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PUCCINI
Madama Butterfly (Complete opera 1951 recording) Renata Tebaldi / Giuseppe Campora / Nell Rankin / Giovanni Inghilleri / Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Alberto Erede, [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] Renata Tebaldi (b.1922) studied at the Boito Conservatorio in Parma, before making her début as Elena in Mefistofele at Rovigo in 1944. She sang for Toscanini at the opening concert at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, in 1946. Later that season she was... |
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VERDI
Aida (complete opera recorded in 1952) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ebe Stignani, Aldo Protti / Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Recorded 1952 |
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PUCCINI
Tosca (highlights from the complete opera) Renata Tebaldi, Monaco del Monaco, George London / St Cecilia, Rome, Francesco Molinari-Pradel [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 16/Nov/2014 ] Highlights from the classic recording |
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Serafin/Rome Opera
Verdi:messa Da Requiem [ Testament / 2 CD ] |
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WILLIAM PERRY
The Innocents Abroad & other Mark Twain films Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra / Rome Philharmonic / Vienna Symphony Orchestra / William Perry [ Naxos Film Music Classics / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "This is a nice CD to add to your collection given the exceptional value that Naxos is in the marketplace. Highly recommended." --Review by sdtom.wordpress.com |
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Sublime With Rome
Yours Truly [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 5/Mar/2012 ] Sublime with Rome is a musical collaboration between Eric Wilson, Bud Gaugh (both formerly of the band Sublime) and singer and guitarist Rome Ramirez. |
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ALFREDO CASELLA
Casella: Symphony No. 2 / A notte alta Sun Hee You (piano) / Rome Symphony Orchestra / Francesco La Vecchia [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Aug/2010 ] "One of Casella's subtlest creations, it receives a fine performance from the Rome Symphony Orchestra and Francesco La Vecchia" Gramophone |
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GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola (complete opera recorded in 2016) BLU-RAY Teatro Opera of Rome / Serena Malfi, Juan Francisco Gatell, Alessandro Corbelli, Vito Priante / Alejo Pérez (cond) [ C Major BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jan/2020 ] Rossini's second masterpiece La Cenerentola premiered at the Teatro Valle in Rome on the 25th of January 1817, less than a year after the first performance of his The Barber of Seville and it ́s pure, perfect Rossini. In this production, a set-up... |
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PUCCINI
Il Tabarro (Complete opera 1955 recording) [plus opera arias sung by Tito Gobbi] Tito Gobbi (baritone) Giacinto Prandelli (tenor) Margaret Mas (soprano) / Rome Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Vincenzo Bellezza [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / CD - released 20/Aug/2008 ] "All in all this is an essential buy. If you don't have it already, then get it. You will probably want other more modern accounts of the work, though there are not many in the current catalogue. But for dramatic truth this one can hardly be... |
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PUCCINI
Il Tabarro (with bonus tracks 'Great Voices Sing Puccini') Titp Gobbi, Giacinto Prandelli, Margarety Mas / Rome Opera House / Vincenzo Bellezza [ Regis Records / CD - released 10/Mar/2009 ] "Tito Gobbi giving his ripest characterizations..the central role of the cuckolded bargemaster... inspires him to one of his very finest performances on record... conveys the sense of horror far more keenly than any (other)" (Penguin Guide) |
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PUCCINI
Suor Angelica (complete opera recorded in 1957) Victoria de los Angeles / Fedora Barbieri / Rome Opera / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Victoria de los Angeles's performance as Sister Angelica demands superlatives: 'it is in every way perfect, beautifully sung, infinitely touching, and free from the slightest suggestion of theatricality', wrote The Gramophone when this recording was... |
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PUCCINI
Madama Butterfly (complete opera recorded in 1954) [with bonus tracks] Victoria de los Angeles, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi / Chorus & Orchestra, Rome Opera / Ginandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "Los Angeles herself is adorable,... the voice in richest bloom here, the portrayal almost unbearably vivid in charm and magnanimity." - Gramophone |
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VERDI
Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 1957) Victoria de los Angeles / Tito Gobbi / Boris Christoff / Giuseppe Campora / Rome Opera Chorus and Orchestra / Gabriele Santini [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 15/Mar/2009 ] "Go on, treat yourself: this is Gobbi, Christoff and de Los Angeles in spectacular form." (MusicWeb May 2009) |
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ENNIO MORRICONE
Yo-Yo Ma plays Ennio Morricone Yo-Yo Ma (cello), Rome Sinfonietta Orchestra, Ennio Morricone [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Oct/2004 ] The genesis for this recording began during the Academy Awards in 2001, when Yo-Yo Ma was performing the Academy Award-winning score for Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon on the Oscar telecast, and met Morricone, who was also in attendance for his... |