GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi Heroines Maria Callas (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Nicola Rescigno [ EMI Classics / CD - released 5/Mar/2007 ] "Classic Callas recordings, which should be in every opera lover's collection" Penguin Guide |
CILEA / GIODANO / CATALANI / BOITO / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / DELIBES
Maria Callas - Operatic Arias Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Music / CD - released 6/Dec/1986 ] 13 arias from a specially recorded recital by Maria Callas |
PUCCINI / DELIBES / ROSSINI / WAGNER ./ VERDI / CANTANI / BIZET
The Movies Go To The Opera Renata Scotto, Jose Carreras, Mady Mesple, Maria Callas, Nicolai Gedda, Carlo del Monte, Victoria de los Angeles, etc [ EMI / CD - released 2/Feb/1988 ] Favourite classical tracks from classic movies! |
VERDI
Verdi Arias I [Verdi Heroines] Maria Callas (soprano) / Phiharmonia Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD - released 4/Feb/2015 ] This recital brings together three operas from the earlier years of Verdi's career (Nabucco, Ernani and Macbeth) and one of his greatest mature masterpieces (Don Carlo). Callas sang all of them on stage apart from Ernani, and Lady Macbeth proved a... |
MASCAGNI
Cavalleria rusticana (complete opera recorded in 1953) Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Anna Maria Canali, Ebe Ticozzi / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD - released 10/Dec/2014 ] In 1939, as a 15-year-old student in Athens, Maria Callas made her stage debut in the demanding role of Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana. Five years later she sang it professionally with the Greek National Opera Company. In 1953, when she was already... |
VERDI
Verdi Arias III (1964-69) Maria Callas with Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Paris Opéra Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] 'I love these recordings: for Callas' command of line, of declamation, of rhythm, of dramatic and musical sense. Callas at her very finest!' (Gramophone) |
BELLINI / BIZET / CATALANI / CILEA / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI / etc
Maria Callas: Pure Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Oct/2014 ] One of the 20th century's most legendary and enduring icons, Maria Callas was both a glamorous diva and a global superstar who captivated audiences worldwide with her vivid and passionate performances. This disc features Callas in a glittering... |
PACHELBEL / BEETHOVEN/ CHOPIN / BIZET / GRIEG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Best-Loved Classics Volume 6 Thomas Allen (baritone) Rudolf Buchbinder (piano) Maria Callas (soprano) Montserrat Caballe (soprano) & others [ EMI Classics / CD - released 10/Jun/1988 ] The perfect introduction to the world's most popular classics with recordings drawn from the vast EMI catalogue. |
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci (Complete opera recorded in 1954) Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Rolando Panerai / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] While Pagliacci's regular companion piece, Cavalleria rusticana, figured prominently in Callas's early career, Leoncavallo's one-acter had no place in her stage repertoire. But as Gramophone wrote of this recording: 'When Callas [as Nedda] and Gobbi... |
MOZART / BEETHOVEN / WEBER
Maria Callas: Mozart, Beethoven, Weber recital (1963-1964) Maria Callas (soprano) / Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] This recital of Austro-German repertoire (albeit composed to Italian and English texts) was prompted by Callas's indignation on discovering that her EMI producer, Walter Legge, had chosen his wife, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, for a recording of the Verdi... |
BOITO / CATALANI / CILEA / DELIBES / GIORDANO / MEYERBEER / ROSSINI / VERDI
Lyric & Coloratura Arias (Rec 1954) Maria Callas (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] 'A highly desirable conflation which allows us to hear Callas's unique voice and art with even greater faithfulness. Serafin gives admirable support throughout.' (Gramophone) |
PUCCINI
Puccini Arias (recorded 1954) Maria Callas (soprano) / Philharmonia Orchestra, Tullio Serafin, conductor [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Callas came to be closely identified with Tosca, and it was the only Puccini role she sang with any frequency during her reign as a prima donna. Turandot had figured prominently in her early career, and she performed Cio-Cio San (Madama Butterfly)... |
Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras
Lyric & Coloratura Arias [ Regis Records / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "these are from the 1950's when the voice was still in fine condition and its artistry most magnetic" - Penguin Guide |
PUCCINI / ROSSINI / MASCAGNI / BELLINI /WAGNER / DELIBES / DONIZETTI / etc
Masterclass (Rec 1949 - 1955) [3 CD set] Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras and conductors [ Masterclass / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2008 ] Maria Callas (1923-1977) One of the greatest and most versatile operatic singers of the last century, Maria Callas born to Greek parents in New York City, on 2nd December, 1923. |
PUCCINI
Puccini Arias (& Madama Butterfly highlights) Maria Callas with other artists [ Regis Records / CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "By the time she has come to the end of the phrase, with a tenderly regretful portamento on "morbide", you are won and for the remainder of the recital sit back with scarcely the will-power to wipe away a furtive tear or prevent another from taking... |
BELLINI / PUCCINI / VERDI / etc.
Very Best of Maria Callas: 14 Classic Arias Maria Callas (soprano) [ ALTO / CD - released 10/Feb/2014 ] |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1959) Maria Callas, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli, Bernard Ladysz / Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 18/Nov/2014 ] In the six years that had passed since 1953, and her first recording of Lucia di Lammermoor, Callas's voice had maybe become less robust, but her singing had become still more perceptive. As Gramophone said: 'Mme Callas has refined her interpretation... |
ROSSINI / GOUNOD / BIZET / VERDI / PONCHIELLI / etc
Callas in Concert - The Hologram Tour Maria Callas (soprano) with various singers & conductors [ Warner Classics / CD - released 18/Sep/2018 ] Official Hologram Tour soundtrack, featuring legendary Callas recordings |
Maria Callas
La Divina [ Not Now / 2 CD - released 19/Oct/2010 ] |
VERDI
Arias & Mad Scenes Maria Callas [ Alto / CD - released 12/Sep/2011 ] "This CD encapsulates the essence of Callas's genius. Recorded in 1958, the last year her voice was wholly reliable, every track is something to wonder at." |