Giuseppe Verdi

(1813-1901)

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Renata Tebaldi - Voice of Gold

Puccini & Verdi Arias

Renata Tebaldi

Arias from
Aida
Turandot
Manon Lescaut
Adriana Lecouvreur
Otello
Lodoletta
Forza del Destino
Il Trovatore
La Traviata

“Inevitably set up as a rival to Callas, Tebaldi specialised in the lirico-spinto repertory that suited her creamy tone. Heard here at her best period, she shines in the verismo roles and the grander Verdi heroines.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2009 ****

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Verdi: Otello

Plácido Domingo (Otello), Kiri Te Kanawa (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Robin Leggate (Cassio), Ramon Remedios (Rodrigo), Mark Beesley (Lodovico), Roderick Earle (Montano), Claire Powell (Emilia)

The Royal Opera & The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Georg Solti

Recorded in 1992

Recorded live at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London on 23rd & 27th October 1992.

PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 145 Mins
SOUND: PCM 2.0
SUBTITLES: EN

“Sergei Leiferkus's dark Russian tone… suits Iago down to the ground. Kiri Te Kanawa's limpid tone makes her a near-ideal Desdemona… Plácido Domingo… is noble and heroic.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 *****

“At Covent Garden, Elijah Moshinsky's production insists heavily on its religious agenda: Christ crucified looms at the back, dominant as in the east window of a cathedral. In the film version (because the camera roams) it is more a suggestive presence, less a directional imposition. If the opening storm is prefigurative, the Byzantine Christ may have a valid place among the chaos of images that bewilders the eye in the first few minutes; and though initially it may seem that the film crew are finding it impossible to capture at once the detail and the overall picture of the complex stage action, the confusion makes its own point and of course resolves itself into reassuring single focus with Otello's entry. The boldness of pictorial imagination at work here can be appreciated by comparison with the conventional battery of stage lightning in Graham Vick's production at La Scala (filmed in 2001 and also with Domingo), where the chorus is simply a mass embodiment of terror and awe, unlike Moshinsky's where all are individuals with a task in hand and up against a real emergency.
We then look on, helpless, as order turns to chaos in the unfolding tragedy. Here again film probes the principal characters. Conventional operatic gestures and facial expressions will not do, and it is deeply impressive, and moving, to see how completely Domingo lives his role. Te Kanawa too shows herself alive to every suggestion of her music and words (it is utterly wrong to represent her here as bland or uncomprehending).
Leiferkus is a powerful embodiment of malign will, and, as with the others, his voice, sure in its bony-hard definition, is the perfect instrument of his character. As much again could now be written about Domingo's singing, and Te Kanawa's, and about Solti's conducting, but a video demands attention to the visual. Suffice to say that you can have the highest expectation and not be disappointed.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010

“The great work and the great performance; and, crucially, both gain from the filming. …is deeply impressive, and moving, to see how completely Domingo lives his role Te Kanawa too shows herself alive to every suggestion of her music and words.” Gramophone Magazine, August 2008

“Moshinsky's traditional Covent Garden production with lavish costumes and sets makes an ideal DVD with an almost unmatchable cast of principals.. Placido Domingo was at his peak as Otello, powerful and heroic, while Dame Kiri te Kanawa as Desdemona sings ravishingly” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition ****

“‘Pure gold from the top team… Here was an evening to cherish, one to go straight into the memory in firmest indelible ink… The combination of Domingo and Solti promised gold and delivered every ounce expected.” The Times

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Opus Arte Royal Opera House Collection - OAR3102D

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Romance

Bellini:	Casta Diva (from Norma)
Cano, J M:	Hijo de la luna
Catalani:	Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally)
Flotow:	Letzte Rose
Leoncavallo:	Musette svaria sulla bocca viva (from La Bohème)
Lloyd Webber, A:	Wishing you were somehow here again (from The Phantom of the Opera)
Puccini:	O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi)
Rodrigo:	En Aranjuez con tu amor
Saint-Saëns:	Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila)
Serrat:	Mediterráneo
trad.:	Cancion Andalusian
Vangelis:	Like a Dream
Vannelli:	A Rose in December
Verdi:	D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore)

