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Thomas Hampson (Guillaume Tell), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Arnaud), Nancy Gustafson (Mathilde), Wojtek Smilek (Walter Furst), Walter Fink (Melchthal), Dawn Kotoski (Jemmy), Egils Silins (Gesler), John Dickie (Rodolphe), Mathias Zachariassen (Ruodi), Yu Chen (Leuthold), Mihaela Ungureanu (Hedwige), Johannes Gisser (Un Chasseur) Choir and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Fabio Luisi “…a heavily pruned yet musically distinguished account of the epic score, superbly conducted by the 39-year-old Genoa-born Fabio Luisi. …a pretty good introduction to a work which not only blew Berlioz's socks off but Donizetti's and Wagner's as well.” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2005 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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Eva Marton (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), John Tomlinson (Hagen), Thomas Hampson (Gunther), Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Gutrune), Mirjana Lipovšek (Waltraute), Theo Adam (Alberich), Jard Van Nes (First Norn), Anne Sofie Von Otter (Second Norn), Jane Eaglen (Third Norn), Julie Kaufman (Woglinde), Silvia Herman (Wellgunde) & Christine Hagen (Flosshilde) Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Viva Domingo!4CD + BOOK
Bellini: | Svanir le voci! (from Norma) | Bizet: | Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Thomas Hampson (baritone) | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Il se fait tard ! Adieu ! (from Faust) Mirella Freni (soprano) | Handel: | Svegliatevi nel core (from Giulio Cesare) | Lehár: | Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) | Mascagni: | Suzel, buon di 'Cherry Duet' (from L'amico Fritz) Veronica Villarroel (soprano) | Massenet: | Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) | Mozart: | Fuor del mar ho un mar in seno (Idomeneo) Ah, se fosse intorno al trono (from La Clemenza di Tito) Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Susan Graham (mezzo) | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Mario! Mario! Mario! ...Son qui! ... Mia gelosa! (from Tosca) Renata Scotto (soprano) Oh, sarò la più bella...Tu, tu, amore? (from Manon Lescaut) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) | Saint-Saëns: | Arrêtez, ô mes Frères (from Samson et Dalila) | Spontini: | Ohime! Che veggo io mai?...Ah! No, s'io vivo ancora (from La Vestale) | Strauss, J, II: | Eine Nacht in Venedig: Komm in die Gondel | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Adieu, Mignon! Courage! (Mignon) Elle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naïve (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) O figli … Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth) Il Re!…Sotto una quercia (from Giovanna d'Arco) Niun mi tema (from Otello) Io la vidi e al suo sorriso (from Don Carlo) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Solenne in quest'ora (from La Forza del Destino) Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone) Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Cheryl Studer (soprano) | Wagner: | Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab! (from Rienzi) Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! (from Siegfried) O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (from Tristan und Isolde) Deborah Voigt (soprano) |
plus excerpts from zarzuela and a disc of Latin Songs
This 4 CD/luxury set is a portrait of probably the greatest tenor of this or any other age: Plácido Domingo. Born in Spain in 1941, Domingo spent his early life in Mexico where his parents, both singers, ran a company that presented zarzuelas (Spanish light operas) and other musical shows. His career as a tenor has spanned the entire world in a wide range of operas in which he has sung over 120 roles, and in 1990 he made history when, with José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, he first appeared in Rome as one of the The Three Tenors, whose subsequent concerts and recordings broke all records for television viewing and record sales. He has subsequently shown great talent as a conductor and has very recently begun to sing baritone roles to wide acclaim, beginning with Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. Today, he is the General Director of both the Washington National Opera and of the Los Angeles Opera and also runs the highly successful ‘Operalia’ competition to help young artists further their careers. The four CDs are held in trays inside the front and back rigid covers of a long digibook, and the 72 pages include an extensive collection of session photos and portraits relating to the recordings and Domingo’s EMI career as well as an informative note in English, French, German and Spanish. The four CDs are themed as follows: