Agnes Baltsa

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Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588, etc.

Mozart:

Così fan tutte, K588

Cecilia Bartoli, Liliana Nikiteanu, Agnes Baltsa, Roberto Saccà, Oliver Widmer, Carlos Chausson

Don Giovanni, K527

Cecilia Bartoli, Rodney Gilfrey, László Polgár, Isabel Rey, Roberto Saccà, Liliana Nikiteanu, Oliver Widmer, Matti Salminen


Chorus and Orchestra of the Zurich Opera House, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, stage direction by Jürgen Flimm

Subtitles: Italian, German, French, English, Japanese, Spanish

DVD Video

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Arthaus Musik - 100971

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Leonard Bernstein - Mahler III
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Leonard Bernstein - Mahler III

The Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon Vol. III


Mahler:

Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor

Das Lied von der Erde

Symphony No. 8 in E flat major 'Symphony of the Thousand'

Symphony No. 9 in D major


Margaret Price, Agnes Baltsa & Hermann Prey

Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Wiener Singverein, Wiener Sängerknaben & Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

"People are always saying that I exaggerate Mahler even more, which is so stupid, because you cannot exaggerate Mahler enough! To play any Mahler symphony, you have to give it your whole heart and body and soul and everything. And you have to take chances." – Leonard Bernstein

DG Collectors Edition - 4775187

(CD - 5 discs)

$36.49

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Beethoven - Complete Symphonies and Overtures

Beethoven - Complete Symphonies and Overtures


Beethoven:

Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)

Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Fidelio Overture Op. 72c

Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43

The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113


Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, José van Dam

Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Recorded 1975-77

DG - 4290892

(CD - 6 discs)

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Mozart: The Da Ponte Operas

Mozart: The Da Ponte Operas


Mozart:

Le nozze di Figaro, K492

Don Giovanni, K527

Così fan tutte, K588


Thomas Allen (baritone), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Agnes Baltsa (mezzo soprano), Kathleen Battle (soprano), Maria Bierbaumber (soprano), Franco De Grandis (baritone), Ernesto Gavazzi (tenor), Jorma Hynninen (baritone), Elisabeth Kudrna-Schrei (soprano), Frank Lopardo (tenor), Margaret Marshall (soprano), Susanne Mentzer (mezzo soprano), James Morris (baritone), Ann Murray (mezzo soprano), Mariana Nicolesco (soprano), Patrizia Pace (soprano)

Margaret Price (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass), Alejandro Ramirez (tenor),

Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Kurt Rydl (bass), William Shimell (baritone), Cheryl Studer (soprano), José Van Dam (bass), Carol Vaness (soprano), Natale de Carolis (bass baritone)

Vienna State Opera Chorus Konzertvereinigung, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

EMI - 5755352

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$44.49

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Karajan Master Recordings - 10 CD set

Karajan Master Recordings - 10 CD set


Bartók:

Concerto for Orchestra, Sz.116

Beethoven:

Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61

Cadenzas: Fritz Kreisler

Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin)

Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica'

Symphony No. 4 in B flat major, Op. 60

Brahms:

Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90

Cilea:

Intermezzo, Act II from Adriana Lecuouvreur

Debussy:

La Mer

Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune

Karlheinz Zoeller (flute)

Giordano, U:

Intermezzo, Act II from Fedora

Leoncavallo:

Pagliacci: Intermezzo

Mascagni:

Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo

Wolfgang Mexer (organ)

L'Amico Fritz: Intermezzo

Massenet:

Meditation (from Thais)

Michel Schwalbé

Mozart:

Requiem in D minor, K626

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Werner Krenn (tenor), José Van Dam (bass) & Rudolf Scholz (organ)

Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker

Mass in C major, K317 'Coronation Mass'

Anna Tomowa-Sintow (soprano), Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Werner Krenn (tenor), José Van Dam (bass) & Rudolf Scholz (organ)

Wiener Singverein & Berliner Philharmoniker

Mussorgsky:

