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MOZART / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY / WAGNER / BOITO / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Jonathan Lemalu: Opera Arias Jonathan Lemalu (bass-baritone) / New Zealand Symphony Orchestra. James Judd [ EMI Music / CD - released 18/Apr/2005 ] "Every so often a musician arrives on the scene with a talent so richly endowed that the musical world sits up and takes note." - Gramophone editor James Jolly |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Comte Ory (complete opera recorded in 2011) Metropolitan Opera / Juan Diego Flórez, Diana Damrau, Joyce DiDonato / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Mar/2012 ] "The terrific cast was headed by the tenor Juan Diego Flórez as Ory..The soprano Diana Damrau brought her lustrous, agile coloratura soprano voice, and charisma galore, to Adèle." (NY Times) |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE - Rossini: Heros and Heroines Marilyn Horne (mezzo soprano) / L'Orchestre de la Suisse romande / Royal Philharmonic Orchetra / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 20/Jun/1998 ] 'Marilyn Horne's generously filled recital disc brings us one of the most cherishable among all Rossini aria records ever issued. The voice is in glorious condition, rich and firm throughout its spectacular range, and is consistently used with... |
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DONIZETTI / BELLINI / MOZART / PONCHIELLI / VERDI / PUCCINI / ROSSINI
Casta Diva: Famous Italian Arias and Scenes BLU-RAY Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Thomas Hampson, Yvonne Kenny, Eva Marton, Ann Murray, Dame Joan Sutherlan and others [ Arthaus Musik Blu-Ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Feb/2019 ] This collection of Famous Arias and Scenes, opera's finest, most exciting moments, will dazzle opera lovers and newcomers alike. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Pietra del paragone (complete opera) Agata Bienkowska (mezzo) / Alessandro Codeluppi (tenor) / Raffaele Constantini (bass) / Anna Rita Gemmabella (sop) / Anke Herrmann (sop) [ Naxos Opera Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 2/Jun/2004 ] "Polish mezzo Agata Bienkowska...here evinces a rich-toned flexible voice of considerable promise ..The conductor, Alessandro de Marchi, is well known in early music circles. He brings clear articulation to the ensembles." MusicWeb |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Ricciardo e Zoraide (complete opera) Alessandra Marianelli, Silvia Beltrami, Maxim Mironov, Randall Bills / Camerata Bach Choir, PoznaĆ, Virtuosi Brunensis, José Miguel Pérez-Sierra [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2018 ] "High standards of florid singing allow this performance to take flight and remain in the air: in fact..it's a vocal feast. Conductor José Miguel Pérez- Sierra shows considerable expertise" Opera, June 2018 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Torvaldo e Dorliska (complete opera) Anna Rita Gemmabella, Huw Rhys-Evans, Paola Cigna / ARS Brunensis Chamber Choir / Czech Chamber Soloists / Alessandro de Marchi [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD - released 14/Sep/2006 ] Torvaldo e Dorliska belongs to the category, stemming from France, of rescue opera, so called from the basic pattern of plot that is common to these pieces, among them Rossini's La gazza ladra as well as Beethoven's Fidelio. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 1988) Cecilia Bartoli, David Kuebler, Gino Quilico, Carlos Feller / Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gabriele Ferro [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 2/Nov/2018 ] "All the singers benefit from Michael Hampe's imaginative yet uneccentric direction and from Gabriele Ferro's well-calibrated (if not exactly warm-hearted) conducting." Opera |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera with full libretto recorded in 1992) Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Alessandro Corbelli / Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca DVD / DVD - 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... |
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GOUNOD / PUCCINI / STEIBELT / MASSENET / MOZART / ROSSINI / etc
Miroir(s): Opera Arias Elsa Dreisig (soprano), Orchestre National Montpellier Occitanie Pyrénées Méditerranée, Michael Schønwandt [ Erato Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2019 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Recital |
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DUKAS / OFFENBACH / ROSSINI / TCHAIKOVSKY
