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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Happy New YearDie Operettengala aus Dresden (The Operetta Gala from Dresden)
Thielemann’s annual Operetta Gala is THE New Year’s tradition in the making, presenting the sparkling treasures of the popular operetta repertoire – magnificent, familiar music and great artists, a colourful, festive atmosphere, and the most elegant of historic German venues. A unique occasion, and a unique product offering - welcome 2013 in effervescent style with Christian Thielemann, the Staatskapelle Dresden, vibrant dancers, and a pair of dashing star soloists – Ingeborg Schöpf and Piotr Beczala. Recorded in Dresden’s magnificent Semperoper, the concert will be broadcast LIVE on television on 30 December 2012, and seen by a 1.75-million-plus audience on ZDF, as well as being carried to a potential six-figure audience via key European and Asian satellite affiliates. Features operetta hits and favourites from Countess Mariza, The Gypsy Princess, Kaiserin Josephine, The Duchess of Chicago and many more | 
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| | | Happy New Year 2012Die Operettengala aus Dresden (The Operetta Gala from Dresden)
Thielemann’s annual Operetta Gala is THE New Year’s tradition in the making, presenting the sparkling treasures of the popular operetta repertoire – magnificent, familiar music and great artists, a colourful, festive atmosphere, and the most elegant of historic German venues. A unique occasion, and a unique product offering - welcome 2013 in effervescent style with Christian Thielemann, the Staatskapelle Dresden, vibrant dancers, and a pair of dashing star soloists – Ingeborg Schöpf and Piotr Beczala. Recorded in Dresden’s magnificent Semperoper, the concert was broadcast LIVE on television on 30 December 2012, and seen by a 1.75-million-plus audience on ZDF, as well as being carried to a potential six-figure audience via key European and Asian satellite affiliates. Features operetta hits and favourites from Countess Mariza, The Gypsy Princess, Kaiserin Josephine, The Duchess of Chicago and many more |
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| |  | Happy New YearDie Operettengala aus Dresden (The Operetta Gala from Dresden)
CD & DVD Thielemann’s annual Operetta Gala is THE New Year’s tradition in the making, presenting the sparkling treasures of the popular operetta repertoire – magnificent, familiar music and great artists, a colourful, festive atmosphere, and the most elegant of historic German venues. A unique occasion, and a unique product offering - welcome 2013 in effervescent style with Christian Thielemann, the Staatskapelle Dresden, vibrant dancers, and a pair of dashing star soloists – Diana Damrau and Piotr Beczala. Recorded in Dresden’s magnificent Semperoper, the concert will be broadcast LIVE on television on 30 December 2012, and seen by a 1.75-million-plus audience on ZDF, as well as being carried to a potential six-figure audience via key European and Asian satellite affiliates. Features operetta hits and favourites from Countess Mariza, The Gypsy Princess, Kaiserin Josephine, The Duchess of Chicago and many more |
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| |  | Rudolf Schock Edition Vol. 2: Operetta
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| |  | Heart's Delight: The Songs of Richard Tauber
Bohm, C: | Still as the Night | Grieg: | Ich liebe Dich, Op. 5 No. 3 | Kalman: | Komm, Zigány! [Countess Mariza] Wenn es Abendd … Grüß mir mein Wien (from Gräfin Mariza) | Lehár: | Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) Lippen schweigen (from Die Lustige Witwe) with Anna Netrebko Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini) Freunde, das Leben ist lebenswert (from Giuditta) with Berlin Comedian Harmonists Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) | Romberg, S: | Serenade (from The Student Prince) with Berlin Comedian Harmonists | Rotter: | Ich küsse Ihre Hand, Madame | Siecynski: | Wien, du Stadt meiner Traüm | Stolz, R: | Das Lied ist aus (The Song is Over) O mia bella Napoli with Avi Avital Ob blond, ob braun, Ich liebe die Frau'n | Tauber: | Du bist die Welt für mich with Richard Tauber |
Acclaimed Polish-born tenor Piotr Beczala pays tribute to the Austrian singer Richard Tauber (1891–1948), one of the most widely celebrated musical celebrities of his time. Recognized by many as one of the greatest tenors in the world, Piotr is regularly praised for his artistry, immaculate musicianship, keen interpretive intelligence, and flawless, elegant delivery. A perfectly cultivated and stylish singer, he is currently at the pinnacle of his career A prominent exponent of popular song and operetta, Tauber’s career is closely associated with operetta’s golden age in pre-war Europe In this recording Beczala shares his deeply honed affinity for this timeless, eternally popular music – a delightful recital of operetta favourites by Lehár, Kálmán, Robert Stolz, Johann Strauss II, among others – and continues the tradition set forth by legendary predecessors like Fritz Wunderlich and Nicolai Gedda Features special guest appearances from Anna Netrebko (“Lippen schweigen”), The Berlin Comedian Harmonists, Avi Avital, Austrian soprano Daniela Fally and a unique “duet” with Richard Tauber himself, using special 21st century technology and a recorded master from 1934. |
| DG - 4790838 (CD) Normally: $16.75 Special: $15.25 |
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| |  | Nicolai Gedda: Lyric Poet of the Tenor Voice85th Birthday
