia, D'Intino, Domingo, Floris, Frittoli, Gorny, Matos, Nucci, Raimondi, Rinaldi, Rizzone, Scalchi, Zanellato, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Coro del Fetival Verdi - Mehta |
DV-GGDV |
TDK |
£13.99 |
| OFFENBACH: La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein [2 DVD SET] ALL REGIONS |
Lott, Piau, Beuron, Le Roux, Leguerinel, Huchet, Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre - Minkowski |
3 10239 9 |
Virgin |
£10.99 |
| PUCCINI: Tosca (Tokyo 22.10.1961) ALL REGIONS |
Tebaldi, Poggi, Guelfi, Paglicua, Onesti, NHK SO & Chorus, NHK Italian Opera Chorus - Basile |
VAI4416 |
VAI |
£15.99 |
| THE BEST OF JOAN SUTHERLAND - This DVD contains highlights of her stage performances with Opera Australia, including many of her most internationally famous and highly acclaimed roles. Featuring Lucrezia Borgia Donizetti (1977), Adriana Lecouvreur Cilea (1984), La fille du Régiment Donizetti (1986), Dialogues of the Carmelites Poulenc (1984), Norma Bellini (1978), Die Fledermaus Strauss (1982), Il trovatore Verdi (1983), Lakmé Delibes (1976), The Merry Widow Lehár (1988), Lucia di Lammermoor Donizetti (1986) (All regions) |
Joan Sutherland, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Elizabethan Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
OA F4007 D |
Opus Arte |
£8.99 |
| VERDI: Macbeth (Live from the Met) [2 DVD SET] REGION FREE |
Zeljko Lucic, John Relyea, Maria Guleghina, Raymond Renault, Dimitri Pittas, MET Orchestra, Chorus and Ballet - Levine |
2 06304 9 |
EMI |
£9.99 |
| TCHIAKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty (ALL REGIONS) [2 DVD SET] |
Het Nationale Ballet - Sofiane Sylve, Gaël Lambiotte. Holland Symfonia, Conductor Ermanno Florio |
OA 0904 D |
Opus Arte |
£11.99 |
| Gwyneth Jones - In Concert (Filmed at the Summer Festival of Lanaudière in Québec in 1988) - WAGNER: Dich, teure Halle (Tannhäuser). VERDI: Vieni, t'affretta... Or tutti sorgete (Macbeth). Sinfonia • Pace, pace, mio Dio (La Forza del Destino). PUCCINI: Vissi d'arte (Tosca). In questa reggia (Turandot). LEHAR: Vija-Lied (Die Lustige Wittwe). LLOYD WEBBER: Memory (Cats) (ALL REGIONS) |
G Jones, Orchestre Symphonic de Québec - Streatfeild |
VAIA4344 |
VAI |
£9.99 |
| PUCCINI: Manon Lescaut. (ALL REGIONS) Filmed live at the Metropolitan Opera on March 29, 1980 |
Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Pablo Elvira, Renato Capecchi, MET Orchestra and Chorus - Levine |
073 4241 |
DG |
£12.99 |
| VERDI: Oberto (ALL REGIONS). Bonus material: Interviews with Yves Abel and Ignacio García. Illustrated Synopsis & Cast Gallery. Recorded with High Definition cameras and with full multi-track surround sound.This performance of Verdi’s rarely staged first opera was the beginning of Bilbao Opera’s vast “Tutto Verdi” project.
'Verdi’s first opera launches the ambitious Tutto Verdi project. Yves Abel achieves optimum directing, rhythmic sense and ideal control of dynamics without renouncing to the boldness of this already fascinating young Verdi. Ildar Abrazakov achieves a personal triumph... his fantastic tessitura, interpretation, vocalization, and his privileged timbre, make this young bass a precious element.’ L’Opera (Milan) |
Ildar Abdrazakov, Evelyn Herlitzius, Carlo Ventre, Chorus of Opera de Bilbao, Orquesta Sinfonica del Principado de Asturias - Yves Abel |
OA 0982 D |
Opus Arte |
£14.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde [3 CD SET] PG*** recorded Covent Garden 18.6.1937, digitally remastered DELETION |
L Melchior, Flagstad, S Nilsson, Janssen, Klose, Hitchin, Chorus of Covent Garden, LPO - Beecham/Reiner |
CHS 7 64037 2 |
EMI |
£7.99 |
| Salome [2 CD SET] Munich 21.7.1951 (Digitally Remastered) |
M Lorenz, Barth, Borkh, Hotter, Fehenberger, Sabo, Keil, Ostertag, Kaussen, Bavarian State Orchestra - Keilberth |
C 342 932 I |
Orfeo |
£10.99 |
| WAGNER: Die Walkure Act III (rec. 1951, remastered) |
Varnay, Rysanek, Bjorling, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Karajan (1951) |
CDH 7 64704 2 |
EMI |
£3.99 |
| VERDI: La Forza Del Destino [2 CD SET] Turin 1942 |
Maria Caniglia, Galliano Masini, Carlo Tagliabue, Ernesto Dominici, Tancredi Pasero, Turin RAI Orchestra & Chorus - Marinuzzi |
043-023 |
Frequenz |
£3.99 |
| J STRAUSS JNR: A Night in Venice [2 CD SET] (broadcast 22/01/1938, remastered 1997) |
Wittrisch, Schmitt-Walter, Spletter, Zimmermann, Arndt-Ober, Seegers, Chorus & Orchestra of the Reichssender Berlin - Steiner |
8.110027-8 |
Naxos Historical |
£2.99 |
| GUSTAVE CHARPENTIER: Louise (version for the gramophone conceived and realised by the composer) Recorded 1935 |
Vallin (sop), Thill (tenor), Pernet (bass), Lecouvreuer (mezzo), Les Choeurs Raugel & Orchestra - Bigot |
NI 7829 |
Nimbus |
£3.49 |
| VERDI: Otello [18.12.1948] [2 CD SET] |
Vinay, Albanese, Warren, Lipton, Garris, Hayward, MET - Fritz Busch |
90377 |
Preiser |
£7.99 |
| PONCHIELLI: La Gioconda [2 CD SET] recorded Columbia 1931 |
Arangi-Lombardi, Stignani, Viviani, Granda, Zambelli, La Scala Milan Orchestra & Chorus |
EKR CD 38 |
Eklipse |
£3.99 |
| VERDI: La Traviata [2 CD SET] (Broadcast 05.01.1935, remastered 1998) (DELETION) |
Ponselle, Jagel, Tibbett, MET - Panizza |
8.110032-33 |
Naxos |
£6.99 |
| GLUCK: Alceste [2 CD SET] Broadcast 08.03.1941, Remastered 1997 |
Rose Bampton, Rene Maison, Leonard Warren, MET - Panizza |
8.110006-7 |
Naxos |
£2.99 |
| WAGNER: Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1951 (Decca Recording, previously unpublished) Small Tear on back of slipcase, but otherwise fine. |
Varnay, Aldenhoff, Uhde, Hongen, Pflanzl, Weber, Modl, Schwarzkopf, Bayreuth Festival Orch&Ch-Knappertsbusch |
SBT 4175 |
Testsament |
£19.99 |
