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| |  | Roberto Alagna: Mes plus grands rôles à l'opéra
Bizet: | Carmen (highlights) recorded in Toulouse in February/March 2002 Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen), Inva Mula (Micaëla), Thomas Hampson (Escamillo) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Chœur Les Eléments, Michel Plasson | Donizetti: | Lucie de Lammermoor (highlights) recorded in Lyon in January 2002 Natalie Dessay (Lucie), Nicolas Cavallier (Raymond) Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò | Gounod: | Roméo et Juliette (highlights) recorded in Toulouse in 1995 Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette), Alain Vernhes (Le Duc) Chœur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Massenet: | Werther (highlights) recorded in London in August 1998 London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Manon (highlights) recorded in Brussels in April/May 1999 Angela Gheorghiu (Manon), Yann-Armel Quemener (Le Portier du séminaire) Orchestre Symphonique de l’Opéra Royal de la Monnaie, Bruxelles, Antonio Pappano | Puccini: | La Bohème (highlights) recorded in London in 1996 Leontina Vaduva (Mimì), Thomas Hampson (Marcello), Ruth Ann Swenson (Musetta), Simon Keenlyside (Schaunard), Samuel Ramey (Colline) Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Tosca (highlights) recorded in London in August 2000 Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca), Enrico Fissore (Sacristan) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano La Rondine (highlights) recorded in London in August in 1996 Angela Gheorghiu (Magda) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi) recorded in London in August 1997 London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Ecco la Casa...Torna ai felici di (from Le Villi) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Morire recorded in London in August 1996 Antonio Pappano (piano) | Verdi: | Don Carlos (Five-act French version): highlights recorded in Paris in March 1996 José Van Dam (Philippe II), Karita Mattila (Elisabeth de Valois), Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Eric Halfvarson (Le Grand Inquisiteur), Csabar Airizer (Un moine/Charles-Quint) Orchestre de Paris, Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet, Antonio Pappano Il Trovatore (highlights) recorded in August/September 2001 Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora), Thomas Hampson (Luna), Larissa Diadkova (Azucena) London Symphony Orchestra, London Voices, Antonio Pappano |
CD 1 75.39 Charles Gounod : Roméo et Juliette 1 Acte I - De grâce demeurez... Ange adorable (Roméo/Juliette) 4.06 2 Acte II - Cavatine : L’amour ! L’amour... Ah ! lève-toi, soleil ! (Roméo) 3.57 3 Acte III - Ah jour de deuil ! (Roméo/Le Duc/Chœur) 3.42 4 Acte IV - Va ! je t’ai pardonné...Nuit d’hyménée (Roméo/Juliette) 12.57 5 Acte V - C’est là !...Salut ! tombeau ! sombre et silencieux ! (Roméo) 5.35 Jules Massenet : Werther 6 Acte I - Je ne sais si je veille (Werther) 3.55 7 Acte II - Un autre et son époux… J’aurais sur ma poitrine (Werther) 3.00 8 Pourquoi trembler devant la mort… Lorsque l’enfant revient d’un voyage avant l’heure (Werther) 2.52 9 Acte III - Traduire... Pourquoi me réveiller, ô souffle du printemps (Werther) 3.15 Jules Massenet : Manon 10 Acte I - J’ai marqué l’heure du départ… Nous vivrons à Paris tous les deux (Des Grieux/Manon) 7.23 11 Acte II - En fermant les yeux (Des Grieux) 3.06 12 Acte III - Je suis seul ! Seul enfin !... Ah ! fuyez, douce image (Des Grieux/Le Portier du séminaire) 5.04 13 Toi ! Vous !... Oui, c’est moi ! (Des Grieux/Manon) 6.54 14 Acte IV - Ah ! Des Grieux (Des Grieux/Manon) 9.36 CD 2 79.50 Georges Bizet : Carmen 1 Acte I - Duo : Parle-moi de ma mère (Don José/Micaëla) 8.51 2 Acte II - La fleur que tu m’avais jetée (Don José) 3.39 3 Acte III - Va-t-en, va-t-en, tu feras bien… Je te tiens fille damnée (Carmen/José/Micaëla/Escamillo/Chœur) 4.11 4 Acte IV - C’est toi ! C’est moi ! (Carmen/Don José) 8.50 Gaetano Donizetti : Lucie de Lammermoor 5 Acte I - Sur la tombe de mon père... Ah ! vers toi toujours s’envolera (Lucie/Edgar) 9.31 6 Acte III - Tombes de mes aïeux (Edgar) 7.45 7 O bel ange, dont les ailes (Edgard/Raymond/Ashton) 5.08 Giuseppe Verdi : Don Carlos 8 Acte I - Récit et romance : Fontainebleau ! Forêt immense et solitaire ! (Don Carlos) 4.03 9 Acte II - Scène & duo : Dieu, tu semas dans nos âmes (Don Carlos/Rodrigue/Chœur/Un moine) 4.18 10 Acte V - Duo : Au revoir dans un monde où la vie est meilleure (Elisabeth/Don Carlos/Philippe/Le Grand inquisiteur/Charles-Quint/Chœur) 6.04 Giuseppe Verdi : Le Trouvère 11 Acte I - Il Trovator! Io fremo… Deserto sulla terra (Le Comte/Manrico) 1.47 12 Acte III - Ah, si ben mio (Manrico) 3.24 13 Di quella pira (Manrico/Leonora/Ruiz/Chœur) 3.12 14 Acte IV - Madre, non dormi?... L’invocai più volte… Si, la stanchezza m’opprime, o figlio (Manrico/Azucena) 8.47 CD 3 66.58 Giacomo Puccini : La Bohème 1 Acte I - Che gelida manina ! (Rodolfo) 4.40 2 O soave fanciulla (Rodolfo/Marcello/Mimì) 3.52 3 Acte III - Dunque è proprio finita (Rodolpho/Mimì/Marcello/Musetta) 5.37 4 Acte IV - O Mimi (Rodolfo/Marcello) 3.10 5 Sono andati? (Mimì/Rodolfo/Schaunard/Musetta/Marcello/Colline) 9.16 Giacomo Puccini : Tosca 6 Acte I - Dammi i colori!... Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi/Le Sacristain) 2.57 7 Mario Mario Non la sospiri la nostra casetta… Mia gelosia (Tosca/Cavaradossi) 12.54 8 Acte III - E lucevan le stelle (Cavaradossi) 3.14 Giacomo Puccini : La Rondine 9 Acte I - Parigi! À la città dei desideri (Ruggero) 2.28 10 Acte II - Duo : Paulette! I nostri amici (Ruggero/Magda) 2.16 11 Acte III Duo : Ma come puoi lascarmi (Ruggero/Magda) 5.22 Bonus Giacomo Puccini : Gianni Schicchi 12 Avete torto!... Firenze è come un albero fiorito (Rinuccio) 3.21 Giacomo Puccini : Le Villi 13 Acte II - Torna ai felice dì (Roberto) 4.47 Roberto Alagna Roberto Giacomo Puccini 14 Morire? 2.46 Version originale de l’air de La Rondine « Parigi! À la città dei desideri »
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Ana María Martínez (Rusalka), Brandon Jovanovich (Prince), Tatiana Pavlovskaya (Foreign Princess), Mischa Schelomianski (Vodnik), Larissa Diadkova (Ježibaba), Natasha Jouhl (1st Nymph), Barbara Senator (2nd Nymph), Élodie Méchain (3rd Nymph), Diana Axentii (Kitchen Boy), Alasdair Elliott (Gamekeeper) London Philharmonic Orchestra & The Glyndebourne Chorus, Jirí Belohlávek Dvorák’s opera Rusalka reaches extraordinary heights of melodic eloquence. Rusalka is also the most consciously ‘through-composed’ of Dvorák’s operas but this does not prevent Czech opera’s most famous aria the ineffably beautiful ‘Song to the Moon’, being frequently extracted from the score and sung as a stand alone aria. Sometimes thought of as a ‘one aria opera’, this is just one of many glorious arias for Rusalka, among them the moving first-act plea, ‘Your ancient wisdom everyone knows’ (‘Staleta moudrost tva vsechno vi’), made to the witch Jezibaba asking her to make her human, and her desolate lament ‘Robbed of my youth’ (‘Mladosti sve pozbavena’) at the start of Act 3. Rusalka is by no means a mainstay in the operatic oeuvre but this new 2009 production and recording from Glyndebourne is destined to put this much overlooked masterpiece to the