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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Ioan Holender Farewell ConcertGala from Vienna State Opera
Bellini: | Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) Diana Damrau (soprano) | Donizetti: | Ah! tardai troppo...O luce di quest'anima (from Linda di Chamounix) Stefania Bonfadelli (soprano) Pour ce contrat fatal...Salut à la France (from La fille du régiment) Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Giordano, U: | Amor ti vieta (from Fedora) Ramon Vargas (tenor) | Gounod: | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) Ramon Vargas (tenor) Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Piotr Beczala (tenor) | Hiller, W: | Holenderchen! Ich war dein Traumfresserchen (from Das Traumfresserchen) Herwig Pecoraro (tenor) | Korngold: | Glück, das mir verbleib 'Marietta's Lied' (from Die Tote Stadt) Angela Denoke (soprano), Stephen Gould (tenor) | Lehár: | So kommen Sie! ? Ich bin eine anstnd'ge Frau (from Die lustige Witwe) Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Michael Schade (tenor) | Massenet: | Vision fugitive (from Hérodiade) Boaz Daniel (baritone) Werther! Werther!…Je vous écris de ma petite chambre (from Werther) Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo) Toute mon âme - Pourquoi me réveiller (from Werther) Piotr Beczala (tenor) Suis-je gentille ainsi? ... Je marche sur tous les chemins ... Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon) Anna Netrebko (soprano) | Mozart: | Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte) Michael Schade (tenor) Prenderò quel brunettino (from Così fan tutte) Barbara Frittoli (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo) E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Barbara Frittoli (soprano) | Offenbach: | Hélas! mon cœur s'égare encore! (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) | Puccini: | Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi) Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Se come voi piccina io fossi (from Le Villi) Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano) | Strauss, R: | Wie schön ist doch die Musik (from Die schweigsame Frau) Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) Nun will ich jubeln wie keiner gejubelt (from Die Frau ohne Schatten) Adrianne Pieczonka, Deborah Polaski (sopranos), Johan Botha (tenor), Falk Struckmann (baritone) Er ist der Richtige nicht für mich … Aber der Richtige, wenn's einen gibt für mich (from Arabella) Adrianne Pieczonka, Genia Khmeier (sopranos) | Verdi: | Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Nadia Krasteva (mezzo) In braccio alle dovizie (from I Vespri Siciliani) Leo Nucci (baritone) Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Elle ne m'aime pas! (from Don Carlos) Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Violeta Urmana (soprano) Perfidi!…Pietà, rispetto, amore (from Macbeth) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Tutto nel mondo è burla (from Falstaff) Elisabeth Kulman, Krassimira Stoyanova, Ileana Tonca (sopranos), Nadia Krasteva (mezzo), Gergely Nmeti, Herwig Pecoraro, Michael Roider (tenors), Leo Nucci, Alfred Ramek, Boaz Daniel (baritones) | Wagner: | Rienzi Overture Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (from Die Walküre) Placido Domingo (tenor) Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) Waltraud Meier (soprano) O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (from Tristan und Isolde) Maria Schnitzer (soprano), Peter Seiffert (tenor) In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Johan Botha (tenor) Über Stock und Stein (from Das Rheingold) Elisabeth Kulman (soprano), Gergely Nmeti, Adrian Erd (tenors), Boaz Daniel (baritone) | Weber: | Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle (from Der Freischütz) Soile Isokoski (soprano) |
A star-studded benefit concert to celebrate Ioan Holender’s farewell after 19 years as the director of one of the world’s leading and most famous opera houses. The highly acclaimed cast was headed by brilliant singers such as Diana Damrau, Natalie Dessay, Angelika Kirchschlager, Waltraud Meier, Anna Netrebko, Pjotr Beczala, Plácido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Leo Nucci, Thomas Quasthoff, Ramon Vargas and many others. No fewer than twelve conductors including Marco Armiliato, Bertrand de Billy, Fabio Luisi, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano and Franz Welser-Möst led the way through a program lasting over four hours at the fully-packed Wiener Staastoper. Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Passionate Arias
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| |  | 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 | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Viva Verdi! The Ultimate Collection
Verdi: | Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Orchester und Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Giuseppe Sinopoli La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Joseph Calleja (tenor) Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi, Riccardo Chailly È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Staatskapelle Dresden, Nicola Luisotti Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Renata Scotto (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Rafael Kubelik Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo) Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Anvil Chorus (from Il Trovatore) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Miserere d'un' alma gia vicina (from Il Trovatore) Rosalind Plowright (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Fontainebleau! Forêt immense et solitaire … (from Don Carlos) Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) José Carreras (tenor) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli La traviata: Prelude to Act 1 Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Wiener Philharmoniker, Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Carlo Rizzi È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Anna Netrebko (soprano), Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Claudio Abbado Di provenza il mar (from La Traviata) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Parigi, o cara (from La Traviata) Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Gloria all'Egitto (from Aida) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Grand March from Aida Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Aida: Ballet Music, Act II Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Vieni, o guerriero vindice (from Aida) Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado O terra, addio (from Aida) Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Elena Obraztsova (mezzo), Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Dies Irae (from Requiem) Berliner Philharmoniker, Ernst Senff Chor, Carlo Maria Giulini Ingemisco (from Requiem) Rolando Villazón (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda Lacrymosa (from Requiem) Sharon Sweet (soprano), Florence Quivar (mezzo), Vinson Cole (tenor), Simon Estes (bass) Berliner Philharmoniker, Ernst Senff Chor, Carlo Maria Giulini Sanctus (from Requiem) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado O don fatale (from Don Carlo) Grace Bumbry (mezzo) Radio-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Janos Kulka Udisti?