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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Gluck - Iphigénie en Aulide, La Rencontre imprévue & Don Juan
Gluck: | Iphigénie en Aulide Jose van Dam, Anne Sofie von Otter, Lynne Dawson & John Aler Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre De L’Opera de Lyon La Rencontre imprévue Lynne Dawson, Claudine Le Coz, Catherine Dubosc & Sophie Marin-Degor Orchestre De L’Opera de Lyon Don Juan English Baroque Soloists |
'Iphigenie en Aulide' was the opera with which Gluck set out to conquer the lyric stage in Paris in April 1774. France was the only country to resist the fashion for Italian opera that prevailed everywhere else in civilised Europe in the first half of the 18th century and to develop instead its own national form of serious opera, the tragedie lyrique. As an acknowledged master of theItalian manner, therefore, Gluck's appearance in Paris was bound to be controversial… He had a useful ally in Paris, however, in the person of the newly crowned young queen Marie Antoinette, who had previously, as an Austrian archduchess, been one of his singing pupils at the Viennese court, and could always quell dissent during the long and stormy rehearsals for the new opera by threatening to fetch the queen. In the event the opera was a great success and Gluck quickly became established as the new saviour of French opera, a worthy inheritor of the mantle of Lully and Rameau. | 
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| |  | Marcel Landowski - The Complete Erato Recordings
Annie d’Arco, Jeanne Loriod, Maurice André, Mstislav Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya, Catherine Dubosc, Michel Sénéchal & José Van Dam Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Orchestre National de l’O.R.T.F, Orchestre Philharmonique des Pays De Loire & Orchestre Colonne, Jean Martinon, Alain Lombard, Georges Prêtre, Marc Soustrot, Pierre Cao & Jacques Bondon One of the great post-war figures in French musical life, Landowski
was not only a very fine composer, but an administrator non-pareil,
restructuring musical institutions, reforming French opera and
founding many musical groups, including the Orchestre de Paris. His
music eschews the more outré developments of the Twentieth
Century, instead relying on traditional forms, key centres and
an individual lyricism spiced with recognisably modern flavours such
as the use of magnetic tape, the Ondes martenot and various
electro-acoustic instruments. This selection of symphonies,
concertos, opera, dramatic, choral and chamber works presents a
superb guide to this brilliantly imaginative and immediately
accessible composer's fascinating output. Currently somewhat
neglected on CD, this collection brings together the complete
Landowski recordings on the Erato label and features stellar
performers including Barenboim, Jean Martinon, George Pretre,
Maurice Andre, Rostropovich, Galina Vishnevskaya and Jeanne
Loriod. |
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Emmanuel Pahud & José Van Dam City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra & Orchestre National de l’ORTF, Louise Frémaux, Jean Martinon, Kent Nagano & David Zinman | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Karajan Master Recordings - 10 CD set
Bartók: | Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116 | Beethoven: | Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Cadenzas: Fritz Kreisler Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin) Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60 | Brahms: | Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73 Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 | Cilea: | Intermezzo, Act II from Adriana Lecuouvreur | Debussy: | La Mer Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune Karlheinz Zoeller (flute) | Giordano, U: | Intermezzo, Act II from Fedora | Leoncavallo: | Pagliacci: Intermezzo | Mascagni: | Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo Wolfgang Mexer (organ) L'Amico Fritz: Intermezzo | Massenet: | Meditation (from Thais) Michel Schwalbé | Mozart: | Requiem in D minor, K626 Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Werner Krenn (tenor), José Van Dam (bass) & Rudolf Scholz (organ) Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker Mass in C major, K317 'Coronation Mass' Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Werner Krenn (tenor), José Van Dam (bass) & Rudolf Scholz (organ) Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker | Mussorgsky: | Khovancina - Intermezzo from Act 4 | Puccini: | Suor Angelica - Intermezzo Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo Act III | Ravel: | Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2 Boléro | Schmidt, F: | Notre Dame - Intermezzo | Schubert: | Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished' Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great' | Strauss, R: | Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40
Michel Schwalbé (solo violin) Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28 | Stravinsky: | The Rite of Spring | Tchaikovsky: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) Wiener Symphoniker Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, Op. 33 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) | Verdi: | La traviata: Prelude to Act 3 | Wolf-Ferrari: | The Jewels of the Madonna - Act III Intermezzo |
Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Selected recordings from 1959 to 1979 “In recording you can get to a point of perfection and precision not possible elsewhere, and, more important than anything, of real untrammelled music-making.” – Herbert von Karajan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Helga Dernesch (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Zoltán Kelemen (bass), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), José Van Dam (bass-baritone, Helen Donath (soprano) & Horst R. Laubenthal (tenor) Chorus of the Deutsche Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna, Earle Patriarco & José van Dam Orchestre symphonique et Chœurs de la Monnaie, Antonio Pappano | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart Opera Favourites
Sir Thomas Allen, Francisco Araiza, Agnes Baltsa, Walter Berry, Fiorenza Cossotto Claudio Desderi, Helen Donath, Maria Ewing, Nicolai Gedda, Siegfried Jerusalem Margaret Marshall, Olivera Miljakovic, Anna Moffo, Lucia Popp, Dame Margaret Price Roger Soyer, Giuseppe Taddei, José Van Dam & Carol Vaness | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier & José van Dam Berliner Philharmoniker & Wiener Singverein, Herbert von Karajan | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Roberto Alagna; Angela Gheorghiu; José van Dam; Simon Keenlyside; Marie-Ange Todorovitch & Alain Fondary Choeur et Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson
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Jose Van Dam (Le Marquis de la Force), Catherine Dubosc (Blanche de la Force), Jean-Luc Viala (Le Chevalier de la Force), Rita Gorr (La Prieure du Carmel), Rachel Yakar (La Nouvelle Prieure), Martine Dupuy (Mere Marie), Brigitte Fournier (Constance), Michel Senechal (L'Aumonier), Francois Le Roux (Le Geolier) Choeurs et orchestre de l'Opéra national de Lyon, Kent Nagano
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