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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | 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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| |  | 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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| |  | Vittorio Grigolo: Arrivederci
‘Arrivederci’ follows the massive success of Vittorio’s debut album ‘In The Hands of Love’. The album shot into the top 10 of the UK album chart, and the hottest new tenor was quickly snapped up to perform duets with Nicole Scherzinger and the legendary Lionel Richie. Vittorio Grigolo had sensationally arrived. A stunning collection of thirteen of the best Italian songs and opera arias personally chosen by Vittorio Grigolo, his second album for Sony Classical, proves just why his recent appearance in Faust at the Royal Opera House garnered rave reviews. Inspiring critics to proclaim Vittorio as “Irresistible” – Daily Telegraph and “Explosively dynamic” – The Independent, the performance has secured Vittorio’s place as an opera star for a brand new generation. ‘Arrivederci’ combines Grigolo’s selection of songs from the past century that are steeped in Italian tradition with a handful of beautiful arias. Recorded with Pier Giorgio Morandi conducting the Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Parma, this album is a deeply personal homage to the music with which the great tenors of the past have thrilled generations of music lovers. From incomparable arias such as Verdi’s La donna è mobile (Rigoletto) and Giordano’s Amor ti vieta to the quintessentially Neapolitan tunes of Core ‘ngrato (Cardillo) and Mattinata (Leoncavallo), ‘Arrivederci’ reflects the sounds and traditions of a period in Vittorio’s life he will never forget. Vittorio Grigolo, born in Tuscany and raised in Rome, became a soloist in the choir of the Sistine Chapel at the age of nine, sang the role of the shepherd boy in Puccini’s Tosca in the Rome Opera alongside Luciano Pavarotti at 13, and at 23 was the youngest tenor ever to debut at la Scala in Milan. So far, he has sold over 350,000 albums worldwide. “he brings the same muscular charm to "Torna a Surriento" and "Arrivederci Roma" as he does to "La donna e mobile" and "La danza". Most impressive of all, emotion courses through every syllable of Lucio Dalla's "Caruso".” The Independent, 3rd February 2012 *** “After he has handsomely done his classical duty with arias from Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Cilea among others, Grigolo lets rip with popular Italian songs, emoting in a properly verismo manner about being lovesick and homesick for the southern sun and the Mediterranean moon...his is an attractive, light lyric voice with a pleasing top but, as yet, shallow in the lower register.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 *** “Like Pavarotti, Grigolo has a forward projection of the voice which propels it smoothly along the line, thus helping legato. His lyric tenor is supple and has a pleasant sound, and he has the virtue of being able (and willing) to employ vocal dynamic, which always benefit strophic songs...Grigolo puts across each message in winning tones.” International Record Review, March 2012 “Grigolo's bright, forward projection and not huge voice suits this Three Tenors repertoire well and he handles it with more respect (and, dare one say, taste) and intelligent use of the words than some of his predecessors therein. The Italian pops, especially 'Arrivederci, Roma', have a refreshing simplicity...this sounds like a serious artist and he's been well recorded and produced.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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“After he has handsomely done his classical duty with arias from Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Cilea among others, Grigolo lets rip with popular Italian songs, emoting in a properly verismo manner about being lovesick and homesick for the southern sun and the Mediterranean moon...his is an attractive, light lyric voice with a pleasing top but, as yet, shallow in the lower register.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 *** “Like Pavarotti, Grigolo has a forward projection of the voice which propels it smoothly along the line, thus helping legato. His lyric tenor is supple and has a pleasant sound, and he has the virtue of being able (and willing) to employ vocal dynamic, which always benefit strophic songs...Grigolo puts across each message in winning tones.” International Record Review, March 2012 “he brings the same muscular charm to "Torna a Surriento" and "Arrivederci Roma" as he does to "La donna e mobile" and "La danza". Most impressive of all, emotion courses through every syllable of Lucio Dalla's "Caruso".” The Independent, 3rd February 2012 *** “Grigolo's bright, forward projection and not huge voice suits this Three Tenors repertoire well and he handles it with more respect (and, dare one say, taste) and intelligent use of the words than some of his predecessors therein. The Italian pops, especially 'Arrivederci, Roma', have a refreshing simplicity...this sounds like a serious artist and he's been well recorded and produced.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | ArrivederciStandard Version
