GIOACCHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Three Early Operas: Ermione / La Donna del Lago / Bianca e Falliero Gregory Kunde, Carmen Giannattasio, Douglas d'Angus, Patricia Bardon, Majella Cullagh, Jennifer Larmore / David Parry, Maurizio Benini (conds) [ Opera Rara / 8 CD Box Set - released 18/Feb/2022 ] Opera Rara presents a new Opera Rara Classics boxset with a limited edition of three sought-after opere serie by Gioachino Rossini, performed by international bel canto champions. Now remastered to the best audio quality. |
GIOVANNI PACINI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Pacini Rediscovered Jennifer Larmore (mezzo), Majella Cullagh (soprano), Annick Massis (soprano), Bruce Ford (tenor), Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, David Parry, etc [ Opera Rara / CD - released 30/May/2006 ] Pacini himself claimed to have composed over 100 operas and, although modern estimates would be more conservative (since several of the works he listed were revisions, and some of them more strictly oratorios and cantatas than operas), even the most... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Stabat Mater / Giovanna d'Arco Majella Cullagh (soprano), José Luis Sola (tenor) & Mirco Palazzi (bass) Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano) / Württemberg Philharmonic Orchestra [ Naxos / CD - released 15/Jul/2016 ] Rossini's Stabat Mater is one of the staples of the sacred music repertoire but had a complicated history. He wrote it for performance in Madrid but, running short of time, enlisted the help of his friend Giovanni Tadolini. Rossini completed six... |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Ugo Conte Di Parigi / Ugo conte di Parigi / L'assedio di Calais (complete operas - remastered) Mirco Palazzi, Colin Lee, Majella Cullagh, Manuela Custer, Roland Wood, Yvonne Kenny, Della Jones, Nuccia Focile / Geoffrey Mitchell Choir, Various co [ Opera Rara / 7 CD Box Set - released 24/Sep/2021 ] "Newly reissued and remastered, this seven CD set of three Donizetti operas is a necessity for general enthusiasts of bel canto opera who missed them first time around." MusicWeb |
ALFRED CELLIER
Cellier: Dorothy [Operetta] Majella Cullagh, Lucy Vallis, Stephanie Maitland, Matt Mears, John Ieuan Jones / Victorian Opera, Richard Bonynge [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Feb/2019 ] Alfred Cellier was a contemporary of Arthur Sullivan as a Chapel Royal chorister, and would later conduct several Gilbert and Sullivan productions. With its rural tale of disguise and romantic scheming, its jaunty tunes, lively characters and... |
GIOACHINO ROSSINI
Rossini: Le Siege De Corinthe (complete opera) Lorenzo Regazzo, Majella Cullagh / Camerata Bach Choir, PoznaĆ & Virtuosi Brunensis, Jean-Luc Tingaud [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 3/Jun/2013 ] Rossini adapted his own Italian opera of 1820, Maometto, for the Parisian stage under the title of Le Siège de Corinthe. As Rossini's original work had already absorbed distinctive French characteristics such as heroic arias, and characterisation... |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: Symphony No.2 'Lobgesang' Majella Cullagh, Mary Nelson, Adrian Thompson / NSO of Ireland / RTe Phil Choir / Reinhard Seifrie [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2001 ] "This new budget-priced disc might introduce many listeners to a marvelous piece of music; it is a very good performance." American Record Guide |
ROSSINI
The Thieving Magpie (Complete opera in English) Jeremy White (bass) Susan Bickley (mezzo) Majella Cullagh (soprano) / Geoffrey Mitchell Choir / Philharmonia Orchestra / David Parry [ Chandos Opera in English / 2 CD - released 7/Jul/2003 ] 'Majella Cullagh, topping the bill as Ninetta, the affianced heroine who hoards her secret near-fatally, wins our hearts and embraces Rossini's coloratura demands with astonishing ease and command.' - The Independent |
WILLIAM WALLACE
Maritana (Complete Opera recorded in 1995) Majella Cullagh / Lunda Lee / Paul Charles Clarke / Rte Philharmonic Choir / Rte Concert Orchestra / Proinnsias O Duinn [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Dec/2011 ] "[the cast] all sing with total dedication and conviction. It isn't at all difficult to understand Maritana's popularity, nor with the ensuing snobbery of the twentieth century, why it fell out of favour." (Gramophone) |
Majella O'Donnell
Majella at Last [ Big Jo-Ke / CD - released 22/Feb/2010 ] Majella O'Donnell is better known as the other half of Irish country star Daniel O'Donnell. his album features such classic country songs as 'Walkin' After Midnight", "Sweet Dreams", "Jolene", "She's Got You", plus two duets with Daniel. |
MERCADANTE
Don Chisciotte alle nozze di Gamaccio Ugo Guagliardo, Domenico Colaianni, Laura Catrani / San Pietro a Majella Chorus, Naples & Czech Chamber Soloists, Brno, Antonino Fogliani [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 1/Nov/2012 ] "This youthful cast - all Italian (with the exception of an Argentine baritone and a Colombian tenor) - goes at the piece with a good deal of verve, but the voices are uniformly undistinguished." (International Record Review) |