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Verdi: | Rigoletto Paolo Gavanelli (Rigoletto), Marcelo Alvarez (Il Duca), Christine Schäfer (Gilda), Eric Halfvarson (Sparafucile), Graciela Araya (Maddalena), Elizabeth Sikora (Giovanna), Giovanni Battista Parodi (Monterone), Quentin Hayes (Marullo), Peter Auty (Borsa) Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Edward Downes (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director) Il Trovatore Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 3rd May 2002 José Cura (Manrico), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Il Conte di Luna), Yvonne Naef (Azucena), Verónica Villarroel (Leonora), Tomas Tomasson (Ferrando), Gweneth-Ann Jeffers (Ines), Edgaras Montvidas (Ruiz) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Carlo Rizzi (conductor) & Elijah Moshinsky (stage director) La Traviata Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, London, June & July 2009 Renée Fleming (Violetta), Joseph Calleja (Alfredo Germont), Thomas Hampson (Giorgio Germont), Eddie Wade (Baron Douphol) & Richard Wiegold (Doctor Grenvil) The Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Richard Eyre (director) Les vêpres siciliennes Recorded live at the Amsterdam Music Theatre, 23 & 29 September, 2010
French version Barbara Haveman (Hélène), Lívia Ághová (Ninetta), Burkhard Fritz (Henri), Alejandro Marco-Buhrmester (Guy de Montfort), Balint Szabo (Jean Procida), Hubert Francis (Thibault), Fabrice Farina (Danieli), Rudi de Vries (Mainfroid), Roger Smeets (Robert), Jeremy White (Le Sire de Béthune) & Christophe Fel (Le Comte de Vaudemont) Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra & Koor van De Nederlandse Opera, Paolo Carignani (conductor) & Christof Loy (director) Un ballo in maschera Recorded live at the Teatro Real, Madrid, on the 25th & 28th September 2008 Marcelo Álvarez (Riccardo), Violeta Urmana (Amelia), Marco Vratogna (Renato), Elena Zaremba (Ulrica), Alessandra Marianelli (Oscar), Borja Quiza (Silvano), Miguel Sola (Samuel), Scott Wilde (Tom), Orlando Niz (Judge), César San Martín (Amelia's servant) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro Real (Madrid Symphony Orchestra and Chorus), Jesús López Cobos (conductor) & Mario Martone (stage director) La forza del destino Live Recording from The Mariinsky Theatre, 1998 Galina Gorchakova (Leonora), Nikolai Putilin (Don Carlo), Gegam Grigorian (Don Alvaro), Marianna Tarasova (Preziosilla), Grigory Karasev (Marchese di Calatrava) & Sergei Alexashkin (Padre Guardiano) The Kirov Chorus and Orchestra, Valéry Gergiev (conductor) & Elijah Moshinsky (stage director) Macbeth Recorded live at The Royal Opera House, 13 June, 2011 Simon Keenlyside (Macbeth), Liudmyla Monastyrska (Lady Macbeth), Raymond Aceto (Banquo), Dmitri Pittas (Macduff), Nigel Cliffe (Servant), Steven Ebel (Malcolm), Elisabeth Meister (Lady-in-Waiting) & Lukas Jakobski (Doctor) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Phyllida Lloyd (stage director) Don Carlo Rolando Villazón (Don Carlo), Robert Lloyd (King Philip), Amanda Roocroft (Elisabeth), Violeta Urmana (Eboli), Dwayne Croft (Posa), Jaakko Ryhänen (Grand Inquisitor), Giorgio Giuseppini (Monk) Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra & De Nederlandse Opera Chorus, Riccardo Chailly (conductor) & Willy Decker (stage director) Aida Daniela Dessì (Aida), Elisabetta Fiorillo (Amneris), Fabio Armiliato (Radamès), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Ramfis), Stefano Palatchi (Il Re), Josep Fadó (Messaggiero), Ana Nebot (Sacerdotessa) Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Miguel Ángel Gómez Martínez Simon Boccanegra Recorded: 2010 live from the Royal Opera House Plácido Domingo (Simon Boccanegra), Marina Poplavskaya (Amelia Grimaldi/Maria Boccanegra), Joseph Calleja (Gabriele Adorno), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Jacope Fiesco), Jonathan Summers (Paolo Albiani), Lukas Jakobski (Piero) Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano Otello Recorded live at the Gran teatre del Liceu, Barcelona on 21st & 24th February 2006 José Cura (Otello), Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona), Lado Ataneli (Iago), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Emilia), Vicenç Esteve Madrid (Rodrigo), Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), Francisco Santiago (Montano), Roberto Accurso (Un Araldo) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Antoni Ros-Marbà (conductor) & Willy Decker (stage director) Falstaff Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Barbara Frittoli (Alice Ford), Roberto Frontali (Ford), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (Mistress Quickly), Desiree Rancatore (Nanetta), Kenneth Tarver (Fenton) Orchestra & Chorus of Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink (conductor), Graham Vick (stage director) |
Celebrating the work of Italy’s greatest musical dramatist, this set of 12 operas includes definitive performances from some of the finest Verdi singers of our age, in productions which reflect the contemporary richness of our perspective of the composer as both a man of his time, inspired to reflect the familial tensions and revolutionary fervour of his homeland, and also a man of theatrical genius as timeless as his adored Shakespeare, whose anti-heroes Macbeth and Falstaff stand as the poles of tragedy and comedy in this survey of modern stagings. Running time: 34 hours 10 minutes approx Subtitles: RIGOLETTO / IL TROVATORE / FALSTAFF: EN LA TRAVIATA / UN BALLO IN MASCHERA / MACBETH SIMON BOCCANEGRA: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT LES VÊPRES SICILIENNES: EN/FR/DE/ES LA FORZA DEL DESTINO: EN/FR/DE/ES/DU DON CARLO: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/DU AIDA: EN/FR/DE/ES/CA OTELLO: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/CA Sound format: 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS | 
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| |  | Sir Adrian Boult: Elgar: The Complete EMI Recordings
Elgar: | Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' Froissart Overture, Op. 19 recorded 1971 Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15 No. 1 Chanson de Matin, Op. 15 No. 2 Bavarian Dances (3) The Light of Life, Op. 29 'Lux Christi' - Meditation Imperial March, Op. 32 recorded 1976 Triumphal March from Caractacus Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1970 London Symphony Orchestra Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 recorded 1976/7 Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 - Incidental Music Dream Children, Op. 43: Two pieces for small orchestra recorded 1974 Empire March The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a recorded 1967 Carillon, Op. 75 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b Polonia Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, Op. 86 (after Bach, BWV 537) recorded 1973 Overture in D minor (after Handel, HWV247) Funeral March Chopin orch. Elgar. recorded 1974 Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 recorded 1976 In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 recorded 1970 Elegy for strings, Op. 58 Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 BBC Symphony Orchestra Sospiri, Op. 70 BBC Symphony Orchestra The Sanguine Fan, Op. 81 BBC Symphony Orchestra Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 recorded 1972 Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 recorded 1973 Nursery Suite Fantasia & Fugue in C minor, Op. 86 (after Bach, BWV 537) recorded 1949 Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 recorded 1965 Yehudi Menuhin (violin) New Philharmonia Orchestra Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 recorded 1972 Paul Tortelier (violoncello) The Music Makers, Op. 69 Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) London Philharmonic Choir The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 Helen Watts (The Angel), Nicolai Gedda (Gerontius), Robert Lloyd (The Priest, The Angel of the Agony) London Philharmonic Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra The Apostles, Op. 49 Sheila Armstrong (The Blessed Virgin), Helen Watts (Mary Magdalene), Robert Tear (St. John), Benjamin Luxon (St. Peter), Clifford Grant (Judas), John Carol Case (Jesus) Choir of Downe House School & London Philharmonic Choir The Kingdom, Op. 51 Margaret Price (The Blessed Virgin), Yvonne Minton (Mary Magdalene), Alexander Young (St. John), John Shirley-Quirk (St. Peter) London Philharmonic Choir Coronation Ode, Op. 44 Bonus Track Dame Felicity Lott (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Richard Morton (tenor), Stephen Roberts (bass) Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Band of the Royal Military School of Music, Kneller Hall, Sir Philip Ledger Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 recorded 1945 Pablo Casals (violoncello) BBC Symphony Orchestra Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1936 BBC Symphony Orchestra Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 recorded 1937 BBC Symphony Orchestra Imperial March, Op. 32 recorded 1937 BBC Symphony Orchestra The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 - Prelude recorded 1934 BBC Symphony Orchestra Funeral March Chopin orch. Elgar. recorded 1932 BBC Symphony Orchestra Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 recorded 1944 BBC Symphony Orchestra Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 recorded 1977/8 Ida Haendel (violin) Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 recorded 1961 Pomp and Circumstance March No. 3 in C minor, Op. 39 No. 3 recorded 1953 Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1961 Dream Children, Op. 43: Two pieces for small orchestra recorded 1955 Froissart Overture, Op. 19 recorded 1955 Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 recorded 1955 In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 recorded 1955 Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 recorded 1950 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a recorded 1953 Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 recorded 1949 Enigma Variations, Op. 36 recorded 1953 |
plus: The Apostles & The Kingdom: An illustrated introduction by Sir Adrian Boult
Back in 1920, having heard the young Adrian Boult conduct the Second Symphony, Sir Edward Elgar was certain: ‘My reputation in the future is safe in your hands. It was a wonderful series of sounds. Bless you!’ How right Elgar was, as this treasury confirms: the first set to unite all of Boult’s recordings for EMI of a composer he conducted and recorded throughout his long career. We can thereby hear four different versions of the Enigma Variations, recorded between 1936 and 1970, and marvel at their clear-sighted consistency as much as changing nuances of expression over the years. The oldest recording in this collection, being Sir Adrian’s first of his long association with Elgar, that of the orchestration of the Chopin: Funeral March from his Piano Sonata No. 2, commissioned by the Gramophone Company, was attended by the composer and his daughter. About a tenth of the total collection is available on CD for the first time in this box set. This set is part of our series of releases marking 30 years since the conductor’s passing. |
