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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Essential Verdi40 of his Greatest Masterpieces
Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) La Forza del Destino: Sinfonia Un dì felice, eterea (from La traviata) Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) La traviata: Prelude to Act 1 Caro nome (from Rigoletto) O don fatale (from Don Carlo) Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Celeste Aida (from Aida) Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) Morrò, ma prima in grazia (from Un Ballo in Maschera) Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller) Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida) Dies Irae (from Requiem) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Questa o quella (from Rigoletto) Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Ave Maria (from Otello) Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth) Squilli, echeggi la tromba (from Il Trovatore) O Carlo, ascolta (from Don Carlo) Ingemisco (from Requiem) Come in quest'ora bruna (from Simon Boccanegra) Si colmi il calice di vino eletto (from Macbeth) O patria mia (from Aida) La mia letizia infondere (from I Lombardi) Lo sguardo avea degli angeli (from I Masnadieri) Solenne in quest'ora (from La Forza del Destino) Patria oppressa (from Macbeth) Tacea la notte (from Il Trovatore) Ah sì, ch'io senta ancora … Dal più remoto esilio (from I Due Foscari) Spuntato ecco il di d'esultanza (from Don Carlo) |
Joan Sutherland, Kiri te Kanawa, Renee Fleming, Angela Gheorghiu, Montserrat Caballé, Leontyne Price, Jussi Björling, Carlo Bergonzi Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsopernchor, Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Kirov Orchestra, St Petersburg, Bernard Haitink, Sir Georg Solti, Gabriele Santini, Riccardo Chailly, Richard Bonynge, Sir Colin Davis, Sir John Pritchard, Lamberto Gardelli | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Tribute to Giuseppe Verdi
Verdi: | Ben io t'invenni … Anch'io dischiuso … Salgo già (from Nabucco) Anita Cerquetti (soprano) O de ver'anni miei (from Ernani) Carlo Tagliabue (baritone) Una macchia è qui tutt'ora (from Macbeth) Margherita Grandi (soprano) Perfidi!…Pietà, rispetto, amore (from Macbeth) Leonard Warren (baritone) Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller) Giacinto Prandelli (tenor) Pari siamo! (from Rigoletto) Tito Gobbi (baritone) Parmi veder le lagrime (from Rigoletto) Alfredo Kraus (tenor) Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Jan Peerce (tenor), Erna Berger (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Leonard Warren (baritone) Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Fedora Barbieri (mezzo) Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) Carlo Bergonzi (tenor) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Aureliano Pertile (tenor) Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata) Maria Callas (soprano) Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Amelia Galli Curci (soprano) and Tito Schipa (tenor) Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) Joan Sutherland (soprano) Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo! (from Simon Boccanegra) Lawrence Tibbett (baritone) Re dell’abisso affretati (Un ballo in maschera) Giulietto Simionato (mezzo) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor) La Vergine degli Angeli (from La Forza del Destino) Rosa Ponselle (soprano) and Ezio Pinza (bass O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) Franco Corelli (tenor) Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) Jussi Bjorling (tenor) and Robert Merrill (baritone) Ella giammai m'amò (from Don Carlo) Cesare Siepi (bass) O don fatale (from Don Carlo) Ebe Stignani (mezzo) Celeste Aida (from Aida) Mario del Monaco (tenor) O patria mia (from Aida) Zinka Milanov (soprano) Si, pel ciel (from Otello) Enrico Caruso (tenor), Titta Ruffo (baritone) Dio, mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali (from Otello) Lauritz Melchior (tenor) Ave Maria (from Otello) Renata Tebaldi (soprano) L'onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff) Giuseppe Taddei (baritone) |
To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Giuseppe Verdi, Preiser Records is delighted to offer this 2 CD digipack at a special price. A Tribute to GIUSEPPE VERDI features iconic recordings of his most famous works and recordings from various labels over the period 1914-1962. A true collectors’ edition. | 
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| |  | Berlin Opera NightRecorded live at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2011
