Since you are interested in Siegfried (complete opera), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
BALFE / WALLACE / SULLIVAN / FARADAY
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: The Power of Love - British Opera Arias Deborah Riedel (soprano) / Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings SACD / CD - released 20/Aug/2000 ] A beautiful recording of neglected British Opera arias... "Obviously this album is a work of great love and every attempt has been to do it right." |
GOUNOD / SAINT-SAENS / PONCHIELLI / CILEA / MASCAGNI / etc
Believe in Love: Rare French and Italian Opera Arias Elizabeth Whitehouse (soprano) / Orchestra Victoria / Richard Bonynge [ Melba Recordings SACD / SACD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Whitehouse ... makes a good case for these works ... Bonynge ... there is no one on earth more qualified to lead such a project. The sound is excellent with good depth ... The packaged presentation of the Australian label is a model of its kind."... |
W.A. MOZART
Sublime Mozart: Clarinet Concerto & Clarinet Quintet Paul Dean (clarinet) / The Queensland Symphony Orchestra / Grainger Quartet [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 10/Apr/2009 ] 'In both works Paul Dean demonstrates his exemplary fluency and a stylish, marvellously phrased affinity for Mozart's classical demands. Moreover conductor Tourniaire appears to have the measure of the enduringly superlative score.' Music and Vision... |
MASSENET
Amoureuse: Sacred and Profane Arias Rosamund Illing (soprano) / The Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra / Richard Bonynge (conductor) [ Melba Recordings SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/Aug/2007 ] "Rosamund Illing - we do appreciate her full and brilliant tone - sings them with sincerity. Her voice shows many colours, her diction is refined ... her charm is evident ... Bonynge weaves a voluptuous accompaniment around the singer ... 4... |