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| |  | The Massenet Edition
Massenet: | Don Quichotte studio recording, 1978 Nicolai Ghiaurov (Don Quichotte), Gabriel Bacquier (Sancho Panza), Régine Crespin (Dulcinée), Michèle Command (Pedro), Annick Dutertre (Garcias), Peyo Garazzi (Rodriguez), Jean-Marie Frémeau (Juan) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Kazimierz Kord Esclarmonde studio recording, 1975 Joan Sutherland (Esclarmonde), Huguette Tourangeau (Parséis), Clifford Grant (Emperor Phorcas), Giacomo Aragall (Roland), Louis Quilico (L'Evèque de Blois), Ryland Davies (Enéas), Robert Lloyd (Cléomer), Ian Caley (A Saracen Envoy), Graham Clark (A Byzantine Herald) National Philharmonic Orchestra, John Alldis Choir, Finchley Children's Music Group, Richard Bonynge Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame Roberto Alagna (Jean), Stefano Antonucci (Boniface), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Le prieur), Marc Larcher (Un moine poète) Orchestre National de Montpellier, Enrique Diemecke Manon studio recording, 1970 Beverly Sills (Manon), Nicolai Gedda (Le Chevalier des Grieux), Gérard Souzay (Lescaut), Gabriel Bacquier (Le Comte des Grieux), Nico Castel (Guillot de Morfontaine), Michel Trempont (De Brétigny) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Julius Rudel Le Roi de Lahore live recording, 1977 Luis Lima (Alim), Joan Sutherland (Sita), Sherrill Milnes (Scindia), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Indra), James Morris (Timour), Huguette Tourangeau (Kaled), John Tomlinson (Officer), Gareth Morrell (Army Chief), David Wilson-Johnson (Soldier) Orchestra and Chorus of the Vancouver Opera Association, NPO / Bonynge Thaïs studio recording, 1997-8 Renée Fleming (Thaïs), Thomas Hampson (Athanaël), Giuseppe Sabbatini (Nicias), Stefano Palatchi (Palémon), Marie Devellereau (Crobyle), Isabelle Cals (Myrtale), Enkelejda Shkosa (Albine), Elisabeth Vidal (La Charmeuse), David Grousset (Servant) Orchestre National de Bordeaux-Aquitaine, Yves Abel Thérèse studio recording 1973 Huguette Tourangeau (Thérèse), Ryland Davies (Armand de Clerval ), Louis Quilico (André Thoral), Neilson Taylor (Morel), Ian Caley (Un Officier), Alan Opie (Un Officier Municipal) New Philharmonia Orchestra, The Linden Singers, Richard Bonynge Werther studio recording, 1980 José Carreras (Werther), Frederica Von Stade (Charlotte), Isobel Buchanan (Sophie), Thomas Allen (Albert), Robert Lloyd (Le Bailli), Malcolm King (Johann), Paul Crook (Schmidt), Donaldson Bell (Brühlmann), Linda Humphries (Kätchen) Orchestra of Covent Garden, Children from the Royal Opera House Production, Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Davis Le Carillon National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Le Cid - Ballet music National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Scènes pittoresques Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff Cigale Enid Hartle National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge C'est sa tete que je reclame (from Hérodiade) Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge Il est doux, il est bon (from Hérodiade) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid) Joan Sutherland (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Fantaisie for Cello and Orchestra Jascha Silberstein (cello) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge Meditation (from Thaïs) Nigel Kennedy (violin) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Le sais-tu? Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) On dit! Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Passionnément Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Les âmes des fleurs Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Souvenance Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Le Petit Jésus Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Les Yeux clos Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Ce que disent les cloches Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) La mélodie des baisers Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Pitchounette Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Nuit d'Espagne Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) L'éventail Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Je t'aime! Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Les amoureuses sont des folles Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Printemps dernier Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Roses d'Octobre Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Sérénade d'automne Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Souhait Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Elle s'en est allee Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo), Richard Bonynge (piano) Les Yeux clos Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn) Amours bénis Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano), Barry Tuckwell (horn) Pensée d'automne Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano) Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano) Puisqu'elle a pris ma vie Joan Sutherland (soprano), Richard Bonynge (piano) Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux Joan Sutherland (soprano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Crépuscule Joan Sutherland (soprano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Ah, que mes soeurs ... Reste au foyer, petit grillon (from Cendrillon) Joan Sutherland (soprano) L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge Manon: ballet Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge Meditation (from Thaïs) John Georgiadis (violin) London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Le Roi de Lahore: waltz and entr'acte London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Scènes dramatiques National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Cendrillon: Marche des princesses National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge La Navaraisse : Nocturne London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Les Erinnyes : Invocation London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Air de Nina (from Chérubin) Joan Sutherland (soprano) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Chérubin Entr'acte London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Vive amour qui rêve (from Chérubin) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Orchestra e coro de Teatro Regio di Torino, John Mauceri Lamento d'Ariane National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Phèdre: Overture Orchestre de l'Opera Comique Paris, Albert Wolff Werther: Prelude & La nuit de Noël Orchestre de l'Opera Comique Paris, Albert Wolff Scènes pittoresques Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff Scènes alsaciennes Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Albert Wolff |
13 August 2012 marks the 100th anniversary of the death of Jules Massenet (born 12 May 1842). Massenet is best-known for his operas and this set contains his two most famous - Manon and Werther as well as rarer works which owe their modern revivals and recordings during the 1970s to the advocacy of Joan Sutherland and Richard Bonynge. Richard Bonynge has been a lifelong champion of Massenet and his reference-status recordings of the ballets are included as an integral element in this edition. He also features as an accompanist to Huguette Tourangeau in a widely-admired but long out of print recording of a selection of Massenet Songs. The 140-page booklet includes full cast lists of the operas and detailed track lists. Opera critic and writer George Hall has written an article on Massenet's life and works. Richard Bonynge also contributes a personal note on his discovery and love of Massenet's music. A CD-ROM contains the opera libretti and song-texts with translations. This comprehensive 23-CD set with a wealth of glorious music is a must for all Massenet fans and lovers of French music alike. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Wagner Edition
Wagner: | Der fliegende Holländer Juha Uusitalo (Der Hollander), Robert Lloyd (Daland), Catherine Naglestad (Senta), Marco Jentzsch (Erik), Marina Prudenskaja (Mary), Oliver Ringelhahn (Der Steuermann) Chorus of The Netherlands Opera & Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Harmut Haenchen (conductor) & Martin Kušej (director) Der Ring des Nibelungen Das Rheingold: Falk Struckmann (Wotan), Graham Clark (Loge), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Lioba Braun (Fricka), Kwanchul Youn (Fasolt), Matthias Hölle (Fafner), Elisabete Matos (Freia), Wolfgang Rauch (Donner), Jeffrey Dowd (Froh), Francisco Vas (Mime), Andrea Bönig (Erda), Christina Obregón (Woglinde), Ana Ibarra (Wellgunde), Francisca Beaumont (Flosshilde)
Die Walküre: Richard Berkeley-Steele (Siegmund), Linda Watson (Sieglinde), Eric Halfvarson (Hunding), Helen Traubel (Brünnhilde), Falk Struckmann (Wotan), Lioba Braun (Fricka), Sabine Brohm (Gerhilde), Anneger Stumphius (Ortlinde), Marisa Altmann-Althausen (Waltraute), Andrea Bönig (Schwertleite), Heike Gierhardt (Helmwige), Mireia Pintó (Siegrune), Corinne Romijn (Grimgerde), Francisca Beaumont (Rossweisse)
Siegfried: John Treleaven (Siegfried), Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde), Graham Clark (Mime), Falk Struckmann (Der Wanderer), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Eric Halfvarson (Fafner), Andrea Bönig (Erda), Cristina Obregón (Waldvogel)