Khovancina - Intermezzo from Act 4

Puccini:

Suor Angelica - Intermezzo

Manon Lescaut: Intermezzo Act III

Ravel:

Daphnis et Chloé - Suite No. 2

Boléro

Schmidt, F:

Notre Dame - Intermezzo

Schubert:

Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D759 'Unfinished'

Symphony No. 9 in C major, D944 'The Great'

Strauss, R:

Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40

Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40 Michel Schwalbé (solo violin)

Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28

Stravinsky:

The Rite of Spring

Tchaikovsky:

Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23

Sviatoslav Richter (piano)

Wiener Symphoniker

Variations on a Rococo Theme in A, Op. 33

Mstislav Rostropovich (cello)

Verdi:

La traviata: Prelude to Act 3

Wolf-Ferrari:

The Jewels of the Madonna - Act III Intermezzo


Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Selected recordings from 1959 to 1979

“In recording you can get to a point of perfection and precision not possible elsewhere, and, more important than anything, of real untrammelled music-making.” – Herbert von Karajan

DG Karajan Master Recordings - 4777155

(CD - 10 discs)

$92.99

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Complete Edition Box 13 - Early Italian Operas

Complete Edition Box 13 - Early Italian Operas


Mozart:

La Finta Semplice

Barbara Hendricks, Siegfried Lorenz, Douglas Johnson, Ann Murray, Eva Lind, Hans Peter Blochwitz, Andreas Schmidt, Chistine Schornsheim

Kammerorchester Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach, Peter Schreier

Mitridate, rè di Ponto, K87

Edita Gruberova, Arleen Augér, Agnes Baltsa, Ileana Cotrubas, Christine Weidinger

Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager

Ascanio in Alba K111

Lilian Sukis, Edith Mathis, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier

Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager

Il sogno di Scipione

Peter Schreier, Edita Gruberova, Lucia Popp, Claes-Håkon Ahnsjö, Thomas Moser

Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager

Lucio Silla, K135

Peter Schreier, Edith Mathis, Helen Donath, Arleen Augér, Julia Varady, Werner Krenn

Mozarteum-Orchester Salzburg, Leopold Hager


Philips Mozart Edition - 4648902

(CD - 13 discs)

$77.49

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Bernstein conducts Mahler

Bernstein conducts Mahler

The Complete Symphonies & Orchestral Songs


Mahler:

Symphonies 1-9 (Complete)

Das Lied von der Erde

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen

Des Knaben Wunderhorn

Rückert-Lieder

Kindertotenlieder

Symphony No. 10 in F sharp minor


Barbara Hendricks, Margaret Price, Judith Blegen, Gerti Zeumer, Helmut Wittek, Agnes Baltsa, Christa Ludwig, Trudeliese Schmidt, Kenneth Riegel, Hermann Prey, José van Dam, Thomas Hampson, Lucia Popp, Andreas Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, James King

Concertgebouw Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Wiener Philharmoniker, Leonard Bernstein

DG - 4590802

(CD - 16 discs)

$136.99

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Karajan Symphony Edition

Karajan Symphony Edition


Beethoven:

Symphonies Nos. 1-9 (complete)

Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier & José van Dam

Wiener Singverein

Egmont Overture, Op. 84

Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b

Fidelio Overture Op. 72c

Coriolan Overture, Op. 62

The Creatures of Prometheus Overture, Op. 43

The Ruins of Athens Overture, Op. 113

Brahms:

Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete)

Tragic Overture, Op. 81

Variations on a theme by Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a 'St Anthony Variations'

Bruckner:

Symphonies 1-9 (Complete)

Haydn:

Symphonies Nos. 82 - 87 (the Paris Symphonies)

Symphonies Nos. 93 - 104 (the London Symphonies)

Mendelssohn:

Symphonies Nos. 1-5

Mozart:

Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner'

Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz'

Symphony No. 37 in G, K444

Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague'

Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543

Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550

Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter'

Symphony No. 29 in A major, K201

Symphony No. 32 in G major, K318

Symphony No. 33 in B flat major, K319

Schumann:

Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Complete)

Overture, Scherzo, and Finale, Op. 52

Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120

1987 recording

iener Philharmoniker

Tchaikovsky:

Symphonies Nos. 1-6 (complete)


Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

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Eight great symphonic cycles in one box: Beethoven, Brahms, Bruckner, Haydn, Mendelssohnm, Mozart, Schumann, Tchaikovsky.

