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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Juan Diego Flórez - Bel Canto Spectacular (CD+DVD)Limited Edition CD+DVD
Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) & Fernando Piqueras (baritone) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana & Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren BONUS DVD (NTSC) - includes 8min Interview + 2 Full Arias - Ah! Mes amis, quel jour de fête! – La Fille du régiment + Povero Ernesto! – Don Pasquale “The famous nine Cs, as Tonio sings Qual destino, are reached early on, each scaled without peril. There are twinges of slight vocal strain elsewhere. Even so the CD remains, as the title says, a Bel Canto Spectacular, with the trademark Flórez blaze of a voice burning up seven Donizetti opera scenes, two Rossini and one Bellini.
It’s a wonderful technical display. But like direct exposure to the sun, a voice of this intensity needs to be rationed. How wise of Flórez and his managers, therefore, to match his blowtorch with the gentler timbres of other singers: Anna Netrebko...Patrizia Ciofi...Danielo Barcellona...[and] Placido Domingo.” The Times, 20th June 2008 **** | 
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| |  | Viva Villazón! (STANDARD)The Best of Rolando Villazón
Berlioz: | Dieu tout puissant, Dieu de l’aurore Thomas Gounet d’après Thomas Moore Chœur « Les Eléments » & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson A cette voix quel trouble… Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Cilea: | Il lamento di Federico (L'Arlesiana) | Donizetti: | L'elisir d'amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima' Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero (Edgardo) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti | Gounod: | Faust - Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre... Salut, demeure chaste et pure Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Polyeucte: Source délicieuse Roméo & Juliette - L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil | Grüber, F: | Stille Nacht arr.Philippe Rombi Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte, Philippe Rombi | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) with Teresa Blank (mezzo-soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Massenet: | Ah ! Parais, astre de mon ciel Zarastra from Le Mage Chœur et Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Roma - Je vais la voir! Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Traduire ! Ah ! Bien souvent mon rêve s’envole… Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther) Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pído | Monteverdi: | Sì dolce è'l tormento Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim Eri già tutta mia Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim | Offenbach: | Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach (Hoffmann) With Florian Laconi (ténor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Puccini: | Rodolfo's Aria from La bohème Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai' (previously unreleased) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Recondita armonia (Tosca) | Sorozábal: | La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’ Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Tchaikovsky: | Eugene Onegin: Lensky's aria | Verdi: | La Donna è mobile Conte from Rigoletto Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Lunge da lei de’ miei bollenti Alfredo from La Traviata Io l'ho perduta (from Don Carlos) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Vives: | Por el humo se sabe donde esta el fuego Fernando from Dona Frasquita Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Wade: | O come, all ye faithful arr.Philippe Rombi |
Standard Version “Villazón's singing offers a combination of intelligence and glamour not seen since the ascendancy of Domingo.” The New Yorker | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| The Opera Gala - Live from Baden-Baden (CD)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Marco Armiliato | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Plácido Domingo - Opera Gala
Plácido Domingo (tenor) Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestsra, Carlo Maria Giulini | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The Opera Gala - Live from Baden-Baden (Blu-ray)
SWR Sinfonieorchester Baden-Baden und Freiburg, Marco Armiliato |
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| | | Juan Diego Flórez - Bel Canto Spectacular (CD)
