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OPERA WITHOUT SINGING
Opera Without Singing (orchestral music by Puccini, Delibes, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Verdi, etc) BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth [ Australian SBS Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jul/2008 ] Opera has entrenched itself in popular consciousness thanks to the much publicised concerts of The Three Tenors, outdoor stagings of such operatic blockbusters as Aida and Turandot, opera concerts in the park, not to mention their ready incorporation... |
ARRIGO BOITO
Boito: Mefistofele (Great scenes from the complete opera) Cesare Siepi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Renata Tebaldi, Lucia Danieli / Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Tullio Serafin [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "It is a pleasure to hear again that eager tone [of Di Stefano], ardently filling such passages as […] the Garden scene and the aria in the Epilogue. All the work's plums are here" Opera, May 1973 |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro [The Marriage of Figaro] (Complete Opera recorded in 1961) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Maria Stader, Irmgard Seefried, Renato Capecchi / RIAS Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Ferenc Fricsay [ Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 3 CD Box Set - released 15/Dec/2013 ] One of Fricsay's last recordings, this sublime Figaro is once more restored to the catalogue. It boasts a Who's Who of great Mozarteans from the late-1950s/early 1960s, including Irmgard Seefried, Maria Stader and Hertha Töpper, with, of course, the... |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore (Complete Opera recorded in 1971) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, with John Reed, Pauline Wales, Thomas Lawlor, Christine Palmer, Ralph Mason / James Walker (cond) [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2018 ] "There is a real sense of staging and movement which is all to the good. The dialogue is well handled and is very much a plus factor.' Fanfare, November/December 1983 |
IGOR BORODIN
Borodin: Prince Igor (complete opera recorded in 1955) Dragomir Ninkovich, Biserka Cvejic, Melanie Bugarinovich, Dragutin Petrovich, Dushan Popovich / Belgrade National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Oskar Dano [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "Popović strikes me as an excellent baritone, a muscular sound with ringing top notes. His is one of the best Prince Igors on disc - heroic and noble...Bugarinović has a dark, almost contralto-ish tone and no Slavic wobble" Gramophone Editor's Choice |
W. A. MOZART
Fernando Corena: Arias for Bass Fernando Corena (bass) / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "'Corena sings with a fine, resonant, clean tone. His production is easy and completely natural, and his diction, phrasing and general musicianship are most praiseworthy" (Gramophone) |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (highlights from the complete opera) Franco Corelli, Nicolai Ghiraurov, Joan Sutherland / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] Recorded in 1966 in superb 'Decca Sound', these highlights from Gounod's most widely-performed opera extracts music from the second act onwards. The Soldier's Chorus has rarely been done with such swagger, Ghiaurov is a terrifying Mephistopheles and... |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 (complete opera recorded in 1950) / Overtures Heinz Woester, Walther Ludwig, Wilma Lipp, Emmy Loose / London Symphony Orchestra, Josef Krips [ Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 5/Feb/2019 ] The supreme exponent of Viennese Mozart and his first recording of Mozart's 'rescue opera' set in a Turkish harem (Decca's first opera to be issued on LP), coupled with a superbly stylish collection of overtures. Weber's verdict on Die Entführung... |
GUSTAV MAHLER
Mahler: Symphonies Nos 1 & 3 Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano) Wandsworth School Boys Choir & Ambrosian Opera Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti [ ABC Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2017 ] "As a combination of top-class recording, orchestral playing and conducting, this is one of the finest recordings I have ever listened to." Gramophone on No 1 |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R) - Elektra (complete opera recorded in 1961) Inge Borkh, Jean Madeira, Marianne Schech, Fritz Uhl & Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Chor der Staatsoper Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Karl Böhm [ Deutsche Grammophon SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Mar/2014 ] "Borkh