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Beethoven: | Ha! Welch ein Augenblick! (from Fidelio) Chorus and Orchestra of Bavarian State Opera, Ferenc Fricsay | Mozart: | Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (from Die Zauberflöte) RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsa Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Die Zauberflöte) RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsa Fin ch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni) RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsa Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) RIAS Berlin Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsa | Verdi: | In braccio alle dovizie (from I Vespri Siciliani) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede Pari siamo! (from Rigoletto) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (from Rigoletto) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede Il balen del suo sorriso (from Il Trovatore) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede Alla vita che t'arride (from Un ballo in maschera) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede Alzati…Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima (from Un Ballo in Maschera) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede Per me giunto è il di (from Don Carlo) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede Ehi! Paggio! ... L'onore! Ladri! (from Falstaff) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede Eh! Taverniere … Mondo ladro (from Falstaff) Berliner Philharmoniker, Alberto Erede | Wagner: | Als du in kuhnem Sange uns bestrittest (from Tannhäuser) Philharmonia Orchestra, Wilhelm Schüchter O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser) Orchestra of the Bayreuth Festival, André Cluytens Die Frist ist um (from Der fliegende Holländer) Orchestra of the Berlin State Opera, Franz Konwitschny |
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| |  | 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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| |  | The Art of the Verdi Baritone
The privileged position of the baritone-voice in Verdi´s operas was something new at the time and developed into a vocal category of its own: the "Verdi-baritone". Verdi's baritone-roles can roughly be divided into two categories: the fathers and rulers, who are in moral conflict between the love for their children and moral and/or political duties (Rigoletto, Amonasro, Simon Boccanegra, Nabucco, Jacopo Foscari, Guido di Montfort or father Germont), and youthful men of honour and/or villains, who usually turn out to be the tenor's rival (CarIo in "Forza", Renato, Carlo V, lago. Cote di Luna). Forming part of Presier’s celebration of the 200th anniversary of Verdi, this collection is a unique and fascinating account of the performances over the years 1904-1950. | 
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| |  | Baritone Arias
Lado Ataneli (baritone) Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra, Lodovico Zocche For his Naxos début recording, the internationally acclaimed Georgian baritone Lado Ataneli has selected operatic arias by Bizet, Donizetti, Leoncavallo, Verdi, Massenet, Mozart and Rossini, which showcase what the Los Angeles Times hailed as “one of the healthiest, roundest, most mellifluous voices on the planet”. A sought-after interpreter of verismo rôles, Lado Ataneli has worked with conductors including Riccardo Muti, James Conlon and James Levine, sharing the stage with Plácido Domingo and other leading singers. He closes his recital with an aria by Dimitri Arakishvili, one of the founders of modern Georgian music. “The breath control is impressive: he can elide the phrases of 'Vision fugitive' in Hérodiade with the breadth of past masters and the long-sustained final note is evidently a trademark.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2010 | | | (also available to download from $5.75) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Renato Bruson: Live in Concert
