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| |  | The Essential PucciniFamous arias & duets
Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Cesare Siepi (bass), Ettore Bastianini (baritone), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Renato Cesari (bass) O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Ettore Bastianini (baritone) Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème) Ettore Bastianini (baritone), Fernando Corena (bass), Gianna d' Angelo (soprano), Renata Tebaldi (soprano) In un Coupe?...O Mimi, tu piu non torni (from La Bohème) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Ettore Bastianini (baritone) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West) Jussi Björling (tenor) Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica) Maria Chiara (soprano) Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Una nave da guerra...Scuoti quelle fronda (from Madama Butterfly) Renata Tebaldi (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo) Humming Chorus (from Madama Butterfly) Con onor muore (from Madama Butterfly) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Preludio Sinfonico Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) José Carreras (tenor) In quelle trine morbide (from Manon Lescaut) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Oh, sarò la più bella...Tu, tu, amore? (from Manon Lescaut) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), José Carreras (tenor) Mario! Mario! Mario! ...Son qui! ... Mia gelosa! (from Tosca) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano) Tre sbirri...Una carozza...Presto 'Te Deum' (from Tosca) Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Mirella Freni (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) Non piangere, Liù! (from Turandot) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano) Ah! Per l'ultima volta (from Turandot) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Montserrat Caballé (soprano) In questa reggia (from Turandot) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Tosca: Santa ampolle Recondita armonia (from Tosca) |
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“[Pavarotti] is an intensely characterful Duke: an unmistakable rogue but a charmer, too...[Sutherland] is glowingly beautiful as well as supremely assured technically. Milnes makes a strong Rigoletto, vocally masterful rather than strongly characterised.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“The Leonora of Leontyne Price is the high point of the Mehta recording: her velvety, sensuous articulation of what's certainly an 'immenso, eterno amor' is entirely distinctive and dramatically astute. The New Philharmonia is a no less ardent exponent. Mehta's pacing may be uneven, his accompanying breathless, but he draws robust playing in bold primary colours to which the recording gives vivid presence.
The acoustic serves Manrico less well: he seems to be singing in the bath when we first overhear him. This, though, is a younger, simpler Domingo than the one we encounter elsewhere, and there are passages of wonderfully sustained intensity. Cossotto's Azucena is disappointing.
All the vocal tricks and techniques are there, but it's very much a concert performance, and we're never entirely engaged.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 “The soaring curve of Leontyne Price's rich vocal line is immediately thrilling in her famous Act 1 aria, and it sets the style of the RCA performance, full-boded and with dramatic tension consistently high. The choral contribution is superb...Domingo sings with a heroic quality worthy of Caruso himself.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Levine's powerful and starrily cast DVD of Aida brings a grandly traditional staging...Zajick is a vibrant, powerful Amneris,and Sherrill Milnes, only just past his peak, is a magnificent Amonasro...Levine is in his element, drawing warm and dramatic playing and singing from his formidable team at the Met.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Viva Verdi! The Ultimate Collection
Verdi: | Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Staatskapelle Dresden, Nicola Luisotti Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Renata Scotto (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Rafael Kubelik Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Miserere d'un' alma gia vicina (from Il Trovatore) Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Fontainebleau! Forêt immense et solitaire … (from Don Carlos) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) José Carreras (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli La traviata: Prelude to Act 1 Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Carlo Rizzi È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado Di provenza il mar (from La Traviata) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Grand March from Aida Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Aida: Ballet Music, Act II Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Vieni, o guerriero vindice (from Aida) Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado O terra, addio (from Aida) Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo), Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Dies Irae (from Requiem) Berliner Philharmoniker, Ernst Senff Chor, Carlo Maria Giulini Ingemisco (from Requiem) Rolando Villazón (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda Lacrymosa (from Requiem) Sharon Sweet (soprano), Florence Quivar (mezzo), Vinson Cole (tenor), Simon Estes (bass) Berliner Philharmoniker, Ernst Senff Chor, Carlo Maria Giulini Sanctus (from Requiem) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado O don fatale (from Don Carlo) Grace Bumbry (mezzo) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Janos Kulka Udisti?…Vil disegno! (from Simon Boccanegra) José Carreras (tenor), José van Dam (bass) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Esultate! (from Otello) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung Ave Maria (from Otello) Renée Fleming (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti Ehi! Paggio! ... L'onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola (from Falstaff) Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda |
Leading tenor, Rolando Villazon, has personally selected 34 great Verdi tracks, sung by the great names of the present and past, both to celebrate Verdi at 200 and to inspire a new generation with the composer’s great arias, powerful choruses and popular tunes. The tracklist is framed by two stirring overtures, it includes famous numbers by all the leading singers on DG and Decca (as well as a couple from EMI), including Roberto Alagna, Carlo Bergonzi, Grace Bumbry, Joseph Calleja, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Luciano Pavorotti, Katia Ricciarelli, Joan Sutherland and BrynTerfel. There are rousing choruses and several extracts from the Requiem too. It’s a splendid 150-minute collection. The striking cover includes one of Rolando’s inimitable Verdi sketches, and will include a sticker incorporating a photo of the artist. The all-colour booklet has an article by journalist Richard Lawrence which also takes in some quotes from the artist in a recent interview for this release. Villazón is confident that every excerpt on these discs will make the listener want to hear the complete work. “No other composer creates such an immediate link with the audience. Go to see La traviata: you hear those rhythms, those melodies, that dramatic force, and you are drawn into his world. It doesn’t matter whether you love opera or know nothing about it: it just captures you, it grabs you.” Listening to the numbers from La traviata here, you have to agree. | 
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| |  | Placido Domingo & Sherrill Milnes: Great Operatic Duets
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In its first performance at the Met in nearly 40 years, Luisa Miller comes to life with a dream cast under the sure and steady direction of conductor Thomas Schippers The incomparable Montserrat Caballé is the title heroine, a simple peasant girl in love with Richard Tucker’s Rodolfo, the son of a powerful nobleman Also starring the great Verdi baritone Sherrill Milnes as Miller, Ezio Flagello as Wurm and Giorgio Tozzi as Count Walter 2 CDs taken from the February 17, 1968 live performance “Compared with the later recordings...Caballe sings with a more natural rather than a manufactured vocal lightness particularly evident in the more pastoral and gentle episodes with her trill and famous pianissimos evident. I cannot but agree with Caballé’s biographers that Luisa was one of the soprano’s greatest roles and is well caught I this live performance.” MusicWeb International, June 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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