Montserrat Caballé (soprano)

RCA - 88697276572

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The Art of Christa Ludwig

Christa Ludwig 80th Birthday Tribute

Bach, J S:	St John Passion, BWV245: Es ist vollbracht Recorded: 1961, Berlin-Grünewald, Grünewaldkirche Berliner Symphoniker, Karl Forster St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Erbarme dich Recorded: 3-4 January, 14-15 April, 10-12 May, 21, 25-26 November, 28 December 1961, Kingsway Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Bellini:	Sgombra è la sacra selva from Norma Recorded: 5-12 September 1960, Teatro all Scala, Milan Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Bizet:	L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) sung in German Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein
Brahms:	Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) Liebestreu, Op. 3 No. 1 Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) Der Schmied Op. 19/4 Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) Die Mainacht, Op. 43 No. 2 Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) Dein blaues Auge, (No. 8 from Acht Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 59) Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Von ewiger Liebe, Op. 43 No. 1 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Das Mädchen spricht, Op. 107 No. 3 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Heimweh, Op. 63 No. 8 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Mädchenlied, Op. 107 No. 5 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84 No. 4 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op. 96 No. 1 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Auf dem See (No. 2 from Acht Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 59) Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) In stiller Nacht (No. 42 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Schwesterlein, WoO posth. 37 No. 1 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 No. 2 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Ständchen, Op. 106 No. 1 Recorded: 31 March – 3 April 1969, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Two songs for contralto with viola obbligato, Op. 91 Recorded: November 1965 & March 1966, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) & Herbert Downes (viola) Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 Recorded: March 1962, Kingsway Hall, London Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Handel:	Es blaut die Nacht (Julius Caesar) Recorded: 19 March, 1962, Berlin-Grünewald, Grünewaldkirche Berliner Symphoniker, Horst Stein
Mahler:	Der Abschied (Das Lied von der Erde) Recorded: 19-22 February, 1964, Kingsway Hall, London & 7-8 November 1966, Abbey Road Studos, London Philharmonia Orchestra & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer Ich ging mit Lust (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Hans und Grete (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Frühlingsmorgen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Wo die schönen Trompeten blasen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Der Schildwache Nachtlied (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Um schlimme Kinder artig zu machen (Lieder und Gesänge aus der Jugendzeit) Ich atmet' einen linden Duft (Rückert-Lieder) Liebst Du um Schönheit (Rückert-Lieder) Um Mitternacht (Rückert-Lieder) Das irdische Leben (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Wer hat dies' Liedlein Erdacht? (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Lob des hohen Verstandes (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen (Rückert-Lieder) Rheinlegendchen (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Des Antonius von Padua Fischpredigt (Des Knaben Wunderhorn) Recorded: 3-5 May, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano)
Mozart:	In quali eccessi ... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrate (from Don Giovanni) Recorded: June/July 1966, Abbey Road Studios, London New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer E amore un ladroncello (from Così fan tutte) Recorded: September 1962, Kingsway Hall,, London Philharmonia Orchestra, Karl Böhm
Rachmaninov:	Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4 Recorded: November 1965 & March 1966, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Oh, my field, Op. 4 No. 5 Recorded: November 1965 & March 1966, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Ravel:	Trois chansons madécasses Recorded: November 1965 & March 1966, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Reger:	Der Brief, Op. 76, No. 8 Recorded: 29 November & 1 December, 1965, Bürgerbräu, Munich Gerald Moore (piano) Volkslied aus Franken – Waldeinsamkeit, Op. 76, No. 3 Recorded: 29 November & 1 December, 1965, Bürgerbräu, Munich Gerald Moore (piano)
Rossini:	La regata veneziana Recorded: 29 November & 1 December, 1965, Munich Bürgerbräu Gerald Moore (piano)
Saint-Saëns:	Une flûte invisible Recorded: November 1965 & March 1966, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Schubert:	Die Allmacht, D852 Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) Fischerweise, D881 (Schlechta) Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) An die Musik D547 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe) Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Ganymed, D544 (Goethe) Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Auf dem Wasser zu singen, D774 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Ave Maria, D839 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Die Forelle, D550 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Gretchen am Spinnrade, D118 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Frühlingsglaube, D686 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Der Tod und das Mädchen, D531 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Lachen und Weinen, D777 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Litanei auf das Fest Allerseelen, D343 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Erlkönig, D328 Recorded: 28-30 November, 1961, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano) Der Hirt auf dem Felsen, D965 (Von Chezy / Muller) Recorded: 8 November, 1965, Abbey Road Studios, London Geoffrey Parsons (piano)
Schumann:	Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42 Recorded: 3, 4, 6 May & 25 June, 1959, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano)
Strauss, R:	Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3 Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) Allerseelen, Op. 10 No. 8 Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 No. 5 Recorded: 29 November & 1 December, 1965, Bürgerbräu, Munich Gerald Moore (piano) Der Rosenkavalier, Act 3 – conclusion Recorded: 10-15 & 17-22 December 1956, Kingsway Hall,, London Teresa Stich-Randall, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Eberhard Wächter Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
Verdi:	Quid sum miser (from Requiem) Recorded: 16-21, 23-27 September 1963 & 7 April 1964, Kingsway Hall, London Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini Liber scriptus (from Requiem) Recordare (from Requiem)
Wagner:	Wesendonck-Lieder (5) orch. Mottl Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) Recorded: 21-23 March 1962, Kingsway Hall, London Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Wolf, H:	Gesang Weylas (No. 46 from Mörike-Lieder) Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano) Auf einer Wanderung (No. 15 from Mörike-Lieder) Recorded: 11, 13, 14, 17 & 20 November, 1957, Abbey Road Studios, London Gerald Moore (piano)

