More By Artist: Little Richard
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PUCCINI / VERDI / MASSENET / CANTELOUBE / STRAUSS / RACHMANINOV
Anna Moffo - the complete RCA recital albums Anna Moffo (soprano) with Richard Tucker, Carlo Bergonzi & Alfredo Kraus [ RCA Living Stereo / 12 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2016 ] One of the brightest stars in the 20th-century operatic firmament, the Pennsylvania-born soprano Anna Moffo (1932-2006) enjoyed a meteoric rise in the 1950s and 1960s that saw her conquer all the major opera houses in Europe and America. After making... |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Thaïs (complete opera recorded in 1976) Beverly Sills, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Gedda, Ann Murray, Richard van Allan / John Alldis Choir & New Philharmonia Orchestra, Lorin Maazel [ Warner Classics The Home of Opera / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/May/2017 ] "There is a beat in some of Miss Sills' sustained notes, but she tosses off Thaïs' airier statements with convincing charm and conveys from the first the latent serious side of the character, which later gains dominance." (Opera News) |
Richard Cheese
Viva La Vodka (Live 2000-2008) [ Coverage Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2009 ] The master is back with this "in concert" collection of comedic takes on popular songs. For fans of Weird Al Yankovic & Mike Flowers. |
GAETANO DONIZETTI
Donizetti: Lucia Di Lammermoor (complete opera recorded in 1972) Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Chorus and Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD - released 24/Oct/2011 ] "Though some of the girlish freshness of voice which marked the 1961 recording had disappeared by the 1971 set, Sutherland's detailed understanding was intensified. Power is there as well as delicacy, and the rest of the cast is first-rate." Penguin |
SCHUMANN / SCHUBERT / WOLF / MOZART
Goethe Lieder Dawn Upshaw (soprano) / Richard Goode (piano) [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 5/May/2000 ] Admired for her uncommon musicality and for the unaffected beauty of her singing, Dawn Upshaw is further esteemed for having paved a career path that is wholly her own. The integrity and freshness of conception that mark her choice of repertory and... |
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Elvin Jones & Richard Davis
Heavy Sounds [ Polygram Records / CD - released 21/Sep/1999 ] |
VIVALDI
Flute Concertos Emmanuel Pahud (flute) / Australian Chamber Orchestra / Richard Tognetti [ EMI Classics / CD - released 20/Mar/2006 ] Following a highly successful tour of Australia in July 2005, Emmanuel Pahud and the Australian Chamber Orchestra recorded Antonio Vivaldi's six Opus 10 Flute Concertos coupled with the composer's flute concertos in A minor, RV 440 and D Major, RV 429. |
LEON MINKUS
Minkus: La Bayadere (complete ballet) English Chamber Orchestra, Richard Bonynge [ Decca / 2 CD - released 16/Apr/2012 ] Complete Two Act recording |
GILBERT and SULLIVAN
Gilbert & Sullivan: Operettas (Nine operettas and other miscellaneous works) George Baker, Owen Brannigan, Elsie Morison, Richard Lewis, etc / Glyndebourne Festival, Sir Malcolm Sargent [ Warner Classics / 16 CD Box Set - released 15/May/2015 ] A splendiforous collection of Gilbert and Sullivan's finest operettas including, Patience, Pirates Of Penzance, Mikado, HMS Pinafore, The Yeomen of the Guard and Ruddigore. Also includes the Symphony in E "Irish" and the Cello Concerto. |
AUBER / BALFE / BIZET / MILLART / VERDI / etc
Arias from Forgotten Operas Huguette Tourangeau (soprano) / Suisse Romande Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Decca Classic Recitals / CD - released 28/Oct/2007 ] This album of 'Arias from forgotten operas' was recorded in 1970 and is now made available as an international CD release for the first time. |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Strauss (R.): Orchestral Lieder / Metamorphosen Gundula Janowitz (soprano) / Academy Of London, Richard Stamp [ Erato Classics Redline / CD - released 15/Oct/2018 ] "Janowitz's voice is inherently light...her relatively uncomplicated, 'classical' approach, brings dividends of its own in terms of clarity of expression and phrasing. And then, there is the sheer elation of that extraordinary, golden high register" |
