RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra & Chorus

Opera Company

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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Verdi: Un ballo in maschera


Leontyne Price (Amelia), Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Robert Merrill (Renato), Shirley Verrett (Ulrica), Reri Grist (Oscar), Mario Basiola Jnr (Silvano), Ezio Flagello (Samuele), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Tom)

RCA Italiana Opera Chorus & RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Erich Leinsdorf

Each release includes a booklet with a three-language synopsis (English/French/German), full cast list and detailed track list.

Recorded in 1966

RCA - The Sony Opera House - 88697581322

(CD - 2 discs)

$13.25

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Verdi: Rigoletto

Verdi: Rigoletto


Leonard Warren (Rigoletto), Erna Berger (Gilda), Jan Peerce (Il Duca di Mantova), Italo Tajo (Sparafucile), Nan Merriman (Maddalena), Mary Kreste (Giovanna), Richard Wentworth (Monterone), Arthur Newman (Marullo), Nathaniel Sprinzena (Borsa), Paul Ukena (Il Conte di Ceprano), Joyce White (Contessa di Ceprano/Un paggio)

RCA Italiana, Robert Shaw Chorale, Renato Cellini

Studio recording, 1950

Membran - 221311

(CD)

$12.25

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Verdi: The Operas

Verdi: The Operas


Verdi:

Aida

recorded in Rome in 1961

Leontyne Price (Aida), Rita Gorr (Amneris), Jon Vickers (Radamès), Robert Merrill (Amonasro), Giorgio Tozzi (Ramfis), Franco Ricciardi (Un Messaggero), Mietta Sighele (Una Sacerdotessa)

Orchestra e coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma

Un ballo in maschera

recorded in Rome in 1961

Carlo Bergonzi (Riccardo), Cornell MacNeil (Renato), Birgit Nilsson (Amelia), Giulietta Simionato (Ulrica), Sylvia Stahlman (Oscar), Tom Krause (Silvano), Fernando Corena (Samuel), Liberto Arbace (Tom), Piero de Palma (Un giudice), Vittorio Pandano (Un servo d’Amelia)

Orchestra e coro dell’Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma

Don Carlo

recorded in London in 1965; five-act Italian version

Carlo Bergonzi (Don Carlo), Renata Tebaldi (Elisabetta), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Filippo II), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Rodrigo), Grace Bumbry (Eboli), Martti Talvela (Il Grande Inquisitore)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Falstaff

recorded in Rome in 1963

Geraint Evans (Falstaff), Robert Merrill (Ford), Ilva Ligabue (Alice Ford), Rosalind Elias (Meg Page), Giulietta Simionato (Mistress Quickly), Alfredo Kraus (Fenton), Mirella Freni (Nannetta), John Lanigan (Dottore Caius), Giovanni Foiani (Pistola), Piero de Palma (Bardolfo)

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus

Otello

recorded in Vienna in 1977

Carlos Cossutta (Otello), Margaret Price (Desdemona), Gabriel Bacquier (Iago), Peter Dvorsky (Cassio), Kurt Equiluz (Rodrigo), Kurt Moll (Lodovico), Stafford Dean (Montano), Jane Berbié (Emilia), Hans Helm (Un Araldo)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sängerknaben, Wiener Staatsopernchor

Simon Boccanegra

recorded in Milan in 1988

Leo Nucci (Simon Boccanegra), Kiri Te Kanawa (Maria/Amelia), Paata Burchuladze (Jacopo Fiesco), Paolo Coni (Paolo Albiani), Carlo Colombara (Pietro), Giacomo Aragall (Gabriele Adorno), Ernesto Gavazzi (Un Capitano dei balestri), Anna Zoroberto (Un’Ancella di Amelia)

Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano

La Traviata

recorded live at Covent Garden in 1994

Angela Gheorghiu (Violetta), Frank Lopardo (Alfredo), Leo Nucci (Germont), Leah-Marian Jones (Flora), Gillian Knight (Annina), Robin Leggate (Gastone), Richard Van Allan (Barone Douphol), Roderick Earle (Marchese d’Obigny), Mark Beesley (Dottore Grenvil), Neil Griffiths (Giuseppe), Rodney Gibson (Domestico di Flora)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden

Gli arredi festivi (from Nabucco)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Va, pensiero (from Nabucco)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Gerusalem! (from I Lombardi)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

O signore, dal tetto natio (from I Lombardi)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Tre volte (from Macbeth)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Patria oppressa (from Macbeth)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Le rube, gli stupri (from I Masnadieri)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Zitti, Zitti (from Rigoletto)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Squilli, echeggi la tromba (from Il Trovatore)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Noi siamo zingarelle (from La Traviata)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Posa in pace (from Un Ballo in Maschera)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza (from Don Carlo)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Fuoco di gioia (from Otello)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra

Sanctus (from Requiem)

Chicago Symphony Chorus and Orchestra


Decca Solti Edition - 4783705

(CD - 16 discs)

$82.25

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The Claude Debussy Collection

The Claude Debussy Collection


Debussy:

La Mer

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Trois Nocturnes

New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Pierre Boulez

Printemps, suite for piano 4 hands or orchestra, L. 61

New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Pierre Boulez

Rhapsody for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 116 'Première rapsodie'

Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Charles Munch

Jeux - Poème dansé

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Images for orchestra

Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

Deux Danses for harp & strings

Alice Chalifoux (harp)

Cleveland Orchestra, Pierre Boulez

La Boite A Joujoux

London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas

Fantasie for piano and orchestra

Barry Douglas (piano)

Orchestre philharmonique de Radio France, Marek Janowski

Rhapsody for clarinet & piano (or orchestra), L. 116 'Première rapsodie'

Sigurd Rascher (saxophone)

New York Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein

Petite Pièce pour Clarinette et Piano

Stanley Drucker (clarinet), Leonid Hambro (piano)

Préludes - Book 1 (12, complete)

Paul Crossley (piano)

Images pour piano - Books 1 & 2

Philippe Entremont (piano)

Préludes - Book 2 (12, complete)

Paul Crossley (piano)

Estampes (3) (Complete)

Paul Crossley (piano)

Children's Corner

Robert Casadesus (piano)

La plus que lente

Arthur Rubinstein (piano)

Études pour piano (12) (complete)

Paul Crossley (piano)

Masques

Paul Crossley (piano)

D'un cahier d'esquisses

Paul Crossley (piano)

Berceuse héroïque

Paul Crossley (piano)

Page d'album

Paul Crossley (piano)

Élégie, L138

Paul Crossley (piano)

Hommage à Haydn

Paul Crossley (piano)

Le petit nègre

Paul Crossley (piano)

L'isle joyeuse

Vladimir Horowitz (piano)

Suite Bergamasque

Paul Crossley (piano)

Images oubliées: Lent

Paul Crossley (piano)

Pour le piano

Philippe Entremont (piano)

Arabesques (2)

Philippe Entremont (piano)

Ballade slave

Paul Crossley (piano)

Rêverie

Paul Crossley (piano)

Valse romantique (L. 71)

Paul Crossley (piano)

Nocturne

Paul Crossley (piano)

Mazurka

Paul Crossley (piano)

Danse bohemienne

Paul Crossley (piano)

Danse - Tarantelle styrienne

Paul Crossley (piano)

Pièce pour piano (Morceau de concours)

Paul Crossley (piano)

Petite Suite

Robert Casadesus & Gaby Casadesus (piano)

6 Epigraphes antiques

Robert Casadesus & Gaby Casadesus (piano)

En blanc et noir

Robert Casadesus & Gaby Casadesus (piano)

Piano Trio in G major

Andre Previn (piano), Julie Rosenfeld (violin), Gary Hoffmann (cello)

