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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | The Very Best of Placido Domingo
Boito: | Dai campi, dai prati (Mefistofele) Vergini muse ... Quando al soave anelito (from Nerone) | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) | Handel: | Svegliatevi nel core (from Giulio Cesare) | Lehár: | Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini) Da geh' ich zu Maxim (from Die Lustige Witwe) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) | Massenet: | Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) | Mozart: | Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte) Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Susan Graham (Zerlina) | Puccini: | Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Ah, Manon mi tradisce (from Manon Lescaut) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West) | Rodrigo: | En Aranjuez con tu amor | Strauss, J, II: | Ach, wie so herrlich zu schau'n (from Die Fledermaus) | Tchaikovsky: | None but the lonely heart, Op. 6 No. 6 Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) | Verdi: | Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Di' tu se fedele (from Un ballo in maschera) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) Io la vidi e al suo sorriso (from Don Carlo) Niun mi tema (from Otello) | Wagner: | O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (from Tristan und Isolde) Violeta Urmana (Isolde) Hoho! Hoho! Hohei! Schmiede, mein Hammer, ein hartes Schwert! (from Siegfried) David Cangelosi (Mime) | Zeller: | Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tirol (from Der Vogelhändler) |
and zarzuela arias from Los Gavilanes, La Rosa Del Azafrán, La Tabernera del Puerto, Coplas De Ronda, Copillas de Belen, Coplas del Pasto, Jealousy Tango, La Golondrina
“Mozart to zarzuela, Handel to Wagner - this generous collection confirms that our greatest tenor is also our most versatile and musically rewarding whatever style.” BBC Music Magazine, November 2011 ***** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | René Kollo: The Opera Singer
Albert, E: | Hast du's gehört? Ich krieg' ein Weib (from Tiefland) Schu her, das ist ein Taler (from Tiefland) | Beethoven: | Gott! Welch Dunkel hier! (from Fidelio) | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) | Flotow: | Ach, so fromm (from Martha) | Giordano, U: | Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) | Kienzl: | Der Evangelimann: Selig sind die Verfolgung leiden | Lortzing: | Lied: Vater, Mutter, Schestern, Bruder (from Undine) | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) | Puccini: | Addio, fiorito asil (from Madama Butterfly) Nessun dorma (from Turandot) | Schultze, N: | Ach, ich hab in meinem Herzen (from Schwarzer Peter) | Verdi: | Niun mi tema (from Otello) Celeste Aida (from Aida) Ah sì ben mio (from Il trovatore) | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) | Weber: | Nein! länger trag' ich nicht die Qualen…Durch die Wälder (from Der Freischütz) |
The “heroic” tenor René Kollo was born in Berlin in 1937. He arrived at Bayreuth, the Wagner sanctum, in 1969 and, for almost a decade and a half, he would be numbered among its greatest stars. An extensive catalogue of recordings, including many award-winning recordings, shows that Kollo was the most active German tenor of his generation. This wide range of repertoire as well as his frequent television appearances have greatly contributed to his popularity over the years. | | | (also available to download from $21.00) | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. (Available now to download.) |
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| |  | Tony Poncet: Recordings 1918-1979
The French tenor Tony Poncet was greatly loved by French audiences for his individual voice and his thrilling top notes. His career was a short one, lasting only thirteen years. His diminutive height limited his success as a heroic tenor. This collection includes arias by Meyerbeer, Verdi, Serrano and Rossini. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Giorgio Lamberti - Historical Recital
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. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Great Operatic Arias 3 - Dennis O'Neill Volume 1Sung in English
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| |  | Viva Domingo!4CD + BOOK
Bellini: | Svanir le voci! (from Norma) | Bizet: | Au fond du temple saint (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Thomas Hampson (baritone) | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Il se fait tard ! Adieu ! (from Faust) Mirella Freni (soprano) | Handel: | Svegliatevi nel core (from Giulio Cesare) | Lehár: | Gern hab' ich die Frau'n geküßt (from Paganini) Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) | Mascagni: | Suzel, buon di 'Cherry Duet' (from L'amico Fritz) Veronica Villarroel (soprano) | Massenet: | Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) | Mozart: | Fuor del mar ho un mar in seno (Idomeneo) Ah, se fosse intorno al trono (from La Clemenza di Tito) Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schön (from Die Zauberflöte) Il mio tesoro intanto (from Don Giovanni) Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Susan Graham (mezzo) | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Ch'ella mi creda libero e lontano (from La Fanciulla del West) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Mario! Mario! Mario! ...Son qui! ... Mia gelosa! (from Tosca) Renata Scotto (soprano) Oh, sarò la più bella...Tu, tu, amore? (from Manon Lescaut) Montserrat Caballé (soprano) | Saint-Saëns: | Arrêtez, ô mes Frères (from Samson et Dalila) | Spontini: | Ohime! Che veggo io mai?...Ah! No, s'io vivo ancora (from La Vestale) | Strauss, J, II: | Eine Nacht in Venedig: Komm in die Gondel | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Adieu, Mignon! Courage! (Mignon) Elle ne croyait pas, dans sa candeur naïve (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) O figli … Ah, la paterna mano (from Macbeth) Il Re!