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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bizet: CarmenComplete performance and two sets of excerpts (all sung in Italian)
Bizet: | Carmen Sung in Italian Irina Arkhipova (Carmen), Mario del Monaco (Don José), Ernest Blanc (Escamillo), Marcella Pobbe (Micaëla) Teatro San Carlo di Napoli, Peter Maag Carmen: excerpts Sung in Italian Giulietta Simionato (Carmen), Franco Corelli (Don José), Mirella Freni (Micaëla), Giangiacomo Guelfi (Escamillo) Orchestra e Coro di Teatro Massimo di Palermo, Pierre Dervaux Carmen: excerpts Sung in Italian Giulietta Simionato (Carmen), Giuseppe di Stefano (Don José), Rosanna Carteri (Micaëla), Michel Roux (Escamillo) Orchestra e Coro di Teatro alla Scala, Herbert von Karajan |
This production was recorded in the Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli in 1960 and is sung in Italian. This CD set also includes excerpts from two other productions; one with Giuletta Simionato as Carmen, recorded in Palermo in 1959 (sung in Italian) and one with Simionato as Carmen and Di Stefano as Don José recorded in La Scala Milan in 1955 and conducted by Karajan. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Sir Thomas Beecham conducts Bizet & Saint-Saëns
Bizet: | Carmen Sung in French (principals) & Spanish (chorus); recorded 18th July, 1958 Jean Madeira (Carmen), Piero Miranda Ferrero (Don José), Giuseppe Taddei (Escamillo), Cesy Broggini (Micaëla), Consuelo Ramos (Frasquita), Noemi Souza (Mercédès), Giuseppe Modesti (Zuniga), Hector Barbieri (Moralès), Duilio de Matthaeis (Le Dancaïre), Virgilio Tavini (Le Remendado) | Saint-Saëns: | Samson et Dalila Recorded 3rd August, 1958 Ramón Vinay (Samson), Blanche Thebom (Dalila), Giuseppe Taddei (High Priest of Dagon), Giuseppe Modesti (Old Hebrew), Fernando Corena (Abimelech), Alvaro Bandini (Philistine Messenger), Carlos Giusti (First Philistine), Guerrino Boschetti (Second Philistine) |
These are recordings of live performances from the Teatro Colon Buenos Aires in 1958. As with other top ranking opera houses of the time, the languages in which the operas were sung were not always the original ones and multiple-language performances were not uncommon. In Carmen, the chorus is singing in Spanish and the cast principals are singing in French. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | George Szell, Herbert Von Karajan & Amadeus Quartet
Beethoven: | Coriolan Overture, Op. 62 Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, George Szell Piano Concerto No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 73 'Emperor' Nikita Magaloff (piano) Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, George Szell Symphony No. 5 in C minor, Op. 67 Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, George Szell Egmont Overture, Op. 84 Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, George Szell Grosse Fuge in B flat major, Op. 133 Amadeus Quartet String Quartet No. 16 in F major, Op. 135 Amadeus Quartet | Bizet: | Carmen Recorded 1954 Giuletta Simionato (Carmen), Nicolai Gedda (Don José), Hilde Gueden (Micaëla), Michel Roux (Escamillo), Graziella Sciutti (Frasquita), Luisa Ribacchi (Mercédès) Singverein der Gesellschaft der Musikfeunde in Wien & Wiener Symphoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Bruckner: | Symphony No. 3 in D minor ‘Wagner Symphony' Sächsische Staatskapelle Dresden, George Szell | Haydn: | String Quartet, Op. 74 No. 1 in C major Amadeus Quartet | Mozart: | String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K515 Cecil Aronowitz (viola) Amadeus Quartet | Schubert: | String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden' Amadeus Quartet |
Three double digipacks from the label Andante are here gathered together in a limited edition box set. The set offers more than 7 hours of music performed by legendary artists, among them conductors Herbert von Karajan and George Szell, the Vienna Philharmonic and Staatskapelle Dresden orchestras, as well as the Amadeus Quartet, pianist Nikita Magaloff and several great singers including Giulietta Simionato and Nicolai Gedda. Featured are Bizet’s opera Carmen, orchestral music by Beethoven and Bruckner, and chamber music by Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Carmen, Aida & La Traviata
