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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | René Pape - Gods, Kings and Demons
Rene Pape’s solo debut for DG gives an overview of the roles that have made his career plus a few rarities.. Accompanied by the Dresden Staatskapelle under Sebastian Weigle, Pape performs his signature piece: King Mark’s monologue from Tristan und Isolde, as well as arias from Gounod’s Faust (the role of Méphistophélès), Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov and wonderful arias of the rarely performed Demon (Rubinstein) among others. “René Pape is an artist who thrills his audiences with charisma, intelligence and a one-in-a-million voice.” (Opera News) The operatic roles on this album have to a large extend been performed by Pape to the highest critical acclaim in the world’s major opera houses, from the Metropolitan Opera to the Berlin Staatsoper. As Pape’s first solo recording and his DG solo debut, this album is long overdue and is eagerly awaited not only by the music press but also by the singer’s international fan base. “Very welcome on this recording… are less usual arias from Mefestofele… and Dvorák's Rusalka… with brisk support provided throughout by the Dresden Saatskapelle and Staatsopernchor under the direction of Sebastian Weigle, this is a fine showcase.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2008 **** “Probably the premier basso cantante of our time, René Pape is a good god, a good king and a still better singer…” Gramophone Magazine, December 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Erwin Schrott
Uruguayan bass-baritone, Erwin Schrott, joins Decca with a deliciously charismatic, seductive and witty debut album. This album showcases his portrayals of some of opera's most famous roles, and which have wowed both audiences and critics across the world's greatest opera houses. Erwin Schrott has astonished audiences and critics across Europe, the US and south America with his sensuous, dark bass-baritone and onstage magnetism. This album shows off Erwin at his best, singing the wide range of roles that have made him famous. His charismatic portrayals have won him global acclaim, and for the Mozart roles in particular he is now first choice at the world's greatest opera houses, including the Met, La Scala, the Royal Opera House and Vienna's Staatsoper. Schrott's debut disc is the perfect disc to showcase his distinctive, chocolatey voice and his wonderful talents for characterisation. Amongst the arias are his favourite Mozart roles as well as repertoire from the great 19th-century opera composers such as Verdi, Meyerbeer, Berlioz, and Gounod. “…has an exceptionally beautiful voice, which he uses to fine effect in some of these arias. Philippe's great aria from Don Carlos is impressive, so is Procida's from Les vêpres siciliennes, and his Berlioz, Gounod and Meyerbeer are striking too.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** “Here, in all probability, is the basso cantante par excellence missing since the heyday of Samuel Ramey. The fine, resonant voice, wide in range, firm and even in delivery, is at home in a variety of styles.” Gramophone Magazine, Awards Issue 2008 “Schrott is suave and honeyed in the serenades from Don Giovanni and Gounod’s Faust” Sunday Times, 27th July 2008 *** “ Half the disc is devoted to Mozart and the three Da Ponte roles that made Schrott's name...But he often fares better in the quieter, more beguiling moments than in full flow - not usually the case on stage...three arias from Berlioz, Gounod and Meyerbeer bring out the dynamic devil in him.” The Observer, 3rd August 2008 “Schrott knows how to change his voice’s colour, phrase by phrase, sometimes word by word, especially if the word is “Susanna”. As Figaro in the Mozart selections he’s attractively light and dancing; he can also drip with honey (Voici des roses from La Damnation de Faust) and scowl himself black (Meyerbeer’s Bertram, bound for Hell). Intimacy comes as easily, too, as the loud address: Philip’s monologue from Don Carlos (sung in French) conveys with unusual penetration the sense of someone thinking out loud, quiet and fearful.” The Times, 25th July 2008 **** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Boris Christoff: The Russian BassMusic from Prince Igor, Don Carlo & Boris Godunov
This release features Christoff in the great Russian bass roles with substantial ‘bonus tracks’ and serves as an excellent introduction to this wonderful singer, caught between 1949 and 1954. Repertoire includes arias from Prince Igor, Eugene Onegin, Sadko and Boris Godunov. Super budget price. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Willard White in Concert
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| |  | Bass Arias Vol. 3Complete versions and orchestral backing tracks
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| |  | Carlo Colombara: The Art of the Bass
Carlo Colombara (bass) Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana, Bulgarian National Symphony Orchestra & Prague Tchaikovsky Orchestra, György G. Ráth, Vladimir Ghiaurov & Fabrizio Milani Described as “the great Verdian bass” (Le Figaro) and a “Mefistofele who stood out over all the others” (Der Neue Merker), Carlo Colombara brings some of the most famous bass rôles to life in this wide-ranging programme. Emotions range from the pride of Escamillo in Bizet’s Carmen, through the terrors of Verdi’s Attila, to the tender recollections of Rachmaninov’s Aleko. Mephistopheles strides powerfully through both Gounod and Boito’s operas, and Rossini’s comic wit contrasts with the darkness of Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov. In 1986 he won the prize for the best Italian singer in the G. B. Viotti Competition and the following year he won the As.Li.Co competition before making his début at the Teatro dell’Opera in Rome in Ernani. His subsequent career has brought appearances in the most important theatres of the world, in Tokyo, London, Berlin, Vienna, Milan, New York, Zurich, Barcelona, where he now lives, Verona and elsewhere. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Great Singers Live: Nicolai GhiaurovSelection from two “Sunday Concerts” with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester given in 1966 and 1969.