The Heroic Domingo shows Domingo in a wide selection of operatic roles. Each one is a hero, such as the brave Egyptian soldier Radamès in Verdi’s Aida, the Roman Proconsul Pollione in Bellini’s Norma and the Hebrew warrior Samson in Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns. All these arias give Domingo the opportunity to show his skills as a vocal actor and to bring to life the different characters he is portraying. The Romantic Domingo reveals a completely different side of Domingo and presents him in a gallery of romantic parts like the painter Cavarodossi in Puccini’s Tosca, the idealistic Spanish Infante Don Carlos in Verdi’s great masterpiece Don Carlo and the ill-fated young poet Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Again, Domingo uses his glorious voice to conjure up the various romantic moods in the different arias. In The Great Duets, Domingo is joined by some of his illustrious fellow operatic stars for a programme of duets, including the famous love duets from Tristan und Isolde (with Deborah Voigt), Otello (with Cheryl Studer and Manon Lescaut (with Montserrat Caballé), as well as the friendship duets from Don Carlo (with Sherrill Milnes), La forza del destino (with Giorgio Zancanaro) and the so-called ‘Temple Duet’ from Les Pêcheurs de perles (with Thomas Hampson). In complete contrast, Latin Songs gives Domingo the chance to enjoy performing some of the most famous popular songs from Spain, Mexico, Cuba and the rest of Latin America in lively modern arrangements. The programme includes many songs that have been international hits, both in their original form and in local translations, such as ‘Quiéreme mucho’ (known in English as ‘Yours’) ‘Maria Elena’, ‘La Paloma’ and ‘Guantanamera’. The programme concludes with an exciting performance of ‘Granada’ recorded live in front of a huge and wildly enthusiastic audience that fully appreciates the unique talent of this great singer. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Szymanowski: Concertos, Orchestral & Choral Works
Szymanowski: | Songs of a Fairytale Princess, Op. 31 Iwona Sobotka Harnasie, Op. 55 Timothy Robinson Hafiz' Love-Songs, Op. 26 Katarina Karnéus Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 35 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Violin Concerto No. 2, Op. 61 Thomas Zehetmair (violin) Symphony No. 4, Op. 60 (Sinfonia Concertante) Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) King Roger Elzbieta Szmytka, Jadwiga Rappé, Philip Langridge & Thomas Hampson with City of Birmingham Youth Chorus Stabat Mater, Op. 53 Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell Litania do Marii Panny (Litany to the Virgin Mary), Op. 59 Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell Symphony No. 3 'The Song of the Night', Op. 27 Elzbieta Szmytka, Florence Quivar, Jon Garrison & John Connell |
The music of the great Polish composer Karol Szymanowski (1882-1937) has, until recently, been relatively neglected. Sir Simon Rattle's recordings, gathered together here for the first time, brought it before a new and receptive audience. This 4-CD set contains all the Szymanowski recordings that Sir Simon has made for EMI Classics. The collection contains some of the composer's best-known works: the two Violin Concertos, The Song of the Night, the beautiful Stabat Mater and the exquisite Love Songs of Hafiz. The set also contains Rattle's complete recording of the opera King Roger. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Eva Martón (Brünnhilde), Siegfried Jerusalem (Siegfried), John Tomlinson (Hagen), Thomas Hampson (Gunther), Eva-Maria Bundschuh (Gutrune), Marjana Lipovsek (Waltraute), Theo Adam (Alberich), Jard Van Nes (First Norn), Anne Sofie von Otter (Second Norn), Jane Eaglen (Third Norn), Julie Kaufmann (Woglinde), Silvia Herman (Wellgunde), Christine Hagen (Flosshilde) Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink
A full libretto and sound sample can be downloaded here
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| |  | Gala Concerts from Vienna, Berlin & Dresden Box Set(Available for a Limited Time Only)
