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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Classic Voices of the CenturySelected arias by Rossini, Cilea and more
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Mario del Monaco, Giovanni Martinelli, Jon Vickers, Giovanni Zenatello, Enrico Caruso, Ramon Vinay (Otello); Lawrence Tibbett, Tito Gobbi, Titta Ruffo (Iago); Renata Tebaldi, Eleanor Steber, Rosa Ponselle, Elisabeth Rethberg and Leonie Rysanek (Desdemona) Over 77 minutes of operatic history here as Magdalen celebrates Verdi’s bicentenary with highlights from surely his greatest work Otello, first produced at La Scala, Milan on 5 February 1887. The set features carefully chosen selections performed by many of the most famous interpreters recorded between 1914 and 1961. Several lengthy extracts are taken from studio recordings, others from live performances and the remainder from classic 78s. Among the singers are Mario del Monaco, Giovanni Martinelli, Jon Vickers, Giovanni Zenatello, Enrico Caruso, Ramon Vinay (Otello); Lawrence Tibbett, Tito Gobbi, Titta Ruffo (Iago); Renata Tebaldi, Eleanor Steber, Rosa Ponselle, Elisabeth Rethberg and Leonie Rysanek (Desdemona). The conductors include Toscanini, Karajan, Panizza and Serafin. Almost all items were given top recommendations in Alan Blyth’s Opera on Record (Hutchinson 1979), still regarded as the ‘bible’ for collectors of operatic recordings. “This fascinating collection takes us through the work in mostly quite sizeable chunks, from Una vela... Esultate to Niun mi tema, in recordings made between 1914 and 1960 (Karajan’s Decca set, with its matchless sound).” Sunday Times, 19th May 2013 | 
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| |  | The Art of the Verdi Baritone
The privileged position of the baritone-voice in Verdi´s operas was something new at the time and developed into a vocal category of its own: the "Verdi-baritone". Verdi's baritone-roles can roughly be divided into two categories: the fathers and rulers, who are in moral conflict between the love for their children and moral and/or political duties (Rigoletto, Amonasro, Simon Boccanegra, Nabucco, Jacopo Foscari, Guido di Montfort or father Germont), and youthful men of honour and/or villains, who usually turn out to be the tenor's rival (CarIo in "Forza", Renato, Carlo V, lago. Cote di Luna). Forming part of Presier’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of Verdi, this collection is a unique and fascinating account of the performances over the years 1904-1950. |
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| |  | Tribute to Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi: | Ben io t'invenni … Anch'io dischiuso … Salgo già (from Nabucco) Anita Cerquetti (soprano) O de ver'anni miei (from Ernani) Carlo Tagliabue (baritone) Una macchia è qui tutt'ora (from Macbeth) Margherita Grandi (soprano) Perfidi!…Pietà, rispetto, amore (from Macbeth) Leonard Warren (baritone) Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller) Giacinto Prandelli (tenor) Pari siamo! (from Rigoletto) Tito Gobbi (baritone) Parmi veder le lagrime (from Rigoletto) Alfredo Kraus (tenor) Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Jan Peerce (tenor), Erna Berger (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Leonard Warren (baritone) Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Fedora Barbieri (mezzo) Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Aureliano Pertile (tenor) Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata) Maria Callas (soprano) Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Amelia Galli Curci (soprano) and Tito Schipa (tenor) Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) Joan Sutherland (soprano) Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo! (from Simon Boccanegra) Lawrence Tibbett (baritone) Re dell’abisso affretati (Un ballo in maschera) Giulietto Simionato (mezzo) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) La Vergine degli Angeli (from La Forza del Destino) Rosa Ponselle (soprano) and Ezio Pinza (bass O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) Franco Corelli (tenor) Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) and Robert Merrill (baritone) Ella giammai m'amò (from Don Carlo) Cesare Siepi (bass) O don fatale (from Don Carlo) Ebe Stignani (mezzo) Celeste Aida (from Aida) Mario del Monaco (tenor) O patria mia (from Aida) Zinka Milanov (soprano) Si, pel ciel (from Otello) Enrico Caruso (tenor), Titta Ruffo (baritone) Dio, mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali (from Otello) Lauritz Melchior (tenor) Ave Maria (from Otello) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) L'onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff) Giuseppe Taddei (baritone) |
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi, Preiser Records is delighted to offer this 2 CD digipack at a special price. A Tribute to GIUSEPPE VERDI features iconic recordings of his most famous works and recordings from various labels over the period 1914-1962. A true collectors’ edition. |
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| |  | Loewe: A Lieder Recital
George Henschel (baritone), Cornelius Bronsgeest (baritone), Anonymous (piano), Theodor Scheidl (baritone), Johannes Heidenreich (piano), Karl Erb (tenor), Julius von Raatz-Brockmann (baritone), August Pilz (piano), Hulda Lashanska (soprano), Arthur van Eweyk (baritone), Charles Albert Baker (piano), Richard Tauber (tenor), Ernestine Schumann-Heink (contralto), Paul Knupfer (tenor), Lawrence Tibbett (baritone), Stewart Wille (piano), Rudolf Bockelmann (bass-baritone), Clemens Schmalstich (piano), Michael Bohnen (baritone), George Szell (piano), Paul Bender (baritone), Michael Raucheisen (piano), Sigrid Onegin (alto), Franz Rupp (piano), Ivar Andresen (bass), Franz Hallasch (piano), Max Saal (piano), Leo Schutzendorf (bass), Leo Slezak (tenor) Studio orchestra |
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| |  | George Gershwin, Vol. 4 (1930-1954)
Ethel Waters (vocals), Billie Holiday (vocals), Buster Bailey (clarinet), Maxine Sullivan (vocals), Al Jolson (vocals), Frank Sinatra (vocals), Buddy Clark (vocals), Dinah Shore (vocals), Jane Russell (vocals), Dorothy Kirsten (vocals), Fred Astaire (vocals), Gene Kelly (vocals), Felicia Sanders (vocals), Chick Bullock (vocals), Lyda Roberti (vocals), Lawrence Tibbett (vocals), Lena Horne (vocals), Jo Stafford (vocals), Pied Pipers (vocals), Helen Forrest (vocals), Judy Garland (vocals), Betty Norton (vocals), Vaughn Monroe (vocals) Studio ensemble, Buck and Bubbles |
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| |  | Verdissimo II: Simon Boccanegra (1939)
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| |  | Metropolitan Opera House 9/2/1946 Live
Unique cast – the unforgettable Grace Moore as Tosca! | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Audio remastering 24 bit / 96 kHz ADD 29/11/1941
Bonus: Jan Peerce sings Arias & Duets from Il Trovatore, Un ballo in maschera, La Bohème [wt Leonard Warren], La Gioconda, Pagliacci, La Juive, Tosca, Lucia, L’Africana Conducted by Sylvain Levin, Frieder Weissmann, Jean Paul Morel, Erich Leinsdorf, Wilfred Pelletier
Jan Peerce’s MET Debut and the ‘Voice of America’ Lawrence Tibbett together in one performance with the movie star Novotna...an event! | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | The Stars Were Shining, Vol. 1 (1926-1947)
Lauritz Melchior (narrator), Tino Pattiera (tenor), Anna Case (soprano), Charles Hackett (tenor), Giuseppe De Luca (baritone), Richard Crooks (tenor), Lionel Barrymore (narrator), Lawrence Tibbett (vocals), Margherita Grandi (soprano), Alberto Erede (tenor), Dino Borgioli (narrator), Jan Peerce (tenor), Anne Roselle (soprano), Dino Borgioli (baritone) | |
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