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PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOSVKY
Versailles - Alexandre Tharaud (LP) Teatro alla Scala, Guido Cantelli [ Warner Classics Vinyl / LP - released 1/Jun/2020 ] "Even for aficionados of this repertoire there are surprises to be had." Gramophone |
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J.S. BACH / CHOPIN / LISZT / MOZART / MOSZKOWSKI / RACHMANINOV / SCARLATTI / SCRIABIN / etc
Vladimir Horowitz-Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Vladimir Horowitz (piano) with Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Carlo Maria Giulini [ DG Collector's Edition / 6 CD - released 26/May/2003 ] "Vladimir Horowitz, incomparable wizard of the keyboard, is a law unto himself-more than ever so in his freewheeling eighties-and what a compelling law it is." Gramophone |
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Alla
Digs [ Crammed Discs / CD ] |
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Schostakow
Trios op. 8 und op. 67, Romanzensuite op. 127 Alla Ablaberdyeva, Neues Münchner Klaviertrio [ ORFEO / CD - released 9/Nov/2000 ] |
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TRADITIONAL
Mediterranea: Troubadours songs Alla Francesca: Brigitte Lesne, vocal, Pierre Hamon, flute and Carlo Rizzo, tabors & vocal [ Zig Zag Territories / CD - released 1/Aug/2009 ] Troubadours songs; laude to the Virgin and estampies from trecento mingle with Sephardic lullabies and folksongs collected in Italy. They tell the stories of simple men and women of the Mediterranean world. Languages and music have survived to the... |
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PAISIELLO / GIULIANO / CAUDIOSO / CECERE
Concerti Napoletani per Mandolino ArteMandoline, Juan Carlos Muñoz (mandolin), Mari Fe Pavón (mandolin), Alla Tolkacheva (mandolin) [ Deutsche Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 20/Aug/2018 ] Artemandoline take their listeners on a musical journey to 18th-century Naples. |
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MINKUS
La Bayadère (ballet recorded 2006) Corpo di Ballo and Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle / David Coleman [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ] In their series of classical ballet productions from La Scala Arthaus releases a DVD recording of La Bayadére in the choreography by Natalia Makarova. Her |
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MONTEVERDI
L'Orfeo (complete opera recorded in 2009) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Georg Nigl, Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo, Raffaella Milanesi, Furio Zanasi / Rinaldo Alessandrini (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 11/May/2011 ] "Alessandrini directs an authentically sized La Scala orchestra in playing that is at once historically informed and always alive...Georg Nigl, previously a Wozzeck at La Scala, sings with much beauty of voice." (Gramophone) |
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W. A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [Magic Flute] (Complete, recorded live in 2011) BLU-RAY La Teatro alla Scala / Günther Groissböck, Saimir Pirgu, Albina Shagimuratova, Genia Kühmeier, Ailish Tynan, Alex Esposito / Roland Böer (cond) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "This is a wonderful performance...I was more moved and enchanted by this than by any other Magic Flute I have seen on DVD." (BBC Music DVD & Blu-ray Choice - April 2012) |
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CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
Monteverdi: Two Classic Operas - L'incoronazione di Poppea / L'Orfeo (complete operas recorded in 2009 & 2012) BLU-RAY Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona, Sarah Connolly, Miah Persson, Jordi Domènech / Teatro alla Scala, Georg Nigl, Roberta Invernizzi, Sara Mingardo [ Opus Arte Blu-ray / 2 Blu-ray Box Set - released 29/Nov/2017 ] "this is a wonderfully satisfying performance, featuring one of the finest Orfeos on disc, and a production which suits the needs of both the large-scale theatre and the small screen equally well." (International Record Review on Orfeo) |
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DONIZETTI