Götterdämmerung: John Treleaven (Siegfried), Deborah Polaski (Brünnhilde), Matti Salminen (Hagen), Falk Struckmann (Gunther), Günter von Kannen (Alberich), Elisabete Matos (Gutrune), Julia Juon (Waltraute), Cristina Obregón (Woglinde), María Rodríguez (Wellgunde), Francisca Beaumont (Flosshilde), Julia Juon (1. Norn), Leandra Overmann (2. Norn), Elisabete Matos (3. Norn) Symphony Orchestra of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bertrand de Billy (conductor); Harry Kupfer (director) Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg Gerald Finley (Hans Sachs), Anna Gabler (Eva), Johannes Martin Kränzle (Sixtus Beckmesser), Marco Jentzsch (Walther von Stolzing), Topi Lehtipuu (David), Michaela Selinger (Magdalene), Alastair Miles (Veit Pogner), Henry Waddington (Fritz Kothner), Mats Almgren (Nightwatchman), Colin Judson (Kunz Vogelgesang), Andrew Slater (Konrad Nachtigall), Alasdair Elliott (Balthasar Zorn), Adrian Thompson (Ulrich Eisslinger), Daniel Norman (Augustin Moser), Robert Poulton (Hermann Ortel), Maxim Mikailov (Hans Schwarz), Graeme Broadbent (Hans Foltz) London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & David McVicar (stage director) Lohengrin Klaus Florian Vogt (Lohengrin), Solveig Kringelborn (Elsa), Waltraud Meier (Ortrud), Tom Fox (Telramund), Hans-Peter König (King Heinrich), Roman Trekel (Herald) EuropaChorAkademie Mainz, Chorus of the Opéra national de Lyon & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) Parsifal Christopher Ventris (Parsifal), Waltraud Meier (Kundry), Matti Salminen (Gurnemanz), Tom Fox (Klingsor), Thomas Hampson (Amfortas), Bjarni Thor Kristinsson (Titurel) Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin & Festspielchor Baden-Baden,, Kent Nagano (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) Tannhäuser Stig Andersen (Tannhäuser), Tina Keberg (Elisabeth), Susanne Resmark (Venus), Tommi Hakala (Wolfram), Stephen Milling (Hermann) Royal Danish Opera, Friedemann Layer (conductor), Kasper Holten (stage director) Tristan und Isolde Robert Gambill (Tristan), Nina Stemme (Isolde), Katarina Karnéus (Brangäne), Bo Skovhus (Kurwenal), René Pape (König Marke), Stephen Gadd (Melot), Timothy Robinson (Hirt/Junger Seemann), Richard Mosley-Evans (Steuermann) London Philharmonic Orchestra, The Glyndebourne Chorus, Jirí Belohlávek (conductor), Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) |
This set presents all of Wagner’s mature operas from seven leading European opera houses recorded during the last decade, featuring many of the most acclaimed Wagner singers of our age, in productions which exult in the force of Ezra Pound’s dictum, ‘Great art is news that stays news’. The directors Harry Kupfer, Nikolaus Lehnhoff, David McVicar and others heed Wagner’s own persuasive plea, ‘Children, make it new’, in stagings employing sophisticated modern technology within grand designs which face up to the breadth of Wagner’s dramatic genius and the social and political implications of his work for us today. Special Wagner anniversary DVD collection presented in luxury packaging. Released at a highly competitive price. Running time: 40 hours approx. Subtitles: Der Fliegende Holländer: EN/FR/DE/ES/NE Der Ring Des Nibelungen: EN/FR/ DE/ES/CA/IT Lohengrin: EN/FR/ DE/ES/IT Tannhäuser: EN/FR/ DE/ES/DA/CH Parsifal: EN/FR/ DE/ES/IT Tristan und Isolde – EN/FR/ DE/ES/IT Sound format: LPCM Stereo & 5.1 DTS (except Der Fliegende Holländer: Dolby Digital 2.0 & 5.1 DTS) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Bizet: | Carmen Teresa Berganza (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Sherrill Milnes (Escamillo), Ileana Cotrubas (Micaëla), Yvonne Kenny (Frasquita), Alicia Nafé (Mercédès), Gordon Sandison (Le Dancaïre), Geoffrey Pogson (Le Remendado), Robert Lloyd (Zuniga), Stuart Harling (Moralès) Ambrosian Singers, George Watson`s College Boys` Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | Donizetti: | Lucia di Lammermoor Cheryl Studer (Lucia), Plácido Domingo (Edgardo), Juan Pons (Enrico), Samuel Ramey (Raimondo) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Ion Marin | Leoncavallo: | I Pagliacci Teresa Stratas (Nedda), Plácido Domingo (Canio), Juan Pons (Tonio), Florindo Andreolli (Beppe), Alberto Rinaldi (Silvio) Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Georges Prêtre | Mascagni: | Cavalleria Rusticana Plácido Domingo (Turiddu), Agnes Baltsa (Santuzza), Vera Baniewicz (Mamma Lucia), Juan Pons (Alfio), Suzanne Mentzer (Lola) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Sinopoli | Offenbach: | Les Contes d'Hoffmann Joan Sutherland (Antonia/Stella/Giulietta/Olympia), Plácido Domingo (Hoffmann), Gabriel Bacquier (Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle), Huguette Tourangeau (Nicklausse) & Hugues Cuénod (Franz) Suisse Romande Choir & Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | Puccini: | Tosca Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Mirella Freni (Tosca), Samuel Ramey (Scarpia), Anthony Laciura Spoletta), Bryn Terfel (Angelotti), Angelo Veccia (Sagristano), Ralf Lukas (Sciarrone), Lee Tiernan (Un pastore) Chorus of the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden & Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli Turandot Plácido Domingo (Calaf), Katia Ricciarelli (Turandot), Piero de Palma (Altoum), Ruggero Raimondi (Timur), Barbara Hendricks (Liù), Gottfried Hornik (Ping), Heinz Zednik (Pang), Francisco Araiza (Pong), Siegmund Nimsgern (Un mandarino) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan | Rossini: | Il barbiere di Siviglia Kathleen Battle (Rosina), Plácido Domingo (Figaro), Frank Lopardo (Almaviva), Lucio Gallo (Bartolo), Ruggero Raimondi (Basilio), Gabriele Sima (Berta), Carlos Chausson (Fiorello), Goran Simic (Un Ufficiale) Coro del Gran Teatro La Fenice & The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado | Saint-Saëns: | Samson et Dalila Placido Domingo (Samson), Elena Obraztsova (Dalila), Renato Bruson (Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon), Robert Lloyd (Le Vieillard Hébreu), Pierre Thau (Abimélech) Paris Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | Verdi: | Otello Placido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramon Vargas (Cassio), Michael Schade (Rodrigo), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Lodovico), Giacomo Prestia (Montano), Denyce Graves (Emilia) Paris Opera Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung La Traviata Placido Domingo (Alfredo), Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber Il Trovatore Placido Domingo (Manrico), Rosalind Plowright (Leonora), Brigitte Fassbaender (Azucena), Giorgio Zancanaro (Conte di Luna) Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini | Wagner: | Lohengrin Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Hans Sotin (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti |
Continuing the celebration of Domingo’s 70th, we’ve selected 13 complete operas from all stages of Domingo’s career. Many of them are still at top price in the catalogue, but are being offered in this super-budget, limited edition box. Packaging: capbox, with around 84-page booklet including tracklists, reviews of operas, synopses in English, German and French. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Vaughan Williams - The Collector’s Edition
Vaughan Williams: | Symphonies Nos. 1-9 Joan Rogers (soprano), William Shimell (baritone), Alison Barlow (soprano) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Oboe Concerto in A minor Jonathan Small (oboe) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Serenade to Music choral version Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Partita for double string orchestra Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley The Wasps - Aristophanic Suite London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Prelude and Fugue in C minor London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Piano Concerto in C major Piers Lane (piano) London Philharmonic Orchestra & Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley Piano Concerto in C for two pianos Vitya Vronsky & Victor Babin London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult Serenade to Music 16 soloists London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult English Folk Song Suite (orchestral) London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult The Lark Ascending London Symphony Orchestra & New Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis English Folk Song Suite (band) Concerto Grosso for String Orchestra Tuba Concerto in F minor Serenade to Music (orchestral) Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Old King Cole Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Five Mystical Songs Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Sea Songs Northern Sinfonia of England, Richard Hickox Variations for Brass Band (orchestral) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox String Quartet No. 1 in G minor Britten Quartet Violin Concerto in D minor 'Concerto Accademico' Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & Northern SInfonia of England, Richard Hickox Violin Sonata in A minor Music Group of London String Quartet No. 2 in A minor Music Group of London Toward the Unknown Region London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult Dona Nobis Pacem London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult Magnificat London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult An Oxford Elegy Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks Flos Campi Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks Whitsunday Hymn Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks Sancta Civitas Kings College Cambridge & London Symphony Orchestra, David Willcocks Five Tudor Portraits Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks Benedicite Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks Five Variants of ‘Dives and Lazarus' Bach Choir, New Phil Orch & LSO, David Willcocks Hodie (A Christmas Cantata) (w/strings & organ) Janet Baker Bach Choir & LSO, David Willcocks Fantasia on Christmas Carols (w/orch) In Windsor Forest Songs of Travel On Wenlock Edge Mass in G minor Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks The Old Hundredth Psalm Tune 'All people that on earth do dwell' Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks Te Deum in G Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks Preludes (3) on Welsh Hymn Tunes (Bryn Calfaria, Rhosymedre & Hyfrydol), for organ Kings College Cambridge, David Willcocks Four Hymns Ian Partridge Music Group of London Merciless Beauty Ian Partridge Music Group of London Ten Blake Songs Ian Partridge Music Group of London On Wenlock Edge Ian Partridge Music Group of London The House of Life Anthony Rolfe Johnson & David Willison Songs of Travel (piano) A Song of Thanksgiving London Philharmonic Orchestra, Adrian Boult Epithalamion Meredith Davies London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks Riders to the Sea Meredith Davies London Philharmonic Orchestra & Orchestra Nova of Londo, David Willcocks Hugh the Drover Robert Tear / Sheila Armstrong / Michael Rippon & Robert Lloyd Choristers of St Paul's Cathedral & RPO, Charles Groves Sir John in Love Felicity Palmer / Robert Tear / Robert Lloyd & Helen Watts New Phil Orchestra, Meredith Davies The Pilgrim's Progress (complete) & rehearsal sequence Ian Partridge / John Shirley-Quirk / Jean Temperley & John Noble LPC / LPO, Adrian Boult Job - A Masque for Dancing London Symphony Orchestra, Adrian Boult |
Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the violence of the Fourth Symphony and the grand ceremonial of All people that on earth do dwell, he assumed the mantle of Elgar as our national composer. This edition, released to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, presents all the major orchestral, chamber, vocal and stage works, as well as many lesser pieces and rarities, in the finest interpretations. All your favourite Vaughan Williams is here, in over 34 hours of music on 30 CDs “A convincing and deeply moving showcase… exceptional value… it’s scope breathtaking. This is the essential set, and if you're at all drawn to VW you might as well buy the whole damn show now - because sooner or later you're going to anyway.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2008 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Verdi: The Great Operas
