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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Anu Komsi: Coloratura
Anu Komsi, Finland’s ‘coloratura assoluta’, here presents a wide-ranging programme, from mad scenes and rage arias from 18th- and 19th-century operas, to Alyabyev’s ever-soaring Nightingale and the silvery tinkling of Lakmé’s Bell Song. Komsi also performs later examples of coloratura, including Glière’s glittering Concerto for coloratura and orchestra, and La Machine de l’être by the composer John Zorn – a work which she premiered in New York City in 2011. The disc closes with a thoroughly idiomatic performance of Sibelius’ Luonnotar, with its text from the Finnish national epos Kalevala. Throughout the programme, Anu Komsi is supported by the Lahti Symphony Orchestra conducted by Sakari Oramo. “Anu Komsi's cosmopolitan experience and technical expertise show in the breadth and quality of her programme. And Sakari Oramo makes much of her accompaniments.” BBC Music Magazine, March 2013 *** “Are coloratura soprano showcases ever supposed to be this provocative?...Placing Gliere and Zorn on the same disc is a brilliant stroke of programming. Komsi is at her inventive best in creating subtexts to the wordless vocal lines, suggesting a sunny lifetime of experience in Gliere...[Her] artistry comes together fully in Sibelius's Luonnotar” Gramophone Magazine, January 2013 | | | (also available to download from $10.50) | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Maurice Andre: Airs d'opéras(trumpet transcriptions)
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| |  | The Callas Effect (Deluxe Edition)2CD / 1DVD
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Carreau! Pique! La mort! (from Carmen) | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) | Delibes: | Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) | Gluck: | Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) | Gounod: | Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) | Mozart: | In quali eccessi ... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrate (from Don Giovanni) | Ponchielli: | Suicidio! (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) In questa reggia (from Turandot) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica) Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut) | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) | Saint-Saëns: | Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata) La luce langue (from Macbeth) D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Tu che la vanità (from Don Carlo) |
DVD 'The Callas Effect' 1. Introduction 2. Humble Beginnings 3. The New Star 4. Norma at Covent Garden 5. Records and Romance 6. La Traviata 7. Il Trovatore 8. Bringing drama to the opera stage: Tosca 9. Concerts 10. Audience Response 11. High Society and Fashion 12. Losing Voice 13. 'Sola, perduta, abbandonata' 14. The Callas Effect today 15. Conclusion
Maria Callas is the ultimate and original diva. Widely regarded as the greatest Opera singer and performer of all time whose life, voice and performances have intrigued, thrilled and inspired all others. Maria Callas 34 years after her death Maria Callas remains the definition of a diva. She is not only the world's bestselling soprano but also EMI Classic's bestselling artist of all time. Widely regarded for her intense characterisation and unique interpretations she has become a cultural icon whose music and life continues to influence today. “Her reputation, extremely high when she died, has become ever greater in the years since her death. As a personality she remains controversial, but as an artist hardly at all: her genius is recognised as supreme by virtually all opera lovers, indeed it is often from listening to her many recordings that people discover what an incredibly potent art form opera can be.” BBC Music Magazine The Music This wonderfully constructed 2CD collection of opera arias highlights Callas’s spectacular climb to fame tracking her move from innocent young woman to the tragic heroine in her later years through the opera arias she recorded. Featuring the most special and exquisitely interpreted arias of her output this collection brings together such opera favourites as O mio babbino caro, Vissi d’arte and Casta diva. Callas’s recordings have featured prominently in many critically acclaimed movies including Academy Award winner Philadelphia and Academy Award Nominated Milk Callas is the immortal diva whose music transcends time and sounds as unique and inspired today. Many noted musicians have quoted Callas as a musical influence including Linda Ronstadt, Patti Smith, Emmylou Harris, Celine Dion, Jason Mraz and Rufus Wainwright. Documentary EMI Classics has made The Callas Effect because there are powerful first-hand accounts that have not before been revealed of how and why Callas has exerted a unique and extraordinary effect – on other celebrity opera singers, on distinguished stage directors, on actors and actresses, on backstage theatre crews, on recording staff, on impresarios, on audiences who queued up for days and nights to see her, and now on young music-lovers who are captivated by her CDs and DVDs. People from all these walks of life, newly captured just for this memoir and including some who personally knew her, are the passionate witnesses of Maria Callas’s genius in The Callas Effect, which also includes extracts from her performances, recordings and interviews. “memorable artistry is evident everywhere - utterly exemplary in its musical intelligence, stirring in its interpretative eloquence. The technique dazzles in marvellously expressive trills...and everywhere, of course, the uniquely penetrating dramatic involvement.” International Record Review, January 2012 “This makes a good Callas set for beginners. It contains arias that showcase a good section of her most successful repertoire and it captures her voice at its best.Exactly when it is captured remains a mystery, however: the set’s main problem for pre-existing fans and aficionados is that, while it contains information about where and with whom each track was recorded, we are not given any dates.” MusicWeb International, January 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Callas Effect (Experience Edition)