Bizet: | Carmen Alexandrina Milcheva (Carmen), Nikola Nikolov (Don José), Nikola Ghiuselev (Escamillo) & Lilyana Vassileva (Micaëla) Sofia National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Ivan Marinov | Verdi: | La Traviata Lucia Aliberti (Violetta Valéry), Peter Dvorsky (Alfredo Germont), Renato Bruson (Giorgio Germont) & Fumiko Mochiki (Flora Bervoix) Fujiwara Opera Chorus & Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, Roberto Paternostro Aida Yluia Wiener-Chenisheva (Aida), Nikola Nikolov (Radamès), Alexandrina Milcheva (Amneris) & Nikola Ghiuselev (Ramfis) Sofia National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Ivan Marinov |
6 Discs for 1 This reissued set is part of the World of Operas Complete Recordings series and brings together three very well known works. The cast of La Traviata includes Aliberti and Dvorsky and is performed by the Fujiwara Opera Chorus and the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra. Both Aida and Carmen have Milcheva and Nikolov in the cast and are performed by the Sofia National Opera and Chorus. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Glyndebourne: Comedy & Tragedy
Bizet: | Carmen Anne Sofie von Otter (Carmen), Marcus Haddock (Don José), Laurent Naouri (Escamillo), Lisa Milne (Micaela) with The Glyndebourne Chorus, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & David McVicar (director) | Donizetti: | L'elisir d'amore Ekaterina Siurina (Adina), Peter Auty (Nemorino), Alfredo Daza (Belcore), Luciano di Pasquale (Dulcamara), Eliana Pretorian (Giannetta) with The Glyndebourne Chorus, Maurizio Benini (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director) | Puccini: | Gianni Schicchi Alessandro Corbelli (Schicchi), Massimo Giordano (Rinuccio), Sally Matthews (Lauretta), Felicity Palmer (Zita), Marie McLaughlin (La Ciesca) Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director) | Rachmaninov: | The Miserly Knight, Op. 24 Sergei Leiferkus (The Baron), Richard Berkeley-Steele (Albert), Viacheslav Voynarovskiy (Moneylender), Albert Schagidullin (The Duke), Maxim Mikhailov (The Servant), Matilda Leyser ("Aerialist") Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Annabel Arden (director) | Verdi: | Falstaff Christopher Purves (Falstaff), Tassis Christoyannis (Ford), Marie-Nicole Lemieux (Mistress Quickly), Dina Kuznetsova (Alice Ford), Jennifer Holloway (Meg Page), Adriana Kucerova (Nanetta), Bulent Bezduz (Fenton), Peter Hall (Dr Caius), Alasdair Elliott (Bardolpho), Paolo Battaglia (Pistol) with The Glyndebourne Chorus, Vladimir Jurowski (conductor) & Richard Jones (director) |
The Glyndebourne Festival is a quintessentially English summer event. The world’s most acclaimed artists, conductors and directors excel in producing top-flight performances every year and this new collection offers the choice of five classic opera productions including Gianni Schicchi, L'elisir d'amore, Falstaff, Carmen and The Miserly Knight. ‘In the pit, Vladimir Jurowski and the London Philharmonic hone their reflexes so that the instrumental guffaw, exclamation, explosive flourish leaps out at you. It’s exciting and detailed and rhythmically so alive.’ The Independent Subtitles Gianni Schicchi EN/FR/DE/ES/IT L'elisir d'amore EN/FR/DE/ES/IT Falstaff EN/FR/DE/ES/IT Carmen EN/FR/DE/ES The Miserly Knight EN/FR/DE/ES/IT Region Code All regions Picture format 16:9 Anamorphic Sound format 2.0LPCM + 5.1(5.0) DTS Menu languages EN | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Magic Moments of Opera
