The Most Famous Opera Duets (1994) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Carlo del Monte (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Danielle Millet (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (baritone), Edita Gruberová (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Ernest Blanc (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

EMI's The Most Famous Opera Duets is a decent collection of excerpts that delivers on enough of its promise to be forgiven its superlative title. A few notable blockbusters are missing, like "O soave fanciulla" from La bohème and the evening prayer from Hansel and Gretel, but overall the collection covers its territory well -- from the famous ...

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The Most Famous Opera Arias (1994) more music like this

performed by Agnes Baltsa (vocals), Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Anna Moffo (vocals), Edita Gruberová (vocals), Ghena Dimitrova (vocals), Lucia Popp (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Plácido Domingo (vocals), Yelena Obraztsova (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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The Best of Italian Opera (1997) more music like this

performed by Anna Moffo (vocals), Carlo del Monte (vocals), Floriana Cavalli (vocals), Franco Corelli (tenor), Giuseppe Campora (vocals), Mario Sereni (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone), Victoria de Los Angeles (soprano)
composed by Adrian Denss, Amilcare Ponchielli, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Bizet: Carmen (1997) more music like this

performed by Andrea Guiot (soprano), Claude Cales (baritone), Jacques Mars (bass), Jacques Pruvost (vocals), Jane Berbie (vocals), Jean-Paul Vauquelin (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Maurice Maievski (vocals), Nadine Sautereau (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
composed by Georges Bizet

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Puccini: Madama Butterfly (1997) more music like this

performed by Enrico Campi (vocals), Lucia Danieli (vocals), Luisa Villa (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Mario Borriello (vocals), Mario Carlin (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Plinio Clabassi (vocals), Renato Ercolani (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini

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Mendelssohn: Elijah more music like this

performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (baritone), Gwyneth Jones (soprano), Janet Baker (alto), Janet Baker (contralto), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Simon Woolf (soprano), New Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Felix Mendelssohn

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Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi more music like this

performed by Beverly Sills (vocals), Janet Baker (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Raimund Herincx (vocals), Robert Lloyd (vocals), John Alldis Choir (choir, chorus), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Patane (conductor)
composed by Vincenzo Bellini

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Opera Obsession! Act II - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits (2003) more music like this

performed by Alexander Oliver (vocals), Beno Blachut (vocals), Gianni Raimondi (vocals), Giuliano Ciannella (vocals), Heather Harper (vocals), Hermann Prey (vocals), Hetty Plumacher (vocals), Leonore Kirschstein (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals)
composed by Bedrich Smetana, Francesco Cilea, François-Adrien Boieldieu, Fromental Halévy, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Heinrich August Marschner, Jules Massenet, Pietro Mascagni, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Callas: La Divina [Limited Edition] (1995) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Ebe Ticozzi (mezzo-soprano), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Jane Berbie (mezzo-soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), Nadine Sautereau (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Tito Gobbi (baritone)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Ambroise Thomas, Amilcare Ponchielli, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Gaspare Spontini, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Léo Delibes

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The Art of Beverly Sills more music like this

performed by Beverly Sills (soprano), Michel Trempont (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Patricia Kern (vocals), Robert Lloyd (vocals), Stuart Burrows (vocals), Ambrosian Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), John Alldis Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Ambroise Thomas, Douglas S. Moore, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Lehár, Gaetano Donizetti, Gustave Charpentier, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Richard Heuberger, Richard Strauss, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

With the fine job that Beverly Sills has done navigating the treacherous waters of Fine Arts administration and as a gracious host on American public television, it is easy to forget that Sills was once the most popular operatic soprano in the United States. This is partly complicated in that, to date, "Bubbles" (as she is affectionately nicknamed ...

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The Very Best of Mirella Freni (2003) more music like this

performed by Franco Corelli (tenor), Michele Vilma (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Stefania Malagu (mezzo-soprano), La Scala Theater Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Charles Gounod, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Pietro Mascagni, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Mirella Freni was one of the most consistently excellent presences on the operatic stage and on recording for more than 30 years; she sang Mozart, Puccini, and everything in between as if she were tailor made for it. That ability to lend herself to the specific requirements of different composers and styles, and the distinctive beauty of her voice ...