Verdi: | Nabucco studio recording, 1977-8 Matteo Manuguerra (Nabucco), Veriano Luchetti (Ismaele), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria), Renata Scotto (Abigaille), Elena Obraztsova (Fenena), Robert Lloyd (Gran Sacerdote), Kenneth Collins (Abdallo), Anne Edwards (Anna) Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti Ernani live concert recording, 1982 Plácido Domingo (Ernani), Mirella Freni (Elvira), Renato Bruson (Carlo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Silva), Gianfranco Manganotti (Riccardo), Alfredo Giacomotti (Iago), Jolanda Michieli (Giovanna) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti Giovanna d'Arco studio recording, 1972 Montserrat Caballé (Giovanna), Plácido Domingo (Carlo VII), Sherrill Milnes (Giacono), Keith Erwen (Delil), Robert Lloyd (Talbot) London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, James Levine Attila studio recording, 1989 Samuel Ramey (Attila), Giorgio Zancanaro (Ezio), Cheryl Studer (Odabella), Neil Shicoff (Foresto), Ernesto Gavazzi (Uldino), Giorgio Surjan (Leone) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti Macbeth studio recording, 1976 Sherrill Milnes (Macbeth), Fiorenza Cossotto (Lady Macbeth), Ruggero Raimondi (Banco), José Carreras (Macduff), Giuliano Bernardi (Malcolm), Maria Borgato (Dama), Carlo Del Bosco (Medico) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti Rigoletto studio recording, 1955 Tito Gobbi (Rigoletto), Maria Callas (Gilda), Giuseppe di Stefano (Il Duca di Mantova), Nicola Zaccaria (Sparafucile), Adriana Lazzarini (Maddalena), Giuse Gerbino (Giovanna), Plinio Clabassi (Monterone), William Dickie (Marullo), Renato Ercolani (Borsa), Carlo Forti (Il Conte di Ceprano), Elvira Galassi (La Contessa di Ceprano), Luisa Mandelli (Un paggio) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Tullio Serafin Il Trovatore studio recording, 2001 Roberto Alagna (Manrico), Larissa Diadkova (Azucena), Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora), Thomas Hampson (Il Conte di Luna), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Ferrando), Federica Proietti (Ines), Enrico Facini (Ruiz), Riccardo Simonetti (Un vecchio zingaro), Andrew Busher (Un messo) London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Sir Antonio Pappano I Vespri Siciliani recorded live from concert performances, 1989-90 Giorgio Zancanaro (Guido di Montforte), Enzo Capuano (Il Sire di Bethume), Francesco Musinu (Il Conte Vaudemont), Chris Merritt (Arrigo), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Giovanni da Procida), Cheryl Studer (La Duchessa Elena), Gloria Banditelli (Ninetta), Ernesto Gavazzi (Danieli), Paolo Barbacini (Tebaldo), Marco Chingari (Roberto), Ferrero Poggi (Manfredo) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti Simon Boccanegra studio recording, 1957 Tito Gobbi (Simon Boccanegra), Boris Christoff (Jacopo Fiesco), Victoria de los Ángeles (Amelia/Maria), Giuseppe Campora (Gabriele Adorno), Walter Monachesi (Paolo Albiani), Paolo Dari (Pietro), Silvia Bertona (Un'ancella), Paolo Caroli (Un capitano dei balestrieri) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini Un ballo in maschera studio recording, 1975 Plácido Domingo (Riccardo), Piero Cappuccilli (Renato), Martina Arroyo (Amelia), Fiorenza Cossotto (Ulrica), Reri Grist (Oscar), Giorgio Giorgetti (Silvano), Gwynne Howell (Samuele), Richard Van Allan (Tom), Kenneth Collins (Un Giudice) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Haberdashers' Aske's School Girls Choir, Riccardo Muti La forza del destino studio recording, 1986 Giorgio Zancanaro (Don Carlo), Plácido Domingo (Don Alvaro), Mirella Freni (Leonora di Vargas), Giorgio Surjan (Il Marchese di Calatrava), Dolora Zajick (Preziosilla), Sesto Bruscantini (Fra Melitone), Francesca Garbi (Curra), Paul Plishka (Padre Guardiano), Ernesto Gavazzi (Mastro Trabuco), Frank Hadrian (Un Chirurgo), Silvestro Sammaritano (Un Alcalde) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Riccardo Muti Don Carlo studio recording, 1970 Plácido Domingo (Don Carlo), Ruggero Raimondi (Filippo II), Sherrill Milnes (Rodrigo), Giovanni Foiani (Il Grande Inquisitore), Simon Estes (Un Frate), Montserrat Caballé (Elisabetta di Valois), Shirley Verrett (La principessa Eboli), Delia Wallis (Tebaldo), Ryland Davies (Il Conte di Lerma), John Noble (Un Araldo Reale), María-Rosa del Campo (Una voce dal cielo) Orchestra of Covent Garden, Ambrosian Singers, Carlo Maria Giulini Aida studio recording, 1965/6 Birgit Nilsson (Aida), Franco Corelli (Radamès), Grace Bumbry (Amneris), Mario Sereni (Amonasro), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Ramphis), Ferruccio Mazzoli (Il Re di Egitto), Mirella Fiorentini (Una Sacerdotessa), Piero De Palma (Un Messaggero) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, Zubin Mehta Otello live recording, 1970 Jon Vickers (Otello), Mirella Freni (Desdemona), Peter Glossop (Iago), Ryland Davies (Cassio), Hans Wegmann (Rodrigo), Luigi Roni (Lodovico), Siegfried Rudolf Frese (Montano), Stefania Malagù (Emilia), Victor von Halem (Un Araldo) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Herbert von Karajan Falstaff studio recording, 1956 Tito Gobbi (Falstaff), Rolando Panerai (Ford), Luigi Alva (Fenton), Tomaso Spataro (Dr Cajus), Renato Ercolani (Bardolfo), Nicola Zaccaria (Pistola), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Alice Ford), Anna Moffo (Nannetta), Nan Merriman (Meg Page), Fedora Barbieri (Mistress Quickly) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan La Traviata live recording, 1980 Renata Scotto (Violetta), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Renato Bruson (Germont), Sarah Walker (Flora), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Suso Mariategui (Gastone), Roderick Kennedy (Dottore Grenvil), Henry Newman (Barone Douphol), Richard Van Allan (Marchese d'Obigny) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti |
To kick off the Verdi year, EMI Classics brings together 16 of Verdi’s operatic masterpieces, ranging from his first real success, Nabucco, to his last, Falstaff, and includes such stalwarts of the repertoire as Aida, La traviata and Rigoletto. Born 10th October 1813, his status as one of the greatest opera composers of all time has never been higher. Proposed at an unbeatable price, this box features the finest versions of the EMI catalogue which literally means the Pantheon of the entire discography. |
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| |  | Benjamin Britten - The Collector’s Edition
Britten: | Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes, Op. 33a Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Libor Pesek Canadian Carnival Overture, Op. 19 Wesley Warren (trumpet) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 21 Peter Donohoe (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Scottish Ballad, Op. 26 Peter Donohoe & Philip Fowke (pianos) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle An American Overture City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Occasional Overture, Op. 38 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle The Building of the House CBSO Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Piano Concerto, Op. 13 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 Ida Haendel (violin) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Berglund Young Apollo, Op. 16 Peter Donohoe (piano), Felix Kok, Jeremy Ballard (violins), Peter Cole (viola) & Michal Kaznowski (cello) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Simple Symphony, Op. 4 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown Variations on a theme of Frank Bridge, Op. 10 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown Prelude & Fugue for 18 strings, Op. 29 Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown Lachrymae for viola & strings, Op. 48a Lars Anders Tomter (viola) Norwegian Chamber Orchestra, Iona Brown Gloriana - Symphonic Suite Op. 53a Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Takuo Yuasa Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 Steven Isserlis (cello) City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox Men of Goodwill (Variations on a Christmas Carol for orchestra) Minnesota Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Pauline Lowbury & Julian Tear (violins) Britten Sinfonia, Daniel Harding Russian Funeral City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A Time there was', Op. 90 Peter Walden (cor anglais) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Matinées musicales (after Rossini), Op. 24 English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson Soirées musicales (after Rossini), Op. 9 English Chamber Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson The Tocher (Rossini Suite) Boys of the Choir of Paisley & Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen Rhapsody for String Quartet Endellion String Quartet Quartettino Endellion String Quartet String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 Endellion String Quartet Phantasy in F minor for string quintet Nicholas Logie (viola) Endellion String Quartet Elegy for unaccompanied viola Garfield Jackson (viola) Phantasy Quartet for Oboe & String Trio, Op. 2 Endellion String Quartet Three Divertimenti Endellion String Quartet String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 Endellion String Quartet String Quartet in D major (1931) Endellion String Quartet String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 Endellion String Quartet Suites for cello solo, Nos. 1-3 Truls Mørk (cello) Holiday Diary Op. 5 for solo piano Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara (pianos) Three Character Pieces Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara (pianos) Moderato, Nocturne & Twelve Variations on a Theme from Sonatina romantica Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara (pianos) Five Waltzes for piano Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara (pianos) Two Lullabies for Two Pianos Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara (pianos) Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, op.23 No.1 Stephen Hough, Ronan O’Hara (pianos) Suite Op. 6 Alexander Barantschik (violin) & John Adey (piano) Sonata for cello and piano in C major, Op. 65 Moray Welsh (cello) & John Lenehan (piano) Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe, Op. 49 Roy Carter (oboe) Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70 Julian Bream (guitar) War Requiem, Op. 66 Elisabeth Söderström (soprano), Robert Tear (tenor), Sir Thomas Allen (baritone) & Mark Blatchly (chamber organ) Boys