Beethoven: | Fidelio, Op. 72 Live from the Opernhaus Zürich, 2004 Camilla Nylund (Leonore), Jonas Kaufmann (Florestan), László Polgár (Rocco), Christoph Strehl (Jaquino) Alfred Muff (Pizarro), Elizabeth Rae Magnuson (Marzelline), Günther Groissböck (Fernando), Boguslaw Bidzinski (First Prisoner) & Gabriel Bermúdez (Second Prisoner) Chorus & Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt (conductor) & Jürgen Flimm (director) | Bizet: | Carmen Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 1978 Elena Obraztsova (Carmen), Isobel Buchanan (Micaëla), Yuri Mazurok (Escamillo), Isobel Buchanan (Micaëla), Cheryl Kanfoush (Frasquita), Axelle Gall (Mercédès), Kurt Rydl (Zuniga), Hans Helm (Moralès), Heinz Zednik (Remendado) & Paul Wolfrum (Dancaïre) Stage Orchestra, Orchestra and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, The Vienna Boys’ Choir and Ballet of the Wiener Staatsoper, Carlos Kleiber (conductor) & Franco Zeffirelli (stage director) | Massenet: | Werther Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 2005 Marcelo Álvarez (Werther), Elina Garanca (Charlotte), Ileana Tonca (Sophie), Adrian Eröd (Albert), Alfred Sramek (Le Bailli), Peter Jelosits (Schmidt), Marcus Pelz (Johann), Clemens Unterreiner (Brühlmann) & Maria Gusenleitner (Käthchen) Orchestra, Stage Orchestra and Chorus der Wiener Staatsoper & Children of the Opernschule der Wiener Staatsoper, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Andrei Serban (director) | Mozart: | Die Zauberflöte, K620 Live from the Opéra national de Paris, 2001 Piotr Beczala (Tamino), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Detlef Roth (Papageno), Matti Salminen (Sarastro), Désirée Rancatore (Königin der Nacht), Gaële Le Roi (Papagena), Wolfgang Schöne (Sprecher), Uwe Peper (Monostatos), Cécile Perrin, Helene Schneiderman & Hélène Perraguin (Drei Damen) Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris, Iván Fischer (conductor) & Benno Besson (stage director) | Puccini: | Tosca Live from the Arena di Verona, 2006 Fiorenza Cedolins (Floria Tosca), Marcelo Alvarez (Mario Cavaradossi) & Ruggero Raimondi (Il Barone Scarpia), Fabio Previati (Sagristano), Marco Spotti (Angelotti), Enrico Facini (Spoletta), Giuliano Pelizon (Sciarrone), Ottavia Dorrucci (Un pastore) & Angelo Nardinocchi (Un carceriere) Arena Di Verona, Daniel Oren (conductor) & Hugo de Ana (stage director) | Rossini: | Il barbiere di Siviglia Live from the Opéra national de Paris Joyce DiDonato (Rosina), Roberto Saccà (Graf Almaviva), Dalibor Jenis (Figaro), Carlos Chausson (Bartolo), Kristinn Sigmundsson (Basilio), Nicholas Garrett (Fiorello), Jeannette Fischer (Berta) & Denis Aubry (Polizeioffizier) Chorus and Orchestra of the Opéra National de Paris, Bruno Campanella (conductor) & Coline Serreau (stage director) | Strauss, J, II: | Die Fledermaus Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 1980 Bernd Weikl (Gabriel von Eisenstein), Lucia Popp (Rosalinde), Erich Kunz (Gefängnisdirektor Frank), Brigitte Fassbaender (Prinz Orlofsky), Josef Hopferwieser (Alfred), Walter Berry (Dr Falke), Anton Wendler (Dr Blind), Edita Gruberova (Adele), Karin Göttling (Ida), Helmut Lohner (Frosch) & Karl Caslavsky (Iwan) Orchestra, Ballet and Chorus of the Wiener Staatsoper, Theodor Guschlbauer (conductor) & Otto Schenk (director) | Strauss, R: | Elektra Live from the Wiener Staatsoper, 1989 Eva Marton (Elektra), Brigitte Fassbaender (Klytämnestra), Franz Grundheber (Orest), James King (Aegisth), Goran Simic (Attendant of Orest), Waltraud Winsauer (Confidant), Noriko Sasaki (Train Bearer), Wilfried Gahmlich (Young Servant), Claudio Otelli (Old Servant), Gabriele Lechner (Attendant) & Margarita Lilowa, Gabriele Sima, Margareta Hintermeier, Brigitte Poschner-Klebel, Joanna Borowska (Maids) Chorus and Orchestra of the Wiener Staatsoper, Claudio Abbado (conductor) & Harry Kupfer (stage director) | Verdi: | Aida Live from the Teatro alla Scala 1985 Maria Chiara (Aida), Luciano Pavarotti (Radames), Ghena Dimitrova (Amneris), Juan Pons (Amonasro), Paata Burchuladze (The King of Egypt), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Ramphis), Francesca Garbi (Priestess) & Ernesto Gavazzi (Messenger) Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Lorin Maazel (conductor) & Luca Ronconi (stage director) | Wagner: | Tannhäuser Live from the Festspielhaus Baden-Baden 2008 Robert Gambill (Tannhäuser), Camilla Nylund (Elisabeth), Roman Trekel (Wolfram von Eschenbach), Waltraud Meier (Venus), Stephen Milling (Hermann, Landgraf von Thüringen), Marcel Reijans (Walther von der Vogelweide), Tom Fox (Biterolf), Andreas Hörl (Reimar von Zweter), Florian Hoffmann (Heinrich der Schreiber), Katherina Müller (Ein junger Hirt), Claudia Chmelar, Anna-Katina Tilch, Manuela Leonhartsberger, Martina König (Edelknaben) & Reinier van der Eng (Geist des Tannhäuser) Philharmonia Chor Wien & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Philippe Jordan (conductor) & Nikolaus Lehnhoff (stage director) |
