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| |  | Bellissimo French OperaOpera arias by Salieri, Massenet, Bizet, Gounod, Meyerbeer and Lalo
Bizet: | Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Jasu Nakajima (tenor) & Annick Massis (soprano) Orchestra e Coro del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Marcello Viotti | Gounod: | Faiblesse de la race humaine (from La Reine de Saba) Jeon-Won Lee (tenor) Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Manlio Benzi Maître supreme (from Polyeucte) Giorgio Casciarri (tenor) Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia & Coro da Camera di Bratislava, Manlio Benzi | Lalo: | Je reviendrai bientôt, mon père (from Le Roi d'Ys) Guylaine Girard (soprano), Giuseppina Piunti (soprano), Sébastien Guèze (tenor) & Eric Martin-Bonnet (baritone) Orchestre et Choeur de l’Opéra Royal de Wallonie, Patrick Davin | Massenet: | Roma - Je vais la voir! Warren Mok (tenor) Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Marco Guidarini Nina!/Chérubin! (from Cherubin) Carmela Remigio (soprano) & Michelle Breedt (soprano) Orchestra del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Emmanuel Villaume J’ai fui la chambre nuptiale (from Le Roi de Lahore) Ana María Sánchez (soprano) Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Marcello Viotti Meditation (from Thaïs) Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice di Venezia, Marcello Viotti Traduire ! Ah ! Bien souvent mon rêve s’envole… Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther) Italian version Luca Grassi (baritone) Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Jean-Luc Tingaud | Meyerbeer: | O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots) Desirée Rancatore (soprano) Orchestra Internazionale d’Italia, Renato Palumbo | Salieri: | Par les larmes dont votre fille (from Les Danaïdes) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI, Gianluigi Gelmetti |
After the first two “Bellissimo” recordings dedicated to Handel and Vivaldi and Italian opera arias, this new release features a selection of beautiful French arias from Massenet’s Werther and Bizet’s Les Pêcheurs de perles to Gounod’s La Reine de Saba and Edouard Lalo’s le Roi d’Ys. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Historic Opera Stars from Germany Vol. 2
Arnold, E: | Da draußen in der Wachau | Heymann: | Der Kongreß tanzt Das gibt's nur einmal | Hill, W: | Es liegt eine Krone im tiefen Rhein | Loewe, C: | Prinz Eugen, der edle Ritter, Op. 92 Fridericus Rex | Meyerbeer: | O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots) Sung in German as 'O glücklich Land' | Mozart: | Vedrai, carino (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German as 'Wenn du fein fromm bist' La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German as 'Reich' mir die Hand, mein Leben' Hans Reinmar (bass-baritone) Deh vieni, non tardar (from Le nozze di Figaro) Sung in German as 'O säume länger nicht, geliebte Seele' Deh! vieni alla finestra (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German as 'Feinsliebchen, komm ans Fenster' Fin ch'han dal vino (from Don Giovanni) Sung in German as 'Auf denn zum Feste' | Nessler: | Trompeter von Säkkingen: Behüt dich Gott | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Sung in German as 'Väterchen, teures, höre' | Schubert: | Der Lindenbaum (No. 5 from Winterreise, D911) | Schumann: | Wanderlied (No. 3 from 12 Gedichte, Op. 35) | Stolz, R: | Wien wird bei Nacht erst schön | Strauss, J, II: | Spiel’ ich die Unschuld vom Lande from Die Fledermaus Mein Herr Marquis (from Die Fledermaus) Annen-Polka, Op. 117 Sung in English Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 | Verdi: | Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Sung in German as 'Teuer Name, dessen Klang' Ciel, mio padre! (from Aida) Sung in German as 'O Vater, Geliebter' | Weber: | Kommt ein schlanker Bursch gegangen (from Der Freischütz) |
Irene Eisinger, Margarethe Siems (sopranos), Hermann Schey (baritone) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Vissi d'arteThe magnificent voice of Monterrat Caballé