forefront of romantic repertory. The recording is aided by a stellar cast. Ana María Martínez’s astonishing humanity shines through in her heart rending portrayal of Rusalka, burly tenor Brandon Jovanovich is a handsome Prince, with real Slavic flavour added with Mischa Schelomianski as Rusalka’s wise old father Vodnik, and Larissa Diadkova as the evil witch Ježíbaba, both giving exemplary performances, with Czech conductor Jirí Belohlávek and the London Philharmonic Orchestra, giving the music a wonderful emotional intensity at all the right moments. ‘There’s little doubt that it’s the conductor Jirí Belohlávek who is really in charge, and under his loving direction the London Philharmonic plays with luscious warmth.’ Guardian July 2009 ‘… Jirí Belohlávek, whose intent is not merely to conduct the piece but to honour it as a treasured part of his heritage … we’re talking a very special alchemy around what we hear, see, and feel.’ Independent July 2009 ‘With a cast who sing with unbridled passion, the tragic depth of Dvorák’s music is fully plumbed.’ The Times July 2009 “Belohlávek's conducting [is]...full of warmth, exuberance and humour, and lifting the London Philharmonic to great heights in the tragedy of the final act...[Martinez's] Rusalka is a moving portrayal of a wide-eyed innocent doomed to disillusion, sung with impassioned sincerity.” The Telegraph, 1st June 2010 **** “Ana Maria Martinez’s Rusalka...gives one of the most ecstatic accounts of the famous Song to the Moon on disc. She is well partnered by Brandon Jovanovich’s Prince...displaying a virile young heroic tenor of limitless potential, especially moving in his yearning Liebestod...An unmissable classic.” Sunday Times, 6th June 2010 “...there is a sensational performance by Ana María Martínez and authoritative conducting from Jirí Belohlávek.” The Guardian, 8th July 2010 **** “[Martinez is] a near-ideal heroine...naively yearning and tragically resigned, with an unforced sense of pathos...Jovanovich's Prince sounds equally young, his ardent tenor conveying impulsiveness rather than callous cruelty...The splendid mezzo Larissa Diadkova creates an unexaggerated but bloodcurdling Jezibaba” BBC Music Magazine, September 2010 *****  BBC Music Magazine
Opera Choice - September 2010 |
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Recorded: Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, September 1997 “This excursion by Prokofiev into Rossinian farce is a brilliant success, with Gergiev bringing huge energy to the support of a spectacular cast. A winner.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2006 ***** | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | |
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This Kirov recording is extremely telling at all the crucial moments ... musically this set is distinguished.
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| |  | Renée Fleming Live at the Opéra National de Paris
Dvorak: | Rusalka, Op. 114 Live Recording from The Opéra National De Paris – Opéra Bastille 2002 Renée Fleming (Rusalka), Larissa Diadkova (Jezibaba), Sergei Larin (Prince), Franz Hawlata (Goblin), Eva Urbanova (Foreign Princess), Michel Sénéchal (Park Ranger), Karine Deshayes (Kitchen Boy) James Conlon (director) & Robert Carsen (director) | Massenet: | Manon Renée Fleming (Manon), Marcelo Alvarez (Le Chevalier Des Grieux), Jean-Luc Chaignaud (Lescaut), Alain Vernhes (Le Comte Des Grieux), Michel Sénéchal (Guillot) Jesus Lopez-Cobos (conductor) & Gilbert Deflo (director) | Strauss, R: | Capriccio Live Recording from The Opéra National de Paris, Palais Garnier, 2004 Renée Fleming (Die Gräfin), Anne Sofie Von Otter (Clairon), Dietrich Henschel (Der Graf), Rainer Trost (Flamand), Gerald Finley (Olivier) & Franz Hawlata (La Roche) Ulf Schirmer (conductor) & Robert Carsen (director) |
