More By Artist: Anita O'Day
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VERDI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI / SPONTINI
Anita Cerquetti - Recital Anita Cerquetti (soprano) / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] A famous Decca operatic recital, long unavailable, celebrating the thrilling voice and short-lived career of a soprano who set operatic stages alight in the late 1950s. |
Anita O'day
Four Classic Albums (Anita Sings The Most / The Lady Is A Tramp / An Evening With Anita O'day / Anita) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
BIZET / VERDI / MASSENET / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Anita Rachvelishvili Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Giacomo Sagripanti [ Sony Classics / CD - released 19/May/2018 ] "This is a must-have CD for not just all lovers of great vocalism, but for anyone who relishes a singing actress in the first flush of her youthful triumph." Opera Now Five Stars |
Anita Schwabe
Eat Your Greens [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] "Making music with Anita Schwabe is always a special occasion for me and has been from the beginning when as a 17 year old student at the Wellington Polytechnic Jazz Course she demonstrated a formidable talent as a pianist and very skilled composer.... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2019) Globe Theatre / Pearce Quigley, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Hannah, Richard Katz, Forbes Mason, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Ricketts / Elle While (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Double-meanings, disguises and dirty laundry abound as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the 'Merry Wives' quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of... |
Anita Baker
Compositions [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 21/Jun/1990 ] Limited Edition US import (official) |
GAO PING
Gao Ping: Shuo Shu Ren / Distant Voices / Cello Sonata No. 2 Anita Jehli (Cello) / Gao Ping (Piano) / Gao Ping (Vocals) / Pyramide Ensemble [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Jul/2006 ] "Shuo Shu Ren, or The Storyteller, was inspired by my childhood memories of listening to folk stories. Folklore and the oral tradition were very much a part of people's lives before television invaded China in the 1980s." |
Anita O'day
Four Classic Albums Plus (Anita O'day And Billy May Swing Rodgers And Hart / Anita O'day & The Three Sounds / Anita O'day Sings The Winners / Time For [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] It's that magic combination again for our first selection, recorded in L.A. in June 1960, Anita O'Day joining forces again with top arranger Billy May to sing songs from one of the great American songbooks, "Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers &... |
Anita O'Day
Four Classic Albums Plus (Pick Yourself Up / Cool Heat / Incomparable / Waiter, Make Mine Blues) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] Avid's second volume from the "incomparable" Miss Anita O'Day. Quotes from the original liner notes from all four of our selections more than do justice in describing this unique vocalist! From "Pick Yourself Up" ….."there was a time…..that I used to... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / TOSTI / DUPARC / FALLA
Anita Rachvelishvili - Elegie Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) Vincenzo Scalera (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] "Élégie" is the second Sony release from Anita Rachvelishvili, showcasing her in the song repertoire to which she has a special connection despite being best known as a star of the world's greatest opera houses. |
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH
Shostakovich: Piano Trios Nos. 1 and 2 / 7 Romances on Verses by Alexander Blok for Soprano and Piano Trio, Op. 127 Anita Soldh (soprano) / Stockholm Arts Trio [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Oct/2006 ] "The Stockholm Arts Trio successfully captures the youthful ardour of the First Trio...Anita Soldh produces a remarkably authentic Slavic sound " - Classic CD |
PAVEL HAAS
Fata Morgana: Songs by Pavel Haas Anita Watson (soprano), Anna Starushkevych (mezzo soprano), Nicky Spence (tenor), James Platt (bass), Navarra Quartet, Lada Valesova (piano) [ Resonus / CD - released 3/Mar/2017 ] "from joy to despair, every emotion is here in subtle colours; a legacy of great human and musical worth." Five Stars BBC Music Magazine Choral & Song Choice - May 2017 |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI / W. A. MOZART
