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Ian Bostridge (tenor) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Harry Bicket “Beyond a forgivable desire to rehabilitate the Handel tenor, I have tried in this recording to represent one essential but fugitive quality of Handel’s - his protean nature, his ability to recreate himself while remaining essentially the same.” Ian Bostridge | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Janet Baker - Plaisir d'amourA Celebration of the Art of Dame Janet Baker
Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV170 'Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust' | Berlioz: | Non! Que viens-je d'entendre? ... Il m'en souvient ... Je l'aime donc? (Béatrice et Bénédict) | Britten: | Phaedra, Op. 93 | Caccini, G: | Amarilli mia bella | Cesti: | Intorno all'idol mio | Giordani, G: | Caro mio ben | Gluck: | Divinités du Styx Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro' senza Euridice? Che puro ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice) | Handel: | Recitativo Accompagnato: Pompe Vane Di Morte! Care Selve (Atalanta) Serse: Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù Dopo notte (Ariodante) Were shall I fly? from Herecules | Haydn: | Berenice, che fai? (Scena di Berenice), Hob XXIVa:10 | Lotti: | Pur dicesti, o bocca bella | Martini, G B: | Plaisir d'amour | Mozart: | La clemenza di Tito, K621 - Deh, se piacermi vuoi | Paisiello: | Nel cor più non mi sento | Pergolesi: | Ogni pena più spietata | Piccinni: | O nuit, Dèesse du mystère | Purcell: | But Death, Alas! (Dido And Aeneas) When I am laid in earth (Dido's Lament) from Dido and Aeneas With Drooping Wings (from Dido and Aeneas) | Sarti: | Sen corre l'agnelletta | Schubert: | Ständchen 'Zögernd leise', D920/921 |
Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) A new 2-CD compilation from Dame Janet Baker's many Decca and Philips recordings, released to mark her 75th birthday on 21 August 2008. This generously-filled 150-minute programme ranges from arie antiche and baroque arias through to one of Benjamin Britten's last works, the cantata Phaedra, written specially for Janet Baker. Recordings included in this programme were made between 1961 and 1977 and showcase the many and varied vocal talents of this much-loved, and justifiably internationally-lauded artist. | 
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| | Nostalgias Cobian & Cadicamo Studio Orchestra, Roberto Pansera | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) London Symphony Orchestra, Claudio Abbado | Curtis, E: | Non ti scordar di me (Arranged by Andreas N. Tarkmann) Budapest Philharmonic Orchestra, Eugene Kohn | Franck, C: | Panis Angelicus Marcello Viotti Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Gardel: | El dia que me quieras (Arr. Roberto Pansera) Studio Orchester, Roberto Pansera | Handel: | Serse: Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù | Lara, A: | Granada (Arr. Peeters) London Symphony Orchestra, Marcel Peeters | Lehár: | Dein ist mein ganzes Herz (from Das Land des Lächelns) London Symphony Orchestra, Karl-Heinz Loges | Leoncavallo: | Mattinata (Arr. Peeters) | Penella: | Hasta cuando? Veronica Villarroel Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Miguel Roa Senó, q'e no me farte er való Orquesta Sinfónica de Madrid, Miguel Roa | Puccini: | Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai' Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli Turandot: 'Nessun dorma' Wiener Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Schubert: | Wiegenlied, D498 (Arr. & Orch. Steven Mercurio as "Mille Cherubini in coro") Marcello Viotti & Romano Gandolfi Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi & Coro Sinfonico di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Tosti: | Preghiera (Alla mente confusa) Orch. Steven Mercurio Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Verdi: | La donna è mobile (from Rigoletto) Nicolai Ghiaurov & Piero Cappuccilli Wiener Philharmoniker, Carlo Maria Giulini De' miei bollenti spiriti (from La traviata) Bavarian State Orchestra, Carlos Kleiber Di quella pira (from Il trovatore) Rosalind Plowright & Walter Gullino Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Carlo Maria Giulini Giá nella notte densa (from Otello) Cheryl Studer Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung Niun mi tema (from Otello) Ramón Vargas, Ildebrando d' Arcangelo & Giacomo