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GIACOMO PUCCCINI
Puccini: Madam Butterfly (complete opera recorded in 1960) Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Enzo Sordell, Fiorenza Cossotto / Chorus & Orchestra Of Accademia St. Cecilia, Rome, Tullio Serafin [ Alto / 2 CD - released 11/Apr/2011 ] "sensitive and beautifully-paced reading finds Tebaldi at her most radiant. … her singing is consistently rich and beautiful, breathtakingly so in passages like the one where she tells Pinkerton she has changed her religion." (Penguin Guide 3 stars) |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Diana Damrau - Tudor Queens Diana Damrau (soprano), Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Erato / CD - released 2/Oct/2020 ] "Damrau, luminous of voice, is surely the perfect exponent of this repertoire: adept at surmounting the music's technical challenges in its dramatic moments, yet equally capable of exhibiting the tenderness for which these roles call" BBC Music ***** |
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BELA BARTOK / JOHANNES BRAHMS
Bartok / Brahms: Violin Concertos Janine Jansen (violin) / London Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Decca / CD - released 22/Jan/2016 ] "Jansen gives us a lyric reading [of the Brahms] of rare inwardness and beauty...it is a performance that marries meditation with motion, such is the suppleness of Jansen's and Pappano's feel for the concerto's larger symphonic movement" Gramophone |
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PAISIELLO / BEETHOVEN / MONTEVERDI
Jonas Kaufmann: Opera Collection Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) with Cecilia Bartoli, Camilla Nylund, Vesselina Kasarova, and Dietrich Henschel [ Arthaus DVD / 3 DVD - released 26/Jul/2019 ] Experience Jonas Kaufmann, opera world's top star, in this impressive opera collection from his time at the Zurich Opera House still before his great international breakthrough. He feels closely connected to the opera house, boosted his career there... |
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BELLINI / ROSSINI / DONIZETTI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Arias for Rubini Juan Diego Florez (tenor) / Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Roberto Abbado [ Decca / CD - released 5/Sep/2007 ] 'The King of the High Ds' celebrates the first superstar tenor with this disc of beautiful and thrilling arias by Rossini, Bellini and Donizetti. |
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PUCCINI / BIZET / DVORAK / OFFENBACH / DONIZETTI / VERDI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: 40 Most Beautiful Arias Maria Callas, Placido Domingo, Cecilia Bartoli, Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, José Cura, Angela Gheorghiu, etc [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Feb/2009 ] Nothing stirs the soul and tugs at the heartstrings more than an inspired operatic aria. Warner Classics CD set 40 MOST BEAUTIFUL ARIAS collects forty of the most moving ones the world has known on this star-studded collection. |
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LEONARD BERNSTEIN
Bernstein: The 3 Symphonies [Deluxe Edition] Marie-Nicole Lemieux (mezzo), Beatrice Rana (piano), Nadine Sierra (soprano), etc / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] GRAMOPHONE AWARD NOMINATION 2019 TOP THREE - Orchestral |
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CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony / Carnival of the Animals Martha Argerich (piano) Antonio Pappano (piano) Daniele Rossi (organ) / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia [ Warner Classics / CD - released 25/Sep/2017 ] Martha Argerich and Antonio Pappano (as pianist rather than conductor) lead the fun in Saint-Saëns' Carnival of the Animals with Members of the Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. |
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GIACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Overtures / Andante e tema con variazioni Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 20/Oct/2014 ] "The one rarity here is the overture to Le siège de Corinthe...Pappano's performance is vivid but a good deal more humane [than Toscanini's]." (Gramophone) |
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NICOLA PORPORA
Porpora: Farinelli Arias Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) / Venice Baroque Orchestra, Andrea Marcon, with Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Erato / Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2014 ] "Jaroussky's rapid passagework in quick heroic arias is precise...but the outstanding moments are slow arias that could have been tailor-made for Jaroussky's sweetly graceful melodic singing." Gramophone Awards 2014 Shortlisted - Recital |
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PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER / MOZART / DVORAK / VERDI / GRANADOS
