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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Juan Diego Flórez - The Tenor
“The sheer technical accomplishment of his singing is astounding, but it’s the way that he finesses this music with the delicacy of a true tenore di grazia that make his performances truly memorable. In the history of Rossini singing on record, these accounts stand comparison with any. If you're still uncertain whether contemporary vocal standards are as high as they were, listen to this.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2007 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Live from Teatro alla Scala di Milano 1985
Recording Date: 1985
Place of recording: Live from the Teatro alla Scala di Milano
Running Time: 160 min + Documentary 78 min
Picture Format: 4:3
Sound Format: PCM Stereo
Menu Languages NTSC: D, F, GB, I, SP
Subtitle Languages NTSC: D, F, GB, SP
“La Scala is perhaps the world's Aida theatre par excellence - stage, auditorium and acoustics all conspire to do justice to its every aspect. The work had not been given there for ten years and so, for this return, all the stops were pulled out.” Financial Times, 1985 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| | ![Requiem[s]](http://i.prs.to/t_200/naivev5058.jpg) | Requiem[s]
Berlioz: | Grande Messe des Morts, Op. 5 (Requiem) - Sanctus Michael Schade Toronto Mendelssohn Choir & Elora Festival Orchestra, Noel Edison | Biber: | Requiem ex F con terza minore: Sanctus Arsys Bourgogne, Pierre Cao | Brahms: | Denn alles Fleisch (from Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45) Brigitte Engerer & Boris Berezovsky Accentus, Laurence Equilbey | Caurroy: | Requiem des Rois de France: Agnus Dei Doulce Mémoire Denis Raisin Dadre | Cherubini: | Requiem: Pie Jesu Chorus Musicus Köln & Das neue Orchester, Christoph Spering | Duruflé: | Requiem, Op. 9: Sanctus Ensemble Vocal Michel Piquemal & Orchestre de la Cité, Michel Piquemal | Dusapin: | Dona eis Introit Accentus & Ars Nova, Laurence Equilbey | Dvorak: | Requiem, Op. 89: Dies Irae Chœur et Orchestre Philharmonique Tchèque, Wolfgang Sawallisch | Fauré: | Requiem: Pie Jesu Lisa Beckley Schola Cantorum of Oxford & Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly Requiem: Sanctus Lisa Beckley Schola Cantorum of Oxford & Oxford Camerata, Jeremy Summerly | Hasse, J A: | Requiem: Agnus Dei Greta De Reyghere & Susanna Moncayo von Hase Il Fondamento, Paul Dombrecht | Mozart: | Introitus from Requiem Iride Martinez Chorus Musicus Köln & Das neue Orcheste, Christoph Spering Requiem in D minor, K626 - Lacrimosa Iride Martinez Chorus Musicus Köln & Das neue Orcheste, Christoph Spering | Ravel: | Deux mélodies hébraïques: Kaddisch Sumi Jo Gürzenisch-Orchester Kölner Philharmoniker, James Conlon | Saint-Saëns: | Requiem, Op. 54: Agnus Dei Orchestre national d’Ile de France, Jacques Mercier | Verdi: | Dies Irae (from Requiem) Chœur et Orchestre de l’Opéra d’Etat de Hongrie, Pier Giorgio Morandi |
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| |  | an opera in four actsStage Director: Willy Decker
José Cura (Otello), Krassimira Stoyanova (Desdemona), Lado Ataneli (Iago), Vittorio Grigolo (Cassio), Ketevan Kemoklidze (Emilia), Vicenç Esteve Madrid (Rodrigo), Giorgio Giuseppini (Lodovico), Francisco Santiago (Montano), Roberto Accurso (Un Araldo) Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Antoni Ros-Marbà Recorded live at the Gran teatre del Liceu, Barcelona in February 2006.
