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Artists include Natalie Dessay, Maria Callas, Diana Damrau, Janet Baker, Joyce DiDonato, Philippe Jaroussky and Roberto Alagna
A glittering selection of operatic highlights and arias, featuring great composers and artists who are all celebrating significant anniversaries in 2013. | 
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| |  | The Early Recordings of Joan Sutherland
Bellini: | Son vergin vezzosa (from I Puritani) Recorded in Amsterdam on March 25th 1962 Omroeporkest and Koor, Fulvio Vernizzi Casta Diva (from Norma) Recorded in December 1959 Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester des WDR, Alberto Erede | Donizetti: | Confusa è l'alma mia (from Emilia di Liverpool) Recorded in September 1957 Richard Bonynge (piano) Non intende il mio contento (from Emilia di Liverpool) Recorded in September 1957 Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, John Pritchard Ancor non giunse! ... Regnava nel silenzio…Quando rapito in estasi (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Recorded in London on February 26th 1959 Margreta Elkins (Alisa) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Tullio Serafin Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Recorded in Amsterdam on March 25th 1962 Omroeporkest and Koor, Fulvio Vernizzi Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) (encore) Omroeporkest and Koor, Fulvio Vernizzi Regnava nel silenzio...Quando rapito in estasi (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 13th August 1960 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | Handel: | Ah! Ruggiero (from Alcina) Ombre pallide (from Alcina) Recorded in Amsterdam on March 25th 1962 Omroeporkest and Koor, Fulvio Vernizzi Di, cor mio, quanto t'amai (from Alcina) Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 13th August 1960 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Tornami a vagheggiar (from Alcina) Recorded at the Royal Albert Hall on 13th August 1960 BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | Haydn: | Pietà di me, benigni Dei, Hob.XXVb:5 Recorded at the BBC on 17th December 1956 April Cantelo (soprano), Raymond Nilsson (tenor) Goldsborough Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras Si ti perdo amata sposa, Hob.XXIVb: B1 Recorded at the BBC on 17th December 1956 Dennis Brain (horn) Goldsborough Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Mozart: | O zittre nicht (from Die Zauberflöte) Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) Recorded in London in 1962 Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Otto Klemperer Exsultate, jubilate, K165 Recorded in December 1959 Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester des WDR, Alberto Erede Martern aller Arten (from Die Entführung aus dem Serail) Recorded in December 1959 Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester des WDR, Alberto Erede | Rossini: | La fioraia Fiorentina Recorded in September 1957 Richard Bonynge (piano) | Spohr: | Rose softly blooming (from Zemira and Aphor) Recorded in September 1957 Richard Bonynge (piano) | Verdi: | È strano! è strano!...Ah! fors è lui (from La traviata) Recorded in Amsterdam on March 25th 1962 Ettore Babini (Alfredo) Omroeporkest and Koor, Fulvio Vernizzi |
When Joan Sutherland died, many music critics commented on the quality of her voice in her early performances. The concert performances recorded here gave her the opportunity to deliver glorious singing without too many distractions. She was also able to collaborate with artists who she would not encounter in the opera house, such as Dennis Brain, heard here. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Opera 2010
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Maria Callas (soprano) Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano Care compagne, et voi, teneri amici ... Come per me sereno (from La Sonnambula) Evelino Pidò | Cilea: | Ecco: respiro appena. Io son l'umile ancella (from Adriana Lecouvreur) Myung-Whun Chung | Donizetti: | Il segreto per esser felici (from Lucrezia Borgia) Vivica Genaux (mezzo) | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) Münchner Rundfunkorchester | Gershwin: | Bess, you is my woman now (from Porgy and Bess) | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) Maria Callas (soprano) | Gluck: | Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) David Daniels (countertenor) Harry Bicket | Gounod: | Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Diana Damrau (soprano) L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) Rolando