Nocturne et Scherzo

Steven Isserlis (cello), Thomas Ades (piano)

String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

Tokyo String Quartet

Syrinx for solo flute

Jean-Pierre Rampal (flute)

Cello Sonata

Lynn Harrell (cello), James Levine (piano)

Sonata for Flute, Viola & Harp

arr. and orch. By Galway

James Galway (flute), Graham Oppenheimer (viola). Marisa Robles (harp)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, James Galway

Deux Danses for harp & strings

James Galway (flute), Graham Oppenheimer (viola). Marisa Robles (harp)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, James Galway

Violin Sonata

Isaac Stern (violin), Alexander Zakin (piano)

Beau Soir

Eileen Farrell (soprano), George Trovillo (piano)

Fleur des blés (André Girod)

Eileen Farrell (soprano), George Trovillo (piano)

Pierrot

Edita Gruberova (soprano), Friedrich Haider (piano)

Fantoches

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Pantomime

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

En sourdine

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Mandoline (Verlaine)

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Claire de lune (song)

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Coquetterie posthume

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Romance

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Musique

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Paysage sentimental

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Voici que le printemps (Romance) (Paul Bourget)

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Apparition - song (1884)

Edita Gruberova (soprano), Friedrich Haider (piano)

La romance d'Ariel

Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Martin Katz (piano)

Regret

Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Martin Katz (piano)

Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), James Levine (piano)

Fêtes galantes - Set 1

Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Martin Katz (piano)

La mer est plus belle

Eileen Farrell (soprano), George Trovillo (piano)

Trois chansons de Bilitis

Frederica von Stade (mezzo), Martin Katz (piano)

La Faune

Eileen Farrell (soprano), George Trovillo (piano)

Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de maison

Eileen Farrell (soprano), George Trovillo (piano)

L’enfant prodique – Scène lyrique (excerpts)

Leontyne Price (soprano)

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra, Francesco Molinari Pradelli

La Damoiselle élue

Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Paula Rasmussen (mezzo)

Los Angeles Philharmonic, Women of the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Esa-Pekka Salonen

Pelléas et Mélisande

George Shirley (Pelléas), Elisabeth Söderström (Mélisande), Donald McIntyre (Golaud), Yvonne Minton (Geneviève), David Ward (Arkel), Anthony Britten (Yniold)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Pierre Boulez

Le Martyre de Saint Sébastien

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo), Nathalie Stutzmann (contralto), Leslie Caron (narrator)

London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Michael Tilson Thomas

Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

arr. for flute, harp and viola and orchestrated by James Galway

James Galway (flute), Graham Oppenheimer (viola), Marisa Robles (harp)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, James Galway

Ballet

arr. for flute, harp and viola and orchestrated by James Galway

James Galway (flute), Graham Oppenheimer (viola), Marisa Robles (harp)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, James Galway

The Little Shepherd (from Children's Corner)

arr. for flute, harp and viola and orchestrated by James Galway

James Galway (flute), Graham Oppenheimer (viola), Marisa Robles (harp)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, James Galway

Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

arr. for flute & harp and orchestrated by James Galway

James Galway (flute), Marisa Robles (harp)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, James Galway

Rêverie

arr. for flute & harp and orchestrated by James Galway

James Galway (flute), Marisa Robles (harp)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, James Galway

Le petit nègre

arr. for flute & harp and orchestrated by James Galway

James Galway (flute), Marisa Robles (harp)

Chamber Orchestra of Europe, James Galway

Mandoline (Verlaine)

arr. for flute and orchestra by Christopher Palmer

James Galway (flute)

London Mozart Players, James Galway

Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

arr. for clarinet and harp by Richard Stoltzman and Nancy Allen

Richard Stoltzman (clarinet), Nancy Allen (harp)

Arabesques (2)

arr. for clarinet and harp by Richard Stoltzman and Nancy Allen

Richard Stoltzman and Nancy Allen (harp)