| CONCHITA SUPERVIA - ROSSINI: Ai capricci della sorte..Donna Isabella (Italian Girl in Algiers). Una voce poco fa...Io sono docile. Contro un cor...Cara immagine ridente (The Barber of Seville). Nacqui all' affanno...Non piu mesta (La Cenerentola). GOUNOD: Il etait un roi de Thule (Faust). THOMAS: Connais-tu le pays? (Mignon). SAINT-SAENS: Printemps qui commence (Samson et Dalila). DELIBES: Bonjour Suzon, Eglogue (Viens une flute invisible). DE FALLA: 7 Canciones Populares Espanolas*. SERRANO: A una gitana preciosa (La Alegria Del Batallon). Cancion de la gitanita (El Mal De Amores). BIZET: L' amour Est Un Oiseau Rebelle, Pres Des Remparts De Seville, Les Tringles Des Sistres Tintaient, Attends Un Peu Carmen, La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee, Non Tu Ne M'aimes Pas, Melons! Melons! Coupons! En Vain Pour Eviter,C' est Toi! C' est Moi... Mais Moi, Carmen, Je T'aime Encore (Carmen)**. [2 CD SET] (rec. 1927-1932) |
Supervia, Orchestra - Albergoni/Cloez/Capdevila/Romero * with Marshall (piano), **with Micheletti (tenor), Vavon & Bernadet (sops), Orchestra - Cloez |
NI 7836/7 |
Nimbus |
£6.99 |
| WAGNER: Die Walkure [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1954, remastered |
Modl, Varnay, Nilsson, Lorenz, Hotter, Greindl, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus - Keilberth |
ARPCD 0282-3 |
Archipel |
£9.99 |
| WAGNER: Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1953, remastered |
Windgasseb, Steber, Uhde, Varnay, Greindl, Braun, Stolze, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus - Keilberth |
8.110308-10 |
Naxos |
£7.99 |
| WAGNER: Siegfried [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1951, remastered |
Aldenhoff, Varnay, Bjorling, Kuen, Pflanzl, Dalberg, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus - Karajan |
WLCD 0096 |
Walhall |
£9.99 |
| VERDI: Aida [2 CD SET] 1950's Mono |
Tebaldi, Protti, Caselli, Stignani, Corena, Del Monaco, de Palma, Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Rome - Erede |
THE50-22 |
The 50's |
£2.99 |
| WAGNER: Die Meistersinger Von Nurnberg [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1943 |
Prohaska, Lorenz, Muller, Arnold, Fuchs, Greindl, Bayreuth Festival - Furtwangler |
4CD 78066 |
Arkadia |
£9.99 |
| WAGNER: Tristan und Isolde [3 CD SET] Leipzig 21/23.10.1950, remastered |
Baumer, Suthaus, Westenberger, Wolfram, Frick, Chor des Mitteldeutschen Rundfunks, Gewandhausorchester Leipzig - Konwitschny |
WLCD 0118 |
Walhall |
£8.99 |
| WAGNER: Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Bayreuth 1954, remastered with 24 bit technology |
Windgassen, Nilsson, Varnay, Uhde, Adam, Fischer-Dieskau, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra - Jochum |
ARPCD 0281-3 |
Archipel |
£9.99 |
| LEHAR: Schon Ist Die Welt [2 CD SET] recorded Vienna 1942 |
Dermota, Kern, Von Jordan, Waldner, Niessner, Gerhold, Rothberg, Das Grosse Wiener Rundfunkorchester und Chor - Lehar |
CACD 5.00493 F |
CAntus Classics |
£3.99 |
| WAGNER: Die Walkure [3 CD SET] MET 06.12.1941 |
Melchior, Varnay, Kipnis, Schorr, Traubel, Thorborg, MET - Leinsdorf |
3 CD GA2037 |
Arkadia |
£5.99 |
| VERDI: Tosca [2 CD SET] Mexico City 28.06.1952, remastered |
Callas, Di Stefano, Campolonghi, Cerda, Choir and Orchestra del Palacio de Bellas Artes - Picco |
ARPCD 0049 |
Archipel |
£5.99 |
| GILBERT & SULLIVAN: The Yeoman of the Guard |
Walker, Portland, Furmedge, Dan Jones, Lilley, Moore, Columbia Light Opera Company |
SUN 2118 |
Sunflower Records |
£1.99 |
| WAGNER: Gotterdammerung [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1953 (only available in box set) |
Windgassen, Uhde, Neidlinger, Greindl, Varnay, Bayreuth Festival Orchestra and Chorus - Clemens Krauss |
4-CF 2010 |
Foyer |
£8.99 |
| WAGNER: Lohengrin [3 CD SET] Recorded 1951, remastered |
Vincent, Schech, Klose, Boehm, Wolff, Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus - Kempe |
URN 22.200 |
Urania |
£9.99 |
| WAGNER: Lohegrin - Complete. Tannhauser - Excerpts* [4 CDs] recorded. 1940 and 1937 (Tannhauser) remastered |
Von Brabant, Thorborg, Melchior, Huehn, List, MET - Leinsdorf, *Krauss, Eipperle, Schmitt-Walter, Karen, Chor und Orchester des Reichssenders Stuttgart - Carl Leonhardt |
205090-1 |
TIM |
£3.99 |
| FURTWANGLER Conducts WAGNER: 'Tatest du's wirklich?', 'Dunkt dich das? Ich weiss es anders' (Tristan und Isolde) (rec. 03.10.1947). 'Heil Konig Heinrich - Habt Dank ihr Lieben von Brabant', 'In fernem Land', 'Mein lieber Schwan - Fahr heim! Fahr heim!' (Lohengrin)* (rec. Bayreuth 1936) DELETION |
Suthaus, Frick, Schluter, Prohaska, Klose, Berlin State Opera - Furtwangler, *Von Manowarde, Volker, Muller, Klose, Bayreuth Festival - Furtwangler |
CD 74807 |
Fono |
£4.49 |
| LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci (rec. RCA Jan 1953) |
Bjorling, de los Angeles, Warren, Merrill, The Columbus Boychoir, The Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Orchestra - Cellini |
8.110258 |
Naxos |
£2.75 |
| PUCCINI Manon Lescaut (New York 1951) plus Jussi Bjorling in arias from Cavalleria Rusticana New York 1959 and Manon Lescaut Stockholm 1959 [2 CD SET] |
Jussi Bjorling, Dorothy Kirsten, Giuseppe Valdengo, Salvatore Baccaloni, Jean Madiera, MET - Antonicelli |
2 MCD 931.73 |
MYTO |
£6.99 |
| MOZART: Le Nozze Di Figaro [3 CD SET] 09.03.1940, digitally remastered (DELETION) |
Brownlee, Rethberg, Sayao, Pinza, Novotna, MET - Panizza |
CD-646 |
Music&Arts |
£11.99 |
| MOZART: Cosi fan Tutte [2 CD SET] Glyndebourne Festival 1935 |
Souez, Helletsgruber, Domgraf-Fassbaender, Heddle Nash, Eisinger, Borwnlee, Chorus and Orchestra Glyndebourne - Fritz Busch |
LRC 1127-2 |
Aura Music |
£4.99 |
| LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci (Reccorded 28 February 1948) Florence Quartararo A Memorial - The known and unknown recordings - Rare Broadcasts Arias, Recitals and Songs recorded 1945-1950 - HANDEL: Atlanta: Care Selve. GIORDANO: Andrea Chenier: La mamma morta. VERDI: Il Trovatore: Tacea le notta. PUCCNI: Tosca, Act I: Perche chiuso with Ramón Vinay. BIZET: Carmen, Act I duet: Parle-moi de ma mère with Ramón Vinay. April 5, 1945 – PUCCNI: Tosca: Vissi d’arte Radio debut as Florence Alba on the Bing Crosby Radio programs at age 23.
