More By Artist: The Hi-los
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Orlando Furioso (Highlights) Victoria de los Angeles, Lucia Valentini-Terrani, Carmen Gonzales, Lajos Kozma, Sesto Bruscantini / I Solisti Veneti, Claudio Scimone [ Erato Apex / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] Apex - reissued at a special price |
STEVE REICH
You Are (Variations) Maya Beiser (cello) Los Angeles Master Chorale / Grant Gershon, conductor [ Nonesuch / CD - released 11/Nov/2005 ] Born in New York and raised there and in California, Reich graduated with honors in philosophy from Cornell University in 1957. |
AARON COPLAND
Copland: Appalachian Spring / Fanfare for the Common Man / Dance Symphony / Lincoln Portrait / etc Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, London Sinfonietta, English Chamber Orchestra, Detroit Symphony Orchestra, Zubin Mehta, Neville Marriner, Antál Do [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2014 ] |
GIACOMO PUCCINI
Giacomo Puccini: The Warner Classics Edition Montserrat Caballé, Jose Carreras, Mirelle Freni, Tito Gobbi, Victoria de los Angeles, Barbara Hendricks, Maria Callas, Angela Gheorghiu, Kiri Te Kana [ Warner Classics / 23 CD Box Set - released 15/Nov/2024 ] Central to this performance is Montserrat Caballé's Turandot, a characterisation of striking subtlety and beauty. As the icy, but alluring princess she confronts the Calaf of José Carreras - heroic, seductive and irresistibly appealing to the slave... |
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JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann [The Tales of Hoffmann] (Complete Opera) (recorded 1964-65) Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Gianna d'Angelo, Nicola Ghiuselev, Ernest Blanc / Concerts du Conservatoire, Andre Cluy [ Warner Classics The Opera Series / 2 CD - released 1/May/2010 ] 'In a celebrated cast, Gedda, as Hoffmann, sings beautifully and with dramatic feeling, Victoria de los Angeles is a delightful Antonia, Schwarzkopf brings sumptuous creamy tone to Giulietta, Blanc is a splendid Dapertutto, and the smaller parts,... |
BERLIOZ / BIZET / DELIUS / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / BRAHMS / GRIEG / MOZART / etc
Sir Thomas Beecham - Complete Stereo Recordings on Warner Classics Victoria de los Angeles, Ilse Hollweg , Lois Marshall, Janine Micheau, Ernest Blanc, John Cameron, Xavier Depraz, Beecham Choral Society, etc [ Warner Classics / 35 CD Box Set - released 27/Jun/2025 ] "Beecham inspires his players to prodigies of virtuosity" (Gramophone) |
CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS
Saint-Saëns Edition Victoria de los Angeles, Marie-Claire Alain, Maurice Andre, Michel Beroff, Frank Braley, Gautier Capucon, Stephen Hough, Alexandre Tharaud, and more [ Warner Classics / 34 CD Box Set - released 15/Oct/2021 ] "Arriving in time to mark the centenary of his death, this is more than merely a sensible collection. It presents some of the very best recordings of the composer's music ever made" MusicWeb |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Operas Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Cheryl Studer, Beverly Sills, Renee Doria, Teresa Berganza, Jose van Dam, Sherrill Milnes, etc [ Erato / 16 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2018 ] "This is as good a performance as we are likely to get of this persuasive work. Victoria de los Angeles as Charlotte is adorable, both in character and in the sheer beauty of sound." (Gramophone on Werther) |
GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1958 & 1959) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics The Home Of Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2019 ] "This classic Beecham set was originally welcomed in Gramophone with a glowing review from Philip Hope Wallace: 'I send up a loud "Ole".' It certainly stands the test of time, sparkling, swaggering and seducing in a way that is uniquely Beecham's. |
HECTOR VILLA-LOBOS
Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasileiras Nos.1, 2, 5, 9 Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Heitor Villa-Lobos [ Warner Classics Original Jacket Reissues / CD - released 20/Apr/2015 ] "In Bachianas Brasileiras No.5, the sheer seductive sound of de los Angeles is way ahead of her competitors and the other suites can be recommended without reserve." (Gramophone) |
BIZET / VILLA LOBOS / DEBUSSY / RAVEL / ROSSINI / PUCCINI / etc
Victoria de los Angeles - The Warner Classics Edition Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with Nicolai Gedda, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Alicia de Larrocha, Gerald Moore, Sir John Barbirolli, Sir Thomas Beecham [ Warner Classics / 59 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2023 ] A singer who inspired the greatest admiration and affection, Victoria de los Ángeles was, in the words of Opera magazine, "one of the supreme vocal artists of the 20th century". |
VICTORIA de los ANGELES
Icon: Victoria de los Angeles - The Voice of an Angel (opera arias, Popular Songs & Zarzuela Arias) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Seven discs well-filled with 'The Voice of an Angel' may seem a daunting prospect. However with beauty of tone, charming delivery and the singer's communicative personality there isn't a dull moment." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb April 2009) |
STRAVINSKY / BARTOK / SHOSTAKOVICH / PROKOFIEV
The 20th Century Violin Concerto Vikoria Mullova (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Royal Philharmonic Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen / Andre Previn [ Philips / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2006 ] "This reissue brings together superb recordings of the Stravinsky and Prokofiev concertos, an excellent alternative reading of the Bartók and a decent performance of the Shostakovich. Great value from a greatly underrated artist." (MusicWeb June... |
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ESA-PEKKA SALONEN
Helix for Orchestra / PIano Concerto / Dichotomie for piano solo Yefim Bronfman (piano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Esa-Pekka Salonen [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 12/Sep/2010 ] |
JOHN ADAMS
Adams: Must the Devil have all the good tunes? (LP) Yuja Wang (piano) / Los Angeles Philharmonic, Gustavo Dudamel [ Deutsche Grammophon / LP - released 23/Oct/2021 ] World Premiere Recording by the Grammy-winning team of Los Angeles Philharmonic and Gustavo Dudamel. Featuring star Yuja Wang at the piano. The work was commissioned by Los Angeles Philharmonic and was inspired by an article about Dorothy Day in the... |
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. |
LUDWIG van BEETHOVEN
Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 Emperor / Concerto in D major for Piano & Orchestra (Arranged by the composer from the Violin Concerto) Alicia de Larrocha, Olli Mustonen (pianos) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra / Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie [ Decca ABC Australian Eloquence / CD - released 27/Jan/2006 ] Spanish pianist Alicia de Larrocha's first recording of Beethoven's Emperor is a grand and thrilling affair and this recording here receives its first release on CD. |
JOHN WILLIAMS
John Williams and Anne-Sophie Mutter - Across The Stars Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) / The Recording Arts Orchestra of Los Angeles, John Williams [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] "Mutter and Williams are especially winning in contemplative, romantic mode, although the scary shivers from the 1979 Dracula earn their place too" The Times, London |
SAINT-SAENS / FRANCK / MOZART / BEETHOVEN / CHOPIN / GRIEG / RACHMANINOV / etc
Arthur Rubinstein plays Great Piano Concertos Arthur Rubinstein (piano) / Philadelphia Orchestra / Symphony of the Air / Los Angeles Philharmonic / London Philharmonic Orchestra [ Sony RCA Masters / 11 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2016 ] "he brings it up with the freshness of new discovery, and still more important, with an aristocracy of style proving the truth of his claim that "an interpreter of talent can ennoble any piece he plays if he is a recreater and not a mere performer" |