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DG - 4778005

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Opera Highlights - The Collector’s Edition

Opera Highlights - The Collector’s Edition


Beethoven:

Fidelio, Op. 72 (highlights)

Libretto by Josef Sonnleithner & Friedrich Treitschke, after Bouilly

Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Karl Ridderbusch, Zoltan Kélémen, José Van Dam, Helen Donath, Horst R. Laubenthal, Werner Hollweg & Siegfried Rudolf Frese

Berliner Philharmoniker & Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Herbert von Karajan

Bellini:

I Puritani (highlights)

Libretto by Carlo Pepoli

Montserrat Caballé, Alfredo Kraus, Matteo Manuguerra, Julia Hamari, Agostino Ferrin, Stefan Elenkov & Dennis O’Neill

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Norma (highlights)

Libretto by Felice Romani. Recorded live at the Ravenna Festival

Jane Eaglen, Eva Mei, Vincenzo La Scola & Dimitri Kavrakos

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino & Coro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Riccardo Muti

Berlioz:

Les Troyens (highlights)

Libretto by Berlioz, after Virgil’s Aeneid

Régine Crespin, Guy Chauvet, Jane Berbié, Marie-Luce Bellary, Jean-Pierre Hurteau, Gérard Dunan & Lucien Vernet

Fanfare du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Choeurs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Bizet:

Carmen (highlights)

Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Ludovic Halévy, after Mérimée

Grace Bumbry, Jon Vickers, Mirella Freni, Eliane Lublin, Viorica Cortez, Kostas Paskalis, Claude Meloni & Bernard Gontcharenko

Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bois, Choeurs du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Les Pêcheurs de Perles (highlights)

Libretto by Eugène Cormon & Michel Carré

Barbara Hendricks, John Aler, Gino Quilico & Jean-Philippe Courtis

Choeurs de Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Debussy:

Pelléas et Mélisande (highlights)

Text from Maurice Maeterlinck’s play, adapted by Debussy

Jacques Jansen, Victoria de Los Angeles, Gérard Souzay, Pierre Froumenty, Jeannine Collard, Françoise Ogéas & Jean Vieuille

Choeurs Raymond St Paul & Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, André Cluytens

Delibes:

Lakmé (highlights)

Libretto by Edmond Gondinet & Philippe Gille, after Loti

Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet, Charles Burles, Roger Soyer & Jean-Christophe Benoît

Choeurs du Théâtre National De l’Opéra-Comique & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra-Comique, Alain Lombard

Donizetti:

L'elisir d'amore (highlights)

Libretto by Felice Romani, after Scribe

Rosanna Carteri, Luigi Alva, Rolando Panerai, Giuseppe Taddei & Angela Vercelli

Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Tullio Serafin

Lucia di Lammermoor (highlights)

Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano, after Scott

Edita Gruberova, Alfredo Kraus, Renato Bruson, Robert Lloyd, Kathleen Kuhlmann, Bruno Lazzaretti & Bonaventura Bottone

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicola Rescigno

Gershwin:

Porgy and Bess (highlights)

Libretto by Du Bose Heyward. Lyrics by Ira Gershwin, after Du Bose & Dorothy K. Heyward

Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Bruce Hubbard, Harolyn Blackwell, Marietta Simpson, Gregg Baker, Barrington Coleman, Johnny Worthy, Mervin Wallace, Maureen Braithwaite, Autris Paige, Paula Ingram, Linda Thompson & Wayne Marshall

