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    Gaetano & Giuseppe Donizetti: Chamber Music with Clarinet
    Brilliant Classics

    Gaetano & Giuseppe Donizetti: Chamber Music with Clarinet

    CD · 2 discs

    $14.99
    Composer
    Gaetano Donizetti
    Artist
    Italian Classical Consort, Luigi Magistrelli
    Released
    Jan 09, 2026
    Gaetano Donizetti was one of the most distinguished Italian composers of the first half of the 19th century. At that time, opera was the preeminent musical genre in Italy, and many top composers based their careers on it. Unlike his contemporary Italian opera composers, though, Gaetano Donizetti also devoted his art to chamber music, producing a good number of excellent works. Between 1814 and 1821, he wrote a number of interesting compositions that included both obligato clarinet or two clarinets in C, as well as demanding parts for basset horn. The voices of soprano and tenor are involved, even in a duet (Aria de Torrente). This album is indebted to Nico Bertelli for his research and publications concerning classical and early romantic arias with clarinet, and to Italian researcher Adriano Amore.   Giuseppe Donizetti (a.k.a. Donizetti Pasha) was Gaetano Donizetti's older brother. He was a talented child and received lessons from Simon Mayr, the same teacher as his brother. In 1825, he became music master of an Austrian regiment stationed in Italy. In 1831, the Turkish sultan asked him to form the military band of his empire along the Central European lines. He managed to win great esteem and favour from the sultan, transferring the musical style of Italian music to the shores of the Bosporus with great success. He died in Constantinople on 12 February 1856. Giuseppe Donizetti wrote a large amount of music for military bands in many different combinations, but only a few of those works reached his homeland. There are also some vocal works and shorter piano pieces, published in Milan and Florence. - Recorded September 2023 in Cesano Maderno and in Ticino, Italy - Booklet in English contains liner notes by Luigi Magistrelli and profiles of the soloists and the ensemble - A delightful program of works featuring the clarinet in various settings by Gaetano Donizetti (1797-1848), one of the greatest opera composers of 19th century Italy, and his brother Giuseppe Donizetti (1788-1856), who was a military music master of an Austrian regiment stationed in Italy. In 1831 the Turkish Sultan asked him to form his empire's military band along central European lines. He was able to gain high esteem and favor from the Sultan, transferring the musical style of Italian music on the shores of the Bosphorus with great success. He died in Constantinople on 10 February 1856. - The program is highly varied and ranges from works for solo clarinet to arias for voices, clarinet and piano, and a wind sextet. Brilliantly performed by Luigi Magistrelli, one of the leading clarinet players of Italy, seconded by a fine selection of Italian soloists. Magistrelli made many recordings for Brilliant Classics with works by C.P.E. Bach (95307), Giuliani (95541), Kummer (94472), Archduke Rudolph (94952), Rebay (94171) and Fuchs (96305). 'Luigi Magistrelli is a skilled artist, with the fingers and the enthusiasm for Weber.' Gramophone.
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  • Gaetano & Giuseppe Donizetti: Chamber Music with Clarinet

    Gaetano & Giuseppe Donizetti: Chamber Music with Clarinet

    Brilliant Classics Jan 2026
    2 discs
    CD
    $14.99
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    • Indomita (Bellini, Donizetti & Verdi)
    PENTATONE

    Indomita (Bellini, Donizetti & Verdi)

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    Vincenzo Bellini, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi
    Artist
    Eleonora Buratto, Orchestral dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova
    Released
    Apr 11, 2025
    On her solo debut album Indomita, soprano Eleonora Buratto pays tribute to the greatest composers and most insurmountable heroines of Italian nineteenth-century opera, together with the Orchestra & Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova under the baton of Sesto Quatrini. For Buratto, these scenes from Bellini's Il pirata, Donizetti's Anna Bolena and Lucrezia Borgia, as well as Verdi's I due Foscari and Aroldo, constitute a core repertoire for any soprano moving into the dramatic post-1850 operas in which she is currently thriving onstage. The combined demand of agility and power of the indomitable women portrayed fit her voice like a glove, and the combination of pieces offers an illuminating perspective on the development of Italian opera during the nineteenth century. Eleonora Buratto is one of the most highly acclaimed lyric sopranos in the world. Besides the Orchestra & Coro dell'Opera Carlo Felice Genova and conductor Sesto Quatrini, Indomita contains contributions by mezzo-soprano Irene Savignano, tenor Didier Pieri and bass Giovanni Battista Parodi. All artists make their PENTATONE debut.
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  • Indomita (Bellini, Donizetti & Verdi)

