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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Live recording from Opera de Wallonie, Liège, February 2011
Anna Maria Panzarella (Agnesina), Liesbeth Devos (Xunchia), Priscille Laplace (Kam-sì), Federica Carnevale (Zyda), Filippo Adami (Zon-zon), Alberto Rinaldi (Geminiano), Juri Gorodezki (Ly-lam) & Daniele Zanfardino (Si-sin) Opera Royal de Wallonie, Rinaldo Alessandrini (conductor) & Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera (director) This is the world première recording of Baldassarre Galuppi’s little known opera L’Inimico della Donna (The Enemy of Women). Staged by Stefano Mazzonis di Pralafera this production took place in February 2011 at the Opera de Wallonie, Liège. Alongside a host of expert soloists, the renowned Italian early music specialist Rinaldo Alessandrini conducts the Opera Royal de Wallonie Orchestra. Alessandrini is regarded as a foremost interpreter of early Italian opera and has won many prestigious awards for his previous recordings on other labels. Picture format: 16:9 Sound format: LPCM 2.0 / Dolby digital 5.1 Booklet notes: Ita / Eng / Fre / Ger Subtitles: Fre, Eng, Ger, Spa, Ita “Anna Maria Panzarella tops a fine cast, the staging is colourful and Alessandrini conducts with zest.” Classical Music, 25th February 2012 ***** “This eighteenth-century premonition of The Mikado is a delight...The cast is good, though there's only one star: Anna Maria Panzarella (Agnesina) does the tomboy thing terribly well and as she falls in love it's not just her costumes and the music which become more feminine, it's also her acting and singing...'L'inimico delle donne is very simply filmed...You really feel you are there. And it's where I want to be. A delight from start to finish.” International Record Review, January 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Teatro Malibran – La Fenice, October 2006
Scenes and Costumes: Francesco Zito Recorded at the Teatro Malibran of La Fenice in Venice as part of the celebrations of the third centenary of Galuppi’s birth, this sumptuous production is the first performance of L’Olimpiade in modern times, and a WORLD PREMIERE RECORDING Galuppi was considered the leading exponent of Venetian comic opera, if not its absolute creator, but it was not until recently that his non-comic operas have begun to receive serious attention. One of the lesser known renditions of Pietro Metastasio’s original 1733 libretti, this deeply emotional opera takes place in Olympia during the games and focuses on a love triangle between two best friends Megacle and Licida, and the object of their joint affection, Aristea. The Orchestra Barocca di Venezia, conducted by baroque expert Andrea Marcon, plays on original instruments from the 18th century. “If you think of Galuppi only as a master of comic opera, then the DVD of this serious work, first performed in Milan in 1748, will blow your mind. It is brilliant: the music is magnificently original and challenging; the singers are astonishingly accomplished; the orchestra is directed with great spirit and flexibility; and it has been excellently and appropriately recorded in the Malibran Theatre in Venice. The scenery, direction, and filming are restrained... but the fantastic music and the highly skilled performers carry the day.” BBC Music Magazine, July 2009 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Montserrat Caballe: Volume 1Teatro Real Madrid 1983
Montserrat Caballe gave this concert in Madrid in 1983. Accompanied by Miguel Zanetti on piano, she sang arias and songs by Vivaldi, Giordano, Galuppi, Gluck, Bellini and Ravel. Being as there is so little of Caballe available on DVD these two releases will delight every fan of this remarkable soprano. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Il Clavicembalo nel '700 della Serenissima Repubblica di VeneziaThe Harpsichord in the 18th Century of the Most Serene Republic of Venice
Michele Barchi (harpsichord) The Most Serene Republic of Venice was a unique example of fecundity in several arts: painting, sculpture, architectureand music. Vivaldi, Marcello, Platti, Galuppi and Pescettiproduced works that carried Italy to the very centre of themusical world of the 18th century. This DVD presents some ofthe masterpieces for harpsichord of these and otherless-known musicians like Turrini, Grazioli and Bertoni, inthe virtuosic interpretation of Michele Barchi, inspired bythe historical atmosphere, strongly evocative of a truly legendary period in European musical life. Bonus Presentation by Michele Barchi. Running time: 122 mins. | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | Michelangeli plays Beethoven
Recorded 1962, digitally restored and re-mastered.
PICTURE FORMAT: 4:3
LENGTH: 84 Mins
SOUND: LPCM MONO
SUBTITLES: N/A
“…Beethoven's last piano sonata, Op. 111 in C minor. It is an astonishing performance… The second movement, of increasingly sublime variations, is played with a detachment which paradoxically adds to its intensity - that is one of Michelangeli's secrets. it reaches a calm and ecstatic resolution which alone would make this disc worth buying.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2006 *** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Claudio Zancope IV, Vito Martino, Giovanna Donadini, Elena Belifore, Roberta Canzian Giulio Svegliado | | | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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