Prestia Orchestre de l'Opéra Bastille, Myung-Whun Chung "Son fra voi!" - "Già parmi udire il fremito" Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev Mercè, diletti amici (from Ernani) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra & Roger Wagner Chorale, Carlo Maria Giulini Quando le sere al placido (from Luisa Miller) Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Lorin Maazel Scena: "Notte! perpetua notte" Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung "Eccomi prigionero!" Oh, dolore "Dal labbro il canto estasiato vola" Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre, Valery Gergiev | Wagner: | Hör' an, Wolfram! … Inbrunst im Herzen Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli In fernem Land (Lohengrin) Hans Sotin Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsopernchor, Georg Solti Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg: Morgenlich leuchtend Peter Maus, Roberto Banuelas, Gerd Feldhoff, Peter Lagger & Catarina Ligendz Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Eugen Jochum Nur eine Waffe taugt from Parsifal Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine Wesendonk Lieder: Der Engel Orchestration by Felix Mottl Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano Giuseppe Verdi | Weber: | Aria: "Von Jugend auf in dem Kampfgefild'" from Oberon Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik |
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| |  | The Gigli Edition 15The 1955 Carnegie Hall Farewell Recitals
By and large Gigli kept faith with those pieces he most enjoyed singing and that his public adored. ‘It was only through my audiences that this exercise of lungs, diaphragm and vocal cords became transmuted for me into a profound spiritual experience. Like a squirrel counting his hoard of nuts in the winter, I treasure their applause in my memory.’ | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Dmitry Hvorostovsky - Portrait
| | Korobyeiniki: Oy, polna, polna karobushka Folk Songs Osipov Russian Folk Orchestra, Nikolai Kalinin Elegia: Kodga, dusha Folk Songs Osipov Russian Folk Orchestra, Nikolai Kalinin Kalinka Folk Song St Petersburg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev | Bellini: | Or dove fuggo … Ah! Per sempre io ti perdei (from Ill Pirata) | Caldara: | Selve amiche La constanza in amor vince l’inganno Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | Donizetti: | Com Paride vezzoso L’elisir d’amore Cruda, funesta smania Lucia di Lammermoor Bella siccome un angelo Don Pasquale Philharmonia Orchestra, Ion Marin | Gluck: | Orfeo ed Euridice: Che faro' senza Euridice? Orfeo ed Euridice | Handel: | Serse: Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù Serse | Mussorgsky: | Songs and Dances of Death (orch. Shostakovich) Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev | Rachmaninov: | Ne poy, krasavitsa, pri mne, Op. 4 No. 4 V molchanii nochi taynoy, Op. 4 No. 3 | Rimsky Korsakov: | Gorod kamennyi Sadko S uma neidyot krasavitsa! The Tsar’s Bride with Olga Borodina Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev Zachem ty? The Tsar’s Bride with Olga Borodina Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev | Rossini: | Il barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum Il barbiere di Siviglia | Rubinstein: | Na vozdushnom okeane The Demon | Syrewicz: | Tears Russia’s War — Blood Upon The Snow Cantus Dei Choir of Moscow, Red Army Choir & State Symphonic Orchestra of Cinematography, Sergei Skripka | Tchaikovsky: | Vy mne pisali … Kogda by zhizn domashnim krugom Eugene Onegin Uzhel ta samaya Tatyana Eugene Onegin Vy tak pechalny, dorogaya The Queen of Spades Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev Kto mozhet sravnitsa s Matildoyu moyei Iolante Nyet, tolko tot, kto znal, Op. 6 No. 6 Oleg Boshnyakovich (piano) O, yesli b ty mogla, Op. 38 No. 4 Mikhail Arkadiev (piano) Snova, kak prezhde, odin, Op. 73 No. 6 Oleg Boshnyakovich (piano) | Verdi: | Di provenza il mar (from La Traviata) Il balen del suo sorriso Il trovatore Per mi giunto … O Carlo, ascolta Don Carlo Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra, Valery Gergiev | Vivaldi: | Se il cor guerriero Tito Manlio |
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| |  | Olga Borodina - Portrait
