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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1960) Victoria de los Angeles, Carlo del Monte, Mario Sereni, Santa Chissari / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] "The CD transfer is first-rate, and this remains a real bargain." (Gramophone) |
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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 |
J.S. BACH / ANTONIO VIVALDI
Bach & Vivaldi: Sonar in Ottava. Double Concertos for Violin and Violoncello Piccolo Giuliano Carmignola (violin); Mario Brunello (violoncello piccolo); Accademia dell'Annunciata, Riccardo Doni (cond.) [ Arcana / CD - released 27/Mar/2020 ] "These are high-risk performances, both soloists preferring raw expression to mere beauty of sound." BBC Music Five Stars Concerto Recording of the Month |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Lélio, ou Le Retour a la vie Gérard Depardieu (narrator), Mario Zeffiri (tenor) & Kyle Ketelsen (bass-baritone) / Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ CSO Resound / 2 CD - released 1/Oct/2015 ] This recording features Berlioz's 'Symphonie fantastique' with its sequel 'Lelio' presented as Berlioz intended. Actor Gerard Depardieu is the narrator in 'Lelio', and Riccardo Muti and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, as part of their 120th season,... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: Norma (complete opera recorded in 1968) Elena Souliotis, Fiorenza Cossotto, Mario Del Monaco, Carlo Cava / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Silvio Varviso [ SBS Deutsche Grammophon Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "Elena Souliotis has the power, ferocity, energy for the role...Mario del Monaco's "Ferisci, ma non interrogarmi" is a splendid moment [...] Cosotto's tone is always full and beautiful...Silvio Varviso's direction is pleasantly spirited" Gramophone |
John McCormack (tenor) with Mario Sammarco, baritone / Victor Orchestra
John McCormack: Acoustic Victor Recordings, Vol. 1 (1910) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 1 / CD - released 6/Dec/2004 ] "For those who do not know the voice, I strongly recommend the modest outlay and enjoy what many have long known and can now glory in anew." - MusicWeb Dec 2004 |
John McCormack (tenor) with Nellie Melba, soprano / Mario Sammarco, baritone / Edna Thornton, contralto with various orchestras
John McCormack: Acoustic Recordings (1910-1911) [ Naxos Historical Naxos The McCormack Edition Vol 2 / CD - released 14/Apr/2005 ] Born in the small Irish town of Athlone on 14th June 1884, John McCormack seemed destined for a life in the civil service until he won the gold medal in a Dublin music festival in 1903. |
W. A. MOZART / NIELSEN
Mozart / Nielsen: Clarinet Concertos Julian Bliss (clarinet) / Royal Northern Sinfonia, Mario Venzago [ Signum / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] "Bliss responds to the work's mercurial switches of mood with a wide range of colour and articulation, and meets its considerable technical challenges with seemingly offhand virtuosity." (BBC Music) |
