Ramón Vargas

Tenor

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Bellini:

Casta Diva (from Norma)

Netrebko

Bizet:

Au fond du temple saint (duet from Les Pęcheurs de Perles)

Vargas, Tezier

Toreador Song

Chapí:

Al pensar en el dueno (Las Hijas del Zebedeo)

Garanca

Delibes:

Lakmé: Dôme épais (Flower Duet)

Netrebko, Garanca

Donizetti:

L'elisir d'amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima'

Vargas

Puccini:

La Bohčme: 'O soave fanciulla'

Vargas, Netrebko

Saint-Saëns:

Mon cśur s'ouvre ŕ ta voix (from Samson et Delila)

Garanca

Verdi:

Per me guinto č il di (Don Carlo)

Tezier

Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto)

Vargas, Netrebko, Garanca, Tezier)

Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller)

Vargas

Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata)


Anna Netrebko (soprano), Elina Garanca (messo-soprano), Ramon Vargas (tenor), Ludovic Tezier (baritone)

SWR Symphony Orchestra Baden-Baden and Freiburg, Marco Armiliato

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Mozart - Complete Operas

Mozart - Complete Operas

All 22 Mozart Operas from the 2006 Salzburg Festival


Czernowin:

Adama

Directed by: Claus Guth

Noa Frenkel, Yaron Windmüller, Andreas Fischer & Paul Lorenger

OENM - Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, Johannes Kalitzke

Mozart:

La finta giardiniera, K196

Directed by: Doris Dörrie

John Graham Hall, Alexandra Reinprecht, John Mark Ainsley, Véronique Gens, Ruxandra Donose, Adriana Kucerova & Markus Werba

Mozarteum Orchester Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

Il re pastore, K208

Kresimir Spicer, Annette Dasch, Marlis Petersen, Arpiné Rahdjian, Andreas Karasiak

Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble, Thomas Hengelbrock

Lucio Silla, K135

Directed by: Jürgen Flimm

Roberto Saccŕ, Annick Massis, Monica Bacelli, Veronica Cangemi, Julia Kleiter, Stefano Ferrari

Chor und Orchester des Teatro La Fenice Venedig, Tomas Netopil

Ascanio in Alba K111

Directed by: David Hermann

Iris Kupke, Sonia Prina, Marie-Belle Sandis, Charles Reid, Diana Damrau, Christian Benzhaf, Katharina Vötter

Chor und Orchester des Nationaltheaters Mannheim, Adam Fischer

Bastien und Bastienne, K50

Directed by: Thomas Reichert

Aleksandra Zamojska, Evmorfia Metaxaki, Bernhard Berchtold, Radu Cojocariu & Alfred Kleinheinz

Salzburger Marionettentheater & Junge Philharmonie Salzburg, Elisabeth Fuchs

Der Schauspieldirektor, K486

Directed by: Thomas Reichert

Aleksandra Zamojska, Evmorfia Metaxaki, Bernhard Berchtold, Radu Cojocariu & Alfred Kleinheinz

Salzburger Marionettentheater & Junge Philharmonie Salzburg, Elisabeth Fuchs

La Betulia liberata, K118

Jeremy Ovenden, Marijana Mijanovic, Julia Kleiter, Franz-Josef Selig, Irena Bespalovaite & Jennifer Johnston

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Münchener Kammerorchester, Christoph Poppen

Il sogno di Scipione

Directed by: Michael Sturminger

Blagoj Nacoski, Louise Fribo, Bernarda Bobro, Iain Paton, Robert Sellier & Anna Kovalko

Chor des Stadttheaters Klagenfurt & Kärntner Sinfonieorchester, Robin Ticciati

Lo sposo deluso

(Irrfahrten II) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on unfinished works: Abendempfindungen, Lo Sposo Deluso, L'Oca del Cairo, and Rex Tremendus.

Josef Wagner, Marisa Martins, Jeremy Ovenden, Matthias Kliink, Malin Hartelius, Silvia Moi, Miljenko Turk, Ann Murray & Marianne Hamre

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter

La Finta Semplice

(Irrfahrten I) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on La Finta Semplice.

