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VERDI
Duetti Verdiani [Verdi Duets] Amarilli Nizza (soprano) / Roberto Frontali (baritone) / Orchestra of the Dvorák Theatre of Ostrava / Gianluca Martinenghi [ Dynamic / CD - released 16/Dec/2010 ] This new Dynamic release presents a collection of Verdi Duets, sung by Amarilli Nizza and Roberto Frontali. |
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W. A. MOZART
Andre Schuen sings Mozart Andrè Schuen (baritone), Mozarteumorchester Salzburg, Roberto Gonzalez-Monjas, with Nikola Hillebrand (soprano) [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 13/Jul/2025 ] A beautifully curated album of Mozart arias, duets and songs, programmed in order of moods, roles and themes in the world of opera and song. Featuring the Mozarteum Orchestra of Mozart's home town Salzburg with its chief conductor Roberto... |
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Sir WILLIAM WALTON / ROBERTO MOLINELLI
Walton: Cello Concerto (arr. viola) / Molinelli: Lady Walton's Garden '/ etc Anna Serova (viola) / Haydn Orchestra of Bolzano and Trento, Roberto Molinelli (conductor/electronics) [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Nov/2023 ] With his distinctive blend of incisive drama and lyrical expressiveness, Sir William Walton considered his cello to be the best of his three concertos for string instruments - heard here for the first time in a stunning transcription for viola. |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Tosca (complete opera recorded in 2001) BLU-RAY Royal Opera House / Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Ruggero Raimondi / Antonio Pappano (cond) [ BBC / Opus Arte Blu-ray 4K Ultra HD / Blu-ray UHD - released 10/Oct/2017 ] "brings this opera vividly to life ... this is a classic of the future" The Guardian |
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MIECZYSLAW WEINBERG
The Passenger, Op. 97 (complete opera recorded in 2010) BLU-RAY Bregenz Festival / Michelle Breedt, Roberto Sacca, Elena Kelessidi, Artur Rucinski, Svetlana Doneva / Teodor Currentzis (cond) [ Arthaus Musik Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 1/Dec/2015 ] Continuing its tradition of unearthing little-known 20th-century operas, the Bregenz Festival presented the first staged production of Polish-Russian composer Mieczysław Weinberg's 'The Passenger' in 2010.. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Italian Cantatas Carlotta Colombo, Maria Dalia Albertini, Marta Fumagalli, Roberto Balconi [ Brilliant Classics / CD - released 17/Jun/2022 ] Georg Frideric Handel (1685-1759) had probably encountered Gian Gastone de' Medici, son of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, in Hamburg at some point before heading south to Italy, where he arrived in August 1706, staying in Florence as a guest of... |
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JONATHAN LESHNOFF
Leshnoff: Das Buch der Klänge, 12 pieces for piano Charles Wetherbee (violin) / Roberto Díaz (viola) / IRIS Orchestra / Michael Stern [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 27/Jan/2011 ] |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
Pianists of the Sydney International Piano Competition (1992-2016) Charlie Albright, Hiroshi Arimori, Yurij Bogdanov, Michele Bolla, Kenneth Broberg, Olivier Cazal, John Chen, Roberto Cominati , Hanna Cyba, etc [ Australian Eloquence / 11 CD Box Set - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Described by The Australian as 'a boon for lovers of the piano and those keeping an ear on exciting musical talent', the Sydney International Piano Competition (The Sydney) has become a fixture on the classical music landscape. |
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KRIEGER / BUXTEHUDE / SCHUTZ ET AL
De Vitae Fugacitate: Laments, Cantatas and Arias in 17th Century Germany Claudio Cavina (countertenor) / Concerto delle Viole / Roberto Gini [ Glossa / CD - released 1/Nov/2009 ] "…Claudio Cavina's plangent countertenor is a fine match for the mournful sound of the viols…" BBC Music Magazine, October 2009 |
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MINKUS
La Bayadère (ballet recorded 2006) Corpo di Ballo and Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala / Svetlana Zakharova, Roberto Bolle / David Coleman [ Arthaus Musik DVD / DVD - released 7/Aug/2011 ] In their series of classical ballet productions from La Scala Arthaus releases a DVD recording of La Bayadére in the choreography by Natalia Makarova. Her |