Villazón (tenor) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France | Handel: | Rival ti sono (from Faramondo) Caro amico amplesso! (from Poro) Precipitoso nel mar che freme (from Aci, Galatea e Polifemo) Laurent Naouri (baritone) Crude furie degli orridi abissi (from Serse) Ove son...Qui ti sfido (from Arianna) Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) David Daniels (countertenor) | Mascagni: | Attesa (from the Intermezzo from Cavalleria Rusticana) Sarah Brightman (soprano) Ed anchè Beppe amò (from L'amico Fritz) Gianandrea Gavazzeni Suzel, buon di 'Cherry Duet' (from L'amico Fritz) Gianandrea Gavazzeni Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) | Massenet: | Instant charmant … En fermant les yeux (from Manon) | Mozart: | Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) Natalie Dessay (soprano) Louis Langree Và pure ad altri in braccio (from La finta giardiniera) Elina Garanca (mezzo) Camerata Salzburg, Louis Langree In quali eccessi ... Mi tradì quell'alma ingrate (from Don Giovanni) Véronique Gens (soprano) Non so più cosa son, cosa faccio (from Le nozze di Figaro) Teresa Berganza (mezzo) E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Jeffrey Tate O zittre nicht (from Die Zauberflöte) Le Cercle De L'Harmonie | Offenbach: | Barcarolle (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann ) Jessye Norman (soprano) | Puccini: | Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano) Vogliatemi bene, un bene piccolini (from Madama Butterfly) Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) O mio babbino caro (from Gianni Schicchi) E lucevan le stelle (from Tosca) James Levine Nessun dorma (from Turandot) Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg | Rameau: | Triste séjour – Argie Les Talens Lyriques | Rossini: | La donna del lago: Fra il padre, e fra l'amante Joyce DiDonato (mezzo) Edoardo Muller | Verdi: | Celeste Aida (from Aida) Plácido Domingo (tenor) La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Münchner Rundfunkorchester Libiamo, ne' lieti calici (from La Traviata) Terry Edwards | Vivaldi: | Griselda: Agitata da due venti Vivica Genaux (mezzo) Se in ogni guardo from Orlando finto pazzo Philippe Jaroussky (countertenor) Jean-Christophe Spinosi |
Following the enormous success of the album OPERA 2009, EMI Classics is releasing OPERA 2010. Great voices of today and legendary singers of the past, from the EMI and Virgin Classics catalogue: the home of opera. With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of operatic arias and duets, this double album features the best and most popular names in opera from the catalogues of both Virgin Classics and EMI Classics, ranging from the newest arrivals on the operatic scene, as well as many present day superstars, to iconic legends. This is an unmissable collection of the best in opera that will have a wide appeal. Present day superstars include Angela Gheorghiu, Natalie Dessay, Sarah Brightman, Barbara Hendricks, Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Jessye Norman, Placido Domingo, José Carreras, Rolando Villazón, Roberto Alagna and Bryn Terfel. Rising new artists are strongly represented by Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, Elina Garanca, Vivica Genaux, Véronique Gens, Patrizia Ciofi, Philippe Jaroussky, Jonas Kaufmann, David Daniels, Max Emanuel Cencic and Laurent Naouri. The programme also contains tracks by some of the world’s greatest singers of the past such as Victoria de los Angeles, Teresa Berganza, Mirella Freni, Lucia Popp and Franco Corelli as well as the legendary Luciano Pavarotti and the unique Maria Callas. All the most popular operatic composers are represented, from Baroque masters like Vivaldi, Rameau and Handel, through Gluck and Mozart to Bellini, Donizetti, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Cilea and Gershwin, as well as French favourites Gounod, Massenet and Offenbach. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart, Salieri & Righini - Arie di Bravura
