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add to cart $60.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks GOUNOD Roméo et Juliette [Romeo and Juliet] (Complete opera) Andrea Bocelli, Maite Alberola, Andrea Mastroni, Marzio Giossi / Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, Fabio Luisi [ Decca / 2 CD - released 13/Sep/2012 ] Andrea Bocelli, the award-winning tenor and international "cross-over" superstar, returns to his first love - grand opera - with a starring role in one of the grandest operatic love stories of all.
add to cart $36.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks GIORDANO Andrea Chenier (complete opera) Andrea Bocelli / Violeta Urmana / Lucio Gallo / Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Milano Giuseppe Verdi / Marco Armiliato [ Decca Music Group / 2 CD - released 11/Mar/2010 ] This new recording partners Andrea Bocelli with the aristocratic soprano of Violeta Urmana, who has sung the role of Maddalena at the world's leading houses, including The Metropolitan Opera, New York.
add to cart $28.00 Out of Stock AMILCARE PONCHIELLI Ponchielli: la Gioconda (complete opera recorded in 1958) Anita Cerquetti, Franca Sacchi, Mario del Monaco, Cesare Siepi, Giulietta Simionata / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] 'To compare Anita Cerquetti's Gioconda with Callas's is a revelation. Cerquetti brings to the role intelligence, musicianship, and an appealing voice' High Fidelity
add to cart $30.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks LEONCAVALLO / MASCAGNI Leoncavallo/Mascagni: I Pagliacci / Cavalleria Rusticana (Complete Operas) Barbara Frittoli, Jose Cura, Carlos Alvarez, Jessye Norman, Dmitri Hvorostovsky / Riccardo Chailly, Semyon Bychkov (conds) [ Decca Opera! / 2 CD - released 10/Mar/2011 ] 'The recording is rich, spacious and brilliant with glorious orchestral playing, making one marvel at the beauty and subtlety of Leoncavallo's orchestration.' A Key Recording, from The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs. (I Pagliacci)
add to cart $425.00 Out of Stock RICHARD WAGNER Wagner: Die Walküre (LP) Birgit Nilsson, Hans Hotter, Régine Crespin, James King, Christa Ludwig, Gottlob Frick / Wiener Philharmoniker, Sir Georg Solti [ Decca / 5 Vinyl Box Set - released 4/Aug/2023 ] For these new editions, a decade since the last remastering, a completely new set of high-definition 24 bit/192kHz transfers of the original master tapes have been utilized.
add to cart $25.00 Out of Stock RICHARD WAGNER Birgit Nilsson Sings Wagner Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Leif Segerstam / London Symphony, Sir Colin Davis [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/2008 ] "Even allowing for the fact that these were demonstration records when they first appeared, the sound on this CD is astonishing in its lifelike presence and its warmth." Gramophone
add to cart $28.00 Out of Stock GIUSEPPE VERDI Verdi: Great scenes from Aida (with Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder) Birgit Nilsson (soprano), with Grace Hoffman, Luigi Ottolini / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, John Pritchard [ Decca Most Wanted Recitals Vol. 31 / CD - released 16/Oct/2016 ] [This recording captures] the voice of the soprano at the zenith of his means. The stamp is bright and beautiful, perfect intonation, vibrato absent, acute triumphant! Technically, Nilsson is close to perfect, with perfect breath control, flawless...
add to cart $35.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL Handel: Giulio Cesare [complete opera recorded in 2012] Blu-ray Salzburg Whitsun Festival / Cecilia Bartoli, Andreas Scholl, Philippe Jaroussky, Anne Sofie von Otter. Christophe Dumaux / Giovanni Antonini (cond) [ Decca Blu-ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 13/May/2016 ] "[Andreas Scholl's] coloratura is note perfect, he phrases recitatives with as much musicianship as arias, and the steadiness and purity of his voice are remarkable." The Financial Times
add to cart $40.00 Out of Stock GIOACHINO ROSSINI MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Rossini: La Cenerentola [Cinderella] (complete opera with full libretto recorded in 1992) Cecilia Bartoli, William Matteuzzi, Enzo Dara, Alessandro Corbelli / Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Riccardo Chailly [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 28/Aug/2014 ] "All eyes and ears, inevitably, are on Bartoli, and she doesn't disappoint...The singing itself is ravishing. At the same time, the performance makes dramatic sense." Gramophone
add to cart $18.00 Out of Stock ARRIGO BOITO Boito: Mefistofele (Great scenes from the complete opera) Cesare Siepi, Giuseppe di Stefano, Renata Tebaldi, Lucia Danieli / Orchestra e coro dell'Accademia di Santa Cecilia, Roma, Tullio Serafin [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] "It is a pleasure to hear again that eager tone [of Di Stefano], ardently filling such passages as […] the Garden scene and the aria in the Epilogue. All the work's plums are here" Opera, May 1973
add to cart $20.00 Out of Stock RICHARD WAGNER MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The World of Wagner Chicago Symphony Orchestra & Vienna State Opera Chorus & Vienna Philharmonic, Sir Georg Solti, Birgit Nilsson (soprano) / [ Decca / CD - released 10/Nov/1993 ] A great beginners guide to the operas of Richard Wagner.
