Since you are interested in Icon: Leopold Stokowski: The Musical Concductor (works by Bach, Bartok, Holst, Shostakovich, Debussy, etc), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
FRANCO CORELLI
Icon: Franco Corelli (excerpts from I Puritani, Norma, Turandot, Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana, etc) Franco Corelli (tenor) with various orchstras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2009 ] Franco Corelli began his stage career in Italy in 1951. With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence and film-star good looks he soon became one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. |
HANDEL / MOZART / DVORAK / STRAUSS / MAHLER / etc
Icon: Lucia Popp: Queen Of The Night, Maiden Of Light Lucia Popp (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 7 CD Box Set - released 7/Sep/2009 ] MARBECKS STAFF PICK: REISSUE CD OF THE YEAR 2009 - "Lucia Popp's voice speaks directly to you in a manner hard to describe, but it is the kind of very individual utterance that Jurinac had and, to judge from old records, Fide Norena." (Gramophone) |
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) |