Renato Bruson (baritone) Orchestra della Radio Televisione della Svizzera Italiana, Bruno Amaducci | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | The Art of Belcanto
Bellini: | Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani) Eccomi in lieta vesta...Oh! quante volte (from I Capuleti e I Montecchi) Vien, diletto, è in ciel la luna (from I Puritani) | Donizetti: | La Corrispondenza amorosa Amore e morte La dernière nuit d'un novice Le crépuscule O toi, Lisbonne (from Dom Sébastien, Roi de Portugal) Sung in Italian Qui un pugnale!...Ah! nel cuor (from Gemma di Vergy) Non turbati a questi accenti (from Caterina Cornaro) Vieni, amor...Leonora! A' piedi tuoi (from La Favorita) La morale in tutto questo (from Don Pasquale) Com'é gentil…Tornami a dir (from Don Pasquale) Come, innocente giovane (from Anna Bolena) Convien partir (from La figlia del reggimento) Deciso è dunque...le richezze (from La Figlia del Reggimento) | Liszt: | Sonetti di Petrarca (3) for voice & piano, S270 | Mascagni: | La tua stella Pena d´amore Rosa | Mozart: | Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Hai gia vinta la causa! (from Le nozze di Figaro) | Respighi: | Notte, P. 97 No. 1 Stornellatrice Ma come potrei Nebbie Tanto bella | Verdi: | Ad una stella Il tramonto Lo spazzacamino Di provenza il mar (from La Traviata) Perfidi!…Pietà, rispetto, amore (from Macbeth) In braccio alle dovizie (from I Vespri Siciliani) Plebe! Patrizi! Popolo! (from Simon Boccanegra) |
This set includes the most famous recording of Alfredo Kraus, Lucia Alberti and Renato Bruson with arias by Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Mascagni etc. Also included are rare opera scenes such as Donizetti’s “Gemmy di Vergy” and Bellini’s “I Capuleti e I Montecchi. A highly recommended collection for fans of opera and these Belcanto artists. “Kraus is in fine voice at 62...Aliberti peals out secure, clean-toned ardour...Bruson is a skilled exponent of [bel canto]...His more emphatic, dramatic side is met in the wonderful Council Chamber scene, especially as Boccanegra launches his curse. The Mozart pieces are good, yet I shall place them behind the Donizetti and Verdi on this laudable CD.” International Record Review, December 2011 | | | (also available to download from $17.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau: Seine Größten Erfolge
Beethoven: | Ha! Welch ein Augenblick! (from Fidelio) Adelaide, Op. 46 Andenken, WoO 136 Der Zufriedene, Op. 75 No. 6 Lied aus der Ferne, WoO 137 Sehnsucht (Die stille Nacht undunkelt), WoO 146 Der Wachtelschlag, WoO 129 An die Hoffnung, Op. 94 Der Kuss, Op. 128 Die Liebe, Op. 52 No. 6 Das Liedchen von der Ruhe, Op. 52 No. 3 Abendlied unter'm gestirten Himmel, WoO 150 Resignation, WoO 149 Zärtliche Liebe 'Ich liebe dich', WoO 123 In questa tomba oscura, WoO.133 Maigesang, Op. 52 No. 4 Marmotte, Op. 52 No. 7 Lieder (6), Op. 75: excerpts Songs (3) , Op. 83 Lieder von Gellert (6), Op. 48 | Bizet: | Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) sung in German as 'Im tempel Brahmas kniet' | Brahms: | Wie bist du, meine Königin Op. 32 No. 9 Nicht mehr zu dir zu gehen, Op. 32 No. 2 Der Strom, der neben mir verrauschte, Op. 32 No. 4 Du sprichst, daß ich mich täuschte, Op. 32 No. 6 Wehe, so willst du mich wieder, Op. 32 No. 5 Nachtwandler, Op. 86 No. 3 In Waldeseinsamkeit, Op. 85 No. 6 Die schöne Magelone, Op. 33 Denn wir haben hie keine bleibende Statt (from Ein Deutsches Requiem, Op. 45) Vier ernste Gesänge, Op. 121 | Donizetti: | Cruda, funesta smania (from Lucia di Lammermoor) sung in German as 'Wut, heissen Durst nach Rache' | Gluck: | O du, die ich so innig liebe (from Iphigenie in Aulis) | Humperdinck: | Wohin bist du gegangen? (from Königskinder) Verdorben! Gestorben! (from Königskinder) | Lortzing: | Einst spielt' ich mit Zepter, mit Krone und Stern (from Zar und Zimmermann) Nun ist's vollbracht!...Schwanensang, Schwanenklang (from Undine) Wie freundlich strahlt...Heiterkeit und Fröhlichkeit (from