add to cart $20.00 Out of Stock MAURICE RAVEL Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe (complete ballet) / Rapsodie espagnole / etc Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / London Symphony Orchestra / Pierre Monteux [ Decca Historic / CD - released 10/Apr/1990 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) "There is only one word for this work, this performance, and this recording, and that is - ravishing." Gramophone
add to cart $31.50 Out of Stock 6+ weeks VERDI Attila (Complete opera recorded in 1973) Cristina Deutekom, Carlo Bergonzi, Ruggero Raimondi, Sherill Milnes, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Lamberto Gardelli [ Decca Grand Opera / 2 CD - released 20/Jun/2012 ] Blazing drama and thrilling singing from an all-star cast as Attila returns to the catalogue.
add to cart $18.00 Out of Stock WILLIAM WALTON Facade / Siesta / Scapino Overture / Portsmouth Point Overture (with music by Bax & Bliss) Dame Edith Sitwell and Sir Peter Pears (narrators), English Opera Group Ensemble, Anthony Collins / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 10/Nov/2010 ] "As for the performance, it stands above all others since … must remain a classic to the end of time" Gramophone Magazine
add to cart $30.00 Out of Stock GILBERT & SULLIVAN The Very Best of Gilbert & Sullivan D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, Isidore Godfrey, Royston Nash, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Decca / 2 CD - released 14/Jul/2003 ] "If you are looking for a CD to cheer you up on a dull day, either of the pair which make up this Double Decca will serve admirably." Rosette Recording. Penguin Stereo Guide.
add to cart $25.00 Out of Stock GILBERT and SULLIVAN Gilbert & sullivan: The Gondoliers (Complete with dialogue) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Gillian Knight; Thomas Round; John Reed / New Symphony Orchestra / Godfrey [ Decca Records / 2 CD - released 1/Apr/2003 ] Isidore Godfrey's conducting is vividly alive and Decca provided a large and excellent orchestra. The solo singing throughout is consistently good. Thomas Round sings Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes very well indeed. *** Three Stars. Penguin Stereo Guide.
add to cart $30.00 Out of Stock GILBERT and SULLIVAN MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance (Complete Operetta) D'Oyly Carte Opera Company with Valerie Masterson; Owen Brannigan; John Reed / Royal Philharmonic Orch. / Isadore Godfrey [ Decca Records / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2003 ] "The recording is superbly spacious and clear throughout, with a fine sense of atmosphere. The CD transfer is remarkable in its added presence." (Penguin Guide)
add to cart $37.00 Out of Stock IGOR BORODIN Borodin: Prince Igor (complete opera recorded in 1955) Dragomir Ninkovich, Biserka Cvejic, Melanie Bugarinovich, Dragutin Petrovich, Dushan Popovich / Belgrade National Opera Orchestra & Chorus, Oskar Dano [ Decca Australian Eloquence / 3 CD - released 1/Mar/2019 ] "Popović strikes me as an excellent baritone, a muscular sound with ringing top notes. His is one of the best Prince Igors on disc - heroic and noble...Bugarinović has a dark, almost contralto-ish tone and no Slavic wobble" Gramophone Editor's Choice
add to cart $27.00 Out of Stock 2-4 weeks LEOS JANACEK Janacek: Kata Kabanova (complete opera) Elisabeth Saderstram, Petr Dvorsky, Nedezda Kniplova, Vladimir Krejcik / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "... Charles Mackerras's ... long knowledge of the score has flowered into the richest account of it he has yet given ... he draws wonderful playing from the Vienna Philharmonic."
add to cart $18.00 Out of Stock W. A. MOZART Fernando Corena: Arias for Bass Fernando Corena (bass) / Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden [ Decca Australian Eloquence / CD - released 20/Sep/2015 ] "'Corena sings with a fine, resonant, clean tone. His production is easy and completely natural, and his diction, phrasing and general musicianship are most praiseworthy" (Gramophone)