Glyndebourne Chorus & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle

Gluck:

Orfeo ed Euridice (highlights)

Libretto by Ranieri de Calzabigi

Agnes Baltsa, Margaret Marshall & Edita Gruberova

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Gounod:

Faust (highlights)

Libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, after Goethe

David Bell (organ), Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Ghiaurov, r Thomas Allen, Michèle Command & Marc Vento

Choeurs de l’Opéra National de Paris & Orchestre de l’Opéra National de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Roméo et Juliette (highlights)

Libretto by Jules Barbier & Michel Carré, after Shakespeare

Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, José van Dam, Marie-Ange Todorovitch, Simon Keenlyside, Alain Fondary, Claire Larcher, Guy Fechter & Alain Vernes

Choeur du Capitole de Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Handel:

Alcina (highlights)

Anonymous libretto, after Ariosto

Arleen Augér, Eiddwen Harrhy, Della Jones & Kathleen Kuhlmann

Opera Stage Chorus & City of London Baroque Sinfonia, Richard Hickox

Leoncavallo:

Pagliacci (highlights)

Libretto by Leoncavallo

José Carreras, Renata Scotto, Kari Nurmela, Ugo Benelli & Thomas Allen

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Southend Boys’ Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Mascagni:

Cavalleria Rusticana (highlights)

Libretto by Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti & Guido Menasci, after Verga

Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Matteo Manuguerra, Julia Hamari & Astrid Varnay

Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Southend Boys’ Choir & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Massenet:

Manon (highlights)

Libretto by Henri Meilhac & Philippe Gille, after Prévost

Ileana Cotrubas, Alfredo Kraus, Gino Quilico, Ghyslaine Raphanel, Colette Alliot-Lugaz, Martine Mahe & José van Dam

Choeurs du Capitole du Toulouse & Orchestre du Capitole Toulouse, Michel Plasson

Werther (highlights)

Libretto by Édouard Blau, Paul Millet & Georges Hartmann, after Goethe

Alfredo Kraus, Tatiana Troyanos, Christine Barbaux, Matteo Manuguerra & Jules Bastin

London Philharmonic Orchestra, Michel Plasson

Monteverdi:

L'Orfeo (highlights)

Libretto by Alessandro Striggio

Nigel Rogers, Patrizia Kwella, Emma Kirkby, Jennifer Smith, Catherine Denley, Guillemette Laurens, Mario Bolognesi, John Potter, Stephen Varcoe, Terry Edwards & Geoffrey Shaw

London Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble & London Baroque, Nigel Rogers

Mozart:

Così fan tutte, K588 (highlights)

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte. Recorded live at the Salzburg Festival

Margaret Marshall, Agnes Baltsa, James Morris, Francisco Araiza, Kathleen Battle & José Van Dam

Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384 (highlights)

Libretto by Gottlieb Stephanie, after Bretzner

Anneliese Rothenberger, Lucia Popp, Nicolai Gedda, Gerhard Unger & Gottlob Frick

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Wiener Philharmoniker, Josef Krips

Le nozze di Figaro, K492 (highlights)

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte, after Beaumarchais

Thomas Allen, Kathleen Battle, Jorma Hynninen, Margaret Price, Ann Murray, Kurt Rydl, Mariana Nicolesco, Alejandro Ramirez, Ernesto Gavazzi, Patrizia Pace & Franco de Grandis

Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Die Zauberflöte, K620 (highlights)

Libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder

Siegfried Jerusalem, Lucia Popp, Wolfgang Brendel, Roland Bracht, Edita Gruberova, Heinz Zednik & Brigitte Lindner

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink

Don Giovanni, K527 (highlights)

Libretto by Lorenzo da Ponte

William Shimell, Cheryl Studer, Carol Vaness, Samuel Ramey, Frank Lopardo, Natale de Carolis & Susanne Mentzer

Konzertvereinigung der Wiener Staatsopernchor & Wiener Philharmoniker, Riccardo Muti

