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Buy Now	Verdi - Otello / Domingo, Fleming, Morris, Croft, Levine, Moshinsky, Metropolitan Opera (more) »rank: 20248 starring: Plácido Domingo, Renée Fleming, James Morris (IX), Jane Bunnell, Richard Croft (II) directed by: Brian Large	Buy Now	O Holy Night / Luciano Pavarotti / Special Deluxe Edition (Decca) (more) »rank: 3246 from: Decca : : This CD is a compilation of (mainly) devotional music sung by Pavarotti when he was in or near his prime, most going back, gloriously, to 1976. Precisely what Orfeo's lament (from the Gluck opera) is doing in a recital called 'O Holy Night' is beyond me, but the rest of the selections are well chosen. The title song is gorgeously enough performed to be worth the album's asking price, the tenor's voice ringing out with great clarity and beauty, and the selection from Rossini's Stabat Mater is even more thrilling, with its ascent to ...
Buy Now	Solo Piano (more) »rank: 3248 from: Sony : : This CD is a compilation of (mainly) devotional music sung by Pavarotti when he was in or near his prime, most going back, gloriously, to 1976. Precisely what Orfeo's lament (from the Gluck opera) is doing in a recital called 'O Holy Night' is beyond me, but the rest of the selections are well chosen. The title song is gorgeously enough performed to be worth the album's asking price, the tenor's voice ringing out with great clarity and beauty, and the selection from Rossini's Stabat Mater is even more thrilling, with its ascent to ...	Buy Now	The Italian Opera Collection (more) »rank: 15802 starring: Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera :Description:This specially priced 3-DVD set (three for the price of two) features Luciano Pavarotti at the Met in three of the legendary Italian tenor's greatest roles: * His Nemorino in L'elisir d'amore is 'a blend of rustic innocence with a warm, amorous side, and a bit of virtuosic hamminess.' (New York Times) * As Rodolfo in La Bohème, 'he was in peak form in 1977...funny, warm, touching, believable, and a consummate vocal stylist.' (Fanfare) * In Pagliacci, Pavarotti 'was singing Canio for the first time on stage, and he does so magnificently, dramatically as well ...
Buy Now	R. Strauss - Salome (more) »rank: 7799 starring: Teresa Stratas, Astrid Varnay, Bernd Weikl, Hans Beirer, Wieslaw Ochman directed by: Götz Friedrich : : This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, and she's as perfect a Salome as one would ever hope to see or hear. Stratas inhabits the role, exploring the character's sensuousness as she vainly woos Jochanaan, her venomous hatred when she's rejected, the crazed look in her eyes when she demands his head--on a silver platter, no less. Such complete identification with a role, especially of a character so malignant helps make this 1974 Salome stand out among the many fine DVDs of the opera. The visceral impact ...	Buy Now	Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Capriccio Espagnol; Russian Easter Overture (more) »rank: 2467 from: EMI Classics : : This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, and she's as perfect a Salome as one would ever hope to see or hear. Stratas inhabits the role, exploring the character's sensuousness as she vainly woos Jochanaan, her venomous hatred when she's rejected, the crazed look in her eyes when she demands his head--on a silver platter, no less. Such complete identification with a role, especially of a character so malignant helps make this 1974 Salome stand out among the many fine DVDs of the opera. The visceral impact ...
Buy Now	Bernstein Favorites: Children's Classics (more) »rank: 7036 from: Sony : : This filmed version of Strauss' shocker features Teresa Stratas as opera's most depraved teenager, and she's as perfect a Salome as one would ever hope to see or hear. Stratas inhabits the role, exploring the character's sensuousness as she vainly woos Jochanaan, her venomous hatred when she's rejected, the crazed look in her eyes when she demands his head--on a silver platter, no less. Such complete identification with a role, especially of a character so malignant helps make this 1974 Salome stand out among the many fine DVDs of the opera. The visceral impact ...	Buy Now	Beethoven Lives Upstairs (more) »rank: 3104 from: Children's Group : :CLASSICAL KIDS: Beethoven Lives Upstairs -- a tale of genius and childhood THE STORY: Young Christoph exchanges letters with his uncle about the chaotic arrival of Mr. Beethoven into his house. In the end, he is won over by the music and true incidents from the great composer's life. THE MUSIC: Over two dozen excerpts, including Symphonies#5-9, the 'moonlight and pathetique' Sonatas, Violin 'Spring Sonata', Flute Serenade, and pieces children play: Sonatina in G+, Minuet in G+, Fur Elise.
Buy Now	The Mystery Of Santo Domingo De Silos Gregorian Chant From Spain (more) »rank: 2738 from: Deutsche Grammophon : :CLASSICAL KIDS: Beethoven Lives Upstairs -- a tale of genius and childhood THE STORY: Young Christoph exchanges letters with his uncle about the chaotic arrival of Mr. Beethoven into his house. In the end, he is won over by the music and true incidents from the great composer's life. THE MUSIC: Over two dozen excerpts, including Symphonies#5-9, the 'moonlight and pathetique' Sonatas, Violin 'Spring Sonata', Flute Serenade, and pieces children play: Sonatina in G+, Minuet in G+, Fur Elise.	Buy Now	Scott Joplin: Piano Rags (more) »rank: 15360 by: Joshua Rifkin : :CLASSICAL KIDS: Beethoven Lives Upstairs -- a tale of genius and childhood THE STORY: Young Christoph exchanges letters with his uncle about the chaotic arrival of Mr. Beethoven into his house. In the end, he is won over by the music and true incidents from the great composer's life. THE MUSIC: Over two dozen excerpts, including Symphonies#5-9, the 'moonlight and pathetique' Sonatas, Violin 'Spring Sonata', Flute Serenade, and pieces children play: Sonatina in G+, Minuet in G+, Fur Elise.