Christa Ludwig (mezzo)

“Her voice took naturally to the microphone, so this four-disc set is another source of infinite musical pleasure to be snapped up quickly before it disappears.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition

EMI - 5176082

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Verdi: Un ballo in maschera

Luciano Pavarotti (Riccardo, Katia Ricciarelli (Amelia), Judith Blegen (Oscar), Bianca Berini (Ulrica) and Louis Quilico (Renato)

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus, Giuseppe Patane

Classic, all-star performance of one of the great Verdi operas, featuring Pavarotti in one of his most celebrated roles. Available for the first time on DVD, the complete opera of the classic 1980 production by Elijah Moshinsky of Verdi's Un ballo in maschera, filmed live from the Metropolitan Opera. This was an eye-catching and thought-provkoing production. Moshinsky staged the action in pre-revolutionary 1774 Boston.

“…a valuable record and a highly enjoyable one, in Elijah Moshinsky's clean-cut production… Pavarotti, in golden voice and intense presence, is well matched by Louis Quilico's rich-voiced, mordant Renato and Katia Ricciarelli's deeply felt if occasionally strained Amelia, not to mention Judith Blegen's sparkling Oscar.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 *****

“Pavarotti [is] at his very finest, both as singer and actor...Patane conducts throughout with flair and Brian Large's video direction could hardly be bettered.” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition ****

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Verdi: La Traviata

Renata Scotto (Violetta), Alfredo Kraus (Alfredo), Renato Bruson (Giorgio Germont), Sarah Walker (Flora), Cynthia Buchan (Annina), Richard Van Allan (Marchese d'Obigny), Henry Newman (Barone Douphol)

Philharmonia Orchestra & Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Riccardo Muti

Studio recording, 1980

“Muti's dedication to the letter of the score pays dividends in the dynamism of this performance.” BBC Music Magazine, June 2008 *****

“Muti had no concern for tradition...but the result is dazzling...Overall, it is an intensely compelling account...Scotto and Kraus have long been among the most sensitive and perceptive interpreters of these roles, and so they are here” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **/***

