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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Barbara Hendricks: Au Coeur De L'Opera
Barbara Hendricks' voice — particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Fauré, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss — has a warm, crystalline quality that has kept her in demand on stage and in recording studios. Her performances have embraced everything from contemporary music to popular standards, including songs of Duke Ellington and several world premieres. She has been careful with her choices of repertoire, avoiding roles that would overextend her essentially lyric instrument. Aside from music, she is deeply committed to humanitarian work, with a particular concern for refugees and those in war or poverty zones. She sang a concert in Sarajevo in 1993 while the city was being shelled, in which she had to wear a bulletproof vest and helmet. Hendricks has appeared on nearly 80 recordings spread over a variety of major labels. Her first of many recordings for EMI was in the small part of the Celestial Voice in Don Carlo in 1978. For nearly twenty years her solo recordings have been made exclusively for EMI Classics | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Metropolitan Opera Centennial Gala
Beethoven: | Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b | Debussy: | L'annee en vain...Cependent les soirs (from L'enfant Prodigue) Ileana Cotrubas | Donizetti: | Chi mi frena in tal momento? (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Una furtiva lagrima (from L'elisir d'amore) Nicolai Gedda | Giordano, U: | Vicino a te (from Andrea Chénier) Jose Carreras, Montserrat Caballé | Gounod: | Va! je t'ai pardonné (from Roméo et Juliette) Catherine Malfitano, Alfredo Kraus Alerte, alerte! (from Faust) Katia Ricciarelli, William Lewis, Nicolai Ghiaurov | Mascagni: | Son io! Son io la Vita! (from Iris) | Mozart: | E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Kiri Te Kanawa | Puccini: | In questa reggia (from Turandot) Eva Marton Viene la sera (from Madama Butterfly) Giuliano Ciannella, Leona Mitchell | Rossini: | La calunnia è un venticello (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Ruggero Raimondi Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) Joan Sutherland Pria di dividerci da voi, signore (from L'italiana in Algeri) | Saint-Saëns: | Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila Linda Gelinas, Ricardo Costa Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Dalila) Marilyn Horne | Smetana: | The Bartered Bride Overture | Strauss, R: | Mir ist die Ehre widerfahren (from Der Rosenkavalier) Marie Theres'! ... Hab mir's gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier) | trad.: | Fjorton år tror jag visst att jag var Birgit Nilsson | Verdi: | Dio, mi potevi scagliar tutti i mali (from Otello) James McCracken Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Anna Tomowa-Sintow Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Plácido Domingo, Mirella Freni Donna chi sei? (from Nabucco) Renato Bruson, Grace Bumbry Teco io sto (from Un ballo in maschera) Luciano Pavarotti, Leontyne Price | Wagner: | Wie lachend sie mir Lieder singen (from Tristan und Isolde) Birgit Nilsson |
Here are the greatest moments from the “ultimate in galas” (Opera), a “roof-rattling vocal display and the kind of cheering and free-flowing, heartfelt emotion on both sides of the footlights that opera evinces more than any other art form” - New York Times The gala celebration immediately catches the attention with spectacular performances by stars such as Dame Joan Sutherland, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne, Birgit Nilsson, Luciano Pavarotti, José Carreras, Plácido Domingo, Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus and many others “The world's most famous opera singers [in] a dazzling sequence of performances” - New York Times “It's always a privilege to sing at the Met, but this is something very special. I don't think there's ever been anything this grand in the history of opera” - Luciano Pavarotti This product features an awesome roster of international star conducters: from James Levine, Leonard Bernstein and Thomas Fulton to Jeffrey Tate, Richard Bonynge 2 DVDs LIVE from the Met from October 22, 1983 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Kate Royal - Recital
anon.: | The Sprig of Thyme arranged John Fraser | Canteloube: | Songs of the Auvergne: Baïlèro Malurous qu’o uno fenno (3rd series, no.5) from Chants d’Auvergne La Delaïssado (2nd series, no.4) from Chants d’Auvergne | Debussy: | L'annee en vain...Cependent les soirs (from L'enfant Prodigue) | Delibes: | Les filles de Cadix Chanson Espagnole | Granados: | Goyescas: Quejas ó La Maja y el Ruiseñor | Orff: | Carmina Burana: In trutina | Ravel: | Vocalise-étude en forme de habanera | Rodrigo: | Pastorcito santo - ¿Con qué la lavaré? - Vos me matasteis Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De dónde venís, amore? Cuatro madrigales amatorios: De los álamos vengo, madre | Strauss, R: | Wiegenlied, Op. 41 No. 1 Ich wollt ein Sträusslein binden, Op. 68 No. 2 Morgen, Op. 27 No. 4 | Stravinsky: | Gently, little boat (from The Rake's Progress) No word from Tom (from The Rake's Progress) I go, I go to him (from The Rake’s Progress) |
