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Buy Now	The #1 Opera Album (more) »rank: 3853 by: Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Georges Bizet, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Richard Wagner, Gioachino Rossini, Alfredo Catalani, Jacques Offenbach, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Pietro Mascagni, Antonin Dvorak, Richard Bonynge, Herbert von Karajan, Alberto Erede, Lamberto Gardelli, Giuseppe Patane, John Mauceri, Zubin Mehta, Charles Dutoit, Gyorgy Fischer, Riccardo Chailly, Istvan Kertesz, Leone Magiera, Evelino Pido, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Renée Fleming, Cecilia Bartoli, Luciano Pavarotti, Jussi Bjorling, Renata Tebaldi : :The labels that are now gathered under the Universal Classics umbrella have a pretty impressive scorecard in the area of classical compilations. We've seen The Greatest Opera Show on Earth, The Yellow Guide: Classical Music, Best of the Millennium, and now there's The No. 1 Opera Album. But that's no surprise, since Universal has some of the finest interpreters in its catalogue to draw from. This two-CD set (at the price of one), for example, brings together the likes of Cecilia Bartoli, Renée Fleming, Luciano Pavarotti, Kiri Te Kanawa, Sir Georg Solti, Herbert von Karajan, and many more. Yet the other key to ...	Buy Now	Sentimento: Andrea Bocelli with Lorin Maazel and the London Symphony Orchestra [Limited Edition w/ Bonus Track] (more) »rank: 42859 by: Andrea Bocelli, Joaquin Rodrigo, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Jacques Offenbach, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Gioachino Rossini, Johann Paul Aegidius Martini, Stanislao Gastaldon, Luigi Denza, Stefano Donaudy, Lorin Maazel :Album Details:A Sensational Album featuring Truly Beautiful Songs and Arias that Evoke Feelings of Passion and Romance. The UK Special Edition of the Album Includes the Bonus Track 'Non T'amo Pui' by Tosti. :The international crossover success of tenor Andrea Bocelli has spawned any number of imitators on both sides of the Atlantic. But this collection of romantic arias and duets with violinist-conductor Lorin Maazel (who also arranges and helms the London Symphony Orchestra here) proves once again that the classical canon still offers ample room for compelling reinvention without nettlesome pop affectations. In reviving a genre (violin and vocal) largely dormant since ...
Buy Now	Mascagni - Cavalleria rusticana / de Los Angeles · Corelli · Santini ~ Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Corelli · Gobbi · Amara · von Matacic (more) »rank: 69576 by: Angelo Mercuriali, Franco Piva, Mario Spina, Mario Zanasi, Rome Opera Orchestra, La Scala Theater Orchestra :Album Details:A Sensational Album featuring Truly Beautiful Songs and Arias that Evoke Feelings of Passion and Romance. The UK Special Edition of the Album Includes the Bonus Track 'Non T'amo Pui' by Tosti. :The international crossover success of tenor Andrea Bocelli has spawned any number of imitators on both sides of the Atlantic. But this collection of romantic arias and duets with violinist-conductor Lorin Maazel (who also arranges and helms the London Symphony Orchestra here) proves once again that the classical canon still offers ample room for compelling reinvention without nettlesome pop affectations. In reviving a genre (violin and vocal) largely dormant since ...	Buy Now	Carreras · Domingo · Pavarotti ~ Favorite Arias by the World's Favorite Tenors (more) »rank: 71471 by: Giacomo Puccini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Umberto Giordano, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Jules Massenet, Richard Strauss, Pietro Mascagni, Francesco Cilea, Eve Queler, Lorin Maazel, Emerson Buckley, Michael Tilson Thomas, Sir John Pritchard, Giuseppe Patane, Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, James Levine, Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Ingvar Wixell :Album Details:A Sensational Album featuring Truly Beautiful Songs and Arias that Evoke Feelings of Passion and Romance. The UK Special Edition of the Album Includes the Bonus Track 'Non T'amo Pui' by Tosti. :The international crossover success of tenor Andrea Bocelli has spawned any number of imitators on both sides of the Atlantic. But this collection of romantic arias and duets with violinist-conductor Lorin Maazel (who also arranges and helms the London Symphony Orchestra here) proves once again that the classical canon still offers ample room for compelling reinvention without nettlesome pop affectations. In reviving a genre (violin and vocal) largely dormant since ...