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LASSUS
Lassus: Oracula Daedalus, Roberto Festa [ Alpha / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] From the Alpha Collection III of reissues restoring to the limelight some of the gems of early music repertory in their catalogue of labels. The discs in this series allow listeners to renew acquaintance with treasures of the Renaissance and Baroque,... |
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LASSUS
Oracula Daedalus / Roberto Festa [ Alpha / CD - released 21/Aug/2006 ] |
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MARIO CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO
Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Violin Concerto No. 3 / String Trio / Sonata for Violin & Cello Davide Alogna (violin), Fiorenzo Pascalucci (piano), Federico Stassi (viola) & Roberto Trainini (cello), Roberto Trainini (cello) [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] The three previously unpublished and unrecorded chamber works in this programme were all written after Castelnuovo-Tedesco's enforced move to the United States from his native Italy. Evoking the emotional day on which the composer sailed into New... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Rondine (Complete opera recorded in 2015) BLU-RAY Deutsche Oper Berlin / Dinara Alieva (Magda de Civry), Charles Castronovo, Alexandra Hutton, Alvaro Zambrano, Stephen Bronk / Roberto Rizzi Brignoli ( [ Delos Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 3/Sep/2016 ] "Villázon shows admirable restraint in a straightforward, stylish production that contains a good deal of charm…there's a rich darkness to [Alieva's] voice, especially in Doretta's Dream." (Blu-ray of the Month Gramophone July 2016) |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia (complete opera) Dimitra Theodossiou / Roberto de Biasio / Enrico Guiseppe Iori / Orchestra and Chorus of the Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] Based on Victor Hugo's most sensational play, Lucrèce Borgia, a scandalous tale of murder, torture, incest, homosexuality, drunkenness and orgies, Donizetti's opera is one of the great masterpieces of Italian bel canto repertoire. While omitting... |
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VERDI
Falstaff (complet opera recorded in 1996) Domenico Trimarchi, Roberto Servile, Julia Faulkner / Hamburg State Opera / Will Humburg [ Naxos Opera Classics / 2 CD Box Set - released 10/Apr/2009 ] "a Falstaff to savour and one that will surely bear reptition " - Gramophone Editor's Choice |
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GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: L'Ange de Nisida (complete opera recorded in 2019) BLU-RAY Donizetti Opera / Florian Sempey, Roberto Lorenzi, Konu Kim / Jean-Luc Tingaud (cond) [ Dynamic Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 16/Oct/2020 ] Gaetano Donizetti's L'Ange de Nisida was commissioned by the director of the Théâtre de la Renaissance in Paris. The libretto was entrusted to Gustave Vaëz and Alphonse Royer, and the opéra en quatre parties was completed in 1840. |
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VILLA-LOBOS
Bachianas Brasileiras 1, 4, 5 & 6 Donna Brown (soprano) / The Cellists of the Sao Paulo Symphony Orchestra / Roberto Minczuk / Jean Louis Steuerman (piano) Sato Moughalian (flute) [ BIS / CD - released 1/Jul/2007 ] With this disc, São Paulo Symphony Orchestra (OSESP) and Robert Minczuk close their three-disc cycle of the nine Bachianas Brasileiras by their countryman, Heitor Villa-Lobos. Previous instalments have been praised for the fine orchestral playing, as... |
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DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor (complete opera) Désirée Rancatore / Roberto De Biasio / Luca Grassi / Enrico Giuseppe Iori / Bergamo Musica Festival Gaetano Donizetti / Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2010 ] Lucia di Lammermoor's tragic tale of love, feuds, deception, madness and murder has thrilled audiences since its première in 1835. |
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DALLAPICCOLA
Complete Works For Violin And Piano And For Piano Duccio Ceccanti (Violin) / Roberto Prosseda (Piano) [ NAXOS / CD ] |