Bellini: | Deh! Con te li prendi ... Mira,o Norma (from Norma) | Boito: | Notte cupa, truce (from Mefistofele) | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) | Donizetti: | Qui di sposa eterna...Ah! Verrano a te sull'aure (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) | Meyerbeer: | O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots) | Mozart: | Temerari!...Come scoglio! (from Così fan tutte) Ei parte...Per pietà (from Così fan tutte) | Ponchielli: | Suicidio! (from La Gioconda) Ecco la barca … addio (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) | Rossini: | Quant'è grato all'alma mia (from Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra) Questo cor ben lo comprende (from Elisabetta, Regina d'Inghilterra) | Strauss, R: | Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen (from Salome) | Verdi: | Né sulla terra creatura alcuna...Vola talor dal carcere...Seide celebra non gioia e festa (from Il Corsaro) Ah conforto è sol la speme (from Il Corsaro) La terra, il ciel m'abborino (from La Corsaro) Venerabile Padre (from I Masnadieri) Lo sguardo avea degli angeli (from I Masnadieri) Qual mare, qual terra (from I Masnadieri) Ecco l'orrido campo … Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa (from Un ballo in maschera) Padre, ricevi l'estremo addio (from Luisa Miller) |
Monterrat Caballé (soprano) | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 8 - 10 working days. |
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| |  | The Art of the Prima Donna
“Her incomparable technique, stylistic virtuosity and full-bodied tone were captured at their peak, without any trace of subsequent mannerisms.” BBC Music Magazine, January 2012 “Vocally, Joan Sutherland was at her freshest when she recorded The Art of the Prima Donna in 1960...Her brilliance in vocal pyrotechnics amazes, and is here matched by the fullness of a fleshy tone rarely heard in such offerings...one of the essential Sutherland albums” Opera Now, January 2012 ***** | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The Golden Age of Singing Vol. 1, 1900 - 191050 Years of Great Voices on Record
Bellini: | Vi ravviso, o luoghi ameni (from La Sonnambula) Pol Plancon (bass) Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) Adelina Patti (soprano), Alfredo Barili (piano) | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Emma Calve (soprano) | Boito: | Giunto sul passo estremo (from Mefistofele) Dmitri Smirnov (tenor) | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Enrico Caruso (tenor) Quel guardo il cavaliere (from Don Pasquale) Rosina Storchio (soprano) Una parola…Chiedi all'aura (from L'elisir d'amore) Maria Galvany (soprano), Aristodemo Giorgini (tenor) A tanto amor (from La Favorita) Mario Ancona (baritone) Sogno soave e casto (from Don Pasquale) Giuseppe Anselmi (tenor) Di pescatore ignobile (from Lucrezia Borgia) Francesco Marconi (tenor) Il segreto per esser felici (from Lucrezia Borgia) Clara Butt (contralto) | Erkel: | Ah Rebeges! (from Hunyadi László) Lillian Nordica (soprano) | Flotow: | Martha: Lasst mich euch fragen (Porterlied) sung in Italian as 'Chi mi dira' Edouard de Reszke (tenor) | Goldmark: | Magische Töne, berauschender Duft (from Die Königin von Saba) Leo Slezak (tenor) | Gounod: | Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Emma Eames (soprano) | Massenet: | Promesse de mon avenir (from Le roi de Lahore) Maurice Renaud (baritone) Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) sung in Italian Fernando de Lucia (tenor) Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) Vilhelm Herold (tenor) | Meyerbeer: | Pour Bertha (from Le Prophète) sung in Italian Francesco Vignas (tenor) A ce mot (from Les Huguenots) Olimpia Boronat (soprano) O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots) Antonina Nezhdanova (soprano) | Mozart: | O Isis und Osiris, schenket (from Die Zauberflöte) Wilhelm Hesch (bass) Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro) sung in German Lilli Lehmann (soprano) | Ponchielli: | Così mantieni il patto? (from La Gioconda) Eugenia Burzio/Giuseppe De Luca | Puccini: | Con onor muore (from Madama Butterfly) Emmy Destinn (soprano) | Rimsky Korsakov: | They Guess the Truth (from A Life for the Tsar) Vladimir Kastorsky (bass) Gey, khlopci! Ya uveshcheval vas idti spat (Hey, lads! I urged you