Since you are interested in Porgy and Bess (Complete opera), here is a list of other items that you may find interesting.
GIUSEPPE VERDI
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE": Verdi: Luisa Miller (complete opera with complete libretto) Montserrat Caballe, Luciano Pavarotti, Sherrill Milnes / National Philharmonic Orchestra, Peter Maag [ Decca / 2 CD Box Set - released 1/Jul/2007 ] "Maag's sympathetic reading, by underlining the light and shade, consistently brings out the atmospheric qualities of Verdi's conception ... brilliantly played and vividly recorded." The Penguin Guide to Compact Discs |
LEOS JANACEK
Janacek: Kata Kabanova (complete opera) Elisabeth Saderstram, Petr Dvorsky, Nedezda Kniplova, Vladimir Krejcik / Wiener Philharmoniker / Sir Charles Mackerras [ Decca Originals / 2 CD Box Set - released 11/Apr/2006 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - "... Charles Mackerras's ... long knowledge of the score has flowered into the richest account of it he has yet given ... he draws wonderful playing from the Vienna Philharmonic." |
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... |
CHARLES GOUNOD
Gounod: Faust (Complete opera) Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano) Francisco Araiza (baritone) Evgeny Nesterenko (bass) Andreas Schmidt (tenor) / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks [ Philips Originals / 3 CD - released 20/Aug/2006 ] 'Let me say at the outset that this is the most satisfying performance of Gounod's favourite opera yet to appear in the LP/CD era.' (Gramophone) |