Solti at the Ballet [Incls 'La Boutique fantasque' & 'Gaîté Parisienne'] Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2016 ] "an absolutely splendid recording …This Solti performance [of La Boutique fantasque] is sheer delight, played as it is with a combination of style and gusto it needs; a most exhilarating performance …this is an excellent debut on Decca" Gramophone |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Mose in Egitto (1819 Naples version of the complete opera) Giuseppe Fedeli, Wojtek Gierlach, Lorenzo Regazzo, Giorgio Trucco / Wurttemberg Philharmonic Orchestra / Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 30/Jan/2008 ] Rossini's Mosè in Egitto, described as an azione tragico-sacra, combines the biblical narrative of the release of Moses and the Israelites from Egypt, and a more characteristically operatic element in the love of Pharaoh's son Osiride for the Hebrew... |
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GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera directed by Peter Hall in 2005) BLU-RAY Glyndebourne Opera / Raquela Sheeran / Lucia Cirillo / Ruxandra Donose / Nathan Berg / Vladimir Jurowski (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Aug/2008 ] DVD Blu-Ray - "The BD disc offers an excellent reproduction of the "live" experience that will surely warm the hearts of those who cannot make it to the opera house often enough." (Blu-Ray.com) |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Barbiere Di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Highlights) Hakan Hagegard, Jennifer Larmore, Raul Gimanez, Samuel Ramey / Lausanne Chamber Orchestra, Jesus Lapez-Cobos [ Teldec / CD - released 1/Jul/1994 ] "Barbara Frittoli makes a good showing in her aria and Jennifer Larmore seems sublimely unfazed by the conductor's fast tempi. The voice is always full and warm, the coloratura flawless and the characterization vivid." (MusicWeb July 2004) |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (Highlights from the opera) Jennifer Larmore, Raul Gimenez, Gino Quilico, Alessandro Corbelli / Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Carlo Rizzi [ Teldec / CD - released 14/Jun/2004 ] "What really makes a reading of Cenerentola stand out is the handling of the ensembles. In this respect Carlo Rizzi is outstanding." (MusicWeb July 2004) |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (Complete Opera recorded in 1992) Jerry Hadley, Bruno Praticò, Susanne Mentzer, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey / Orchestra della Toscana, Gianluigi Gelmetti [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 10/Dec/1993 ] "..an absolutely complete text (the recent critical edition by Alberto Zedda is used) shorn of the accretions of nearly 200 years, and singers of the calibre of Thomas Hampson and Samuel Ramey." Classical-Music |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / MASSENET / OFFENBACH / etc
Live at the Sydney Opera House 1983 & 1985 Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ ABC Opera Australia / 2 CD - released 22/Jan/2021 ] This double CD restores to the catalogue two landmark events, and performances never to be forgotten. |
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ARNE / HANDEL / BELLINI / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / MOZART / VERDI / etc
Joan Sutherland - The Art of the Prima Donna Joan Sutherland (Soprano) / Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] Sutherland's sensational debut recital album, long unavailable on its own, reissued with photographs and rarely seen costume designs for the soprano's signature roles. |
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MOZART / GOUNOD / GLUCK / MASSENET / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / VERDI / etc
100 Best Opera Classics Maria Callas, Roberto Alagna, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Gedda, Placido Domingo, Boris Christoff, Kiri Te Kanawa, Christa Ludwi [ EMI Classics / 6 CD Box Set - released 6/Mar/2006 ] This set offers 100 opera tracks, 6 CDs at a super special price! |
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GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLETCABLE: Rossini: L'italiana In Algeri (highlights from the opera] Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey, Kathleen Battle / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Teldec Apex / CD - released 24/Jan/2005 ] "Absolutely enchanting!" - MusicWeb Feb 2005 |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 2009) Metropolitan Opera / Elina Garanca, Lawrence Brownlee, Simone Alberghini / Maurizio Benini (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 12/Dec/2014 ] "Garanca is something special. The voice, pure, warm, ample in power and range, she has achieved a mastery in Rossini's florid style, using no quick fixes...Benini's conducting is sure in its feeling for wit and elegance, and the orchestra respond" |