    Indomita (Bellini, Donizetti & Verdi)

    PENTATONE Apr 2025
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
    • Golden Age
    PENTATONE

    Golden Age

    CD · 1 disc

    $19.99
    Composer
    Georges Bizet, Leo Delibes, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi
    Artist
    Erin Morley, Lawrence Brownlee, Munchner Rundfunkorchester
    Released
    Oct 10, 2025
    This captivating new release from PENTATONE celebrates the glittering world of 19th-century opera and the timeless beauty of the golden age of bel canto. Featuring music by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioacchino Rossini, Georges Bizet, Leo Delibes, and Giuseppe Verdi, the album showcases soprano Erin Morley and tenor Lawrence Brownlee two of today's most exciting voices joined by the Munchner Rundfunkorchester under the baton of conductor Ivan Repusic. Together, they bring fresh brilliance to the French and Italian repertoire with performances that balance vocal agility, lyrical finesse, and emotional power. This carefully curated collection of operatic gems highlights iconic duets and arias that continue to resonate with modern audiences through their passion, beauty, and dramatic flair. It marks an exciting PENTATONE debut for both Lawrence Brownlee and Ivan Repusic, while Erin Morley returns following her acclaimed performance in the label's recording of Handel's Alcina (2024). The Munchner Rundfunkorchester also makes a welcome return, having previously appeared on PENTATONE's release of Gordon Getty's Plump Jack (2012).
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  • Golden Age

    Golden Age

    PENTATONE Oct 2025
    1 disc
    CD
    $19.99
    1. Harmonie & Turcherie
    2. Harmonie & Turcherie
    Arcana

    Harmonie & Turcherie

    CD · 1 disc

    $15.99 $20.99 Save 23%
    Composer
    DONIZETTI HAYDN MOZART WITT
    Artist
    Zefiro, Bernardini
    Released
    Jan 29, 2016
    Harmonie & Turcherie: around the year 1800, Western music was experiencing a merging of two phenomena. On one hand was the success of a particular ensemble of wind instruments, boosted by the foundation of the royal and imperial Harmonie by Emperor Joseph himself in Vienna in 1782, the core of it's repertoire being arrangements of famous opera arias; on the other, the fashion for orientalism, reflected in different expressions of the arts: painting, sculpture, architecture and music. The typical octet of the Harmonie, consisting of pairs of oboes, clarinets, horns and bassoons, was therefore reinforced by louder wind instruments such as trumpets, trombones, a contrabassoon or a cimbasso, as well as an array of percussion instruments - together, they could evoke the military bands of the highly feared Janissaries. That sound fascinated the most eminent composers of the time, including Haydn (Joseph and his younger brother Michael), Mozart, Rossini, Donizetti (Gaetano and his elder brother Giuseppe, active at the Ottoman court), Mendelssohn, Schubert, and Spohr, all of whom wrote small, little-known masterpieces for this particular band. Zefiro presents us with a varied program by these composers, alternating Turkish marches with chamber music works in a more operatic and deeper vein, thus revealing the versatility and colors of period wind instruments.
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  • Harmonie & Turcherie
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    Harmonie & Turcherie

    Arcana Jan 2016
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99 $15.99Save 23%
    • Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor
    MYTO Historical

    Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

    CD · 2 discs

    $13.99
    Composer
    DONIZETTI, GAETANO
    Artist
    Nino Sanzogno
    Released
    Sep 09, 2014
    Less well remembered by the general, non-cognoscenti opera admirer, Ettore Bastianini (1922-67) was nonetheless among the finest, busiest and most beloved Italian bass-baritones of the 1950s. This now legendary 1959 studio performance of Gaetano Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor finds him in the company of the young, rising star soprano of the opera world at that time, Renata Scotto, and tenor Giuseppe di Stefano. The under-appreciated Nino Sanzogno (1911-83) leads the La Scala, Milan Orchestra and Chorus.
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  • Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

    Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor

    MYTO Historical Sep 2014
    2 discs
    CD
    $13.99
  • Donizetti: Il Pigmalione (Recorded Live 1960)

    Donizetti: Il Pigmalione (Recorded Live 1960)

    MYTO Historical Dec 2010
    1 disc
    CD
    $10.99
  • Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Live)

    Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Live)

    MYTO Historical Apr 2009
    2 discs
    CD
    $10.99
  • Opera Arias (Baritone): Luca, Giuseppe de - CILEA, F. / MASS
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    Opera Arias (Baritone): Luca, Giuseppe de - CILEA, F. / MASS

    IDIS Apr 1999
    2 discs
    CD
    $32.99 $16.49Save 50%
  • Donizetti: Il duca d' Alba (The Duke of Alba) [Sung in Itali

    Donizetti: Il duca d' Alba (The Duke of Alba) [Sung in Itali

    Bongiovanni Jan 2005
    2 discs
    CD
    $18.99
    • Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini: Il Mito Dell'opera / Bordoni
    Bongiovanni

    Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini: Il Mito Dell'opera / Bordoni

    CD · 2 discs

    $21.99
    Composer
    VERDI DONIZETTI PUCCINI
    Artist
    Franco Bordoni
    Released
    Aug 06, 2021

    Critics, conductors and colleagues agree that Franco Bordoni’s voice, accent and interpretation constitute Verdi at his most noble. Which is hardly surprising given the singer’s awe of the composer and approach to his art. Bordoni had all the technique he needed to exploit to the full his voice’s volume, texture with its wealth of harmonics and two octave range with no uneven spots. The timbre and color of his voice made him the perfect dramatic baritone, a voice that saw its owner through years of unflagging, full-on performances.

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  • Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini: Il Mito Dell'opera / Bordoni

    Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini: Il Mito Dell'opera / Bordoni

    Bongiovanni Aug 2021
    2 discs
    CD
    $21.99
    1. Donizetti & Verdi: Opera Arias / Fahima, Gamba, ORF VRSO
    2. Donizetti & Verdi: Opera Arias / Fahima, Gamba, ORF VRSO
    Orfeo

    Donizetti & Verdi: Opera Arias / Fahima, Gamba, ORF VRSO

    CD · 1 disc

    $20.99
    Composer
    DONIZETTI VERDI
    Artist
    Fahima, Gamba
    Released
    Jun 04, 2021

    Having joined the ensemble of Deutsche Oper Berlin at the age of 22 and the ensemble of Wiener Staatsoper in 2013, Israeli-born Hila Fahima presents a mix of well-known selections and rediscovered treasures on her debut album: Donizetti’s Lucia, Norina, Linda di Chamounix, Adina, Marie from La fille du regiment, plus Verdi’s Gilda – she will be starring in this role at this year’s Bregenz Festival – and also Amalia from his I masnadieri, as well as arias from Donizetti’s little-known operas Rosmonda d’Inghilterra and Emilia di Liverpool.

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  • Donizetti & Verdi: Opera Arias / Fahima, Gamba, ORF VRSO

    Donizetti & Verdi: Opera Arias / Fahima, Gamba, ORF VRSO

    Orfeo Jun 2021
    1 disc
    CD
    $20.99
    1. Verdi & Donizetti: Opera Arias / Fabiano, Mazzola, London Philharmonic
    2. Verdi & Donizetti: Opera Arias / Fabiano, Mazzola, London Philharmonic
    PENTATONE

    Verdi & Donizetti: Opera Arias / Fabiano, Mazzola, London Philharmonic

    SACD · 1 disc

    $21.99
    Composer
    DONIZETTI VERDI
    Artist
    Fabiano, Mazzola
    Released
    May 17, 2019
    American star tenor Michael Fabiano presents a spectacular set of scenes taken from late Donizetti and middle Verdi operas, revealing the strong ties between these two composers. The album documents a paradigmatic shift in Italian opera, from the beautiful lines and crispness of belcanto to a richer, more dramatic musical universe. The historical line stretches from Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor, Poliuto and Maria di Rohan to mature Verdi operas such as Rigoletto and Un ballo in maschera. In many cases, Fabiano has selected original, rarely-heard versions, including the thunderous ‘Qual sangue sparsi’ from the original St. Petersburg edition of La Forza del Destino. Together, these arias and scenes constitute a world full of heartfelt tenderness and fire-laden drama. After numerous successes on the opera stage, this is Michael Fabiano’s debut album on PENTATONE. He is accompanied by the London Philharmonic Orchestra and London Voices, conducted by Enrique Mazzola.