to go to sleep) (from May Night) Leonid Sobinov (tenor) | Rossini: | La calunnia è un venticello (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Adamo Didur (bass) Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) Marcella Sembrich (soprano) | Tchaikovsky: | Forgive me, loveliest of creatures (from Pique Dame) Nikolay Figner (tenor) | Thomas, Ambroise: | O vin, dissipe la tristesse (from Hamlet) sung in Italian Titta Ruffo (baritone) | Verdi: | Niun mi tema (from Otello) Francesco Tamagno (tenor) Nel fiero anelito...Fuggiam gli arodi inospiti (from Aida) Celestina Boninsegna/Giovanni Valls Era la notte (from Otello) Victor Maurel (baritone) Vanne, la tua meta gia vedo…Credo in un Dio crudel (from Otello) Eugenio Giraldoni (baritone) O sommo Carlo (from Ernani) Mattia Battistini/Emilia Corsi/Luigi Colazza Oh! fede negar potessi (from Luisa Miller) Alessandro Bonci (tenor) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Nellie Melba (soprano) A te l'estremo addio ... Il lacerato spirito (from Simon Boccanegra) Francesco Navarrini (bass) Quando ero paggio (from Falstaff) Antonio Scotti (baritone) | Wagner: | Einsam in trüben Tagen (from Lohengrin) Felia Litvinne (soprano) Gerechter Gott! (from Rienzi) Ernestine Schumann-Heink (mezzo) Fliegt heim, ihr Raben (from Götterdämmerung) Johanna Gadski (soprano) |
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| |  | Clara Clairbert - Soprano
Clara Clairbert (soprano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Joan Sutherland: A Portrait
CD1: Sutherland Sings Handel CD2: Sutherland sings Verdi and Bellini CD3: The Art of the Prima Donna Arne: | The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms (Artaxerxes) | Bellini: | Sediziose voci (from Norma) Casta Diva (from Norma) Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani) O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) Care compagne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno (from La Sonnambula) | Delibes: | Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé) | Gounod: | Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) | Handel: | Acis and Galatea: highlights Joan Sutherland (Galatea), Peter Pears (Acis), Owen Brannigan (Polyphemus) Philomusica of London, St Anthony Singers, Sir Adrian Boult Messiah: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion Messiah: How beautiful are the feet Messiah: I know that my Redeemer liveth Messiah: If God be for us George Malcolm (harpsichord) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina) Ombre pallide (from Alcina) Samson: Let the bright seraphim Philomusica of London, Sir Anthony Lewis | Meyerbeer: | O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots) | Mozart: | Martern aller Arten (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) | Rossini: | Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) | Thomas, Ambroise: | A vos jeux, mes amis (from Hamlet) | Verdi: | Mi parea … Piangea cantando 'Willow Song' (from Otello) Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) |
Regis presents a tribute to the incomparable soprano Joan Sutherland. Her artistry is showcased in three CDs of varied repertoire. The first displays her Handelian credentials, the second features the arias of Verdi and Bellini which established her reputation and the third presents the principal tracks from her incredibly successful solo albums, The Art of the Prima Donna Vols. 1&2. 3 CDs for the price of 2 “In her own time there was a tendency to take Sutherland for granted, so consistent were her high standards of technique, musicianship and, yes, acting. Her total command of the stage was always
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| |  | The Art of Joan Sutherland