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VERDI / DONIZETTI / BIZET / BELLINI / ROSSINI / THOMAS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Opera Gala Placido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Ruth Ann Swenson / Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Eugene Kohn [ EMI Classics / CD - released 1/Aug/1996 ] 'An opera gala with a difference. Instead of cherry-picking the usual highlights, it gives us arias and duets in the context of complete scenes, which affords the added novelty of the stars taking on supporting roles they would never usually sing' |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Tancredi (Complete opera) Sumi Jo (sop) Anna Maria di Micco (contralto) Stanford Olsen (tenor) Ewa Podles (contralto) / Collegium Instrumentale Brugense, Alberto Zedda [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD - released 8/Jan/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera.recorded in 1981) Teatro alla Scala / Frederica von Stade, Margherita Guglielmi, Laura Zannini, Francisco Araiza, Claudio Desderi, Paolo Montarsolo / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / Unitel DVD / DVD - released 8/Nov/2005 ] Jean-Pierre Ponnelle's staging of this classic fairy tale, originally created for the San Francisco Opera in 1969, has been one of the most successful opera stagings of the 20th century |
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GIOACCHINIO ROSSINI
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri [An Italian in Algeries] (complete opera recorded in 2013) Teatro Comunale di Bologna / Anna Goryachova, Alex Esposito, Yijie Shi & Mario Cassi / José Ramón Encinar [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] Pesaro's new offering in 2013 was an off-the-wall production of Rossini's popular comedy, 'The Italian Girl in Algiers', presented as a Swinging Sixties, James Bond adventure, set in the desert oil fields of the North African coast. Davide... |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Barber of Seville, The [Il barbiere di Siviglia] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 21/Jun/2005 ] In the 1970s, the era from which this production emanates, the director Jean Pierre Ponnelle was reaching the height of his powers. In his 1972 production at Milan's La Scala, Ponnelle designed a realistic set that still feels fresh. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recorded in 1972) Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Renato Capecchi, Paolo Montarsolo / Scottish Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jan/2013 ] "One of the great classic opera recordings of a work that balances farce with touching romance." (BBC Music) |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia [The Barber of Seville] (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Theatre Des Champs-Elys / Florian Sempey, Catherine Trottmann, Michele Angelini, Péter Kálmán [ Naxos Unitel Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 7/Jul/2020 ] "The period orchestra is technically impressive and admirable in its range of colour. Jérémie Rhorer is a spirited conductor, conveying the score's sophistication in lithe, witty fashion." Opera |
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LEONCAVALLO / MOZART / DONIZETTI / CILEA / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / VERDI / WOLF-FERRARI / GIORDANO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Tito Gobbi - Italian Opera Arias Tito Gobbi (baritone) with various orchestras and accompanists [ EMI Studio / CD - released 1/Oct/1989 ] Featuring various orchestras including Orchestra Del Teatro Alla Scala, Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma, Philharmonia Orchestra and The London Symphony Orchestra |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon (1827 Paris version) (complete opera) Baurzhan Anderzhanov, Elisa Balbo, Randall Bills, Alexey Birkus, Albane Carrère, Silvia Dalla Benetta / Virtuosi Brunensis, Fabrizio Maria Carminati [ Naxos / 3 CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Following the French theatre tradition for spectacular biblical dramas during Lent, Rossini's Moïse was an incredible success at its Parisian premiere in 1827, and the opera is presented here in its complete form. |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri (The Italian in Algers) (Complete Opera) Agnes Balsa, Frank Lopardo, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra. Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jan/2002 ] "Abbado's brilliant version was recorded in conjunction with a new staging by the Vienna State Opera, with timing and pointing all geared for wit on stage to make this the most captivating of all recordings of the opera." - Rosette (Highest Award)... |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Semiramide (complete opera) Albina Shagimuratova, Daniela Barcellona, Mirco Palazzi, Barry Banks, Gianluca Buratto / Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Sir Mark Elder [ Opera Rara / 4 CD Box Set - released 5/Oct/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Opera |
