Puccini: La Bohème (1987) more music like this

performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Gernot Pietsch (vocals), Gianni Maffeo (vocals), Hans-Dieter Appelt (vocals), Hans-Dietrich Pohl (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

There is no lack of stellar, gripping versions of La bohème on disc, and by most reckonings, this one stands toward the front of the pack. Having a cast of superstars is no guarantee that an opera recording is going to have the chemistry to knock you off your feet, but the performers here live up to the expectations that their fame raises. Luciano ...

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Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (Highlights) more music like this

performed by Barbara Vogel (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Edith Mathis (soprano), Erwin Wohlfahrt (vocals), Gundula Janowitz (vocals), Hermann Prey (vocals), Klaus Hirte (vocals), Martin Vantin (vocals), Patricia Johnson (vocals), Peter Lagger (vocals)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Mozart: Le Nozze Di Figaro more music like this

performed by Barbara Vogel (vocals), Christa Doll (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Edith Mathis (soprano), Erwin Wohlfahrt (vocals), Gundula Janowitz (vocals), Hermann Prey (vocals), Klaus Hirte (vocals), Margarethe Giehse (vocals), Martin Vantin (vocals)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Orff: Carmina Burana more music like this

performed by Christiane Oelze (soprano), David Kuebler (tenor), Simon Keenlyside (baritone), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Knabenchor Berlin (boy's choir), Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Christian Thielemann (conductor)
composed by Carl Orff

Since Carmina Burana is such a mainstay of the repertoire, it is difficult to think of any ensemble that has not performed it or of any major label that does not have multiple recordings to offer. Direct and sturdy, this popular cantata is almost indestructible and hard to misinterpret, though to make it sound fresh and distinctive is a challenge. ...

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Puccini: La Bohème [Highlights] (1989) more music like this

performed by Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Gianni Maffeo (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Rolando Panerai (vocals), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
composed by Giacomo Puccini

There is no lack of stellar, gripping versions of La bohème on disc, and by most reckonings, this one stands toward the front of the pack. Having a cast of superstars is no guarantee that an opera recording is going to have the chemistry to knock you off your feet, but the performers here live up to the expectations that their fame raises. Luciano ...

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Verdi: Nabucco more music like this

performed by Evgeny Nesterenko (vocals), Ghena Dimitrova (soprano), Kurt Rydl (vocals), Lucia Popp (soprano), Lucia Valentini Terrani (vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Volker Horn (vocals), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi

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Only Choral CD You'll Ever Need (2001) more music like this

performed by James Elias (bass), Lesley Garrett (soprano), London Musici, Louisa Keily (soprano), Philip Rushforth (organ), Rebecca Daldorph (soprano), Reiner Schneider-Waterberg (counter tenor), Balthasar-Neumann Choir and Ensemble (choir, chorus)
composed by Antonio Lotti, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gregorio Allegri, Hubert Parry, John Tavener, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Samuel Barber, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Beethoven Symphonies (2000) more music like this

performed by René Pape (bass), Robert Gambill (tenor), Rosemarie Lang (contralto), Soile Isokoski (soprano), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Staatskapelle Berlin, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1995) more music like this

performed by Falk Struckmann (vocals), Johan Botha (vocals), Marjana Lipovsek (vocals), Matti Salminen (vocals), Peter Maus (vocals), Roman Trekel (vocals), Siegfried Jerusalem (vocals), Uwe Heilmann (vocals), Waltraud Meier (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Musiques Nuptiales: Wedding Music more music like this

performed by Camille Maurane (baritone), English Baroque Soloists, English Chamber Choir (chamber ensemble), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne, I Solisti Veneti
composed by Alex North, Antonio Vivaldi, Charles Gounod, English Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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The Very Best of José Carreras (2003) more music like this

performed by Agnes Baltsa (mezzo-soprano), Astrid Varnay (soprano), José Carreras (tenor), José van Dam (bass), Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano), Kari Nurmela (baritone), Mirella Freni (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Paul Plishka (bass)
composed by Charles Gounod, Edouard Lalo, Fromental Halévy, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Pietro Mascagni, Ruggero Leoncavallo

Here's a chance for you to hear the talents of José Carreras without those other two tenors sharing the limelight. The Very Best of José Carreras is a full two discs of opera scenes and arias from the Italian and French Romantic repertoire. Some of the scenes are extracted from complete opera recordings made in the '70s and '80s, which means there ...

