Since you are interested in Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Rigoletto (Complete opera) Piero Cappuccilli, Ilena Cotrubas, Placido Domingo / Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / 2 CD - released 13/Jan/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - Gripping performance lead by Placido Domingo as the Duke |
DONIZETTI
l'Elisir d'Amore (Complete opera) Joan Sutherland (soprano) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra. Richard Bonynge [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Joan Sutherland makes Adina a more sunbstantial figure than usual, full-throatedly serious at times, at others jolly like the rumbustious marie; in the key role of Nemorino, Luciano... |
RAMEAU
Rameau 1764-2014 [10 CD boxed set] Claron McFadden, Sandrine Piau, Isabelle Poulenard, Howard Crook, Jerome Correas / Les Arts Florissants, William Christie [ Harmonia Mundi / 10 CD Box Set - released 11/Jan/2008 ] "These could be creaking performances after the passage of so much time but they're not are they, they're still vital and this set as a whole makes a very cost effective guide for anyone who's got a Rameau shaped hole on their record shelves" CDRevie |
GOUNOD
Faust (complete opera) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) Cesare Siepi (bass) Dorothy Kirsten (soprano) Frank Guarrera (baritone) Lawrence Davidson (baritone) Anne Bollinger (sop) [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD - released 27/Jul/2005 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1851-1900) - "This 3 CD set contains some of the most glorious tenor singing ever recorded. Buy it!!!" - Göran Forsling, MusicWeb international, July 2005 |