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Col sorriso d'innocenza (from Il Pirata) | Bizet: | L'amour est un oiseau rebelle 'Habanera' (from Carmen) Carreau! Pique! La mort! (from Carmen) | Catalani: | Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (from La Wally) | Delibes: | Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) | Gluck: | Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) | Gounod: | Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) | Mozart: | In quali eccessi ... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrate (from Don Giovanni) | Ponchielli: | Suicidio! (from La Gioconda) | Puccini: | O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) In questa reggia (from Turandot) Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica) Sola, perduta, abbandonata (from Manon Lescaut) | Rossini: | Una voce poco fa (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) | Saint-Saëns: | Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse (Samson et Dalila) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania (from Mignon) | Verdi: | Mercè, dilette amiche 'Bolero' (from I Vespri Siciliani) Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Ah, fors'è lui che l'anima (from La Traviata) La luce langue (from Macbeth) D'amor sull'ali rosee (from Il Trovatore) Surta è la notte...Ernani! Ernani, involami (from Ernani) Ritorna vincitor! (from Aida) Tu che la vanità (from Don Carlo) |
This wonderfully constructed 2CD collection of opera arias highlights Callas’s spectacular climb to fame tracking her move from innocent young woman to the tragic heroine in her later years through the opera arias she recorded. Featuring the most special and exquisitely interpreted arias of her output this collection brings together such opera favourites as O mio babbino caro, Vissi d’arte and Casta diva. “memorable artistry is evident everywhere - utterly exemplary in its musical intelligence, stirring in its interpretative eloquence. The technique dazzles in marvellously expressive trills...and everywhere, of course, the uniquely penetrating dramatic involvement.” International Record Review, January 2012 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Art of the Prima Donna
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| |  | Joan Sutherland: The Voice of the Century
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Recorded 1960 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli O rendetemi la speme...Qui la voce sua soave...Vien, diletto (from I Puritani) Recorded 1960 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Ah! non giunge uman pensiero (from La Sonnambula) Recorded 1962 Orchestra del maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Richard Bonynge Eccomi pronta...Deh, se un'urna (from Beatrice di Tenda) Recorded 1962 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | Bizet: | Vasco da Gama: La marguerite a fermé sa corolle … Ouvre ton coeur Recorded 1969 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge | Coward, N: | This is a changing world (from Pacific 1860) Recorded 1966 Richard Bonynge | Delibes: | Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé) Recorded 1960 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli | Donizetti: | Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Recorded 1962 Rinaldo Pelizzoni (Normanno), Cesare Siepi (Raimondo), Robert Merrill (Enrico) Orchestra dell’Accademia de Santa Cecilia, Rome, John Pritchard Pour ce contrat fatal...Salut à la France (from La fille du régiment) Recorded 1967 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge Una parola…Chiedi all'aura (from L'elisir d'amore) Recorded 1970 Luciano Pavarotti (Nemorino) English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Da tutti abbandonata (from Maria Stuarda) Recorded 1975 Luciano Pavarotti (Leicester) Orchestra del Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Richard Bonynge Figlio, e spento...Era desso il figlio mio (from Lucrezia Borgia) Recorded 1978 National Philharmonic Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Ancor non giunse...Torna, torna, o caro oggetto (from Rosmonda d’Inghilterra) Recorded 1961; bonus track Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, John Pritchard | Gounod: | Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Recorded 1960 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Ah! Je ris de me voir (from Faust) Recorded 1960 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli | Heuberger: | Gehen wir ins Chambre séparée) from The Opera Ball Recorded 1966 New Philharmonia, Richard Bonynge | Lehár: | Wär' es auch nichts als ein Augenblick (Eva) Recorded 1966 New Philharmonia, Richard Bonynge | Massenet: | De cet affreux combat…Pleurez, mes yeux ! (from Le