Malin Hartelius, Josef Wagner, Matthias Klink, Marina Comparato, Silvia Moi, Jeremy Ovenden & Miljenko Turk

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter

Zaďde, K344

Directed by: Claus Guth

Noa Frenkel, Yaron Windmüller, Andreas Fischer & Paul Lorenger

OENM - Österreichisches Ensemble für Neue Musik, Johannes Kalitzke

Apollo et Hyacinthus, K38

ximilian Kiener, Ekaterina Tretjakova, Anja Schlosser & Astrid Hofer

Orchester der Universität Mozarteum, Josef Wallnig

Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots, K35

Michiko Watanabe, Bernhard Berchtold, Monika Wäckerle & Christiane Karg

Orchester der Universität Mozarteum, Josef Wallnig

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384

Directed by: Stefan Herheim

Laura Aikin (Konstanze), Valentina Farcas (Blonde), Charles Castronovo (Belmonte), Dietmar Kerschbaum (Pedrillo) & Franz Hawlata (Osmin)

r Staatsopernchor & Mozarteum Orchestra Salzburg, Ivor Bolton

Die Zauberflöte, K620

Directed by: Pierre Audi

René Pape (Sarastro), Genia Kühmeier (Pamina), Paul Groves (Tamino), Diana Damrau (Queen of the Night), Inga Kalna (First Lady), Karine Deshayes (Second Lady), Ekaterina Gubanova (Third Lady), Christian Gerhaher (Papageno), Irena Bespalovaite (Papagena), Franz Grundheber (Speaker), Burkhard Ulrich (Monostatos), Franz Grundheber (Priest), Simon O'Neill (Man in Armour), Peter Loehle (Man in Armour) & Xavier Mas (Priest)

Members of the Vienna Boys Choir, Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Don Giovanni, K527

Directed by: Martin Kusej

Thomas Hampson (Don Giovanni), Ildebrando D‘Arcangelo (Leporello), Christine Schäfer (Donna Anna), Melanie Diener (Donna Elvira), Isabel Bayrakdarian (Zerlina), Robert Lloyd (Il Commendatore), Piotr Beczala (Don Ottavio) & Luca Pisaroni (Masetto)

Wiener Philharmoniker & Wiener Staatsopernchor, Daniel Harding

Cosě fan tutte, K588

Directed by: Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann

Ana María Martínez (Fiordiligi), Sophie Koch (Dorabella), Shawn Mathey (Ferrando), Stéphane Degout (Guglielmo), Sir Thomas Allen (Don Alfonso) & Helen Donath (Despina)

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Manfred Honeck

Mitridate, rč di Ponto, K87

Directed by: Günter Krämer

Richard Croft (Mitridate), Netta Or (Aspasia), Miah Persson (Sifare), Bejun Mehta (Farnace), Ingela Bohlin (Ismene), Colin Lee (Marzio), Pascal Bertin (Arbate)

Les Musiciens du Louvre, Grenoble, c Minkowski

Idomeneo, K366

Ramón Vargas (Idomeneo), Magdalena Kozená (Idamante), Ekaterina Siurina (Ilia), Anja Harteros (Elettra), Jeffrey Francis (Arbace), Robin Leggate (Gran Sacerdote), Günther Groissböck (La Voce) & Andreas Schlager (Neptune)

Camerata Salzburg & Salzburger Bachchor, Sir Roger Norrington

Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Directed by: Brian Large

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo, Anna Netrebko, Bo Skovhus, Dorothea Röschmann & Christine Schäfer

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Nikolaus Harnoncourt

L'oca del Cairo

(Irrfahrten III) Conceived and directed by Joachim Schlömer, based on unfinished works: Abendempfindungen, Lo Sposo Deluso, L'Oca del Cairo, and Rex Tremendus.

Josef Wagner, Marisa Martins, Jeremy Ovenden, Matthias Kliink, Malin Hartelius, Silvia Moi, Miljenko Turk, Ann Murray & Marianne Hamre

Chor der Ludwigsburger Schlossfestspiele & Camerata Salzburg, Michael Hofstetter


. . . striking productions of all 22 operas, plus a wealth of bonus interviews with conductors, singers, and other members of the artistic team . . . Part of the enticement lies with the casts and productions. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), for example, features such top-tier artists as the spectacular Diana Damrau as the Queen of the Night, René Pape as a sterling, pensive High Priest Sarastro, and Paul Groves as Tamino . . . this performance of the opera is as compelling visually as it is vocally. Don't miss Pape's designer denim casuals and provocatively demonic goatee in the bonus section . . . Le Nozze di Figaro has a dream cast . . . Of these productions, 90% reflect the zeitgeist of new directors who tend to appeal to viewers of all ages. Some of the more obscure directors especially whet the appetite . . . On the levels of edification, enjoyment, and sheer entertainment-the last value sorely missing from many audio-only recordings-this remarkable project scores a solid 10. Record Review

