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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded in 1962) Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Robert Merill / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Sir John Pritchard [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2012 ] "Sutherland's performance puts lovely things in the listener's way at every stage" (Gramophone) |
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VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Operatic Duets Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Jane Berbie, Huguette Tourangeau, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Marilyn Horne, Carlo Bergonzi, etc [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 10/Oct/1982 ] Original recordings from 1959 to 1974 |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / MEYERBEER / GIORDANO / CILEA / MILLER
Carlo Bergonzi sings Puccini, Verdi and more ... Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) with various orchestras & conductors [ Regis Records / CD - released 20/Jul/2009 ] "Some aspirated vowels and occasional over- emphases are the only things to criticise in this collection of arias sung with superb artistry." BBC Music Magazine, June 2009 ***** |
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RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete opera with libretto) Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Carlyle, Giuseppe Taddei, Ugo Benelli / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon The Originals / CD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] "..long-breathed, expansible tempi and the minimum of exaggeration. Karajan's choice of soloists was clearly aimed to help that...rarely if ever on record has the La Scala Orchestra played with such beautiful feeling for tone-colour." - Penguin Guide |
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PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI / VERDI / CILEA / MEYERBEER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Carlo Bergonzi Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) with Fernando Corena, Libero Arbace & Sylvia Stahlman [ Decca Grandi Voci / CD - released 14/Aug/1994 ] One of the century's defining operatic tenors, Carlo Bergonzi, died after a short illness on 26th July at the age of 90. Celebrated for his interpretations of the great Verdi roles in particular. |
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GIACOMO PUCCCINI
Puccini: Madam Butterfly (complete opera recorded in 1960) Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Enzo Sordell, Fiorenza Cossotto / Chorus & Orchestra Of Accademia St. Cecilia, Rome, Tullio Serafin [ Alto / 2 CD - released 11/Apr/2011 ] "sensitive and beautifully-paced reading finds Tebaldi at her most radiant. … her singing is consistently rich and beautiful, breathtakingly so in passages like the one where she tells Pinkerton she has changed her religion." (Penguin Guide 3 stars) |
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BELLINI / BIZET / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / VERDI
Pearlfishers' Duet: World-Famous Operatic Duets Ettore Bastianini / Carlo Bergonzi / Mario del Monaco / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Jose Carreras [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] There is always a special pleasure in the blending of two fine voices, and composers have usually been happy to provide it during the course of their operas. Characters may join their voices in a unity of feeling, or in extreme disagreement, or in... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
A Bolshoi Opera Night (recorded live at the Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, 6 September 1989) Lucia Aliberti / Alfredo Kraus / Hermann Prey / Carlo Bergonzi / Alan Titus / Irina Archipowa / Luisa Bosabalian / Mark Ermler (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / DVD - released 13/Nov/2006 ] Exclusive and for the first time, the complete gala concert, including two rare and extraordinary interpretations of Russian arias from Mussorgsky and Borodin, is now released on DVD by Arthaus Musik. |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / GOUNOD / MASCAGNI / BIZET / MOZART / etc
50 X Opera Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabeth Harwood, Mirella Freni, Brigitte Fassbaender, Carlo Bergonzi, Joan Sutherland, Renata Tebaldi, etc [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2016 ] From Pavarotti performing "La donna è mobile" [Rigoletto] to Brigit Nilsson's dazzling "Isoldes Liebestod" [Tristan und Isolde] here is a generous selection of popular opera classics performed by leading performers from the vast Decca catalogue. |
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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 |
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VERDI
Attila Ruggero Raimondi, Sherrill Milnes, Cristina Deutekom, Carlo Bergonzi / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra & Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca Operas / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Luisi gives it all he can, and has decent singers." (BBC Music) |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / MASSENET / CANTELOUBE / STRAUSS / RACHMANINOV
Anna Moffo - the complete RCA recital albums Anna Moffo (soprano) with Richard Tucker, Carlo Bergonzi & Alfredo Kraus [ RCA Living Stereo / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2016 ] One of the brightest stars in the 20th-century operatic firmament, the Pennsylvania-born soprano Anna Moffo (1932-2006) enjoyed a meteoric rise in the 1950s and 1960s that saw her conquer all the major opera houses in Europe and America. After making... |
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VERDI
Rigoletto (Complete opera recorded in 1964) Carlo Bergonzi, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Renata Scotto, Ivo Vinco, Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. Rafael Kubelik [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] 'Kubelik is a conductor in Fricsay's class as his support for Fischer-Dieskau's Rigoletto reveals. Fischer-Dieskau once more reaches to a character's soul' (Gramophone) |
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VERDI