EMI Great Recordings of the Century - 5096942

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Verdi: Otello

Mario del Monaco (Otello), Aldo Protti (Iago), Renata Tebaldi (Desdemona), Nello Romanato (Cassio), Athos Cesarini (Rodrigo), Fernando Corena (Lodovico), Tom Krause (Montano), Ana Raquel Satra (Emilia)

Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Studio recording, 1961

“del Monaco is hardly a subtle Otello, but his voice is gloriously heroic, and this is one of his finest collaborations with Renata Tebaldi on disc. There is much to enjoy in the conducting of Karajan” Penguin Guide, 2010 edition **/***

Decca - Originals - 4759984

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The Essential Montserrat Caballé

Bellini:	Oh! s'io potessi dissipar le nubi (from Il Pirata) Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) Casta Diva (from Norma)
Cilea:	Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur)
Donizetti:	Tranquillo ei posa...Com'e bello (from Lucrezia Borgia) Eccomi sola alfine (from Gemma di Vergy)
Leoncavallo:	Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.... Hui! Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci)
Puccini:	Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème)
Rossini:	Serbami ognor (from Semiramide) Alle più calde immagini (from Semiramide)
Strauss, R:	Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (from Salome)
Verdi:	Libera me (from Requiem) È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Follie!…follie…delirio vano è questo… (from La traviata) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Teneste la promessa...Addio, del passato (from La Traviata) No, mi lasciate...Tu al cui sguardo onnipossente (from I due Foscari) Che mi rechi?... La clemenza! (from I due Foscari) Ciel, ch'io respiri! (from Aroldo) Caro nome (from Rigoletto)
Wagner:	Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde)

Montserrat Caballé (soprano)

Sony Essential Classics - 88697214402

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100 Best Karajan

100th Anniversary Collection

CD 1: KARAJAN CONDUCTS MOZART

Eine kleine Nachtmusik (Serenade in G, K525)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299 − II. Andantino (extract)

James Galway (flute) • Fritz Helmis (harp)

Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

‘Sleigh Ride’ German Dance K605 No.3

Berliner Philharmoniker

Clarinet Concerto in A K622 – II. Adagio

Bernard Walton clarinet

Philharmonia Orchestra (Mono)

Horn Concerto No.4 in E flat K495 – III. Rondo (Allegro vivace)

Dennis Brain horn

Philharmonia Orchestra (Mono)

Die Zauberflöte

- Overture

- Der Vogelfänger bin ich ja (Act I)

- Der Hölle Rache (Act II

Erich Kunz baritone • Wilma Lipp soprano

Wiener Philharmoniker (Mono)

Così fan tutte

- Soave sia il vento (Act I)

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano • Nan Merriman mezzo-soprano

Sesto Bruscantini bass

Wiener Philharmoniker (Mono)

Ave verum corpus K618

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Wien

Philharmonia Orchestra (Mono)

Symphony No.29 in A K201 − I. Allegro moderato (extract)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Oboe Concerto in B flat K314 − III. Rondo (Allegretto)

Lothar Koch oboe

Berliner Philharmoniker

Symphony No.40 in G minor K550 − I. Molto allegro

Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 2: THE GREAT CONCERTOS

Vivaldi: Le quattro stagioni

Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

Wiener Philharmoniker

Hummel: Trumpet Concerto in E flat (ed. Oubradous) – III: Rondo (Allegro molto)

Maurice André trumpet

Berliner Philharmoniker

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.1 in C Op.15 - II. Largo (opening)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.2 in B flat Op.19 - III. Rondo (Molto allegro)

Alexis Weissenberg (piano)

Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

Beethoven: Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin & Cello in C Op.56 - II. Largo

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

David Oistrakh (violin) • Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.4 in G Op.58

- II. Andante con moto

- III. Rondo (Vivace) (extract)

Alexis Weissenberg piano

Berliner Philharmoniker

Beethoven: Piano Concerto No.5 in E flat ‘Emperor’ Op.73

- II. Adagio un poco mosso (conclusion)

