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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Wagner Choruses
2013 sees a series of Wagner reissues on Eloquence from complete operas and highlights to Wagner singer portraits and even an audiobook! Bayreuth is the holy grail of Wagner lovers and this outstanding disc captures great choral moments from Wagner’s operas over a period of nearly 30 years, with key ‘big’ moments from seven operas, from the Sawallisch Tannhäuser (1962) to Peter Schneider’s Lohengrin (1990). The choruses are among the glories of Wagner’s stage works. They are central, not extraneous, to the action, and the mood and style of each reflect the dramatic imperatives of the work concerned. This anthology includes the Bridal Chorus from Lohengrin, the Sailors’ Chorus from The Flying Dutchman, the Pilgrims’ Chorus from Tannhäuser as well as the Guild Choruses from Die Mesitersinger and the dark Vassals’ Chorus from Götterdämmerung, as well as three defining moments from Wagner’s farewell to the world – Parsifal. | 
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Jonas Kaufmann (Siegmund), Eva-Maria Westbroek (Sieglinde), Hans-Peter König (Hunding), Deborah Voigt (Brünnhilde), Bryn Terfel (Wotan), Stephanie Blythe (Fricka), Kelly Cae Hogan (Gerhilde), Molly Fillmore (Helmwige), Wendy Bryn Harmer (Ortlinde), Eve Gigliotti, Mary Ann McCormick (Grimgerde), Lindsay Ammann (Rossweisse) Marjorie Elinor Dix (Waltraute), Mary Phillips (Schwertleite) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, James Levine Production by Robert Lepage “Terfel is twice the Wotan he seemed at Covent Garden, displaying commanding tone and rough-hewn sensitivity. Deborah Voigt's Brunnhilde is attractively lyrical...Jonas Kaufmann and Eva-Maria Westbroek are superb Volsungs, in need of livelier direction.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2013 **** |
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| |  | James Levine conducts Mascagni & Leoncavallo
“I doubt you'll hear or see a better show: Levine, in his early prime, leads with respect for the music and the verismo tradition and whips the action into a melodramatic frenzy...Domingo sings both tenor leads tirelessly, with bite, ringing tone, sincerity and passion...this is clearly a superstar. He reacts as well as acts; of course it helps that he's opposite two blazing women co-stars...Not perfect performances, but they will leave you breathless nonetheless.” International Record Review, January 2012 “[Troyanos] is glorious...Domingo is as close to the ideal as possible...Not many tenors have the stamina to sing both Turiddu and Canio on the same evening, but Domingo has...The sound is not in the same class as the performance but is acceptable. With a well-nigh perfect Pagliacci and a slightly flawed Cavalleria rusticana this is a good buy.” MusicWeb International, August 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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ACT I 1 Dammi i colori…Recondita armonia (Cavaradossi/Sacristan) 3.54 2 Mario! Mario! Mario! (Tosca/Cavaradossi) 13.36 3 Tre sbirri, una carrozza (Scarpia/Spoletta/Chorus) 4.32 ACT II 4 Floria!…Amore (Cavaradossi/Tosca/Scarpia/Sciarrone) 1.30 5 Vittoria! Vittoria! (Cavaradossi/Tosca/Scarpia) 3.35 6 Se la giurata fede debbo tradir (Scarpia/Tosca) 3.51 7 Vissi d’arte (Tosca) 3.22 8 Vedi, le man giunte io stendo a te! (Tosca/Scarpia/Spoletta) 3.37 9 E qual via scegliete? (Scarpia/Tosca) 7.12 ACT III 10 E lucevan le stelle (Cavaradossi) 3.08 11 Ah! Franchigia a Floria Tosca (Cavaradossi/Tosca) 2.33 12 O dolci mani (Cavaradossi/Tosca) 5.22 13 E non giungono (Tosca/Cavaradossi/Gaoler/Spoletta/Sciarrone/Chorus) 6.37 65.33
