2016 three CD collection that features beloved arias from Bellini's "Norma;" Puccini's "La Boheme," "Madame Butterfly" and "Gianno Schicchi;" Verdi's "La Traviata" and "Aida;" Bizet's "Carmen" and much more! Opera singers come and go, but just a few - the legends - live on. And Maria Callas was the great-est legend of them all, though not just for the wonder of her voice. She changed the way people thought about opera, but she also became famous as the glamorous celebrity who fell in love with Aristotle Onassis, leaving her elderly husband to live with him on his yacht Christina and enjoy the high life with the international jet set. Of course it ended badly. She lived her life like one of her own tragic heroines who (as women tend to do in opera) sing, suffer and die. And her own death came at just 53, after a dazzling but short career that took in heavy roles alongside decorative, nightingale-like ones - ignoring the established rules of vocal health and probably explaining why her voice finally gave out as it did. But in that time she did extraordinary things, using the muscle of those heavy heroines to em-power the nightingales with strength and depth of feeling nobody had thought to offer them be-fore. She gave them credibility as drama. Her performances were absolute and self-exposing: she held nothing back. And she was even tougher on herself than she could be on others - which is why her voice was never quite the flawless instrument singers are meant to cultivate. Her personality was far too volatile and too self-sacrificing in it's love affair with risk. In the mythology of opera, though, that's what the audience demands. We want the diva to be both a goddess and a slave: to give her life for art. We thrill to the dimension of that sacrifice. And Callas dutifully obliged.
NEW SOUNDS OF MARIA CALLAS
$19.99
CD
WARNER CLASSICS
Nov 04, 2016
WCL557835.2
HIGHLIGHTS FROM ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S CINDERELLA
VERVE
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$33.49
Jul 16, 2021
Vinyl LP pressing. 2021 release. Highlights from the double CD. Andrew Lloyd Webber's Cinderella album features the original cast recording of the highly anticipated 2021 theatre production.
HIGHLIGHTS FROM ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S CINDERELLA
$33.49
Vinyl
VERVE
Jul 16, 2021
VRV3537966.1
LULU SUITE DREI ORCHESTERSTUCKE
RCO LIVE HOLLAND
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$21.99
Oct 14, 2008
LULU SUITE DREI ORCHESTERSTUCKE
LULU SUITE DREI ORCHESTERSTUCKE
$21.99
SACD
RCO LIVE HOLLAND
Oct 14, 2008
RCOV8004SACD
TOGETHER IS BEAUTIFUL
DECCA
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$33.49
May 21, 2021
Vinyl LP pressing. For the first time ever, musicians from every country in the world record together on Together Is Beautiful. The most significant statement of global creative optimism for a generation. The track 'Together is Beautiful' was composed by George Fenton. He wrote it with the ambition that we could record it using one musician from every single country on earth. After two years we managed to record all: 197 nationalities/197 Musicians/197 countries/1 song/1 world. Together Is Beautiful.
TOGETHER IS BEAUTIFUL
$33.49
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DECCA
May 21, 2021
DCAB003337801.1
BELIEVE
DECCA
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Nov 13, 2020
Double vinyl LP pressing. The internationally renowned and beloved Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli releases his breathtaking new album, Believe, celebrating the power of music to soothe the soul. It follows his record-breaking 'Music for Hope' performance at Easter from the historic Duomo cathedral in Milan which was watched live by millions around the globe. It features a previously unreleased track from the late, great Italian composer Ennio Morricone, as well as 'Gratia Plena' - from the critically acclaimed new movie, Fatima -, two duets with award-winning mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli, and for the first time ever Andrea Bocelli has recorded his own interpretations of 'Ave Maria' and 'Padre Nostro' along with familiar favourites such as 'Hallelujah', 'You'll Never Walk Alone' and 'Amazing Grace'. Believe, co-produced by Steven Mercurio and Haydn Bendall, is a collection of uplifting songs that have inspired and sustained Bocelli over the years
BELIEVE
$46.99
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DECCA
Nov 13, 2020
DCAB003295701.1
RITE OF SPRING FIREBIRD
RCO LIVE HOLLAND
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Aug 12, 2008
RITE OF SPRING FIREBIRD
RITE OF SPRING FIREBIRD
$21.99
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RCO LIVE HOLLAND
Aug 12, 2008
RCOV8002SACD
SIBELIUS: VIOLIN CONCERTO 2 SERENADES
WARNER CLASSICS
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Sep 03, 2021
One of the most famous recordings of Polish-British-Canadian violinist Ida Haendel, who passed away last year. After performing the Sibelius concerto in Helsinki in 1949, broadcasted on radio, Ida Haendel received a letter from the composer: "Please accept my most cordial thanks for your excellent performance of my Violin Concerto. You played it masterfully in every respect. I congratulate you upon the great success. But above all, I congratulate myself that my Concerto has found an interpreter of your standard." This 1975 recording was made under the baton of Sibelius specialist Paavo Berglund.
SIBELIUS: VIOLIN CONCERTO 2 SERENADES
$27.99
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WARNER CLASSICS
Sep 03, 2021
WCL673381.1
TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA
CHILDREN'S GROUP
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Aug 17, 2004
With teacher's guide.
