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ID: OPD7050 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Subcollection: OpéraDomingo/Olivero |
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ID: OPD7047 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Subcollection: OpéraGuy/Pilou |
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ID: RRC2060 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Collection: Opera Collection Subcollection: OpéraJussi Bjorling, Zinka Milanov, Leonard Warren, Fedora Barbieri, Nicola Moscona,
Margaret Roggero, Paul Franke, George Cehanovsky, Nathaniel Sprinzena. |
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ID: MKM237A+B CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Collection: Opera Collection Subcollection: OpéraIl Count di Luna - Piero Cappuccilli, baritone
Leonora - Leontyne Price, soprano
Azucena - Elena Obraztsova, contralto
Manrico - Franco Bonisolli, tenor
Ferrando - Ruggero Raimondi, bass
Ines - Maria Venuti, soprano
Ruiz - Horst Nitsche, tenor
Un vecchio zingaro - Martin Egel, bass
Un messaggero - Horst Nitsche, tenor |
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ID: CDO1001-2-2 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Collection: World Premiere Recording Subcollection: OpéraSoloists: Karl-Robert Lindgren (Bass), Bengt Krantz (Voice), Lars Billengren (Tenor),
Berit Lindholm (Soprano), Hillevi Martinpelto (Soprano), Lars Tibell (Tenor), Helge Lannerbäck (Baritone), Monica Sjöholm (Soprano)
A truly great romantic opera. Although written in this small country, it reflects the same kind of grandness found in the works of other operatic composers in this era. |
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ID: CDO1031-2-2 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Collection: World Premiere Recording Subcollection: OpéraPerhaps the first real Swedish opera from the nineteenth Century. Quite a Mozart inspired work showing true craftsmanship. Completed by Prince Oscar, after the death of the composer.
Ryno - The First Swedish Romantic Opera
Frans Fredric Eduard Brendler was born in Dresden in 1800 and moved to Sweden the following year when his father Johann Frans was appointed flautist with the Court Orchestra. The young Eduard received flute lessons from his father, but did not at first devote himself professionally to music: he was employed as a book-keeper by Jacob Dubbe on the island of Gotland and, upon his return to Stockholm in 1823, referred to himself as a businessman.
That same year he joined the Orchestra of Harmoniska sällskapet (the Harmonic Society) and also appeared as a flute soloist. The following year be was named as an honorary member of the Society. |
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ID: MKM242 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Collection: Opera Collection Subcollection: OpéraSamson - Plácido Domingo, tenor
Dalila - Elena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano
Grand - Préte de Dagon (The High Priest of Dagon) - Renato Bruson, baritone
Abimélech, (Satrape of Gaza) - Pierre Thau, bass
Un Viellard Hébreu (An old Hebrew) - Robert Lloyd, bass
Un Messager Philistin (A Philistine messenger) - Gerard Friedmann, tenor
Premier Philistin (First Philistine) - Constantin Zaharia, tenor
Deuxiéme Philistin (Second Philistine)- Michel Hubert, bass
Choeur (Hebrews, Philistines) |
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ID: MKM260 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Subcollection: OpéraWerther - Placido Domingo, tenor
Albert, betrothed to Charlotte - Franz Grundheber, baritone
The Bailiff - Kurt Moll, bass- baritone
Schmidt - Alejandro Vazquez, tenor
Johann, a friend of the Bailiff - Laszlo Anderko, baritone
Bruhlmann, a young man - Wolfgang Vater, tenor
Charlotte, the Bailiff’s daughter - Elena Obraztsova, mezzo-soprano
Sophie, her sister - Arleen Auger, soprano
Katchen, a young girl - Gertrud von Ottenthal, soprano |
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ID: GFO01306 CDs: 2 Type: CD |
Subcollection: OpéraRecorded live at Glyndebourne in July and August 2006.
Includes 2 discs in a 65 page hard-bound book.
Glyndebourne staged the premiere of The Rape of Lucretia with Kathleen Ferrier cast as Lucretia and the following year premiered Albert Herring. Thirty four years then elapsed before another of Britten’s operas was staged. In 1981, Glyndebourne presented A Midsummer Night’s Dream. An acclaimed staging by director Peter Hall which has enjoyed 4 revivals since, it has frequently been described by critics, and the press alike, as the ‘perfect realisation of a fairy tale’.
Britten employed disparate musical styles and devices to depict the interaction of the fairy kingdom; the quartet of lovers, the Mechanicals and town tradesmen determined to make it in showbiz. He juxtaposes a wide variety of styles to create the various worlds in the play. Brash trombones clash with Elizabethan flourishes, tormented string sounds and tuned percussion evoke the mood of the dark forests. With the challenging vocal writing a combination of singing, sprechstimme and spoken word cleverly intertwine.
This recording from Glyndebourne’s 2006 Festival, and the most recent revival, is a remarkable production cleverly capturing both the callousness of Oberon’s trickery on Tytania, as well as beautifully conveying the sense of sexual freedom that Bottom experiences when encountering Tytania. The stars in this recording are numerous but without doubt Bejun Mehta’s Oberon is one of the greatest on record. Iride Martinez makes a notable UK debut as Tytania. The lovers’ quartet sing almost all of their scenes as an ensemble, and beautifully at that, with Kate Royal (as Helena) and Jared Holt (as Demetrius) making the most harmonious of couples. Matthew Rose is both a wonderful and beguiling Bottom and is at the very heart of this recording whilst not forgetting the perfect performance from the well drilled Trinity Boys Choir, and show stealer, the 11 year-old Jack Morlen as Puck.
Bejun Mehta (Oberon), Íride Martínez (Tytania), Jack Morlen (Puck), Timothy Robinson (Lysander), Jared Holt (Demetrius), Tove Dahlberg (Hermia), Kate Royal (Helena) & Matthew Rose (Bottom)
London Philharmonic Orchestra & Trinity Boys Choir, Ilan Volkov |
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