Portrait of Pilar Pilar Lorengar (soprano) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jesús López-Cobos / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Giuseppe Patanè [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 27 / CD - released 14/Jul/2014 ] A collection which celebrates the phenomenal career of this popular international soprano |
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PUCCINI / BIZET / WAGNER / DVORAK / MASSENET / WEBER
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pilar Lorengar Pilar Lorengar (soprano) / Wiener Opernorchester, Walter Weller / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Giuseppe Patanè [ Decca Grandi Voci / CD - released 14/Jul/1995 ] A collection which celebrates the phenomenal career of this popular international soprano |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: La Boheme (Highlights from the opera) Renata Tebaldi, Carlo Bergonzi, Gianni d'Angelo / Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Tullio Serafin [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 28/May/1988 ] "it still sounds astonishingly vivid,with a very convincing theatrical atmosphere. Vocally the performance achieves a consistently high standard, with Tebaldi as Mim the most affecting." Penguin Guide |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini - Madama Butterfly (Highlights from the complete opera) Renata Tebaldi, Giuseppe Campora, Nell Rankin, Giovanni Inghilleri / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Mar/2016 ] "Tebaldi rises to every climax with opulent, unforced tone..Giuseppe Campora appeared regularly at the Met between 1955 and 1965. He sings naturally and musically, with no forcing of his attractive, lightish voice at climaxes." MusicWeb |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Forza del Destino (highlights recorded in 1955) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ettore Bastianini / Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma / Francesco Molinari-Pradelli [ Decca / CD - released 1/Oct/1997 ] 'Tebaldi, as always, makes some lovely sounds, and the mezza voce in the soaring theme (first heard in the overture) in 'madre, madre, pietosa Vergine' is exquisite...the brilliance and atmosphere of the recording add much to the listener's pleasure" |
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FRANCESCO CILEA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur (complete opera recorded in 1962) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Giulietta Simionato, Giulio Fioravanti / Orchestra & Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Franco Capuana [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/1991 ] Cilea's opera is based on a popular play which was itself based on the real life story of Adriana Lecouvreur - the great actress of early 18th Century Paris - and her relationship with the aristocratic soldier Maurizio, Count of Saxony. |
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VERDI / PUCCINI / ROSSINI / CILEA / REFICE / BOITO / MASCAGNI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: La Tebaldi Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, New Philharmonia Orchestr [ Decca / CD Box Set - released 10/Aug/2005 ] In May 1946, when Milan's venerable La Scala theatre reopened after World War II, conductor Arturo Toscanini selected Renata Tebaldi, then 24, to sing music by Rossini and Verdi... the voice of an angel - Toscanini's reported. |
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DVORAK / MOZART / BRITTEN / GOUNOD / VERDI / R. STRAUSS / etc
Renée Fleming - Greatest Moments at the Met Renée Fleming, with Cecilia Bartoli, Susan Graham, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Samuel Ramey, Bryn Terfel & more [ Decca / 2 CD - released 27/Jan/2023 ] This first-ever, specially remastered collection compiles highlights chosen by Renée of her "most magical experiences", captured live on stage in this pinnacle of opera houses. Produced by GRAMMY-winning David Frost, the collection features duets... |
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ROSSINI / GLUCK / GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / MEYERBEER / BRAHMS
Varduhi Abrahamyan - Rhapsody Varduhi Abrahamyan (mezzo-soprano) / Les Musiciens du Prince-Monaco Gianluca Capuano, with Araik Bartikian (duduk) & Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) [ Decca / CD - released 2/Apr/2021 ] Varduhi is a Franco-Armenian mezzo-soprano. She appeared with Cecilia Bartoli in Alcina. Her upcoming house debut at the Met Opera as the title role in Carmen. The album features a duet with Cecilia Bartoli. |
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PUCCINI / VERDI / LEONCAVALLO / WAGNER / GOUNOD / etc
Grand Opera Choruses (Madama Butterfly, Fidelio, Lohengrin, Carmen, etc) Vienna State Opera / London Opera Chorus / Coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Ambrosian Opera Chorus [ Decca Opera Gala / CD - released 1/Jan/1988 ] All the great opera choruses on one CD |