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VERDI / DONIZETTI / CILEA / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Joseph Calleja - Tenor arias Joseph Calleja (tenor) with the orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Riccardo Chailly (conductor) [ Decca Records / CD - released 1/Mar/2004 ] ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music Magazine (July 2004)- Editor's Choice: Gramophone Magazine (May 2004) |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Angela Gheorghiu: Verdi Heroines Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Muti [ Decca / CD - released 8/Aug/2000 ] "Not only is Angela Gheorghiu in resplendent voice, the tone richer than for some time, but the beauty of her high notes is floated with Elysian, transcendental beauty." MusicWeb |
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GLUCK / VERDI / ROSSINI / CIMAROSA / HALEVY / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Juan Diego Florez - Great Tenor Arias Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Carlo Rizzi [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Sep/2004 ] "Another congenial programme for the formidably gifted Peruvian tenore di grazia. He's finely supported by secure and stylistically credible accompaniemnets, and by Decca's bright and forward sound." ***** Five Stars (Pick of the Month) BBC Music... |
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BELLINI / GOUNOD / DONIZETTI / MEYERBEER
Dreams: Pretty Yende Pretty Yende (soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Sagripanti [ Sony Classics / CD - released 3/Dec/2017 ] "What a lovely sound Pretty Yende makes! Yende is in the same company as, say, Anna Moffo...She's certainly a great asset to the world of opera." ClassicsToday |
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BELLINI / DONIZETTI
Una Furtiva Lagrima: Arias Juan Diego Florez (tenor) with the Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi / Riccardo Frizza-conductor [ Decca Records / CD - released 12/Apr/2003 ] "He is definitely one of the brightest stars of the lyric firmament and a joy to watch and hear." - Editor's Choice (Gramophone September 2003) |
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BIZET
Les Pêcheurs de Perles [The Pearl Fishers] Desirée Rancatore, Celso Albelo, Alastair Miles / Orchestra Filarmonica Salernitana 'Giuseppe Verdi', Daniel Oren [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 10/Dec/2012 ] Parisian composer Georges Bizet was enrolled in the Consevatoire at the age of nine and won a premier prix in solfège within six months of his arrival. |
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AUBER / DONIZETTI
Fra Diavolo / La figlia del reggimento (abridged recordings of the Italian versions of these operas) Giuseppe Campora / Ugo Benelli / Anne Maccianti / Orchestra Filarmonica e Coro del Teatro Comunale Giuseppe Verdi Trieste / Arturo Basile [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 12/Dec/2005 ] "What matters is the high spirits of singers and players" - Penguin Guide |
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VERDI
Verdi: Life and Works Narrated biography with extensive musical examples Jeremy Siepmann (narrator) with Freddie Jones as Verdi [ Naxos Educational / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Jeremy Siepmann's narration is enthralling and detailed, and the character behind this most fervently Italian music is fascinating to discover. |
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GLUCK / VERDI / ROSSINI / CIMAROSA / HALEVY / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI
Great Tenor Arias Juan Diego Florez (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi. Carlo Rizzi [ Decca SACD / SACD - released 12/Oct/2004 ] A 96kHz / 24 bit multi-channel PCM recording. SACD Surround - also playable on any CD player. - "Another stunning recital from the Peruvian tenor leggiero, this time widening his net a little to include 18th and later 19th century music" - MusicWeb... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
The Verdi Tenor Marcelo Alvarez (tenor) / Giuseppe Verdi Orchestra, Daniel Oren [ Decca / CD - released 16/Sep/2010 ] "Throughout, Álvarez offers open-hearted, open-throated vocalism, founded on impeccable breath control and a textural attention that binds the consonants carefully into the line. …there's some fine caressing of the line (Ballo), immaculately shaped... |