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STRAUSS / VERDI / ADAM / TCHAIKOVSKY / MOZART / etc
Herbert von Karajan - Complete Decca Recordings Herbert von Karajan with Vienna Philharmonic, with Mario del Monaco, Renata Tebaldi, Hilde Güden, Leontyne Price, etc [ Decca / 33 CD Box Set - released 21/Feb/2020 ] Presented with original sleeves and spined wallets, this 33CD set of Herbert von Karajan's complete Decca recordings includes a new essay by Karajan biographer, Richard Osborne. |
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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 |
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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 |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea Emanuela Galli, Roberta Mameli, Josè Maria Lo Monaco, Xenia Meijer, Ian Honeyman / La Venexiana, Claudio Cavina (direction) [ Glossa / 3 CD - released 29/Mar/2010 ] "Galli's sensuous Poppea and Roberta Mameli's psychotic Nero climax in an almost bluesily languid duet. Not everyone will like it, but for the dramatic verve of Cavina's direction and the vividness of the text this Nerone/Poppea has to be heard." |
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Monaco
Monaco (25th Anniversary MInty Green Vinyl LP) [ Music On Vinyl / 2 LP - released 30/May/2025 ] "Monaco (2000) is the self-titled second and final studio album by Monaco, following their debut album Music for Pleasure (1997). Monaco was a side project (1995-2000) of Joy Divsion and New Order bass player Peter Hook, alongside David Potts, the... |