June 28, 1945 – MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete. RONALD: Cycle of Life “Love I have won you” (Summer). DELIBES: Les filles de Cadix Ford Sunday Evening Hour, orchestra conducted by Eugene Goosen, 28 April 1946. PUCCINI: Madama Butterfly: Un bel dì vedremo New Jersey Symphony, 18 November 1946 (conductor unknown). MOZART: Nozze di Figaro: Dove sono. MOZART: Don Giovanni: Taci ingiusto core with Ezio Pinza, Salvatore Boccaloni Standard Hour, 28 September 1947. VERDI: Otello, Act I duet (abridged) with Joseph Laderout, tenor Mutual Opera concert, 30 April 1950. MASSENET: Thaïs: Mirror Song Mutual Opera Concert, 11 February 1950. SCHUBERT: Ave Maria Union Square Christmas Concert San Francisco – Christmas Eve 1949 [2 CD SET] |
Ramòn Vinay, Florence Quartararo, Leonard Warren, Hugh Thompson, Metropolitian Opera Chours & Orchestra - Antonicelli |
GHCD 2291/2 |
Guild |
£5.99 |
| STRAVINSKY: The Rake’s Progress [2 CD SET] Recorded Columbia Studios 1953, remastered. |
Hilde Gueden, Eugene Conley, Blanche Thebom, Mack Harrell, Martha Lipton, Norman Scott, MET - Stravinsky |
8.111266-67 |
Naxos |
£4.99 |
| THE MAGNIFICENT VOICE OF ROBERT MERRILL (Early Recordings 1945-1950) - MEYERBEER: Adamastor re dell'onde (L'Africaine). LEONCAVALLO: Zaz piccola zingara (Zaza). VERDI: Di Provenza il mar (La Traviata), Il balen del suo sorriso (Il Trovatore). MASSENET: Vision fugitive (Herodiade). GIORDANO: Nemico della Patria! (Andrea Chenier). THOMAS: O vin dissipe la tristesse (Hamlet). OFFENBACH: Scintille diamant (Les Contes D'Hoffmann). BIZET: Toreador's Song. GOUNOD: Avant di quitter ces lieux (Faust). The Green-Eyed Drago (Newman-Charles). Mah Lindy Lou (Strickland). The Lord's Prayer (Malotte). When you walk in the room (Fields/Romberg). Ol Man River (Kern). I Got Plenty O' Nuttin' (Gershwin). Trees (Rasbach). Wanderin' (Kaye). Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair, Beautiful Dreamer (Foster). Juanita (Trad Spanish) DELETION |
Merrill, Orchestras - Morel/Leinsdorf/Case/Trotter, Edwards (piano) |
LCD 199-1 |
Legato Classics |
£5.99 |
| WAGNER: Parsifal [4 CD SET] Bayreuth 1951 |
Windgassen, Modl, Weber, London, Van Mill, Uhde, Bayreuth Festival Chorus & Orchestra - Knappertsbusch |
222185-444 |
Membran |
£8.99 |
| NELLIE MELBA Sings DONIZETTI: Del ciel clemente (Lucia di Lammermoor) with Gaubert (flute), Ronald (piano). TOSTI: Goodbye, with Ronald (piano). VERDI: Caro nome (Rigoletto), Sempre libera (La Traviata) with Orchestra - Ronald. TOSTI: La Serenata, with Ronald (piano). GOUNOD: Ah! Je vieux vivre (Romeo et Juliette) with Ronald (piano). BEMBERG: Chant hindou, with Bemberg (piano), Nymphes et sylvains, with Ronald (piano). BISHOP: Lo the gentle lark, with Fransella (flute), Ronald (piano). GOUNOD: Jewel song from Faust, with Ronald (piano). BISHOP: Home Sweet Home, with Squire (cello). BACH/GOUNOD: Ave Maria, with Ronald (piano). PUCCINI: Mi chiamano Mimi, with Ronald (piano). O Soave fanciulla, with Caruso and Orchestra (La Boheme). CHAUSSON: Le Temps des lilas, with Lapierre (piano). VERDI: Ave Maria (Otello), with ROH CG - Bellezza. PUCCINI: Donde lieta usci, with ROH CG - Bellezza, Addio dolce svegliare, with Mummery, Rettore, Brownlee, ROH CG - Bellezza. VERDI: Dite alla giovine, with Brownlee (ten), Craxton (piano). SZULC: Clair de lune, with Craxton (piano). Recorded 1904 - 1926, remastered |
SEE ABOVE |
5 85826 2 |
EMI |
£2.99 |
| EDMOND CLEMENT - The Complete Odeon (1905) and Victor (1911-13) recordings incl SCHUMANN: Four Duets with Geraldine Farrar, plus arias from Il barbiere di Siviglia, Roméo et Juliette, Manon, La Dame blanche, Le Roi d'Ys, Jocelyn, Werther, Mefistofele, Danté et Béatrice, Les Rameaux, Les pêcheurs de perles, Robert le Diable. Romances et Chansons du XVIII siècle, L' Adieu du matin by Emile Pessard, Chanson Lorraine by Arcadet, Poème d'Avril by Massenet, Il neige & Ça fait peur aux oiseaux by Herman Bemberg, Au clair de la lune by Jean-Baptiste Lully (DELETION) Transfers and audio restoration by Ward Marston |
Edmond Clément with Frank la Forge (piano), Orchestra - Rosario Bourdon |
82002-2 |
Romophone |
£5.99 |
| MOZART: Die Zauberflote [3 CD SET] Salzburg Festival 27.07.1949 (Digitally Remastered) |
Lipp, Seefried, Oravez, Greindl, Ludwig, Schmtt-Walter, Schoffler, Vienna State Opera Chorus, VPO - Furtwangler |
C 650 053 D |
Orfeo |
£14.99 |
| JUSSI BJORLING VOL.2 - BEETHOVEN: Adelaide. SCHUBERT: An Sylvia, Standchen, An die Leier. R STRAUSS: Cacilie. SIBELIUS: Svarta rosor, Sav sav susa. ALFVEN: Skogen sover. EKLOF: Morgon. SJOBERG: Tonerna*. TOSTI: Ideale*. PUCCINI: Recondita armonia, E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)*. Ch'ella mi creda libero (La Fanciulla Del West)*. O soave fanciulla (La Boheme with Schymberg (soprano))*. VERDI: E il sol dell's anima (with Schymberg (soprano)), La donna e mobile (Rigoletto)* FLOTOW: M'appari tutt' amor (Martha)*. BIZET: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Carmen)*. GOUNOD: Salut! demeure chste et pure (Faust)*. OFFENBACH: Au mont Ida trois deesses (sung in Swedish) (La Belle Helene)*. J STRAUSS: Wer uns getraut? (sung in Swedish) with Schymberg (soprano) (Der Zigeunerbaron)*. MILLOCKER: Ich hab' kein Geld bin vogelfrei (sung in Swedish) (Der Bettelstudent)* (rec. 1936-1941) |
Bjorling (tenor), Ebert (piano), *Orchestra - Grevillius |
NI 7842 |
Nimbus |
£3.99 |
| VERDI: Falstaff [2 CD SET] MET 1949, digitally remastered |
Warren, Resnik, Valdengo, Albanese, Di Stefano, MET - Fritz Reiner |
WLCD 0012 |
Walhall |
£7.99 |