…Vil disegno! (from Simon Boccanegra) José Carreras (tenor), José van Dam (bass) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Claudio Abbado Esultate! (from Otello) Plácido Domingo (tenor) Orchestre et Choeurs de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung Ave Maria (from Otello) Renée Fleming (soprano) London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti Ehi! Paggio! ... L'onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff) Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola (from Falstaff) Mojca Erdmann (soprano), Rolando Villazón (tenor) Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Gianandrea Noseda |
Leading tenor, Rolando Villazon, has personally selected 34 great Verdi tracks, sung by the great names of the present and past, both to celebrate Verdi at 200 and to inspire a new generation with the composer’s great arias, powerful choruses and popular tunes. The tracklist is framed by two stirring overtures, it includes famous numbers by all the leading singers on DG and Decca (as well as a couple from EMI), including Roberto Alagna, Carlo Bergonzi, Grace Bumbry, Joseph Calleja, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Luciano Pavorotti, Katia Ricciarelli, Joan Sutherland and BrynTerfel. There are rousing choruses and several extracts from the Requiem too. It’s a splendid 150-minute collection. The striking cover includes one of Rolando’s inimitable Verdi sketches, and will include a sticker incorporating a photo of the artist. The all-colour booklet has an article by journalist Richard Lawrence which also takes in some quotes from the artist in a recent interview for this release. Villazón is confident that every excerpt on these discs will make the listener want to hear the complete work. “No other composer creates such an immediate link with the audience. Go to see La traviata: you hear those rhythms, those melodies, that dramatic force, and you are drawn into his world. It doesn’t matter whether you love opera or know nothing about it: it just captures you, it grabs you.” Listening to the numbers from La traviata here, you have to agree. | 
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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) Giulietta 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. “For all its vocal splendours, this bargain vintage compendium can also be seen as a lament for a lost age and tradition; we shall certainly never again hear the likes of most of these singers.” MusicWeb International, 31st May 2013 |
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| |  | Amor eterno
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| |  | Giulietta Simionato - Portrait of a Legendrecordings 1949-1960
Bellini: | Deh! Tu bell'anima (from I Capuleti) recorded in 1954 | Berlin, I: | Anything you can do I can do better (from Annie Get Your Gun) recorded in 1956 Luciano Bettarini (piano) | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) recorded in 1951; sung in Italian as 'E l'amore uno strano augello' | Donizetti: | O mio Fernando (from La Favorita) recorded in 1955 Orchestra Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Alberto Erede | Gordigiani: | L’addio del pastore recorded in 1960 (taken from a complete performance of Die Fledermaus) Ettore Bastianini (baritone) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Mascagni: | Voi lo sapete o mamma (from Cavalleria rusticana) recorded in 1954 Orchestra RAI Torino, Arturo Basile | Massenet: | Va! Laisse couler mes larmes (from Werther) recorded in 1951; sung in Italian as 'Va non e mal se piango' | Paër: | Il bacio della partenza recorded in 1956 Luciano Bettarini (piano) | Rossini: | Nacqui all'affanno, al pianto...Non più mesta (from La Cenerentola) recorded in 1949 Orchestra RAI Torino, Mario Rossi Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) recorded in 1950 Orchestra RAI Milano, Fernando Previtali Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (from L'Italiana in Algeri) recorded in 1954 Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Milano, Carlo Maria Giulini O patria...Di tanti palpiti (from Tancredi) recorded in 1956 Orchestra RAI Milano, Nino Sanzogno | Saint-Saëns: | Printemps qui commence (from Samson et Dalila) recorded in 1951; sung in Italian as 'O Aprile foriero' | Thomas, Ambroise: | Connais-tu le pays (from Mignon) recorded in 1949; sung in Italian as 'Non conosci il bel suol?' | Verdi: | O don fatale (from Don Carlo) recorded in 1954 Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) recorded in 1956 Orchestre du Grand Théâtre de Genève, Alberto Erede Re dell’abisso affretati (Un ballo in maschera) recorded in 1960 Orchestra and Chorus of the Accademie Santa Cecilia Roma, Sir Georg Solti |
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| |  | French & Italian Arias
Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold | Donizetti: | O mio Fernando (from La Favorita) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold | Saint-Saëns: | Printemps qui commence (from Samson et Dalila) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold | Thomas, Ambroise: | Connais-tu le pays (from Mignon) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold Me voici dans son boudoir 'Gavotte' (from Mignon) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold | Verdi: | Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) West Australian Symphony Orchestra, Geoffrey Arnold Condotta ell’era in ceppi (from Il Trovatore) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Eric Clapham Nei giardin del bello saracin ostello 'Veil Song' (from Don Carlo) Narelle Davidson (soprano - Tebaldo) Sydney Symphony Orchestra, Eric Clapham |
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| |  | Mezzo Soprano Arias Vol. 2Complete versions and orchestral backing tracks
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