Since you are interested in Violanta (Complete Opera recorded in 1980), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
RICHARD STRAUSS
Guntram (Complete opera) Reiner Goldberg, Ilona Tokody, Sander Solyom-Nagy, Istvan Gati & Janos Bandi / Hungarian State Orchestra, Eve Queler [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "Reiner Goldberg and Ilona Tokody and stalwart Wagnerian archetypes, but it's the warm Straussian sound of the Hungarian players which makes this a treasurable reissue." BBC Music Magazine, October 2009 **** |
MASCAGNI
Cavalleria Rusticana (Complete Opera recorded in 1978) Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Pablo Elvira / Ambrosian Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine [ Sony Opera House / CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] "This now stands as a clear first recommendation for Mascagni's red-blooded opera, with Domingo giving a heroic account of the role of Turiddu, full of defiance...James Lveine directs with a splendid sense of pacing." Penguin Stereo Guide |
UMBERTO GIORDANO
Giordano: Andrea Chenier (complete opera) Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Jean Kraft, Sherrill Milnes / National Philharmonic Orchestra, James Levine [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 4/Jan/2010 ] "Scotto gives one of her most eloquent and beautiful performances, and Levine has rarely displayed his powers as an urgent and dramatic opera conductor more potently on record." Penguin Stereo Guide |
BELLINI
Norma (Complete opera recorded in 1980) Renata Scotto, Tatiana Troyanos, Giuseppe Giacomini / National Philharmonic Orchestra / James Levine [ Sony Opera House / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2009 ] "…Scotto's Druid priestess grows in stature to give us an unbearably moving scene in which she contemplates the murder of her children and, best of all, the duets with the rival priestess of Tatiana Troyanos, who offers the most sheerly beautiful... |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Capuleti e I Montecchi (Complete opera recorded in 1997) Vesselina Kasarova, Ramon Vargas, Eva Mei & Simone Alberghini / Munchner Rundfunkorchester, Roberto Abbado [ Sony RCA Classical Opera / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Feb/2017 ] I Capuleti e i Montecchi, Bellini's exquisitely lyrical treatment of Romeo and Juliet, has garnered renewed popularity in recent decades. The 1998 Munich recording reissued here is one of the catalogue's most acclaimed, particularly for the vibrant,... |