Adam: | Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire (from Le Postillon de Lonjumeau) | Auber: | Du pauvre seul ami fidèle (from La Muette de Portici) | Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV189 'Meine Seele ruhmt und preist' Cantata BWV55 'Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht' Cantata BWV160 'Ich weiß, daß mein Erloeser lebt' St Matthew Passion, BWV244: Geduld, Geduld Mass in B minor: Benedictus | Beethoven: | Christus am Ölberge: Jehova, du mein Vater...Meine Seele ist erschüttert Adelaide, Op. 46 An die ferne Geliebte (To the distant beloved), Op. 98 | Bellini: | Prendi l'anel ti dono (from La Sonnambula) | Berlioz: | Une heure encore (from Benvenuto Cellini) Seul pour lutter, seul avec mon courage (from Benvenuto Cellini) | Bizet: | Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) A cette voix quel trouble… Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) | Cilea: | È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana) | Delibes: | Lakmé! Lakmé! Ah! Viens dans la forêt profonde (from Lakmé) | Donizetti: | Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore) Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Povero Ernesto...cercherò lontano terra (from Don Pasquale) Com'é gentil…Tornami a dir (from Don Pasquale) Spirto gentil ne' sogni miei (from La Favorita) | Flotow: | Jungfrau Maria (from Alessandro Stradella) Ach, so fromm (from Martha) | Glinka: | A Life for the Tsar: Bratsï! V metel', v nevedomoy glushi | Gluck: | Alceste : Air d'Admete 'Bannis la crainte et les alarmes Unis des la plus tendre enfance (from Iphigénie en Tauride) Divinité des grandes âmes (from Iphigénie en Tauride) Che puro ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice) French version J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice) | Goldmark: | Magische Töne, berauschender Duft (from Die Königin von Saba) | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Mon cœur est plein d'un noir soucis... Anges du Paradis (from Mireille) L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) | Kalman: | Tanzen Möcht' ich (from Die Csárdásfürstin) Wenn es Abendd … Grüß mir mein Wien (from Gräfin Mariza) Auch ich war einst ein feiner Csárdákavalier … Komm, Zigan (from Gräfin Mariza) Heut' Nacht hab' ich geträumt von Dir (from Das Veilchen von Montmartre) | Lalo: | Vainement, ma bien-aimée (from Le roi d’Ys) | Lehár: | Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini) Allein, wieder allein (from Der Zarewitsch) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) O Mädchen, mein Mädchen (from Friederike) | Lortzing: | Lebe wohl, mein flandrisch Mädchen (from Zar und Zimmermann) | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Un autre est son époux! Traduire! (from Werther) | Mendelssohn: | Elijah: Ye people, rend your hearts Elijah: If with all your hearts | Meyerbeer: | Beauté Divine (from Les Huguenots) Ô Paradis (from L'Africaine) | Millöcker: | Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (from Der Bettelstudent) | Mozart: | Konstanze, Konstanze...O wie ängstlich (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) In Mohrenland gefangen war (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte) Se all' Impero (from La Clemenza di Tito) Per pieta, non ricercate KV 420 Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) Dalla sua pace (from Don Giovanni) Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) | Mussorgsky: | At midnight, in the garden, by the fountain (from Boris Godunov) That wily Jesuit has firmly seized me (from Boris Godunov) Why my sad heart? (from Sorochinsky Fair) | Nicolai, C O: | Horch, die Lerche singt im Hain! 'Romance' (from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) | Offenbach: | Va pour Kleinzach...Il était une fois à la cour (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Bimba dagli occhi pieni di malia (from Madama Butterfly) Nessun dorma (from Turandot) | Rimsky Korsakov: | Solynshko nizko, vecher uzh blisko (The sun is low, the evening is approaching) (from May Night) Kak tikho, kak prokhladno tut! (How peaceful, how fresh it is here!) (from May Night) Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko) | Rossini: | Asile héréditaire (from Guillaume Tell) Ecco, ridente in cielo (from Il Barbiere di Siviglia) | Rousseau, J-J: | Je vais revoir ma charmante maîtresse... Quand on sait (from Le Devin du Village) | Schubert: | Die schöne Müllerin, D795 | Straus, O: | Ich hab' mit Freuden angehört (from Ein Walzertraum) | Strauss, J, II: | Eine Nacht in Venedig: Komm in die Gondel Als flotter Geist (from Der Zigeunerbaron) | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Forgive me, loveliest of creatures (from Pique Dame) What is our life? A game! (from Pique Dame) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Adieu, Mignon! Courage! (Mignon) | Verdi: | Ella mi fu rapita! (from Rigoletto) Parmi veder le lagrime (from Rigoletto) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) Forse la soglia attinse (from Un ballo in maschera) Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Ingemisco (from Requiem) | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Mein lieber Schwan (from Lohengrin) | Weber: | Nein! länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen…Durch die Wälder (from Der Freischütz) Von Jugend auf in dem Kampfgefild (from Oberon) Vater! Hör' mich flehn zu dir! (from Oberon) |
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“Gedda's standard of vocalisation and his grasp of many styles are uniformly excellent...his humour is always special, as is the technique which sees quite a light voice safely through "Nessun Dorma" and the Butterfly duet.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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