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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Maria Callas - The Complete Studio Recordings (1949-1969)A 70 CD set featuring everything Maria Callas ever recorded in the studio, including licensed and newly-remastered material.
| | First Recital - Bellini and Wagner (Recorded November 1949 in Turin), remast. 2007 (1 CD) RAI Orchestra, Turin, Arturo Basile Puccini Arias (Recorded September 1954, London) Philharmonia, Tullio Serafin Lyric & Coloratura Arias (Recorded September 1954, London) Philharmonia, Tullio Serafin Callas at la Scala (Recorded June 1955) Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Mad Scenes (Recorded September 1958, London) Philharmonia, Nicola Rescigno Verdi Arias I (Recorded September 1958, London) Philharmonia, Nicola Rescigno Verdi Arias II (Recorded December 1963 & February 1964, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno Verdi Arias III (Recorded 1964 to 1969) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra & Paris Opéra Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno Callas à Paris I (Recorded March-April 1961, Paris) French Radio National Orchestra, Georges Prêtre Callas à Paris II (Recorded May 1963, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre Rossini & Donizetti Arias (Recorded April, 1964) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno Mozart, Beethoven & Weber Arias (Recorded December 1963 & January 1964, Paris) Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno The EMI Rarities (2 CDs) CD-ROM (Opera-Libretti & Callas-Photos) | Bellini: | Norma (Recorded April 1954) - Mono (3 CDs) Mario Filippeschi, Ebe Stignani Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Norma (Recorded September 1960) - Stereo (3 CDs) Christa Ludwig, Franco Corelli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin I Puritani (Recorded March 1953) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Rolando Panerai Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin La Sonnambula (Recorded March 1957) (2 CDs) Eugenia Ratti, Fiorenza Cossotto, Nicola Monti Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto | Bizet: | Carmen (Recorded July 1964, Paris) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Robert Massard Paris Opéra Orchestra, Georges Prêtre | Cherubini: | Medea (Recorded September 1957), remast. 2007 (2 CDs) Renata Scotto, Mirto Picchi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin | Donizetti: | Lucia di Lammermoor (Recorded February 1953, Florence) - Mono (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Tullio Serafin Lucia di Lammermoor (Recorded March 1959, London) - Stereo (2 CDs) Ferruccio Tagliavini, Piero Cappuccilli Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Tullio Serafin | Leoncavallo: | I Pagliacci (Recorded May 1954) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin | Mascagni: | Cavalleria Rusticana (Recorded August 1953) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin | Ponchielli: | La Gioconda (Recorded September 1959) (3CDs) Fiorenza Cossotto, Piero Cappuccilli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto La Gioconda (Recorded September 1952, Turin) (3 CDs) Fedora Barbieri, Gianni Poggi, Paolo Silveri RAI Turin Chorus & Orchestra, Antonino Votto | Puccini: | La Bohème (Recorded August-September 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Anna Moffo, Rolando Panerai Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto Madama Butterfly (Recorded August 1955) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Lucia Danielli Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan Manon Lescaut (Recorded July 1957) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Tosca (Recorded August 1953) - Mono (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Victor de Sabata Tosca (Recorded December 1964, Paris) - Stereo (2 CDs) Carlo Bergonzi, Tito Gobbi Paris Opéra Chorus & Paris Conservatoire Orchestra, Georges Prêtre Turandot (Recorded July 1957) (2 CDs) Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eugenio Fernandi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin | Rossini: | Il barbiere di Siviglia (Recorded February 1957, London) (2 CDs) Luigi Alva, Tito Gobbi Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera Il Turco in Italia (Recorded August-September 1954) (2 CDs) Nicolai Gedda, Nicola Rossi-Lemeni Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Gianandrea Gavazzeni | Verdi: | La Traviata (Recorded September 1953, Turin), remast. 2007 (2 CDs) Francesco Albanese, Ugo Savarese RAI Chorus and Orchestra, Turin, Gabriele Santini Aida (Recorded August 1955) (2 CDs) Richard Tucker, Fedora Barbieri, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Un ballo in maschera (Recorded September 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Antonino Votto Rigoletto (Recorded September 1955) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin La forza del destino (Recorded August 1954) (3 CDs) Richard Tucker, Carlo Tagliabue Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Tullio Serafin Il Trovatore (Recorded August 1956) (2 CDs) Giuseppe di Stefano, Rolando Panerai, Fedora Barbieri Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan, Herbert von Karajan |
Packaging: hardcover slipcase, CDs in printed cardboard wallets, colour booklet including a broad selection of photos. The 70th CD will be a CD-ROM containing the tracklists and more photos and the libretti will be available for download on the updated Maria Callas website (new url will be: www.callas30.com).