| Work | Artist | Cat no | Label | Price |
|---|
| Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu: Duets & Arias DONIZETTI: Al dolce guidami (Anna Bolena), Tornami a die (Don Pasquale). MASSENET: Je suis seul!...Ah fuyez, Toi! Vous!...N'est-ce plus ma main... (Manon). MASCAGNI: Suzel buon di...Tutto tace (L'amico Fritz). OFFENBACH: Au Mont Ida (La Belle Helene). BERNSTEIN: Only you....Tonight (West Side Story).GOUNOD: Il se fait tard...(Faust). CHARPENTIER: Sepuis le jour (Louise). BERLIOZ: Nuit d'ivresse (Les Troyens). PUCCINI: O soave fanciulla (La Boheme). Penguin Guide *** |
A Gheorghiu (sop), R Alagna (ten), ROH Orchestra - Armstrong |
CDC 5 56117 2 |
EMI |
£3.49 |
| GREAT OPERATIC OPERAS sung in English. SAINT-SAENS: Softly Awakes my Heart (with Bruce Ford), Tonight seeking hither my prescence., O Love Drom thy pow'r let me borrow.., Fair Spring is returning. GOUNOD: Siebel's Flower Song. DELIBES: Lakme's & Mallika's Duet (with M Plazas) DONIZETTI: Leonora's Recitative Aria & Cabaletta. BERLIOZ: Maguerite's Romance. GLUCK: What is Life to me without thee... ROSSINI: Trio - Count Isolier & Countess (with Plazas & Ford). THOMAS: Mignon's Romance & Frederic's Rondo-Gavotte. OFFENBACH: Perichole's Griserie, Letter Song & Aria |
Diana Montague (mezzo), Philharmonia - Parry. Some premiere recordings in English |
CHAN 3010 |
Chandos |
£4.99 |
| GREAT OPERATIC ARIAS in ENGLISH - MOZART: Constanza, Constanza, to see you once more! (The Abduction from the Seraglio). DONIZETTI: I saw the tear...(The Elixir of Love). BIZET: The sounds of distant laughter (The Fair Maid of Perth). LALO: Since your unbending guardians...(The King of Y's). FLOTOW: None so rare none so fair...(Martha). HANDEL: Where'er you walk.ROSSINI: Murmuring breezes cool the air..(Armida), Finish this futile argument...(The Barber of Seville). VERDI: From these true lovers' lips..(Falstaff). DELIBES: Lakme! Lakme! It is you...(Lakme). RIMSKY-KORSAKOV: From crystal waters and from misty mountains (Sadko) |
Bruce Ford (tenor), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Phil - Parry |
CHAN 3006 |
Chandos |
£2.99 |
| JAMES MORRIS sings VERDI: Che mai vegg'io!..... Infelice! e tuo credevi (Ernani), O patria....O tu Palermo (I vespri siciliani), Studia il passo... Come dal ciel precipita (Macbeth), A te l'estremo addio...Il lacerato spirito (Simon Boccanegra), Ella giammai m'amo (Don Carlo). WAGNER: Die Frist ist um (The Flying Dutchman), Leb wohl du kuhnes, herrliches Kind! (Die Walkure) DELETION |
J Morris (bass), Munich Radio Orchestra - Weikert |
CDC 7 49287 2 |
EMI |
£3.99 |
| FISCHER DIESKAU - HINDEMITH: Cardillac "Was ich erschuf ist wurdig eines Konigs". WAGNER: Parsifal "Wehe Wehe mir der Qual!". R STRAUSS: Salome "Wo ist er, dessen Sundenbecher jetzt voll ist?". Die Frau Ohne Schatten "Mir anvertraut", "Nun will ich jubeln wie keiner gejubelt". VERDI: Falstaff "Die Ehre! Schurken!", Reverenza "Kommt's gute Frau nur naher" Live Bayreuth 1965-1976 |
Fischer-Dieskau, Bayreuth State Orchestra - Keilberth/ Sawallisch/Bohm with Rysanek, Stolze, Engen, Fassbaender, Tipton, B Nilsson, King |
C 544 001 B |
Orfeo |
£3.99 |
| KOZENA Sings Arias GLUCK: Le belle immagini d’un dolce amore, Oh, del mio dolce ardor (Paride ed Helena). Se mai senti spirarti sul volto (La Clemenza di Tito). MYSLIVECEK: Che mon mi disse, Dunque Licida ingrato… Piu non si trovano (L’Olimpiade). Saro qual e il Torrente (Antigona). Le belle immagini d’un dolce amore (Abramo ed Isacco) MOZART: Deh, per questo istante solo, Parto, parto, ma tu ben mio (La Clemenza di Tito) . Va pure ad altri in braccio (La Finta Gardiniera). Dunque sperar poss’io… Il tenero momento (Lucio Silla). Ah, qual gelido orror… Il padre adorato (Idomeneo). Voi, che sapete che cosa e amor (Le Nozze di Figaro ). |
Kozena (mezzo), Prague Philharmonia - Swierczewski |
471 334-2 |
DG |
£4.49 |
| KASAROVA - A PORTRAIT. HANDEL: Or la tromba in suon festante (Rinaldo). GLUCK: Che faro senza Euridice? (Orfeo ed Euridice). MOZART: Batti batti o bel Masetto (Don Giovanni), Voi che sapete che cosa a amor (Le nozze di Figaro). ROSSINI: Nacqui all'affanno e al pianto (La Cenerentola), Una voce poco fa (Il barbiere di Siviglia), Amici in ogni evento ....Pensa alla patria (L'italiana in Algeri). BELLINI: Se Romeo t'uccise un figlio (I Capuleti e i Montecchi). DONIZETTI: Sposa a Percy...Per questa fiamma indomita (Anna Bolena),Fia dunque vero....O mio Fernando! (La Favorita) [Gramophone Editor's Choice] |
Kasarova (mezzo), Bavarian Radio Chorus, Munich Radio Orchestra - Haider |
09026 68522 2 |
RCA |
£3.99 |
| ARIAS FOR FARINELLI - POPORA: Dall'amor piu sventuarto (Orfeo). Oh volesser gli Dei...Dolci freschi aurette. HASSE: Per questo dolce amplesso, Or la nube procellosa (Artaserse). BROSCHI: Ombra fedele anch'io, Qual guerriero in campo armato. GIACOMELLI: Quell'usignolo (Merope). Mancare Dio mi sento (Adriano in Siria). GALUPPI: Concerto a 4 in C minor |
Vivica Genaux (mezzo), Akademie dur Alte Musik Berlin - Jacobs |
HMC 901778 |
Harmonia Mundi |
£4.99 |
| SUSAN GRAHAM SINGS FRENCH OPERETTA ARIAS - C'est ca la vie c'est ca l'amour, Yes, Si vous saviez, O mon bel inconnu, Je ne vois rien...Lorsque je n'etais qu'une enfant, Les hommes sont biens tous les memes, Air de la Lettre, L'amour est un oiseau rebelle, Vois-tu je m'en veux, Etre adore, Je regrette mon Pressigny, Amour amour quel est donc ton pouvoir, Mon reve, C'est tres vilain d'etre infidele, C'est pas Paris c'est sa banileue, Vagabonde |
Graham, CBSO - Abel |
0927-42106-2 |
Erato |
£3.49 |
