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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The tragic libretto portrays a woman driven to despair and suicide by her husband and monstrous mother-in-law. The result is a deeply moving, intensely lyrical work, as engaging in the beauty of the vocal and orchestral writing as in its story – which also revealed the tragedy of Slavic provincial life, of which Janácek was only too well aware: ‘There is much sadness and Slav tenderness and depth of feeling in it. May I find the right way to express it with equal intensity’, wrote Janácek on The Storm, the Ostrovsky play that was his source for Katya Kabanova.
Cheryl Barker (soprano) / Jane Henschel (mezzo-soprano) / Victoria Simmonds (mezzo-soprano) / Kathleen Wilkinson (mezzo-soprano) / Claire Hampton (soprano) / Robert Brubaker (tenor) / Peter Hoare (tenor) / Peter Wedd (tenor) / Owen Webb (baritone) / Gwynne Howell (bass) / Sian Meinir (mezzo-soprano) & Philip Lloyd-Holtam (tenor) Chorus of Welsh National Opera & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi Only available recording in English "Cheryl Barker’s Katya is a huge achievement, rapturously sung, pertinently acted…" Venue Magazine of Welsh National Opera’s 2004 performances of Katya Kabanova | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Bryn Terfel - A Song in my Heart
| | The Vagabond Whither Must I Wander Sea Fever Little Prince (The Little Prince) They Call the Wind Maria (Paint Your Wagon) English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel Come Home (Allegro) English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel Ar Hyd Y Nos (All Through the Night) Suo-Gan (Lullaby) Sì, tra i ceppi e le ritorte (Berenice) Vouchsafe, O Lord (Dettingen Te Deum) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Mackerras | Berlioz: | Une puce gentille (Flea Song) Voice des roses (Air de Méphistophélès) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Myung-Whun Chung | Gurney: | Sleep | Hughes, J: | Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) The Black Mountain Chorus, Risca Male Choir & The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones | Mahler: | In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus (Kindertotenlieder) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli | Mendelssohn: | Lord God of Abraham (Elijah) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | Mozart: | Non più andrai (The Marriage of Figaro) Guglielmo and Dorabellas's Duet (Il core vi dono) from Così fan tutte Cecilia Bartoli (Dorabella) & Bryn Terfel (Guglielmo) Orchestra dell’Accademia die Santa Cecilia, Myung-Chun Chung Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Die Zauberflöte) Concert Aria, KAnh. 245: Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Quilter: | Go, lovely Rose, Op. 24 No. 3 (Edmund Wailer) Malcolm Martineau (piano) | Rutter: | The Lord bless you and keep you London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth | Schubert: | Erlkönig, D328 Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert) Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe) | Schumann: | Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25 No. 24 Die beiden Grenadiere, Op. 49 No. 1 Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op. 142 No. 4 | Sullivan: | Hereupon we’re both agreed (The Yeomen of the Guard) Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | trad.: | Amazing Grace London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth Shenandoah London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth Deep River arr. Chris Hazell | Vaughan Williams: | Silent Noon | Verdi: | Eh Paggio! (from Falstaff) MET Orchestra, James Levine | Wagner: | Die Frist ist um (Holländer) Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado O du, mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram) The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine |
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) | DG - 4776686 (CD - 2 discs) £12.49 (£10.63 ex. VAT) |
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Luciano Pavarotti (Ernani), Joan Sutherland (Elvira), Leo Nucci (Carlo), Paata Burchuladze (Silva), Linda McLeod (Giovanna), Richard Morton (Riccardo) & Alastair Miles (Jago) Orchestra & Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Richard Bonynge "... Bonynge brings more relish to the ryhthms, and (helped by the brighter recording) is better at exposing the colourfulness of orchestration...Sutherland's well-observed and skilfully executed staccatos in her big solo... Nucci's legato, Pavarotti's thrilling account of the Ivanov cabaletta... the orchestra are fine, the chorus excellent... there is much to like here." Gramophone April 1998 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Jerry Hadley (Faust), Cecilia Gasdia (Marguerite), Samuel Ramey (Méphistophélès), Alexandru Agache (Valentin), Susanne Mentzer (Siébel), Brigitte Fassbaender (Marthe) & Philippe Fourcade (Wagner) Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Alexandru Agache (Rigoletto), Leontina Vaduva (Gilda), Richard Leech (Il duca di Mantova), Samuel Ramey (Sparafucile) & Jennifer Larmore (Maddalena) Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Art of Joan Sutherland
Joan Sutherland (soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Richard Bonynge (piano) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London Symphony Orchestra, The Academy of Ancient Music, L’Orchestre de la Suisse Romande & Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Christopher Hogwood For the first time ever the complete selection of arias which formed the 1970 release of “Romantic French Arias” is available on CD; an extended scene from Act Three of Norma in a live recording from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from a concert in aid of the Darwin appeal, is included and appears on CD for the first time; and an ever greater bonus is included here with the release FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER of 6 French songs with Richard Bonynge as pianist. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Richard Leech(Riccardo), Michèle Crider (Amelia), Vladimir Chernov (Renato), Elena Zaremba (Ulrica), Maria Bayo (Oscar), Roberto Scaltriti (Silvano), Peter Rose (Samuel), Gwynne Howell (Tom), Peter Bronder (Un giudice) Chorus of Welsh National Opera, Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | British Music Collection - Edward Elgar
Elgar: | Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20 Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner Symphony No. 1 in A flat major, Op. 55 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti Introduction & Allegro for strings, Op. 47 Elglish Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Julian Lloyd Webber (cello) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin Enigma Variations, Op. 36 Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti Cockaigne Overture, Op. 40 'In London Town' London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61 Kyung Wha Chung (violin) Falstaff - Symphonic Study in C minor, Op. 68 Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38 Peter Pears, Yvonne Minton, John Shirley-Quirk London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Choir of Kings College Cambridge, Benjamin Britten Sea Pictures, Op. 37 Della jones (mezzo-soprano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Mackerras In the South (Alassio), Op. 50 Pomp and Circumstance Marches Nos. 1-5, Op. 39 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Georg Solti Imperial March, Op. 32 Band of the Grenadier Guards, Lt Col Rodney Bashford Sospiri, Op. 70 Elegy for strings, Op. 58 Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner The Wand of Youth Suite No. 1, Op. 1a Starlight Express, Op. 78 Alison Hagley (soprano), Bryn Terfel (bass) Dream Children, Op. 43 Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Charles Mackerras Symphony No. 2 in E flat major, Op. 63 The Wand of Youth Suite No. 2, Op. 1b |
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Alison Hagley, Neill Archer, Donald Maxwell, Kenneth Cox, Penelope Walker, Samuel Burkey, Peter Massocchi Chorus and Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Pierre Boulez, directed by Peter Stein Subtitles in French, German, English, Spanish, Chinese | | | DG - 0730309 (DVD Video - 2 discs) Normally: £24.99 (£21.27 ex. VAT) Special: £16.24 (£13.82 ex. VAT) |
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| |  | Frederick Delius - Orchestral Works
Welsh National Opera Orchestra, Charles Mackerras | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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BBC Music Magazine Awards 2008
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