Nicolai Ghiaurov’s unmistakable timbre brought him the title “Re dei bassi” – “King of Basses”. In live recordings from two Sunday Concerts by the Münchner Rundfunkorchester he can be heard in key roles from the bass repertoire as well as rarely performed arias by Bizet, Glinka and Rimsky Korsakov. The program also contains arias from two roles in which Ghiaurov became world-famous: the title role in Boris Godunov and Mephistophèlès in Gounod’s Faust. - Previously unreleased recordings by Nicolai Ghiaurov - Documents of the beloved Sunday concerts with the Münchner Rundfunkorchester from the 1960’s under the direction of Georges Prêtre and Alfredo Antonini. - The program contains key roles of the bass repertoire as well as rarely heard arias. | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| | Janet Baker in Conversation with Marjorie Anderson | Barringcloe: | A Divine Hymn - Jehovah Reigns | Fauré: | Mandoline, Op. 58 No. 1 (Verlaine) En sourdine, Op. 58 No. 2 (Verlaine) Soir Op. 83 No. 2 Fleur jetée, Op. 39 No. 2 Fleur jetée, Op. 39 No. 2 | Gounod: | Vous qui faîtes l'endormie (from Faust) | Gratiani: | Velut palma, velut rosa | Handel: | Joshua: Oh! had I Jubal's lyre | Humfrey: | A Hymne to God the Father | Monteverdi: | Quel sguardo sdegnosetto Libro Nono di Magrigali e Canzonette: Si dolce è'l tormento Maledetto sia l'aspetto | Purcell: | O lead me to some peaceful gloom (from Bonduca or The British Heroine, Z574) Pursuing Beauty (from Sir Anthony Love or The Rambling Lady, Z588) Ah! cruel, bloody fate (from Theodosius or The Force of Love, Z606) | Schubert: | Schwestergruss, D762 (Bruchmann) Liebe schwarmt auf allen Wegen, D239 No. 6 (Goethe) Hin und wieder fliegen Pfeile, D239 No. 3 (Goethe) An die untergehende Sonne, D457 An Herrn Josef von Spaun, Assessor in Linz (Epistel), D749 (Collin) |
Recorded: Aldeburgh Festival, 14 June 1971 / BBC Studios, London, 22 October 1969 (interview) | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Alexander KipnisOpera and Lieder
Brahms: | Auf dem Kirchhofe, Op. 105 No. 4 Immer leiser wird mein Schlummer, Op. 105 No. 2 Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86 No. 2 Sapphische Ode, Op. 94 No. 4 | Cornelius: | Der Barbier von Baghdad: So schwärmet Jugend | Flotow: | Martha: Lasst mich euch fragen (Porterlied) | Gounod: | Vous qui faîtes l'endormie (from Faust) | Handel: | Al sen ti stringo e parto (from Ariodante) Si, tra i ceppi (from Berenice) | Lortzing: | Der Windschütz: Fünftausend Taler | Mozart: | Wer ein Liebchen hat gefunden (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) La vendetta (from Le nozze di Figaro) Sung in German with Else Ruziczka (soprano) Madamina, il catalogo è questo (from Don Giovanni) | Rossini: | La calunnia è un venticello (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Sung in German as 'Die Verleumdung, sie ist ein Lüftchen' | Schubert: | Heidenröslein, D257 Ungeduld (No. 7 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Erlkönig, D328 Der Wanderer, D493 Der Lindenbaum (No. 5 from Winterreise, D911) Der Wegweiser (No. 20 from Winterreise, D911) Aufenthalt D957 No. 5 Am Meer, D 957 No. 12 Der Doppelgänger D957 No. 13 | Schumann: | Die beiden Grenadiere, Op. 49 No. 1 | Verdi: | A te l'estremo addio ... Il lacerato spirito (from Simon Boccanegra) Ella giammai m'amò (from Don Carlo) O tu Palermo (from I Vespri Siciliani) Ella giammai m'amò (from Don Carlo) | Wagner: | Das schöne Fest, Johannistag (from Die Meistersinger) Verachtet mir die Meister nicht (from Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg) Parsifal: Good Friday Music with Fritz Wolff (tenor) Leb wohl, du kühnes, herrliches Kind! (from Die Walküre) | Weber: | Hier im ird'schen Jammertal (from Der Freischütz) |
Recorded 1922-1939 | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | A Date With The Devil
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