Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana ~ Leoncavallo - Pagliacci
On this CD:
1. Cavalleria rusticana, opera in 1 act
Composed by Pietro Mascagni
Performed by Carlo Bergonzi, Grace Bumbry
Conducted by Juan Emilio Martini
2. Pagliacci, opera
Composed by Ruggiero Leoncavallo
Performed by Joan Carlyle, Tullio Gagliardo, Cornell MacNeil, Jose Nait, Jon Vickers
Conducted by Juan Emilio Martini
Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana ~ Leoncavallo - Pagliacci, Music, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Pietro Mascagni, Juan Emilio Martini, Grace Bumbry, Carlo Bergonzi, Jon Vickers, Cornell MacNeil, Gina Lotufo, Joan Carlyle, Jose Nait, Luisa Bartoletti, Tullio Gagliardo, Virgilio Tavini, Classical, Italian Romantic Opera, Opera, Opera / Operetta / Oratorio, Opera/Operetta
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The #1 Opera Album
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 , and Renata Tebaldi Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000059RXO Release Date: 2001-02-27 |
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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 a successful compilation is canny anthologizing, and here again, you have a nice selection to give you a smattering of opera's heavyweights from the Italian, German, and French repertory (there's even a step outside the standard framework with an aria from Dvorák's lovely Rusalka). Ranging from 1959 to 1997, the choices from back catalogue will doubtless be the entry ticket for many into this grandest of the arts. --Sarah Chin
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Tuscany: A Romantic Journey
Manufacturer: Somerset Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007R8FC6 Release Date: 2005-03-01 |
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Take a romantic journey across the fabled landscape of Tuscany with these beautiful, orchestral recordings of Italian classics. Instrumentation includes an orchestra.
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Lanza: Greatest Hits
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000003FVZ Release Date: 1995-04-11 |
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Artists Of The Century - Jussi Bjorling, The Ultimate Collection
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000J911 Release Date: 1999-05-25 |
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Surely Björling was one of the greatest tenors of his or any other time, not only for the clarion ring, the purity, and the melting lyricism of his voice, but for his effortless lightness, impeccable intonation, endless breath control, and natural phrasing and line, enhanced by old-fashioned but wonderfully expressive scoops and slides. On this generous two-disc set, he is heard in a huge selection of arias and some duets with distinguished colleagues; most of them were recorded separately, and a few are excerpted from complete opera recordings--unfortunately not very skillfully, stopping abruptly in mid-phrase if not mid-note. No matter; the miraculous thing is that Björling, whether singing an entire role or a single aria, can instantly create a character and bring him to vibrant life. He sings everything in the original keys--his high B-flats, B's, and C's are thrilling--and almost everything in the original language, including a few songs by Schubert, Strauss, and Grieg. Recorded live in recital, they are delightful--only one is too operatic. Among his partners, soprano Zinka Milanov and baritone Robert Merrill stand out. This recording presents an incomparable artist at his incomparable best. --Edith Eisler
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Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo: Pagliacci (complete operas) with Maria Callas, Giuseppe di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Tullio Serafin, Chorus & Orchestra of La Scala, Milan
Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007Z0Y7C Release Date: 2005-06-07 |
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A - Z of Opera (includes 762 page booklet)
Puccini , Thomas Harper , Ingrid Kertesi , Scholars Baroque Ensemble , and Hungarian State Opera Orchestra Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004YYRR Release Date: 2000-10-17 |
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A-Z of Opera is a 762-page, illustrated book, accompanied by two-and-a-half hours of opera's most glorious and moving moments on two CDs, and reflects the ever-growing Naxos catalog of recordings ranging from Monteverdi to the contemporary. A-Z of Opera provides a wide range of information on operas and their composers, from Handel's Rinaldo to Mozart's Die Zauberflote, and beyond. It features plot synopses, background details and cast lists for hundreds of operas including well-known standards as well as opera rarities. In addition, there is a wealth of information about all the great composers and a glossary of key musical and operatic terms.
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The Very Best of Beniamino Gigli
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ASIN: B0000A5BXR Release Date: 2003-09-02 |
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Opera without Words
Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000026QP Release Date: 1989-11-20 |
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Mascagni - Cavalleria Rusticana & Leoncavallo - Pagliacci / Pavarotti, Freni, Varady, Cappuccilli, Gavazzeni, Patanè
Pietro Mascagni , Ruggero Leoncavallo , National Philharmonic Orchestra , Gianandrea Gavazzeni , Giuseppe Patanè , Luciano Pavarotti , Julia Varady , Mirella Freni , London Opera Chorus , Piero Cappuccilli , Carmen Gonzales , Vincenzo Bello , Finchley Children's Music Group , Ingvar Wixell , Lorenzo Saccomani , and Ida Bormida Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0000041QR Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
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This may not be the most dramatically charged of all Cav/Pag combos, but it does star the golden-voiced, sincere, in-his- prime Luciano Pavarotti in both operas, and that's enough for some people. Add to this the lovely Mirella Freni as Nedda in I Pagliacci, and the exciting, underrecorded Julia Var´dy in Cavalleria Rusticana, and quite the dramatic evening unfolds. Giuseppe Patané leads I Pagliacci with vigor and sensitivity to the tenor, who turns in a stunning "Vesti la giubba," and Gianandrea Gavazzeni takes a big approach to the earlier scenes in Cavalleria Rusticana, while keeping the one-on-ones intimately intense. Ingvar Wixell is overparted as Tonio, but Piero Cappuccilli's Alfio is a fine, snarling portrait. A first choice for Cavalleria Rusticana alone might be the recording with Domingo and Baltsa or that with Bjorling and Milanov; for I Pagliacci alone, try Björling and de los Angeles. But if it's The Large One you want, here's the right place. --Robert Levine
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Carlo Bergonzi - The Sublime Voice ~ 40 Tracks from the Legendary Tenor
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 , and Piero de Palma Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00004C8TH Release Date: 2001-06-12 |
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