I Masnadieri (Complete opera) Carlo Bergonzi, Piero Cappuccilli, Ruggero Raimondi, Montserrat Caballe / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "As this excellent Philips recording makes plain, the long neglect of I Masnadieri is totally undeserved ... With Gardelli as ever an urgently sympathetic Verdian, and a team of four excellent principals, splendidly recorded, the set can be warmly... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Opera Arias Renée Fleming, José Carreras, Domenico Trimarchi, Montserrat Caballé, Luciano Pavarotti, Carlo Bergonzi, etc [ Decca Virtuoso / CD - released 23/Apr/2012 ] Spend a lovely time revelling in the wealth of magnificent Puccini recordings. |
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GIOCOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 1964/5) Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi, Giorgio Tadeo / aris Conservatoire Orchestra, Paris Opera Chorus, Georges Prêtre [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Tosca was the role in which - in 1965, the year this recording was made - Callas gave her last complete performances at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, the Metropolitan Opera and the Paris Opéra. This was her final complete recording of an... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 1964/5) Maria Callas, Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi, Giorgio Tadeo / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Paris Opera Chorus, Georges Prêtre [ Warner Classics Legendary Opera Recordings / 2 CD Box Set - released 23/Sep/2016 ] This Tosca was Maria Callas's final studio recording of a complete opera. In 1965, 12 years after her first recording of the opera (made in Milan Victor de Sabata) she was reunited in Paris with the Scarpia of Tito Gobbi. Both singers bring new... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera recorded in 1967) Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Anna di Stasio, Rolando Panerai / Rome Opera, Sir John Barbirolli [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD - released 25/Apr/2018 ] 'a performance that will remind you of the first time you fell in love with this opera' (Good CD Guide) |
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Bach-Gouno
Carlo Bergonzi - Weihnachten Carlo Bergonzi, Gumpoldskirchner Spatzen; ORF-Symphonieorchester, Paul Angerer [ ORFEO / CD - released 22/Oct/1984 ] |
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Tosti, Fra
Ausgewählte Lieder Carlo Bergonzi; Orchestra da camera di Roma, Eduardo Mueller [ ORFEO / CD - released 8/Jun/1984 ] |
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VERDI / PUCCINI
Carlo Bergonzi: Puccini & Verdi Arias & Duets Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) with Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Enzo Sordello (baritone) & Ettore Bastianini (baritone) [ ALTO / CD - released 20/Apr/2013 ] "Bergonzi emerges as a model among tenors, with a rare feeling for the shaping of phrases and attention to detail" (Penguin Guide) |
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Verdi, Pon
Berühmte Duette Carlo Bergonzi,Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau; Symphonieorchester d. BR, Jesus Lopez-Cobos [ ORFEO / CD - released 12/Jan/1984 ] |
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VERDI
Attila (Complete opera recorded in 1973) Cristina Deutekom, Carlo Bergonzi, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherill Milnes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca Grand Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] Blazing drama and thrilling singing from an all-star cast as Attila returns to the catalogue. |
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PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGIERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Complete Operas) [with Opera Intermezzi] Fiorenza Cossotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Taddei / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro all Scala, Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / 3 CD Box Set - released 3/Feb/2002 ] Includes a booklet with the synopsis and libretto of both operas in German, Italian, English and French. |
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VERDI
Macbeth (Complete opera recorded in 1959) Leonard Warren, Carlo Bergonzi, Leonie Rysanek / Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2011 ] Includes a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (Complete opera recorded in 1967) Leontyne Price, Carlo Bergonzi & Shirley Verrett / RCA Italiana Opera Chorus & RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Bergonzi is both impassioned and refined in what was, perhaps, his best and favourite role, He chuckles urbanely in the laughing song, declaims his love for Amelia with real ardour and laments giving her up with deep sensitivity and plangent tone." |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Verdi Luciano Pavarotti, Joan Sutherland, Carlo Bergonzi, Marilyn Horne & others [ Decca / CD - released 10/Jun/2009 ] 15 famous arias, duets, and choruses of Verdi from the classic Decca catalogue. |
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50 BEST ROMANTIC CLASSICS
50 Best Romantic Classics: Includes Offenbach 'Barcarolle', Debussy 'Clair de lune' & Dvorak 'Song to the Moon' Martha Argerich, Julian Bream, Herbert von Karajan, Moura Lympany, Anne-Sophie Mutter, Carlo Bergonzi, etc [ EMI Classics / 3 CD - released 20/Jun/2010 ] All the greatest romantic classics performed by the world's greatest soloists, instrumentalists and orchestras. |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Madama Butterfly (Complete Opera recorded in 1959) Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo Sordello / Coro Dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 20/Sep/2009 ] "There are few accounts of the role that are more securely, more gloriously sung, and with a voice that seems without a flaw throughout its register" Gramophone |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 1959) Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Giulietta Simionato / Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan [ Alto / 2 CD - released 10/Jan/2010 ] "One immediately registers the sheer size of Tebaldi's soprano on her entry...This (Aida) has held its place in the hierarchy for the sixty years since its issue" (MusicWeb) |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / BERLIOZ / SIBELIUS / RACHMANINOV / etc
Georges Prêtre - The Complete RCA Album Collection Various orchestras conducted by Georges Prêtre, with Alexis Weissenberg, Anna Moffo, Carlo Bergonzi, Shirley Verrett, etc [ Sony RCA Red Seal / 12 CD Box Set - released 3/Dec/2017 ] A box with 12 CDs brings together the complete recordings for RCA of the great French director GEORGES PRÊTRE, who died in January 2017 at the age of 92 years. This complete compilation honors his legacy, both in opera and concert repertoires. The... |