…Sotto una quercia (from Giovanna d'Arco) Niun mi tema (from Otello) Io la vidi e al suo sorriso (from Don Carlo) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) O tu che in seno agli angeli (from La Forza del Destino) Dio, che nell'alma infondere (from Don Carlo) Sherrill Milnes (baritone) Solenne in quest'ora (from La Forza del Destino) Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone) Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Cheryl Studer (soprano) | Wagner: | Allmächt'ger Vater, blick herab! (from Rienzi) Nothung! Nothung! Neidliches Schwert! (from Siegfried) O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (from Tristan und Isolde) Deborah Voigt (soprano) |
plus excerpts from zarzuela and a disc of Latin Songs
This 4 CD/luxury set is a portrait of probably the greatest tenor of this or any other age: Plácido Domingo. Born in Spain in 1941, Domingo spent his early life in Mexico where his parents, both singers, ran a company that presented zarzuelas (Spanish light operas) and other musical shows. His career as a tenor has spanned the entire world in a wide range of operas in which he has sung over 120 roles, and in 1990 he made history when, with José Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti, he first appeared in Rome as one of the The Three Tenors, whose subsequent concerts and recordings broke all records for television viewing and record sales. He has subsequently shown great talent as a conductor and has very recently begun to sing baritone roles to wide acclaim, beginning with Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra. Today, he is the General Director of both the Washington National Opera and of the Los Angeles Opera and also runs the highly successful ‘Operalia’ competition to help young artists further their careers. The four CDs are held in trays inside the front and back rigid covers of a long digibook, and the 72 pages include an extensive collection of session photos and portraits relating to the recordings and Domingo’s EMI career as well as an informative note in English, French, German and Spanish. The four CDs are themed as follows: The Heroic Domingo shows Domingo in a wide selection of operatic roles. Each one is a hero, such as the brave Egyptian soldier Radamès in Verdi’s Aida, the Roman Proconsul Pollione in Bellini’s Norma and the Hebrew warrior Samson in Samson et Dalila by Saint-Saëns. All these arias give Domingo the opportunity to show his skills as a vocal actor and to bring to life the different characters he is portraying. The Romantic Domingo reveals a completely different side of Domingo and presents him in a gallery of romantic parts like the painter Cavarodossi in Puccini’s Tosca, the idealistic Spanish Infante Don Carlos in Verdi’s great masterpiece Don Carlo and the ill-fated young poet Lensky in Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin. Again, Domingo uses his glorious voice to conjure up the various romantic moods in the different arias. In The Great Duets, Domingo is joined by some of his illustrious fellow operatic stars for a programme of duets, including the famous love duets from Tristan und Isolde (with Deborah Voigt), Otello (with Cheryl Studer and Manon Lescaut (with Montserrat Caballé), as well as the friendship duets from Don Carlo (with Sherrill Milnes), La forza del destino (with Giorgio Zancanaro) and the so-called ‘Temple Duet’ from Les Pêcheurs de perles (with Thomas Hampson). In complete contrast, Latin Songs gives Domingo the chance to enjoy performing some of the most famous popular songs from Spain, Mexico, Cuba and the rest of Latin America in lively modern arrangements. The programme includes many songs that have been international hits, both in their original form and in local translations, such as ‘Quiéreme mucho’ (known in English as ‘Yours’) ‘Maria Elena’, ‘La Paloma’ and ‘Guantanamera’. The programme concludes with an exciting performance of ‘Granada’ recorded live in front of a huge and wildly enthusiastic audience that fully appreciates the unique talent of this great singer. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Jussi Björling LiveBroadcast Concerts 1937-1960
