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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Be My Love: A Tribute to Mario Lanza
Blessed with “a golden-age voice” (The Sunday Times) that routinely inspires comparisons with legendary singers from earlier eras, Joseph Calleja will follow the success of The Maltese Tenor with a tribute to one of the most popular tenors of all time; the unique “crossover” star of the Hollywood musical – Mario Lanza. This is an album that Joseph Calleja has always wanted to record. As a youth in Malta he saw Lanza in the cult film The Great Caruso and was so captivated that he gave up his predilection for Metallica and Iron Maiden and decided to become an opera singer “Calleja doesn’t suffer from...self-imposed comparisons: the voice is burnished and focused; the top notes whammy yet unforced; the legato tone garnished with saccharine slithers but not sloppy. Calleja doesn’t do final consonants; and sometimes you wish his conductor (Steven Mercurio) had encouraged more ebb and flow. But these throbbing ballads will delight Calleja’s fans.” The Times, 8th September 2012 *** “It's an unashamedly populist collection, Calleja rolling the Rs of "Granada" and "Arrivederci, Roma" with obvious relish in arrangements replete with castanets and trilling mandolins, before building to the full football climax with spirited renditions of "Nessun Dorma" and a mighty "You'll Never Walk Alone".” The Independent, 8th September 2012 *** “Calleja is not a Mario Lanza: he's a gifted lyric tenor with a voice that is most comfortable in the head...there's a nice throb in the voice in Lara's Granada...and Tosti's 'A vucchella' would seduce a slab of marble. But 'Vesti la giubba'. 'Cielo e mar' and 'Nessun dorma' all lack vocal drama.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2012 *** “an imaginative display of Calleja's art and interpretative approach, clearly captured by Decca's recording team.” International Record Review, December 2012 “Here is one of the most beautiful tenor voices now before the public, treated with musicality, style and feeling...but don’t expect the adrenalin kick that Mario Lanza was able to convey.” MusicWeb International, December 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Serenade: A Mario Lanza Songbook
Mario Lanza (tenor) RCA Victor Orchestra, Orchestre Ray Sinatra, Constantin Callinicos, Ray Sinatra “A slab of unremitting tenorial seductiveness” Sunday Times, 20th December 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Jussi Björling in Concert
Beethoven: | Adelaide, Op. 46 Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Frederic Schauwecker (piano) Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Robert Merrill (baritone) RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini | Brahms: | Ständchen, Op. 106 No. 1 Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Foster, S: | I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Geehl: | For You Alone Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Stockholm, Nils Grevillius | Giordano, U: | Amor ti vieta (from Fedora) Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Hardelot: | Because Orchestra of the Royal Opera, Stockholm, Nils Grevillius | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Mozart: | Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Puccini: | E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Frederic Schauwecker (piano) Ah, Manon mi tradisce (from Manon Lescaut) Licia Albanese (soprano) Orchestra of Rome Opera, Jonel Perlea Ah! Non v'avvicinate! No, pazzo son (from Manon Lescaut) Franco Calabrese (bass) Orchestra of Rome Opera, Jonel Perlea | Schubert: | Frühlingsglaube, D686 Die Forelle, D550 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Die böse Farbe (No. 17 from Die schöne Müllerin, D795) Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Strauss, R: | Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29 No. 1 Cäcilie, Op. 27 No. 2 Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Tosti: | Ideale L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Frederic Schauwecker (piano) | Verdi: | Deserto sulla terra (from Il trovatore) Leonard Warren (baritone) RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) Zinka Milanov (soprano) RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Robert Shaw Chorale RCA Victor Orchestra, Renato Cellini |
Tracks with piano recorded live at Carnegie Hall, 24th September 1955; other tracks recorded 1937-55 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Jussi Björling in Concert in Finland and USA 1940-1957
Bartlett, J C: | A Dream | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) | Denza: | Funiculì-Funiculà | Geehl: | For You Alone | Giordano, U: | Amor ti vieta (from Fedora) Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) | Gounod: | De grâce demeurez… Ange adorable (Roméo et Juliette) | Grieg: | En svane (No. 2 from Seks Digte af Henrik Ibsen, Op. 25) Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum' Seks Sange, Op. 48 No. 6 'Ein Traum' | Handel: | Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) | Hardelot: | Because | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Morgan, O: | Clorinda | Nordqvist: | Till havs (Towards the Sea) | Puccini: | Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) | Rachmaninov: | Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 V molchanii nochi taynoy, Op. 4 No. 3 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Song of the Hindu Guest (from Sadko) | Rossini: | Soirées musicales: La Danza | Schubert: | Frühlingsglaube, D686 Die Forelle, D550 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 | Sibelius: | Flickan kom från sin älsklings möte, Op. 37, No. 5 Säf, säf, susa, Op. 36 No. 4 (Text: Gustav Fröding) Var det en dröm? Op. 37 No. 4 (J.J. Wecksell) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) Demanten på marssnön, Op. 36 No. 6 (Wecksell) Svarta rosor, Op. 36 No. 1 (Ernst Josephson) | Sjöberg: | Tonerna (text: Erik Gustaf Geijer) Tonerna (text: Erik Gustaf Geijer) | Strauss, R: | Traum durch die Dämmerung, Op. 29 No. 1 Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 | Tosti: | L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Ideale | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Giovanna, ho dei rimorsi (from Rigoletto) È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto) | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) |
“More inveterate collectors will want this latest issue - which also is
reported to be the last issue from Bluebell, who have done a sterling job
over the years to put on disc innumerable previously unavailable Jussi
titles. The team behind this set and all the previous issues of Jussi
Björling recordings have done sterling service to his memory and their
best reward would be that even more people would invest in all the riches
that this and the previous issues contain. A cultural achievement of the
