Fernando Corena, bass. Orchestra of the Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande. Gianandrea Gavazzeni & James Walker, conductors.
Label: Decca. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 4757170. Daedalus Item Code: 18091
A master of Italian buffo roles and an outstanding singing actor, Fernando Corena was the son of a Turkish father and an Italian mother who was born in Switzerland. In this 1957 recital he also shows ... (Read More)
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Barbara Hendricks, Thomas Allen, Felicity Lott & others. Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Chorus. Edinburgh Festival Chorus. Sir Charles Mackerras, conductor.
Label: Telarc. Format: 2 cutout CDs.
Label Number: 80736. Daedalus Item Code: 27031
This two-for-one reissue series is an exceptional opportunity for connoisseurs and neophytes alike to update their classical collection with high-quality performances in great sound. In the ... (Read More)
Renata Scotto, soprano. Orchestre National de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo. Louis Fremaux, conductor.
Label: Deutsche Grammophon. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 4776615. Daedalus Item Code: 18021
Bel canto arias from Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix ("Ah! tardai troppo ... O luce di quest'anima") and Bellini's I Puritani ("Son vergin vezzosa"), as well as a touching scene from ... (Read More)
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Sena Jurinac, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Rolando Panerai & others. Philharmonia Orchestra. Herbert von Karajan, conductor, & others.
Label: Urania. Format: 2 CDs.
Label Number: 22266. Daedalus Item Code: 27165
Sung in Italian, this mid-1950s live recording of Humperdinck's enrapturing children's opera features Sena Jurinac as Hansel and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf as Gretel (a part she recapitulated in the ... (Read More)
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Inge Borkh, Maria Stader, David Molnar & Dino Dondi. Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala. Christoph Lertz, conductor, & others.
Label: Gala Music. Format: 2 CDs.
Label Number: 100805. Daedalus Item Code: 27557
"Inge Borkh was my first Elektra, and I'll never forget the way she dug for that ax," wrote Albert Innaurato in Opera News of this German soprano, who began as an actress and switched to ... (Read More)
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Joan Sutherland, soprano. London Symphony Orchestra. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House. Rochard Bonynge, conductor, & others.
Label: London. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 417780. Daedalus Item Code: 18071
"Who today could toss off the stratospheric 'Sempre libera' with such spectacular aplomb?" Washington Post critic Tim Page posed this rhetorical question when rejoicing over the reissue of ... (Read More)
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As a collection of popular and classical music sung by one of the most lyrical tenors ever to set foot on stage, this CD would be hard to surpass. Catalan native José Carreras always seemed to us the ... (Read More)
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Michael Maniaci, male soprano. Boston Baroque. Martin Pearlman, conductor.
Label: Telarc. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 31827. Daedalus Item Code: 37016
In the unique instrument of Michael Maniaci—with its combination of power, purity, and stratospheric high notes—we come as close as possible to experiencing what it was like to listen to the famed ... (Read More)
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This 1949 broadcast from Geneva was the first of 11 Così recordings by Karl Böhm. As Fiordiligi is Suzanne Danco; her sister Dorabella is Giulietta Simionato; Ferrando is Libero de Luca; his ... (Read More)
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Norah Amsellem, Marcus Haddock, Georgia Jarman & others. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Robert Spano, conductor.
Label: Telarc. Format: 2 cutout CDs.
Label Number: 80697. Daedalus Item Code: 07810
No kings and queens, no courtesans, no personages from history or myth: just four young, impoverished lovers trying to make it in the big city. Story and music mix sublimely in this ever-popular ... (Read More)
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London Symphony Orchestra & Chorus. Claudio Abbado, conductor.
Label: Deutsche Grammophon. Format: cutout CD.
Label Number: 445519. Daedalus Item Code: 37096
Ravel's sensuous ballet score for Daphnis et Chloé, commissioned by Diaghilev in 1912, is symphonic in scope, with choral parts as well. Paired with the hypnotic tour de force Boléro is ... (Read More)
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Johan van der Zalm, Gre Brouwenstijn, Annie Delorie & others. Koor en Orkest van de Nederlandsche Opera. Mario Cordone, conductor.
Label: Osteria. Format: 2 CDs.
Label Number: 1001. Daedalus Item Code: 27551
This live 1953 recording from Amsterdam features a Dutch cast and an Italian conductor. "An outlandish story set to some of Verdi's most glorious music" (NPR), the opera features gypsies, royals, ... (Read More)
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