Der Wildschütz) | Mahler: | Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen (4 songs, complete) Kindertotenlieder | Mozart: | Der Vogelfänger bin ich, ja (from Die Zauberflöte) Bei Männern, welche Liebe fühlen (from Die Zauberflöte) Fin ch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni) sung in German as 'Auf, zu dem Feste' La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) sung in German as 'Reich mir die Hand, mein Leben' Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) sung in German as 'Feinsliebchen, komm ans Fenster' Hai gia vinta la causa! (from Le nozze di Figaro) sung in German as 'Der Prozess schon gewonnen' | Nicolai, C O: | In einem Waschkorb? (from Die lustigen Weiber von Windsor) | Pfitzner: | Den heil'gen Geist, der die Konzilien leitet (from Palestrina) | Puccini: | O Mimi, tu piu non torni (from La Bohème) sung in German as 'Ach Geliebte, nie kehrst du wieder' Addio dolce svegliare (from La Bohème) sung in German as 'Lebt wohl, ihr süssen Stunden' Addio, fiorito asil (from Madama Butterfly) sung in German as 'Leb wohl, mein Blütenreich' Rudolf Schock (tenor) | Schubert: | An die Musik D547 An Mignon D161 Wandrers Nachtlied II 'Über allen Gipfeln ist Ruh', D768 An den Frühling, D338 Nacht und Träume, D827 Erlkönig, D328 Rastlose Liebe, D138 Der Zwerg, D771 (Collin) Der Kreuzzug D932 (Leitner) Schwanengesang, D957 Die schöne Müllerin, D795 Winterreise D911 | Schumann: | Wanderlied (No. 3 from 12 Gedichte, Op. 35) Erstes Grün, Op. 35 No. 4 Sehnsucht nach der Waldgegend, Op. 35 No. 5 'Wär' ich nie aus euch gegangen' Auf das Trinkglas eines verstorbenen Freundes Stille Liebe, Op. 35 No. 8 Lust der Sturmnacht, Op. 35 No. 1 Wanderung, Op. 35 No. 7 'Wohlauf und frisch gewandert ins unbekannte Land!' Liederkreis, Op. 39 Dichterliebe, Op. 48 Myrthen, Op. 25 | Strauss, R: | Sie woll'n mich heiraten, sagt mein Vater (from Arabella) Wozu noch, Mädchen Op. 19 No. 1 O wärst du mein Op. 26 No. 2 Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4 Herr Lenz Op. 37 No. 5 Die Nacht, Op. 10 No. 3 Ach weh mir unglückhaftem Mann, Op. 21 No. 4 Schlichte Weisen, Op. 21 | Verdi: | Alla vita che t'arride (from Un ballo in maschera) sung in German as 'Für dein Glück und für dein Leben' Alzati…Eri tu che macchiavi quell'anima (from Un Ballo in Maschera) sung in German as 'Erhebe dich!...Ja, nur du hast dies Herz mir entwendet' In braccio alle dovizie (from I Vespri Siciliani) sung in German as 'In Glanz und Pracht regier' ich hier' Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) sung in German as 'Gott, der entflammte der Liebe heisse Glut' Signora! Per vostra maestà (from Don Carlo) sung in German as 'Vernehmt, ich komme' Son io, mio Carlo... Io morro (from Don Carlo) sung in German as 'Ich bin's, mein Carlos' | Wagner: | O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser) Als du in kuhnem Sange uns bestrittest (from Tannhäuser) Blick ich umher in diesem edlen Kreise (from Tannhäuser) | Wolf, H: | Harfenspieler I (No. 1 from Goethe-Lieder) Harfenspieler II (No. 2 from Goethe-Lieder) Harfenspieler III (No. 3 from Goethe-Lieder) Phänomen (No. 32 from Goethe-Lieder) Ob de Koran von Ewigkeit sei? (No. 34 from Goethe-Lieder) Erschaffen und Beleben (No. 33 from Goethe-Lieder) Lebe wohl (No. 36 from Mörike-Lieder) In der Frühe (No. 24 from Mörike-Lieder) Verschwiegene Liebe (No. 3 from Eichendorff-Lieder) |
The death has recently been announced of one of the greatest singers of the 20th century, the German baritone Dieterich Fisher-Dieskau. Over a career spanning almost half a century Fisher-Dieskau performed all over the world with most of the major conductors, orchestras, and opera companies. He was particularly renowned for his interpretations of the lieder repertoire, especially the songs of Schubert. This 10CD set which was originally released in July 2011 covers a wide range of his performances in all areas of the vocal art. | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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