Juan Diego Flórez (tenor), Anna Netrebko (soprano), Patrizia Ciofi (soprano), Daniela Barcellona (mezzo-soprano), Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone) & Fernando Piqueras (baritone) Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana & Cor de la Generalitat Valenciana, Daniel Oren “Florez’s singing, at least, justifies Decca’s “Bel Canto Spectacular” trumpeting. Netrebko is a bit blowsy, Barcellona goes flat on her final note and Domingo, understandably, drops an octave lower than his younger colleague at the climax of their duet. Florez is fabulous in Tonio’s show stopper from the Italian version of Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment, with nine top Cs. There may be more honeyed accounts of Una furtiva lagrima on disc, but his bright tone, superb diction and style are winning enough.” Sunday Times, 20th July 2008 **** “The world's most sought-after "tenore di grazia" bounds in with his trademark pizzazz in his party-piece aria from Donizetti's La figlia del reggimento, capped by volleys of exuberantly pinging top Cs. We get another Flórez calling-card in a sweetly voiced "Una furtiva lagrima". Elsewhere this recital, true to its billing, becomes a bel canto celebration for Flórez and friends.” The Telegraph, 12th July 2008 “…the tenor's impeccable artistry, founded on the strongest of techniques plus - vitally - the keenest of expressive intentions, is in flamboyant evidence throughout.” BBC Music Magazine, August 2008 **** “The opening track here is presumably Juan Diego Flórez's final word on the show-stopping aria from La fille du régiment. The rest of this attractive canter through the bel canto repertory finds our hero in robust form. This is very much a case of "Flórez and friends". Anna Netrebko contributes a touching Elvira to the great last-act duet from I Puritani, a very full version culminates in those stratospheric phrases taking the tenor up to the high D. Is there any more catchy Donizetti tune than the duet, "Da quel dì che t'incontra"? Flórez and Patricia Ciofi are not undermined by comparison with Sutherland and Pavarotti... The two extracts from L'elisir d'amore are both winning, with Mariusz Kwiecien as an exceptionally vivid Belcore.” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue |
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| |  | Nicolai GeddaRecordings From 1952-1957
The recordings for this 2 CD set have been carefully selected to show to advantage the extraordinary control
Gedda has over his vocal resources and also to demonstrate his remarkable gift for language. The French opera
excerpts all display an appealing sense of style together with excellent musicianship, both traits so much admired
in the 19th and early 20th centuries. His Russian scenes and arias have an authentic ring, his German highly
romantic and his Italian arias although his voice does not possess that particular Mediterranean warmth, do
nevertheless have a sense of morbidezza (tenderness) usually more associated with the Latin tenor. |
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| |  | Piotr Beczala - Salut!
Piotr Beczala (tenor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Ion Marin Piotr Beczala has established himself as one of the most outstanding young lyric tenors. Born in Southern
Poland, he studied with Pavel Lisitsian and Sena Jurinac. After his first engagement at the Landestheater in
Linz (Austria) he became a permanent member of the Zurich Opera and remains closely associated with
this company.
He made his Covent Garden debut as the Italian tenor in Rosenkavalier and followed with an acclaimed Faust
in 2004 and 2006. He returned as Lensky in Eugene Onegin this April with another Rosenkavalier at the
Festival Hall, again with Zurich Opera.
He made a sensational role debut, in January of this year, as Riccardo in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera with the
Berlin State Opera, where he was enthusiastically celebrated by both audience and press.The last two years
has seen a series of successful firsts including Alfredo, in La Traviata, with the Bavarian State Opera, Berlin's
Deutsche Oper and also in Tokyo; the Duke in Rigoletto at La Scala and as his debut with the Metropolitan
Opera; and Lensky in Eugene Onegin with the San Francisco Opera, where he returned as Tamino last year. In
Frankfurt and in Munich he has been acclaimed for his portrayal of Werther, as was his Don Ottavio at
Zurich Opera and the Salzburg Festival. In 2007 he added Edgardo in Donizetti's Lucia to his repertoire:
singing this role he will return to the New York Met in autumn 2008.
His wide concert repertoire ranges from Mozart, Cherubini and Haydn's sacred music, via Rossini's Stabat
Mater and Petite Messe Solennelle to Mahler's Das Lied. He has appeared on many recordings and DVDs but
this is his first recital disc with excerpts from French and Italian operas, many of which he has already sung
on stage. " … yet its chief glories are musical, not least the sterling performance of the young Polish tenor Piotr Beczala as Riccardo, which has Berliners drawing comparisons to Jussi Björling. He is certainly the best in this challenging role since Pavarotti." International Herald Tribune “The voice has body, especially in the upper middle register, and an exciting ring on top.” Gramophone Magazine, 2008 Awards Issue | | | Usually despatched in 2 - 3 working days. |
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| |  | John McCormack
John McCormack (1884 – 1945) is regarded as one of the greatest lyric tenors of the century.
These Opera arias were recorded on the Victor label between 1910/17. | | | Usually despatched in 3 - 4 working days. |
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