Clair de Lune (from Suite Bergamasque)

arr. for violin and orchestra by Arthur Harris

Isaac Stern (violin)

Petite Suite: En bateau

arr. for violin and piano by Gaston Choisnel

Vladimir Spivakov (violin), Sergei Bezrodny (piano)

La chevelure

arr. for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

Golliwog's Cakewalk (from Children's Corner)

arr. for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

Beau Soir

arr. for violin and piano by Jascha Heifetz

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

arr. for violin and piano by Arthur Hartmann

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

La plus que lente

arr. for violin and piano by Leon Roques

Jascha Heifetz (violin), Brooks Smith (piano)

Suite Bergamasque

arr. for harp by Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Rêverie

arr. for harp by Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Valse romantique (L. 71)

arr. for soprano and harp by Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Nuit d'étoiles

arr. for soprano and harp by Xavier de Maistre

Diana Damrau (soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Fleur des blés (André Girod)

arr. for soprano and harp by Xavier de Maistre

Diana Damrau (soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Claire de lune (song)

arr. for soprano and harp by Xavier de Maistre

Diana Damrau (soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Mandoline (Verlaine)

arr. for soprano and harp by Xavier de Maistre

Diana Damrau (soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Beau Soir

arr. for soprano and harp by Xavier de Maistre

Diana Damrau (soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Apparition - song (1884)

arr. for soprano and harp by Xavier de Maistre

Diana Damrau (soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Arabesques (2)

arr. for harp by Henriette Renie

Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Deux Danses for harp & strings

Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Members of the Wiener Philharmoniker

Le Lilas

arr. for soprano and harp by Xavier de Maistre

Diana Damrau (soprano), Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Préludes - Book 1: No. 1, Danseuses de Delphes

arr. for harp by Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Préludes - Book 1: No. 2, Voiles

arr. for harp by Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre (harp)

Préludes - Book 1: No. 8, La fille aux cheveux de lin

arr. for harp by Xavier de Maistre

Xavier de Maistre (harp)

La Boite A Joujoux: Valsette

arr. for flute, harp and viola and orchestrated by James Galway

James Galway (flute), Graham Oppenheimer (viola), Marisa Robles (harp)

Images oubliées: Quelques aspects de 'Nous n'irons plus au bois'

Paul Crossley (piano)


This limited-edition boxed set is a real bargain for all who would like to hear more from the composer of famous works like Clair de lune and La Mer. The Collection starts with a selection of popular orchestral pieces such as La Mer, Nocturnes, Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune in legendary interpretations by Charles Munch, Leonard Bernstein and Pierre Boulez.

Perhaps best-known for his beautiful compositions for the piano, Debussy’s complete music for piano featuring Robert and Gaby Casadesus, Glenn Gould, Philippe Entremont, Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein and others is included on discs 4-9. The pieces for piano four hands are contributed by Gaby and Robert Casadesus while the chamber-music collections feature artists such as André Previn, James Levine, Steven Isserlis, Lynn Harrell, Pierre Rampal, James Galway, Isaac Stern and the Tokyo String Quartet.

The two CDs of songs include the complete Chansons de Bilitis, Ariettes oubliées and Fêtes galantes (Set 1) by Frederica von Stade as well as the recital recorded by Dawn Upshaw and James Levine. After Pelléas et Mélisande on three CDs, conducted by Pierre Boulez, and Le Martyre de saint Sébastien by Leonard Bernstein, The Claude Debussy Collection becomes a real treasure trove for collectors. CD 17 comprises famous Debussy encores in arrangements for flute, clarinet and violin featuring artists like James Galway and Jascha Heifetz. CD 18 is the limited special edition of Xavier de Maistre’s original album Nuits d’Étoiles – Harp music by Claude Debussy.

Along with Maurice Ravel, French composer Claude-Achille Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was one of the most prominent figures working within the field of Impressionist music. He is among the most important of all French composers and a central figure in European music around the turn of the last century. Noted for its sensory component and for rarely forming around one key or pitch, Debussy’s music often reflects the activities and turbulence in his life and virtually defines the transition from late-Romantic to 20th-century modernist music.