Arne: | Love in a Village: The Traveller benighted The Soldier Tir'd of War's Alarms (Artaxerxes) | Auber: | C’est l’histoire amoureuse (Manon) Non temete, milord … Or son sola (Zerlina) | Bellini: | Dormono entrambi … Mira, o Norma … Sì, fino all'ore (from Norma) | Bizet: | Me voilà seule…Comme autrefois (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Pastorale | Bononcini, G B: | Per la gloria d'adorarvi (from Griselda) | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) | Delibes: | Le Rossignol Les filles de Cadix | Donizetti: | Pour ce contrat fatal...Salut à la France (from La fille du régiment) Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) | Fauré: | Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1 No. 1 | Gounod: | Ö légère hirondelle (from Mireille) Ce Sarrasin disait (Xaïma) Si le bonheur à sourire t'invite (from Faust) Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) Sérénade | Handel: | Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina) Ombre pallide (from Alcina) Samson: Let the bright seraphim Samson: With plaintive note Messiah: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion Athalia: My vengeance awakes me V' adoro, pupille (from Giulio Cesare) Se pietà di me non senti (from Giulio Cesare) Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare) | Lecocq: | Un soir Perez le capitaine (Micaela) | Massé, V: | Au bord de chemin … Cette nuit, sur ma croisée | Massenet: | Ah, que mes soeurs ... Reste au foyer, petit grillon (from Cendrillon) Pleurez, mes yeux (Le Cid) De moi je veux bannir ton triste souvenir (from Le roi de Lahore) Esprits de l'air! Esprits de l'onde! (from Esclarmonde) Oh! si les fleurs avaient des yeux | Meyerbeer: | Bellah! ma chèvre chérie! … Dors, petite (Dinorah) C’est bien lui … La, la, la, air chéri (from L'etoile du nord) En vain j’espère … Idole de ma vie (Isabelle) La Marguerite a fermé sa corolle...Ouvre ton coeur (from L'Africaine) Veille sur eux … Vaisseau que le flot balance (from L`etoile du nord) O beau pays de la Touraine (from Les Huguenots) Dieu! Comme cette nuit est lente...Ombre légère (from Dinorah) | Mozart: | Martern aller Arten (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Ach, ich fühl's (from Die Zauberflöte, K620) O zittre nicht (from Die Zauberflöte) Or sai chi l'onore (from Don Giovanni) Non mi dir (from Don Giovanni) Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro) Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Voi che sapete (from Le nozze di Figaro) Deh vieni, non tardar (from Le nozze di Figaro) L'amerò, sarò costante (from Il re pastore) Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio! K418 Exsultate, jubilate, K165 - Alleluia | Offenbach: | Conduisez-moi vers celui que j’adore (from Robinson Crusoë) Dites-lui qu’on l’a remarqué (from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein) Les oiseaux dans la charmille (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) Ah! que j'aime les militaires (from La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein) | Paisiello: | Nel cor più non mi sento | Piccinni: | Furia Di Donna (La Buona Figliuola) | Shield: | Light as Thistledown (from Rosina) When William, at eve (from Rosina) Whilst with village maids (from Rosina) | Thomas, Ambroise: | A vos jeux, mes amis (from Hamlet) Le voilà! Je crois entendre (from Hamlet) | Verdi: | Santo di patria (from Attila) Tu del mio Carlo (from I masnadieri) Tu puniscimi, o Signore … A brani, a brani, o perfido (from Luisa Miller) Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Mi parea … Piangea cantando 'Willow Song' (from Otello) Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) | Wagner: | Gerechter Gott! (from Rienzi) Johohoe! Traft ihr das Schiff im Meere an 'Senta's Ballad' (from Der fliegende Holländer) Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser) Allmächt’ge Jungfrau! (from Tannhäuser) Einsam in trüben Tagen (from Lohengrin) Du bist der Lenz (from Die Walküre) O Sachs, mein Freund (from Die Meistersinger) Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) | Weber: | Ozean, du Ungeheuer (from Oberon) |
For the first time ever the complete selection of arias which formed the 1970 release of “Romantic French Arias” is available on CD; an extended scene from Act Three of Norma in a live recording from the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, from a concert in aid of the Darwin appeal, is included and appears on CD for the first time; and an ever greater bonus is included here with the release FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER of 6 French songs with Richard Bonynge as pianist. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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