PICTURE FORMAT: 16:9
LENGTH: 151 Mins
SOUND: DTS SURROUND / LPCM STEREO
SUBTITLES: EN/FR/DE/ES/IT/CA
“…José Cura… sings and acts here with an inwardness and intensity which make a profound impression. So does Krassimira Stoyanova as Desdemona, not in the first flush of youth, but heartfelt and direct; while Lado Ataneli's Jago is a brilliantly understated study in jovial malevolence. With strong conducting from Antoni Ros-Marbà, the whole cast collaborate to give us the truth of this desperately upsetting work, as no other DVD and few live performances I've seen of it ever have.” BBC Music Magazine, April 2007 **** “Verdi’s wise, passionate score was served with precision, gusto and a keen ear for drama by maestro Antoni Ros-Marbà and the solid, malleable Liceu orchestra” Opera News | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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““How beautifully she caressed the phrases [in the final duet] starting “Vedi? di morte l’angelo”, touching gently the notes marked staccato, ravishing the ear with the downward portamento from the high B-flat” Opera “This is arguably the finest commercial recording of an opera that Maria Callas ever made...[Gobbi and Callas's duet] has never been matched...Barbieri is an impressive Amneris. The mono sound is clean and generally well balanced in Mark Obert-Thorn's excellent transfer” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition *** | | | (also available to download from $16.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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Recorded in 1955 “[Callas's] command in her big aria, Caro nome, is complete, yet the set is even more remarkable for the magnificent assumption of the title-role by Tito Gobbi, dark, intense and deeply moving...[di Stefano is] also at his peak...there is full-bodied sound in Mark Obert-Thorn's Naxos transfer which is first-rate” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **** | | | (also available to download from $16.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Famous Arias and Duets
Bellini: | O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) Luba Orgonasova (soprano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Will Humburg | Bizet: | Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Janez Lotric (tenor), Igor Morozov (baritone) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Wildner | Delibes: | Les filles de Cadix Ana Maria Martinez (soprano) Prague Philharmonia, Steven Mercurio | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) Lila Larinova (soprano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Johannes Wildner | Gounod: | Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Ana Maria Martinez (soprano) Prague Philharmonia, Steven Mercurio | Mozart: | La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) recorded in the Mozart Hall of the Konzerthaus, Vienna, 9-13 February 1990 Andrea Martin (baritone), Donna Robin (soprano) Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Konrad Leitner Crudel! perché finora farmi languir così? (from Le nozze di Figaro) recorded in the Mozart Hall of the Konzerthaus, Vienna, 9-13 February 1990 Andrea Martin (baritone), Donna Robin (soprano) Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Konrad Leitner Pa-pa-pa-pa-Papagena (from Die Zauberflöte) recorded in the Mozart Hall of the Konzerthaus, Vienna, 9-13 February 1990 Andrea Martin (baritone), Donna Robin (soprano) Vienna Mozart Orchestra, Konrad Leitner | Puccini: | Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Luba Orgonasova (soprano), Jonathan Welch (tenor) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Will Humburg Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Miriam Gauci (soprano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari In un Coupe?...O Mimi, tu piu non torni (from La Bohème) Fabio Previati (baritone) Slovak Philharmonic Choir Mimi! Sperato di trovarvi qui (from La bohème) Fabio Previati (baritone) Slovak Philharmonic Choir O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Ana Maria Martinez (soprano) Prague Philharmonia, Steven Mercurio Mario! Mario! Mario! ...Son qui! ... Mia gelosa! (from Tosca) Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Giorgio Lamberti (tenor), Nelly Miricioiu (soprano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari | Verdi: | Un dì felice, eterea (from La traviata) Yordy Ramiro (tenor), Monika Krause (soprano) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Alexander Rahbari Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Miriam Gauci (soprano) Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari |
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| |  | Best of Opera II
Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Graciela Alperyn (mezzo-soprano) Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) Miriam Gauci (soprano) Belgian Radio and Television Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Vincenzo La Scola (tenor) Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Pier Giorgio Morandi | Leoncavallo: | Andiam...Din, Don, suona il vespero (from I Pagliacci) Slovak Philharmonic Choir, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari | Massenet: | Meditation (from Thaïs) Janos Selmeczi (violin) Camerata Transsylvanica, Gyorgy Selmeczi | Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture Capella Istropolitana, Barry Wordsworth Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (from Die Zauberflöte) Georg Tichy (baritone) Failoni Orchestra, Budapest, Michael Halasz Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) Herbert Lippert (tenor) | Ponchielli: | Dance of the Hours (from La Gioconda) Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Ondrej Lenard | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Jonathan Welch (tenor) Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Will Humburg Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Nelly Miricioiu (soprano) Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari | Rossini: | Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Roberto Servile (baritone) Failoni Orchestra, Budapest, Will Humburg Nacqui all'affanno, al pianto...Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola) Ewa Podles (contralto) Hungarian State Opera Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Pier Giorgio Morandi | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Yordy Ramiro (tenor) Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Maria Dragoni (soprano) Ireland National Symphony Orchestra, Ricco Saccani Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Maurizio Frusoni (tenor) Budapest Festival Chorus, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Will Humburg Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida) Slovak Philharmonic Chorus, Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Dohnanyi |
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Capella Istropolitana, Zagreb Festival Orchestra, Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Austrian Radio Symphony Orchestra, ORF Symphony Orchestra, Czecho-Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, Michael Halasz, Pier Giorgio Morandi, Pinchas Steinberg, Alfred Walter | |
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