Beethoven: | Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b Fidelio, Op. 72 - Finale Thomas Hampson (Don Fernando); Walter Fink (Rocco); Falk Struckmann (Pizarro); Deborah Polaski (Leonore); lldikó Raimondi (Marzelline); Johan Botha (Florestan); Herwig Pecoraro (Jaquino) Seiji Ozawa | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Agnes Baltsa (mezzo) C'est toi! (from Carmen) Agnes Baltsa (mezzo); Neil Shicoff (tenor) La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Neil Shicoff (tenor) Près des remparts de Séville (Séguedille) (from Carmen) Daniela Barcellona (mezzo) | Bock, J: | If I were a rich man (from Fiddler on the Roof) sung in German Kurt Rydl (bass) | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) Lucia Aliberti (soprano) | Cilea: | Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur) Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano) | Ferilli: | Un amore così grande Sandra Schwarzhaupt (soprano); Kurt Rydl (bass) | Lehár: | Viljalied (from Die lustige Witwe) Deborah Sasson (soprano) | Mozart: | Don Giovanni: excerpts Ferruccio Furlanetto (Leporello); Edita Gruberova (Donna Anna); Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni); Ildikó Raimondi (Zerlina); Boaz Daniel (Masetto); Soile Isokoski (Donna Elvira); Michael Schade (Don Ottavio) Zubin Mehta Oh, wie will ich triumphieren (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Gunther Emmerlich (bass) Ich gehe, doch rate ich dir (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Gunther Emmerlich (bass); Deborah Sasson (soprano) | Puccini: | Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Neil Shicoff (tenor) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Neil Shicoff (tenor) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Neil Shicoff (tenor) Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Vincenzo La Scola (tenor) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Lucia Aliberti (soprano) | Rossini: | Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (from L'Italiana in Algeri) Agnes Baltsa (mezzo) Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Daniela Barcellona (mezzo) | Schrammel: | Wien bleibt Wien | Strauss, J, II: | Maskenfest-Quadrille, Op. 92 Die Fledermaus Overture Mein Herr Marquis (from Die Fledermaus) Sandra Schwarzhaupt (soprano) | Strauss, R: | Marie Theres'! ... Hab mir's gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier) Ist ein Traum, kann nicht wirklich sein (from Der Rosenkavalier) Angelika Kirchschlager (Octavian); Soile Isokoski (Marschallin); Genia Kuhmeier (Sophie); Georg Tichy (Faninal) Die Frau ohne Schatten (highlights) Falk Struckmann (Barak); Deborah Polaski (Farberin); Johan Botha (Kaiser); Ricarda Merbeth (Kaiserin) Franz Welser-Möst | Verdi: | Volta la terrea (from Un Ballo in Maschera) Seguietemi...Ve', se di notte (from Un Ballo in Maschera) Saper vorreste (from Un Ballo in Maschera) Que de fleurs et que d'étoiles (from Don Carlos) Questa o quella (from Rigoletto) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Falstaff (excerpts) Aida: Act Three Ferruccio Furlanetto (Ramfis); Nadia Krasteva (Amneris); Violeta Urmana (Aida); Franz Grundheber (Amonasro); Johan Botha (Radamès) Daniele Gatti L'abborrita rivale a me sfuggia (from Aida) Agnes Baltsa (Amneris); Plàcido Domingo (Radamès) Daniele Gatti Gia i sacerdoti...Di lei non piu (from Aida) Agnes Baltsa (Amneris); Plàcido Domingo (Radamès) Daniele Gatti Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Neil Shicoff (tenor); Jerry Hadley (tenor); Agnes Baltsa (mezzo); Deborah Sasson (soprano); Èva Marton (soprano); Sandra Schwarzhaupt (soprano); Kurt Rydl (bass); Gunther Emmerlich (bass) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano) | Wagner: | Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Overture Christian Thielemann Was duftet doch der Flieder (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Bryn Terfel (Hans Sachs) Christian Thielemann Wach' auf! Es nahet gen dem Tag (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Christian Thielemann |
DVD 1: Gala Concert from the Vienna State Opera - Lucia Aliberti, Agnes Baltsa, Daniela Barcellona, Deborah Sasson, Sandra Schwarzhaupt, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Gunther Emmerlich, Kurt Rydl, Vincenzo La Scola, Neil Shicoff, Prague Symphony Orchestra; Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg; Penderecki Festival Orchestra, Roland Seiffarth, Oleg Caetani (Item No: 2054028). DVD 2: Claudio Abbado – A Verdi Gala from Berlin - Andrea Rost, Ramón Vargas, Alan Titus, Elizabeth Futral, Stella Doufexis , Lucio Gallo, Prague Radio Choir, Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado (Item No: 2050858). DVD 3: Great Stars of Opera - Lucia Aliberti, Agnes Baltsa, Daniela Barcellona, Deborah Sasson, Sandra Schwarzhaupt, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Gunther Emmerlich, Kurt Rydl, Vincenzo La Scola, Neil Shicoff, Prague Symphony Orchestra; Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg; Penderecki Festival Orchestra, Roland Seiffarth, Oleg Caetani (Item No: 2054028)
