LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI
Leoncavallo/Mascagni: I Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana (Complete Operas) Barbara Frittoli, Jose Cura, Carlos Alvarez, Jessye Norman, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Riccardo Chailly, Semyon Bychkov (conds) [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] 'The recording is rich, spacious and brilliant with glorious orchestral playing, making one marvel at the beauty and subtlety of Leoncavallo's orchestration.' A Key Recording, from The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. (I Pagliacci) |
Beethoven,
Symphonie No. 7 A-Dur op. 92 Bayerische Staatsoper, Carlos Kleiber [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Dec/2005 ] |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss, (R.): Der Rosenkavalier (the complete opera recorded in 1988) Bayerischen Staatsoper / Gwyneth Jones, Manfred Jungwirth, Brigitte Fassbaender, Lucia Popp / Carlos Kleiber (cond) [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 16/Aug/2004 ] "Kleiber's conducting is spacious, transparent and warm. Brigitte Fassbaender is ideal as Octavian, Gwyneth Jones a moving Marschallin, Lucia Popp a sweet-voiced if mature Sophie, and Manfred Jungwirth a dignified but funny Ochs." (BBC music) |
Beethoven,
Symphonie No. 6 F-Dur op. 68 Pastorale Bayerisches Staatsorcherster, Carlos Kleiber [ ORFEO / CD - released 3/Nov/2003 ] |
Beethoven,
Symph. No. 4 B-Dur op. 60 Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber [ ORFEO / CD - released 16/Aug/1984 ] |
GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: La Traviata (complete opera recorded live in 1958) Maria Callas, Alfredo Kraus, Mario Sereni, Laura Zannini, Maria Cristina de Castro / Teatro Nacional de São Carlos, Lisboa Franco Ghione [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Live Remastered / 2 CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Callas sang La traviata more frequently than any other opera, apart from Norma. She performed it over 60 times between 1951 and 1958, most famously in Luchino Visconti's production at La Scala in 1955/56. Her only studio recording of the role was... |
SERGEI PROKOFIEV
Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet (complete ballet recorded in 2007) The Royal Ballet / Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Jose Martin / Boris Cruzin (cond) [ Decca DVD / DVD - released 1/Oct/2009 ] "Rojo rises to the fierce dramatic challenges of the last act with electrifying intensity. ...and Prokofiev's score is vigorously conducted by Boris Gruzin." Gramophone DVD of the Month Feb 2010 |
PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / ADAM / TALBOT / etc
The Royal Ballet - The Collection BLU-RAY Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, Wayne McGregor [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection Blu-ray / 15 Blu-ray Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] Celebrating 60 years since the Royal Ballet was awarded its Royal Charter, this magnificent 15-disc collection brings together 22 ballets spanning a decade of dance. The Collection illustrates the breadth of the Royal Ballet's work: from such... |
PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / ADAM / TALBOT / etc
The Royal Ballet - The Collection Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Edward Watson, Mara Galeazzi, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, Wayne McGregor [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / 15 DVD Box Set - released 10/Nov/2016 ] Celebrating 60 years since the Royal Ballet was awarded its Royal Charter, this magnificent 15-disc collection brings together 22 ballets spanning a decade of dance. |
PROKOFIEV / TCHAIKOVSKY / DELIBES / ADAM / STRAVINSKY / etc
An Evening With The Royal Ballet Carlos Acosta, Tamara Rojo, Lauren Cuthbertson, Alina Cojocaru, Marianela Nunez, Darcey Bussell, etc [ Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection DVD / DVD - released 20/Feb/2013 ] "This compilation taster of the great classics offers knockout performances, leaving one hankering to see the complete work. Don't miss Alina Cojocaru and Johan Kobborg in Giselle." (BBC Music) |
Carlos Alvarez
Alvarez Sings Opera Arias [ Sony Classical / CD ] |
VERDI
Falstaff (Complete opera) Carlos Alvarez, Balent Bezduz, Alasdair Elliott, Ana Ibarra, Peter Hoare / London Symphony Chorus / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 SACD - released 1/Nov/2004 ] "A memorable evening's fun is fully captured on disc: bouquets all round" Editor's Choice Gramophone Nov 2004 - Hybrid SACD Compatible with all CD players. Includes high denstity stereo and surround tracks that can be read by SACD players. |
ALBENIZ
Merlin (Complete Opera) Carlos Alvarez, Placido Domingo, Orquesta Sinfonica de Madrid / Jose de Eusebio [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 26/Sep/2000 ] 2001 GRAMOPHONE AWARD FINALIST - Opera |
MERIDETH MONK
Atlas (an opera in 3 parts) Carlos Aravalo, Thomas Bogdan, Victoria Boomsma, Janis Brenner, Susan Iadone (voices) / Darryl Kubian (violin) / Wayne Hankin (conductor) [ ECM Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2009 ] Recorded June 1992 |
CARLOS CIPPELLETTI
Hybrid / C Carlos Cippelletti [ Outnote Records / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] HYBRID/C is a musical and cultural fusion project with a common point that is Afro-Cuban music and jazz. Jazz serves as a vehicle on this journey to the roots of Cuban music and Afro- Cuban culture from a modern musical perspective. Born in Spain to... |
FREITAS-BRANCO
Violin Sonatas 1 and 2 / Prelude for Violin and Piano Carlos Damas (violin) / Anna Tomasik (piano) [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Nov/2011 ] |
Carlos Heredia
Gypsy Flamenco [ Chesky SACD / SACD - released 23/Mar/2004 ] This hybrid SACD can be played with a SACD player or a normal CD player. Fantastic sound quality! |
PISTON / GOULD / HANSON
Aspects of America: Pulitzer Edition Carlos Kalmar, Oregon Symphony Orchestra [ Pentatone / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] "Excellent live recordings of three American works that won the Pulitzer prize - and well deserved it. The live recordings are of excellent quality, lending a bloom and depth to the sound, and the strings shine in the Gould piece." MusicWeb May 2020 |
BRAHMS / MOZART
Symphonie No. 4 / Symphonie No. 33 / (with Beethoven's Coriolan Overture) Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Carlos Kleiber [ Deutsche Grammophon / DVD - released 25/Jan/2005 ] G :- "Kleiber was the last representative of the line of conducting giants who dominated 20th-century music. He was acknowledged by almost everyone as peerless.” The Times (London), 2004 |
BEETHOVEN / BRUCKNER / DVORAK / SCHUMANN / SMETANA / WAGNER / etc
In Rehearsal & Performance BLU-RAY Carlos Kleiber, Erich Leinsdorf, Sergiu Celibidache, Vaclav Neumann, Karl Bohm, Georg Solti, Carlo Maria Giulini [ Euroarts BLU-RAY / Blu-ray Disc - released 22/Sep/2016 ] Experience the greatest conductors of the past century in this extensive collection of carefully selected rehearsals and performances - more than 13 hours of standard DVD quality with non-compromised audio on one Blu-ray Disc. |