“Creamy and pure, Royal's voice is directly in the aristocratic line of Kiri Te Kanewa and Reneé Fleming” Gramophone Magazine “This CD represents something of a triumph not for one young artist but for two. ENO's new music director, Edward Gardner, conducts the accompaniments, with the Academy of St Martin's on fine form. Kate Royal matches him precisely. Each item is beautifully vocalised, but she too is alert to detail. In the Ravel Vocalise en forme de habanera, she finesses her tone and colour and even her pitch to give us the sensual, Spanish, hot-summer-afternoon feel of the piece. In Delibes's Les filles de Cadix, her trills are a delight, but so is the immediacy of her response to the rhythms.” BBC Music Magazine, September 2007 ***** “Royal’s voice is just sublime; rich, warm and pure, it is able to be both lightly playful in Canteloube’s “Malurous qu’o uno fenno”, and languorously dreamy in Strauss’s “Wiegenlied”...What really sets her apart, though, is her ability to get under the skin of a song’s lyrics to take on their emotions...Royal is much more than just a beautiful voice. This is music and singing to savour.” Charlotte Gardner, bbc.co.uk, 31st August 2007  BBC Music Magazine
Choral & Song Choice - September 2007 |
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| |  | Victoria de los Angeles sings Ravel, Debussy and Duparc
(Recorded 1962 & 1966) “A very beautiful and very enjoyable recital of French orchestral songs, sensitively accompanied. The coupling has this justly adored singer, in excellent form, in further songs by Ravel and Debussy with Soriano as the sympathetic piano accompanist.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Natalia Shpiller
Natalia Shpiller (soprano) All tracks sung in Russian recorded c1938-48 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Ileana Cotrubas - Lieder
Brahms: | Meine Liebe ist grün, Op. 63 No. 5 Wie Melodien zieht es mir, Op. 105 No. 1 Alte Liebe, Op. 72 No. 1 Dein blaues Auge, (No. 8 from Acht Lieder und Gesänge, Op. 59) Vergebliches Ständchen, Op. 84 No. 4 | Brediceanu: | Unter Blumen hab ich mich gewiegt - Der Kuckuck ist entflohen (folksong) | Britten: | On this Island, Op. 11 | Debussy: | L'annee en vain...Cependent les soirs (from L'enfant Prodigue) | Duparc: | Chanson triste | Fauré: | Le papillon et la fleur, Op. 1 No. 1 Ici-bas ! Op. 8 No. 3 Aubade, Op. 6 No. 1 Au bord de l'eau, Op. 8 No. 1 (Prudhomme) Fleur jetée, Op. 39 No. 2 | Schubert: | Die junge Nonne, D828 Erster Verlust, D226 (Goethe) Geheimes, D719 (Goethe) An die Nachtigall, D497 Lied der Delphine, D857 No. 1 |
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| |  | Eleanor Steber Collection, Vol. 1The Early Career 1938 - 1951
Eleanor Steber (soprano) Wilfrid Pelletier, Sir Eugene Goossens, Howard Barlow | | | Usually despatched in 4 - 5 working days. |
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| |  | Leontyne Price: The Complete Collection of Operatic Recital Albums
Barber, S: | He has come, he has come! (from Vanessa) Do not utter a word (from Vanessa) Give Me Some Music (from Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 40) Give me my robe (from Antony and Cleopatra) Knoxville: Summer of 1915, Op. 24 | Beethoven: | Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin? (from Fidelio) | Bellini: | Sediziose voci (from Norma) Casta Diva (from Norma) Mira, o Norma (from Norma) with Marilyn Horne (mezzo) | Berlioz: | La Damnation de Faust: D'amour l'ardente flamme | Bizet: | Je dis que rien ne m'épouvante (from Carmen) | Boito: | L'altra notte in fondo al mare (from Mefistofele) | Britten: | On rivalries 'tis safe for kings...O God, my King (from Gloriana) | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) | Cilea: | Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur) Poveri fiori (from Adriana Lecouvreur) | Debussy: | L'annee en vain...Cependent les soirs (from L'enfant Prodigue) | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) | Flotow: | The Last Rose of Summer (Martha) | Gershwin: | Porgy and Bess (highlights) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) | Gluck: | Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) | Handel: | Care selve (from Atalanta) Semele: Where'er you walk Vivi, tiranno, io t'ho scampato (from Rodelinda) Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Fermati! No, crudel! (from Rinaldo) | Korngold: | Glück, das mir verbleib 'Marietta's Lied' (from Die Tote Stadt) | Leoncavallo: | Qual fiamma avea nel guardo!.... Hui! Stridono lassù (from I Pagliacci) | Mascagni: | Voi lo sapete o mamma (from Cavalleria rusticana) | Massenet: | Allons! Il le faut pour lui-même!... Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon) Dis-moi que je suis belle (from Thaïs) | Menotti: | While I waste these precious hours (from Amelia Goes to the Ball) | Meyerbeer: | In grembo a me [Sur mes genoux] (from L'Africaine) Sung in French Non, non, non, vous n'avais jamais, je gage (from Les Huguenots) Marilyn Horne (mezzo) | Mozart: | E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Don Ottavio, son morta!...Or sai chi l'onore (from Don Giovanni) Ch'io mi scordi di te?... Non temer, amato bene, K505 Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro) Se il padre perdei (from Idomeneo) Ach, ich fühl's (from Die Zauberflöte, K620) Giunse alfin il momento... Deh, vieni, non tardar… (from Le nozze di Figaro) L'amerò, sarò costante (from Il re pastore) Bella mia fiamma, addio... Resta, oh cara, K528 Crudele? Ah no, mio bene! ... Non mi dir, bell'idol mio (from Don Giovanni) Oh smania! oh furie!...D'Oreste, d'Aiace (from Idomeneo) Ah, guarda, sorella (from Così fan tutte) with Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) | Offenbach: | Tu n'es pas beau, tu n'es pas riche (from La Périchole) | Poulenc: | Mes filles, voilà que s'achève (from Dialogues des Carmelites) | Puccini: | Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Tu? Tu? Piccolo iddio (from Madama Butterfly) Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Tu che di gel sei cinta (from Turandot) Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Donde lieta usci (from La Bohème) Quando me'n vo (from La Bohème) Addio, addio mio dolce amor! (from Edgar) Ore dolci e divine (from La Rondine) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) In quelle trine morbide (from Manon Lescaut) Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut) Se come voi piccina io fossi (from Le Villi) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) L'amore e un altra cosa (from La Fanciulla del West) Laggiù nel Soledad (from La Fanciulla del West) Oh, sarò la più bella...Tu, tu, amore? (from Manon Lescaut) with Placido Domingo (tenor) Bimba, bimba, non piangere (from Madama Butterfly) with Placido Domingo (tenor) In questa reggia (from Turandot) Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine) Una nave da guerra...Scuoti quelle fronda (from Madama Butterfly) with Marilyn Horne (mezzo) | Purcell: | Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth (from Dido & Aeneas) | Rossini: | Non temer, d' un basso affetto (from Maometto II) Marilyn Horne (mezzo) | Strauss, J, II: | Klänge der Heimat (from Die Fledermaus) | Strauss, R: | Zweite Brautnacht! (from Die Ägyptische Helena) Salome: Dance of the Seven Veils Salome: Zwischenspiel Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund küssen lassen (from Salome) Es gibt ein Reich (from Ariadne auf Naxos) | Tchaikovsky: | Puskay pogibnu ya 'Tatiana's Letter Scene' (from Eugene Onegin) | Verdi: | Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Qui Radamès verrà!... O patria mia (from Aida) Tacea la notte (from Il Trovatore) D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Teneste la promessa...Addio, del passato (from La Traviata) Era più calmo? (from Otello) Mia madre aveva...Piangea cantando...Ave Maria (from Otello) Vegliammo invan due notti (from Macbeth) Una macchia è qui tutt'ora (from Macbeth) O madre, dal cielo …Se vano, se vano è il pregare (from I Lombardi) Come in quest'ora bruna (from Simon Boccanegra) È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Tu che la vanità (from Don Carlo) Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) with Placido Domingo (tenor) Teco io sto (from Un ballo in maschera) with Placido Domingo (tenor) La luce langue (from Macbeth) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza (from Aida) with Marilyn Horne (mezzo) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) | Wagner: | Du bist der Lenz (from Die Walküre) Dich, teure Halle (from Tannhauser) Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) | Weber: | Wie nahte mir der Schlummer … Leise, leise, fromme Weise (from Der Freischütz) Ozean, du Ungeheuer (from Oberon) | Zandonai: | Paolo, datemi pace! (from Francesca Da Rimini) |
Leontyne Price is simply one of the best sopranos of all time. Hailed as the “Stradivarius of singers” she had a unique, unmistakable and unforgettable voice which graced the stage of the Met an astonishing 164 times throughout her career. The Leontyne Price catalogue is divided into two “Complete Collections”; Song and Spiritual Albums and Operatic Recital Albums. These collections are housed in original LP design cardboard slipcases and presented in a hardback boxset. “her core stage repertoire was restricted to a dozen or so roles...These 14 recital albums extend her range from Purcell’s Dido to Menotti’s Amelia: her Handel and Mozart may have dated stylistically, but few Countess Almavivas or Donna Annas have sounded more temperamental and voluptuous...All in all, a banquet for opera-lovers.” Sunday Times, 8th January 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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