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GASPARE SPONTINI
Spontini: La Vestale (complete opera remastered recorded live 1954) Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Ebe Stignani, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] The central character in La Vestale, as in Norma, is a priestess who transgresses her holy vows for love. Spontini's nobly-conceived opera, composed for Paris in the Napoleonic era, brought Callas' first collaboration on a new production with the... |
GABRIEL FAURE
Best Of Faure Jean Martin (piano), Dong-Suk Kang (violin), Pascal Devoyon (piano), Lisa Beckley (soprano), Colm Carey (organ), Pierre-Alain Volondat (piano), Franco [ Naxos / CD - released 27/Aug/2013 ] All the best bits of Faure |
CAMILLO SIVORI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Sivori: The Complete Trios Bruno Pignata (violin) Riccardo Agosti (cello) Franco Giacosa (piano) [ Dynamic / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] Camillo Sivori, Paganini's only pupil, can be considered not only the greatest performer of the Italian violin school after Paganini, but also one of the greatest virtuosi violinists of the nineteenth century. |
Buddy De Franco And Oscar Peterson / Orchestra conducted by Russell Garcia
Buddy De Franco And Oscar Peterson Play The George Gershwin Song Book [ Definitive Records / CD ] Buddy DeFranco and Oscar Peterson Play George Gershwin is a 1954 album by Buddy DeFranco, accompanied by the Oscar Peterson trio, of songs composed by George Gershwin. Billboard in 1955 wrote: "The flashy talents of clarinetist DeFranco and pianist... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 1960) Maria Callas, Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli, Nicola Zaccaria / Orchestra and Chorus of La Scala Milan, Tullio Serafin [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 3 CD - released 18/Nov/2014 ] Callas first sang Bellini's Norma in 1948, when she was just 25. She went on to perform the role of the heroic, but vulnerable Druid priestess - the ultimate embodiment of bel canto - more frequently than any other. In this second studio recording... |
DOMENICO CIMAROSA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cimarosa: Il matrimonio segreto (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Eugenia Ratti, Graziella Sciutti, Ebe Stignati, Luigi Alva, Franco Calabrese / Teatro alla Scala, Nino Sanzogno [ EMI Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/1997 ] Note: This is extremely rare. American websites are asking $43US. |
DANIEL-FRANCOIS AUBER
Auber: Le Philtre (complete opera) Eugenio Di Lieto, Luiza Fatyol, Emmanuel Franco, ;Adina Vilichi / Cracow Philharmonic Orchestra & Chorus, Luciano Acocella [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] In 1831 Auber and his long-standing librettist Eugène Scribe produced Le Philtre, which took the concept of petit opéra to the extreme, even outdoing Rossini's Le Comte Ory in depicting a rural setting. |
VERDI / BELLINI / GIORDANO / MASCAGNI / PUCCINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Franco Corelli - Heroes Franco Corelli (tenor) with Corinna Vozza (mezzo), Antonietta Stella (soprano) & Gabriella Tucci (soprano) / Various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 14/Jun/1997 ] Original Recordings from 1960 to 1968 |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Franco Fagioli sings Rossini Franco Fagioli (countertenor), Armonia Atenea, George Petrou [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Mar/2017 ] "Fagioli's technical skill is without doubt and he can fling off the most challenging coloratura with aplomb…challenging, slightly mad - and why not?" OperaNow |
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART
Anime Immortali | Mozart Arias Franco Fagioli (counter-tenor), Kammerorchester Basel, Daniel Bard [ Pentatone / CD - released 28/Apr/2023 ] Countertenor Franco Fagioli makes his Pentatone debut with Anime Immortali, together with the Kammerorchester Basel, exploring the music that Mozart composed for castratos. Ranging from opera to sacred music and culminating in Exsultate, jubilate,... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Pia De' Tolomei (Highlights) Jolanda Meneguzzer, Franco Pagliazzi, Giuseppe Baratti, Rodolfo Malacarne / Coro E Orchestra Della Radiotelevisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Bruno Rig [ Nuova Era / CD - released 20/Mar/2009 ] Origianl recording made in Fenruary 1968 |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Agrippina (complete opera) Joyce DiDonato, Elsa Benoit, Biagio Pizzuti, Franco Fagioli, Andrea Mastroni, Jakub Józef Orliński / l Pomo d'Oro, Maxim Emelyanychev [ Erato Classics / 3 CD - released 31/Jan/2020 ] "With DiDonato nonpareil in the title-role and a uniformly strong cast, this now becomes a first choice for Handel's Venetian masterpiece." Gramophone Awards 2020 WINNER - Opera |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Equivoco stravagante (Complete Opera recorded in 2018) BLU-RAY Königliches Kurtheater, Bad Wildbad / Antonella Colaianni, Giulio Mastrototaro, Emmanuel Franco, Patrick Kabongo / José Miguel Pérez-Sierra (cond) [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 10/Oct/2021 ] No opera has been performed at Rossini in Wildbad as often as L'equivoco stravagante, so it was the perfect choice for the festival's 30th anniversary in 2018. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Un Ballo in Maschera [The Masked Ball] (complete opera recorded in 2005) BLU-RAY Leipzig Opera / Massimiliano Pisapia, Franco Vassallo, Chiara Taigi, Annamaria Chiuri, Eun Yee You / Riccardo Chailly [ EuroArts / Unitel Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Jan/2017 ] "traditional costumes and stylized sets...[Talgi] has a pure, warm soprano, finely controlled in her legato singing, and Franco Vassallo sings magnificently, making his defying aria, Eri tu, a powerful climax, helped by Riccardo Chailly's conducting" |