Mussorgsky:

Boris Godunov (highlights)

Version by Rimsky-Korsakov. Libretto by Mussorgsky, after Pushkin & Karamzin

Boris Christoff, Ana Alexieva, John Lanigan, Boris Christoff, Dimitr Ouzounov, Evelyn Lear, Nicolai Christov, Bojan Katzarsky, Vasil Benchev, Christina Hadjikoleva & Kina Kosseva

Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia & Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, André Cluytens

Offenbach:

Les Contes d'Hoffmann (highlights)

Libretto by Jules Barbier, after Hoffmann: Oeser edition

Neil Shicoff, Ann Murray, Luciana Serra, Rosalind Plowright, Jessye Norman, José Van Dam, Robert Tear, Jocelyn Taillon, Marcel Vanaud, Dale Duesing & Thierry Dran

Choeurs de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie & Orchestre Symphonique de l’Opéra National du Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie, Sylvain Cambreling

Puccini:

La Bohème (highlights)

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after Murger

Nicolai Gedda, Mirella Freni, Mario Sereni, Mario Basiola Jr., Paolo Montarsolo, Mariella Adani & Ferruccio Mazzoli

Chorus of Rome Opera House & Orchestra of Rome Opera House, Thomas Schippers

Madama Butterfly (highlights)

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica

Victoria de los Angeles, Miriam Pirazzini, Jussi Björling, Mario Sereni, Piero de Palma & Antonio Sacchetti

Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Coro e Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Gabriele Santini

Manon Lescaut (highlights)

Libretto by Domenico Oliva & Luigi Illica, after Prévost

Montserrat Caballé, Placido Domingo, Noël Mangin, Vicente Sardinero, Robert Lloyd & Delia Wallis

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Bruno Bartoletti

Tosca (highlights)

Libretto by Giuseppe Giacosa & Luigi Illica, after Sardou

Renata Scotto, Placido Domingo, Renato Bruson, Andrea Velis, Renato Capecchi, Paul Hudson & Itzhak Perlman

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, James Levine

Turandot (highlights)

Libretto by Giuseppe Adami & Renato Simoni, after Gozzi

Montserrat Caballé, José Carreras, Mirella Freni, Paul Plishka, Vicente Sardinero, Remy Corazza, Riccardo Cassinelli & Michel Sénéchal

Maîtrise de la Cathédrale de Strasbourg, Choeurs de l’Opéra du Rhin & Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg, Alain Lombard

Rossini:

Guillaume Tell (highlights)

Libretto by Étienne de Jouy & Hippolyte Bis, after Schiller

Andréa Guiot, Nicolai Gedda & Ernest Blanc

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Alain Lombard

Il barbiere di Siviglia (highlights)

Libretto by Cesare Sterbini, after Beaumarchais

Sherrill Milnes, Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Renato Capecchi, Ruggero Raimondi, Fedora Barbieri, Joseph Galiano & Michael Rippon

John Alldis Choir & London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine

Saint-Saëns:

Samson et Dalila (highlights)

Libretto by Ferdinand Lemain

Rita Gorr, Jon Vickers, Ernest Blanc, Anton Diakov, Remy Corazza, Jacques Potier & Jean-Pierre Hurteau

Choeurs René Duclos & Orchestre du Théâtre National de l’Opéra de Paris, Georges Prêtre

Strauss, R:

Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)

Libretto by Hugo von Hofmannsthal

Kiri Te Kanawa, Kurt Rydl, Anne Sofie von Otter, Franz Grundheber, Barbara Hendricks, Claire Powell, Richard Leech & Alfred S?ramek

Staatsopernchor Dresden & Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink

Verdi:

Aida (highlights)

Libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni

Birgit Nilsson, Franco Corelli, Grace Bumbry, Mario Sereni, Ferruccio Mazzoli & Bonaldo Giaiotti

Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Zubin Mehta

Il Trovatore (highlights)

