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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Alain Vanzo: French Arias
Alain Vanzo was born in Monaco in April 1928 and was apparently a gifted musician from an early age. From an inauspicious start, he was eventually heard by a singing teacher who recognised his talents, and from that point on, he was lucky enough to be integrated into the French music scene where he triumphed in various performances. He made his debut at the Pera and the Opera-Comique in 1957, going on to sing the Duke of Mantua that same year. He became known and respected as a lyric tenor and matured towards a more robust tenor, culminating in him taking on Werther at aged 40 and Don Jose at aged 45. By the time he reached the age of 48, and after his performance of Faust in 1976 in the US, he had become a star and this disc shows exactly why he was so well respected. | 
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| |  | The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda
Adam: | Mes amis, écoutez l'histoire (from Le Postillon de Lonjumeau) | Beethoven: | Adelaide, Op. 46 | Bellini: | Prendi l'anel ti dono (from La Sonnambula) | Berlioz: | La gloire etait ma seule idole (from Benvenuto Cellini) | Bizet: | Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) | Donizetti: | Quanto è bella, quanto è cara! (from L'Elisir d'amore) Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor) | Flotow: | Ach, so fromm (from Martha) | Glinka: | Souvenir | Goldmark: | Magische Töne, berauschender Duft (from Die Königin von Saba) | Gounod: | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) | Lehár: | Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) | Massenet: | Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther) Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) | Mozart: | Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) | Mussorgsky: | Boris Godunov: Dmitry! Tsarevich | Offenbach: | Va pour Kleinzach...Il était une fois à la cour (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) | Puccini: | Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) | Rachmaninov: | Sing not, O lovely one (Ne poi, krasavitsa, pri mne), Op. 4 No. 4 How fair this spot, Op. 21 No. 7 | Rossini: | Asile héréditaire (from Guillaume Tell) | Strauss, J, II: | Ja, das alles auf Ehr' (from Der Zigeunerbaron) | Strauss, R: | Heimliche Aufforderung, Op. 27 No. 3 Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) In this moonlight, Op.73, No.3 Sred' shumnogo bala (Amid the din of the ball), Op. 38 No. 3 Serenada Don-Zhuana (Don Juan's Serenade), Op. 38 No. 1 | Thomas, Ambroise: | Elle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naïve (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) |
Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, is an exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as in the art song. With a magnificent lyric tenor voice and extraordinary range, Gedda makes the notorious top D at the end of ‘Mes amis, écoutez l’histoire’ sound positively effortless. This collection offers a wealth of repertoire that has helped to cement Gedda’s reputation as one of the greatest tenors of his generation. |
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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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| |  | Opera 2010
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Maria Callas (soprano) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano Care compagne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno (from La Sonnambula) Evelino Pidò | Cilea: | Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur) Myung-Whun Chung | Donizetti: | Il segreto per esser felici (from Lucrezia Borgia) Vivica Genaux (mezzo) | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Gershwin: | Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) Maria Callas (soprano) | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) David Daniels (countertenor) Harry Bicket | Gounod: | Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Diana Damrau (soprano) L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) Rolando Villazón (tenor) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France | Handel: | Rival ti sono (from Faramondo) Caro amico amplesso! (from Poro) Precipitoso nel mar che freme (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo) Laurent Naouri (baritone) Crude furie degli orridi abissi (from Serse) Ove son...Qui ti sfido (from Arianna) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) David Daniels (countertenor) | Mascagni: | Attesa (from the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana) Sarah Brightman (soprano) Ed anchè Beppe amò (from L'amico Fritz) Gianandrea Gavazzeni Suzel, buon di 'Cherry Duet' (from L'amico Fritz) Gianandrea Gavazzeni Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) | Mozart: | Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) Natalie Dessay (soprano) Louis Langree Và pure ad altri in braccio (from La finta giardiniera) Elina Garanca (mezzo) Camerata Salzburg, Louis Langree In quali eccessi ... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrate (from Don Giovanni) Véronique Gens (soprano) Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from Le nozze di Figaro) Teresa Berganza (mezzo) E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Jeffrey Tate O zittre nicht (from Die Zauberflöte) Le Cercle De L'Harmonie | Offenbach: | Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann ) Jessye Norman (soprano) | Puccini: | Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolini (from Madama Butterfly) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) James Levine Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg | Rameau: | Triste séjour – Argie Les Talens Lyriques | Rossini: | La donna del lago: Fra il padre, e fra l'amante Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Edoardo Muller | Verdi: | Celeste Aida (from Aida) Plácido Domingo (tenor) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Münchner Rundfunkorchester Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Terry Edwards | Vivaldi: | Griselda: Agitata da due venti Vivica Genaux (mezzo) Se in ogni guardo from Orlando finto pazzo Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Jean-Christophe Spinosi |
