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LOUIS SPOHR
Spohr: 3 Sonatas For Harp & Violin Masumi Nagasawam Cecilia Bernardini [ BIS SACD / CD - released 10/May/2018 ] In 1805, on the basis of his brilliant yet expressive playing, the 21-year-old Louis Spohr was appointed Konzertmeister at the ducal court in Gotha. By this time he had also begun to make his mark as a composer, and during his years at the court he... |
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GRIEG / PART / CHILCOTT / etc.
De Profundis: Sacred Repertoire for Male Choir Orphei Drängar male choir, Cecilia Rydinger Alin [ BIS / Hybrid SACD - released 30/Sep/2013 ] "Orphei Drängar is a 160-year-old choir with a warm sound and a seeming inability to ever sound ugly, no matter the language they're singing. Cecilia Rydinger Alin proves an expert hand in conducting all this little-known music" MusicWeb |
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J.S. BACH
St Matthew Passion BWV 244 Nicholas Mulroy / Matthew Brook / Susan Hamilton / Cecilia Osmond / Dunedin Consort and Players / John Butt [ Linn SACD / 3 Hybrid SACD - released 10/Jun/2008 ] "Linn's on-going commitment to SACD pays off handsomely, with three-dimensional crowds and vocal soloists standing forward of their accompaniment - all confirmation of this as my new benchmark." (BBC Music Magazine *****) |
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W. A. MOZART
Lucio Silla (complete opera recorded in 1990) Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Schreier, Dawn Upshaw, Edita Gruberova, Yvonne Kenny / Arnold Schoenberg Chor & Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec / Warner Classics The Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 4/May/2009 ] |
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GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera recordedin 1992) Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Alessandro Corbelli / Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca Operas / 2 CD - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "All eyes and ears, inevitably, are on Bartoli, and she doesn't disappoint...The singing itself is ravishing. At the same time, the performance makes dramatic sense...Decca provide a superb Alidoro, an alluring Clorinda, inventive and elaborate conti |
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VERDI
Sacred Verdi Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / CD - released 26/Aug/2013 ] Pappano is such a compelling advocate for Verdi's music that there could be no finer 200th-birthday salute than this stunning disc. |
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Orch.Stabile St.Cecilia/Sabata
Debussy/Respighi:la Mer/Fon [ Testament / CD ] |
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ADAM / ADOLPHSON / ORFF / SIBELIUS / STENHAMMAR / etc
Peter Mattei: A Kaleidoscope Peter Mattei (baritone), Love Derwinger & Roland Pöntinen (piano) / Kroumata Percussion Ensemble & Malmö Symphony, Cecilia Rydinger Ali & Robert Sund [ BIS / CD - released 10/Jan/2011 ] With his magnificent voice and magnetic stage personality, the Swedish baritone Peter Mattei has delighted audiences at the Metropolitan in New York, La Scala in Milan and Covent Garden in London, performing roles such as the Count in The Marriage of... |
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PUCCINI
Madama Butterfly (Complete opera 1951 recording) Renata Tebaldi / Giuseppe Campora / Nell Rankin / Giovanni Inghilleri / Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome / Alberto Erede, [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 30/Oct/2003 ] Renata Tebaldi (b.1922) studied at the Boito Conservatorio in Parma, before making her début as Elena in Mefistofele at Rovigo in 1944. She sang for Toscanini at the opening concert at the Teatro alla Scala, Milan, in 1946. Later that season she was... |
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VERDI
Aida (complete opera recorded in 1952) Renata Tebaldi, Mario del Monaco, Ebe Stignani, Aldo Protti / Chorus and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Rome, Alberto Erede [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Recorded 1952 |
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VERDI