Sound Format: PCM Stereo, DD 5.1 (Manon) / PCM Stereo, DD 5.0, DTS 5.0 (Rusalka, Capriccio) Picture Format: 16:9 DVD Format: 3 x DVD 9 & 3 x DVD 5 / NTSC Subtitle Languages: GB, DE, FR, ES, IT (Capriccio) + CN (Manon, Rusalka) Running Time: 164 mins (Manon), 155 mins (Rusalka), 148 mins (Capriccio) FSK: 0 | 
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| |  | Rimsky Korsakov: 5 Operas
Rimsky Korsakov: | Kashchey the Immortal Konstantin Pluzhhnikov (Kashchey the Immortal), Marina Shaguch (The Princess), Larissa Diadkova (Kashcheyevna), Alexander Gergalov (Prince Ivan Korolevich) & Alexander Morozov (The Storm Knight) The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevronia Nicolai Ohotnikov (Prince Yury Vsevolodich), Yuri Masurin (Prince Vsevolod), Galina Gorchakova (Fevroniya), Vladimir Galuzin (Grishka Kuter' ma), Nicolai Putilin (Feodor Poyarok), Olga Korzhenskaya (Page), Evgeny Boitsov, Evgeny Fedorov (Two well-off people), Mikhail Kit (Gusli player), Nikolai Gassiev (Bear leader), Grigory Karazev (Singing beggar), Bulat Minjilkiev (Bedyay), Vladimir Ognovienko (Burunday), Tatiana Kravtsova (Sirin) & Larissa Diadkova (Alkonost) The Maid of Pskov Vladimir Ognovienko (Ivan the Terrible), Galina Gorchakova (Princess Olga), Vladimir Galusin (Mikhail A. Tucha), Ludmilla Filatova (Vlasyevna), Evgenia Perlasova (Perfilyevna), Olga Korzhenskaya (Styosha), Gennady Bezzubenkov (Prince Yuri I. Tokmakov), Nikolai Gassiev (Boyar Nikita Matuta), Evegeny Fedotov (Prince Afanasy Vyazemski), Georgy Zastavni (Yushko Velebin) & Yuri Laptev (Bomelius) The Tsar's Bride Gennady Bezzubenkov (Vasily Stepanovich Sobakin), Marina Shaguch (Marfa), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (Grigory Grigoryevich Gryaznoy), Sergei Alexashkin (Grigory Lukyanovich Malyuta-Skuratov), Evgeny Akimov (Ivan Sergeyevich Lykov), Olga Borodina (Lyubasha), Nikolai Gassiev (Yelisey Bomelius), Irina Loskutova (Domna Ivanovna Saburova), Olga Markova-Mikhailenko (Dunyasha), Lyubov Sokolova (Petrovna), Yuri Shkliar (Stoker), Lyudmila Kasjanenko (Serving Girl) & Viktor Vikhrov (Lad) Sadko (opera) Vladimir Galusin (Sadko), Marianna Tarassova (Marianna Tarassova), Sergei Alexashkin (Okian-more), Valentina Tsidipova (Volkhova), Larissa Diadkova (Nezhata), Vladimir Ognovenko (Duda), Nikolai Gassiev (Sopel), Evgeni Boitsov (Foma Nazarich), Gennadi Bezzubenkov (Luka Zinovich), Bulat Minjelkiev (Varangian Merchant), Alexander Gergalov (Venetian Merchant), Gegam Grigorian (Indian Merchant) & Nikolai Putilin (Apparition) |
Kirov Opera & Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St. Petersburg, Valery Gergiev Enter the magical world of Rimsky-Korsakov opera with five celebrated recordings made by the Kirov Opera under Valery Gergiev: Kashchey the Immortal, Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh, The Maid of Pskov, Sadko, and The Tsar's Bride – a unique set with no competition on the market. A great follow-up to the earlier Prokofiev Operas box (4782315). Synopses included. | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Verdi: Six Great Operas