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Beethoven: Fidelio (1999) more music like this

performed by Falk Struckmann (vocals), Klaus Hager (vocals), Kwangchul Youn (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), René Pape (vocals), Soile Isokoski (vocals), Waltraud Meier (vocals), Werner Güra (vocals), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Staatskapelle Berlin
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Ten Top Tenors (1991) more music like this

performed by Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Edwin Schneider (piano), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Fritz Kreisler (violin), Georges Thill (tenor), Giovanni Martinelli (tenor), Helge Rosvaenge (tenor), John McCormack (tenor), Jussi Björling (tenor), Lauritz Melchior (tenor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Amilcare Ponchielli, Charles Gounod, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, E.A. Mario, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Johann Strauss II, Jules Massenet, Paolo Tosti, Richard Wagner

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Otto Nicolai: Die lustigen Wieber von Windsor (1995) more music like this

performed by Bernd Weikl (baritone), Claude Dormoy (baritone), Edith Mathis (soprano), Hanna Schwarz (mezzo-soprano), Heinz Schunk (violin), Helen Donath (soprano), Helmuth Straaburger, Karl-Ernst Mercker (tenor), Kurt Ludwig (tenor), Kurt Moll (bass)
composed by Otto Nicolai

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Helge Roswaenge: The Dane with the High D (2002) more music like this

performed by Hedwig von Debicka (soprano), Helge Rosvaenge (tenor), Margherita Perras (soprano), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Berlin State Opera Orchestra, Bruno Seidler-Winkler (conductor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Carl Maria von Weber, Charles Gounod, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Giuseppe Verdi, Ludwig van Beethoven, Peter Cornelius, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Wille, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Siegfried Wagner Conducts Richard Wagner (2006) more music like this

performed by Alexander Kipnis (bass), Fritz Wolff (tenor), Genia Guszalewicz (mezzo-soprano), Max Lorenz (tenor), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Siegfried Wagner (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner

Archipel's Siegfried Wagner Conducts Richard Wagner is an entry in its Desert Island Collection. Siegfried Wagner, of course, was Richard Wagner's son by Cosima Liszt Wagner, and it was he who took over much of the leadership at the Bayreuth Festival from 1906 through his death in 1930. This was not a distinction that the younger Wagner ...

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Mad about Cartoons (1993) more music like this

performed by Jean-Marc Luisada (piano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Simon Preston (organ), Ton Koopman (organ), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Edvard Grieg, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Strauss II, Johannes Brahms, Paul Dukas, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner

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Wagner: Parsifal (Highlights) (1995) more music like this

performed by Gunter Von Kannen (vocals), José van Dam (vocals), Matthias Holle (vocals), Siegfried Jerusalem (vocals), Waltraud Meier (vocals), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Mozart: Don Giovanni (1986) more music like this

performed by Agnes Baltsa (vocals), Alexander Malta (vocals), Anna Tomowa-Sintow (vocals), Ferruccio Furlanetto (vocals), Gösta Winbergh (vocals), Jeffrey Tate (harpsichord), Kathleen Battle (vocals), Paata Burchuladze (vocals), Samuel Ramey (vocals)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Prima Voce: Gerhard Hüsch more music like this

performed by Emmy Bettendorf (soprano), Gerhard Hüsch (baritone), Helge Rosvaenge (tenor), Tiana Lemnitz (soprano), Wilhelm Strienz (bass), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Members of the Berlin State Opera Orchestra
composed by Albert Lortzing, Ambroise Thomas, Charles Gounod, Engelbert Humperdinck, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Siegfried Ochs, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Golden Operetta, Vol.2 more music like this

performed by Adele Kern (soprano), Aksel Schiøtz (tenor), Anni Frind (soprano), Elisabeth Schumann (soprano), Gerhard Hüsch (baritone), Giacomo Lauri-Volpi (tenor), Grete Merrem-Nikisch (soprano), Hans Lange (vocals), Hjordis Schymberg (soprano)
composed by Albert Lortzing, Carl Michael Ziehrer, Carl Millöcker, Daniel-François-Esprit Auber, Franz Lehár, Franz von Suppé, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Karl Amadeus Hartmann

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Lebendige Vergangenheit: Richard Tauber, Vol. 2 more music like this

performed by Adolf Kulina (vocals), Else Knepel (vocals), Erich Heyn (vocals), Grete Merrem-Nikisch (vocals), Hans Lange (vocals), Ida Harth zur Nieden (vocals), Karin Branzell (vocals), Karl Platen (vocals), Leo Schutzendorf (vocals), Lotte Lehmann (vocals)
composed by Carl Millöcker, Carl Zeller, Edmund Eysler, Emmerich Kálmán, Franz Lehár, Friedrich Hollaender, Jaromir Weinberger, Johann Strauss II, Oscar Straus

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Wagner: Lohengrin (1998) more music like this

performed by Andreas Schmidt (vocals), Bernd Riedel (vocals), Bernd Zettisch (vocals), Deborah Polaski (vocals), Emily Magee (vocals), Falk Struckmann (vocals), Peter Bindszus (vocals), Peter Seiffert (vocals), René Pape (vocals), Roman Trekel (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Wagner: Tannhäuser (2005) more music like this

performed by Carola Nossek (vocals), Celestina Casapietra (vocals), Elisabeth Grummer (vocals), Fritz Hubner (vocals), George Fortune (vocals), Gunther Frohlich (vocals), Hans Beirer (vocals), Henno Garduhn (vocals), Klaus Lang (vocals), Ludmila Dvoráková (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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The Art of Coloratura Miliza Korjus more music like this

performed by Marcel Wittrisch (tenor), Miliza Korjus (soprano), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Adolphe Adam, Carl Maria von Weber, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Uwe Jenner, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Karl Taubert, Léo Delibes, Luigi Arditi, Luigi Denza

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