| The Art of JOAN SUTHERLAND (Recordings1959-1985) HANDEL: Tornami a vagheggiar (Alcina), Ah! Ruggiero crudel … Ombre pallide (Alcina). Let the bright seraphim (Samson ). With plaintive note (Samson ). Rejoice, greatly (Messiah). My vengeance awakes me (Athalia). V’adoro, pupille (Giulio Cesare ), Se pietà di me non senti (Giulio Cesare ), Da tempeste il legno infranto (Giulio Cesare ) BONONCINI: Per la gloria Griselda. PAISIELLO: Nel cor più non mi sento L’Amor contrastato, “La Molinara” PICCINNI: Furie di donna irata (La Cecchina). ARNE: The traveller benighted Love in a village Arne, The soldier tir’d (Artaxerxes). SHIELD: When William at eve, Whilst with village maids, Light as thistledown (Rosina). MOZART: Martern aller Arten (Die Entführung aus dem Serail). O zittre nicht, mein lieber Sohn … Zum Leiden bin ich auserkoren ( Die Zauberflöte). Or sai chi l’onore, Non mi dir (Don Giovanni). Porgi amor, Voi che sapete, Dove sono, Giunse alfin il momento … Deh vieni, non tardar (Le nozze di Figaro). L’amerò, sarò costante (Il re pastore). Vorrei spiegarvi, O Dio!, K418. Ch’io mi scordi di te … Non temer, K505. Allelujah (Exsultate, jubilate, K165). VERDI: Santo di patria … Allor che I forti corrono (Attila ). Dall’infame banchetto io m’involai … Tu del mio Carlo al seno … Carlo vive! ( I masnadieri ). Che! e segnar questa mano potrebbe l’onta mia? … Tu puniscimi, o Signore (Luisa Miller). Surta è la notte … Ernani! Ernani, involami (Ernani). Mia madre aveva una povera ancella … Piangea cantando (Otello). Mercé, dilette amiche (I vespri siciliani). WAGNER: Gerechter Gott … In seiner Blüte (Rienzi). Johohohe (Der fliegende Holländer). Dich, teure Halle, Allmächt’ge Jungfrau hör mein Flehen (Tannhäuser ). Einsam in trüben Tagen (Lohengrin). Du bist der Lenz (Die Walküre). O Sachs, mein Freund (Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg). Mild und leise wie er lächelt (Liebestod) (Tristan und Isolde). OFFENBACH: Conduisez-moi vers celui que j’adore (Robinson Crusoé). Dites-lui qu’on l’a remarqué, Vous aimez le danger … Ah! que j’aime les militaires! (La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein). Les oiseaux dans la charmille (Les Contes d’Hoffmann) MEYERBEER: Bellah! ma chèvre chérie! … Dors petite, Dieu! Comme cette nuit est lente … Ombre légère (Dinorah). C’est bien lui … La, la, la, air chéri, Veille sur eux … Vaisseau que le flot balance ( L’Etoile du Nord). En vain j’espère … Idole de ma vie ( Robert le Diable). O beau pays de la Touraine … Sombre chimère … A ce mot seul s’anime (Les Huguenots). CHARPENTIER: Depuis le jour (Louise) AUBER: C’est l’histoire amoureuse (Manon). Non temete, milord … Or son sola (Fra Diavolo). BIZET: Me voilà seule … Comme autrefois dans la nuit sombre (Les Pêcheurs de perles). La marguerite a fermé sa corolle … Ouvre ton coeur (Vasco da Gama). Pastorale. MASSENET: Ah! que mes soeurs sont heureuses … Reste au foyer, petit grillon (Cendrillon). De cet affreux combat … Pleurez mes yeux (Le Cid). De moi je veux bannir (Le Roi de Lahore). Esprits de l’air! Esprits de l’onde! … Roland! Roland! Roland! (Esclarmonde). Oh! Si les fleurs avaient des yeux. GOUNOD: O légère hirondelle (Mireille). Si le bonheur O Dieu! que de bijoux … Ah! je ris de me voir. Ce Sarrasin disait (Le Tribut de Zamora). Ah! je veux vivre (Roméo et Juliette). Sérénade. LECOCQ: Un soir Perez le capitaine (Le Coeur et la main). MASSE: Au bord de chemin … Cette nuit, sur ma croisée (Les Noces de Jeannette). DELIBES: Le Rossignol. Les Filles de Cadiz. FAURE: Le Papillon et le fleur. DONIZETTI: Pour ce contrat fatal … Salut à la France (La fIlle du régiment). Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce … Ardon gl’incensi (Lucia di Lammermoor). WEBER: Ocean! thou mighty monster! (Oberon) THOMAS: A vos jeux, mes amis, permettez-moi …Le voilà! Je crois entendre (Hamlet). VERDI: E strano! … Ah, fors’è lui …Follie! Delirio vano è questo! … Sempre libera (La traviata). BELLINI: Dormono entrambi … Mi chiami, o Norma! …, Deh! Con te, con te li prendi …, Mira, o Norma ... , Sì, fino all’ore estreme (Norma)
includes a number of first International CD releases [6 CD SET] |
Sutherland (sop), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Heather Begg (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano), Philomusica of London, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Symphony Orchestra of London, London Symphony Orchestra, The Academy of Ancient Music, National Philharmonic Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Orchestre des Concerts du Conservatoire, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Anthony Lewis, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli, Sir Adrian Boult, Christopher Hogwood, Granville Jones, Douglas Gamley, Nello Santi, John Pritchard |
475 6302 |
Decca |
£17.99 |
| Heroines of French Romantic Opera SAINT-SAENS: Mon Coeur S'ouvre A Ta Voix, Printemps Qui Commence (Samson et Dalila). GOUNOD: Oh Ma Lyre Immortelle (Sapho). BERLIOZ: Air De Marguerite (La Damnation de Faust). MASSENET: Air Des Lettres, Air Des Larmes (Werther). THOMAS: Connais - Tu Le Pays?... (Mignon)
LALO: Air De Margared (Le Roi d'Ys). BIZET: Nour Eddin Roi De Lahore (Djamileh). DONIZETTI: O, Mon Fernand (La Favorite) (Deletion) |
Denyce Graves (sop), Monte Carlo PO - Soustrot |
592056 |
FNAC Music |
£3.99 |