“Scotto provides perhaps the most telling use of the text since Callas’s, and she constantly lets one see the distraught, temperamental woman behind the notes.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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A red hot ticket at the Metropolitan Opera in 2010/2011 was Donizetti’s comic gem, Don Pasquale, with Anna Netrebko reviving Norina, the part that made her a star in New York. Opera summed up the simple truth: “. . . everyone adored her”. John Del Carlo’s impressive singing and acting chops as the Don are given every boost by Otto Schenk’s hilarious staging and James Levine’s witty conducting. Leading this opera for the first time at the Met, the renowned maestro demonstrates that his gifts suit Donizetti as perfectly as Wagner. Mariusz Kwiecień and Matthew Polenzani scintillate as Malatesta and Ernesto. When Norina slaps Pasquale, the old man sees how deluded he has been to believe that the young beauty loves him. The San Francisco Chronicle paid homage to this turning point thus: “Netrebko captures the moment that gives the opera a heart it otherwise would lack”. Filmed in November 2010, the DVD features backstage intermission interviews caught during the hubbub of performance. “Donizetti's modest little domestic comedy almost sinks under the weight of such production values. That is stays afloat is a tribute to Netrebko who unleashes some fearsome coloratura; and to John de Carlo and Marius Kwiecien, who deliver 'Cheti, cheti, immantinente' with the speed of a Bugatti at full throttle.” BBC Music Magazine, October 2011 **** “With its huge sets and period costumes, Otto Schenk's 2006 production looks like a good old-fashioned Met warhorse, but it still has enough amusing choreography and dramatic truth to keep things ticking along nicely. Anna Netrebko steals the show both vocally and theatrically...but tenor Matthew Polenzani is also terrific as her lover...Levine's conducting is spirited.” Classic FM Magazine, September 2011 *** “[Netrebko] is alert to every note and movement, the voice bigger than the usual soubrette we get in this part, and her top notes gleam...Kwiecien is the ideal playmate for Netrebko: their sounds and styles blend perfectly; both ooze charm...Polenzani's smooth delivery, sweet tone and utter sincerity make him a valuable asset...it's clear that James Levine has the measure of this often witty, occasionally ravishing score.” International Record Review, July/August 2011 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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1. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - Ecco ridente in cielo (Conte) 2. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - La ran la le ra la ran la la ... Largo al factotum ... (Figaro) 3. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - All'idea di quel metallo (Conte/Figaro) 4. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - Una voce poco fà (Rosina) 5. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - La calunnia è un venticello (Basilio) 6. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - Dunque io son (Figaro/Rosina) 7. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - A un dottor della mia sorte (Bartolo) 8. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - Contro un cor che accende amore (Rosina/Conte) 9. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - Don Basilio! ... Cosa veggo! (Rosina/Conte/Figaro/Bartolo/Basilio) 10. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - Ah, qual colpo inaspettato! (Figaro/Conte/Rosina) 11. Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1996 Digital Remaster) - Di sì felice innesto (Tutti)
Enhanced CD with Libretto | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Ileana Cotrubas (Pamina), Eric Tappy (Tamino), Zdislawa Donat (Königin der Nacht ), Christian Boesch (Papageno), Jose Van Dam (Sprecher), Martti Talvela (Sarastro), Horst Hiestermann (Monostatos), Elisabeth Kales (Papagena), Rachel Yakar, Trudeliese Schmidt, Ingrid Mayr (Drei Damen) Wiener Philharmoniker, James Levine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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"I don't remember when last the Israeli orchestra played as it did last night...I don't remember an Israeli choir ever singing in whispers, as the three choirs that participated in the performance sang together last night. And Christa Ludwig was also with them, a singer with the presence of a queen..The moment when Ludwig's voice was heard in Urlicht ('first light' in the fourth section) will not be forgotten: the human warmth and depth of expression raised the great performance of the symphony another level." Israeli daily newspaper, 'Ha'aretz' | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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