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GAETANO DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Donizetti: Olivo e Pasquale (complete opera recorded in 1980 with complete libretto) Eva Czapò, Benedetta Pecchioli, Gastone Sarti, Gino Orlandini, Mario Chiappi / Coro Della Radio Televisione Della Svizzera Italiana, Bruno Rigacci [ Nuova Era / 2 CD Box Set - released 21/Jun/1997 ] Recording Date: October 26, 1980 Recording Location: Lugano, Svizzera, Auditorio RSI |
MASCAGNI / LEONCAVALLO
Cavalleria rusticana / Pagliacci (complete operas) Mario del Monaco, Clara Petrella, Afro Polu, Elena Nicolai / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Alberto Erede / Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Franco G [ Decca Australian SBS Eloquence / 2 CD - released 7/Aug/2015 ] Contains the ANZ advertising music: 'Regina Coeli' from Cavalleria Rusticana |
DONIZETTI / VERDI / PUCCINI / BIZET / BOITO / etc
Mccormack In Opera John McCormack (tenor) with with Lucrezia Bori & Mario Sammarco [ Nimbus / CD ] "Nimbus has carefully assembled the best of John McCormack's operatic recordings and brought them vividly and convincingly to life through the 'Digital Ambisonic Process' ... the liveliest transfers of McCormack's acoustic output to date" Fanfare |
Mario Lanza
My Romance [ RCA Records / CD - released 16/Feb/2001 ] Available as a direct U.K. import, this disc features romantic pop standards, performed by the great, legendary tenor, Mario Lanza. |
Mario Lanza (tenor)
Mario Lanza: The Best of Everything [ RCA / Sony Classical / 2 CD - released 20/Apr/2017 ] Sony Classical release a special x2 CD, budget-priced set, featuring x44 songs, with x6 previously unreleased tracks, issued in connection with a new TV documentary by Screenbound Pictures Ltd. about the great tenor. This release celebrates the... |
GUBAIDULINA
The Deceitful Face of Hope and of Despair: concerto for flute and large orchestra / etc Sharon Bezaly (flute) Torleif Thedeen (cello) Mie Miki (accordion) / Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra / Mario Venzago [ BIS / SACD - released 1/Mar/2006 ] "Overall, this is a technically superior disc in which an interesting new concerto, outstandingly performed by its dedicatee, is paired with an up to date edition of one of the composer’s most frequently recorded works. Duplication may limit its... |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Cello Concerto (with works by Dvorak & Respighi) Sol Gabetta (cello) / Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago [ Sony Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2010 ] "Sol Gabetta's Elgar Concerto is one of the best around, a heartfelt, tonally rounded performance, intimate and wholly at one with Mario Venzago's generally subtle handling of the orchestral score." Gramophone Magazine Editor's Choice October 2010 |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI / ASTOR PIAZZOLLA etc
From Venice to Buenos Aires Andres Gabetta (violin), Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (bandoneon / accordion), Gabetta Consort [ Pentatone / CD - released 29/May/2026 ] Andrés Gabetta (violin and direction), Veronica Cangemi (soprano), Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi (bandoneon and accordion), and the Gabetta Consort present From Venice to Buenos Aires, a remarkable journey from 18th-century Venice to the streets of... |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (complete opera) Antonietta Stella, Fedora Barbieri, Mario Filippeschi, Tito Gobbi, Boris Christoff / Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Gabriele Santini [ Naxos Historical / 3 CD - released 7/Feb/2006 ] "Gobbi goes from strength to strength … Rodrigo's noble death scene elicits from this artist some of the loveliest baritone singing I have ever heard on record.With the cardinal rôles of the King and Posa finely done, with beautifully moulded... |
RAFFAELLO DE BANFIELD
Lord Byron's Love Letter (complete opera recorded in 1958) Astrid Varnay / Gertrude Ribla / Nicoletta Carruba / Mario Carlin / Academy Symphony Orchestra of Rome / Nicola Rescigno [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 10/May/2011 ] The RCA Victor recording of Raffaello de Banfield's 1955 opera Lord Byron's Love Letter is a true rarity, remaining in their catalogue for only a short time and never reissued on CD before now. Based on a Tennessee Williams play set in late... |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Singers of the Century: 35 Supreme Voices Birgit Nilsson, Leonie Rysanek, Fritz Wunderlich, Richard Lewis, Leontyne Price, Mario Del Monaco, etc [ ALTO / 2 CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] Thirty five magnificent voices in arias from operas we all know and love. |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (Complete Opera recorded live Mexico, 1951) Maria Callas, Mario del Del Monaco, Oralia Dominguez / Fabritiis [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Aida held an important place in the earlier years of Callas's career, and in 1950 it brought her debut at La Scala, Milan, the theatre where she soon became reigning diva. That same year, she sang the role of the Ethiopian princess in Mexico City,... |
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... |
W.A. MOZART
Requiem (filmed at St Ignazio Church in Rome) Cecilia Casdia / Mario Malagnini / Orchestra Sinfonica del Festival di Pasqua / Tamas Pal (cond) [ Brilliant Classics / DVD - released 15/Mar/2008 ] G : - |
CHEN GANG / NICCOLO PAGANINI
Gang: Butterfly Lovers, Sunshine Over Tashkurgan / Paganini: Violin Concerto No 1 Chloe Chua (violin), Singapore Symphony Orchestra, Mario Venzago [ Pentatone / CD - released 26/Jul/2024 ] "The SSO give tremendously impassioned support to the individual instrumentalists, led by Chua's expressive, storytelling violin." BBC Music |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Maria Stuarda (complete opera) Maria Pia Piscitelli, Laura Polverelli, Roberto De Biasio, Mario Cassi / Coro Lirico Marchigiano V. Bellini, Marchigiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Ricca [ Naxos / 2 CD Box Set - released 30/Nov/2009 ] "Laura Polverelli is a vibrant Elisabetta, dramatic, powerful and expressive and her opening aria Ah! Quando all'ara scorgemi and the following cabaletta Ah! Dal ciel discenda have a certain thrill." MusicWeb |
W.A. MOZART
Mozart: Masonic Works, Cantatas & Funeral Music Die Kölner Akademie Choir and Orchestra / Michael Alexander Willens John Heuzenroeder, tenor; Mario Borgioni, bass Alexander Puliaev, fortepiano; Will [ BIS SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 23/Feb/2018 ] Following their 11-disc cycle of Mozart's piano concertos recorded with Ronald Brautigam, Die Kölner Akademie and Michael Alexander Willens in 2017 released a disc with two of Mozart's best-loved serenades: the Posthorn Serenade and Eine kleine... |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven - Piano Concertos Nos. 4 & 5 Mario Galeani (piano) / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Grzegorz Nowak [ Orchid Classics / CD - released 7/Sep/2009 ] Recorded in 2007, and featuring one of the most important and active Italian pianists of his generation, Mario Galeani. This recording reflects a bright and fresh version of these concerti, particularly the attention given to the dialogue between... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'elisir D'amore (complete opera recorded in 1966) Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, Mario Sereni, Renato Capecc [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 7/Mar/2011 ] Recording Location: August 1966, Opera House Rome |