makes Elektra womanly from the start, Jean Madeira enunciates the second part of the Klytemnestra scene with a quasi-improvisatory clarity, the orchestra's parallel triads slither and shriek, and there is Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: solemn, fear |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 1968) Elena Souliotis, Fiorenza Cossotto, Mario Del Monaco, Carlo Cava / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Silvio Varviso [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "Elena Souliotis has the power, ferocity, energy for the role...Mario del Monaco's "Ferisci, ma non interrogarmi" is a splendid moment [...] Cosotto's tone is always full and beautiful...Silvio Varviso's direction is pleasantly spirited" Gramophone |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Orlando (complete opera) James Bowman, Arleen Augér, Catherine Robbin, Emma Kirkby / The Academy of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/2014 ] "James Bowman's portrayal of Orlando is both impassioned and intelligent […]Emma Kirkby is perfectly cast in the tragi-comic role of the shepherdess Dorinda […] as unfailingly stylish an account as you're likely to get" (Gramophone) |
GLUCK
Gluck: Opera Arias Janet Baker (mezzo) / English Chamber Orchestra, Raymond Leppard. [ SBS Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 19/Feb/2006 ] "this is in general a thrillingly sung recital of music which, apart from the two arias on which I have concentrated, is not particularly well-known." (MusicWeb Feb 2006) |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Semele (complete opera recorded in 1956) Jennifer Vyvyan, Anthony Lewis, William Herbert / New Symphony Orchestra, The St. Anthony Singers, Anthony Lewis [ Australian Eloquence / Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2018 ] A pioneering Handel recording of the 1950s in a new digital remastering. The scholar and conductor Anthony Lewis was one of the early luminaries of the L'OiseauLyre label which became, over time, the early-music imprint of Decca. Drawing on his... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Royal Opera Gala: Covent Garden Anniversary Album Joan Carlyle, Joan Sutherland, Josephine Veasey, Yvonne Minton, Amy Shuard, Peter Pears, David Ward, etc [ Decca ABC Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "Lots of riches on these two well-filled discs." (MusicWeb July 2009) |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH / GIUSEPPE VERDI / VINCENZO BELLINI
Darwin: Song for a City [Recorded Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, UK, January 1975] Joan Sutherland, Heather Begg Tom McDonnell, Clifford Grant, Louis Quilico, Margreta Elkins / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Christmas Eve 1974 was a nightmare for the inhabitants of Darwin when it was destroyed by a violent cyclone. A Darwin Appeal Fund was launched and a month later, on 25 January 1975, Richard Bonynge conducted a fund-raising concert at the Royal Opera. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Der Fliegende Hollander [The Flying Dutchman] (complete opera recorded in 1953) Josef Metternich, Annelies Kupper, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl / RIAS Kammerchor & RIAS-Symphonie-Orchester, Ferenc Fricsay [ Australian Deutsche Grammophon Eloquence / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2015 ] "By a fair margin [this set] remains my favourite, with Fricsay at his most electrifying and the team of men quite unbeatable." (Gramophone) |
HENRY PURCELL
Dido and Aeneas (complete opera) Jospehine Veasey / John Shirley-Quirk / Helen Donath / Thomas Allen / Academy of St. Martin in the Fields / Sir Colin Davis [ Philips Eloquence / CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "fresh and enjoyable" Penguin Guide to CDs |
HEROLD / BOIELDIEU / ADAM / OFFENBACH
French Opera Overtures (Including Zampa, Orpheus in the Underworld & La Belle Helene) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jean Martinon [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ] 'Jean Martinon ... whips the orchestra into shape with the sheer energy of his conducting. All of these performances will set your pulse racing and toes tapping, from the élan of Hérold's Zampa to an absolutely wild account of the "can-can" finale to... |
JOHN GAY
Gay: The Beggar's Opera (Complete Opera) Joan Sutherland, Kiri te Kanawa, Angela Lansbury, Warren Mitchell, Alfred Marks / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 22/Sep/2015 ] Recording Location: Kingsway Hall, London, UK, March 1981 In 1981 Richard Bonynge, together with an illustrious cast of singers (Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa, et. al.) and actors (Angela Lansbury, Warren Mitchell, Michael Hordern, et. al.) went... |