The greatest names in opera take to the stage for these galas from three musical centres that have come to stand as symbols of rebirth – Vienna, Berlin and Dresden. Vienna celebrates the 50th anniversary of the State Opera House’s reopening with music of humanity and rejoicing from Rosenkavalier to Fidelio, international stars fill the Dresden night with the sounds of operatic favourites, and Claudio Abbado conducts a New Year’s Eve tribute to Verdi in Berlin, closing with the life-affirming fugue the brings that curtain down on the master’s last opera, Falstaff. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 and PAL 16:9 Sounds formats DVD: PCM Stereo, DD 5.0, DTS 5.0 Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Subtitles: DVD1: English, German, French, Spanish; DVD2: English, German, French, Italian, Spanish; DVD3: English, German, French Running time: DVD1: 188 mins (disc1: 74 mins, disc2: 114 mins); DVD2: 94 mins; DVD3: 103 mins Audience: all FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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In May 2002, in a series of live concerts in the Golden Hall of Vienna's Musikverein, a journey unique in the Wiener Philharmoniker's long and distinguished history reached its conclusion. This thrilling set of symphonies is the fruit of that journey. The recordings were made 'live' after numerous performances of individual symphonies and complete cycles in Tokyo, Berlin and Vienna. Rattle believes that a live performance has its own rhythm. The conductor 'channelling his unrelenting energy' was something audiences and the critics noticed at the concerts in the Musikverein. “Rattle left all landmark conductors behind him, as he unleashed then tamed, shaped, and painted the musical forces to be heard here...[Beethoven] certainly has his best advocate in Simon Rattle”, claimed Austria’s Standard after one of the recorded concerts. “The well-known, often played and much-loved Beethoven classics are not just reeled off in expert routine,“ observed the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2001, “but are thought through and spontaneously rendered at the highest levels. The musicians react directly to the smallest gestures from their conductor. It's not often that one experiences such perfection.” The Berliner Morgenpost said of the cycle's character and capacity to excite: “Rattle goes for clear contours, for rhythm, dynamics and above all physical energy. He doesn't pay tribute to a genius transfigured and endowed with mythical status by 200 years of tradition but presents us instead with a Beethoven for today.” | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Daniel Barenboim & CSO: Choral Works by Beethoven, Brahms & Verdi
Daniel Barenboim was named music director designate of the CSO in January 1989, and he assumed leadership as the Orchestra’s ninth music director in September 1991, a position he held until June 2006. His music directorship was distinguished by the opening of Chicago’s new Symphony Center in 1997, highly praised operatic productions at Orchestra Hall, numerous virtuoso appearances with the Orchestra in the dual role of pianist and conductor, twenty-one international tours (including the first to South America) and an ongoing series of composer perspectives woven into the Orchestra’s subscription concerts as well as numerous recordings. “Right from the opening notes of the Missa Solemnis it is clear that this is to be a reading of weight and moment, but the slow tempi that Barenboim chooses for most of the time seldom work in its favour...Barenboim’s dramatic gifts, so evident from his work in the opera house, come to the fore in [the Verdi] and he paces it with much more agility, moving dynamically from section to section and never dragging.” MusicWeb International, August 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Leonard Bernstein - Mahler IIThe Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Vol. II
"You may conclude that these are performances of improper incandescence and unseemly fervour. But I doubt it. Relentless communication is what Mahler is all about" – Gramophone | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mendelssohn Edition, Vol. 3 – Oratorios & Song
Mendelssohn: | Paulus, Op. 36 sung in German Rachel Yakar (soprano), Brigitte Balleys (alto), Markus Schäfer (tenor) & Thomas Hampson (bass) Gulbenkian Choir and Orchestra, Lisbon, Michel Corboz Elijah, Op. 70 sung in German Edith Wiens (soprano), Carolyn Watkinson (alto), Keith Lewis (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (bass), Graziela Lé (soprano) & Lia Altavilla (soprano) Gulbenkian Choir and Orchestra, Lisbon, Michel Corboz Lieder Nathalie Stutzmann (alto) & Dalton Baldwin (piano) Lieder Barbara Bonney (soprano), Thomas Hampson (baritone) & Geoffrey Parsons (piano) |
All artworks in this series are watercolours by the composer. “Mr. Hampson is a particularly fine Mendelssohn interpreter. I first encountered his voice as that of St. Paul in the 1986 Michel Corboz recording of the early oratorio “Paulus”… it is lovely and inspiriting, and when I return to it, I generally reach for Mr. Hampson’s performance, well supported by those of all concerned.” New York Times | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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