| SANDOR KONYA - OFFENBACH: Canzone di Kleinzack, Vivre, Duetto (Olympia & Hoffmann), Brindisi, Duetto (Antonio & Hoffmann) (Les Contes D'Hoffmann) rec. 03.08.1969. DONIZETTI*: Lucia perdona, Verranno a te sull'aure, Fra poco a me ricovero, Tu che a Dio spiegasti. (Lucia Di Lammermoor) rec 05.12.1964. WAGNER**: Das Susse Lied verhallt, Hochstes Vertaun (Lohengrin) rec. 01.02.1964. VERDI***: Io l'ho perduta, Dio che nell'alma infondere, Sei tu bella adorata, E dessa! Un delitto un sol (Don Carlo) rec. 02.091967. PUCCINI+: Recondita armonia, Mario! Mario! Qual occhio al mondo, E lucean le stelle, O dolci mani (Tosca) rec. 17.04.1965 [2 CD SET] Deletion |
Konya, Masple, Harper, Bacquier, Coro e orchestra del Teatro Colon di Buenos Aires - Maag, *Konya, Sutherland, Giaiotti, New York Opera - Varvisio, **Konya, Crespin, New York Opera Orchestra - Rosenstock, ***Konya, G Jones, Cvejic, Bruscantini, Tokyo NHK Orchestra & Chorus - Fabritiis, +Konya, Crespin, Scott, Flagello, New York Opera Orchestra - Cleva |
MEL 26518 |
Melodram |
£4.99 |
| ANDREAS SCHOLL Arias For Senesino - HANDEL:.Bel contento gia gode quest'alma (Flavio). Pompe vane di morte!...Dove sei amato bene? (Rodelinda). Dall'ondoso periglio...Aure deh per pieta, Al lampo dell'armi (Giulio Cesare in Egitto). Cara sposa (Rinaldo). ALBINONI: Stelle ingrate (Astarto). Selvagge amenita (Engelberta). LOTTI: Discordi pensieri (Teofane). Fosti caro agl'occhi miei (Gli delusi dal sangue). A SCARLATTI: Del ciel sui giri (Carlo re d'Allemagna). PORPORA: Va per le vene il sangue (Il trionfo di Camilla)
BBC Music Magazine Recommended - October 2005
Times Classical CD of the Week - September 2005
Telegraph Classical CDs of the Week - September 2005
Gramophone Editors Choice, Awards Edition - September 2005
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Scholl (counter-tenor), Accademia Bizantina - Dantone
|
475 6569 |
Decca |
£6.99 |
| CLASSIC RECITALS - TOM KRAUSE - MOZART: Fin Ch'Han Dal Vino (Don Giovanni). ROSSINI: Deh! Vieni Alla Finestra, Sois Immobile (William Tell). LEONCAVALLO: Scuoti, O Vento (La Boheme). GIORDANO: Nemico Della Patria! (Andrea Chenier). BORODIN: Ni Sna, Ni Otdikha Izmuchennoi Dushe (Prince Igor). WAGNER: O Du, Mein Holder Abendstern (Tannhauser). Die Frist Ist Um (The Flying Dutchman) (in gatefold presentation and original LP cover) |
Krause (baritone), Vienna Opera Orchestra - Quadri |
475 6814 |
Decca |
£3.99 |
| REGINE CRESPIN (Classic Recital Series) VERDI: Tracea La Notte Placida (Il Trovatore). Morro, Ma Prima In Grazia (Un ballo in maschera). Mia Madre Aveva Una Povera Ancella...Ave Maria (Otello). PONCHELLI: Suicidio! (La Gioconda). MASCAGNI: Voi Lo Sapete (Cavalleria Rusticana). PUCCINI: Un Bel Di (Mme Butterfly). BOITO: L'altra Notte In Fondo Al Mare (Mefistofele) [in gatefold presentation and original LP cover] DELETION |
Crespin (sop), ROH CG London - Downes |
475 393-2 |
Decca |
£5.99 |
| DI STEFANO's ONLY OPERA RECITAL ON DG - VERDI: "Se quel guerrier io fossi!, "Celeste Aida" (Aida), "Oh! fede negar potessi agl'occhi miei","Quando le sere al placido" (Luisa Miller), "Dio! mi potevi scagliar", "Niun mi tema" (Otello). BOITO: "Giunto sul passo estremo" (Mefistofele). MEYERBEER: "Mi batte il cor", "O paradiso" (L'Africana). PONCHIELLI: "Cielo e mar" (La Gioconda). PUCCINI: "Or son sei mesi" (La Fanciulla Del West". LEONCAVALLO: "Musette! O gioia della mia dimora" (La Boheme). CILEA: "La dolcissima effigie" (Adriana Lecouvreur). GIORDANO: "Amor ti vieta" (Fedora). PIETRI: "Io conosco un giardino" (Maristella). PIZZETTI: "Davvero quanto grande e la miseria" (Il Calzare D'Argento) Original LP cover art is reproduced in gatefold sleeve |
Di Stefano (tenor), Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino - Bartoletti |
477 6194 |
DG |
£4.99 |
| MOZART: Don Giovanni - Highlights. R STRAUSS: Der Rosenkavalier - Highlights* [2 CD SET] DELETION |
Shirley-Quirk, Armstrong, Tearm Mathes, Murray, Scottish CO - Gibson, *Dernesch, Anne Howells, Cahill, Langdon, SNO - Gibson |
CDCFPSD 4739 |
EMI |
£2.99 |
| JOSE CURA sings LEONCAVALLO: Prologo - Si Puo? - Recitar - Vesti La Giubba - Intermezzo (Pagliaci ). Musete! - Testa Adorata (La Boheme). CATALANI: Nel Verde Maggio (Loreley). GIORDANO: Improvviso - Como Un Bel Di Di Maggio - Fedora - Amor Ti Vieta - Marcella - Dolce Notte Misteriosa (Andrea Chenier). CILEA: La Dolcissima Effigie - Lanima Ho Stanca (Adriana Lecouvreur). Lamento Di Federico - E La Solita Storia Del ... (L'Arlesiana). FRANCHETTI: Student! Udite (Germania). MASCAGNI: Preludio E Siciliana - O Lola - Addio Alla Madre - Mamma - Quel Vino - Lodoletta - Se Franz Dicesse Il Vero - Guglielmo Ratcliff - Non Altro (Cavalleria Rusticana) |
Philharmonia - Jose Cura (tenor/conductor) |
3984-27317-2 |
Erato |
£2.99 |
| CALLAS Sings VERDI: "Tu Che La Vanita" (Don Carlos). Il Vespri Siciliani - Overture. BELLINI: Aria Finale "Col Sorriso D'Innocenza" Amsterdam July 1950 (DELETION) |
Callas (sop), Concertgebouw - Rescigno |
27066 |
Verona |
£3.99 |
| MASCAGNI: Vergini Muse.....Quando al soave anelito (Nerone). HANDEL: Vani sono i lamenti....Svegliatevi nel core (Giulio Cesare in Egitto). Tergi l'ingiuste lagrime (Ezio). BELLINI: Svanir le voci.... Meco all'altar di Venere....Me protegge me difende (Norma)**. BERLIOZ: Une heure encore...La glories etait ma seule idole (Benvenuto Cellini). VERDI: Oh tutto di navicelle...Ella in poter del barbaro!...Cara patria (Attila)**. SPONTINI: Ohime! quale apparato!...Ah! no s'io vivo ancora (La Vestale). WAGNER: Allmacht'ger Vater blick herab! (Rienzi). PUCCINI: Recondita armonia (Tosca) DELETION |
Placido Domingo (tenor), *with Placido Domingo Junior (tenor), Ambrosian Opera Chorus, **Ambrosian Opera Chorus |
CDC 7 54053 2 |
EMI |
£3.99 |
