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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 (from Tosca) | Sorozábal: | La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’ Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Tchaikovsky: | Lensky's aria (from Eugene Onegin) | 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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| |  | Placido Domingo - The First RecitalItalian Opera Arias
Placido Domingo Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Nello Santi Plácido Domingo had just turned twenty-six when Rudolf Bing, the Met’s then general manager, invited him to audition in 1967. The young Domingo chose Enzo’s aria from La Gioconda, “Cielo e mar”, as his audition piece. Only a short time later, on the very day on which he made his debut at the Vienna State Opera as Verdi’s Don Carlos, he received a telegram from Bing, asking him to sing Maurizio in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur on 2 October 1968. For every singer, calm, concentration and, above all, ample time to prepare are indispensably necessary before they appear on stage. None of these prerequisites was to be granted to Plácido Domingo before his important first appearance at the Met. On the afternoon of 28 September 1968, four days before his planned debut — he had just completed an extra rehearsal of Turandot at the Met as well as appearing in several performances at the New York City Opera in the course of the previous days — Bing telephoned Domingo and told him to report to the Met at once in order to take over from an indisposed Franco Corelli as Maurizio in Adriana Lecouvreur. The performance was about to begin. In short, Domingo had no time to prepare for such a major event or even to get nervous. He had to jump straight into a car, drive at high speed through New York’s notoriously dense traffic and do vocal exercises at the steering wheel. Although the performance began twenty minutes late, Domingo’s premature Met debut still proved a triumphant success. Only a few weeks before his legendary debut at the Met, another important event in Domingo’s career had taken place in the Great Banqueting Hall at the Johannesstift at Spandau in Berlin, where Teldec recorded the young tenor’s first solo recital. A unique historical document, this recital is here re-released. | 
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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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| |  | Arias - Verdi & Donizetti
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) Wiener Opernorchester, Edward Downes Recorded - Sofiensaal, Vienna, June 1968 | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Plácido Domingo - Opera Gala
Plácido Domingo (tenor) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestsra, Carlo Maria Giulini | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Roberto Alagna - Live in Paris
Roberto Alagna (tenor) Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Anton Guadagno Live recording at Paris, Salle Gaveau, Paris, January 8 & 11 2001 “He is out-and-out magnificent: warm and tender, ardent and elegiac, with beautiful high notes, impeccable phrasing and singing of a perfect intelligibility.”
Le Monde | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Donizetti & Rossini: Opera Arias
Ramón Vargas (tenor) English Chamber Orchestra, Marcello Viotti | | | This item is currently out of stock at the UK distributor. You may order it now but please be aware that it may be six weeks or more before it can be despatched. |
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| |  | Alfredo Kraus - Live in Las Palma
Alfredo Kraus (tenor) Orquesta Filarmonica de Gran Canaria, Jose Collado This publication, in collaboration with the Spanish television, features an unforgettable recital given by Alfredo Kraus in Las Palmas in 1995. It is a video recording of great historical and artistic significance, which documents the splendour of the Spanish tenor’s voice (still unchanged despite the years) and his flawless technique. Text and singing merge into one and become artistic expression: a lesson for young singers; a must for lovers of opera. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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