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Beethoven: | Fidelio Overture Op. 72c Otto Klemperer | Bizet: | Carmen: Prelude to Act I Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle Les tringles des sistres tintaient (from Carmen) Magdalena Kozena (mezzo) Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Berliner Philharmoniker, Sir Simon Rattle | Delibes: | Les filles de Cadix Tine Thing Helseth (trumpet) | Fauré: | Sicilienne, Op. 78 Gautier Capucon (cello) | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Kathleen Ferrier (contralto) Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) Maria Callas (soprano) | Handel: | Atalanta: Overture Alison Balsom (trumpet) English Concert, Trevor Pinnock | Heggie: | This journey...This journey to Christ (from Dead Man Walking) Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) | Leoncavallo: | Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.... Hui! Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) | Leontovich: | Carol of the Bells Libera | Liszt: | Bist du!, S277 Diana Damrau (soprano) | Puccini: | Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) | Purcell: | Sound the trumpet, beat the drum, Z335 Alison Balsom (trumpet) English Concert, Trevor Pinnock | Rachmaninov: | Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14 - arrangement for orchestra Vasily Petrenko | Rodgers, R: | The King And I: Overture The John Wilson Orchestra, John Wilson | Verdi: | Ingemisco (from Requiem) Rolando Villazon (tenor) | Vivaldi: | Vedro con mio diletto (from Giustino) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) |
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| |  | The Callas Effect (Deluxe Edition)2CD / 1DVD
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Carreau! Pique! La mort! (from Carmen) | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) | Delibes: | Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) | Gluck: | Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) | Gounod: | Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) | Mozart: | In quali eccessi ... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrate (from Don Giovanni) | Ponchielli: | Suicidio! (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) In questa reggia (from Turandot) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica) Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut) | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) | Saint-Saëns: | Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata) La luce langue (from Macbeth) D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Tu che la vanità (from Don Carlo) |
DVD 'The Callas Effect' 1. Introduction 2. Humble Beginnings 3. The New Star 4. Norma at Covent Garden 5. Records and Romance 6. La Traviata 7. Il Trovatore 8. Bringing drama to the opera stage: Tosca 9. Concerts 10. Audience Response 11. High Society and Fashion 12. Losing Voice 13. 'Sola, perduta, abbandonata' 14. The Callas Effect today 15. Conclusion
Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. Widely regarded as the greatest Opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice and performances have intrigued, thrilled and inspired all others. Maria Callas 34 years after her death Maria Callas remains the definition of a diva. She is not only the world's bestselling soprano but also EMI Classic's bestselling artist of all time. Widely regarded for her intense characterisation and unique interpretations she has become a cultural icon whose music and life continues to influence today. “Her reputation, extremely high when she died, has become ever greater in the years since her death. As a personality she remains controversial, but as an artist hardly at all: her genius is recognised as supreme by virtually all opera lovers, indeed it is often from listening to her many recordings that people discover what an incredibly potent art form opera can be.” BBC Music Magazine The Music This wonderfully constructed 2CD collection of opera arias highlights Callas’s spectacular climb to fame tracking her move from innocent young woman to the tragic heroine in her later years through the opera arias she recorded. Featuring the most special and exquisitely interpreted arias of her output this collection brings together such opera favourites as O mio babbino caro, Vissi d’arte and Casta diva. Callas’s recordings have featured prominently in many critically acclaimed movies including Academy Award winner Philadelphia and Academy Award Nominated Milk Callas is the immortal diva whose music transcends time and sounds as unique and inspired today. Many noted musicians have quoted Callas as a musical influence including Linda Ronstadt, Patti Smith, Emmylou Harris, Celine Dion, Jason Mraz and Rufus Wainwright. Documentary EMI Classics has made The Callas Effect because there are powerful first-hand accounts that have not before been revealed of how and why Callas has exerted a unique and extraordinary effect – on other celebrity opera singers, on distinguished stage directors, on actors and actresses, on backstage theatre crews, on recording staff, on impresarios, on audiences who queued up for days and nights to see her, and now on young music-lovers who are captivated by her CDs and DVDs. People from all these walks of life, newly captured just for this memoir and including some who personally knew her, are the passionate witnesses of Maria Callas’s genius in The Callas Effect, which also includes extracts from her performances, recordings and interviews. “memorable artistry is evident everywhere - utterly exemplary in its musical intelligence, stirring in its interpretative eloquence. The technique dazzles in marvellously expressive trills...and everywhere, of course, the uniquely penetrating dramatic involvement.” International Record Review, January 2012 “This makes a good Callas set for beginners. It contains arias that showcase a good section of her most successful repertoire and it captures her voice at its best.Exactly when it is captured remains a mystery, however: the set’s main problem for pre-existing fans and aficionados is that, while it contains information about where and with whom each track was recorded, we are not given any dates.” MusicWeb International, January 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Callas Effect (Experience Edition)