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Decca Mozart 22 - 0734221

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Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

Mozart: Idomeneo, K366

Stage directors: Ursel Herrmann, Karl-Ernst Herrmann


Ramón Vargas (Idomeneo), Magdalena Kozená (Idamante), Ekaterina Siurina (Ilia), Anja Harteros (Elettra), Jeffrey Francis (Arbace), Robin Leggate (Gran Sacerdote), Günther Groissböck (La Voce) & Andreas Schlager (Neptune)

Camerata Salzburg & Salzburger Bachchor, Sir Roger Norrington

'A vocal ensemble of the highest quality...this was scintillating as well as moving Mozart' Salzburger Volkzeitung

Building a Library

DVD Choice - June 2007

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The Essential Plácido Domingo

The Essential Plácido Domingo


Bizet:

La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Georg Solti

Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pęcheurs de Perles)

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Brodszky:

Be My Love

arr.Ebbinghouse

London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters

Cardillo:

Core 'ngrato

arr.Peeters

London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters

Curtis, E:

Non ti scordar di me

arr.Engelen

London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges

Donizetti:

L'elisir d'amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima'

L’elisir d’amore

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero (Edgardo)

Lucia di Lammermoor

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

Franck, C:

Panis Angelicus

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marcello Viotti

Freire:

Ay, ay, ay

arr.Loges

London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges

Gardel:

Volver

arr.Pansera

Orchestra Roberto Pansera, Roberto Pansera

Halévy:

La Juive: 'Rachel, quand du Seigneur'

La Juive

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

LaCalle:

Amapola

arr.Engelen

London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges

Lara, A:

Granada

arr.Peeters

London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters

Lecuona:

Siboney

arr.Ebbinghouse

London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges

Lehár:

Lippen schweigen (from Die Lustige Witwe)

Renée Fleming

Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns)

arr.Loges

London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges

Leoncavallo:

Pagliacci: Vesti la giubba

Pagliacci

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Georges Prętre

Mattinata

London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters

Mascagni:

Ave Maria (arranged from Intermezzo sinfonico from Cavalleria Rusticana)

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marcello Viotti

Offenbach:

Il était une fois ŕ la cour d'Eisenach (Hoffmann)

Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Les Chśurs de la Radio de la Suisse Romande, Pro Arte de Lausanne, Du Brassus & L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge

Puccini:

Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai'

Manon Lescaut

Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Ch'ella mi creda libero (Dick Johnson)

Ch’ella mi creda libero (Dick Johnson)La fanciulla del West

Sherrill Milnes

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Zubin Mehta

Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi)

Tosca

Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Tosca: 'E lucevan le stelle'

Tosca

Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Turandot: 'Nessun dorma'

Turandot

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Rossini:

Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum

Il barbiere di Siviglia

The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado

Tosti:

Preghiera

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Marcello Viotti

Verdi:

Celeste Aida (from Aida)

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini

La donna č mobile (from Rigoletto)

Nicolai Ghiaurov & Piero Cappuccilli

Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini

Parmi veder le lagrime (from Rigoletto)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini

Oh figli … Ah, la paterna mano (Macduff)

Macbeth

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado

Fontainebleau! Foręt immense et solitaire … (from Don Carlo)

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado

Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Lorin Maazel

De' miei bollenti spiriti (from La traviata)

Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber

Di quella pira (from Il trovatore)

Rosalind Plowright & Walter Gullino

Coro e Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Carlo Maria Giulini

Forse la soglia attinse (from Un ballo in maschera)

Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado

Niun mi tema (from Otello)

Ramon Vargas, Ildebrando d’Arcangelo & Giacomo Prestia

Orchestre de l’Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

Wagner:

In fernem Land (Lohengrin)

Lohengrin

Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti


Plácido Domingo (tenor)

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Puccini: Manon Lescaut

Puccini: Manon Lescaut


Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Ramón Vargas, Giuseppe Taddei, Cecilia Bartoli & Dwayne Croft

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

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Decca Opera Sets - 4402002

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Rossini: Il Turco in Italia

Rossini: Il Turco in Italia

(complete opera)


Cecilia Bartoli, Alessandro Corbelli, Michele Pertusi, Ramón Vargas

La Scala Milan Chorus & Orchestra, Riccardo Chailly

Decca Opera Sets - 4589242

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Verdi: Requiem

Verdi: Requiem


Vileta Urmana (soprano), Olga Borodina (alto), Ramon Vargas (tenor) & Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass)

WDR Sinfonieorchester & WDR Rundfunkchor, Semyon Bychkov

Profil are delighted to be able to present another new CD featuring Semyon Bychkov. Verdi’s Requiem was written after the big success of Aida. With his requiem, Verdi ventured into unfamiliar territory, having little previous experience with sacred music.

