VERDI / PUCCINI / PONCHIELLI / SPONTINI
Anita Cerquetti - Recital Anita Cerquetti (soprano) / Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Gianandrea Gavazzeni [ Decca SBS Australian Eloquence / CD - released 1/Jun/2019 ] A famous Decca operatic recital, long unavailable, celebrating the thrilling voice and short-lived career of a soprano who set operatic stages alight in the late 1950s. |
Anita O'day
Four Classic Albums (Anita Sings The Most / The Lady Is A Tramp / An Evening With Anita O'day / Anita) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] |
BIZET / VERDI / MASSENET / RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / SAINT-SAENS / etc
Anita Rachvelishvili Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) / Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale della RAI, Giacomo Sagripanti [ Sony Classics / CD - released 19/May/2018 ] "This is a must-have CD for not just all lovers of great vocalism, but for anyone who relishes a singing actress in the first flush of her youthful triumph." Opera Now Five Stars |
Anita Schwabe
Eat Your Greens [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] "Making music with Anita Schwabe is always a special occasion for me and has been from the beginning when as a 17 year old student at the Wellington Polytechnic Jazz Course she demonstrated a formidable talent as a pianist and very skilled composer.... |
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
Shakespeare: The Merry Wives of Windsor (recorded live at the Globe Theatre London in 2019) Globe Theatre / Pearce Quigley, Sarah Finigan, Bryony Hannah, Richard Katz, Forbes Mason, Anita Reynolds, Boadicea Ricketts / Elle While (director) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Mar/2013 ] "Double-meanings, disguises and dirty laundry abound as Sir John Falstaff sets about improving his financial situation by wooing Mistress Page and Mistress Ford. But the 'Merry Wives' quickly cotton on to his tricks and decide to have a bit of fun of... |
Anita Baker
Compositions [ Atlantic Records / CD - released 21/Jun/1990 ] Limited Edition US import (official) |
Anita O'Day
Five Classic Albums Plus (Anita O'day Swings Cole Porter With Billy May / At Mister Kelly's / Singin' And Swingin' / Trav'lin' Light / All The Sad You [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] AVID Jazz presents five classic Anita O'Day albums plus, including original LP liner notes on a finely re-mastered and low priced double CD. For our third set from our top selling artist Anita O'Day we have squeezed no less than five albums plus a... |
Anita O'day
Four Classic Albums Plus (Anita O'day And Billy May Swing Rodgers And Hart / Anita O'day & The Three Sounds / Anita O'day Sings The Winners / Time For [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] It's that magic combination again for our first selection, recorded in L.A. in June 1960, Anita O'Day joining forces again with top arranger Billy May to sing songs from one of the great American songbooks, "Anita O'Day and Billy May Swing Rodgers &... |
Anita O'Day
Four Classic Albums Plus (Pick Yourself Up / Cool Heat / Incomparable / Waiter, Make Mine Blues) [ Avid / 2 CD - released 17/Nov/2014 ] Avid's second volume from the "incomparable" Miss Anita O'Day. Quotes from the original liner notes from all four of our selections more than do justice in describing this unique vocalist! From "Pick Yourself Up" ….."there was a time…..that I used to... |
TCHAIKOVSKY / RACHMANINOV / TOSTI / DUPARC / FALLA
Anita Rachvelishvili - Elegie Anita Rachvelishvili (mezzo-soprano) Vincenzo Scalera (piano) [ Sony Classics / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] "Élégie" is the second Sony release from Anita Rachvelishvili, showcasing her in the song repertoire to which she has a special connection despite being best known as a star of the world's greatest opera houses. |