Following the enormous success of the album OPERA 2009, EMI Classics is releasing OPERA 2010. Great voices of today and legendary singers of the past, from the EMI and Virgin Classics catalogue: the home of opera. With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of operatic arias and duets, this double album features the best and most popular names in opera from the catalogues of both Virgin Classics and EMI Classics, ranging from the newest arrivals on the operatic scene, as well as many present day superstars, to iconic legends. This is an unmissable collection of the best in opera that will have a wide appeal. Present day superstars include Angela Gheorghiu, Natalie Dessay, Sarah Brightman, Barbara Hendricks, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Rolando Villazón, Roberto Alagna and Bryn Terfel. Rising new artists are strongly represented by Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, Elina Garanca, Vivica Genaux, Véronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Philippe Jaroussky, Jonas Kaufmann, David Daniels, Max Emanuel Cencic and Laurent Naouri. The programme also contains tracks by some of the world’s greatest singers of the past such as Victoria de los Angeles, Teresa Berganza, Mirella Freni, Lucia Popp and Franco Corelli as well as the legendary Luciano Pavarotti and the unique Maria Callas. All the most popular operatic composers are represented, from Baroque masters like Vivaldi, Rameau and Handel, through Gluck and Mozart to Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Cilea and Gershwin, as well as French favourites Gounod, Massenet and Offenbach. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Viva Villazón! (STANDARD)The Best of Rolando Villazón
Berlioz: | Dieu tout puissant, Dieu de l’aurore Thomas Gounet d’après Thomas Moore Chœur « Les Eléments » & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson A cette voix quel trouble… Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Cilea: | È la solita storia 'Lamento di Federico' (from L'Arlesiana) | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero...Tu che a Dio spiegasti l'ali (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Polyeucte: Source délicieuse L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) | Gruber, F: | Stille Nacht arr.Philippe Rombi Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte, Philippe Rombi | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) with Teresa Blank (mezzo-soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Massenet: | Ah ! Parais, astre de mon ciel Zarastra from Le Mage Chœur et Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Roma - Je vais la voir! Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Traduire ! Ah ! Bien souvent mon rêve s’envole… Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther) Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pído | Monteverdi: | Libro Nono di Magrigali e Canzonette: Si dolce è'l tormento Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim Eri già tutta mia Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim | Offenbach: | Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach (from Les contes d'Hoffmann) With Florian Laconi (ténor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) (previously unreleased) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Recondita armonia (from Tosca) | Sorozábal: | La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’ Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Lunge da lei…De’ miei bollenti spiriti (from La Traviata) Io l'ho perduta (from Don Carlos) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Vives: | Por el humo se sabe donde esta el fuego Fernando from Dona Frasquita Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Wade: | O come, all ye faithful arr.Philippe Rombi |
Standard Version ““Villazón's singing offers a combination of intelligence and glamour not seen since the ascendancy of Domingo” The New Yorker | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Roberto Alagna - Tenor
Berlioz: | Prière: Te ergo quaesumus (Te Deum) Chœur & Orchestre de Paris, John Nelson | Bernstein: | Tonight (from West Side Story) Angela Gheorghiu (Maria) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong | Bizet: | Parle-moi de ma mère (from Carmen) Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson Je vais danser en votre honneur (from Carmen) Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Inva Mula (Micaëla) & Angela Gheorghiu (Carmen) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Donizetti: | C’est moi Lucie (from Lucie de Lammermoor) Natalie Dessay (Lucie) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò Sur la tombe de mon père (Lucie de Lammermoor) Natalie Dessay (Lucie) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò Vers toi toujours s’envoler (from Lucie de Lammermoor) Natalie Dessay (Lucie) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò Tombes de mes aïeux (from Lucie de Lammermoor) Natalie Dessay (Lucie) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Lyon, Evelino Pidò | Gounod: | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson Va, je t’ai pardonné…Anges du ciel (from Roméo et Juliette) Angela Gheorghiu (Juliette) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong Toi ! Vous ! Oui ! Je fus cruelle… N’est-ce plus ma main (from Manon) Angela Gheorghiu (Manon) & Yann-Armel Quemener (Le portier du séminaire) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong Oui ce qu'elle m'ordonne... Lorsque l'enfant (from Werther) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)
Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano Pourquoi me reveiller (from Werther) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)
Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano N’achevez pas, hélas (from Werther) Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte)
Angela Gheorghiu (Charlotte) Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Antonio Pappano | Offenbach: | Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Armstrong | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Leontina Vaduva (Mimi) Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Leontina Vaduva (Mimi) Philharmonia Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano Ah! Franchiggia… O dolci mani mansuete e pure (from Tosca) Angela Gheorghiu (Tosca) & Enrico Fissore (Le Sacristain) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano Ma come puoi lasciarmi (from La Rondine) Angela Gheorghiu (Magda) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Ecco la Casa...Torna ai felici di (from Le Villi) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi) London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Et incarnatus est London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano | Verdi: | Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora) & Enrico Facini (Ruiz) London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Angela Gheorghiu (Leonora) & Enrico Facini (Ruiz) London Voices & London Symphony Orchestra, Antonio Pappano Fontainebleau! Forêt immense et solitaire … (from Don Carlos) Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II) Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano Qui me rendra ce mort ? Ô funèbres abîmes (from Don Carlos) Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II) Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano Dieu, tu semas dans nos âmes (from Don Carlos) Thomas Hampson (Rodrigue), Csaba Airizer (Un moine) & José Van Dam (Philippe II) Chœur du Théâtre du Châtelet – Orchestre de Paris, Antonio Pappano Ingemisco (from Requiem) London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano |
The incomparable Roberto Alagna sings with some of the world’s greatest artists including Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson, Claudio Abbado, Richard Armstrong, Antonio Pappano, Angela Gheorghiu and many more in this selection of his finest opera performances. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Arias by Gounod and Massenet
“This is mostly well-planned and executed recital mixes favourites with extracts from operas that have remained rarities, even with the increased interest in late 19th-century repertory. It begins with Rodrigue's great prayer, 'O souverain' from Act 3 of Le Cid. Rolando Villazón sings this with an attractive quiet introspection to start with, but then there is metal and passion in his voice for the climax. Of the other well-known Massenet items, it's good to hear Werther's 'Lorsque l'enfant' as well as the show-stopping 'Pourquoi me réveiller?'. In 'En fermant les yeux' from Manon, Natalie Dessay provides Manon's brief phrases, and Villazón makes a really sensitive dreamer. 'Ah, fuyez' goes well too, but it will be the arias from Roma, Grisélidis and Le Mage that will attract most listeners. In all Massenet's output is there a more seductive tune than the one that forms the centre of the Roma scene, 'Soir admirable'? This is done very well by Warren Mok in the complete recording, but Villazón outshines him.
Of the Gounod arias, Faust's 'Salut demeure' fares the best, but again it will be the extracts from Polyeucte and La Reine de Saba that will please immediately.
Villazón has established himself as one of the most promising among the new generation of tenors. His French has improved recently, butthere is the odd difficulty still with certain vowels.
Accompaniment, recording and presentation are first-rate.” Gramophone Classical Music Guide, 2010 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Berlin Opera NightRecorded live at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, 2011
Major stars of the international opera stage come together with the Chor und Orchester of the Deutsche Oper Berlin, under the internationally acclaimed conductor Donald Runnicles, in this opera gala in aid of the German AIDS Foundation. Highlights from operas by Rossini, Verdi, Meyerbeer, Wagner, Delibes, Sartori are performed by world-class musicians from around the globe. Heading the star-studded line-up were established artists of the calibre of Adrianne Pieczonka, Vivica Genaux and Simone Kermes, while the younger generation is represented by tenors Francesco Demuro, Antonio Poli and Teodor Illincai, as well as the exciting soprano Kristin Lewis and mezzo-soprano Anna Smirnova. The result was truly an evening to remember. Picture format DVD: NTSC 16:9 Sound format DVD: PCM Stereo Region code: 0 Booklet notes: English, German, French Runnning time: 75 mins “Familiar pieces variably sung, but enjoyable” BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 *** |
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