Since you are interested in Les Pêcheurs de Perles [The Pearl Fishers], here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
MIKHAIL IVANOVICH GLINKA
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Glinka: Ivan Susanin [A Life for the Tsar] (complete opera recorded in 1986) Nicola Ghiuselev, Elena Stoyanova, Hristina Angelakova / Sofia National Opera Chorus and Orchestra, Ivan Marinov [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2011 ] "In the title role we hear one of the foremost basses of the second half of the 20th century, Nicola Ghiuselev. ...he gives a rounded and deeply moving portrait of the folk hero Ivan Susanin." MusicWeb |
RICHARD STRAUSS
Die Frau Ohne Schatten (Complete opera recorded in 1964) Jess Thomas / Ingrid Bjoner / Dietrich Fischer Dieskau / Inge Borkh / Bavarian State Opera Orchestra and Chorus / Joseph Keilberth [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Nov/2009 ] 'This is an historical document of some importance in the recorded history of this piece … Inge Borkh's utter commitment to the part of the Dyer's wife … probably remains unsurpassed.' Gramophone |
DVORAK
Rusalka (Complete opera) Marcel Rosca, Ursula Furi-Bernhard, Nelly Boschkova, Walter Coppola / Academic Choir Ivan Goran & Zagreb Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Rahbari [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'The standard of the orchestral playing is high' Gramophone 1999 |
VINCENZO BELLINI
Bellini: La Sonnambula (Complete opera recorded in 1957) Maria Callas / Fiorenza Cossotto / Nicola Zaccaria / Nicola Monti / Milan La Scala Orchestra / Antonino Votto (Conductor) [ Warner Classics Maria Callas Remastered / 2 CD - released 10/Nov/2014 ] "Callas does not appear to ever strain for a note. Her voice is always agile and flexible, with an upper register that is forceful but transparent. Callas always retains her lyric sweetness, She sings with nearly perfect evenness through passages of... |
DONIZETTI
Lucia di Lammermoor (Complete opera) [Recorded 1953] Maria Callas / Giuseppe Di Stefano / Tito Gobbi / Raffaele Arie / Coro e Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Tullio Serafin [ EMI Classics / Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 2 CD - released 20/Feb/2010 ] 'Here is certainly some of the finest singing of our time, and there is one moment in the repeat of Spargi d'amaro when the voice is recorded with all the actuality of 3-dimensional sound. It is startling.' Gramophone 1954 |
PFITZNER
Palestrina (Complete Opera - 1973 recording) Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Helen Donath, Brigitte Fassbaender / Tolzer Knabenchor & Chor und Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunk [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 1/Apr/2009 ] 'It is that sense of communion established by the conductor and orchestra that above all makes this a recorded performance to cherish.' Gramophone, 1974 |
W.A. MOZART
Die Zauberflote [The Magic Flute] (complete opera recorded in 2004) Suzie LeBlanc, Christoph Genz, Stephan Genz, Cornelius Hauptmann, Isolde Siebert / La Petite Bande / Sigiswald Kuijken [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 11/Sep/2011 ] The cast is highly recognisable from many other fine productions of Baroque and early music, including Suzie LeBlanc (Pamina); Cornelius Hauptmann (Tamino); Stephan Genz (Papageno) and Isolde Siebert (Queen of Night). |
TCHAIKOVSKY
Cherevichki [The Slippers] (recorded in 2000) Valerij Popov, Ludmila Semciuk / Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Gennady Rozhdestvensky [ Brilliant Classics Opera Collection / 3 CD Box Set - released 20/May/2012 ] A "10/10" for this production from ClassicsToday.com! |