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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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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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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) |
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Jose Carrearas, Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Zubin Mehta (cond)
The Three Tenors In Concert 1994 [ Teldec / CD - released 2/Feb/1994 ] The concert on this memorable CD album was given on 16 July 1994 in the Dodger Stadium, Los Angeles the day before the 1994 Football World Cup final in the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, California. |
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VERDI / WAGNER / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / STRAUSS / ROSSINI / BIZET
Gala Concerts: A Verdi Gala From Berlin / Gala Concert from the Vienna State Opera / Great Stars in Opera [4 DVD set] Andrea Rost, Ramon Vargas, Alan Titus, Agnes Baltsa, Placido Domingo, Neil Shicoff / Various orchestras & conductors [ EuroArts DVD / 4 DVD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2011 ] The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centres that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth - Vienna, Berlin and Dresden. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Global Wagner - From Bayreuth to the World - A film by Axel Brüggemann Anja Harteros, Plácido Domingo and Piotr Beczała, Tenors Christian Thielemann and Valery Gergiev, Conductors [ Naxos DVD / DVD - released 11/Mar/2022 ] This is a documentary that flows with effortless authenticity, and always with an engaging lightness of touch and an unexpected diversity of scenery and personal observation from the colourful characters included. |
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RICHARD WAGNER
Global Wagner - From Bayreuth to the World - A film by Axel Brüggemann BLU-RAY Anja Harteros, Plácido Domingo and Piotr Beczała, Tenors Christian Thielemann and Valery Gergiev, Conductors [ Naxos Blu-ray / Blu-ray - released 11/Mar/2022 ] This is a documentary that flows with effortless authenticity, and always with an engaging lightness of touch and an unexpected diversity of scenery and personal observation from the colourful characters included. |
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GIUSEPPE VERDI
Verdi: Giovanna d'Arco (complete opera recorded in 2013) Anna Netrebko, Plácido Domingo, Francesco Meli / Philharmonia Chor Wien & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Paolo Carignani [ Deutche Grammophon / 2 CD Box Set - released 30/May/2014 ] "Netrebko's upper range delivers operatic thrills (particularly once she's warmed up), though her more dramatically vivid treatment of Joan's more introspective moments make you eager for her to explore better-known Verdi." (Gramophone) |