of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, CBSO Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Spring Symphony, Op. 44 Sheila Armstrong (soprano), Dame Janet Baker (contralto) & Robert Tear (tenor) St. Clement Danes School Boys’ Choir, London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 Richard Cross (treble) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 James Clark, Julian Godlee (trebles) & Osian Ellis (harp) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks Missa Brevis in D major, Op. 63 Julian Brown, Christopher Anderson, Anthony Sackville, Rory Phillips & James Clark (trebles) & Ian Hare (organ) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32 Simon Channing (treble) & James Lancelot (organ) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 Simon Channing (treble), James Bowman (countertenor), Richard Morton (tenor), Marcus Creed (bass), James Lancelot (organ) & David Corkhill (percussion) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger Te Deum in C Rory Phillips (treble) & James Lancelot (organ) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger Jubilate Deo in C major (1961) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir Philip Ledger A Hymn to the Virgin Stephen Barton (treble), Hugh Hudleston (treble), Warren Trevelyan-Jones (tenor) & Francis Pott (bass) Winchester Cathedral Choir, David Hill St Nicolas, Op. 42 Words by Eric Crozier Robert Tear (tenor), Bruce Russell (treble), Andrew Davis & Ian Hare (piano duet Cambridge Girls’ Choir, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir David Willcocks Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a Mark Emney, Peter Rowe (trebles) & Timothy Farrell (organ) Wandsworth School Choir, Russell Burgess A Hymn of Saint Columba Mark Emney, Peter Rowe (trebles), Christopher Hughes, Timothy Farrell (organ) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & Wandsworth School Choir, Russell Burgess Sacred and Profane, Op. 91 Vasari Singers, Jeremy Backhouse The Little Sweep, Op. 45 Words by Eric Crozier Robert Lloyd, Robert Tear, Sam Monck, Heather Begg, Catherine Benson, Cato Fordham, Catherine Wearing, Mary Wells, David Glick, Colin Huehns & Katherine Willis Finchley Children’s Music Group, Choral Scholars of King’s College, Cambridge & Medici String Quartet, Sir Philip Ledger A Boy was Born, Op. 3 London Sinfonietta Chorus & Choristers of St. Paul’s Cathedral, Terry Edwards A Shepherd's Carol Sarah Leonard (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo-soprano), Peter Hall (tenor) & Gordon Jones (baritone) London Sinfonietta Chorus, Terry Edwards Noye's Fludde Richard Pasco, Donald Maxwell, Linda Ormiston, Alexander Gallifant, Timothy Lamb, Nicholas Berry, Catriona Johnson, Polly Hewetson & Joanna Brown Coull String Quartet & Schools’ Orchestra from schools of Salisbury and Chester, Richard Hickox A.M.D.G. London Sinfonietta Chorus, Terry Edwards The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Text: The Oxford Book of Ballads) Baccholian Singers of London The Company of Heaven Peter Barkworth, Sheila Allen (narrators), Cathryn Pope (soprano), Dan Dressen (tenor) & Christopher Herrick (organ) London Philharmonic Choir & English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Brunelle Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 Robert Tear (tenor) CBSO Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Praise We Great Men Alison Hargan (soprano), Mary King (contralto), Robert Tear (tenor) & Willard White (bass) CBSO Chorus & City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Les illuminations, Op. 18 Heather Harper (soprano) Northern Sinfonia Orchestra, Sir Neville Marriner Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 Neil Mackie (tenor) & Barry Tuckwell (horn) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, for tenor, horn and strings orch. Colin Matthews Neil Mackie (tenor) & Barry Tuckwell (horn) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings Robert Tear (tenor) English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate Quatre Chansons Françaises Jill Gomez (soprano) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8 Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Armstrong Four Folksong Settings Elisabeth Söderström (soprano) Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera, Richard Armstrong Phaedra, Op. 93 Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), Jane Salmon (cello) & Melvyn Tan (harpsichord) Endymion Ensemble, John Whitfield Five French Folksong arrangements Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano) Endymion Ensemble, John Whitfield Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 Peter Pears (tenor) & Benjamin Britten (piano) The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 Peter Pears (tenor) & Benjamin Britten (piano) On this Island, Op. 11 Robert Tear (tenor) & Sir Philip Ledger (piano) Winter Words, Op. 52 Robert Tear (tenor) & Sir Philip Ledger (piano) Canticles I-V Ian Bostridge (tenor), David Daniels (countertenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Timothy Brown (horn), Aline Brewer (harp) & Julius Drake (piano) Folksongs (selection) Ian Bostridge (tenor), David Daniels (countertenor), Christopher Maltman (baritone), Timothy Brown (horn), Aline Brewer (harp) & Julius Drake (piano) The Children and Sir Nameless (Hardy) Neil Mackie (tenor) & Roger Vignoles (piano) Beware! - Three Early Songs Neil Mackie (tenor) & Roger Vignoles (piano) To lie flat on the back with the knees flexed (No. 1 from Fish in the Unruffled Lakes) Neil Mackie (tenor) & Roger Vignoles (piano) Three rhymes by William Soutar Neil Mackie (tenor) & Roger Vignoles (piano) Tit for Tat Jonathan Lemalu (bass baritone) & Malcolm Martineau (piano) Two Ballads for two voices and piano Felicity Lott (soprano) & Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano) Folksongs (selection) Robert Tear (tenor) & Sir Philip Ledger (piano) Folksongs (selection) Sarah Brightman (soprano) & Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Paul Bunyan Soloists, Chorus & Orchestra of the Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle Peter Grimes Recorded: VI.1992, Watford Town Hall Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Felicity Lott, Thomas Allen, Patricia Payne, Maria Bovino, Gillian Webster, Stuart Kale, Stafford Dean, Sarah Walker, Neil Jenkins, Simon Keenlyside, David Wilson-Johnson Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink The Turn of the Screw Recorded: 17–19.I.2002, Maltings Concert Hall, Snape, Suffolk Ian Bostridge, Joan Rodgers, Julian Leang, Caroline Wise, Jane Henschel, Vivian Tierney Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Harding A Midsummer Night's Dream Recorded: XI.1990 James Bowman, Lillian Watson, Dexter Fletcher, John Graham-Hall, Henry Herford, Della Jones, Jill Gomez, Norman Bailey, Penelope Walker Trinity Boys’ Choir, City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox The Rape of Lucretia Abridged recording of the revised version (1947), Recorded: 16–19.VII. & 19.X.1947, No.1 Studio, Abbey Road, London Nancy Evans (Lucretia), Peter Pears (Male Chorus), Joan Cross (Female Chorus), Frederick Sharp (Tarquinius), Norman Lumsden (Collatinus), Dennis Dowling (Junius), Margaret Ritchie (Lucia), Flora Nielsen (Bianca) English Opera Group Chamber Orchestra, Reginald Goodall Night covers up the rigid land (No. 2 from Fish in the Unruffled Lakes) Neil Mackie (tenor) & Roger Vignoles (piano) If it's ever Spring again (Hardy) Neil Mackie (tenor) & Roger Vignoles (piano) |
Benjamin Britten was born on the day of the Patron Saint of Music – St. Cecilia – 22nd November in 1913 in Lowestoft. He showed remarkable skill at composition from his earliest days. In 1924 he met Frank Bridge (1879-1941), a fine composer in his own right, and became his pupil; through him he developed an appreciation of contemporary music with scores by Bartók and the Schönberg school, particulary Berg. In 1930 he entered the Royal College of Music and developed the pianistic skills which made him such a brilliant interpreter of both his own music and other greats particularly Mozart and Schubert. From these times date the beautiful A Hymn to the Virgin, Quatre Chansons Françaises and the Sinfonietta, his official Op. 1. He visited Vienna in 1934 and saw Wozzeck but family resistance prevented him studying with Berg (who, in any case, died from blood poisoning caused by an insect sting a year later). He worked for some years in the film unit of the General Post Office where he met W.H. Auden whose poetry inspired the brilliant song cycle Our Hunting Fathers. The experience in the film unit enabled him to develop the expressive immediacy and technical abilities – often using small and unconventional resources – which would assist his composition of operas in the years to come. In 1939 he decided to follow Auden to America, accompanying him was the tenor Peter Pears (1910-1986) who was to be the inspiration behind so many great operatic roles and song cycles. There he composed the Sinfonia da Requiem, the Michelangelo Sonnets and the First Quartet. His first opera, Paul Bunyan, to an Auden libretto, was also composed there but then withdrawn (it was revived for the Aldeburgh Festival in the year he died). He started to get the pangs of homesickness especially when he read, by chance, an article by E.M. Forster on the Suffolk poet Crabbe (whose work was to lead to arguably his greatest success) and he returned to England in 1942. He wrote A Ceremony of Carols and Hymn to St. Cecilia (another Auden text) during this year. For British Opera the date 7th June 1945 will always remain a red-letter day as it heralded the premiere of a masterpiece, Peter Grimes. The triumph not only established Britten as Purcell’s successor as Britain’s greatest music dramatist but its numerous performances abroad showed that Britain had an international composer celebrity. The Rape of Lucretia was premiered the following year as was the work by which Britten is probably best remembered – certainly by thankful schoolchildren for their guide to the Orchestra. Here he subjects the theme by Purcell to a series of ingenious variations played by each member of the orchestra and then as groups and finally a fugue where everything comes together in a simply unforgettable coda. Indeed when one examines Britten’s output it is hard not to credit him with at least one work of genius, if not a masterpiece, virtually every year for the rest of his composing life – whether it be an opera, for example The Turn of the Screw in 1954 or A Midsummer Night’s Dream in 1960; a choral work, for example Spring Symphony in 1949 or the War Requiem in 1961, a large vocal work, for example Serenade for tenor, horn and strings in 1943, Nocturne in 1958 and Phaedra in 1975; a smaller vocal work, for example the Canticles of 1947, 1952, 1954, 1971 & 1974; the works he wrote for Mstislav Rostropovich – the Cello Sonata in 1961, the Cello Symphony in 1963 and the three Solo Cello Suites in 1964, 1967 & 1971; the two remaining string quartets in 1945 & 1975 and a full length ballet The Prince of the Pagodas in 1956. Besides setting many classic poets from Britain including Blake, Burns, Coleridge, Donne, Hardy, Keats, Jonson, Milton, Owen, Shakespeare, Shelley, Spenser, Tennyson and Wordsworth he also set texts in French (Hugo, Rimbaud and Verlaine), Italian (Michelangelo), German (Hölderlin) and Russian (Pushkin). He was also partly responsible for the reawakening of interest in the music of his great predecessor, Henry Purcell by making realizations of a large number of his works. He also launched the music festival in his adopted town of Aldeburgh. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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anon.: | God Save The Queen arr. Britten London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten | Britten: | Paul Bunyan Pop Wagner (Narrator), James Lawless (Paul Bunyan), Dan Dressen (Johnny Inkslinger), Elisabeth Comeaux Nelson (Tiny), Clifton Ware (Slim), James Bohn (Hel Helson), Phil Jorgenson (First Swede), Tim Dahl (Second Swede), Thomas Shaffer (Third Swede), Lawrence Weller (Fourth Swede), James McKeel (John Shears), James Westbrock (Western Union Boy), Maria Jette (Fido), Sue Herber (Moppet), Janis Hardy (Poppet) Orchestra & Chorus of the Plymouth Music Series, Philip Brunelle Peter Grimes Peter Pears (Peter Grimes), Claire Watson (Ellen Orford), James Pease (Balstrode), Jean Watson (Auntie), Raymond Nilsson (Bob Boles), Owen Brannigan (Swallow), Geraint Evans (Ned Keene), Lauris Elms (Mrs Sedley), David Kelly (Hobson), Marion Studholme (First Niece), Iris Kells (Second Niece), John Lanigan (Horace Adams) Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten The Rape of Lucretia Janet Baker (Lucretia), Peter Pears (Male Chorus), Heather Harper (Female Chorus), Benjamin Luxon (Tarquinius), Bryan Drake (Junius), John Shirley-Quirk (Collatinus), Elizabeth Bainbridge (Bianca), Jenny Hill (Lucia) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Albert Herring Peter Pears (Albert), Sylvia Fisher (Lady Billows), Sheila Rex (Mum), John Noble (Mr Gedge), Catherine Wilson (Nancy), Joseph Ward (Sid), Johanna Peters (Florence Pike), Edgar Evans (Mr Upfold), April Cantelo (Miss Wordsworth), Owen Brannigan (Budd), Sheila Amit (Emmie), Anne Pashley (Cis), Stephen Terry (Harry) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Billy Budd Peter Glossop (Billy Budd), Peter Pears (Captain Vere), Michael Langdon (Claggart), John Shirley-Quirk (Mr Redburn), Bryan Drake (Mr Flint), David Kelly (Mr Ratcliffe), Kenneth MacDonald (Red Whiskers), David Bowman (Donald), Dennis Wicks (Dansker), Robert Tear (Novice), Robert Bowman (Squeak), Benjamin Luxon (Novice's Friend) London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Gloriana Josephine Barstow (Elizabeth), Philip Langridge (Essex), Della Jones (Lady Essex), Jonathan Summers (Charles Blount), Alan Opie (Cecil), Yvonne Kenny (Lady Rich), Bryn Terfel (Henry Cuffe), Richard van Allan (Walter Ralegh), Willard White (Ballad Singer), Janice Watson (Lady in Waiting), John Shirley-Quirk (Recorder of Norwich), John Mark Ainsley (Spirit of the Masque) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Charles Mackerras The Turn of the Screw Peter Pears (Prologue/Quint), Jennifer Vyvyan (Governess), Joan Cross (Mrs Grose), Olive Dyer (Flora), David Hemmings (Miles), Arda Mandikian (Miss Jessel) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten A Midsummer Night's Dream Elizabeth Harwood (Tytania), Alfred Deller (Oberon), Peter Pears (Lysander), Thomas Hemsley (Demetrius), Heather Harper (Helena), Josephine Veasey (Hermia), John Shirley-Quirk (Theseus), Helen Watts (Hippolyta), Owen Brannigan (Bottom), Norman Lumsden (Quince) London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Owen Wingrave Benjamin Luxon (Owen Wingrave), John Shirley-Quirk (Spencer Coyle), Sylvia Fisher (Miss Wingrave), Heather Harper (Mrs Coyle), Jennifer Vyvyan (Mrs. Julien), Peter Pears (Sir Philip Wingrave/Narrator), Janet Baker (Kate), Nigel Douglas (Lechmere) English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Death in Venice Peter Pears (Aschenbach), John Shirley-Quirk (Traveller/Elderly Fop/Old Gondolier/Hotel Manager/Hotel Barber/Leader of the Players/Voice of Dionysus), James Bowman (Voice of Apollo) English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford Noye's Fludde Owen Brannigan (Noye), Sheila Rex (Mrs Noye), Trevor Anthony (The Voice of God), David Pinto (Sem), Darien Angadi (Ham), Stephen Alexander (Jaffett), Caroline Clack (Mrs Sem), Marie Thérèse Pinto (Mrs Ham), Eileen O'Donovan (Mrs Jaffett) English Chamber Orchestra, An East Suffolk Children's Orchestra, Norman Del Mar The Golden Vanity Benjamin Britten (piano) Wandsworth School Boys' Choir, Russell Burgess Curlew River Peter Pears (Madwoman), John Shirley-Quirk (Ferryman), Harold Blackburn (Abbot), Bryan Drake (Traveller), Bruce Webb (Voice of Spirit) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten The Burning Fiery Furnace Peter Pears (Nebuchadnezzar), Bryan Drake (Astrologer), John Shirley-Quirk (Ananias), Robert Tear (Misael), Stafford Dean (Azarias), Peter Leeming (Herald) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten The Prodigal Son Peter Pears (Tempter/Abbot), John Shirley-Quirk (Father), Bryan Drake (Elder), Robert Tear (Younger Son) English Opera Group, Benjamin Britten The Little Sweep, Op. 45 David Hemmings (Sam), Jennifer Vyvyan (Rowan), Nancy Thomas (Miss Baggot), April Cantelo (Juliet Brook), Trevor Anthony (Tom/Black Bob), Peter Pears (Clem/Alfred), Michael Ingram (Gay Brook), Marilyn Baker (Sophie Brook), Robin Fairhurst (John Crome), Lyn Vaughan (Hugh Crome), Gabrielle Soskin (Tina Chrome) Orchestra of the English Opera Group, Alleyn's School Choir, Benjamin Britten Children's Crusade Op. 82 Benjamin Britten (piano) Russell Burgess The Prince of the Pagodas, Op. 57 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden Plymouth Town – ballet BBC Symphony Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn Night Mail The Tocher (Rossini Suite) The King’s Stamp Negroes The Way to The Sea Telegrams Peace of Britain Men Behind The Meters Coal Face Love from a Stranger Johnson over Jordan Suite The Rescue of Penelope Parts 1 and 2 The Company of Heaven The Sword in the Stone Russian Funeral On the Frontier War Requiem, Op. 66 Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) & Simon Preston (organ) London Symphony Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Highgate School Choir & The Bach Choir, Benjamin Britten Spring Symphony, Op. 44 Jennifer Vyvyan, Norma Proctor, Peter Pears Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Benjamin Britten Cantata Academica, Op. 62 Jennifer Vyvyan, Helen Watts, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Benjamin Britten Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27 London Symphony Chorus, George Malcolm St Nicolas, Op. 42 Peter Pears (tenor) Aldeburgh Festival Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Five Flower Songs, Op. 47 The Elizabethan Singers, Louis Halsey Cantata Misericordium, Op. 69 Peter Pears (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Benjamin Britten A Boy was Born, Op. 3 Corpus Christi Carol A Wealden Trio: Christmas Song of the Women Christ's Nativity A Ceremony of Carols, Op. 28 The Holly and the Ivy Songs from "Friday Afternoons", Op. 7 Psalm 150, Op. 67 3 Two-Part Songs Two Two-Partsongs The birds A Hymn to the Virgin Jubilate Deo in E flat major (1934) Te Deum in C Advance Democracy Deus in adjutorium meum (Psalm 70) A.M.D.G. Rejoice in the Lamb, Op. 30 The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard (Text: The Oxford Book of Ballads) Chorale after an Old French Carol Festival Te Deum in E, Op. 32 Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest A Wedding Anthem, Op. 46 Hymn to St. Peter, Op. 56a Antiphon, Op. 56b Missa Brevis in D major, Op. 63 Westminster Cathedral Choir, George Malcolm Jubilate Deo in C major (1961) Brian Runnett (organ) Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest Venite Exultemus Domino Choir of Trinity College, Richard Marlow A Hymn of Saint Columba Choir of St. John's College, Cambridge, George Guest Voices for Today, Op. 75 Cambridge University Musical Society Chorus, The Choir of King's College, Cambridge, David Willcocks Sacred and Profane, Op. 91 The Wilbye Consort, Peter Pears Welcome Ode Op. 95 Suffolk Schools' Orchestra, Jubilee Choir, Keith Shaw Praise We Great Men Alison Hargan (soprano), Mary King (mezzo), Robert Tear (tenor), Willard White (bass) City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Quatre Chansons Françaises Jill Gomez City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Our Hunting Fathers, Op. 8 Peter Pears (tenor) Ballad of Heroes, Op. 14 City of Birmingham Symphony Chorus, City Of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Op. 31 Peter Pears (tenor), Barry Tuckwell (horn) London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Les illuminations, Op. 18 Sandrine Piau (soprano) Northern Sinfonia, Thomas Zehetmair Nocturne, Op. 60 for tenor, obbligato instruments and strings Peter Pears (tenor); Barry Tuckwell, Osian Ellis, Denis Blyth, Roger Lord, Alexander Murray, Gervase de Peyer, William Waterhouse London Symphony Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Phaedra, Op. 93 Janet Baker (mezzo) English Chamber Orchestra, Steuart Bedford Canticles I-V Peter Pears (tenor), Benjamin Britten (piano), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), James Bowman (countertenor) A Birthday Hansel, Op. 92 The Heart of the Matter Tit for Tat On this Island, Op. 11 Cabaret Songs Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo, Op. 22 The Holy Sonnets of John Donne, Op. 35 A Charm of Lullabies for mezzo-soprano and pianoforte, Op. 41 (1947) Winter Words, Op. 52 If it's ever Spring again (Hardy) The Children and Sir Nameless (Hardy) Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58 Six Hölderlin Fragments, Op. 61 Songs and Proverbs of William Blake, Op. 74 Ekho poeta (The Poet's Echo) Op. 76 Who are these children?, Op. 84 Dawtie’s Devotion The Gully Tradition Folksongs (selection) Sinfonietta, Op. 1 Simple Symphony, Op. 4 Soirées musicales (after Rossini), Op. 9 Matinées musicales (after Rossini), Op. 24 Rondo Concertante for piano and strings Untitled Fragment for strings Two Portraits Double Concerto Movements for a Clarinet Concerto for clarinet and strings Piano Concerto, Op. 13 Violin Concerto in D minor Op. 15 Mont Juic – Suite of Catalan Dances, Op.12 (with Lennox Berkeley) Young Apollo, Op. 16 Canadian Carnival Overture, Op. 19 Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 Diversions for piano (left hand) and orchestra, Op. 21 Scottish Ballad, Op. 26 An American Overture Prelude & Fugue for 18 strings, Op. 29 The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34 