Operas - Teatro Alla Scala [Aida, I Due Foscari, Die Zauberflote, Le Nozze di Figaro, Die Entfuhrung] (complete operas recorded 2015 - 2019) Teatro alla Scala / Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze, Placido Domingo, Anna Pirozzi, Martin Summer, Yasmin Ozkan, Carlos Alvarez, Diana Damrau, e [ C Major DVD / 8 DVD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2021 ] FIVE OUTSTANDING OPERAS FROM THE LEGENDARY TEATRO ALLA SCALA: |
Anita Baker
Rapture (LP) [ Rhino / LP - released 4/Jul/2025 ] Rapture', the chart-topping Grammy award winning sophomore album from iconic songstress Anita Baker, gets a new vinyl reissue as part of the celebration of Elektra Records' 75th Anniversary. Featuring soulful classics like "Sweet Love" and "Caught... |
Anita Perras
Those Classic Country Songs [ True North / CD ] |
Don McGlashan & Anita Clark
Take It To The Bridge [ Doncorp / CD - released 22/Aug/2025 ] Don McGlashan's first live album. Don won fame with the iconic groups The Mutton Birds, The Front Lawn and Blam Blam Blam, and has continued to fly high with four acclaimed solo albums - Bright November Morning was his first number 1 album. At... |
DANIEL BORTZ
His name was Orestes (complete oratorio) / Concerto for recorder and orchestra Anita Bjark (narrator) Annalena Persson, Ingrid Tobiasson, Marianne Eklaf (vocals) / Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra / Alan Gilbert [ BIS / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2007 ] "… a fine eye for detail and imaginatively spare use of full orchestral resources which now distinguishes Bortz as a composer of music drama." Gramophone |
Anita Bryant
Red Feather Girl [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Jul/2010 ] A beauty queen, Miss Oklahoma, runner up to Miss America, a singer, a Florida citrus spokeswoman and later an advocate against homosexuality Anita Bryant certainly liked the limelight and knew how to make a name for herself! Here we feature two... |
Anita O'Day
All the Sad Young Men [ Verve Records / CD - released 19/Oct/1998 ] European imported disc. |
Anita O'Day
Five Classic Albums Plus (Anita O'day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May / At Mister Kelly's / Singin' And Swingin' / Trav'lin' Light / All The Sad You [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] AVID Jazz presents five classic Anita O'Day albums plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. For our third set from our top selling artist Anita O'Day we have squeezed no less than five albums plus a... |
Anita O'Day
Once Upon A Summertime [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Mar/1992 ] Anita O'Day tackles the classics songs of Cole Porter with a few unusual standards thrown in for good measure. |
Anita O'Day
Swings Rodgers and Hart With Billy May [ Verve Records / CD - released 8/Nov/2004 ] Digitally re-mastered, European imported disc. |
Anita O'Day
Verve Jazz Masters Volume 49 [ Verve Records / CD - released 4/Sep/1995 ] European imported disc. |
Anita O'Day with Stan Kenton
First Lady Of Swing [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Apr/2000 ] In 1943, after two years as featured vocalist with Gene Krupa's band, touring, broadcasting and making big hit records like "Let Me Off Uptown", Anita was one of the top band singers in the United States. |
WAGNER
Die Walküre Anita Välkki, Claire Watson, Hans Hotter, Jon Vickers / The Royal Opera House, Georg Solti [ Testament / 4 CD Box Set - released 31/Jul/2014 ] This release marks the first appearance of Georg Solti on Testament as an opera conductor in an historic performance of Die Walküre at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, in October 1961. |
ROBERT SCHUMANN
Schumann: Dichterliebe & Liederkreis Op. 39 Sebastian Bluth (baritone), Anita Keller (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 26/Jul/1999 ] "Sebastian Bluth has a soft, pleasing baritone" - Penguin Classics |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Idomeneo (complete opera recorded in 1991) The Drottningholm Court Theatre / Stuart Kale / Anita Soldh / David Kuebler / Ann Christine Biel / Arnold Ostman (cond) [ Arthaus Musik / Kultur / DVD - released 1/Jun/2009 ] G :- This revised revival of the acclaimed 1986 Drottningholm production by Michael Hampe conducted by Arnold Ostman, was staged during the Mozart Bicentenary year. |
RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO / PIETRO MASCAGNI
Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana (recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Dutch National Opera / Anita Rachvelishvili, Ailyn Pérez, Rihab Chaieb, Brian Jagde, Roman Burdenko, Elena Zilio / Lorenzo Viotti (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 9/Apr/2021 ] "Anita Rachvelisvili is the undisputed star of Cav. She sings Santuzza as an unashamed mezzo, and her chest voice is thrilling in this music. Brian Jagde's Turridu is rakish and appealing, never a caricature villain, and he sings with electric energy |
ROBERT SCHUMANN / HEINZ HOLLIGER
Aschenmusik Heinz Holliger (oboe, oboe d'amore), Anita Leuzinger (cello), Anton Kernjak (piano) [ ECM / CD - released 8/Jul/2014 ] This absorbing set embraces Holliger's Romancendres, which seeks to recapture the late Cello Romances by Schumann that his widow, Clara, and Brahms destroyed. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus, RV 595 Gloria, RV 588 Jane Archibald, soprano / Nils Brown, tenor / Anita Krause, mezzo-soprano, Aradia Chorus and Aradia Ensemble with Kevin Mallon, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 14/Dec/2004 ] Rather enterprisingly, as the centre-piece of this disc the group features the lesser known of Vivaldi's settings of the Gloria. This is combined with the second of his Dixit Dominus settings and the solo motet, 'Nulla in mundo pax sincera' |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Dixit Dominus / Gloria / Nulla in mundo pax sincera Jane Archibald (soprano) Anita Krause (mezzo-soprano) / Oxford Schola Cantorum / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Aradia Ensemble / Kevin Mallon [ Naxos Super Budget Series / CD - released 30/Jun/2008 ] "Naxos could well be on to a big winner with Kevin Mallon and his fine Aradia ensemble...distinguished solo singing and eloquent, rich-toned instrumental playing. " -- Classic FM Magazine |
![Operas - Aida / I Due Foscari / Die Zauberflote / Le Nozze di Figaro / Die Entfuhrung] (complete operas recorded 2015 - 2019) cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10602/10602637.jpg)
GIUSEPPE VERDI / W. A. MOZART
Operas - Aida / I Due Foscari / Die Zauberflote / Le Nozze di Figaro / Die Entfuhrung] (complete operas recorded 2015 - 2019) Teatro alla Scala / Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze, Placido Domingo, Anna Pirozzi, Martin Summer, Yasmin Ozkan, Carlos Alvarez, Diana Damaru [ C Major DVD / 8 Blu-ray Box Set - released 20/Aug/2021 ] FIVE OUTSTANDING OPERAS FROM THE LEGENDARY TEATRO ALLA SCALA: ON BLU-RAY |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Kristin Lewis, Fabio Sartori, Anita Rachvelishvili, George Gagnidze / Zubin Mehta (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Aug/2016 ] STAGED BY: Peter Stein Giuseppe Verdi's masterpiece Aida at La Scala in Milan is an experience in itself. Consequently, this new production is an event barely to be surpassed, especially when played before La Scala's notoriously critical audience.... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (complete opera recorded in October 2015) BLU-RAY Teatro Regio Torino / Kristin Lewis, Marco Berti, Anita Rachvelishvili, Mark S. Doss / Gianandrea Noseda (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "A dramatically satisfying - and well-filmed, production which can stand alongside the finest." MusicWeb |
OWAIN PARK
Park: Choral Works Anita Monserrat (soprano) Owain Park (bass) Karolina Csáthy (alto) / Trinity College Choir Cambridge, Stephen Layton (conductor) [ Hyperion / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] As John Rutter (Owain Park's erstwhile teacher) shrewdly notes in the booklet, Park is one of a new generation of composers whose voice has been informed by music of many styles, traditions and periods. This is indeed music 'for us all to enjoy as... |
Anita Baker
Rapture [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 29/Sep/1986 ] |
Anita Baker
The Songstress [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 12/Nov/1991 ] American imported disc. |
AMILCARE PONCHIELLI
Ponchielli: la Gioconda (complete opera recorded in 1958) Anita Cerquetti, Franca Sacchi, Mario del Monaco, Cesare Siepi, Giulietta Simionata / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] 'To compare Anita Cerquetti's Gioconda with Callas's is a revelation. Cerquetti brings to the role intelligence, musicianship, and an appealing voice' High Fidelity |
Anita O'Day
Anita O'Day With Gene Krupa & Stan Kenton [ Acrobat Records / CD - released 14/Aug/2008 ] This European imported disc has been digitally re-mastered and includes six bonus tracks. |
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Anita O'Day
Anita Sings for Oscar [ Lonehill Records / CD - released 10/May/2008 ] |