Berlioz: | Heureux enfants aux coeurs de flamme Roméo et Juliette Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Colin Davis | Borodin: | Merknet svyet dnevnoy Prince Igor Kirov Orchestra and Chorus, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev Ty li, Vladimir moy? Prince Igor Kirov Orchestra and Chorus, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev | Falla: | El paño moruno - Seven Spanish Folk Songs Nos. 1, 3 & 5 Semyon Skigin (piano) | Handel: | Serse: Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù Serse Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | Mussorgsky: | Noch' Larissa Gergieva (piano) Ty, Ruzya, mnye nye nuzhna sevodnya… Kak tomitel'no i vyalo dni za dnyami dlyatsa Boris Godounov Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev Postav'! — Sily potajnye Khovanshchina Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev | Ponchielli: | Voce di donna o d'angelo le mie catene ha sciolto (Romanza) La Gioconda Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | Purcell: | Thy hand, Belinda … When I am laid in earth Dido and Aeneas Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | Rachmaninov: | Blagoslovi, dushe moya Vespers St Petersburg Chamber Choir, Nikolai Korniev | Rimsky Korsakov: | Redeyet oblakov letuchaya gryada, Op. 42 No. 3 Larissa Gergieva (piano) Zachem ty? … Znat' nye lyubish bolshe ty svoyu Lyubashu with Dmitri Hvorostovsky Vot do chevo ya dozhila The Tsar’s Bride Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev | Rossini: | Il barbiere di Siviglia: Una voce poco fa Il barbiere di Siviglia English Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Summers Dunque io son… Tu non m'inganni? Il barbiere di Siviglia with Dmitri Hvorostovsky as Figaro English Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Summers Ah! quel giorno ognor rammento Semiramide Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi Nacqui all'affanno La Cenerentola Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi | Saint-Saëns: | Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix (from Samson et Delila) Samson et Dalila Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi Samson, recherchant ma présence, ce soir doit venir en ces lieux Samson et Dalila Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi J'ai gravi la montagne … Salut à vous, mon père! Samson et Dalila With Dmitri Hvorostovsky English Chamber Orchestra, Patrick Summers | Tchaikovsky: | Nyet, tolko tot, kto znal, Op. 6 No. 6 Larissa Gergieva (piano) Uzh polnoch' blizitsya The Queen of Spades Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Carlo Rizzi Kak ya lyublyu pod zvuki pesen etikh… Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku Eugene Onegin Orchestre de Paris, Semyon Bychkov Uzh vecher The Queen of Spades Kirov Orchestra, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev Snova, kak prezhde, odin, Op. 73 No. 6 Larissa Gergieva (piano) | Verdi: | Al suon del tamburo La forza del destino Kirov Orchestra and Chorus, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev Rataplan La forza del destino Kirov Orchestra and Chorus, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg, Valery Gergiev Nei giardin del bello saracin ostello Don Carlo Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Bernard Haitink |
Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano) | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | Kathleen Ferrier and Friends
Bach, J S: | Vergiss mein nicht, BWV505 Millicent Silver (harpsichord) Ach, dass nicht die letze Stunde BWV439 | Berkeley, L: | Four poems of St. Teresa of Avila, Op. 27 strings of the Hallé Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | Brahms: | 4 quartets, Op. 64 Irmgard Seefried (soprano), Julius Patzak (tenor), Horst Günther (baritone) & Hans Gal (piano) 4 Lieder Frederick Stone (piano) | Handel: | Serse: Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent | Mahler: | Der Trunkene im Frühling (from Das Lied Von Der Erde) (incomplete) solo by Peter Pears Der Abschied (from Das Lied Von Der Erde) (incomplete) Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Bruno Walter | Mendelssohn: | Elijah: O rest in the Lord Boyd Neel Orchestra | Telemann: | Kleine Kantate von Wald un Au John Francis (flute), George Roth (cello) & Millicent Silver (harpsichord) |
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David Hobson (tenor) Sinfonia Australis, Antony Walker | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias
Andrea Bocelli Orchestra dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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