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CARL ORFF
Orff: Carmina Burana Sara Blanch, André Baleiro, Joaquín Asiáin / Orfeón Pamplonés, Escolanía de Nuestra Señora de los Desamparados, Orquesta de Valencia, Liebreich [ Accentus Music / CD - released 28/Nov/2025 ] They are one of the most famous and frequently performed works of classical music: Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". The Latin title refers to a collection of songs from Benediktbeuren dating from the 11th and 12th centuries with texts written in Middle... |
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VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The Gerard Schwarz Collection Seattle Symphony, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, New York Chamber Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Gerard Schwarz [ Naxos / 30 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2017 ] This remarkable collection of recordings celebrates the seventieth birthday of one of the world's leading conductors, Gerard Schwarz, whose career in music spans over half a century. |
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NICOLAI RIMSKY-KORSAKOV
Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade, Op. 35 / Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34 Sydney Harth (violin) / Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Australian Decca SBS Eloquence / CD - released 14/Feb/2001 ] Two classic works now reissued at a very special price |
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SAINT-SAENS
Best of Saint-Saens Pascal Roge, Cristina Ortiz (piano) Kyung Wha Chung (violin) / Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra [ Australian Philips Eloquence / CD - released 31/Jan/2001 ] All the best of Saint-Saens in one inexpensive package |
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Various Artists including Los Latinos, Gonzalo Guala, Tumbao, Mandingo y su Son & Latin Sextet
Best of Salsa [ ARC / CD - released 1/Nov/2014 ] Salsa para gozar y bailar! - Salsa to enjoy and to dance to! Los Latinos: Coro Millare; Johnny Guala: Ayer; Tumbao: Candela y Tumbao; Los Latinos:Conga; Tumbao: Herencia y Sabor; Mandinga y su Son: Swing la moderna; Los Latinos: Oye mi canto; Johnny... |
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PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY
Tchaikovsky: Popular Orchestral Works (Incls 1812 Overture & Marche Slave) Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta [ Decca Eloquence / CD - released 24/May/2000 ] |
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Various Artists / Richard Dorfmeister Vs Madrid de Los Austrias
Grand Slam [ G-Stone / CD - released 3/May/2010 ] Crack production team MDLA and G-Stone’s Dorfmeister whip up their own offerings, as well as scorching hot re-mixes for the likes of Zero 7, Koop, Groove Armada, Pressure Drop and Willie Bobo. |
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Victoria De Los Angeles
A Lifetime Achievement [ Testament / CD - released 24/Sep/2001 ] |
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PUCCINI
Suor Angelica (complete opera recorded in 1957) Victoria de los Angeles / Fedora Barbieri / Rome Opera / Tullio Serafin [ Naxos Historical / CD - released 1/Jul/2009 ] Victoria de los Angeles's performance as Sister Angelica demands superlatives: 'it is in every way perfect, beautifully sung, infinitely touching, and free from the slightest suggestion of theatricality', wrote The Gramophone when this recording was... |
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Victoria de los Angeles, Gerald Moore.
The Early Recordings 1942-1953, including unpublished material [ Testament / CD - released 14/Jul/2000 ] Rare material from this magical diva! |
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PUCCINI
Madama Butterfly (complete opera recorded in 1954) [with bonus tracks] Victoria de los Angeles, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi / Chorus & Orchestra, Rome Opera / Ginandrea Gavazzeni (conductor) [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 15/Feb/2006 ] "Los Angeles herself is adorable,... the voice in richest bloom here, the portrayal almost unbearably vivid in charm and magnanimity." - Gramophone |
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JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Manon (complete opera recorded in 1955) with works by Debussy & Berlioz Victoria de los Angeles / Henri Legay / Jean Borthayre / Michel Dens / Orchestra & Chorus of the Theatre National de lOpera Comique / Pierre Monteux [ Naxos Historical Great Opera Recordings / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2009 ] "This set is essential listening for anyone who wants to get the feel for what Manon sounded like at the Opéra Comique. It is a precious record of a vanished performance style and has the great advantage of a ravishing Manon from de Los Angeles." --... |
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GIACOMO PUCCINI
Puccini: La Boheme (complete opera recorded in 1956) Victoria de los Angeles / Jussi Bjorling / Robert Merrill / Lucine Amara / RCA Victor Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ Naxos Great Opera Recordings / 2 CD - released 11/Apr/2007 ] Featuring Victoria de los Angeles and Jussi Björling in glorious form, the 1956 set ranks alongside the Callas De Sabata Tosca (Naxos 8.110256-57) as one of the greatest studio recordings of an opera ever made. |
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ROSSINI
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (The Barber of Seville) (complete opera) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicola Monti, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni / Chorus & Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano / Tullio Serafin (conductor) [ Regis Records / 2 CD - released 5/Oct/2004 ] "..beauty of her singing.. originality of her reading.. never heard a Rosina as guileful and charming as de los Angeles" - Gramophone |
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GEORGES BIZET
Bizet: Carmen (Complete Opera recorded in 1959) Victoria de los Angeles, Nicolai Gedda, Janine Micheau / French National Radio Symphony Orchestra / Sir Thomas Beecham [ ALTO / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Nov/2010 ] "This superb Carmen wipes the floor with any other version I know. The instinctive rightness of the whole conception is simply marvellous." (Gramophone) |
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Victoria de los Angeles, Richard Lewis, Gerald Moore, London Symph.
Baroque and Religious Arias (Mozart, Handel, Bach & Franck) [ Testament / CD - released 14/Jul/2000 ] Victoria de los Angeles at the peak of her career! |
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MANUEL DE FALLA
Seven Spanish Popular Songs / Harpsichord Concerto / El gran teatro del mundo Victoria de los Angeles (sop) / Instrumental soloists, Josep Pons [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] Following in the footsteps of his teacher Felipe Pedrell, Manuel de Falla chose to set his music within the twin Spanish traditions of art and folk music. If the Siete canciones populares españolas mark the culmination of his work on folksong, the... |
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MANUEL de FALLA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Falla - El amor brujo / 7 Chansons populaires espagnoles / Nuits dans les jardins d'Espagne Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) Gonzalo Soriano (piano) / Orchestre de la Societe des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Fruhbeck de Burgos, etc [ EMI Classics / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2003 ] "Make shelf space for this...the French EMI vaults yielded a rich trove of Gonzalo Soriano's (neglected) Falla keyboard specialties, plus very collectable orchestral fireworks by Artur Rodzinski and André Vandernoot." (Cody Robert) |
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RAVEL / DEBUSSY / DUPARC
Sheherazade And Other Songs Victoria De Los Angeles (Soprano) / Orchestra De La Societe Des Concerts Du Conservatoire / Georges Pretre [ EMI Great Recordings of the Century / CD ] 'A very beautiful and very enjoyable recital of French orchestral songs, sensitively accompanied. The coupling has this justly adored singer, in excellent form, in further songs by Ravel and Debussy with Soriano as the sympathetic piano accompanist.'... |