Le Convenienze ed Inconvenienze Teatrali (complete opera recorded in 2009) Jessica Pratt / Simon Bailey / Christian Senn / Vincenzo Taormina / Teatro alla Scala / Marco Guidarini [ Bel Air Classiques / DVD - released 12/Dec/2010 ] The Accademia del Teatro alla Scala, a young singers project, presents an opera by Donizetti never before performed on the La Scala stage. Le convenienze ed inconvenienze teatrali (Viva la mamma!) is a farce in two acts which premiered in Milan April... |
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MAURICE JARRE
Notre Dame de Paris (Complete Ballet, recorded live in March 2013) La Teatro alla Scala Ballet / Natalia Osipova, Roberto Bolle, Eris Nezha, Mick Zeni / Paul Connelly (cond) [ Opus Arte La Scala Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Aug/2014 ] With Roland Petit's cool, cabaret-style choreography and chic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent, Notre Dame de Paris has been a modern ballet hit ever since its 1965 premiere. Petit's deft condensation of Victor Hugo's epic and tragic novel is now... |
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MAURICE JARRE
Notre Dame de Paris (Complete Ballet, recorded live in March 2013) BLU-RAY La Teatro alla Scala Ballet / Natalia Osipova, Roberto Bolle, Eris Nezha, Mick Zeni / Paul Connelly (cond) [ Opus Arte La Scala Collection Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2014 ] With Roland Petit's cool, cabaret-style choreography and chic costumes by Yves Saint Laurent, Notre Dame de Paris has been a modern ballet hit ever since its 1965 premiere. Petit's deft condensation of Victor Hugo's epic and tragic novel is now... |
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W. A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [Magic Flute] (Complete, recorded live in 2011) La Teatro alla Scala / Günther Groissböck, Saimir Pirgu, Albina Shagimuratova, Genia Kühmeier, Ailish Tynan, Alex Esposito / Roland Böer (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 20/Apr/2012 ] "It is very much 'producer's opera' and it will annoy some people. I found it fascinating...Lively musical direction, incorporating Rene Jacobs's superfluous keyboard interjections. Don't miss this visually enchanting and thought-provoking... |
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CILEA / GIODANO / CATALANI / BOITO / ROSSINI / MEYERBEER / DELIBES
Maria Callas - Operatic Arias Maria Callas (soprano) / Orchestra del Teatro Alla Scala, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Music / CD - released 6/Dec/1986 ] 13 arias from a specially recorded recital by Maria Callas |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
VerdI Aida (complete opera recorded in 1986) BLU-RAY Teatro alla Scala / Maria Chiara, Luciano Pavarotti, Ghena Dimitrova, Leo Nucci / Lorin Maazel (conductor) [ Arthaus Legendary Performances BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 12/Jul/2015 ] "An opera for Cairo!", Verdi is said to have exclaimed. He would certainly have been delighted with this magnificent production. It was a triumphant success when it opened at la Scala in December 1985 |
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Prince Alla
Songs From the Royal Throne Room [ SRD / CD - released 26/Mar/2012 ] The heart of this release is material from the long hard-to-find 'Heaven Is My Roof' album - and includes a few additional tracks. |
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Prince Alla
Songs From the Royal Throne Room (Vinyl) [ SRD / LP - released 26/Mar/2012 ] Limited edition vinyl issue. Masterful late 70s cuts of regal roots reggae vocals from Prince Alla - produced by the great Tapper Zukie. |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 1992) Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Elisabetta Scano, Simon Keenlyside / Orchestra & Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 15/Mar/2012 ] "Gheorghiu's glorious singing is powerfully matched by the heroic tones of Alagna, culminating in a deeply moving death-scene." (Penguin Guide) |
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VERDI / BELLINI / DONIZETTI / ROSSINI
Orchestral works (Rec.1959-61 ) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Philharmonia Orchestra / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Tullio Serafin [ Medici Masters / CD - released 1/Aug/2007 ] This Serafin release, in excellent stereo, demonstrates his long and celebrated association with Italian opera, and represents the first of some carefully selected artists and titles for the future. |