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ROSSINI
Matilde di Shabran (complete opera) Annick Massis / Juan Diego FlArez / Prague Chamber Choir / Orquesta SinfAnica De Galicia / Riccardo Frizza [ Decca / 3 CD - released 19/Sep/2006 ] "The opera itself is a joy. Typically pacey and tuneful, it was originally composed in a mad hurry, though revised at leisure. On this evidence it deserves to be, if not a mainstay, then at least a regular visitor to opera houses." Recording of the... |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Guglielmo Tell [William Tell] (Complete Opera recorded in 1972) Gabriel Bacquier, Montserrat Caballé, Nicolai Gedda / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli [ EMI The Opera Series / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2011 ] "Gardelli is a tasteful, alert conductor who raises the roof impressively in some of the more climactic moments and he maintains drive and interest throughout Tell's vast canvas." (International Record Review) |
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ROSSINI
Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Le Comte Ory / La Cenerentola (complete operas recorded 1982-1997) Glyndebourne Opera / Robert Dean / Kathleen Kuhlmann / Ludovic Tezier / Maria Ewing / Stella Woodman / Marc Laho / Various conductors [ Warner Classics / NVC Arts DVD / 3 DVD - released 20/Sep/2008 ] "The London Philharmonic are in crack form and they have a conductor to take full advantage of their fizzing expertise" The Times on La Cenerentola |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Three Early Operas: Ermione / La Donna del Lago / Bianca e Falliero Gregory Kunde, Carmen Giannattasio, Douglas d'Angus, Patricia Bardon, Majella Cullagh, Jennifer Larmore / David Parry, Maurizio Benini (conds) [ Opera Rara / 8 CD Box Set - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Opera Rara presents a new Opera Rara Classics boxset with a limited edition of three sought-after opere serie by Gioachino Rossini, performed by international bel canto champions. Now remastered to the best audio quality. |
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DONIZETTI / MEYERBEER / ROSSINI / HALEVY / BERLIOZ / etc
Écho Joyce El-Khoury (soprano), Michael Spyres (tenor) / The Hallé, Carlo Rizzi [ Opera Rara / CD - released 10/Feb/2019 ] "El-Khoury supplies firm, sensitively coloured tone and technical finish in everything she does...she is nigh-on technically immaculate as well as remarkably eloquent" Opera |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Il Turco in Italia (complete opera recorded 1954) Maria Callas, Jolanda Gardino, Nicolai Gedda, Piero de Palma / Milan La Scala Chorus / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Gianandrea Gavazzeni [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] "The engineers have worked miracles with the sound. Early LP pressings well dull and dry but the remasterings for CD have a presence and, almost, a brilliance that perfectly complement the exceptionally subtle and spirited performance." (Gramophone... |
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PUCCINI / BELLINI / ROSSINI
Maria Callas: Toujours - Paris 1958 BLU-RAY Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra & Chorus of the Paris National Opera [ Warner Classics Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Nov/2015 ] This Blu-ray disc is part of a collection of three that gather together concert and stage performances from the latter phase of Callas's career, 1958-1964. These are the only professional video recordings of Callas in performance on stage. |
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PUCCINI / BELLINI / ROSSINI / BIZET / VERDI / BELLINI / etc
Maria Callas: In Concert London, Hamburg & Paris BLU-RAY Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra & Chorus of the Paris National Opera, Symphonieorchester des NDR, Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Cove [ Warner Classics Blu-ray / 3 Blu-ray Disc - released 25/Sep/2017 ] Callas at Covent Garden (London 1962 & 1964) Callas in Concert (Hamburg 1959 & 1962) Toujours (Paris 1958) |