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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Bizet: | Carmen (highlights) Grace Bumbry, George Webb, Ena Babb & Elisabeth Welch New World Show Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn | Gershwin: | Porgy and Bess (highlights) Lawrence Winters, Isabelle Lucas & Ray Ellington New World Show Orchestra, Kenneth Alwyn |
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Anne Brown, Todd Duncan, Avon Long, Paul Robeson, Lawrence Tibbett, Jascha Heifetz Original cast and other early recordings, 1935-42 | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Willard White, Cynthia Haymon, Damon Evans, Cynthia Clarey, Harolyn Blackwell, Bruce Hubbard Glyndebourne Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Simon Rattle | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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New Century Saxaphone Quartet | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Erich Kunzel In honor of the Gershwin centennial year, conductor Erich Kunzel worked in cooperation with Gershwin scholar Edward Jablonski, the Music Division of the Library of Congress, and John Andrew Johnson at Harvard University to create his own performing edition of the one-act opera Blue Monday, heard here for the first time with its original orchestration by Will H. Vodery. Kunzel's sources included the original piano sketches by Gershwin, the Vodery orchestration, and the original Buddy De Sylva text, all of which are housed in the Library of Congress.
The recording of legendary performer Cab Calloway singing "It Ain't Necessarily So," was made about one year before he died. This is the only available performance on disc of him singing a selection from his signature role.
Maestro Kunzel also discovered, at the Library of Congress, previously unrecorded dialogue from Act III, Scene I of Porgy and Bess, which leads into the duet between Bess and Serena, "Lonely Boy," also never before recorded. Gershwin discarded the duet for reasons of length (and thus never orchestrated it), substituting the aria, "Summertime," sung here by radiant soprano Harolyn Blackwell, making her Telarc debut. The duet is heard in an orchestration provided by Steven Reinke. | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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Cecile Ousset (piano), Allan Marks (piano) Radio Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Rundfunkorchester Berlin, Sir Neville Marriner, Hans Dieter Baum | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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| |  | 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 |
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