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... |
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 ] |
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... |
Buddy De Franco
Generalissimo [ CD ] |
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... |
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. |
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. |
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 |
di Capua;
Neapolitanische Lieder Vol. 1 Franco Bonisolli; Orchestra dell'unione musiciste di Roma, Elvio Monti [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Apr/1987 ] |
Cannio; Fa
Neapolitanische Lieder Vol. 2 Franco Bonisolli; Orchestra dell'unione musiciste di Roma, Elvio Monti [ ORFEO / CD - released 29/Apr/1987 ] |