Men of Goodwill (Variations on a Christmas Carol for orchestra) Variations on an Elizabethan Theme Occasional Overture, Op. 38 Symphony for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 68 In memoriam Dennis Brain for 4 horns and strings The Building of the House Overture Suite on English Folk Tunes 'A Time there was', Op. 90 Lachrymae for viola & strings, Op. 48a Reflection for viola & piano Elegy for unaccompanied viola Lachrymae for viola & piano, Op. 48 Suite Op. 6 Reveille Two Insect Pieces for Oboe and Piano Temporal Variations for oboe & piano Six Metamorphoses after Ovid for solo oboe, Op. 49 Suites for cello solo, Nos. 1-3 Nocturnal after John Dowland, Op. 70 Suite for harp in C major, Op. 83 String Quartet No. 3, Op. 94 Temas 'Sacher' String Quartet in F Major (1928) Miniature Suite Rhapsody for String Quartet Quartettino Phantasy in F minor for string quintet Alla Marcia Three Divertimenti String Quartet in D major (1931) String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 25 String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36 Phantasy Quartet for Oboe & String Trio, Op. 2 Alpine Suite for Recorder Trio Scherzo for Recorder Quartet Fanfare for St. Edmondsbury for three trumpets Lamentation - Voluntary on a Theme of Thomas Tallis They Walk Alone: Prelude Village Organist's Piece Prelude & Fugue on a Theme of Vittoria Gemini Variations Op. 73 Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, op.23 No.1 Mazurka Elegiaca op.23 no.2 Five Waltzes for piano A Little Idyll Three Character Pieces Variations (12) on a Theme Two Lullabies for Two Pianos Holiday Diary Op. 5 for solo piano Sonatina romantica (1940) Night Pieces (Notturno) for piano Variations for piano solo | Gay: | The Beggar's Opera Yvonne Kenny (Lucy Lockit), Ann Murray (Mrs Peachum), Anne Collins (Mrs Peachum), Philip Langridge (Macheath), John Rawnsley (Lockit ), Robert Lloyd (Peachum), Christopher Gillett (Filch), Nuala Willis (Mrs Trapes), Declan Mulholland (Beggar) Steuart Bedford | Purcell: | Sweeter than Roses (from Pausanius, the Betrayer of his Country, Z585) arr. 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CD 62 Making Music with Britten – A Memoir Written, produced and narrated by Jon Tolansky CD 63 War Requiem Rehearsal CD 64 Historic Recordings (1944 – 1953) Including the first recording of the Serenade, Op. 31 (1944), Mazurka elegiaca (with Clifford Curzon) and Sinfonia da Requiem (1953 Danish State Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Britten) CD 65 Supplementary Recordings (1955 – 1989) Including 5 songs from Friday Afternoons (with John Hahessy and Britten accompanying) and the original 3rd movement from the Piano Concerto. DVD The 1967 Recording of the Burning Fiery Furnace – a film by Tony Palmer
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of England’s greatest composer since Henry Purcell, Decca Classics presents the ultimate Britten box Britten and Decca enjoyed a unique relationship with the composer, recording most of his key works for the label. Decca’s 1963 set of the War Requiem remains one of the fastest-selling classical releases of all time. The recordings not in the Decca catalogue have been licensed from other companies including EMI, Virgin Classics, Naxos and Warner – a total of 18 rights holders have assisted to make this extraordinary achievement possible, plus the endorsement & support of the Britten-Pears Foundation. Benjamin Britten was born 22nd November 1913, the feast day of St Cecilia, patron saint of music. Over four intensely creative decades he went on to publish over 100 works, of which the most important dominated and shaped their respective genres – opera with Peter Grimes, the choral oratorio with War Requiem, music to inspire newcomers (Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra), the Song Cycle (Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings). The sheer range is astonishing. Britten is the subject of a colossal campaign, Britten100, under the auspices of the Britten-Pears Foundation who have invested £6.5 million in further driving international awareness of the composer. This 65-CD edition is guaranteed to appeal to Britten enthusiasts worldwide. · Individually numbered, limited edition (1 to 3,000) · 208-page hardback book including:- - A gallery of original LP sleeves, arranged chronologically from 1953 onwards - Copious Recording session pictures and beautiful Aldeburgh landscapes newly photographed - ‘Choosing a Record Company’ by discographer Philip Stuart - ‘Ben – A Tribute to Benjamin Britten (1913-1976)’ by John Culshaw (originally published in Gramophone Magazine, February 1977) - Peter Glossop’s Memoir on the role of Billy Budd and working with Britten - Complete alphabetical index of works included in the edition. · The set is organised into 4 main sections, each with its own individual book: The Operas; Stage & Screen; Voices; Instruments · Each book contains a detailed article by Andrew Huth, full track listings and recording information. · 4 bonus CDs - including a series of interviews by Jon Tolansky, first recordings and rarities never before released on CD and the War Requiem rehearsal sequence · New War Requiem hi-res transfer from original master tapes · The set also features the Tony Palmer film on the making of the 1967 recording of The Burning Fiery Furnace, an unrivalled look at John Culshaw and the Decca team at work
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Verdi: | Oberto recorded in 1996 Stuart Neill (Riccardo), Samuel Ramey (Oberto), Maria Guleghina (Leonora), Violeta Urmana (Cuniza), Sara Fulgoni (Imelda) Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner Un giorno di regno recorded in 1973 Fiorenza Cossotto (Marquise del Poggio), Jessye Norman (Giulietta), José Carreras (Edoardo de Sanval), Ingvar Wixell (Chevalier Belfiore), Vincenzo Sardinero (Gasparo Antonio della Rocca), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Baron de Kelbar), William Elvin (Delmonte), Ricardo Cassinelli (Comte Ivrea) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, The Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli Nabucco recorded in 1965 Tito Gobbi (Nabucco), Bruno Prevedi (Ismaele), Carlo Cava (Zaccaria), Elena Souliotis (Abigaille), Dora Carral (Fenena), Anna D' Auria (Anna), Giovanni Foiani (Gran Sacerdote), Walter Kräutler (Abdallo) Wiener Staatsopernorchester, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Lamberto Gardelli I Lombardi alla prima crociata recorded in 1996 June Anderson (Giselda), Luciano Pavarotti (Oronte), Samuel Ramey (Pagano), Richard Leech (Arvino), Patricia Racette (Viclinda), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Pirro), Yanni Yannissis (Acciano), Jane Shaulis (Sofia) Orchestra & Chorus of the Metropolitan Opera, James Levine Ernani recorded in 1987 Luciano Pavarotti (Ernani), Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Leo Nucci (Carlo), Paata Burchuladze (Silva), Richard Morton (Riccardo), Alastair Miles (Iago), Linda McLeod (Giovanna) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge I Due Foscari recorded in 1977 Piero Cappuccilli (Francesco Foscari), José Carreras (Jacopo Foscari), Katia Ricciarelli (Lucrezia Contarini), Samuel Ramey (Jacopo Loredano), Vincenzo Bello (Barbarigo), Elizabeth Connell (Pisana), Mieczlaw Antoniak (Fante del Consiglio de' Dieci), Franz Handlos (Servo de Doge) ORF-Symphonie-Orchester, Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks, Lamberto Gardelli Giovanna d'Arco recorded in 1972 Montserrat Caballé (Giovanna), Plácido Domingo (Carlo VII), Sherrill Milnes (Giacono), Keith Erwen (Delil), Robert Lloyd (Talbot) London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, James Levine Alzira recorded in 1999 Marina Mescheriakova (Alzira), Ramón Vargas (Zamoro), Paolo Gavanelli (Gusmano), Iana Iliev (Zuma), Jovo Reljin (Ovando), Wolfgang Barta (Ataliba), Torsten Kerl (Otumbo), Slobodan Stankovic (Alvaro) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Le Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Fabio Luisi Attila recorded in 1972 Ruggero Raimondi (Attila), Sherrill Milnes (Ezio), Cristina Deutekom (Odabella), Carlo Bergonzi (Foresto), Ricardo Cassinelli (Uldino), Jules Bastin (Leone) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli Macbeth recorded in 1975 Piero Cappuccilli (Macbeth), Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banco), Franco Tagliavini (Macduff), Nicola Martinucci (Malcolm), Stefania Malagù (Dama), Carlo Zardo (Medico) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado I Masnadieri recorded in 1982 Samuel Ramey (Massimiliano), Franco Bonisolli (Carlo), Matteo Manuguerra (Francesco), Joan Sutherland (Amalia), Arthur Davies (Armino), Simone Alaimo (Moser), John Harris (Rolla) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge Gerusalemme recorded in 1998 Marcello Giordani (Gaston), Philippe Rouillon (Le comte de Toulouse), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Roger), Daniel Borowski (Ademar), Simon Edwards (Raymond), Marina Mescheriakova (Hélène), Hélène Le Corre (Isaure), Wolfgang Barta (Un soldat), Slobodan Stankovic (Un Héraut/L'Émir de Ramla), Jovo Reljin (Un officier de l'Émir) Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Le Choeur du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Fabio Luisi Il Corsaro recorded in 1975 José Carreras (Corrado), Clifford Grant (Giovanni), Jessye Norman (Medora), Montserrat Caballé (Gulnara), Giampietro Mastromei (Seid), John Noble (Selimo), Alexander Oliver (Eunuco) New Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Lamberto Gardelli La Battaglia di Legnano recorded in 1977 Katia Ricciarelli (Lida), José Carreras (Arrigo), Matteo Manuguerra (Rolando), Nicola Ghiuselev (Federico Barbarossa), Hannes Lichtenberger (Primo Console), Dimitri Kavrakos (Secondo Console), Jonathan Summers (Marcovaldo), Franz Handlos (Il Podesta di Como), Ann Murray (Imelda), Mieczlaw Antoniak (Un Araldo) ORF-Symphonie-Orchester und -Chor Wien, Lamberto Gardelli Luisa Miller recorded in 1975 Montserrat Caballé (Luisa), Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Miller), Bonaldo Giaiotti (Walter), Richard Van Allan (Wurm), Anna Reynolds (Federica), Annette Céline (Laura), Fernando Pavarotti (Contadino) London Opera Chorus & National Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maag Stiffelio recorded in 1979 José Carreras (Stiffelio), Sylvia Sass (Lina), Matteo Manuguerra (Stankar), Wladimiro Ganzarolli (Jorg), Ezio Di Cesare (Raffaele), Maria Venuti (Dorotea), Thomas Moser (Federico) ORF-Symphonie-Orchester Wien, Chor des Österreichischen Rundfunks, Lamberto Gardelli Rigoletto recorded in 1979 Piero Cappuccilli (Rigoletto), Ileana Cotrubas (Gilda), Plácido Domingo (Il Duca), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Sparafucile), Elena Obraztsova (Maddalena), Hanna Schwarz (Giovanna), Kurt Moll (Monterone), Luigi De Corato (Marullo), Walter Gullino (Borsa), Dirk Sagemuller (Conte di