Cid) Recorded 1962 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | Offenbach: | Les oiseaux dans la charmille (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) Recorded 1969 Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Richard Bonynge | Puccini: | In questa reggia (from Turandot) Recorded 1972 Luciano Pavarotti (Calaf) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Zubin Mehta | Rossini: | Bel raggio lusinghier (from Semiramide) Recorded 1966 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge | Strauss, J, II: | Nun's Chorus from Casanova Recorded 1966 New Philharmonia, Richard Bonynge | Verdi: | È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Sempre libera (from La Traviata) Recorded 1960 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli Che! e segnar questa mano potrebbe l’onta mia (from Luisa Miller) Tu puniscimi, o Signore … A brani, a brani, o perfido (from Luisa Miller) Recorded 1963 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge È il sol dell'anima (from Rigoletto) Recorded 1971 Luciano Pavarotti (Duca) London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge Caro nome (from Rigoletto) Recorded 1971 London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Bonynge |
In tribute to one of Decca’s very greatest artists, a 2-for-1 double jewel-case version of Dame Joan Sutherland’s classic ‘The Voice of the Century’ 2-disc compendium is now available for release. The track contents are identical those of the original hardback version of ‘The Voice of the Century’ (4757981), and include arias from Lucia di Lammermoor, La sonnambula, Norma, Lakmé, Semiramide, La Fille du Régiment, Turandot, and many more. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Natalie Dessay - The Miracle of the Voice
“Our finest coloratura soprano: she combines dazzling accuracy and luminous musicality” The Times | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Maria Callas - Lyric & Coloratura Arias
“Maria Callas's art at its greatest, in her capacity to turn anything she sings into gold. Her range, from classicism to verismo, is breathtaking. A wonderful disc.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2006 ***** “A highly desirable conflation of one and a half LPs on one generously filled CD, which allows us to hear Callas’s unique voice and art with even greater faithfulness. Serafin gives admirable support throughout.” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Opera de Montreal: Le Gala du 30e anniversaire
Bizet: | Près des remparts de Séville (Séguedille) (from Carmen) Nora Sourouzian (mezzo-soprano) L’orage s’est calmé (from Les pêcheurs de perles) Phillip Addis (baritone) | Delibes: | Viens, Mallika...Sous le dôme épais (from Lakmé) Aline Kutan (soprano), Alison McHardy (mezzo-soprano) Où va la jeune Indoue? 'Bell Song' (from Lakmé) Raphaelle Paquette (soprano), | Gagnon: | Le vaisseur d'or Marc Hervieux (tenor) | Gershwin: | My man's gone now (from Porgy and Bess) Marie-Josee Lord (soprano) | Gounod: | O sainte médaille... Avant de quitter (from Faust) Etienne Dupuis (baritone) | Handel: | Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina) Marianne Lambert (soprano) | Massenet: | Allons! Il le faut pour lui-même!... Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon) Layla Claire (soprano) Vision fugitive (from Hérodiade) Gaetan Laperriere (baritone) | Mozart: | E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Lyne Fortin (soprano) La ci darem la mano (from Don Giovanni) Pascale Beaudin (soprano), Aaron St. Clair Nicholson (baritone) | Puccini: | Dunque è proprio finita! (from La Bohème) Antoine Belanger (tenor), Marianne Fiset (soprano), Etienne Dupuis (baritone), Gianna Corbisiero (soprano) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) Marianne Fiset (soprano) Chi il bel sogno di Doretta (from La Rondine) Gianna Corbisiero (soprano) | Rossini: | Cruda sorte! Amor tiranno! (from L'Italiana in Algeri) Allyson McHardy (mezzo) Largo al factotum (from Il barbiere di Siviglia) Aaron St. Clair Nicholson (baritone) | Strauss, R: | Marie Theres'! ... Hab mir's gelobt (from Der Rosenkavalier) Lyne Fortin (soprano), Marianne Lambert (soprano), Stephanie Marshall (mezzo) | Tchaikovsky: | Lyubvi fse vozrastï pokornï 'Gremin's aria' (from Eugene Onegin) Randall Jakobsh (bass) Jan ye sposobna k grusti tomnoy (from Eugene Onegin) Annamaria Popescu (mezzo-soprano) | Thomas, Ambroise: | Ah, pour ce soir...Je suis Titania (from Mignon) Raphaelle Paquette (soprano) | Verdi: | Cortigiani, vil razza dannata (from Rigoletto) Gregory Dahl (baritone) Saper vorreste (from Un Ballo in Maschera) Pascale Beaudin (soprano) Imponete (from La Traviata) Caroline Bleau (soprano), Gaetan Laperriere (baritone) Bella figlia dell'amore (from Rigoletto) Aline Kutan (soprano), Annamaria Popescu (mezzo), Antoine Belanger (tenor), Alexandre Sylvestre (baritone) | Wagner: | O du, mein holder Abendstern (from Tannhäuser) Alexandre Sylvestre (baritone) |
Metropolitan Orchestra, Alain Trudel Celebrating the thirtieth anniversary of the Opera de Montreal with a stunning two disc set (at the price of one), the Directors said about this release: “Our great annual celebration of opera gives us the opportunity to present a magnificent showcase of Canadian talent. Brought together on the same stage are some of our finest voices who, along with the Orchestre Metropolitain conducted by Alain Trudel, perform some of the most beautiful arias and ensembles in the repertoire.” | 
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