Rigoletto (complete opera recorded in 1962) Renato Cioni, Joan Sutherland, Cornell MacNeil / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Nino Sanzogno [ Double Decca / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2011 ] Joan Sutherland (Gilda), Cornell MacNeil (Rigoletto), Renato Cioni (Il Duca), Cesare Siepi (Sparafucile), Stefania Malagu (Maddalena), Anna di Stassio (Giovanna) |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Ariodante (complete opera recorded in 2017) BLU-RAY Salzburg Festival / Cecilia Bartoli, Kathryn Lewek, Nathan Berg, Christophe Dumaux, Sandrine Piau, Rolando Villazon / Gianluca Capuano (cond) [ C Major Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 21/May/2021 ] "This is no routine Ariodante…Bartoli is Bartoli. Those who find her trilling mannered and freighted with excessive vibrato will wrinkle their noses. But who can doubt her remarkable presence on stage" BBC Music Magazine Awards 2022 Shortlisted |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: Turandot (Complete Opera) Sondra Radvanovsky, Jonas Kaufmann, Ermonela Jaho, Michele Pertusi / Orchestra e Coro dell'Accadmia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Antonio Pappano [ Warner Classics / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2023 ] "A Turandot for the ages? This recording holds its own against venerable competition and, in the original Alfano completion, is unique." Gramophone Award Finalist 2023 - Opera |
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GIACOMO PUCCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (Complete Opera plus 5 bonus Pucini arias with Renata Tebaldi) Tebaldi/Bergonzi/Santa Cecilia Orchestra/Serafin [ Alto / 2 CD - released 12/Sep/2011 ] 'most collectors will want a set with Tebaldi & Bergonzi at the height of their powers" (Penguin Guide) 'The wonderful bustle of the Café Momus scene can never have been so vividly captured on disc…Tebaldi sings with great beauty of voice … Bergonzi... |
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DONIZETTI / BELLINI / VERDI / PUCCINI
Virginia Zeani: Operatic Recital Virginia Zeani (soprano) / Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Franco Patané / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavaz [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 50 / CD - released 20/Sep/2014 ] |
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ROSSINI
Otello (complete opera recorded in 2013) BLU-RAY Zurich Opera / Cecilia Bartoli, Peter Kálmán, John Osborn, Javier Camarena / Muhai Tang (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Jul/2014 ] DVD/Blu-ray of the Month - July 2014 |
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W. A. MOZART / ROSSINI
Best Wishes from Cecilia Bartoli: Don Giovanni / Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Il Turco in Italia (complete opera recorded in 1988 - 2002) Cecilia Bartoli, with David Kuebler, Ruggerio Raimondi, Rodney Gilfry, Isabel Rey, Robert Lloyd & others [ Arthaus Musik DVD / 3 DVD Box Set - released 15/Apr/2016 ] G :- This production of Don Giovanni at the Zurich Opera House was staged by the highly creative team of conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt, director Jurgen Flimm and set-designer Erich Wonder. |
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GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Sosarme (complete opera recorded in 1955) Alfred Deller, William Herbert, Nancy Evans, Margaret Ritchie, etc / The Saint Cecilia Orchestra, Anthony Lewis [ ABC Decca Eloquence / 2 CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] 'Sosarme should cause a good deal of excitement … L'Oiseau-Lyre has assembled a brilliant cast.' New York Times |
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HANDEL / VIVALDI / CALDARA / MOZART / BELLINI / FAURE
Sospiri Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano) with with Juan Diego Flórez, Bryn Terfel & Cinzia Maurizio [ Decca Music Group / CD - released 4/Oct/2010 ] Cecilia Bartoli is loved the world over for vocal fireworks and spectacular coloratura, but she is also adored for her spine-tingling pianissimi and her ability to shape endless, velvety phrases. |
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AGOSTINO STEFFANI
Stabat Mater / etc Cecilia Bartoli, Nuria Rial, Yetzabel Arias Fernandez, Franco Fagioli / I Barocchisti & Coro della Radiotelevisione Svizzera, Diego Fasolis [ Decca / CD - released 13/Sep/2013 ] Cecilia Bartoli's exploration of the music of Steffani continues on from her best-selling recording 'Mission' with an album of the celebrated Stabat Mater alongside Steffani's greatest sacred works for chorus, orchestra and soloists, constituting the... |