- III: Rondo (Allegro) (extract)

Alexis Weissenberg piano

Berliner Philharmoniker

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor Op.23 - I. Allegro non troppo e molto maestoso (opening)

Alexis Weissenberg piano

Orchestre de Paris

Richard Strauss: Don Quixote Op.35 − 2 Theme

Mstislav Rostropovich cello

Berliner Phiolharmoniker

Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor Op.18 - II. Adagio sostenuto (opening)

Alexis Weissenberg piano

Berliner Philharmoniker

Brahms: Violin Concerto in D Op.77 - III. Allegro giocoso, ma non troppo vivace (cadenza Kreisler)

Gidon Kremer violin

Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 3: THE GREAT SYMPHONIES

Beethoven: Symphony No.5 in C minor Op.67 – I. Allegro con brio

Philharmonia Orchestra (Mono)

Beethoven: Symphony No.6 in F ‘Pastoral’ Op.68 - V. Allegretto (Shepherds’ Hymn after the Storm)

Philharmonia Orchestra (Mono)

Beethoven: Symphony No.7 in A Op.92

- II. Allegretto (opening)

- IV. Allegro con brio

Philharmonia Orchestra (Mono)

Beethoven: Symphony No.8 in F Op.93

- II: Allegretto scherzando

- IV: Allegro vivace (conclusion)

Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan

Beethoven: Symphony No.9 in D minor ‘Choral’ Op.125 - IV. Ode to Joy

Elisabeth Schwarzkopf soprano • Marga Höffgen contralto

Ernst Haefliger tenor • Otto Edelmann bass

Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde, Wien

Philharmonia Orchestra (Mono)

Haydn: Symphony No.104 in D ‘London’ −III. Menuetto (Allegro) & Trio 4.25

Berliner Philharmoniker

Schubert: Symphony No.8 in B minor ‘Unfinished’ D759 - I. Allegro moderato (opening)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Dvorak: Symphony No.9 ‘From the New World’ – II. Largo (opening)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.5 in E minor Op.64 - III. Valse (Allegro moderato)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Tchaikovsky: Symphony No.6 in B minor Op.74 - I. Adagio − Allegro non troppo (extract)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Sibelius: Symphony No.5 in E flat Op.82 - III. Allegro molto – Largamente assai

Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 4: POPULAR ORCHESTRAL PIECES

Handel: Water Music Suite (arr. Hamilton Harty) – V. Allegro deciso

Berliner Philharmoniker

Johann Strauss II: Unter Donner und Blitz – Polka

Philharmonia Orchestra

Johann Strauss II: An der schönen blauen Donau Walzer, Op.314 (extract)

Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan

Johann Strauss I: Radetzky March

Philharmonia Orchestra

Waldteufel: Skaters’ Waltz

Philharmonia Orchestra

Berlioz: Marche hongroise (La Damnation de Faust)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Chabrier: España

Chabrier: Marche joyeuse

Philharmonia Orchestra

Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch – Polka

Berliner Philharmoniker

Smetana: The Moldau (opening)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Sibelius: Valse triste

Berliner Philharmoniker

Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op.11

- I. Intermezzo

- III. Alla marcia

Berliner Philharmoniker

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra -- IV Intermezzo interrotto (Allegretto)

Berliner Philharmoniker

Respighi: The Pines of Rome

- I. The Pines of the Villa Borghese

- IV. The Pines of the Via Appia

CD 5: KARAJAN IN THE THEATRE

Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia – Overture

Philharmonia Orchestra

Gounod: Faust Ballet Music – Les Nubiennes

Berliner Philharmoniker

Bizet: L’Arlésienne Suite No.2 -- Farandole

Berliner Philharmoniker

Bizet: Carmen

- Prelude to Act I

- Entr’acte to Act II

- Entr’acte to Act III

- Entr’acte to Act IV

Philharmonia Orchestra

Massenet: Thaïs − Meditation

Anne-Sophie Mutter violin

Berliner Philharmoniker

Offenbach: Orphée aux enfers – Overture

Philharmonia Orchestra

Offenbach: Les Contes d’Hoffmann − Barcarolle

Philharmonia Orchestra

Puccini: Manon Lescaut – Intermezzo

Berliner Philharmoniker

Borodin: Prince Igor

- Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (Act II)