Sony - 88691931792

(CD - 18 discs)

$59.50

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Puccini - The Complete Operas

Puccini - The Complete Operas


Puccini:

Tosca

Stereo 1972

Leontyne Price, Plácido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Paul Plishka

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Zubin Mehta

La Bohème

Stereo 1973

Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé, Sherrill Milnes, Judith Blegen, Ruggero Raimondi

London Philharmonic Orchestra, George Solti

Madama Butterfly

Stereo 1978

Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Ingvar Wixell, Gillian Knight

Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Turandot

Stereo 1998 (Live)

Giovanna Casolla, Sergej Larin, Barbara Frittoli, Aldo Bottion

Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta

Le Villi

Stereo 1979

Plácido Domingo, Renata Scotto, Leo Nucci, Tito Gobbi

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Edgar

Stereo 1977

Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Scotto, Gwendolyn Killebrew

New York City Opera Orchestra, Eve Queler

Manon Lescaut

Stereo 1992

Nina Rautio, Peter Dvorsky, Gino Quilico, Luigi Roni, Aldo Bramante

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel

La fanciulla del West

Stereo 1991 (Live)

Mara Zampieri, Plácido Domingo, Juan Pons, Sergio Bertocchi, Luigi Roni

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel

La Rondine

Stereo 1966

Anna Moffo, Daniele Barioni, Mario Sereni, Graziella Sciutti, Piero de Palma

RCA Italiana Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Gianni Schicchi

Stereo 1977

Tito Gobbi, Ileana Cotrubas, Plácido Domingo

London Symphony Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Suor Angelica

Stereo 1977

Renata Scotto, Marilyn Horne, Ileana Cotrubas

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel

Il tabarro

Stereo 1977

Renata Scotto, Plácido Domingo, Ingvar Wixell

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel


The complete operas of Giacomo Puccini, released in an attractive box set to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the composer’s birth in December 2008.

December 12, 2008 is the 150th anniversary of the birth of one of the greatest composers of opera, Giacomo Puccini.

Sony BMG Masterworks celebrates this Jubilee with its COMPLETE OPERAS EDITION, which for the first time combines all of Puccini’s operatic works in this exclusive 20-disc edition.

RCA Complete - 88697295742

(CD - 20 discs)

$79.25

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Verdi: Great Recordings

Verdi: Great Recordings


includes

Verdi:

Ernani

Carlo Bergonzi (Ernani), Leontyne Price (Elvira), Mario Sereni (Carlo), Ezio Flagello (Silva), Fernando Iacopucci (Riccardo), Hartje Mueller (Iago), Júlia Hamari (Giovanna)

RCA Italiana Orchestra & Chorus, Thomas Schippers

Macbeth

Leonard Warren (Macbeth), Leonie Rysanek (Lady Macbeth), Jerome Hines (Banco), Carlo Bergonzi (Macduff), William Olvis (Malcolm), Carlotta Ordassy (Dama), Gerhard Pechner (Medico)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, Erich Leinsdorf

Luisa Miller

Anna Moffo (Luisa), Carlo Bergonzi (Rodolfo), Cornell MacNeil (Miller),Giorgio Tozzi (Walter), Ezio Flagello (Wurm), Shirley Verrett (Federica), Gabriella Carturan (Laura), Piero De Palma (Contadino)

RCA Italiana Orchestra & Chorus, Fausto Cleva

Rigoletto

Robert Merrill (Rigoletto), Anna Moffo (Gilda), Alfredo Kraus (Il Duca), Ezio Flagello (Sparafucile), Rosalind Elias (Maddalena), Anna Di Stasio (Giovanna), David Ward (Monterone), Robert Kerns (Marullo), Piero De Palma (Borsa), Mario Rinaudo (Conte di Ceprano), Corinna Vozza (Contessa di Ceprano)

