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ARAIA / CALDARA / GRAUN / PORPORA / etc.
Sacrificium - The Art of the Castrati Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) / Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini [ Decca Music Group DVD / DVD - released 15/Mar/2010 ] Cecilia Bartoli sings virtuoso arias from her Sacrificium album, on location in and around the spectacular baroque palace of Caserta in Southern Italy. |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL / ALESSANDRO SCARLATTI / ANTONIO CALDARA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Opera Proibita Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) / Les Musiciens du Louvre / Marc Minkowski [ Decca Records / CD - released 20/Sep/2005 ] "A touch of the Fellinis as a scorching Bartoli meets the banned" RECORDING OF THE MONTH GRAMOPHONE Nov 2005 |
VINCENZO BELLINI / GIOACHINO ROSSINI / GAETANO DONIZETTI
Cecilia Bartoli - An Italian Songbook Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with James Levine (piano) [ Decca Originals / CD - released 15/Feb/2009 ] In 2007/08, Bartoli devoted her time to studying and recording the early 19th-century repertoire - the era of Italian Romanticism and bel canto - and especially the legendary singer Maria Malibran. |
CACCINI / HANDEL / VIVALDI / BELLINI / ROSSINI / SCHUBERT / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cecilia Bartoli - Live In Italy (Recorded live in June 1998) Cecilia Bartoli (soprano) with Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) [ Decca Records / CD - released 15/Feb/2001 ] Cecilia live! |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 (complete ballet) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Ballet Edition / 2 CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] The first recording of The Prince of the Pagodas at the Royal Opera House, with Britten himself conducting. The Prince of the Pagodas is Britten's only full-length ballet - a glittering score full of the oriental harmonies and instrumental colour... |
GASPARINI / MARCELLO / PASQUINI / SCARLATTI / etc
Arcadia Andreas Scholl (counter-tenor) Accademia Byzantina, Dantone [ Decca Records / CD - released 8/Dec/2003 ] "Scholl is the star in this elegant collection of lesser-known music about rural love" Editor's Choice - Gramophone Magazine (March 2004) |
BEETHOVEN
Fidelio (complete opera recorded in 1990) Jessye Norman, Reiner Goldberg, Kurt Moll, Pamela Cobur / Staatsopernchor Dresden & Staatskappelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] "..the rugged strength characteristic of Haitink's Beethoven is consistently contrasted against the most refined, transparent textures, with the Staatskapelle Dresden playing beautifully." (Gramophone) |
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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 |
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BRITTEN / SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / HANDEL / BACH / etc
Anniversary Tribute [6 CD set] Peter Pears (tenor) with various orchestras & accompanists [ Decca Records / 6 CD Box Set - released 1/Dec/2012 ] "All in all, a superb tribute to one of the most characterful and important singers of the twentieth century." Penguin Guide, 2011 edition. |
SHOSTAKOVICH
Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 / Chamber Symphony Op.110a Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy [ Decca 20th Century / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] " it is clear from the finale that the orchestra and conductor are both enjoying themselves." (MusicWeb) |
