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| |  | Wagner: Orchestral Music and Arias
This double-CD set brings together for the first time two of Claudio Abbado’s Wagner recordings, the first of orchestral music, the second a selection of vocal works with Bryn Terfel, the leading Wagner baritone of our day. “Terfel brings a wide palette of tone to peer into the Dutchman's soul and express Wolfram's evening thoughts, where his legato and half-voice are admirable” (Gramophone) | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Produced by EMI Classics in partnership with the prestigious National Gallery in London, The National Gallery Collection is a budget-price catalogue series bringing together the very best in fine art and classical music. The collection features a selection of classical masterworks in celebrated recordings from the EMI Classics catalogue, brought together with great artworks from The National Gallery’s permanent collection. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Opera Album 2011
Bizet: | Votre toast je peux vous le rendre 'Toreador Song' (from Carmen) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Tatiana Troyanos (mezzo) Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen) Magdalena Kozená (mezzo) | Delibes: | Lakmé: Dôme épais (Flower Duet) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Jane Berbié (mezzo) | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) Pilar Lorengar (soprano) | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) | Gounod: | Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Renée Fleming (soprano) Gloire immortelle de nos aïeux (from Faust) Richard Bonynge | Handel: | Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Ombra mai fu (from Serse) Andreas Scholl (countertenor) | Leoncavallo: | Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) | Mozart: | Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (from Die Zauberflöte) Hermann Prey (baritone) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Ingvar Wixell (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano) Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) Patricia Petibon (soprano) | Offenbach: | Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann ) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo) Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène) Joseph Calleja (tenor) | Puccini: | Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème) Anna Netrebko (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Andrea Bocelli (tenor) Humming Chorus (from Madama Butterfly) Giuseppe Sinopoli Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Teresa Berganza (mezzo) Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Leo Nucci (baritone) | Saint-Saëns: | Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Marilyn Horne (mezzo) | Verdi: | Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Sir Georg Solti La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Plácido Domingo (tenor), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) José Carreras (tenor) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Questa o quella (from Rigoletto) Rolando Villazón (tenor) Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Silvio Varviso Celeste Aida (from Aida) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) | Wagner: | Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) Birgit Nilsson (soprano) |
This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano Pavarotti, Dame Joan Sutherland, Plácido Domingo, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa and José Carreras. With a carefully chosen selection of perennially popular arias, duets and choruses, this enchanting collection creates the perfect introduction to opera. With 40 tracks and over 2½ hours of music this collection is outstanding value for money. Includes Pavarotti’s classic recording of the most popular opera aria of all, Puccini’s ‘Nessun dorma’. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | OPERA 2011
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| |  | Cecilia Bartoli: Sospiri
Bellini: | Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) with Juan Diego Flórez Orchestra La Scintilla, Alessandro de Marchi Casta Diva (from Norma) | Caldara: | Quel buon pastor son io Il Giardino Armonico, Giovanni Antonini | Fauré: | Requiem: Pie Jesu Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung | Franck, C: | Panis Angelicus with Cinzia Maurizio, Luigi Piovano & Daniele Rossi | Giacomelli: | Sposa non mi conosci (from Merope) | Handel: | Lascia la spina (from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski | Mozart: | Voi che sapete (from Le nozze di Figaro - Vienna version) Wiener Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) with Bryn Terfel Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K339: Laudate Dominum Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia & Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung | Persiani: | Cari Giorni Orchestra La Scintilla, Adam Fischer | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) International Chamber Soloists & Orchestra La Scintilla, Adam Fischer | Vivaldi: | Gelido in ogni vena (from Il Farnace, RV711) |