Major stars of the international opera stage come together with the Chor und Orchester of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, under the internationally acclaimed conductor Donald Runnicles, in this opera gala in aid of the German AIDS Foundation. Highlights from operas by Rossini, Verdi, Meyerbeer, Wagner, Delibes, Sartori are performed by world-class musicians from around the globe. Heading the star-studded line-up were established artists of the calibre of Adrianne Pieczonka, Vivica Genaux and Simone Kermes, while the younger generation is represented by tenors Francesco Demuro, Antonio Poli and Teodor Illincai, as well as the exciting soprano Kristin Lewis and mezzo-soprano Anna Smirnova. The result was truly an evening to remember. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Runnning time: 75 mins “Familiar pieces variably sung, but enjoyable” BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 *** |
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| |  | Margareta Hallin: The Early Recordings (1955-1960)
Margareta Hallin (soprano), Stig Westerberg (piano) Stockholm Royal Opera Orchestra , Swedish Radio Orchestra, Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra, Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Arthur Rother, Fausto Cleva, Nils Grevillius, Herbert Sandberg, Stig Westerberg, Sixten Ehrling | |
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| |  | Anita Cerquetti: A Vocal Portrait
Anita Cerquetti (soprano) Cerquetti became well-known in the mid-fifties and “inherited” roles that Maria Callas had abandoned such as Abigaille, Gioconda and Aida. Her singing career was short and she only made two commercial recordings. This collection includes a recital of arias recorded in 1957, excerpts from La Giaconda, recorded in the same year and some RAI broadcasts dating from 1955 and 1956. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Giannina Arangi Lombardi II
Giannina Arangi Lombardi (soprano) Arangi-Lombardi was underestimated during her lifetime and was a belcanto specialist. She valued exquisite vocal artistry, musical phrasing and rich tonal shading much more than outward effects. Unfortunately, Vol. I of her collection on Preiser is out of print. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Lola Artôt de Padilla
Bizet: | Parle-moi de ma mère (from Carmen) | Humperdinck: | Ach, ich bin allein (Königskinder) Bin ein lustiger Jägersmann (from Königskinder) Sieh her, ob mir Hunger die Glinder entziert (Königskinder) | Leoncavallo: | Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci) | Mozart: | Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from Le nozze di Figaro) Sung in German Voi che sapete (from Le nozze di Figaro) Sung in German Batti, batti, o bel Masetto (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German Vedrai, carino (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German Crudel! perché finora farmi languir così? (from Le nozze di Figaro) Sung in German Ach, ich fühl's (from Die Zauberflöte, K620) | Puccini: | Tu? Tu? Piccolo iddio (from Madama Butterfly) Sung in German Che tua madre dovrà prenderti in braccio (from Madama Butterfly) Sung in German Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Sung in German O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Mignon - Excerpts Sung in German | Verdi: | O patria mia (from Aida) Sung in German D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Sung in German Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Sung in German Un dì felice, eterea (from La traviata) Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) |
Lola Artôt de Padilla (soprano) with Bella Alten & Luise Perard-Petzl Although she was born near Paris in 1876, her career had closer ties to Germany than to France. Her debut was in Wiesbaden as Mignon in 1902 and she moved to Berlin in 1905. She sang many roles at the Staatsoper including Carmen, Violetta and Mignon and retired from the stage in 1927. She later made guest appearances in Holland, Scandinavia and several German opera houses. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Great Singers - Rosa PonselleAmerican Recordings 1923-1929, Volume 3
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| |  | Gitta-Maria Sjoberg Sings Verdi & Puccini Arias
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| |  | Verdi - Arias
“Zinka Milanov as Aida…turned phrases so eloquently that they became not merely acceptable musical phrases, but heart- storming expressions of emotion” Cecil Smith reporting on Milanov’s debut in Chicago, 1940. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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