    REVIEW:

    Fabiano is at his best in those great Verdian oaths of vengeance such as ‘Sprezzo la vita’ from Ernani. For complicated reasons it is usually cut in performance, but Fabiano shows us just what we are missing as his lashing phrases unite with the fervent crowd (sung by the London Voices) and the brilliant, searing sounds of the London Philharmonic Orchestra…Still, what happens on a recording is of course only half the story: Fabiano’s acclaimed impact on stage needs to be experienced in the theatre.

    – BBC Music Magazine
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  • Verdi & Donizetti: Opera Arias / Fabiano, Mazzola, London Philharmonic

    Verdi & Donizetti: Opera Arias / Fabiano, Mazzola, London Philharmonic

    PENTATONE May 2019
    1 disc
    SACD
    $21.99
  • Opera Arias (Tenor): McCormack, John - DONIZETTI, G. / VERDI

    Opera Arias (Tenor): McCormack, John - DONIZETTI, G. / VERDI

    Prima Voce Apr 2003
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.99
    • La Divina - The Best of Maria Callas
    WARNER CLASSICS

    La Divina - The Best of Maria Callas

    CD · 2 discs

    $18.99
    Composer
    Vincenzo Bellini, Georges Bizet, Gioacchino Rossini, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Amilcare Ponchielli, Gaetano Donizetti, Léo Delibes, Gustave Charpentier, Richard Wagner, Jules Massenet
    Artist
    Maria Callas
    Released
    Mar 29, 2024
    Maria Callas is credited with changing the history of opera. Known as La Divina, she continues to fascinate as a supreme artist, but also as a woman and an icon of style. Her interpretations were as compelling for their dramatic truth as for their musical integrity. Her voice, with it's extraordinary range, was as distinctive as her infallible sense for a phrase. A magnetic presence, she brought operatic heroines to vivid life, magically shaping and colouring her tone, and making insightful use of the text of the libretto.
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  • La Divina - The Best of Maria Callas

    La Divina - The Best of Maria Callas

    WARNER CLASSICS Mar 2024
    2 discs
    CD
    $18.99
  • Opera Arias (Tenor): Gigli, Beniamino, Vol. 2 - DONIZETTI, G

    Opera Arias (Tenor): Gigli, Beniamino, Vol. 2 - DONIZETTI, G

    Prima Voce Apr 2003
    1 disc
    CD
    $16.99
  • Italian Opera Composers' Songs / Jose Carreras, Katz

    Italian Opera Composers' Songs / Jose Carreras, Katz

    Sony Masterworks Jul 1990
    1 disc
    CD
    $11.98
    1. All'Italiana! - Bel canto for flute and piano
    2. All'Italiana! - Bel canto for flute and piano
    Stradivarius

    All'Italiana! - Bel canto for flute and piano

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    BELLINI DONIZETTI ROSSINI
    Artist
    Sello, Canino
    Released
    May 16, 2019
    At the beginning of the nineteenth century, the eruption of Romanticism was not only a disruptive element which was capable of distorting the aesthetic and conceptual canons of the music of the time but it also brought about a series of noteworthy technical improvements in the organological sector. Without this change a number of instruments could not have expressed what was requested by composers and performers involved in this new cultural and artistic revolution - a revolution that, within a few decades, was able to build new cathedrals on the ruins of European Baroque. This record is a tribute to the extraordinary adventure of the flute through the nineteenth century, which is when this instrument increasingly assumed a stylistically independent connotation, which allowed it to become part of that group of musical instruments (such as the violin and the piano) which appealed to the cultured and well-off middle classes. This was in particular due to it's capacity to "challenge" the human voice, the lyrical singing, reviving, through transcription, the famous lyrical works, the arias, well known and loved by both the aristocratic class and the humblest people alike. The choice of these compositions, therefore, focuses on the "belcanto" repertoire revised in light of the potential of the transverse flute.
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  • All'Italiana! - Bel canto for flute and piano

    All'Italiana! - Bel canto for flute and piano

    Stradivarius May 2019
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    1. A TE, O CARA: Stephen Costello sings Bel Canto / Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony
    2. A TE, O CARA: Stephen Costello sings Bel Canto / Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony
    Delos

    A TE, O CARA: Stephen Costello sings Bel Canto / Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony

    CD · 1 disc

    $18.99
    Composer
    BELLINI DONIZETTI VERDI
    Artist
    Costello, Orbelian
    Released
    Nov 16, 2018
    American tenor Stephen Costello’s meteoric career has taken him to the stages of the world’s top opera houses. In this, his first recording for Delos, he performs a glittering assortment of arias that will appeal strongly to any opera lover, but that will be a particular treat for fans of the bel canto repertoire. While it mainly showcases classic arias by Gaetano Donizetti, we also hear single selections by Vicenzo Bellini and Giuseppe Verdi. Polished and sensitive orchestral collaboration comes courtesy of Maestro Constantine Orbelian and his vaunted Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra. The Associated Press has called Stephen Costello “… a prodigiously gifted singer whose voice makes an immediate impact.”