With »Magic Moments of Opera« Arthaus Musik has launched the opera sensation of the year. Stars like PLÁCIDO DOMINGO, JOYCE DIDONATO, JONAS KAUFMANN, LUCIANO PAVAROTTI and ELI¯NA GARANCˇA offer a coruscating display of singing from the world’s foremost opera houses. Love and passion; wrath and wit; revenge and regret. Legendary recordings of ten operatic masterpieces offer both cognoscenti and the uninitiated an opportunity to experience truly great stage performances. Magic moments of opera. Sound Format: various Picture Format: 4:3 /16:9 DVD Format: 11 x DVD 9, NTSC Subtitle Languages: various Running Time: ca. 1500 mins FSK: 0 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | French Opera MasterworksSix Complete Operas
Berlioz: | La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24 Rome, 11th January 1969 Nicolai Gedda (Faust), Marilyn Horne (Marguerite), Roger Sayer (Mephistopheles), Dimiter Petkov (Brander) Orchestra & Chorus of the Rome Opera, Georges Pretre | Bizet: | Carmen London, 1973 Shirley Verrett (Carmen), Placido Domingo (Don Jose), Jose van Dam (Escamillo), Kiri te Kanawa (Micaela) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Sir Georg Solti | Delibes: | Lakmé Martina Franc Festival, 6th and 7th August 1991 Alessandra Ruffini (Lakme), Giuseppe Morino (Gerald), Bruno Pratico (Nilakantha), Serena Lazzarini (Mallika) Italian International Orchestra & Chamber Chorus of Bratislava, Carlos Piantini | Gounod: | Faust Milan, 16th February 1967 Gianni Raimondi (Faust), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Mephistopheles), Mirella Freni (Marguerite), Luigi Alva (Siebel) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala Milan, Georges Pretre | Halévy: | La Juive London, 4th March 1973 Richard Tucker (Eleazar), Yasuko Hayashi (Rachel), David Gwynne (Cardinal de Brogni), Juan Sabate (Leopold) Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Anton Guadango | Saint-Saëns: | Samson et Dalila Amsterdam, 29th February 1964 Jon Vickers (Samson), Oralia Dominguez (Dalila), Ernest Blanc (High Priest), Henk Driessen (Abimelech) Netherlands Radio Orchestra & Chorus, Jean Fournet |
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| |  | A Night at the OperaSix Complete Operas
Bizet: | Carmen London, 1973 Shirley Verrett (Carmen), Placido Domingo (Don Jose), Jose van Dam (Escamillo), Kiri te Kanawa (Micaela) Covent Garden Orchestra & Chorus, Sir Georg Solti | Mozart: | Le nozze di Figaro, K492 Salzburg, 31st July 1974 Jose van Dam (Figaro), Mirella Freni (Susanna), Frederica von Stade (Cherubino), Tom Krause (Count Almaviva) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Vienna State Opera, Herbert von Karajan | Puccini: | La Bohème Rome, 17th July 1969 Luciano Pavarotti (Rodolfo), Mirella Freni (Mimi), Sesto Bruscantini (Marcello), Rita Talarico (Musetta) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Rome, Thomas Schippers Madama Butterfly Turin, 12th September 1967 Renato Scotto (Butterfly), Renato Cioni (Pinkterton), Albert Rinaldi (Sharpless), Franca Mattiucci (Suzuki) RAI Symphony Orchestra & Chorus Turin, Arturo Basile | Verdi: | La Traviata Tokyo, 18th September 1973 Renata Scotto (Violetta), Jose Carreras (Alfredo), Sesto Bruscantini (Germont), Anna Pedrotti (Annina) Nino Verchi Aida Munich, 18th September 1973 Martina Arroyo (Aida), Placido Domingo (Radames), Fiorenza Cossotto (Amneris), Nicola Ghiaurov (Ramfis) Orchestra & Chorus of La Scala, Claudio Abbado |
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| |  | Placido Domingo
