More By Artist: The Del-Vikings
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VERDI / PUCCINI / GIORDANO / HALEVY / BELLINI / WAGNER / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Mario Del Monaco Mario Del Monaco (tenor) [ Decca The Singers / CD - released 25/Feb/2001 ] Legendary Italian tenor Mario del Monaco was born in Florence on 27 July 1915 and died near Venice on 16 October 1982. |
ARRIGO BOITO
Nicolai Ghiaurov in Boito's 'Mefistofele' / Opera Arias for bass Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), with Franco Tagliavini / Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Orchestra del [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 17 / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] ". . . [a] well-engineered release . . . [Franco Tagliavini's Faust here] makes an appealing, clean Italianate sound . . ." OperaNews |
ANTONIO VIVALDI / GIUSEPPE TARTINI / NICCOLO PAGANINI
Nils Mönkemeyer: Vivaldi - Paganini - Tartini Nils Mönkemeyer (viola), L'arte del mondo, Andreas Arend (lute), Massimiliano Toni (harpsichord), Werner Ehrhardt [ Sony Music / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] "He revels in Paganini's honeyed lyricism, and brings a finely-honed intensity to interpolated cadenzas...L'arte del mondo directed by Werner Ehrhardt prove spirited companions." BBC Music |
NICCOLO PAGANINI / HENRI VIEUXTEMPS
Virtuosismo - Paganini & Vieuxtemps Ning Feng (violin) / Orquesta Sinfónica del Principado de Asturias, Rossen Milanov [ Channel / Hybrid SACD - released 25/Sep/2019 ] "Feng produces playing of real poetry, with a firm, burnished tone" Gramophone |
NINO ROTA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Nino Rota Al Bolshoi rchestra Sinfonica del Teatro Bolshoi di Mosca / Solisti del Teatro Bolshoi di Mosca [ Concerto Fonit Cetra / CD - released 2/Aug/1992 ] Recorded in Moscow, Studio Gosteleradio, March 1992. I Tre Ballabili Da "Il Gattopardo" is dance music composed for the film Il Gattopardo. |
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" |
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. |
ALFREDO CATALANI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Catalani: La Wally (Complete opera with libretto, recorded in 1968) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Piero Cappuccilli, Justino Diaz / Coro Lirico di Torino & Orchestre national de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo / Cleva [ Decca / London / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Oct/2007 ] "Tebaldi in the title role who "...gives one of her most tenederly affecting performances on record, a glorious example of her singing late in her career...her poise and control of line...provide a model for any generation...the recording is superb." |
DONIZETTI
Renato Bruson sings Donizetti Renato Bruson (baritone) / Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Bruno Martinotti [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 3 / CD - released 1/Sep/2014 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: Aida (Complete opera) Ruggero Raimondi, Elena Obraztsova, Katia Ricciarelli, Placido Domingo, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala / Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2005 ] 'None is better or more thoroughly and thoughtfully conducted - and in Verdi, that is of the essence.' Gramophone |
ALBENIZ / TARREGA / RODRIGO / RUIZ-PIPO / SOR / etc
Spanish Guitar Masterpieces Simeon Simov, Irina Kulikova, Norbert Kraft, Adriano Del Sal, Timo Korhonen, Jérémy Jouve, Jürgen Rost (guitars), etc [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Dec/2016 ] Naxos' Easy-Listening Classic series presents a delightful range of guitar music from the Spanish masters performed by leading artists from the vast Naxos label. Music to enjoy at home or work, while relaxing, entertaining or travelling. |
![MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Barber of Seville, The [Il barbiere di Siviglia] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 cover](https://images.marbecks.co.nz/_thumbnails/10109/10109087.jpg)
GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: Barber of Seville, The [Il barbiere di Siviglia] complete studio recording of the opera recorded in 1972 Teresa Berganza, Luigi Alva, Hermann Prey, Enzo Dara / Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / DVD - released 21/Jun/2005 ] In the 1970s, the era from which this production emanates, the director Jean Pierre Ponnelle was reaching the height of his powers. In his 1972 production at Milan's La Scala, Ponnelle designed a realistic set that still feels fresh. |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Puccini: Gianni Schicchi (complete) (recorded 1958) / Scenes from Verdi's Don Carlo & Simon Boccanegra (recorded 1954 & 1957) Tito Gobbi (baritone) / Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma / Gabriele Santini (with Victoria de los Angeles) [ EMI Great Artists of the Century / CD - released 6/Apr/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "Gobbi had one of those hauntingly individual voices that leave their imprint on phrases and arias: very much the male counterpart of Maria Callas." |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Wand of Youth Suites / Nursery Suite / Dream Children Ulster Orchestra, Bryden Thomson / Bournemouth Sinfonietta, Norman Del Mar [ Chandos Classics / CD - released 22/May/2007 ] 'The playing in Ulster is attractively spirited; the music-making engagingly combines refinement and warmth. The Nursery Suite is strikingly well characterised, and with first-class digital sound this is highly recommendable.' Penguin Guide |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Verdi: La Traviata (Complete Opera recorded in 1960) Victoria de los Angeles, Carlo del Monte, Mario Sereni, Santa Chissari / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera, Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics for Pleasure / 2 CD - released 20/Jul/2006 ] "The CD transfer is first-rate, and this remains a real bargain." (Gramophone) |
ROSSINI / VERDI / GOUNOD / PUCCINI / LEONCAVALLO / BIZET / CATALANI / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Victoria De Los Angeles - Diva Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano), with Jussi Bjorling & Carlo del Monte (tenor) / Various orchestras & conductors [ EMI Classics / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] Victoria studied voice under Dolores Frau, and guitar with Graciano Tarragó, at the Barcelona Conservatory, graduating in 1941 after three years, at the age of 18. (Wiki) |
VERDI / DONIZETTI / PUCCINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Vittorio Grigolo - The Italian Tenor Vittorio Grigolo (tenor) with Danila Rigosa & Maria Cioppi / Coro e Orchestre del Teatro di Parma, Pier Giorgio Morandi [ Sony Classical / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] "Now and then there are hints of another great Italian-style tenor, the stylish Alfredo Kraus. It's there in the hushed tone Grigolo adopts for the 'Favorita del re!...Spirto gentil' from La Favorita and Manrico's elegant swagger in 'Di quella pira' |
Gastr Del Sol
Camoufleur (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Released on LP and CD, Camoufleur had a prescient quality: like something that existed beyond such simple formats as LP and CD, or even the designations of 'record' and 'album'. It was the nascence era of the burnt CD, unmarked or attributed in any... |
Gastr Del Sol
Crookt, Crackt, Or Fly (LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Gastr del Sol's second album Crookt, Crackt, or Fly returns to vinyl for the first time in over a decade, retaining its strange, singular force more than 30 years after its original release. A significant evolution from The Serpentine Similar, this... |
Gastr Del Sol
The Serpentine Similar (Reissue LP) [ Drag City / LP - released 29/Aug/2025 ] Signing to Teen Beat, Gastr del Sol completed 'The Serpentine Similar' in late 1992 for release the following year (the Drag City reissue came in 1997). In the final rendering, 'The Serpentine Similar's roof-rent, white-sky execution was attenuated... |