| Opera Gala - BIZET: "C'est Toi ... Au Fond Du Temple Saint", "De Mon Amie, fleur Endormie ... Ton Coeur N'a Pas Compris Le Mien" (Pearlfishers). THOMAS: "Adieu, Mignon", "Elle Ne Croyait Pas". ROSSINI: "Mon Fils ... Sois Immobile" (William Tell). "Zitti, Zitti, Piano, Piano" (The Barber of Seville). VERDI: "Amici!...Irne Lungi" (Alzira). BELLINI: "Or Dove Fuggo Io Mal?...Ah! Per Sempre Io Ti Perdei" (I puritani). DONIZETTI: "Pronta Io Son" Don Pasquale). DELETION |
Domingo (tenor), Swenson (sop), Hampson (baritone), Philharmonia and Chorus - Kohn |
CDC 5 55554 2 |
EMI |
£4.99 |
| JUAN DIEGO FLÓREZ (Arias For Rubini) BELLINI: Nel furor delle tempeste... per te di vana lacrime (Il pirata), Tutti siam... Odo il tuo pianto, o padre (Bianca e Fernando). ROSSINI: Che intesi!... Vendicar sapro l'offesa (Elisabetta Regina), Intesi... Se il mio rival (Il Turco in Italia), Non mi lasciare... Corriam! voliam (William Tell). Pace non trovo o ciel... Ah come nascondere (La Donna del Lago Paris1825)*. DONIZETTI: No, no dabbandonarla... Ma un solo conforto (Marin Faliero) STILL SEALED (*world premiere recording) |
Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Roberto Abbado |
475 9079 |
Decca |
£6.99 |
| CABALLE Sings SERRAT: Mediterraneo, La Saeta. CABALLERO: Cancion Andaluza from El Duo de la Africana. DOSTAL: "Ich bin verliebt" from Clivia. STOLZ: "Du sollst der Kaiser meiner Seele sein" from Der Favorit. BELLINI: "Dopo l'oscuro nembo" from Adelson e Salvini. GOUNOD: "O ma lyre immortell" from Sapho. MONTSERRAT MARTI Sings PUCCINI: "O mio babbino caro" from Gianni Schicchi. LEHAR: "Meine Lippen, sie kussen so heiss" from Giuditta. VERDI: "Caro nome" from Rigoletto CABALLE AND MARTI Sing BARBIERI: Bolero from Los Diamantes. PENELLA: Habanera from Don Gil de Alcala. MOZART: "Sull aria?...Che soave zeffiretto" from Le Nozze di Figaro. OFFENBACH: Barcarolle from The Tales of Hoffmann. (DELETION) |
Caballe and Marti, Orquestra Sinfonica del Gran Teatre del Liceu - Gimenez |
74321 29646 2 |
RCA |
£4.99 |
| Pavarotti in Central Park - VERDI: I Vespri Siciliani: Overture.. Luisa Miller: Quando le sere al placido. DONIZETTI: Lucia di Lammermoor: Fra poco a me ricovero. CILEA: L'arlesiana: Il lamento di Federico. LEONCAVALLO: Mattinata. MASCAGNI: Serenata. BIXIO: La mia canzone al vento. ELLINGTON: It Don't Mean A Thing. TRAD: I Can Go To God In Prayer. DI LAZZARO: Chitarra romana. SIBELLA: La Girometta. DENZA: Occhi di fata. BIZET/BORNE: Fantasie brillante sur Carmen. DE CRESCENZO: Rondine al nido. DE CURTIS: Non ti scordar di me. MASSENET: Werther: Pourquoi me reveiller? PUCCINI: Tosca: Recondita armonia, E lucevan le stelle. Turandot: Nessun Dorma DI CAPUA: 'O sole mio |
Pavarotti (tenor), Members of the NYPO - Magiera, with The Boys Choir of Harlem |
444 450-2 |
Decca |
£3.99 |
| MARIA CALLAS The Live Recitals - ROME 1952 & SAN REMO 1954, MILAN 1956 & ATHENS 1957, IN REHEARSAL DALLAS 1957, LONDON 1958 & 1959, HAMBURG 1959, STUTTGART 1959, AMSTERDAM 1959, LONDON 1961 & 1962, PARIS 1963 & 1976, IN CONVERSATION WITH EDWARD DOWNES [10 CD SET] |
Maria Callas (soprano), Orchestra della RAI, Roma - Fabritiis/Simonetto, Athens Festival Orchestra - Votto, Dallas SO and Chorus - Rescigno, Orchestra - Pritchard, LPO - Sargent, LSO - Rescigno, NDR SO - Rescigno, Concertgebouw - Rescigno, Philharmonia/ROH CG - Pretre, Sargent (piano), Orchestre National de la RTF - Prêtre, J Tate (piano) |
3 68022 2 |
EMI |
£16.99 |
| MASCAGNI: Cavalleria Rusticana. LEONCAVALLO: I Pagliacci* [2 CD SET] SUNG IN ENGLISH |
O'Neill, Miricioiu, Joll, Montague, Bainbridge, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, LPO - Parry, *Opie, O'Neill, Bronder, Mannion, Parfitt, Hall, Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Peter Kay Children's Choir, LPO - Parry |
CHAN 3005 |
Chandos |
£6.99 |
| RUTH ANN SWENSON Sings DONIZETTI: "Ah! tardai troppo...I luce di quest'anima" (Linda di Chamounix). "Regnava nel silenzio....Quando rapito in estasti" (Lucia di Lammermoor). BELLINI: "O rendetemi la speme..Qui la voce...Vien diletto". (I Puritani). "A te diletta...Come per me sereno...Sovra il sen." (La sonnambula). GOUNOD: "Ah! Je veux vivre" (Romeo et Juliette). MEYERBEER: "Adieu, mon doux rivage...Pour celle qui m'est chere." (L'Africaine). "O beau pays de la Touraine!...A ce mot seul s'anime." (Les Huguenots). "Ombre legere qui susi mes pas" (Dinorah) DELETION |
Swenson (sop), LPO - Rescigno |
D 105824 |
EMI |
£4.99 |
| KARAJAN (The Vienna Years 1946-1949, remastered) - MOZART: "Bei Mannern, welche Liebe fuhlen" (Die Zauberflote)*, "Arten aller Arten" (Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail)* R STRAUSS: "Es gibt ein Reich" (Ariadne auf Naxos)**. "Kann mich auch an ein Madel erinnern"***, "Quinquin er soll jetzt geh'n"***, "Herr Gott im Himmel"*** (Der Rosenkavalier). "Abstieg in die Cisterne"+, "Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht"+, "Ah! warum hast du mich nicht angeseh'n"+ (Salome). J STRAUSS: "So elend und treu" (Die Zigeunerbaron)**. SMETANA: "Endlich allein....Wie fremd und tot (The Bartered Bride)++ (includes a number of first releases) DELETION |
VPO - Karajan, *with Schwarzkopf (sop), Kunz (bar), **Cebotari (sop), ***Schwarzkopf & Seefried (sops), +Welitsch (sop), Schuster (contralto), Witt (tenor), ++Konetzni (sop) |
CDM 5 66394 2 |
EMI |
£4.99 |
| JOSE CARRERAS Sings Zarazuelas - GUERRERO: Canto a la Espada. SORIANO: Jota de Perico. PANELLA: Si Torero Quiero Se. VIVES: No Quiero Que Sepa Que Aqui Vengo Yo. SERRANO: Relato de Rafael, Te Quiero Morena. BALAGUER: Adios Para Siempre. BARBIERI: No Hay Que Quitar los Hilvanes. NIETO/GIMENES: Me Llaman LA Primorosa. SOUTULLO/VERT: Amor Mi Raza Sabe Conquistar. BARRERA: Granadina. SOROZABAL: No Puede Ser. CABALLERO: Duo Jota (DELETION) |
