More By Artist: Cecilia
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Otello (complete opera) Jonas Kaufmann, Federica Lombardi, Carlos Álvarez / Orchestra e Coro dell'Academia Nationale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Sony / 2 CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] Jonas Kaufmann is now the Otello of this generation. This recording project is the crowning glory of his journey to become today's key exponent of this legendary role. Verdi's Otello is a remarkable four-act opera based on Shakespeare's play... |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Ermione (complete opera recorded in 1988) Cecilia Gasdia, Margarita Zimmermann, Ernesto Palacio / Orchestre Philharmonique De Monte-Carlo, Claudio Scimone [ Erato / Warner Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 12/Oct/2009 ] Ermione was first performed at the Teatro di San Carlo, Naples, on 27 March 1819. For reasons that are as yet unclear, the opera was withdrawn on 19 April after only seven performances, and was not seen again until well into the 20th Century. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: The 3 Symphonies [Deluxe Edition] Marie-Nicole Lemieux (mezzo), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nadine Sierra (soprano), etc / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Orchestral |
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 |
LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: 3 Sonatas For Harp & Violin Masumi Nagasawam Cecilia Bernardini [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] In 1805, on the basis of his brilliant yet expressive playing, the 21-year-old Louis Spohr was appointed Konzertmeister at the ducal court in Gotha. By this time he had also begun to make his mark as a composer, and during his years at the court he... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recordedin 1992) Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Alessandro Corbelli / Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Operas / 2 CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "All eyes and ears, inevitably, are on Bartoli, and she doesn't disappoint...The singing itself is ravishing. At the same time, the performance makes dramatic sense...Decca provide a superb Alidoro, an alluring Clorinda, inventive and elaborate conti |
GIACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Overtures / Andante e tema con variazioni Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The one rarity here is the overture to Le siège de Corinthe...Pappano's performance is vivid but a good deal more humane [than Toscanini's]." (Gramophone) |
NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Farinelli Arias Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, with Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] "Jaroussky's rapid passagework in quick heroic arias is precise...but the outstanding moments are slow arias that could have been tailor-made for Jaroussky's sweetly graceful melodic singing." Gramophone Awards 2014 Shortlisted - Recital |
PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER / MOZART / DVORAK / VERDI / GRANADOS
Portrait of Pilar Pilar Lorengar (soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Giuseppe Patanè [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 27 / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] A collection which celebrates the phenomenal career of this popular international soprano |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (Highlights from the opera) Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianni d'Angelo / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 28/May/1988 ] "it still sounds astonishingly vivid,with a very convincing theatrical atmosphere. Vocally the performance achieves a consistently high standard, with Tebaldi as Mim the most affecting." Penguin Guide |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini - Madama Butterfly (Highlights from the complete opera) Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, Nell Rankin, Giovanni Inghilleri / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] "Tebaldi rises to every climax with opulent, unforced tone..Giuseppe Campora appeared regularly at the Met between 1955 and 1965. He sings naturally and musically, with no forcing of his attractive, lightish voice at climaxes." MusicWeb |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Forza del Destino (highlights recorded in 1955) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini / Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [ Decca / CD - released 1/Oct/1997 ] 'Tebaldi, as always, makes some lovely sounds, and the mezza voce in the soaring theme (first heard in the overture) in 'madre, madre, pietosa Vergine' is exquisite...the brilliance and atmosphere of the recording add much to the listener's pleasure" |
ALLEGRI / VICTORIA / GUERRERO / POULENC / SCHUTZ / etc
Miserere (For Lent, Holy Week & Easter) Saint Cecilia Choir of St John Cantius Church, Daniel V Robinson [ Sony Classical / CD - released 26/May/2017 ] From the heart of Chicago, St. John Cantius presents the St. Cecilia Choir through the emotional depth of Holy Week from Chicago's St. John Cantius Church. The triumphal Ingrediente Domino of "Palm Sunday" marks Jesus' triumphal entry into Jerusalem... |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michele Pertusi / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "A Turandot for the ages? This recording holds its own against venerable competition and, in the original Alfano completion, is unique." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Opera |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Giordano: Andrea Chenier (complete opera) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini / Orchestra e cora dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Gianandrea Gavazzeni [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 2/Feb/1990 ] Originally recorded 1957 |
Tebaldi/Bergonzi/Santa Cecilia Orchestra/Serafin
Puccini: La Boheme [ Alto / 2 CD - released 12/Sep/2011 ] |
ROSSINI / GLUCK / GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / MEYERBEER / BRAHMS
Varduhi Abrahamyan - Rhapsody Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano) / Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco Gianluca Capuano, with Araik Bartikian (duduk) & Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] Varduhi is a Franco-Armenian mezzo-soprano. She appeared with Cecilia Bartoli in Alcina. Her upcoming house debut at the Met Opera as the title role in Carmen. The album features a duet with Cecilia Bartoli. |
PUCCINI / VERDI / LEONCAVALLO / WAGNER / GOUNOD / etc
Grand Opera Choruses (Madama Butterfly, Fidelio, Lohengrin, Carmen, etc) Vienna State Opera / London Opera Chorus / Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Ambrosian Opera Chorus [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] All the great opera choruses on one CD |
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Handel Gold Various Artists: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Crispian Steele-Perkins (trumpet), Cecilia Bartoli, Plácido Domingo, Joan Sutherland, Anne Sofie von Otter [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD - released 9/Mar/2009 ] "This is not really an issue to ponder too much in depth, rather lean back, shut one's eyes and just enjoy. Those who find the repertoire to their liking can rest assured that the performances are fully worthy of the music." (MusicWeb June 2009) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sosarme (complete opera recorded in 1955) Alfred Deller, William Herbert, Nancy Evans, Margaret Ritchie, etc / The Saint Cecilia Orchestra, Anthony Lewis [ ABC Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] 'Sosarme should cause a good deal of excitement … L'Oiseau-Lyre has assembled a brilliant cast.' New York Times |