Buy Now	Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti · Dessì · Coni · Gavazzi · Muti (more) »rank: 134401 by: Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Riccardo Muti, Philharmonia Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Daniela Dessì, Paolo Coni, Ernesto Gavazzi, Jonathon Boyd :Album Details:A Sensational Album featuring Truly Beautiful Songs and Arias that Evoke Feelings of Passion and Romance. The UK Special Edition of the Album Includes the Bonus Track 'Non T'amo Pui' by Tosti. :The international crossover success of tenor Andrea Bocelli has spawned any number of imitators on both sides of the Atlantic. But this collection of romantic arias and duets with violinist-conductor Lorin Maazel (who also arranges and helms the London Symphony Orchestra here) proves once again that the classical canon still offers ample room for compelling reinvention without nettlesome pop affectations. In reviving a genre (violin and vocal) largely dormant since ...	Buy Now	Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice ~ 40 Tracks from the Legendary Tenor (more) »rank: 74565 by: Giuseppe Verdi, Giacomo Puccini, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Amilcare Ponchielli, Tullio Serafin, Herbert von Karajan, Georg Solti, Rafael Kubelik, Nello Santi, Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Lamberto Gardelli, Sir John Pritchard, Carlo Bergonzi, Renata Tebaldi, Ettore Bastianini, Fiorenza Cossotto, Enzo Sordello, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Tugomir Franc, Renata Scotto, Libero Arbace, Fernando Corena, Birgit Nilsson, Giulietta Simionato, Sylvia Stahlman, Joan Sutherland, Dora Carral, Piero de Palma :Album Details:A Sensational Album featuring Truly Beautiful Songs and Arias that Evoke Feelings of Passion and Romance. The UK Special Edition of the Album Includes the Bonus Track 'Non T'amo Pui' by Tosti. :The international crossover success of tenor Andrea Bocelli has spawned any number of imitators on both sides of the Atlantic. But this collection of romantic arias and duets with violinist-conductor Lorin Maazel (who also arranges and helms the London Symphony Orchestra here) proves once again that the classical canon still offers ample room for compelling reinvention without nettlesome pop affectations. In reviving a genre (violin and vocal) largely dormant since ...
Buy Now	Jussi Bjoerling: Opera Arias Great Recordings of the Centrury (more) »rank: 118853 by: Umberto Giordano :Album Details:A Sensational Album featuring Truly Beautiful Songs and Arias that Evoke Feelings of Passion and Romance. The UK Special Edition of the Album Includes the Bonus Track 'Non T'amo Pui' by Tosti. :The international crossover success of tenor Andrea Bocelli has spawned any number of imitators on both sides of the Atlantic. But this collection of romantic arias and duets with violinist-conductor Lorin Maazel (who also arranges and helms the London Symphony Orchestra here) proves once again that the classical canon still offers ample room for compelling reinvention without nettlesome pop affectations. In reviving a genre (violin and vocal) largely dormant since ...	Buy Now	Roberto Alagna ~ Serenades (more) »rank: 100388 by: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Francesco Paolo Tosti, Georges Bizet, Ernesto Tagliaferri, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto de Curtis, Gaetano Errico Pennino, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Raffaele Mingardo, Giuseppe Cioffi, Rodolfo Falvo, Gioachino Rossini, Italian Traditional, Salvatore Cardillo, Arturo Buzzi-Peccia, Roberto Alagna, Angela Gheorghiu, David Alagna, Federico Alagna : :Like many operatic crossover efforts, this one has its ups and downs, but at least Robert Alagna is at home with this mixture of popular songs and more song-like arias, such as Mozart's Serenade from Don Giovanni and works by Bizet and Rossini. At times, he stretches his voice to the limits of his lower range, but the high notes are healthy and beautiful, and his manner consistently committed and passionate. The modesty and hominess of the acoustic guitar accompaniments have surprising charm, however limited the tonal palette may be. --David Patrick Stearns
Buy Now	Beniamino Gigli - Opera Arias (more) »rank: 245091 by: Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, George Frideric Handel, Jules Massenet, Charles Gounod, Giuseppe Verdi, Ruggiero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Giacomo Puccini, Umberto Giordano, Giuseppe Pietri, Eugene Goossens, Franco Ghione, Sir John Barbirolli, Giulio Setti, Franco Chioni, Walter Goehr, Carlo Sabajno, Oliviero de Fabritiis, Umberto Berrettoni, Beniamino Gigli, Ezio Pinza, Giuseppe DeLuca, Amelita Galli-Curci, Louise Homer, Angelo Bada, Maria Caniglia : :Like many operatic crossover efforts, this one has its ups and downs, but at least Robert Alagna is at home with this mixture of popular songs and more song-like arias, such as Mozart's Serenade from Don Giovanni and works by Bizet and Rossini. At times, he stretches his voice to the limits of his lower range, but the high notes are healthy and beautiful, and his manner consistently committed and passionate. The modesty and hominess of the acoustic guitar accompaniments have surprising charm, however limited the tonal palette may be. --David Patrick Stearns	Buy Now	Beniamino Gigli Interpreta...(Archivio della Romana da Salotto Italiana), Vol. 2 (more) »rank: 272658 from: Idi [Ital Disc Inst] : :Like many operatic crossover efforts, this one has its ups and downs, but at least Robert Alagna is at home with this mixture of popular songs and more song-like arias, such as Mozart's Serenade from Don Giovanni and works by Bizet and Rossini. At times, he stretches his voice to the limits of his lower range, but the high notes are healthy and beautiful, and his manner consistently committed and passionate. The modesty and hominess of the acoustic guitar accompaniments have surprising charm, however limited the tonal palette may be. --David Patrick Stearns