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BELLINI / PUCCINI / BIZET / CATALANI / VERDI / CILEA / GLUCK / etc
The New Sound of Maria Callas [3 CD set] Maria Callas (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 3 CD - released 1/Nov/2016 ] Maria Callas - Unforgettable arias sung by the most iconic diva of all time - remastered for the first time in high-definition sound from the original tapes, for an unprecedented sound quality that shines new light on the voice of Maria Callas. Allan... |
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MAHLER / ELGAR / BERLIOZ / CHAUSSON / SCHUBERT / etc
Icon: Janet Baker - The Beloved Mezzo (5 CD set) Janet Baker (contralto) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 5 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] A singer's career brings many challenges, not the least of them being the balancing act involved in a professional life divided between opera and song. |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Lesley Garrett Gift Collection 4 CD set special price: A night at the opera. A night at the operetta. A night at the musical. A night of classic songs Lesley Garrett (soprano) with various orchestras and conductors [ Silvascreen / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Mar/2005 ] The very best of Lesley Garrett recordings in one specially priced set |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / BIZET / MOZART
Leontyne Price: Prima Donna Assoluta - her ultimate recordings remastered Leontyne Price (soprano) with Rosalind Elias, Richard Tucker, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Grace Bumbry, etc [ Sony Classical / RCA / 22 CD Box Set - released 10/Oct/2016 ] "With Leontyne Price and Richard Tucker in top form and with Leinsdorf's efficient and unsentimental conducting, the present version, now at budget price, is a worthy addition to anyone's collection of Butterflies." (MusicWeb on the Madama Butterfly) |
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PUCCINI / HANDEL / MOZART / TRADITIONAL / DVORAK / etc
Kathleen Battle: The complete Sony Recordings Kathleen Battle (soprano) with Wynton Marsalis, Christopher Parkening, and Jean-Pierre Rampal and others [ Sony Classics / 10 CD Box Set - released 25/Mar/2017 ] Sony Classical presents legendary soprano Kathleen Battle in nine of her foremost studio recordings in her 'Complete Sony Recordings'. In the course of a remarkable career, launched in 1973 by mentor James Levine in their shared hometown of... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
From Melba To Sutherland Various Artists incls Nellie Melba, Joan Sutherland, Essie Ackland, Alfred Hill, Walter Kirby, Eileen Boyd, Harold Williams, Peter Dawson, etc [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 4 CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] From Melba to Sutherland: Australian Singers on Record is the first-ever comprehensive survey of the recordings of Australia's greatest singers - in a unique new four-CD set from Decca, complete with biographies, rare photographs in a 68-page booklet |