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    REVIEW:

    Stephen Costello provides a consistent quality of performance across the collection well chosen to display his stylish and engaging voice to significant effect. The opening track, one of the most celebrated arias in all opera, is Tonio’s act two cavatina and cabaletta ‘Ah, mes amis’ from Donizetti’s opéra comique, La fille du régiment. Costello agilely and astutely manages the manifold challenges of this aria that requires no less than nine high C’s, which is a treat when performed as admirably as this. From Donizetti’s masterwork L’élisir d’amore described as a melodramma giocoso, Nemorino’s act two romanza, Una furtiva lagrima is one of the most attractive of all tenor arias. As Nemorino singing passionately to Adina believing a love potion is working Costello performs beautifully, with clarity and particularly fine phrasing, making every word count. Another Donizetti work, a further highlight and a particular favourite of mine, is Spirto gentil from La favorita a grand opera that deserves increased recognition. Here Fernando in the final act discovers that Leonora has been the king’s mistress and sings brokenheartedly at the betrayal of his love. This is a splendid display of Costello’s most attractive tone and the tenor achieves his high notes resolutely and with relative ease. Throughout Costello receives first class support from Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra under Constantine Orbelian which feels entirely sympathetic.

    Recorded at Kaunas Philharmonic the engineering team excel providing sound that has both satisfying clarity and balance. As I have come to expect from Delos the documentation accompanying the album is first class. The valuable booklet notes by Lindsay Koob places each aria in the context of the opera. I’m delighted that full sung texts are included together with English translations which are helpfully placed alongside. My only grumble concerns the playing time of just under fifty minutes, very short by today’s standards.

    Beautifully performed, recorded and presented, Stephen Costello’s bel canto album will complement any opera collection.

    – MusicWeb International
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  • A TE, O CARA: Stephen Costello sings Bel Canto / Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony

    A TE, O CARA: Stephen Costello sings Bel Canto / Orbelian, Kaunas City Symphony

    Delos Nov 2018
    1 disc
    CD
    $18.99
    1. Pavarotti in Central Park [Blu-ray]
    2. Pavarotti in Central Park [Blu-ray]
    C Major Entertainment

    Pavarotti in Central Park [Blu-ray]

    Blu-Ray · 1 disc

    $17.99 $35.99 Save 50%
    Composer
    Francesco Cilea, Ernesto De Curtis, Gaetano Donizetti, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Giacomo Pucci
    Artist
    Andrea Griminelli, Bill Cosel, Leone Magiera, Luciano Pavarotti, Members Of The New York Philharmoni
    Released
    Mar 17, 2023

    When more than 500,000 people gathered in New York's Central Park on 26 June 1993, they wanted to hear only one thing: The voice of the greatest tenor of the twentieth century: the voice of Luciano Pavarotti. A year earlier, Pavarotti had thrilled the crowds in London's Hyde Park - here, in New York, he confirmed once again that he is an undisputed world star. He is accompanied by the New York Philharmonic Orchestra under Leone Magiera, featuring the flutist Andrea Griminelli and The Boys Choir of Harlem, whose voices can be heard on albums of Michael Jackson, Kathleen Battle and many more. The recording of this concert, without doubt one of Pavarotti’s most celebrated performances, includes the famous Puccini arias Nessun dorma and E lucevan le stelle and Neapolitanian songs as 'O sole mio.' This legendary concert is now available for the first time on Blu-ray!

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  • Pavarotti in Central Park [Blu-ray]
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    Pavarotti in Central Park [Blu-ray]

    C Major Entertainment Mar 2023
    1 disc
    Blu-Ray
    $35.99 $17.99Save 50%
  • Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots (Sung in Italian) [Recorded Live 19

    Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots (Sung in Italian) [Recorded Live 19

    Bongiovanni Jan 2006
    3 discs
    CD
    $26.99
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