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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Gianni Poggi (Rodolfo), Renata Scotto (Mimi), Jolanda Meneguzzer (Musetta), Tito Gobbi (Marcello), Giorgio Giorgetti (Schaunard), Giuseppe Modesti (Colline), Virgilio Carbonari (Benoit/Alcindoro), Enzo Guagni (Parpignol), Mario Frosini (Sergente dei doganieri), Augusto Frati (Un doganiere)
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Antonino Votto conducts an irresistible performance, with the young Renata Scotto as Mimì, Gianni Poggi as Rodolfo and Jolanda Meneguzzer as Musetta. Despite its 45 years, this more than holds... — More…
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Special offer. Weber: Oberon
Donald Grobe (Oberon), Plácido Domingo (Huon), Birgit Nilsson (Reiza), Julia Hamari (Fatima), Hermann Prey (Sherasmin), Marga Schiml (Puck), Arleen Auger (Mermaids)
Symphonieorchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Rafael Kubelik
At bargain price, this first recording of Weber's English opera, albeit in German, still offers strong competition for Gardiner's new recording. Nilsson and a young Domingo thrill in the leading... — More…
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Special offer. Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer
Thomas Stewart (Holländer), Karl Ridderbusch (Daland), Gwyneth Jones (Senta), Hermin Esser (Erik), Sieglinde Wagner (Mary), Harald Ek (Steuermann)
Chor und Orchester der Bayreuther Festspiele, Karl Böhm
Recorded live at Bayreuth in 1971, Wagner's opera has a problematic Dutchman in the shape of the late Thomas Stewart, Gwyneth Jones as an uneven Senta, but Karl Ridderbusch makes a first-rate... — More…
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Special offer. Puccini: Tosca
Galina Vishnevskaya (Tosca), Franco Bonisolli (Cavaradossi), Matteo Manuguerra (Scarpia), Guido Mazzini (Sagristano), Antonio Zerbini (Angelotti), Mario Guggia (Spoletta), Domenico Versaci Medici (Sciarrone), Giacomo Bertasi (Un carceriere)
Orchestre National de France, Les Chœurs de Radio...
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Special offer. Massenet: Werther
Plácido Domingo (Werther), Elena Obraztsova (Charlotte), Franz Grundheber (Albert), Kurt Moll (Le Bailli), Arleen Auger (Sophie)
Kölner Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester, Riccardo Chailly
Domingo in the name part sings with sweetness and purity as well as strength — More…
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Special offer. Rossini: Il Signor Bruschino
Kathleen Battle (Sofia), Samuel Ramey (Gaudenzio), Claudio Desderi (Bruschino padre), Octavio Arévalo (Bruschino figlio), Michele Pertusi (Filiberto), Jennifer Larmore (Marianna), Frank Lopardo (Florville)
English Chamber Orchestra, Ion Marin
You could hardly desire a starrier cast for this 'comic farce in one act' than that assembled by DG — More…
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Special offer. Auber: Fra Diavolo & Donizetti: La figlia del reggimento
Giuseppe Campora (Fra Diavolo), Cecilia Fusco (Zerlina), Marco Stecci (Lord Cockburn), Margaret Simoncini (Lady Pamela), Romano Grigolo (Lorenzo), Vito Susca (Matteo), Alfredo Mariotti (Giacomo), Paola Mazzotta (Beppo), Anna Maccianti (Marie), Ugo Benelli (Tonio), Alfredo Mariotti (Sulpice), Flora...
What matters is the high spirits of singers and players. — More…
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Special offer. Weber: Der Freischütz
Irmgard Seefried (Agathe), Rita Streich (Ännchen), Richard Holm (Max), Kurt Böhme (Kaspar), Eberhard Waechter (Ottokar), Paul Kuen (Kilian), Ernst Ginsberg (Zamiel), Walter Kreppel (Hermit), Albrecht Peter (Kuno)
Chor und Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Eugen Jochum
A classic 1959 recording, impeccably conducted by Eugen Jochum and with several excellently characterised performances by leading German artists of the day. The sound registers as very good... — More…
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Special offer. Verdi: La Traviata
Renata Scotto (Violetta), Gianni Raimondi (Alfredo), Ettore Bastianini (Giorgio Germont)
Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala, Antonino Votto
The first of Scotto's two studio recordings of Traviata finds her in fresher voice than her later attempt under Muti, though her colleagues here are less distinguished. — More…
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Special offer. Prokofiev: The Fiery Angel
Nadine Secunde, Siegfried Lorenz, Heinz Zednik & Kurt Moll
Göteborgs Symfoniker, The National Orchestra of Sweden, Gösta Ohlin’s Vocal Ensemble & Pro Musica Chamber Choir, Gothenburg, Neeme Järvi
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