utmost importance”.” MusicWeb International | 
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| |  | Forever Domingo
| | Ay, ay, ay London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | Brodszky: | Be My Love London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Cardillo: | Core 'ngrato London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters | Curtis, E: | Non ti scordar di me London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges Non ti scordar di me London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Los Angeles Philharmonic, Carlo Maria Giulini | Grever: | Muñequita Linda London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Hardelot: | Because London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | LaCalle: | Amapola London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Lara, Augustin: | Granada London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters | Lecuona: | Siboney London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Lehár: | Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Leoncavallo: | Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita' London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters | Puccini: | Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Wiener Philharmoniker, Wiener Sangerknaben, Herbert von Karajan Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West) Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Zubin Mehta Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli | Rossini: | Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado | Verdi: | Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Claudio Abbado La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Piero Cappuccilli (baritone) Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Rosalind Plowright (soprano) Orchestra e Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini |
forever DOMINGO offers a tantalising and generous selection of Plácido Domingo’s greatest hits. It combines acclaimed recordings of popular tracks such as Be My Love and Granada with the greatest tenor opera arias from Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Bizet and Rossini. Includes Nessun Dorma, La donna è mobile, Largo al factotum and Una furtiva lagrima. The album is rounded off by one of the best-known pieces in the Viennese operetta repertoire Dein ist mein ganzes Herz. PLÁCIDO DOMINGO - Whatever he does, he does it from his heart. The son of singers who ran their own zarzuela company, Domingo grew up surrounded by music and the theatre. Today it is safe to say that in every corner of the world, everyone who has even the most passing interest in opera is familiar with the name of Plácido Domingo. He truly is a living legend. “Domingo shows his lighter side in souped-up arrangements of popular songs and a clutch of standard arias” BBC Music Magazine, May 2013 **** | | | (Sorry, download not available in your country) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Be My Love: A Tribute to Mario LanzaPlease note - This is an LP vinyl record - NOT a CD!
Blessed with “a golden-age voice” (The Sunday Times) that routinely inspires comparisons with legendary singers from earlier eras, Joseph Calleja will follow the success of The Maltese Tenor with a tribute to one of the most popular tenors of all time; the unique “crossover” star of the Hollywood musical – Mario Lanza. This is an album that Joseph Calleja has always wanted to record. As a youth in Malta he saw Lanza in the cult film The Great Caruso and was so captivated that he gave up his predilection for Metallica and Iron Maiden and decided to become an opera-singer. “It's an unashamedly populist collection, Calleja rolling the Rs of "Granada" and "Arrivederci, Roma" with obvious relish in arrangements replete with castanets and trilling mandolins, before building to the full football climax with spirited renditions of "Nessun Dorma" and a mighty "You'll Never Walk Alone"” The Independent, 8th September 2012 *** “Calleja doesn’t suffer from...self-imposed comparisons: the voice is burnished and focused; the top notes whammy yet unforced; the legato tone garnished with saccharine slithers but not sloppy. Calleja doesn’t do final consonants; and sometimes you wish his conductor (Steven Mercurio) had encouraged more ebb and flow. But these throbbing ballads will delight Calleja’s fans.” The Times, 8th September 2012 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Richard Crooks
Richard Crooks had a bright instrumental tenor voice, similar to that of John McCormack. His singing was characterized by his musicality, line and concentration of tone. His recordings are considered as examples of elegant singing culture. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | The McCormack Edition Volume 5The Acoustic Recordings (1914-1915)
John McCormack (tenor) with Fritz Kreisler, violin, Vincent O’Brien, piano (tracks 1, 2), Francis Lapitino, harp (track 3), Rosario Bourdon, cello (track 4), Lucrezia Bori, soprano (tracks 17, 18, 19), Lucy Isabelle Marsh, soprano (track 20), Josephine Jacoby, contralto (track 17), Harry Macdonough, tenor (tracks 15, 16, 22), Lambert Murphy, tenor (tracks 15, 16), Reinald Werrenrath, baritone (15-17, 21-22), William F. Hooley, bass (track 22) “McCormack was a strong lyrical tenor with a clean edge to the voice…. A particular quality is the way he can hold on to a final note and let it gently die without any touch of aural instability. Such quality of breath control is amazing.” MusicWeb International | | | (also available to download from $9.00) | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | The World's Most Beautiful Melodies, Vol. 3
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| |  | The Jussi Bjorling SeriesRare and Alternative Recordings 1920-1949
Armand: | Var det en drom? | Beneken: | O, hur stilla | Borodin: | Medlenno den ugasal (Slowly the day has faded) (from Prince Igor) | Dresser: | On the banks of the Wabash, far away | Enders: | Lilla prinsessa | Foster, S: | I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair | Gounod: | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) | Hardelot: | Because | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) O Lola, bianca come fior di spino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Millöcker: | Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (from Der Bettelstudent) sung in Swedish | Nyblom: | Brinnande gula flod | Offenbach: | Le jugement de Pâris - Au Mont Ida (from La Belle Hélène) sung in Swedish | Rossini: | Stabat Mater: Cujus animam gementem | Strauss, J, II: | Wer uns getraut? (from Der Zigeunerbaron) sung in Swedish | trad.: | I Himmelen, I Himmelen Guds rena lamm oskyldig | Verdi: | Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto) | Wennerberg: | Psalm 24 (Gören portarna höga) |
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