JULES MASSENET
Massenet: Esclarmonde (complete opera recorded in 1976) Joan Sutherland, Hugette Tourangeau, Clifford Grant / National Philharmonic Orchestra / Richard Bonyng [ Decca / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "Bonynge draws passionate singing and playing from the chorus and orchestra, and the recording has both atmosphere and spectacle" (Penguiin Guide) |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: I Puritani (complete opera) Joan Sutherland, Luciano Pavarotti, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov / Royal Opera House Covent Garden / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonyng [ Decca / 3 CD - released 10/Aug/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) -- Building a Library First Choice - January 2005 |
ROSSINI
Semiramide (complete opera) Joan Sutherland, Marilyn Horne, John Serge, Joseph Rouleau / London Symphony Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] Joan Sutherland reigns supreme as the Queen Of Babylon in this definitive recording of Rossini's great bel canto showpiece. |
DONIZETTI
Anna Bolena (complete opera) Joan Sutherland / Samuel Ramey / Susanne Mentzer / Jerry Hadley / Welsh National Opera Chorus & Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Decca Classic Opera / 3 CD - released 1/Oct/2006 ] The story of England's King Henry VIII, the demise of his second wife Anne Boleyn, and the rise of her rival Jane Seymour fascinated a wide 19th Century audience. With the opera Anna Bolena Donizetti brought his art to a new height and created what... |
DONIZETTI
l'Elisir d'Amore (Complete opera) Joan Sutherland (soprano) Luciano Pavarotti (tenor) / English Chamber Orchestra. Richard Bonynge [ Decca Originals / 2 CD - released 10/Apr/2004 ] 1001 Classical recordings to hear before you die (1801-1850) - "Joan Sutherland makes Adina a more sunbstantial figure than usual, full-throatedly serious at times, at others jolly like the rumbustious marie; in the key role of Nemorino, Luciano... |
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MEYERBEER / HANDEL / WAGNER / MOZART / OFFENBACH / PAISIELLO / PICCINNI / VERDI / MASSENET / BIZET / GOUNOD / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Art of Joan Sutherland [6 CD set] Joan Sutherland (soprano) with various orchestras. Richard Bonynge (conductor / pianist ) [ Decca Bargain Boxes / 6 CD Box Set - released 5/Feb/2005 ] SIX CD SET SPECIAL PRICE A must have box for all fans of great singing - 6CDs presenting the art of this outstanding Decca artist from 1959 to 1985 |
COLE PORTER
Cole Porter in Hollywood John Wilson Orchestra, with Anna-Jane Casey, Kim Criswell, Matthew Ford, Sarah Fox, Richard Morrison [ Warner Classics / CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] Cole Porter is one of the best-known and most prolific composers from the world of twentieth-century jazz, having written over 800 songs, often for the Hollywood stars of his day. His dizzying wordplay combines with a sound redolent of dazzling... |
BARBER / DONIZETTI / BRITTEN / MOZART / VERDI
The Inaugural Season: Extraordinary Met Performances From 1966-67 Leontyne Price, Justino Díaz, Jess Thomas, Joan Sutherland, Richard Tucker, Renata Scotto, George Shirley, Leonie Rysanek, Christa Ludwig, and many mo [ Metropolitan Opera / 22 CD Box Set - released 1/Mar/2017 ] On September 16, 1966, the new Metropolitan Opera House opened in Lincoln Center with the world premiere of Barber's Antony and Cleopatra, with Leontyne Price and Justino Díaz in the title roles. That first season in the Met's new home not only... |
Little Richard
The Essential Little Richard [ Specialty Records / CD - released 30/Jun/1989 ] 20 of his greatest hits, digitally re-mastered from the original session tapes. |