Carreras (tenor), ECO - Ricci, with Isabel Rey (soprano) |
4509 95789 2 |
Erato |
£4.99 |
| AURORA: HECTOR PANIZZA: Cancion a la Bandera, Intermezzo Epico Aurora. BELLINI: Recitativo e cavatina di Pollione. Scena II, atto I - (Norma). VERDI: Recitativo ed aria di Corrado. Scena I, atto I (Il Corsaro). Scena ed aria di Rodolfo. Finale II, atto II (Luisa Miller). MEYERBEER: Aria di vasco da Gama. Atto IV - L’Africana. BOITO: Romanza di Faust. Epilogo, atto IV (Mefistofele). PONCHIELLI: Recitativo e romanza di Enzo. Atto II (La Gioconda). MASCAGNI: Aria di Fritz. Scena III, atto III (L’amico Fritz). GIORDANO: Preludio. Atto II, Aria di Vassili. Atto II (Siberia). , composed in 1907 by Hector Panizza /Bonus track. Recording Back stage |
Sinfonia Varsovia - José Cura (dir/tenor) |
AV 0010 |
Avie |
£4.99 |
| BRIGIT NILSSON Sings MOZART: Or sai chi l'onore (Don Giovanni). BEETHOVEN: 'Abscheulicher wo eilst du hin?..Komm Hoffnung (Fidelio). Ah perfido Op.65. WEBER: 'Ozean du Ungeheuer' (Oberon). 'Wie nahte mir der Schlummer...Leise leise' (Der Freischutz). WAGNER: 'Mild und leise' (Tristan und Isolde). VERDI: 'Ecco l'orrido campo...Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa' (Un ballo in maschera) 'Pace pace mio dio' (La forza del destino). 'Ritorna vincitor', 'Qui Radames verra...O patria mia' (Aida) |
Nilsson (sop), Philharmonia - Wallberg/Ludwig |
SBT 1200 |
Testament |
£7.99 |
| Gala Concert with Leonie Rysanek and James King (Munich 21.01.1974) - PONCHIELLI: Prelude, Tanz der Stunden, "Suicido! In questi fieri momenti" (La Gioconda). PUCCINI: "Mario! Mario!", "Vissi d'arte, vissi 'damore", "E lucevan le stelle" (Tosca). LEONCAVALLO: "Recitar! - Vesti la giubba" (Der Bajazzo). STRAUSS: Reisefiber unde Walzerszene aus den symphonischen Zwischenspielen (Intermezzo). "Es gibt ein Reich, wo alles rein ist" (Ariadne auf Naxos). WAGNER: "allmacht'ger Vater, blivk herab!" (Rienzi). "Dich teure Halle gruss ich wieder" (Tannhauser). "Wintersturme wichen dem Wonnemond (Walkure). Siegfried's Rhine Journey (Gotterdammerung) [2 CD SET] DELETION |
Rysanek, King, Munich Radio Orchestra - Wallberg |
GM 4.0065 |
Golden Meoldram |
£10.99 |
| MONTSERRAT CABALLE (Donizetti - Rossini - Verdi Rarities) - ROSSINI: Tanti affetti in tal momento (La Donna del Lago), O tu, del mio dolor; Assisa a’ piè d’un salice (Otello), Inflammatus et accensus (Stabat Mater), D’amore al dolce impero (Armida), O Patria dolce; Tu che accendi questo core; Di tanti palpiti (Tancredi), L’ora fatal s’appressa; Giusto ciel! In tal periglio (L’Assedio di Corinto). DONIZETTI: Plauso! Voci di gioia; Sin la tomba è a me negata! (Belisario), No, più salir non ponno; Ciel, sei tu che in tal momento; Ugo è spento (Parisina d’Este), Fatal Goffredo!; Trono e corona (Torquato Tasso), Lascia, Guido, ch’io possa vendicare; Una voce al cor; Egli riede (Gemma di Vergy). VERDI: Ah! Non m’hanno ingannata!; Grave a core innamorato (Un Giorno di Regno [Il finto Stanislao]), Qual prodigio!; Non fu sogno! (I Lombardi), No, mi lasciate; Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente (I due Foscari), Riposa. Tutte, in suo dolor vegliante; Da Gusman, su fragil Barca (Alzira), Liberamente or piangi; Oh! Nel fuggente nuvolo (Attila), Egli non riede ancora!; Non so le tetre immagini (Il Corsaro), Oh, cielo! Dove son’io!; Ah! Dagli scanni eterei (Aroldo) [2 CD SET] |
Caballe (sop), ORCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus/LSO, Ambrosian Chorus - Cillaro/Guadagno (Verdi) |
82876 62309 2 |
RCA |
£7.99 |
| Bryn Terfel Special Edition - Toreador Song, Shenandoah, Bugeilio'r Gwenith Gwyn, The Pearl Fishers' Duet, The Lord is my shepherd, Danny Boy, Bella notte, Goin Home, Swing low sweet chariot, Home Sweet Home, Ave Maria, Il mio cuore va, At the River, None but the lonely heart, If I can help somebody, Lullaby, Abide with Me, Lazybones. PLUS Bonus CD - The Impossible Dream, Plaisir d'amour, Granada, God Bless the Child, Amazing Grace, Tua Bethlehem Dref, O Come All Ye Faithful, Shenandoah (Video) |
Terfel with Bocelli (tenor), Finch (harp), Martin (pipes), London Voices LSO - Wordsworth with Mormon Tabernacle Choir |
477 5125 |
DG |
£4.99 |
| LUCIA POPP Sings DVORAK: "Za stihlou gazelou" (Armida). "Mesicku na nebi hlubokem", "Mladosti sve pozbavena" (Rusalka). JANACEK: "To je mamincina jizba" (Jenufa). SMETANA: "Kdybych se co takoveho", "O jaky zal! Jaky to zal!" (La sposa venduta). "Ja je mi?" (Dalibor). PROKOFIEV: "Kakoye pravo oni imyeyut" (War and Peace). TCHAIKOVSKY: "Uzh polnoch blizitsya" (Pique Dame). "Pooskai pogibnoo ya" (Eugne Onegin) (DELETION) |
Lucia Popp, Munich Radio Orchestra - Soltesz |
5 69987 2 |
EMI |
£4.99 |
| RUSSIAN OPERA ARIAS Vol.1 - TCHAIKOVSKY: THE QUEEN OF SPADES - Overture, 'I do not know her name', 'Forgive me, heavenly creature', 'What is our life? A game!'. EUGEN ONEGIN: Waltz Act II, 'I love you Olga', Polonaise Act III, 'Where o where have you gone?', Ecossaise Act III. RIMSKY-KOSRAKOV - MAY NIGHT: Overture, 'The sun is low', 'Sleep my beauty'. ARENSKY - DREAM ON TEH VOLGA: Overture. RAPHAEL: Song of the Off-Stage Singer. MUSSORGSKY - SOROCHINTSY FAIR: Gopak, 'Why, o heart, do you sob and groan'. |
Vladimir Grishko (tenor), National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine - Kuchar, Ukraine State RSO - Sirenko |
8.554843 |
Naxos |
£2.99 |