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| |  | Plácido Domingo: The Opera Collection
Bizet: | Carmen Teresa Berganza (Carmen), Plácido Domingo (Don José), Sherrill Milnes (Escamillo), Ileana Cotrubas (Micaëla), Yvonne Kenny (Frasquita), Alicia Nafé (Mercédès), Gordon Sandison (Le Dancaïre), Geoffrey Pogson (Le Remendado), Robert Lloyd (Zuniga), Stuart Harling (Moralès) Ambrosian Singers, George Watson`s College Boys` Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | Donizetti: | Lucia di Lammermoor Cheryl Studer (Lucia), Plácido Domingo (Edgardo), Juan Pons (Enrico), Samuel Ramey (Raimondo) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Ion Marin | Leoncavallo: | I Pagliacci Teresa Stratas (Nedda), Plácido Domingo (Canio), Juan Pons (Tonio), Florindo Andreolli (Beppe), Alberto Rinaldi (Silvio) Coro del Teatro alla Scala di Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala di Milano, Georges Prêtre | Mascagni: | Cavalleria Rusticana Plácido Domingo (Turiddu), Agnes Baltsa (Santuzza), Vera Baniewicz (Mamma Lucia), Juan Pons (Alfio), Suzanne Mentzer (Lola) Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Giuseppe Sinopoli | Offenbach: | Les Contes d'Hoffmann Joan Sutherland (Antonia/Stella/Giulietta/Olympia), Plácido Domingo (Hoffmann), Gabriel Bacquier (Coppélius/Dapertutto/Lindorf/Miracle), Huguette Tourangeau (Nicklausse) & Hugues Cuénod (Franz) Suisse Romande Choir & Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | Puccini: | Tosca Plácido Domingo (Cavaradossi), Mirella Freni (Tosca), Samuel Ramey (Scarpia), Anthony Laciura Spoletta), Bryn Terfel (Angelotti), Angelo Veccia (Sagristano), Ralf Lukas (Sciarrone), Lee Tiernan (Un pastore) Chorus of the Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden & Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli Turandot Plácido Domingo (Calaf), Katia Ricciarelli (Turandot), Piero de Palma (Altoum), Ruggero Raimondi (Timur), Barbara Hendricks (Liù), Gottfried Hornik (Ping), Heinz Zednik (Pang), Francisco Araiza (Pong), Siegmund Nimsgern (Un mandarino) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan | Rossini: | Il barbiere di Siviglia Kathleen Battle (Rosina), Plácido Domingo (Figaro), Frank Lopardo (Almaviva), Lucio Gallo (Bartolo), Ruggero Raimondi (Basilio), Gabriele Sima (Berta), Carlos Chausson (Fiorello), Goran Simic (Un Ufficiale) Coro del Gran Teatro La Fenice & The Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Claudio Abbado | Saint-Saëns: | Samson et Dalila Placido Domingo (Samson), Elena Obraztsova (Dalila), Renato Bruson (Le Grand Prêtre de Dagon), Robert Lloyd (Le Vieillard Hébreu), Pierre Thau (Abimélech) Paris Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim | Verdi: | Otello Placido Domingo (Otello), Cheryl Studer (Desdemona), Sergei Leiferkus (Iago), Ramon Vargas (Cassio), Michael Schade (Rodrigo), Ildebrando d' Arcangelo (Lodovico), Giacomo Prestia (Montano), Denyce Graves (Emilia) Paris Opera Orchestra, Myung-Whun Chung La Traviata Placido Domingo (Alfredo), Ileana Cotrubas (Violetta), Sherrill Milnes (Giorgio Germont) Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Carlos Kleiber Il Trovatore Placido Domingo (Manrico), Rosalind Plowright (Leonora), Brigitte Fassbaender (Azucena), Giorgio Zancanaro (Conte di Luna) Santa Cecilia Academy Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini | Wagner: | Lohengrin Plácido Domingo (Lohengrin), Jessye Norman (Elsa), Hans Sotin (Telramund), Eva Randová (Ortrud), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (Herald) Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti |
Continuing the celebration of Domingo’s 70th, we’ve selected 13 complete operas from all stages of Domingo’s career. Many of them are still at top price in the catalogue, but are being offered in this super-budget, limited edition box. Packaging: capbox, with around 84-page booklet including tracklists, reviews of operas, synopses in English, German and French. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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