Diana Damrau (soprano) Le Cercle de l’Harmonie, Jérémie Rhorer “If some ears might detect an occasional harshness in Damrau's upper register, criticism is all but silenced by her virtuosity and histrionic flair, evident even without the benefit of her vivid stage presence. Under Jérémie Rhorer's alert direction, the Parisian period orchestra match the singer all the way in style and gusto.” Gramophone Magazine, March 2008 “Mozart's Queen of Night is as subtle and intelligent in recitative and inflection as in stratospheric virtuosity.” BBC Music Magazine, February 2008 **** “Diana Damrau is the most thrilling high soprano of our day. She is a peerless Konstanze, delivering "Martern aller Arten" (including the sections usually cut) with venom and precision, and a superbly neurotic Elvira. Her amazing, stratospheric command is best demonstrated in the unearthly beauty of "Vorrei spiegarvi" and the brilliant "No, che non sei capace", both written by Mozart for Aloysia Lange to sing in someone else's opera. If Damrau moves on to record Mozart's true concert arias, I hope she has an orchestra which doesn't sound as if it was recorded in a nearby bathroom.” The Observer, 15th February 2009 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Natalie Dessay - The Miracle of the VoiceGreatest Moments on Stage
Bernstein: | Glitter and be gay (from Candide) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Andrew Davis | Donizetti: | Il dolce suono mi colpì di sua voce! … Spargi d'amaro pianto (from Lucia di Lammermoor) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra de Lyon, Evelino Pidò | Mozart: | O zittre nicht (from Die Zauberflöte) Les Arts Florissants, William Christie Der Hölle Rache kocht in meinem Herzen (from Die Zauberflöte) Orchestre & Chœurs de l’Opéra National de Paris, Ivan Fischer | Offenbach: | Les oiseaux dans la charmille (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Jan Märkl Duo de la mouche from Orphée aux Enfers | Ravel: | Air du Feu: “Arrière…” from L'enfant et les sortilèges | Strauss, J, II: | Frühlingsstimmen Walzer Op. 410 Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper, Ulf Schirmer | Strauss, R: | Grossmächtige Prinzessin (from Ariadne auf Naxos) Wiener Philharmoniker, Christoph von Dohnanyi | Thomas, Ambroise: | A vos jeux, mes amis (from Hamlet) Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Bertrand de Billy |
“Ms. Dessay treats opera like a form of theatre in which acting and singing are one” The Times, November 2005 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart HeroinesOperatic arias
“A stupendous showcase for Dessay's chameleon qualities, there are few better examples of vocal dexterity allied to dramatic commitment.” Gramophone Magazine, April 2008 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Prima DonnaThe First Ladies of Opera
Bellini: | Casta Diva (from Norma) Cecilia Bartoli Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) Cecilia Bartoli | Charpentier, G: | Depuis le jour (from Louise) Nicole Cabell | Donizetti: | Al mio core oggetti amati (from L'assedio di Calais) Elina Garanca | Dvorak: | Mesícku na nebi hlubokém 'Song to the Moon' (from Rusalka) Anna Netrebko | Giordano, U: | La mamma morta (from Andrea Chénier) Montserrat Caballé | Gluck: | Orfeo et Euridice: Che fiero momento Sylvia McNair | Gounod: | Il était un roi de Thule... Ah! je ris (from Faust) Anna Netrebko Ah! Je veux vivre dans ce rêve (from Roméo et Juliette) Patricia Petibon | Handel: | Samson: Let the bright seraphim Kiri Te Kanawa Semele: Endless Pleasure Danielle de Niese Dopo notte (from Ariodante) Anne Sofie von Otter Lascia ch'io pianga (from Rinaldo) Danielle de Niese Da tempeste il legno infranto (from Giulio Cesare) Magdalena Kožená | Massenet: | Adieu, notre petite table (from Manon) Patricia Petibon | Mozart: | Porgi amor (from Le nozze di Figaro) Sylvia McNair Come scoglio (from Così fan tutte) Karita Mattila Voi che sapete (from Le nozze di Figaro) Anne Sofie von Otter O zittre nicht (from Die Zauberflöte) Sumi Jo Ruhe sanft, mein holdes Leben (from Zaïde) Renée Fleming Ach, ich fühl's (from Die Zauberflöte, K620) Karita Mattila | Puccini: | Un bel di vedremo (from Madama Butterfly) Renée Fleming Signore, ascolta! (from Turandot) Barbara Hendricks Si, mi chiamano Mimi (from La Bohème) Angela Gheorghiu Senza mamma, o bimbo (from Suor Angelica) Barbara Hendricks Vissi d'arte (from Tosca) Montserrat Caballé | Rossini: | Di tanti palpiti (from Tancredi) Elina Garanca | Strauss, J, II: | Nun's Chorus from Casanova Kiri Te Kanawa | Verdi: | Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Angela Gheorghiu Au palais des fées (from Don Carlos) Magdalena Kožená |
A special new collection of famous opera arias. Many of today's most celebrated singers in signature roles. Artists include, Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Anna Netrebko, Kiri Te Kanawa, Anne Sofie von Otter, Danielle de Niese, Magdalena Kožená, and others. Special Price 2 CD collection with over 2 hours of glorious music. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | La Stupenda - The Supreme Voice of Joan Sutherland
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