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| |  | Anna Netrebko & Rolando Villazón - Duets
Limited edition special edition also available - click here “Netrebko and Villazón have toured with a recital programme in which most of these duets have been included, interspersed with a few solos and orchestral pieces. In London they sang to much cheering but against a general feeling that Villazón's warm tone and eager personality contrasted with Netrebko's rather chilly star– grooming, while the purity of her tone was a little less appealing than it might have been because she sang so much more loudly than she need have done. As recorded, the voices match well in terms of volume, and Netrebko's brightness seems reduced in wattage sufficiently to distribute the lighting more evenly. It's still not the voice of a Mimì (not warm enough) or a Lucia (not vulnerable) but the voice–character becomes better suited after these two, which as it happens are the opening numbers, though in the London recital there was no Donizetti and the Puccini was used for the finale.
It was then spoiled, as it is now, by the offstage notes at the end being sung in octaves and fortissimo instead of in harmony and pianissimo as marked. Also Mimì's 'Io t'amo' is marked con abbandono but not molto ritardando. Such changes vulgarise a finely calculated score which needs no additional underlining. There is, however, lovely singing by Villazón, who in the Lucia duet phrases his verse of 'Verrano a te' with a breadth matched by the grace of his beautifully lightened tone. The French excerpts go well, the Manon being particularly well characterised.
Netrebko is her best self in the Tchaikovsky duet. The voices are well recorded; the Dresden violins caught in rather harsh exposure of the overtones, which are not the things we most want to hear.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Hommage à Sevilla
Opera scenes directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Roberto Alagna - Tenor
Berlioz: | Prière: Te ergo quaesumus (Te Deum) Chœur & Orchestre de Paris, John Nelson | Bernstein: | Tonight (from West Side Story) Angela Gheorghiu (Maria) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong | Bizet: | Parle-moi de ma mère (from Carmen) Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson Je vais danser en votre honneur (from Carmen) Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Donizetti: | C’est moi Lucie (from Lucie de Lammermoor) Natalie Dessay (Lucie) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò Sur la tombe de mon père (Lucie de Lammermoor) Natalie Dessay (Lucie) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò Vers toi toujours s’envoler (from Lucie de Lammermoor) Natalie Dessay (Lucie) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò Tombes de mes aïeux (from Lucie de Lammermoor) Natalie Dessay (Lucie) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò | Gounod: | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson Va, je t’ai pardonné…Anges du ciel (from Roméo et Juliette) Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon) Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong Oui ce qu'elle m'ordonne... Lorsque l'enfant (from Werther) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)
Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)
Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano N’achevez pas, hélas (from Werther) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)
Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano | Offenbach: | Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Leontina Vaduva (Mimi) Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Leontina Vaduva (Mimi) Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano Ah! Franchiggia… O dolci mani mansuete e pure (from Tosca) Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano Ma come puoi lasciarmi (from La Rondine) Angela Gheorghiu (Magda) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Ecco la Casa...Torna ai felici di (from Le Villi) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Et incarnatus est London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano | Verdi: | Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora) & Enrico Facini (Ruiz) London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora) & Enrico Facini (Ruiz) London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Fontainebleau! Forêt immense et solitaire … (from Don Carlos) Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II) Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano Qui me rendra ce mort ? Ô funèbres abîmes (from Don Carlos) Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II) Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano Dieu, tu semas dans nos âmes (from Don Carlos) Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II) Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano Ingemisco (from Requiem) London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano |
The incomparable Roberto Alagna sings with some of the world’s greatest artists including Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson, Claudio Abbado, Richard Armstrong, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu and many more in this selection of his finest opera performances. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Berlin ConcertLive from the 'Waldbühne'
“The greatest voices of their day came together again on Friday evening. . . Domingo still works his magic . . . Netrebko symbolizes the combination of skill, charisma and naturalness . . . Villazón is the perfect masculine counterpart. . . Great opera needs protagonists like these” (Die Welt am Sonntag, Berlin) “For all the reek of marketing hype, there's a real sense of occasion, our greatest living tenor benignly crowning superstar successors who promise comparable art and intelligence.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2007 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony Orchestra
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Recorded in the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, September 1977 & Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco, April 1984 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“Bizet's score was posthumously mucked around with, and this 1977 recording was the first reliable edition. Fine singing from Cotrubas and Nadir.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2006 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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