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Profil Medien - PH08036

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The Best of Classical Music on TDK

The Best of Classical Music on TDK

2008 Sampler DVD (Opera, Concert, Ballet)


Artists include Marcelo Álvarez, Martha Argerich, Roberto Bolle, Alessandra Ferri, James Levine, Zubin Mehta, Riccardo Muti, Anja Silja, Nina Stemme & Ramón Vargas

“Was ever a pianist blessed with more natural fluency and fluidity of line?” Gramophone on Martha Argerich

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Verdi: Don Carlo

Verdi: Don Carlo

Wiener Staatsoper, 2004


Ramon Vargas, Iano Tamar, Nadja Michael, Bo Skovhus & Alastair Miles

Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Betrand de Billy

TDK presents the world premičre DVD recording of the unabridged version of Don Carlos at the Vienna State Opera, in a staging by the world-renowned German director Peter Konwitschny.

“On the superb side is the leadership of Bertrand de Billy, who keeps the opera moving with equal emphasis given to both public (political) and private moments, and the work of Vienna's orchestra and chorus. You could hardly ask for more luscious playing…..Ramon Vargas, an ever more convincing and elegant artist […] sings handsomely.” Classics Today on this performance

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Truly Domingo

Truly Domingo


 

Nostalgias

Cobian & Cadicamo

Studio Orchestra, Roberto Pansera

Bizet:

La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen)

London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado

Curtis, E:

Non ti scordar di me

(Arranged by Andreas N. Tarkmann)

Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugene Kohn

Franck, C:

Panis Angelicus

Marcello Viotti

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Gardel:

El dia que me quieras

(Arr. Roberto Pansera)

Studio Orchester, Roberto Pansera

Handel:

Serse: 'Frondi tenere e belle ...Ombra mai fů'

Lara, A:

Granada

(Arr. Peeters)

London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters

Lehár:

Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns)

London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges

Leoncavallo:

Mattinata

(Arr. Peeters)

Penella:

Hasta cuando?

Veronica Villarroel

Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Miguel Roa

Senó, q'e no me farte er való

Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Miguel Roa

Puccini:

Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai'

Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

Turandot: 'Nessun dorma'

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Schubert:

Wiegenlied, D498

(Arr. & Orch. Steven Mercurio as "Mille Cherubini in coro")

Marcello Viotti & Romano Gandolfi

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Tosti:

Preghiera (Alla mente confusa)

Orch. Steven Mercurio

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Verdi:

La donna č mobile (from Rigoletto)

Nicolai Ghiaurov & Piero Cappuccilli

Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini

De' miei bollenti spiriti (from La traviata)

Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber

Di quella pira (from Il trovatore)

Rosalind Plowright & Walter Gullino

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini

Giá nella notte densa (from Otello)

Cheryl Studer

Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

Niun mi tema (from Otello)

Ramón Vargas, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo & Giacomo Prestia

Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung

"Son fra voi!" - "Giŕ parmi udire il fremito"

Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev

Mercč, diletti amici (from Ernani)

Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & Roger Wagner Chorale, Carlo Maria Giulini

Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller)

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lorin Maazel

Scena: "Notte! perpetua notte"

Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung

"Eccomi prigionero!"

Oh, dolore

"Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola"

Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev

Wagner:

Hör' an, Wolfram! … Inbrunst im Herzen

Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli

In fernem Land (Lohengrin)

Hans Sotin

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Georg Solti

Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend

Peter Maus, Roberto Banuelas, Gerd Feldhoff, Peter Lagger & Catarina Ligendz

Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum

Nur eine Waffe taugt from Parsifal

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine

Wesendonk Lieder: Der Engel

Orchestration by Felix Mottl

Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi

Weber:

Aria: "Von Jugend auf in dem Kampfgefild'" from Oberon

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik


Plácido Domingo (tenor)

DG - 4776292

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