VERDI / JOHAN STRAUSS
Metropolitan Opera Gala 1991: 25th Anniversary at Lincoln Center [2 DVDs] The Metropolitan Opera with Placido Domingo, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Cheryl Studer, Anne Sofie von Otter, Barbara Daniels, and many others [ Deutsche Grammophon DVD / 2 DVD - released 6/May/2010 ] G - Thrill to "hours and hours of glorious opera...A triumphant celebration of virtuosity (Toronto Globe and Mail) as New York's legendary opera company celebrates its first quarter century at Lincoln Center with "one of the most exquisitely refined... |
COLON NANCARROW
Nancarrow: Pieces for Small Orchestra / Tango? / String Quartet No. 1 Mia Wu (violin) Mark Steinberg (violin) Rachel Evans (viola) Maria Kitsopoulos, cello / Cheryl Seltzer (piano) Joel Sachs (piano) etc [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 10/Aug/2005 ] The United States has spawned numerous composers so original that they were initially rejected as eccentrics. Among the best known are Charles Ives, Henry Cowell, John Cage, and Lou Harrison. For many years, rumours told of another such musician,... |
RICHARD WAGNER
Wagner: Die Feen [The Fairies] (Complete opera recoded in 1983) Kurt Moll, Linda Esther Gray, Jan-Hendrick Rootering, Cheryl Studer / Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphonieorchester, Wolfgang Sawallisch [ ORFEO / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Aug/1984 ] Recorded: July 1983 Recording Venue: Munich, Germany |
VERDI
Aida (recorded live Covent Garden in 1994) Royal Opera House / Cheryl Studer / Luciana d'Intino / Dennis O'Neill / Edward Downes (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] "[Sir Edward Downes'] command of the score's structure, its curious blend of delicacy and bombast, of classical propriety and romantic excess, is complete and he drew superbly disciplined playing from the pit and lusty singing from the augmented... |
WAGNER
Wagner Complete Operas [43 CD set] Various Artists incls Plácido Domingo, Cheryl Studer, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hans Hotter, René Kollo, Kurt Moll, Hildegard Behrens, etc [ Deutsche Grammophon / 43 CD Box Set - released 8/Nov/2012 ] The year 2013 celebrates the 200th anniversary of Wagner's birth. In recognition of this anniversary, DG have released the classiest box on the market. Every opera that Wagner wrote. |