Since you are interested in Icon: Tito Gobbi - The Complete Solo Recordings [5CDs special price], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MOZART / RAVEL / CHOPIN / BACH / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / etc
Dinu Lipatti: Icon Dinu Lipatti (piano) with Otto Ackermann, Ernest Ansermet, Eduard van Beinum, and others [ EMI Icon / 7 CD - released 2/Jun/2008 ] "Doubtless collectors will have the majority of these performances on various labels, and will have filled in rarities such as appeared on such as Jecklin. But I commend the balance between known and rare in this extensive collection." (MusicWeb... |
BACH / BRAHMS / SCHUBERT / LOEWE / ORFF / WAGNER / GRIEG / etc
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Icon: Hans Hotter - The Great Bass Bar (incls and much much more) Hans Hotter (baritone) with Birgit Nilsson, Gerald Moore, Michael Raucheisen, etc [ EMI Icon / 6 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2009 ] "All told, then, this is an essential set for lovers of one of the most authoritative yet beautiful voices the gramophone has had the privilege to capture." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb May 2009) |
BEETHOVEN / BRAHMS / DVORAK / WAGNER / etc
Icon: Rudolf Kempe: The Genius of the Podium Rudolf Kempe conducting the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Staatskapelle Dresden, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, etc [ Warner Classics Icon / 11 CD Box Set - released 1/Feb/2011 ] The German conductor Rudolf Kempe (1910-1976) began his musical career playing the oboe in various symphony orchestras. The programme begins with recordings of four Beethoven Symphonies that Kempe made with the Munich Philharmonic in 1971-72. |
MOZART / STRAUSS / BEETHOVEN / HINDEMITH / WAGNER / etc
Icon: Dennis Brain - The Horn Player Dennis Brain (horn) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 1/Jun/2008 ] "I have listened repeatedly with increasing pleasure to this set which is irresistible for its sheer musical pleasure." (MusicWeb Bargain of the Month Sept 2008) |
BACH / MOZART / RICHARD STRAUSS / MAHLER / SCHUBERT / etc
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf: The Radient Soprano Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano) with Victoria de los Angeles, Imgard Seefried, Christa Ludwig, Nicolai Gedda, etc [ Warner Classics Icon / 10 CD Box Set - released 7/Feb/2011 ] Elisabeth Schwarzkopf is universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest singers of the 20th century. Blessed with a voice of exquisite beauty, as well as a striking physical presence, she shone brightly in opera, excelled in the concert hall and... |
FRANCO CORELLI
Icon: Franco Corelli (excerpts from I Puritani, Norma, Turandot, Pagliacci, Cavalleria Rusticana, etc) Franco Corelli (tenor) with various orchstras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2009 ] Franco Corelli began his stage career in Italy in 1951. With his powerful voice, charismatic stage presence and film-star good looks he soon became one of the 20th century's outstanding operatic superstars. |
VICTORIA de los ANGELES
Icon: Victoria de los Angeles - The Voice of an Angel (opera arias, Popular Songs & Zarzuela Arias) Victoria de los Angeles (soprano) with various orchestras & conductors [ Warner Classics / EMI Icon / 7 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2008 ] "Seven discs well-filled with 'The Voice of an Angel' may seem a daunting prospect. However with beauty of tone, charming delivery and the singer's communicative personality there isn't a dull moment." (Bargain of the Month MusicWeb April 2009) |