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"There are a lot of people who do not go to the opera because they think you need to have special knowledge for that. I believe that you need a heart and sensibility, and everybody has that." Rolando Villazón Remember this name - one of the world's leading tenors, Rolando Villazón, is set to become a UK household name in early 2010. Alongside a prime-time ITV show in which he will star, he also releases an exclusive UK album 'Tenor', giving the UK public the opportunity to sample some of the best-loved tenor arias sung by a consummate professional. Appearing on ITV's new prime-time show Popstar to Opera Star, hosted by Myleene Klass and Alan Titchmarsh, Mexican Villazón will be both a mentor and panellist, lending his operatic expertise to the pop singer students throughout the series. Can eight singers from the world of pop transform their voices and master the art of opera? Coronation Street star Kym Marsh and McFly singer Danny Jones join a glittering celebrity line-up preparing to warble their way into the nation’s hearts. They've already conquered the pop world - but will they hit the high notes en route to operatic success? Villazón has been one of the most in-demand singers on the international opera circuit for almost a decade now, and has firmly established himself in the A-list opera-houses of Paris, Berlin, Los Angeles, Vienna, New York and London. On ‘Tenor', Villazón showcases some of the best-known tenor arias popularised by operatic legends including the 'Three Tenors' Pavarotti, Domingo and Carreras. The greatest tenor arias on this disc vary from sophisticated Handel and emotional operatic greats by Verdi and Puccini through to 20th Century classics from Bernstein’s ‘West Side Story’ and Lloyd Webber’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’. Villazón's enormous personality and charisma shine through every inflection on both the TV show and on this album. He is sure to win over the British audience when he brings musical cheer to our winter evenings. | 
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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: | Il lamento di Federico (L'Arlesiana) | Donizetti: | Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (Faust) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Polyeucte: Source délicieuse L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (Roméo et Juliette) | Grüber, 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: | Sì 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 (Hoffmann) With Florian Laconi (ténor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Puccini: | Rodolfo's Aria from La bohème Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai' (previously unreleased) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Recondita armonia (Tosca) | Sorozábal: | La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’ Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Tchaikovsky: | Eugene Onegin: Lensky's aria | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Lunge da lei…De’ miei bollenti (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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| |  | Björling, Caruso & GigliThree Legendary Tenors in Opera and Song
Jussi Björling, Enrico Caruso, Benjamino Gigli Recorded 1909-1944 | | | 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, ternei 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: | Song to the Moon (from Rusalka) Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Gershwin: | Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess) | Giordano, U: | Andrea Chénier: La mamma morta Maria Callas (soprano) | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro' senza 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 (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 - L'amico Fritz Gianandrea Gavazzeni Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) | Mozart: | Der Hölle Rache - Queen of the Night's Aria (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 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) Madama Butterfly: 'Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolini' Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Tosca: 'E lucevan le stelle' 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 Kaufman, 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. |
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| |  | Wookyung Kim - Hugo, Schiller & Goethe
Wookyung Kim (tenor) Kammerensemble Classic der Deutschen Oper Berlin Following his debut solo album earlier this year of Korean Songs, MSM releases the sensational young tenor, Wookyung Kim’s operatic arias album. The selection of the arias derives from operas based on the works of three European literature giants, Victor Hugo, Friedrich Schiller and Johan Wolfgang von Goethe. “Wookyung Kim has a fine tenor voice and he seems to be on a mission to make everyone realise it” International Record Review “Kim possesses an exceptionally beautiful timbre with rich resonance and Italianate lyrical tenor sound that often reminds us of a young Giuseppe Di Stefano.” Opernglas “His youthful voice rang out with joie de vivre, loving the way the Duke’s music lies so high rather than sweating over it like most tenors do.” Financial Times | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Piotr Beczala - Salut!
Piotr Beczala (tenor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ion Marin Piotr Beczala has established himself as one of the most outstanding young lyric tenors. Born in Southern
Poland, he studied with Pavel Lisitsian and Sena Jurinac. After his first engagement at the Landestheater in
Linz (Austria) he became a permanent member of the Zurich Opera and remains closely associated with
this company.
He made his Covent Garden debut as the Italian tenor in Rosenkavalier and followed with an acclaimed Faust
in 2004 and 2006. He returned as Lensky in Eugene Onegin this April with another Rosenkavalier at the
Festival Hall, again with Zurich Opera.
