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THREE TENORS
The Three Tenors in Concert 1994 in Los Angeles Luciano Pavarotti / Jose Carreras / Placido Domingo / Zubin Mehta [ Warner Classics / 2 LP - released 21/Jun/2024 ] On Saturday July 16, 1994, The 3 Tenors performed a concert in Los Angeles' Dodger Stadium that was acknowledged as "probably the biggest single musical event in history" with an estimated worldwide audience of more than one billion viewers. This... |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Riccardo Muti - The Verdi Collection Luciano Pavarotti, Samuel Ramey, Daniela Dessi, Matteo Manuguerra, Renata Scotto, Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo / Riccardo Muti [ Warner Classics / 29 CD/DVD Box Set - released 25/Jul/2016 ] Riccardo Muti is the greatest living interpreter of Verdi's music, applauded by the critics and audiences all over the world. This collection includes 11 complete operas, the Requiem and the Four Sacred Pieces. |
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GOUNOD / MEYERBEER / BIZET / PUCCINI / CHARPENTIER /
French Opera Arias Monserrat Caballe (soprano) / New Philharmonia Orchestra London / Reynald Giovaninetti (with Placido Domingo, tenor) [ DG Spotlight / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Domingo's original 'crossover' LP, re-presented as it was originally, complete with artist interview in the package and including an alternative cover on the inside! |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Aida (Complete Opera recorded in 1973) Montserrat Caballe, Placido Domingo, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra, Riccardo Muti [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] 'An outright winner. Muti is the undoubted hero, so compelling is his interpretation of the score, and there are no weaknesses in his cast, which features five of the biggest operatic 'names' of the day.' (Gramophone) |
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WAGNER
The Solti Wagner Collection (21 specially priced CDs in box) Nilsson, Domingo, Norman, Heppner, Mattila, Fischer-Dieskau, Hotter, Ludwig, etc [ Decca Records / 21 CD - released 21/Aug/2002 ] 21-CD LIMITED EDITION COLLECTOR'S BOX |
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Placido Domingo
My Life For a Song [ Sony Music / CD - released 25/Oct/1990 ] American imported disc. |
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MASSENET
Werther (Complete opera) Placido Domingo, Franz Grundheber, Elena Obraztsova, Arleen AugACr / KAlner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester / Riccardo Chailly [ DG Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Dec/2006 ] 'Domingo in the name part sings with sweetness and purity as well as strength.' Penguin Guide |
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Placido Domingo, Jessye Norman, Hans Sotin, Vienna Philharmonic, Solti
Wagner - Lohengrin (Complete Opera) [ Decca Records / 4 CD - released 11/Aug/2002 ] Solti's monumental recording now remastered |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Don Carlo (Complete Opera recorded in 1970) Placido Domingo, Montserrat Caballe, Shirley Verrett, Ryland Davies / Royal Opera, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Warner Classics Home of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2016 ] "Under Giulini's commanding and searching direction, the huge canvas is held together with unerring control" (Gramophone) |
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CHARLES GOUNOD
The Gounod Edition: Operas, Choral Works, Symphonies Placido Domingo, Regine Crespin, Alfredo Kraus, Nicolai Gedda, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne, Rolando Villazon, etc [ Warner Classics / 15 CD Box Set - released 25/Jun/2018 ] "Anyone wanting a share in these darling old steeds at a tempting price will be amply satisfied." Opera |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The European Anthem & National Anthems of Member States of the Council of Europe Placido Domingo (tenor) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/May/2006 ] Herbert von Karajan's rare 1972 recording of European national anthems makes a welcome and timely return. |
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PUCCINI, VERDI, MOZART, GOUNOD / MEYERBEER / WAGNER / SAINT-SAENS / etc
The Great Placido Domingo [3 CD set] Placido Domingo (tenor) with Daniel barenboim, Jose Carreras, Mirella Freni, Thomas Hampson & others [ Warner Classics / 3 CD - released 5/Feb/2016 ] Saluting a glorious and unparalleled career that, since 1959, has embraced some 150 operatic roles and spans the the Italian, French, German and Spanish repertoires, this 3-CD collection draws on recitals and complete operas recorded over more than... |
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PUCCINI
Edgar (Complete opera) Placido Domingo / Adriana Damato / Marianne Cornetti / Juan Pons / Core e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia / Alberto Veronesi [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2006 ] "The recording is clear and well balanced with a touch of bloom around the voices...Puccini completists and Domingo fans need not hesitate." (MusicWeb July 2006) |
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VARIOUS
Be My Love Placido Domingo (tenor) / London Symphony Orchestra / Karl-Heinz Loges [ DG Spotlight / CD - released 24/Aug/2006 ] Domingo's original 'crossover' LP, re-presented as it was originally, complete with artist interview in the package and including an alternative cover on the inside! |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Simon Boccanegra (complete opera recorded in 2010) Royal Opera House / Placido Domingo, Marina Poplavskaya, Joseph Calleja / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ EMI / Warner DVD / 2 DVD - released 10/Feb/2011 ] "No vocal Tarnhelm has suddenly magicked a different-sounding timbre for this voice: here is, simply, Domingo singing - and evidently enjoying singing - a part that's lower down. What we might here cheekily call the supporting cast are strong"... |
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SPANISH NIGHT
Placido Domingo Conducts a Spanish Night - Recorded live at the Waldbuhne, Berlin, 1 July 2001 Sarah Chang (violin) / Ana Maria Martinez (soprano) / Berliner Philharmoniker / Placido Domingo (conductor) [ EuroArts DVD / DVD - released 12/Mar/2007 ] G :- "Sarah Chang's flawless technique and her boldly imaginative playing elicited thunderous applause and, following Jules Massenet's Méditation, played with touchingly noble tone, she received a standing ovation." Tagesspiegel |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini Gold (arias & scenes from the operas) Luciano Pavarotti, PlAcido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Christa Ludwig, Bryn Terfel, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sherrill Milnes, etc [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 16/May/2008 ] G - To mark Puccini's 150th anniversary, a new compilation of the best-loved Puccini arias and ensembles sung by a host of the greatest opera stars. |
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VERDI
Rolando Villazon's Viva Verdi!: My Personal Selectyion Rolando Villazon, Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, Brigitte Fassbaender, Joan Sutherland & others [ Deutsche Grammophon / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2016 ] Leading tenor, Rolando Villazon, has personally selected 34 great Verdi tracks, sung by the great names of the present and past, to inspire a new generation with the composer's great arias, powerful choruses and popular tunes. The tracklist is... |
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MASCAGNI / WAGNER / DELIBES / PUCCINI / MOZART / GOUNOD / BIZET / etc
Greatest Opera Show on Earth: The World's Greatest Opera Album Various artists incl. Alagna, Carreras, Fleming, Domingo, te Kanawa, Pavarotti & Tebaldi [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 15/Jan/1998 ] A specially priced double CD |
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HANDEL / RAMEAU / VIVALDI / CAMPRA / PURCELL / etc
The Enchanted Island (complete opera recorded in 2012) Metropolitan Opera / Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, Placido Domingo / William Christie (cond) [ Virgin Classics DVD / 2 DVD - released 19/Oct/2012 ] "The singing from Danielle de Niese, David Daniels and Joyce DiDonato is stellar...William Christie conducts magisterially." (The Observer) |