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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Twilight of the Gods: The Ultimate Wagner Ring Collection
CD 1 Das Rheingold 1. Prelude & beginning of scene 1; 2. Fing’ eine diese Faust!”; 3. Wotan, Gemahl” & “Vollendet”; 4. Ihr andern harrt bis Abend hier” (descent to Nibelheim) 5. Bin ich nun frei?” 6. “Weiche, Wotan”; 7. He da! He do!” (entrance Valahalla, to end) Die Walküre 8. “Wintersturme” (to end act 1) 9. Beginning Act 2 (to end of “Hojo-to-ho”s) 10. “So ist es denn aus..” (Fricka monologue) 11. Ride of the Valkyries (top of act 3) 12. Wotan’s farewell to Brunnhilde 13. Magic Fire music (to end opera) CD 2 Siegfried 1. Siegfried hammers sword - “Ho ho! ho hei!” (to end act) 2. Siegfried & Forest Bird - “Nun sing’!” (to end act) 3. Wanderer act 3 monologue excerpt - “Dir Unweisen 4. Brunnhilde awakening - “Heil dir, Sonne!” 5. Final scene - “Sangst du..” (to end opera) Gotterdämmerung 6. Dawn – Brunnhilde & Siegfried enter 7. Siegfried’s Rhine Journey 8. Hagen’s Watch - “Hier sitz’ ich zur Wacht” 9. Act 2 Chorus & Bridal Entrance 10. Siegfried’s Death 11. Brunnhilde Immolation (to end opera)
On the heels of the release by Deutsche Grammophon of the complete Ring Cycle DVD Box from the Met, this 2CD compilation is the ultimate must-have for any music and Wagner lover. It includes the highlights of all the “Ring” operas, featuring the stars of the recent New York Met production: Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt and Jonas Kaufmann. Ride of the Valkyries, Prelude from das Rheingold, Siegfried's death are all featured on our 2 CD compilation. “The bleeding chunks, two operas to a disc, are more or less predictable...but there are tracks to treasure. Bryn Terfel's singing of Wotan's Farewell and his account of the Wanderer's Dir Unweisen Ruf'ich Ins Ohr are moving; Hans-Peter König gives a black, implacable account of Hagen's Watch, while the easy fluency and almost baritonal richness of Jonas Kaufmann's Siegmund [is] a joy” The Guardian, 26th September 2012 *** “Terfel is the finest Wotan before the public today...Blythe's brief appearances as Fricka find her in superb voice...Kaufmann is extraordinary as Siegmund; the velvety-chocolate depths of his baritonal-tenor and his aristocratic phrasing...[are] worth the cost of the set alone...Voigt is not the loudest Brunnhilde on record but sounds girlish in Walkure and is note-accurate, although sometimes a little pinched at the top of her range” International Record Review, December 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 75th Anniversary: Great Moments
This album is a collection of key tracks selected from the Helicon Classics catalogue, specially put together to celebrate the IPO's 75th Anniversary, featuring esteemed solo artists including Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Daniel Barenboim, Rudolf Buchbinder, Alicia de Larrocha, Yefim Bronfman, Isaac Stern and Nicola Ulivieri. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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This Dino Yannopoulos-directed production ran at the Metropolitan Opera at irregular intervals until 1977, with the title role attracting the likes of Carlo Bergonzi, Franco Corelli, and Plácido Domingo. Maddalena would be sung by Renata Tebaldi, Martina Arroyo, and Eileen Farrell; Gérard by Robert Merrill and Ettore Bastianini; and Fausto Cleva, Lamberto Gardelli, and James Levine presided in the pit. Levine again conducted when Nicolas Joël’s production premiered in April 1996 with Luciano Pavarotti in the title role, opposite Aprile Millo and Juan Pons. This DVD captures a telecast from the following season, with Pavarotti and Pons reprising their portrayals and Maria Guleghina as Maddalena. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Live Recording from From The Salzburger Festspiele, 1982
Edita Gruberova (Königin der Nacht), Peter Schreier (Tamino), Christian Boesch (Papageno), Ileana Cotrubas (Pamina), Edda Moser (Erste Dame), Ann Murray (Zweite Dame), Ingrid Mayr (Dritte Dame), Martti Talvela (Sarastro), Horst Hiestermann (Monostatos), Gudrun Sieber (Papagena) Wiener Staatsoper, James Levine Directed, Set & Costume Design by JEAN-PIERRE PONNELLE This production of Mozart’s Magic Flute received enormous and unanimous approval, when it was premiered in Salzburg. Endless applause on the night and an unusual state of accord from the international press where enthusiastic reviews soon gave this staging the status of a legend. Of course, none of that would have had the same appeal if it had not been in accord with Mozart’s music, performed quite un-theoretically, with perfect blend of lightness and pathos, humour and profundity, by James Levine and the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; nor would it all have worked without a truly Festival-worthy cast of singers whose strengths were perfectly balanced and every single one of whom – right down to the members of the chorus – was totally committed to the work. Sound Format: PCM Stereo Format: 4:3 DVD Format: DVD 5 & DVD 9 / NTSC Subtitle Languages: DE, GB, FR, ES, IT Running Time: 189 mins FSK: 0 “Delivered with energy and great expertise” BBC Music Magazine, February 2011 *** “From the start, with James Levine at his most brilliant and perceptive as conductor, it struck an ideal medium between the pantomime element and the weightier implications of the Masonic background...it makes ideal entertainment on film.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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“With Luciano Pavarotti as a powerful Des Grieux, James Levine conducts a comparably big-boned performance of Manon Lescaut, bringing out the red-blooded drama of Puccini's first big success, while not ignoring its warmth and tender poetry...The rest of the cast is strong too, with Dwayne Croft a magnificent Lescaut” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** “Levine conveys the tensions and atmosphere of a stage performance in a way that plainly owes much to his experience at the Metropolitan...it avoids the feeling of a studio performance....[Pavarotti], characteristically, points word meaning with a bright-eyed intensity that compels attention.” Gramophone Magazine, November 1993 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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