Libretto by Salvatore Cammarano

Robert Merrill, Gabriella Tucci, Giulietta Simionato, Franco Corelli, Ferruccio Mazzoli, Luciana Moneta, Angelo Mercuriali & Mario Rinaudo

Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Thomas Schippers

La Traviata (highlights)

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave, after Dumas

Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Rolando Panerai, Delia Wallis, Robert Lloyd, Mirella Fiorentini & Richard Van Allan

John Alldis Choir & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Aldo Ceccato

La Forza del Destino (highlights)

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Mirella Freni, Placido Domingo, Giorgio Zancanaro, Dolora Zajic, Paul Plishka & Silvestro Sammaritano

Coro del Teatro alla Scala, Milano & Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Milano, Riccardo Muti

Nabucco (highlights)

Libretto by Temistocle Solera

Matteo Manuguerra, Veriano Luchetti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Renata Scotto, Elena Obraztsova, Robert Lloyd, Kenneth Collins & Anne Edwards

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti

Otello (highlights)

Libretto by Arrigo Boito, after Shakespeare

James McCracken, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Gwyneth Jones, Piero de Palma, Florindo Andreolli, Alfredo Giacomotti, Anna di Stasio & Leonardo Monreale

Ambrosian Opera Chorus & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli

Rigoletto (highlights)

Libretto by Francesco Maria Piave

Nicolai Gedda, Cornell MacNeil, Reri Grist, Agostino Ferrin, Anna di Stasio, Limbania Leoni, Benito di Bella, Franco Ricciardi & Alfredo Giacomotti

Coro del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma & Orchestra del Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Francesco Molinari-Pradelli

Wagner:

Der Fliegende Holländer (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

José Van Dam, Kurt Moll, Dunja Vejzovic, Peter Hofmann, Thomas Moser & Kaja Borris

Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

The Ring (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

James Morris, Andreas Schmidt, Peter Seiffert, Heinz Zednik, Marjana Lipov?sek, Julie Kaufmann, Silvia Herman, Susan Quittmeyer, Cheryl Studer, Reiner Goldberg, James Morris, Anita Soldh, Ruth Falcon, Ute Walther, Ursula Kunz, Silvia Herman, Margaretha Hintermeier, Carolyn Watkinson, Margartia Lilowa, Siegfried Jerusalem, Peter Haage, Kiri Te Kanawa, Eva Marton & John Tomlinson

Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

Theo Adam, Karl Ridderbusch, Eberhard Büchner, Horst Lunow, Geraint Evans, Zoltan Kélémen, René Kollo, Peter Schreier, Helen Donath & Ruth Hesse

Chor der Staatsoper Dresden, Rundfunkchor Leipzig & Staatskapelle Dresden, Herbert von Karajan

Lohengrin (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

René Kollo, Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Siegmund Nimsgern, Dunja Vejzovic, Karl Ridderbusch & Robert Kerns

Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Parsifal (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

Warren Ellsworth, Phillip Joll, Donald McIntyre, Waltraud Meier & William Mackie

Chorus of Welsh National Opera & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Reginald Goodall

Tannhäuser (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

Waltraud Meier, Klaus König, Lucia Popp, Bernd Weikl, Kurt Moll, Siegfried Jerusalem, Walton Grönroos, Donald Litaker & Rainer Scholze

Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Bernard Haitink

Tristan und Isolde (highlights)

Libretto by Wagner

Helga Dernesch, Jon Vickers, Christa Ludwig, Walter Berry & Karl Ridderbusch

Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan

Weber:

Der Freischütz (highlights)

Libretto by Friedrich Kind

Elisabeth Grümmer, Lisa Otto, Karl Christian Kohn, Rudolf Schock, Wilhelm Walter Dicks & Fritz Hoppe

Chor der Deutschen Oper, Berlin & Berliner Philharmoniker, Joseph Keilberth


EMI - 5099802

(CD - 50 discs)

$98.99

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