Verdi: La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto)

"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

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’.

2 CDs for the price of 1

This new release entited Classical Love Songs on Profil is a compilation of the most beautiful love songs by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Rossini, Donizetti and many more.

The songs are sung by an exceptional array of artists including Fritz Wunderlich, Rudolf Schock, Hermann Prey, Richard Tauber, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Joseph Schmidt, Anneliese Rothenberger and Heinz Hoppe.

The greatest opera stars in the world - together in one 2-CD set.

A unique collection of all the great genuine opera stars appearing on the world's stages today.

A galaxy of great names performing opera's best-loved arias and classic melodies.

CD 1 ("The Divos") features celebrated performances from Roberto Alagna, Juan Diego Flórez, Jonas Kaufmann, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, José Carreras, Josef Calleja and Erwin Schrott

CD 2 ("The Divas") features outstanding recordings by Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Angela Gheorghiu, Montserrat Caballé, Nicole Cabell, Olga Borodina, and Kiri te Kanawa

A fabulous showcase of today's top vocal talent

2 CDs for the price of one

Giorgio Lamberti is one of the legends of opera with a repertoire of over 80 roles to his credit. This release offers a unique Portrait of this great tenor.

Despite having a voice of reputedly high quality, which could have made him a highly paid global star, Giovanni Malipiero (1906-70) restricted his career almost exclusively to Italy, turning down international engagements. These wonderful recordings were made for the Cetra and Parlophone labels between 1937 and 1941.

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

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.

All tracks arranged for violin & piano