- Polovtsian Dances (Act II) (opening)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

- Scene (Act II)

- Dance of the Little Swans (Act II)

- Hungarian Dance (Czardas) (Act III)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty

- Valse (Act I)

- Rose Adagio (Act I)

Philharmonia Orchestra

Weinberger: Schwanda the Bagpiper − Polka

Philharmonia Orchestra

Wagner: Lohengrin – Prelude to Act III

Berliner Philharmoniker

CD 6: VOCAL MUSIC

Verdi: Otello

- Una vela! Una vela!...Esultate! (Act I)

- Ave Maria (Act IV)

Mirella Freni soprano

Jon Vickers, Aldo Bottion & Michel Sénéchal tenors

Peter Glossop baritone • Mario Machi bass

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin • Berliner Philharmoniker

Verdi: Don Carlo

- Dio, che nell’alma infondere (Act I)

- Nei giardin del bello (Act II)

José Carreras tenor • Piero Cappuccilli baritone • José Van Dam bass

Agnes Baltsa mezzo-soprano • Edita Gruberova soprano

Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin • Berliner Philharmoniker

Verdi: Il trovatore

- Vedi le fosche notturne spoglie (Anvil Chorus) (Act II, Scene 1)

Chor der Deutsche Oper Berlin • Berliner Philharmoniker

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José van Dam & Karl Ridderbusch basses

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- Crucifixus

- Et resurrexit

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Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor - d’amaro pianto (Act III)

Maria Callas soprano

RIAS Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin (Mono)

Recorded live at the Städtische Oper, Berlin

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- Triumphal March (Act II Scene 2)

- Ballet Music (Act II Scene 2)

- Vieni, o guerriero vindice (Act II Scene 2)

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Herbert von Karajan

Herbert von Karajan, one of the 20th century's greatest musicians, is not only the world's best-selling conductor, but also one of EMI Classics bestselling artists of all time.

He was very closely associated with EMI Classics and recorded with them from 1946-1984 - a partnership that produced nearly 160 CDs worth of music and over 1,000 hours of recorded music.

EMI - The Karajan Collection 100 Best - 5157662

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Natalie Dessay - Italian Opera Arias (Standard Version)

Bellini:

O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani)

Franck Ferrari (Riccardo) & Matthew Rose (Giorgio)

Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi)

Donizetti:

Allenta il piè, Regina (from Maria Stuarda)

O nube! Che lieve per l'aria ti aggiri (from Maria Stuarda)

Nella pace del mesto riposo (from Maria Stuarda)

Karine Deshayes (Anna)

Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Ardon gli incensi (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

S’avanza Enrico (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor)

Franck Ferrari (Enrico), Matthew Rose (Raimondo) & Wolfgang Klose (Normanno)

Verdi:

È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata)

Follie!…follie…delirio vano è questo… (from La traviata)

Natalie Dessay (Soprano), Sascha Reckert (glass harmonica)

Concerto Köln & Europäischer Kammerchor, Evelino Pidò

Standard Version

“Ms. Dessay treats opera like a form of theatre in which acting and singing are one” The Times

“This selection of scenes and arias, all very familiar items, is distinguished by the imaginative accompaniments under Evelino Pidò. …here we have one of the great opera personalities of our time - it's a lovely voice, used with a formidable technique.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008

“Violetta's aria at the end of Act I of La traviata demands the impossible. A lyric voice for 'Ah forse è lui' and then weight and depth and cascading coloratura in 'Sempre libera'. Natalie Dessay has it all… The Mad Scenes from I puritani and Lucia di Lammermoor are just as impressive.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 *****

BBC Music Magazine

Opera Choice - February 2008

Virgin - 3952432

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