Adam: | O Holy Night Recorded 20th December 1954 | Alfvén: | Skogen sover, Op. 28 No. 6 Recorded 11th April 1949 Jag längtar dig (Text: Ernest Thiel) Recorded 5th August 1960 | Althen: | Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) Recorded 12th May 1946 Land, du välsignade (Thou Blessed Country) Recorded 25th May 1952 | Flotow: | M'appari (from Martha) Recorded 19th November 1945 | Foster, S: | I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Recorded 19th November 1945 I Dream of Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair Recorded 7th November 1949 | Geehl: | For You Alone Recorded 21st January 1946 For You Alone Recorded 8th January 1951 | Giordano, U: | Come un bel dì di maggio (from Andrea Chénier) Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Glover: | Rose of Tralee Recorded 12th March 1951 | Godard, B: | Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) Recorded 25th March 1946; sung in English Cachès dans cet asile (Jocelyn) Recorded 11th August 1949; sung in English | Gounod: | Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Recorded 12th May 1946 Nuit d'hyménée from Roméo et Juliette Recorded 23rd October 1949 Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) Nuit d'hyménée from Roméo et Juliette Recorded 30th September 1951 Bidú Sayão (soprano) Prison Scene (from Faust) Recorded 5th December 1937; Björling sings in Swedish | Grieg: | Jeg Elsker Deg, Op. 41 No. 3 Recorded 25th March 1946 | Hardelot: | Because Recorded 25th March 1946 | Herbert, V: | Neapolitan Love Song Recorded 25th March 1946 Neapolitan Love Song Recorded 4th April 1949 | Leoncavallo: | Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Recorded 16th February 1951 Mattinata - 'L'aurora di bianco vestita' Recorded 15th March 1948 Recitar!...Vesti la giubba (from I Pagliacci) Recorded 12th March 1951 | Mascagni: | Addio alla madre (from Cavalleria Rusticana) Recorded 4th April 1949 | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Recorded 19th November 1945 Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Recorded 23rd October 1949 Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Recorded 15th March 1948 Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) Recorded 8th January 1951 | Meyerbeer: | Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Recorded 23rd October 1950 Pays merveilleux... Ô paradis (from L'Africaine) Recorded 5th December 1937 | Millöcker: | Ich hab' kein Geld, bin vogelfrei (from Der Bettelstudent) Recorded 25th May 1952; sung in Swedish | Morgan, O: | Clorinda Recorded 15th March 1948 | Nordqvist: | Till havs (Towards the Sea) Recorded 20th December 1954 | Peterson-Berger: | Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 12th May 1946 Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 11th April 1949 Jungfrun under lind (Ernst von der Recke) Recorded 8th January 1951 När jag för mig själv (When I Walk by Myself) Recorded 20th December 1954 | Ponchielli: | Cielo e mar! (from La Gioconda) Recorded 30th September 1951 | Puccini: | O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 25th September 1949 Licia Albanese (soprano) Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 23rd October 1949 O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 23rd October 1949 Anna-Lisa Björling (soprano) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) Recorded 30th September 1951 Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 7th November 1949 Donna non vidi mai (from Manon Lescaut) Recorded 8th January 1951 O sventata, sventata (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Che gelida manina (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 O soave fanciulla (from La Bohème) Recorded 30th January 1956 Renata Tebaldi (soprano) Recondita armonia (from Tosca) Recorded 5th December 1937 | Rachmaninov: | Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5 Recorded 15th March 1948 V molchanii nochi taynoy, Op. 4 No. 3 Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Rangström: | Tristans död Recorded 11th April 1949 | Romberg, S: | Will You Remember (from Maytime) Recorded 21st January 1946 | Schubert: | An Sylvia, D891 sung in English; recorded 19th November 1945 Ständchen 'Leise flehen meine Lieder', D957 No. 4 Recorded 4th April 1949 | Sjögren: | I drömmen du är mig nära Recorded 11th April 1949 | Söderman: | Trollsjön Recorded 11th April 1949 Trollsjön Recorded 25th May 1952 | Strauss, R: | Ständchen, Op. 17 No. 2 Recorded 7th November 1949 Zueignung, Op. 10 No. 1 Recorded 23rd October 1950 | Tchaikovsky: | Kuda, Kuda 'Lensky's Aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Recorded 5th August 1960; sung in Swedish | Tosti: | L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Recorded 30th September 1951 L'alba separa dalla luce l'ombra Recorded 11th April 1949 | Verdi: | Quel suon…Ah! Che la morte ognora (from Il Trovatore) Recorded 21st January 1946 Eleanor Steber (soprano) Solenne in quest'ora (from La Forza del Destino) Recorded 5th December 1937 Se quel guerrier io fossi!…Celeste Aida (from Aida) Recorded 12th March 1951 Celeste Aida (from Aida) Recorded 12th March 1951 | Wagner: | In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded 20th December 1954 In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Recorded 5th August 1960; sung in Swedish |
This month is an excellent one for Björling fans. This collection is a treasury of rare performances from the US and Sweden and includes previously unreleased material. There is commentary and interviews, as well as Art and popular songs, Arias and duets and there are many guest artists such as Licia Albanese, Anna Lisa Björling and Renata Tebaldi. “Björling recorded [Lensky's aria] many times but never, I think, so poignantly as here. As a prologue to this year's centenary celebrations the album is a worthy offering and this track an especially moving example of the great tenor's art at its best.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2011 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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