He made a sensational role debut, in January of this year, as Riccardo in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera with the
Berlin State Opera, where he was enthusiastically celebrated by both audience and press.The last two years
has seen a series of successful firsts including Alfredo, in La Traviata, with the Bavarian State Opera, Berlin's
Deutsche Oper and also in Tokyo; the Duke in Rigoletto at La Scala and as his debut with the Metropolitan
Opera; and Lensky in Eugene Onegin with the San Francisco Opera, where he returned as Tamino last year. In
Frankfurt and in Munich he has been acclaimed for his portrayal of Werther, as was his Don Ottavio at
Zurich Opera and the Salzburg Festival. In 2007 he added Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia to his repertoire:
singing this role he will return to the New York Met in autumn 2008.
His wide concert repertoire ranges from Mozart, Cherubini and Haydn's sacred music, via Rossini's Stabat
Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle to Mahler's Das Lied. He has appeared on many recordings and DVDs but
this is his first recital disc with excerpts from French and Italian operas, many of which he has already sung
on stage. “The voice has body, especially in the upper middle register, and an exciting ring on top.” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue “ … yet its chief glories are musical, not least the sterling performance of the young Polish tenor Piotr Beczala as Riccardo, which has Berliners drawing comparisons to Jussi Björling. He is certainly the best in this challenging role since Pavarotti” International Herald Tribune | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Corelli & Tebaldi - Live in Tokyo, 1973Director: Mario Martone
Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Tadashi Mori This exciting Dynamic DVD features the complete recording of the critically acclaimed concert given by International superstars Franco Corelli and Renata Tebaldi at the NHK Auditorium in Tokyo on 21st November 1973. This concert includes no less than five encores. “Her voice is so smooth and beautiful….sung with the beauty of tone and directness one associates with Tebaldi…. A much loved artist.” Gramophone Magazine | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| | Nostalgias Cobian & Cadicamo Studio Orchestra, Roberto Pansera | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | Curtis, E: | Non ti scordar di me (Arranged by Andreas N. Tarkmann) Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugene Kohn | Franck, C: | Panis Angelicus Marcello Viotti Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Gardel: | El dia que me quieras (Arr. Roberto Pansera) Studio Orchester, Roberto Pansera | Handel: | Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) | Lara, Augustin: | Granada (Arr. Peeters) London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters | Lehár: | Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Leoncavallo: | Mattinata (Arr. Peeters) | Penella: | Hasta cuando? Veronica Villarroel Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Miguel Roa Senó, q'e no me farte er való Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Miguel Roa | Puccini: | Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai' Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Schubert: | Wiegenlied, D498 (Arr. & Orch. Steven Mercurio as "Mille Cherubini in coro") Marcello Viotti & Romano Gandolfi Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Tosti: | Preghiera (Alla mente confusa) Orch. Steven Mercurio Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Nicolai Ghiaurov & Piero Cappuccilli Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini De' miei bollenti spiriti (from La traviata) Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Rosalind Plowright & Walter Gullino Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Cheryl Studer Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung Niun mi tema (from Otello) Ramón Vargas, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo & Giacomo Prestia Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung Son fra voi!...Già parmi udire il fremito (from Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio) Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev Mercè, diletti amici (from Ernani) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & Roger Wagner Chorale, Carlo Maria Giulini Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lorin Maazel Scena: "Notte! perpetua notte" Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung "Eccomi prigionero!" Oh, dolore "Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola" Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev | Wagner: | Hör' an, Wolfram! … Inbrunst im Herzen Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli In fernem Land (Lohengrin) Hans Sotin Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Georg Solti Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend Peter Maus, Roberto Banuelas, Gerd Feldhoff, Peter Lagger & Catarina Ligendz Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum Nur eine Waffe taugt from Parsifal Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine Wesendonck-Lieder: Der Engel Orchestration by Felix Mottl Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Weber: | Aria: "Von Jugend auf in dem Kampfgefild'" from Oberon Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik |
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| |  | Grand Opera Gala
Deborah Norman (soprano), Wynne Evans (tenor) & Donald Maxwell (baritone) Royal Choral Society & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Owain Arwel Hughes | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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