GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete opera recorded in 1977) The Metropolitan Opera / Placido Domingo, Ileana Cotrubas, Cornell MacNeil / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 27/May/2004 ] "Yes, Rigoletto is a singer's opera, but Verdi also poured into it some of his most dramatic as well as melodic music. That said, the vivid colours of the production have come up amazingly well and the sound is clear." (MusicWeb Dec 2006) |
Chris Cornell
No One Sings Like You Anymore (LP) [ Universal / LP - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Vicky Cornell and her children, Toni and Christopher, on behalf of The Chris Cornell Estate in conjunction with UMe, release No One Sings Like You Anymore, Chris Cornell's handpicked collection of 10 cover songs, which he personally selected and... |
LUKAS FOSS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Foss: Complete Vocal Chamber Music Judith Kellock (soprano) Lukas Foss (piano, narrator, conductor) / Cornell Contemporary Singers [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/1997 ] Foss was appointed professor of music at UCLA in 1953, replacing Arnold Schoenberg. While there he founded the Improvisation Chamber Ensemble, which made its Boston debut in 1962 for the Peabody Mason Concert series. He founded the Center of the... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Tosca (Complete opera recorded in 1978) Metropolitan Opera / Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Verrett, Cornell Macneil / James Conlon (cond) [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 7/Oct/2010 ] Luciano Pavarotti will always be associated with the role of the painter Cavaradossi in Puccini's Tosca. His interpretations of the arias 'Recondita armonia' and 'E lucevan le stelle' became two of his greatest hits, which he sang at all his concerts. |
PIETRO MASCAGNI
Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera) Mario del Monaco, Giuletta Simionata, Anna di Stasio, Cornell MacNeil, Ana Raquel Satre / Coro e orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Ser [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 12/Sep/2015 ] Orginal recording made in 1961 |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Tosca (Complete Franco Zeffirelli production recorded in March 1985) Metropolitan Opera / Hildegard Behrens, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Italo Tajo, James Courtney / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2006 ] "This production contains enough atmosphere for 20 Tosca's." (New York Magazine) |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (Franco Zeffirelli's film of the complete opera) Metropolitan Opera / Teresa Stratas, Placido Domingo, Cornell MacNeil, Pina Cei / James Levine (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 6/Sep/2007 ] "Surpassingly voluptuous…a spinning wheel of colors and textures." (Variety) |
Chris Cornell / Soundgarden
Chris Cornell (Deluxe 4CD Box Set) [ Universal Music / 4 CD - released 16/Nov/2018 ] A commemoration of Chris Cornell's life and legacy not only as a singer, but as a poet and one of the most prolific writers and greatest voices of the modern rock era. Vicky Cornell worked extensively with Chris' bandmates and friends to compile a... |
Cornell Campbell
Natty Dread / Anthology (2CD) [ 2 CD ] |
VERDI
Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1962) Renato Cioni, Joan Sutherland, Cornell MacNeil / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Nino Sanzogno [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Joan Sutherland (Gilda), Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto), Renato Cioni (Il Duca), Cesare Siepi (Sparafucile), Stefania Malagu (Maddalena), Anna di Stassio (Giovanna) |