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Carreau! Pique! La mort! (from Carmen) | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) | Delibes: | Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) | Gluck: | Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) | Gounod: | Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) | Mozart: | In quali eccessi ... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrate (from Don Giovanni) | Ponchielli: | Suicidio! (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) In questa reggia (from Turandot) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica) Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut) | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) | Saint-Saëns: | Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata) La luce langue (from Macbeth) D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Tu che la vanità (from Don Carlo) |
This wonderfully constructed 2CD collection of opera arias highlights Callas’s spectacular climb to fame tracking her move from innocent young woman to the tragic heroine in her later years through the opera arias she recorded. Featuring the most special and exquisitely interpreted arias of her output this collection brings together such opera favourites as O mio babbino caro, Vissi d’arte and Casta diva. “memorable artistry is evident everywhere - utterly exemplary in its musical intelligence, stirring in its interpretative eloquence. The technique dazzles in marvellously expressive trills...and everywhere, of course, the uniquely penetrating dramatic involvement.” International Record Review, January 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Una voce poco fa: A Portrait of Teresa Berganza
and traditional Spanish folksongs
“A truly memorable Teresa Berganza compliation. Naturally, there is a good sprinkling of her classic early operatic recordings of Rossini and Mozart, which sparkle as brightly as ever...All the other items on the first disc, from the Gluck and Handel items to the Bizet, also show her on top form, a real star mezzo of character and style...this is one of the most enterprising collections in Decca's 'Portrait' series.” Penguin Guide, 2011 edition | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Janet Baker - Plaisir d'amourA Celebration of the Art of Dame Janet Baker
Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV170 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust' | Berlioz: | Dieu! Que viens-je d'entendre?…Il m'en souvient ... Je l'aime donc? (from Béatrice et Bénédict) | Britten: | Phaedra, Op. 93 | Caccini, G: | Amarilli mia bella | Cesti: | Intorno all'idol mio | Giordani, G: | Caro mio ben | Gluck: | Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) Che puro ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice) | Handel: | Pompe vane di morte! (from Rodelinda) Care selve (from Atalanta) Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) Dopo notte (from Ariodante) Hercules: Where shall I fly? | Haydn: | Berenice, che fai? (Scena di Berenice), Hob XXIVa:10 | Lotti: | Pur dicesti, o bocca bella | Martini, G B: | Plaisir d'amour | Mozart: | La clemenza di Tito, K621 - Deh, se piacermi vuoi | Paisiello: | Nel cor più non mi sento | Pergolesi: | Ogni pena più spietata | Piccinni: | O nuit, Dèesse du mystère | Purcell: | But Death, Alas! (Dido And Aeneas) When I am laid in earth (from Dido and Aeneas) With Drooping Wings (from Dido and Aeneas) | Sarti: | Sen corre l'agnelletta | Schubert: | Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 |
A new 2-CD compilation from Dame Janet Baker's many Decca and Philips recordings, released to mark her 75th birthday on 21 August 2008. This generously-filled 150-minute programme ranges from arie antiche and baroque arias through to one of Benjamin Britten's last works, the cantata Phaedra, written specially for Janet Baker. Recordings included in this programme were made between 1961 and 1977 and showcase the many and varied vocal talents of this much-loved, and justifiably internationally-lauded artist. “A fine selection which demonstrates the English mezzo's huge range of expression in repertory ranging from Baroque to Britten (the cantata Phaedra written for her) and the unique commitment she brought to everything she sang.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2009 ***** | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | |
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| |  | Dolora Zajick - The Art of Dramatic Mezzo-Soprano
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| |  | Great Operatic Arias 17 - Christine Brewer Volume 1
Beethoven: | Ah! Perfido, Op. 65 Sung in English as 'Ah! Treachery and falsehood!...Ah, my love, how can you leave me’ | Gluck: | Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) Sung in English as 'Almighty gods of death!’ | Kalman: | Auch ich war einst ein feiner Csárdákavalier … Komm, Zigan (from Gräfin Mariza) Sung in English as 'Gypsy airs and joyful phrases...Where is love’s kingdom?’ | Lehár: | Why ever should it be? (from Giuditta) | Merrill: | Carnival: ‘I came on two buses and a train' | Mozart: | Don Ottavio, son morta!...Or sai chi l'onore (from Don Giovanni) Sung in English as 'Don Ottavio, I'm dying!...He threatened my honour' Barry Banks (Don Ottavio) | Rodgers, R: | You'll never walk alone (from Carousel) | Rossini: | Stabat Mater: Inflammatus Sung in English as 'Blessed Virgin' | Sullivan, A: | The Golden Legend: ‘The night is calm and cloudless' | Wagner: | Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser) Sung in English as 'Great hall of song' | Weber: | Ozean, du Ungeheuer (from Oberon) Sung in English as 'Ocean! Thou mighty monster!' Unter ist mein Stern gegangen (from Euryanthe) Sung in English as 'Fading is the star that guides me’ Janice Watson (Eglantine) |
“Hats off, gentlemen. A diva. The real, rare, wondrous thing. Her name is Christine Brewer.” Evening Standard “Christine Brewer possesses possibly the finest dramatic soprano in the world today, and this wonderful collection of arias sung in English is a stunning testament to this assertion...Her versatility is never in doubt and the results rarely less than exceptional...The Philharmonia Orchestra provides excellent support throughout, perhaps a little flaccid in the Tannhäuser, but generally very responsive and vivid elsewhere.” Opera Britannia, 30th July 2009 | |
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| |  | Eileen Farrell: An American Prima Donna
Eileen Farrell (soprano) Orchestra of Radio-Canada Opera, Jean Deslauriers Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, Colour, DVD-Video, PAL Language English Region: All Regions Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1 Number of discs: 1 Classification: Exempt DVD Release Date: 24 Sep 2007 Running Time: 51 minutes | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Renata Tebaldi: New York Farewell Recital (1976)
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| |  | Kirsten Flagstad Live in Concert 1949 - 1957
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