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Operatic Arias
(more) »rank: 163094from: Naxos
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Dreaming
(more) »rank: 65324from: Universal Int'l
:Album Details:The Concertmaestro Conducts Popular Favorites Used in Films and Other Media. A Generous 18 Tracks Occupies the 'films' (As Opposed to Grooves) of this Disc.
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Ave Maria
(more) »rank: 105516from: Naxos
:Album Details:The Concertmaestro Conducts Popular Favorites Used in Films and Other Media. A Generous 18 Tracks Occupies the 'films' (As Opposed to Grooves) of this Disc.
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Zarzuela Arias & Duets
(more) »rank: 93595from: RCA
:Album Details:The Concertmaestro Conducts Popular Favorites Used in Films and Other Media. A Generous 18 Tracks Occupies the 'films' (As Opposed to Grooves) of this Disc.
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William Kapell Edition (Box Set)
(more) »rank: 94736from: RCA
: essential recording:Blessed with transcendent technique and an affinity for big, bold Romantic works, William Kapell has been hailed as America's greatest homegrown pianist. This comprehensive collection of his complete recorded output, previously unreleased recordings, and broadcast tapes adds luster to a reputation that's become legendary since his tragic death in a plane crash at age 31. The earliest recordings, from the mid-1940s, bristle with raw energy and virtuosic flourishes tempered by an innate musicality that rises above mere display. The disc coupling Khachaturian and Prokofiev concertos is charged with excitement; the Rachmaninoff pairing of the Paganini Variations and the Concerto No. 2 ...
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Handel: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day
(more) »rank: 160700from: Asv Living Era
: essential recording:Blessed with transcendent technique and an affinity for big, bold Romantic works, William Kapell has been hailed as America's greatest homegrown pianist. This comprehensive collection of his complete recorded output, previously unreleased recordings, and broadcast tapes adds luster to a reputation that's become legendary since his tragic death in a plane crash at age 31. The earliest recordings, from the mid-1940s, bristle with raw energy and virtuosic flourishes tempered by an innate musicality that rises above mere display. The disc coupling Khachaturian and Prokofiev concertos is charged with excitement; the Rachmaninoff pairing of the Paganini Variations and the Concerto No. 2 ...
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Roberto Alagna & Angela Gheorghiu - Duets & Arias
(more) »rank: 82959by: Pietro Mascagni, Jules Massenet, Gaetano Donizetti, Jacques Offenbach, Leonard Bernstein, Charles Gounod, Gustave Charpentier, Hector Berlioz, Giacomo Puccini, Richard Armstrong, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, Covent Garden Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
: essential recording:Blessed with transcendent technique and an affinity for big, bold Romantic works, William Kapell has been hailed as America's greatest homegrown pianist. This comprehensive collection of his complete recorded output, previously unreleased recordings, and broadcast tapes adds luster to a reputation that's become legendary since his tragic death in a plane crash at age 31. The earliest recordings, from the mid-1940s, bristle with raw energy and virtuosic flourishes tempered by an innate musicality that rises above mere display. The disc coupling Khachaturian and Prokofiev concertos is charged with excitement; the Rachmaninoff pairing of the Paganini Variations and the Concerto No. 2 ...
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Marcello Giordani - Tenor Arias
(more) »rank: 140857from: Naxos
:Album Description:'Marcello Giordani sang like a god.' (The New York Times) The Sicilian born tenor, Marcello Giordani, has garnered many accolades for his performances, which include Tosca, Un ballo in maschera, Eugene Onegin, La Damnation de Faust, La favorita, La bohème, Lucrezia Borgia and Verdi’s Requiem. Emerging as one of the leading Romantic tenors of the present day, Marcello Giordani is in demand at the world’s major opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna, Zurich and Verona.
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Alban Berg: Lulu Suite/The Wine/Lyric Suite
(more) »rank: 138166from: Sony
:Album Description:'Marcello Giordani sang like a god.' (The New York Times) The Sicilian born tenor, Marcello Giordani, has garnered many accolades for his performances, which include Tosca, Un ballo in maschera, Eugene Onegin, La Damnation de Faust, La favorita, La bohème, Lucrezia Borgia and Verdi’s Requiem. Emerging as one of the leading Romantic tenors of the present day, Marcello Giordani is in demand at the world’s major opera houses including the Metropolitan Opera, Covent Garden, La Scala, Vienna, Zurich and Verona.
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Sento Amor; David Daniels;
(more) »rank: 87375by: David Daniels, George Frideric Handel, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Harry Bicket, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
: :After a fine Handel recital CD, not to mention taking part in a dozen other major recordings, countertenor David Daniels has hit the jackpot. This fascinating, handsomely recorded CD offers us arias from Mitridate and Ascanio in Alba, and a concert aria by Mozart (the only one he composed for male alto), as well as some Handel and Gluck arias. With them, Daniels takes us through every quality a classically trained singer should have and comes through with flying colors. The arias are about vengeance, sorrow, love--the usual--but within baroque strictures that means that some require lush, limpid singing, others ferocious coloratura and ...