Ceprano), Olive Fredricks (Contessa di Ceprano), Audrey Michael (Un paggio) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Carlo Maria Giulini Il Trovatore recorded in 1983 Plácido Domingo (Manrico), Rosalind Plowright (Leonora), Brigitte Fassbaender (Azucena), Giorgio Zancanaro (Luna), Evgeny Nesterenko (Ferrando) Coro e Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini I Vespri Siciliani recorded in 1989 Cheryl Studer (Elena), Chris Merritt (Arrigo), Giorgio Zancanaro (Monforte), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Procida), Gloria Banditelli (Ninetta), Ernesto Gavazzi (Danieli), Enzo Capuano (Bethune), Francesco Musinu (Vaudemont), Paolo Barbacini (Tebaldo), Marco Chingari (Roberto) & Ferrero Poggi (Manfredo) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Riccardo Muti Simon Boccanegra recorded in 1977 Piero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Aroldo recorded in 1997 Neil Shicoff (Aroldo), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Briano), Carol Vaness (Mina), Anthony Michaels-Moore (Egberto), Julian Gavin (Godvino), Sergio Spina (Enrico), Marina Comparato (Elena) Orchestra e Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Fabio Luisi Un ballo in maschera recorded in 1982-3 Luciano Pavarotti (Riccardo), Renato Bruson (Renato), Margaret Price (Amelia), Christa Ludwig (Ulrica), Kathleen Battle (Oscar), Peter Weber (Silvano), Robert Lloyd (Samuele), Malcolm King (Tom), Alexander Oliver (Un Giudice) National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Opera Chorus, Junior Chorus of the Royal College of Music, Sir Georg Solti La Forza del Destino Preludio (St Petersburg version 1862) recorded in 1998 Galina Gorchakova (Leonora), Nikolai Putilin (Don Carlo), Gegam Grigorian (Don Alvaro), Marianna Tarasova (Preziosilla), Grigory Karasev (Marchese di Calatrava), Sergei Alexashkin (Padre Guardiano), Lia Shevtzova (Curra), Nikolai Gassiev (Mastro Trabuco), Yuri Laptev (Un Chirurgo), Evgeny Nikitin (Un Alcalde) Orchestra & Chorus of the Kirov Theatre, Valery Gergiev La forza del destino recorded in 1985 José Carreras (Don Alvaro), Rosalind Plowright (Leonora di Vargas), Renato Bruson (Don Carlo), Agnes Baltsa (Preziosilla), Jean Rigby (Curra), Paata Burchuladze (Padre Guardiano), John Tomlinson (Il Marchese di Calatrava), Richard Van Allan (Un Alcalde), Mark Curtis (Mastro Trabuco), Petteri Salomaa (Un Chirurgo) Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Giuseppe Sinopoli Don Carlos (Five-act French version) recorded in 1983-4 Katia Ricciarelli (Elisabeth), Lucia Valentini Terrani (Eboli), Plácido Domingo (Carlos), Leo Nucci (Rodrigue), Ruggero Raimondi (Philippe II), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Nikita Storojew (Un Moine), Ann Murray (Thibault), Tibère Raffalli (Le Compte de Lerme), Antonio Savastano (Un Hérault Royal), Arleen Auger (Un Voix d'en haut) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado Don Carlo recorded in 1965 Carlo Bergonzi (Don Carlo), Renata Tebaldi (Elisabetta), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Filippo II), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Rodrigo), Grace Bumbry (Eboli), Martti Talvela (Il Grande Inquisitore), Jeannette Sinclair (Tebaldo), Kenneth MacDonald (Il Conte di Lerma), John Wakefield (Un Araldo Reale), Joan Carlyle (Una voce dal cielo) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti Aida recorded in 1959 Renata Tebaldi (Aida), Giulietta Simionato (Amneris), Carlo Bergonzi (Radamès), Cornell MacNeil (Amonasro), Arnold van Mill (Ramfis), Fernando Corena (Il Re di Egitto), Piero de Palma (Un Messaggero), Eugenia Ratti (Una Sacerdotessa) Wiener Philharmoniker, Singerverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde Wien, Herbert von Karajan Otello recorded in 1993 Plácido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramón Vargas (Cassio), Michael Schade (Rodrigo), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (Lodovico), Giacomo Prestia (Montano), Denyce Graves (Emilia), Philippe Duminy (Un Araldo) Orchestra & Chorus of Bastille Opera, Myung-Whun Chung Falstaff recorded in 1982 Renato Bruson (Falstaff), Leo Nucci (Ford), Katia Ricciarelli (Alice Ford), Barbara Hendricks (Nannetta), Brenda Boozer (Meg Page), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Mistress Quickly), Michael Sells (Dr. Cajus), Dalmacio González (Fenton), Francis Egerton (Bardolfo), William Wilderman (Pistola) os Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Master Chorale, Carlo Maria Giulini Requiem Joan Sutherland (soprano), Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) & Martti Talvela (bass) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Sir Georg Solti Quattro Pezzi Sacri Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Chicago Symphony Chorus, Sir Georg Solti Messa solenne Orchestra e Coro Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Qui tollis Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Raffaella Ciapponi (clarinet) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Laudate pueri Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Kenneth Tarver (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Tantum ergo in G major Kenneth Tarver (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Pater noster Coro Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Ave Maria in B minor Orchestra e Coro Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Tantum ergo in F major Michele Pertusi (baritone) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Libera me, Domine from ‘Messa per Rossini’ Cristina Gallardo-Domâs (soprano) Orchestra e Coro Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Variazioni for piano and orchestra on the Romanza 'Caro Suono Lusinghiero reconstructed Fortunato Ortombina; revised Riccardo Chailly Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly La Forza del Destino Preludio (St Petersburg version 1862) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Adagio for trumpet and orchestra Gianluigi Petrarulo (trumpet) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Aida, Sinfonia 1872 Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Canto di Virginia variations for oboe and orchestra Alessandro Potenza (oboe) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Otello, Preludio Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Prelude to Act III from I Lombardi alla prima crociata Luca Santaniello (violin) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Simon Boccanegra: Prelude (1st version, 1857) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Capriccio for bassoon and orchestra Andrea Magnani (bassoon) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly Il tramonto La seduzione Ad una stella Lo spazzacamino Perduta ho lo pace Deh pietoso oh Addolorata Chi i bei dì m'adduce ancora La Zingara L'esule Non t'accostare all'urna In solitaria stanza Nell'orror di notte oscura Il poveretto Stornello Ave Maria, for voice & strings or piano Margaret Price (soprano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano) La preghiera del poeta Al tuo bambino Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera Il brigidino Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera E’ la vita un mar d’affanni Pietà, Signor Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera More, Elisa, lo stanco poeta Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera L'Abandonee Sgombra o gentil Il mistero Brindisi I Renata Scotto, Vincenzo Scalera Brindisi II (No. 6 from 6 Romanze, 1845) Paolo Washington, Vincenzo Scalera Romanza senza parole Waltz in F Major Roberto Galletto Cupo è il sepolcro e mutolo Bruce Ford, David Harper Guarda che bianca luna (Notturno) Jennifer Larmore, Bruce Ford, Alastair Miles, Jaime Martin, Antoine Palloc A toi, que j'ai cherie (from Les vêpres siciliennes) Oh, dolore (from Attila) Si, lo sento, Iddio mi chiama (from I Due Foscari) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev O madra mia ... Come poteva un angelo (from I Lombardi) Plácido Domingo (tenor), Marjorie Dix (mezzo) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev Io la vidi e a quell'aspetto (from I Lombardi) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Claudio Abbado Inno delle nazioni Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus, James Levine String Quartet in E minor Quartetto Italiano Gerusalemme: Ballet Music Orchestre National de l'Opéra de Monte-Carlo, Antonio de Almeida Il Trovatore: Ballet Music, Act III National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Otello: Ballet Music Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly Ballo della Regina Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly Grand March from Aida Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly Macbeth: Ballet Music Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly Le Quattro Stagioni (I vespri siciliani Act III) Guido Toschi, Giovanni Tedeschi Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologn, Riccardo Chailly La Traviata Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Plácido Domingo (Alfredo), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont), Stefania Malagù (Flora), Helena Jungwirth (Annina), Walter Gullino (Gastone), Giovanni Foiani (Dottore Grenvil), Bruno Grella (Barone Douphol), Alfredo Giacomotti (Marchese d'Obigny) Bayerischer Staatsopernchor & Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber |
On the 200th anniversary of Verdi’s birth, Decca are proud to present the first ever complete collection of Verdi’s entire compositional output: The operas, arias, songs, sacred works, chamber & piano pieces, orchestral, ballet & choral works, plus a whole host of rarities and discoveries are all here in this comprehensive and beautifully presented anthology 75-CD LIMITED EDITION OVERVIEW • All of Verdi’s works are contained in this luxury edition • 30 complete operas sequenced chronologically, including two versions of La forza del destino and the two versions of Don Carlo & Don Carlos. • First international CD release of Quartetto Italiano’s 1950 recording of Verdi’s String Quartet in E minor • An unrivalled compilation featuring the world’s greatest singers including Caballé, Carreras, Cotrubas, Domingo, Freni, Horne, Pavarotti & Sutherland • The astounding wealth of benchmark recordings presents an unparalleled legacy of Verdi conducting featuring Abbado, Bonynge, Chailly, Chung, Gardelli, Gergiev, Giulini, Karajan, Kleiber, Levine, Luisi, Maag, Marriner, Muti, Sinopoli & Solti • An informative essay by opera critic and writer George Hall gives an overview of Verdi's life and career; cue-pointed synopses in English, French and German are included for each opera; full production details and cast lists are presented across two hardback books. The musical and artistic breadth & depth of Verdi: The Complete Works makes it a truly unique & collectible product - one that is unlikely ever to be surpassed.
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