TCHAIKOVSKY DISCOVERS AMERICA
$26.49
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CHILDREN'S GROUP
Aug 17, 2004
CGP84377.2
CHOPIN ETUDES OP. 25 - 4 SCHERZI
WARNER CLASSICS
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Oct 15, 2021
Chopin is reserved, visionary and mysterious," says Beatrice Rana. "There are many layers to his music. It's pleasing to the ear and sincere in it's communication, but the deeper you go, the more you find..." For this album, Rana pairs Chopin's 12 op 25 etudes with his four scherzi, focusing on two musical genres that the composer, combining intellect and imagination, transformed into something new. "It was Chopin who invented the 'concert study'," explains Rana. "To me, the etudes seem implicitly connected, joined by a single line of expression, as if they are taking you on a journey. The scherzi are evocative pieces, full of contrasts... They represent three distinct stages of Chopin's life and creativity and it is easy to read stories into them." When Beatrice Rana played the op 25 etudes for her New York recital debut in 2019, the New York Times wrote: "If you can play Chopin's etudes comfortably, you can probably play anything written for the piano... and the best performances convey their musical riches. In that regard, Beatrice Rana set a new standard... She didn't just surmount the technical challenges; she made the pieces sound as poetic and colorful as anything Chopin ever wrote.
CHOPIN ETUDES OP. 25 - 4 SCHERZI
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WARNER CLASSICS
Oct 15, 2021
WCL676422.1
FIRST FAREWELL CONCERT
VIDEO ARTISTS INT'L
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Oct 09, 2001
This concert includes Anna Russell's uproarious analysis of Wagner's "Ring" Cycle as well as lectures on "How to Become a Singer," "Wind Instruments I Have Known," a hilarious parody on Gilbert and Sullivan operettas and more!
FIRST FAREWELL CONCERT
$29.99
DVD
VIDEO ARTISTS INT'L
Oct 09, 2001
VAI4208DVD
RAMEAU: PLATEE
HARMONIA MUNDI
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Nov 05, 2021
LES ARTS FLORISSANTS / RAMEAU: PLATEE - WILLIAM CHRISTIE A marsh nymph thinks she is so irresistible that Jupiter himself will take an interest in her... Brimming with exceptional dramatic and musical verve, this strangely under-recorded 'ballet bouffon' offers us Rameau's art in a nutshell: glittering orchestration, harmonies and rhythms of unprecedented modernity. William Christie and his comrades plunge with delight into what is one of it's composer's most fascinating works. William Christie and Les Arts Florissants plunge with delight into what is one of it's composer's most fascinating works. HARMONIA MUNDI USA
RAMEAU: PLATEE
$27.99
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HARMONIA MUNDI
Nov 05, 2021
HMF8905349.2
FIRE & FANCY
YARLUNG RECORDS
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Sep 24, 2021
FIRE & FANCY
FIRE & FANCY
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Vinyl
YARLUNG RECORDS
Sep 24, 2021
YLNG944225.1
DIE SCHOPFUNG
LSO LIVE
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Jun 09, 2009
DIE SCHOPFUNG
DIE SCHOPFUNG
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LSO LIVE
Jun 09, 2009
LSOL628SACD
Richter Plays Haydn & Debussy
PARNASSUS
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Sep 04, 2020
85 Minutes of previously unpublished Richter. Performances from 1984 in Tokyo, and 1976 in Moscow. Haydn and Debussy were particular favourites of Richter and as always, hearing him play on different occasions is always so rewarding.
Richter Plays Haydn & Debussy
$15.99
DVD
PARNASSUS
Sep 04, 2020
PACD1209DVD
GLORIA & MAGNIFICAT
WARNER CLASSICS
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$12.49
Jan 24, 2012
GLORIA & MAGNIFICAT
GLORIA & MAGNIFICAT
$12.49
CD
WARNER CLASSICS
Jan 24, 2012
WCL85223.2
EIN HELDENLEBEN
RCO LIVE HOLLAND
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$24.49
Jan 11, 2005
EIN HELDENLEBEN
EIN HELDENLEBEN
$24.49
DVD
RCO LIVE HOLLAND
Jan 11, 2005
RCOV4103DVD
CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCH
PARNASSUS
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$15.99
Jan 27, 2017
CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCH
CONDUCTS SHOSTAKOVICH LENINGRAD PHILHARMONIC ORCH
$15.99
DVD
PARNASSUS
Jan 27, 2017
PACD1204DVD
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette / Cooke, Phan, Pisaroni, Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
SFS MEDIA
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Nov 30, 2018
BERLIOZ: ROMEO ET JULIETTE
Berlioz: Romeo et Juliette / Cooke, Phan, Pisaroni, Tilson Thomas, San Francisco Symphony
$25.99
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SFS MEDIA
Nov 30, 2018
SFSY60074SACD
MOZART & FLUTE IN PARIS
WARNER CLASSICS
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Aug 06, 2021
Two CDs. Mozart & Flute in Paris brings together nine captivating works, all with their origins in Paris, which feature a solo flute. Emmanuel Pahud is joined by his colleagues from 'wind supergroup' Les Vents Francais - oboist Francois Leleux (here also conducting the Orchestre de chambre de Paris), clarinettist Paul Meyer, bassoonist Gilbert Audin and horn-player Radovan Vlatkovic - and by Belgian harpist Anneleen Lenaerts. "The pieces on this album represent different golden ages of the flute," says Pahud. The earliest, dating from 1778 are two concertante works that Mozart wrote while visiting Paris. The newest, premiered in 2014 by Pahud and the Orchestre de chambre de Paris, is Dreamtime by Philippe Hersant. The intervening period is represented by pieces by Saint-Saens, Faure, Chaminade and Poulenc, composers whose music embodies France's special relationship with the flute.