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VINCENCO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma [complete opera] (LP) Maria Callas, Franco Corelli, Christa Ludwig, Nicola Zaccaria [ Warner Classics Vinyl / 4 Vinyl Box Set - released 10/Mar/2023 ] This 1960 Norma represents Maria Callas's final complete documented version of her signature role. Seven recordings of the opera exist with Callas (1950-60), plus numerous snippets and scenes captured between 1949 and 1965. With 89 performances,... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
La Divina - Maria Callas in all her roles Maria Callas, with Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Piero Campolonghi, Franco Corelli, Ebe Stignani & many others [ Warner Classics / 135 CD Box Set - released 22/Sep/2023 ] This is the most comprehensive box of Callas recordings ever released, presenting La Divina in all 74 roles for which audio documents exist. It comprises her complete studio recordings, a collection of her best live recordings...and much more. |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera recorded in 2007) Metropolitan Opera / Anna Netrebko, Eric Cutler, Franco Vassallo / Patrick Summers (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 28/Feb/2008 ] "Netrebko has perhaps the most appealing stage presence among contemporary sopranos. She is a natural stage animal who can sing as she moves around the stage and interacts with her colleagues. Her sheer physicality on stage is awesome." (MusicWeb) |
ARRIGO BOITO
Nicolai Ghiaurov in Boito's 'Mefistofele' / Opera Arias for bass Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), with Franco Tagliavini / Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra del [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 17 / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] ". . . [a] well-engineered release . . . [Franco Tagliavini's Faust here] makes an appealing, clean Italianate sound . . ." OperaNews |
JOHANN ADOLF HASSE
Artaserse (complete opera recorded in 2012) Palazzo Ducale, Martina Franca, Italy / Anicio Zorzi Giustiniani, Maria Grazia Schiavo, Sonia Prina, Franco Fagioli / Corrado Rovaris [ Dynamic DVD / 2 DVD - released 20/Apr/2016 ] Set: Alessandro Camera Costume Designer: Andrea Viotti Lighting Designer: Antonio Macchitella A classic work of its genre and historical period, Artaserse was premièred in Venice in 1730 by the most famous singers of the day: Farinelli in... |
PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (Zeffirelli productions recorded in 1984 & 1985) Placido Domingo / Teresa Stratas / Chorus and Orchestra of La Scala, Milan / Georges Pretre. Directed by Franco Zeffirelli [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 14/Jun/2005 ] "The casts are strong but Pag gets my vote overall. This is largely because of the central heroine in each. Stratas looks and sounds perfect as Nedda, beautiful but vulnerable, just like the 'little birds' she sings of." MusicWeb |
GIACOMO PUCCINI / GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Great Love Duets Renata Tebaldi, Franco Corelli, Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price, Frano Corelli, Carlo Cossutta. Margaret Price [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 5/Apr/1988 ] Decca's recorded legacy is dominated by the huge number of complete opera recordings and vocal recitals. These extracts are taken from complete recordings. |
PIETRO MASCAGNI / RUGGERO LEONCAVALLO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mascagni/Leoncavallo: Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci (complete operas recorded in 1960/62 with libretto) Victoria de los Angeles, Lucine Amara, Franco Corelli, Tito Gobbi / Opera Roma, Gabriele Santini, Teatro alla Scala, Lovro von Matacic [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 1/Mar/1991 ] "With Met stalwart Lucine Amara a strong Nedda this is one of the most bloodcurdling recordings of this finale." Musicweb (on Pagliacci) |
LOWELL LIEBERMANN
Liebermann, Lowell - Five Pieces from Album of the Young; Sonata for flute & Guitar; Eight Pieces Alexa Still, flute, with David Korevaar (piano); Franco Platino (guitar) [ Koch International Classics / CD - released 5/Jun/2005 ] Alexa Still, dazzling international flautist "has a gorgeous sound, …a limitless technique and combines this with the musical intelligence to give utterly ravishing performances". |
LEONARDO BALADA
Balada: Caprichos Nos. 1 & 5 Bertrand Piertrand Piétu (guitar)/ Aldo Mata (cello)/ Tatiana Franco (flute) / Iberian Chamber Orchestra, José Luis Temes [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Apr/2012 ] Catalan-born Leonardo Balada fuses tradition with modernity and folk with the avant-garde, producing music of stunning sonorities. Caprichos No. 1 pays homage to the poet Lorca in a blend of virtuosic writing and transformative dance rhythms. In... |