RCA Italiana Orchestra & Chorus, Georg Solti

Il Trovatore

Plácido Domingo (Manrico), Fiorenza Cossotto (Azucena), Leontyne Price (Leonora), Sherrill Milnes (Conte di Luna), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ferrando), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Ines), Ryland Davies (Ruiz), Stanley Riley (Un vecchio zingaro), Neilson Taylor (Un messo)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Zubin Mehta

La Traviata

Montserrat Caballé (Violetta), Carlo Bergonzi (Alfredo), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio), Dorothy Krebill (Flora Bervoix), Nancy Stokes (Annina), Fernando Iacopucci (Gastone), Harold Enns (Grenvil), Gene Boucher (Douphol), Thomas Jamerson (Marchese d'Obigny)

RCA Italiana Orchestra & Chorus, Georges Pretre

Simon Boccanegra

Renato Bruson (Simon Boccanegra), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia Grimaldi), Ruggero Raimondi (Fiesco), Veriano Luchetti (Adorno), Felice Schiavi (Paolo), Konstantin Sfiris (Pietro), Anna Gonda (Un ancella), Ewald Aichberger (Un capitano dei balestrieri)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, James Levine

Un ballo in maschera (Highlights)

sung in German

Rudolf Schock (Riccardo), Hildegard Hillebrecht (Amelia), Eberhard Wächter (Renato), Herta Töpper (Ulrica), Lisa Otto (Oscar)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Heinrich Hollreiser

Don Carlo (highlights)

Michael Sylvester (Don Carlo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Filippo II), Aprile Millo (Elisabetta), Dolora Zajick (Eboli), Vladimir Chernov (Rodrigo), Samuel Ramey (Il Grande Inquisitore), Jane Bunnell (Tebaldo), Paul Plishka (Un Frate)

Orchestra and Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, James Levine

Aida (highlights)

Requiem

I Vespri Siciliani

Sherrill Milnes (Guido di Montforte), Terence Sharpe (Il Sire di Bethume), Richard Van Allan (Il Conte Vaudemont), Plácido Domingo (Arrigo), Ruggero Raimondi (Giovanni da Procida), Martina Arroyo (Elena), Maria Ewing (Ninetta), Leo Goeke (Danieli), Kenneth Collins (Tebaldo), James Morris (Roberto), Alan Byers (Manfredo)

New Philharmonia Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, James Levine

plus:

RECITAL-CDs:

CD 21: Enrico Caruso

CD 22: Eileen Farrell (with Tucker)

CD 23: Montserrat Caballé

CD 24: Placido Domingo (with Price, Milnes, Ricciarelli)

CD 25: Katia Ricciarelli (with Domingo)

CD 26: Renata Scotto (with Cotrubas)

INSTRUMENTAL

CD 27: Preludes and overtures from La forza del destino, Attila, Nabucco, La Traviata, Giovanna d’Arco

CD 28: Ballet music from the operas: Les Vêpres siciliennes, Macbeth, Don Carlos, Otello, Aida


30-CD-box for the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi.

This special box set contains original recordings of complete early operas as well as opera. highlights, opera recitals and CDs with Ballet music, preludes and overtures.

The CDs are in paper sleeves with the original artwork of the former CD/LPs.

Great artists such as Carlo Bergonzi, Anna Moffo, Ezio Flagello, Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Enrico Caruso and famous orchestras and conductors such as RCA Italiana Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Erich Leinsdorf, Fausto Cleva, James Levine, Claudio Abbado and many more.

The Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi (1813-1901) was a leading figure of Italian music in the nineteenth century and made important contributions to the development of opera. Numerous of Verdi’s operas are part of the standard operatic repertoire and his works are frequently performed in opera houses throughout the world.

Released or re-released in last 6 months

Sony - 88883703692

(CD - 30 discs)

Normally: $119.00

Special: $95.25

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