PUCCINI
Turandot (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Metropolitan Opera / Maria Guleghina, Marcello Giordani, Marina Poplavskaya, Samuel Ramey / Andris Nelsons (cond) [ Decca Music Group Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 28/Jul/2011 ] Franco Zeffirelli's magnificent staging of Puccini's final opera - a fairy tale set in a mythical China - is one of the most popular in the Met repertory. |
PUCCINI
Tosca (complete opera) Monserrat Caballa / Josa Carreras / Ingvar Wixell / Samuel Ramey / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Colin Davis [ Pentatone SACD / 2 SACD - released 26/Sep/2006 ] The blissfully melodic drama full of delicate weaknesses, La bohème, was followed by the chamber of horrors which was Tosca. Giacomo Puccini demonstrated the artistic acrobatics of which he was capable in two of his most successful works. |
VERDI
I due Foscari (Complete opera) Piero Cappuccilli, JosAFAC Carreras, Katia Ricciarelli, Samuel Ramey / ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Vienna / Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca / Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2007 ] "The cast here is first rate, with Ricciarelli giving one of her finest performences in the recording studio to date and with Carreras singing tastefully as well as pwerfully. The crispness of discipline among the Austrian Radio forces is... |
Ramey
A Date With The Devil [ CD ] |
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino (Complete opera) Samuel Ramey, Kathleen Battle, Claudio Desderi / English Chamber Orchestra, Ion Marin [ Deusche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Jun/1993 ] "What a cast there is on DG - so expert and experienced they can't fail to bring the score wonderfully to life" (Gramophone) |
LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: On The Town Frederica von Stade, Tyne Daley, Thomas Hampson, Samuel Ramey, Cleo Laine / London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Michael Tilson Thomas [ Deutsche Grammophon First Choice / CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "The energy and fun make this irresistable" (Five Stars BBC Music) |
W.A. MOZART / VERDI / CILEA / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / PEERGOLESI
La Scala Collection: 11 DVD set of the world's most popular operas Teatro alla Scala / Daniela Dessi, Delores Ziegler, Alessandro Corbelli, Mirella Freni, Renato Bruson, Thomas Allen, Samuel Ramey, etc [ Opus Arte / Rai Trade / La Scala Collection / 11 DVD Box Set - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Soloists include Thomas Allen, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Daniela Dessì, Alessandro Corbelli, Giorgio Zancanaro, Chris Merritt, Cheryl Studer and Sara Mingardo |