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Giuseppe V
Luisa Miller Bonaldo Giaiotti, Franco Bonisolli, Christa Ludwig, Malcolm Smith, Giuseppe Taddei, Lilian Sukis, Milkana Nikolova, Hors [ ORFEO / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2010 ] |
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Buddy De Franco
Buddy De Franco And The Oscar Peterson Quartet [ CD ] |
Buddy De Franco
Four Classic Albums Plus (Buddy De Franco / The Artistry Of Buddy De Franco / Mr Clarinet / Pretty Moods) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] AVID Jazz presents four classic Buddy De Franco albums plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. "Buddy De Franco"; "The Artistry of Buddy De Franco"; "Mr. Clarinet"; "Pretty Moods" plus selections... |
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Buddy De Franco
Generalissimo [ CD ] |
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Buddy De Franco
Wholly Cats [ CD ] |
VERDI / PUCCINI / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI / MOZART / etc
Maria Callas - The Studio Recitals Maria Callas (soprano) with Franco Corelli, Georges Pretre, Joseph Rouleau, Tullio Serafin, Monica Sinclair, etc [ Warner Classics / 14 CD Box Set - released 25/Jan/2018 ] This outstanding collection of studio recitals provides fascinating insights into Maria Callas's career and her unique artistry and musicality. Encompassing the core operatic repertoire for which she was most revered, as well as roles that she never... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded live in 1958) Maria Callas, Alfredo Kraus, Mario Sereni, Laura Zannini, Maria Cristina de Castro / Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa Franco Ghione [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Callas sang La traviata more frequently than any other opera, apart from Norma. She performed it over 60 times between 1951 and 1958, most famously in Luchino Visconti's production at La Scala in 1955/56. Her only studio recording of the role was... |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Gloria RV589 / Nisi Dominus (Psalm 126) RV608 / Nulla in mundo pax sincera RV630 Julia Lezhneva (soprano), Franco Fagioli (countertenor) / I Barocchisti, Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Diego Fasolis [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2018 ] "Crisp tempos, disciplined ensemble, and solo improvisations both vocal and instrumental unleash the tremendous energy of the choir-and-solo Gloria." (BBC Music) |
AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Stabat Mater / etc Cecilia Bartoli, Nuria Rial, Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, Franco Fagioli / I Barocchisti & Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Diego Fasolis [ Decca / CD - released 13/Sep/2013 ] Cecilia Bartoli's exploration of the music of Steffani continues on from her best-selling recording 'Mission' with an album of the celebrated Stabat Mater alongside Steffani's greatest sacred works for chorus, orchestra and soloists, constituting the... |
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PAGANINI
Works for Violin & Piano [Incls 'Variations' & 'Moto perpetuo'] Salvatore Accardo (violin) / The Chamber Orchestra of Europe / Franco Tamponi [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2009 ] A classic 1984 recording now available in limited quantities. |
GIACOMO MEYERBEER
Meyerbeer: Romilda e Constanza (Complete Opera) Chiara Brunello, César Cortés, Luiza Fatyol, Emmanuel Franco / Górecki Chamber Choir, Passionart Orchestra Krakow, Luciano Acocella [ Naxos / 3 CD Box Set - released 27/Nov/2020 ] Meyerbeer had already won renown in Italy before conquering Paris with a sequence of much-acclaimed grand operas. |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Scala di Seta [The Silken Ladder] (complete opera) Claudia Urru, Meagan Sill (sopranos) Michele Angelini, Remy Burnens (tenors) Emmanuel Franco (baritone) Eugenio Di Lieto (bass) / Kraków Philharmonic [ Naxos Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Jun/2022 ] Gioachino Rossini was only 20 when he was commissioned to compose La scala di seta. It is one of four farsa comica operas which fed popular demand for this genre in Venice in the early 19th century and was wildly successful. |
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Franco
Francophonic Vol 2 [ 2 CD - released 16/Nov/2009 ] |
DONIZETTI
La Figlia del reggimento (The Daughter of the Regiment) Franco Becconi / Arturo Cauli / Nikolic Milijana / Chieti Marrucino Opera Chorus / Chieti Marrucino Opera Orchestra / Marzio Conti (Conductor) [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 25/Nov/2006 ] La fille du régiment was written for Paris, where it won and retained popularity. Donizetti revised the work for La Scala, Milan, as La figlia del reggimento, a light-hearted story of an orphan girl, adopted by a regiment |
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Neapolitanische Lieder Vol. 1 Franco Bonisolli; Orchestra dell'unione musiciste di Roma, Elvio Monti [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Apr/1987 ] |
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Cannio; Fa
Neapolitanische Lieder Vol. 2 Franco Bonisolli; Orchestra dell'unione musiciste di Roma, Elvio Monti [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Apr/1987 ] |