Verdi: | Aida Katia Ricciarelli (Aida), Plácido Domingo (Radamès), Elena Obraztsova (Amneris), Leo Nucci (Amonasro), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramfis), Ruggero Raimondi (Il Re di Egitto), Lucia Valentini-Terrani (Una Sacerdotessa) & Piero De Palma (Un Messaggero) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala Un ballo in maschera studio recording, 1979 Placido Domingo (Riccardo), Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Renato Bruson (Renato), Elena Obraztsova (Ulrica), Edita Gruberova (Oscar), Ruggero Raimondi (Samuele), Giovanni Foiani (Tom), Antonio Savastano (Un Giudice) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Don Carlos (Five-act French version) studio recording, 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 Falstaff studio recording, 2001 Bryn Terfel (Falstaff), Thomas Hampson (Ford), Adrianne Pieczonka (Alice Ford), Danill Shtoda (Fenton), Dorothea Röschmann (Nannetta), Larissa Diadkova (Mistress Quickly), Stella Doufexis (Meg Page), Anthony Mee (Bardolfo), Enrico Facini (Dr Cajus) & Anatoly Kotcherga (Pistola) Berliner Philharmoniker & Rundfunkchor Berlin Macbeth live recording, 1975 Piero Cappuccilli (Macbeth), Shirley Verrett (Lady Macbeth), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Banco), Plácido Domingo (Macduff), Stefania Malagú (Lady in Waiting), Antonio Savastano (Malcolm), Carlo Zardo (Medico), Giovanni Foiani (Servo di Macbeth), Alfredo Mariotti (Sicario) & Sergio Fontana (Araldo) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Simon Boccanegra studio recording, 1977 Piero Cappuccilli (Boccanegra), Mirella Freni (Amelia/Maria), José van Dam (Paolo), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Jacopo Fiesco), José Carreras (Gabriele), Giovanni Foiani (Pietro) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala |
Claudio Abbado’s Verdi recordings with La Scala, Milan have gained iconic status in the course of time. Here, along with a magnificent Falstaff – with Bryn Terfel in the title-role and the Berliner Philharmoniker – they are presented complete in a single box for the first time. Full synopses in English, German and French included. | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Prokofiev - 6 Operas
Prokofiev: | Betrothal in a Monastery Anna Netrebko, Larissa Diadkova, Nikolai Gassiev & Sergei Alexashkin The Love for Three Oranges Larissa Shevchenko, Konstantin Pluzhnikov, Vassily Gerello, Alexander Morozov, Mikhail Kit, Fyodor Kuznetsov & Vladimir Vaneev The Gambler, Op. 24 Sergei Alexashkin, Ljuba Kazarnovskaya, Vladimir Galusin, Elena Obraztsova, Nikolai Gassiev, Valery Lebed, Marianna Tarassova, Victor Vikhrov, Andrei Khramtsov, Yuri Laptev, Grigory Karassev, Vladimir Zhivopistsev, Victor Vikhrov & Gennadi Bezzubenkov The Fiery Angel Sergei Leiferkus & Galina Gorchakova War and Peace, Op. 91 Olga Borodina, Yuri Marusin, Alexandr Morozov, Irina Bogachova, Evgeniya Tselovalnik, Nikolai Okhotnikov, Ivan Volodin, Mikhail Chernozhukov, Georgi Zastavnij, Mikhail Kit, Yuri Laptev, Mikail Bulatov, Vassily Gerelo, Andrei Khramstov, Genadij Bezzubenkov, Viacheslav Trofimov, Maria Gortsievskaja, Sergei Alexashkin, Yuri Zhikalov, Nikolai Gassiev, Grigory Karasev, Igor Shpagin, Evgeny Fedotov, Andrei Karabanov, Vladimir Ognovenko, Yevgeny Boitsov, Olga Markova-Mikhailenko, Slava Fomin, Vladimir Solodovnikov, Vladimir Knijasev, Alexandr Shubin, Elena Guliaeva, Julia Chazanova, Evgenia Perlasova, Igor Yan, Mikhail Yegorov, Gegam Gregoriam, Svetlana Volkova, Yelena Prokina, Ludmilla Kanunnikova, Alexandr Gergalov, Tatjana Filimonova, Anna Kovaleva & Ludmilla Filatova Semyon Kotko, Op. 81 Ekaterina Solovyeva, Evgeny Akimov, Gennady Bezzubenkov, Ludmilla Filatova, Nikolai Gassiev, Olga Savova, Tatiana Pavlovskaya, Viktor Lutsuk & Yuri Laptev |
Kirov Opera & Orchestra & Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev “[Gergiev's] dedicated team, including several superb, characterful soloists, is likely to remain the definitive set.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2011