Cecilia Bartoli is loved the world over for vocal fireworks and spectacular coloratura, but she is also adored for her spine-tingling pianissimi and her ability to shape endless, velvety phrases. For the first time, this product will focus on the irresistibly sensual side of Cecilia Bartoli's art. It has been conceived as a popular “mood” or lifestyle compilation — presenting quieter arias showcasing Cecilia's vocal beauty, sensuality and emotion. “Sospiri” is designed to present this most accessible aspect of Cecilia Bartoli's art to the broadest popular-classical market. “Sospiri” will contain favourite arias by Mozart and Handel, bel canto jewels by Bellini and Rossini and treasures by Vivaldi as well as music which Cecilia Bartoli has “rediscovered” on her recent record-breaking solo albums. For Cecilia’s existing fans, the Prestige Edition includes a previously unreleased aria and world premiere recording of Vinci’s Cervo in bosco, one of Farinelli’s calling card arias. Both formats include a new interpretation of Rosina's aria Una voce poco fa, from Il Barbiere di Siviglia - the dazzling aria of young love, the role in which Cecilia Bartoli first shot to international stardom. She infuses this new interpretation with all her knowledge of the baroque and classical tradition on which Rossini’s music was founded, her experience of period practice and critical reading of the manuscripts, together with a playfulness and variety of colors which she has acquired over the years. On this track recorded during the Maria sessions Cecilia Bartoli is accompanied by a fantastic period practice orchestra, Orchestra La Scintilla. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bryn Terfel - Bad Boys
Bryn Terfel, a gentle man in real life, recruits a gang of “bad boy” characters from opera and musicals to serenade us with tunes from the sinister side of the bass clef. Thoroughly convincing as villains you would not want to meet alone in the dark, Bryn Terfel wields a full, wide ranging bass-baritone ever in service to dramatic instincts rare in any era Bad Boys delivers an original concept sure to seduce the media, wow the classical crowd and exert powerful mass appeal. No singer morphs from Don Giovanni to Mack the Knife to Sweeney Todd with Terfel’s devilish ease – Bad Boys is a delightful box of mixed (dark) musical bonbons “…Terfel is a consummate singing actor. …what other artist could find such different voices for singing Il Commendatore, Don Giovanni and Leporello in the closing scene of Mozart's opera.” BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2009 **** “Terfel, of course, brings the smell of the theatre into everything he does. His powerful vocal presence is born of physical presence and he harnesses words, in any language, like few others. Brecht's words for "The Ballad of Mack the Knife" casually slip off Terfel's cords like the threats of a slickly attired bouncer... Sweeney Todd's "Epiphany" (with a flash of Anne Sofie von Otter's cockney Mrs Lovett - not 'arf bad) is scary to behold...” Gramophone Magazine, November 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Divos and Divas
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Orchestra La Scintilla, Adam Fischer | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Plácido Domingo (tenor) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti | Capua: | O sole mio José Carreras (tenor) English Chamber Orchestra, Edoardo Muller | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) Nicole Cabell (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Frizza Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestre de l'Opera National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) Renée Fleming (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti | Glinka: | Vdali ot milogo (from Ruslan and Lyudmila) Anna Netrebko (soprano) Kirov Orchestra & Chorus, Valery Gergiev | Handel: | Lascia la spina (from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno) Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo) Les Musiciens du Louvre, Marc Minkowski Semele: Endless Pleasure Danielle de Niese (soprano) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | Lara, Augustin: | Granada Juan Diego Flórez (tenor) Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, Miguel Harth-Bedoya | Lehár: | Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Zubin Mehta | Mozart: | Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti Non piu andrai, farfallone amoroso (from Le Nozze di Figaro) Erwin Schrott (bass-baritone) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valencian, Riccardo Frizza Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Bruno Bartoletti Addio, fiorito asil (from Madama Butterfly) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Renée Fleming (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème) Nicole Cabell (soprano) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Andrew Davis E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) José Carreras (tenor) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Colin Davis | Saint-Saëns: | Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Olga Borodina (mezzo) Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | Schönberg, C-M: | Stars (from Les Misérables) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Paul Gemignani | Strauss, J, II: | Nun's Chorus from Casanova Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) The Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Utah Symphony, Julius Rudel | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly | Wagner: | Morgenlich leuchtend im rosigen Schein 'Prize Song' (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato |
The greatest opera stars in the world - together in one 2-CD set. A unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today. A galaxy of great names performing opera's best-loved arias and classic melodies. CD 1 ("The Divos") features celebrated performances from Roberto Alagna, Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, José Carreras, Josef Calleja and Erwin Schrott CD 2 ("The Divas") features outstanding recordings by Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Angela Gheorghiu, Montserrat Caballé, Nicole Cabell, Olga Borodina, and Kiri te Kanawa A fabulous showcase of today's top vocal talent 2 CDs for the price of one | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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