“After he has handsomely done his classical duty with arias from Verdi, Puccini, Mozart and Cilea among others, Grigolo lets rip with popular Italian songs, emoting in a properly verismo manner about being lovesick and homesick for the southern sun and the Mediterranean moon...his is an attractive, light lyric voice with a pleasing top but, as yet, shallow in the lower register.” BBC Music Magazine, December 2011 *** “Like Pavarotti, Grigolo has a forward projection of the voice which propels it smoothly along the line, thus helping legato. His lyric tenor is supple and has a pleasant sound, and he has the virtue of being able (and willing) to employ vocal dynamic, which always benefit strophic songs...Grigolo puts across each message in winning tones.” International Record Review, March 2012 “he brings the same muscular charm to "Torna a Surriento" and "Arrivederci Roma" as he does to "La donna e mobile" and "La danza". Most impressive of all, emotion courses through every syllable of Lucio Dalla's "Caruso".” The Independent, 3rd February 2012 *** “Grigolo's bright, forward projection and not huge voice suits this Three Tenors repertoire well and he handles it with more respect (and, dare one say, taste) and intelligent use of the words than some of his predecessors therein. The Italian pops, especially 'Arrivederci, Roma', have a refreshing simplicity...this sounds like a serious artist and he's been well recorded and produced.” Gramophone Magazine, June 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | An Italian Songbook
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| |  | The Opera Gala - Live from Baden-Baden
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| |  | The Berlin Concert
“For all the reek of marketing hype, there's a real sense of occasion, our greatest living tenor benignly crowning superstar successors who promise comparable art and intelligence.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2007 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Elisabeth Schwarzkopf - Early Song Recordings for German Radio
anon.: | Volkslied aus dem Berner Oberland O du liebs Aengeli Die Beruhigte (Bayerisches Volkslied) Z'lauterbach Han | Beethoven: | Das Geheimnis, WoO 145 | Brahms: | Da unten im Tale (No. 6 from Deutsche Volkslieder, WoO 33) | Busoni: | Unter den Linden, Op. 18 No. 2 | Cornelius: | Heimatgedenken, Op. 16 No. 1 Die Duftigen Graese, Op. 16 No. 4 with Josef Greindl (bass) | Humperdinck: | Winterlied, EHWV 90 | Loewe, C: | Vogelsang, Op. 9 No. 3 Abendstunde, Op. 130 No. 3 Fruehlingsankunft, Op. 130, 5 Der Spaziergang, Op. 9 No. 4 Die Verliebte Schaeferin, Op. 9 No. 3 Die Sylphide, Op. 9 No. 2 Zeislein, Op. 62 No. 1 Irrlichter, Op. 62 No. 6 O süße Mutter, Op. 62 No. 3 Kind und Mädchen, Op. 62 No. 2 Die Blume der Eingebung, Op. 63 No. 6 Das Glockenspiel mit der Phantasie Frühling, Op. 107 No. 3 | Mozart: | Die Verschweigung, K518 Oiseaux, si tous les ans, K307 | Rameau: | Hyppolyte et Aricie: Rossignols amoureux | Reger: | Ich glaub, Op. 18 No. 2 Viola d'amour, Op. 55 Waldseligkeit, Op. 62 No. 2 Die Verschmähte, Op. 70 No. 8 Wiegenlied, Op. 79d, 1 | Rossini: | Soirées musicales: La Danza | Schumann: | Volksliedchen, Op. 51 No. 2 | Strauss, J, II: | Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 | Strauss, R: | Hat gesagt - bleibt's nicht dabei, Op. 36 No. 3 Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 Schlagende Herzen Op. 29 No. 2 | Verdi: | Lo spazzacamino | Wolf, H: | Philine (No. 8 from Goethe-Lieder) |
“In these 1940s recordings of a wide range of repertoire, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf's voice sounds soubrettish, with injections of her own inimitable charm.” BBC Music Magazine, May 2007 **** | | | (also available to download from $21.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Berlin ConcertLive from the 'Waldbühne'
“The greatest voices of their day came together again on Friday evening. . . Domingo still works his magic . . . Netrebko symbolizes the combination of skill, charisma and naturalness . . . Villazón is the perfect masculine counterpart. . . Great opera needs protagonists like these” (Die Welt am Sonntag, Berlin) “For all the reek of marketing hype, there's a real sense of occasion, our greatest living tenor benignly crowning superstar successors who promise comparable art and intelligence.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2007 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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