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Maria Callas: The Legend (2000) more music like this

performed by Jane Berbie (mezzo-soprano), Maria Callas (soprano), Nadine Sautereau (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), La Scala Theater Chorus (choir, chorus), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (choir, chorus), Rene Duclos Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Camille Saint-Saëns, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini

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The Very Best of Beverly Sills (2005) more music like this

performed by Alan Titus (baritone), Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Beverly Sills (soprano), Dennis O'Neill (tenor), Donald Gramm (baritone), John Rawnsley (baritone), Malcolm King (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Rolando Panerai (baritone), Samuel Ramey (bass)
composed by Franz Lehár, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet

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Bernstein Conducts Candide more music like this

performed by Adolph Green (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Jerry Hadley (vocals), June Anderson (vocals), Kurt Ollmann (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), London Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), London Symphony Orchestra
composed by Leonard Bernstein

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Rossini: The Barber of Seville (Highlights) (2000) more music like this

performed by Beverly Sills (soprano), Joseph Galiano (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Renato Capecchi (bass), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Sherrill Milnes (baritone), John Alldis Choir (choir, chorus), London Symphony Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)
composed by Gioachino Rossini

On paper, this recording of excerpts (including about half of the music from the opera) looks like a dream version of The Barber of Seville: Beverly Sills, Nicolai Gedda, Sherrill Milnes, Renato Capecchi, and Ruggero Raimondi all conducted by James Levine. It's never less than fully professional, but only occasionally catches fire and lifts off ...

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Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe (The Merry Widow) more music like this

performed by Andre von Mattoni (vocals), Anton Niessner (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Emmy Loose (vocals), Erich Kunz (baritone), Hella Kurty (vocals), Josef Schmidinger (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Otakar Kraus (vocals)
composed by Franz Lehár

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Aria: A Passion for Opera (1994) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Danielle Millet (vocals), Francisco Corelli (vocals), Franco Corelli (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Mady Mesplé (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Montserrat Caballé (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Léo Delibes, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini

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Schumann: Choral Works (2006) more music like this

performed by Andrea Andonian (soprano), Brigitte Lindner (soprano), Bruno Pola (bass), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bass), Doris Soffel (mezzo-soprano), Hans Sotin (bass), Helen Donath (soprano), Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass), Julia Hamari (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Robert Schumann

Schumann's solo piano music has had plenty of advocates, his solo vocal music has had lots of advocates, his orchestral music has had enough advocates, and even his infrequently played chamber music has had a sufficient number of advocates to keep it in the fringes of the standard repertoire. But Schumann's choral music -- forget about it! ...

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Elgar: Choral Works (2006) more music like this

performed by Alexander Young (tenor), Alfreda Hodgson (contralto), Benjamin Luxon (bass), Clifford Grant (bass), Felicity Lott (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Helen Watts (mezzo-soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), John Carol Case (bass)
composed by Edward Elgar, Spoken Word

Anybody who loves the orchestral music of English composer Edward Elgar -- the brilliant Enigma Variations, the passionate Violin Concerto, the heartrending Cello Concerto, the magnificent symphonies, the spectacular overtures, and the virtuosic Bach and Handel transcriptions -- will sooner or later have to deal with his three sacred oratorios: ...

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Berlioz: Damnation of Faust more music like this

performed by Alex Taylor (viola), Ambrosian Singers, Geoffrey Browne (horn), Gillian Knight (vocals), Josephine Veasey (soprano), Jules Bastin (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Richard van Allan (vocals), London Symphony Chorus and Orchestra (choir, chorus)
composed by Hector Berlioz

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Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex (1992) more music like this

performed by Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals), Hans Sotin (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (vocals), Patrice Chereau (vocals), Simon Estes (vocals), Vinson Cole (vocals), Eric Ericson Chamber Choir (choir, chorus), Swedish Radio Choir (choir, chorus)
composed by Igor Stravinsky

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Beethoven: Christus am Ölberge (2004) more music like this

performed by Christina Deutekom (soprano), Hans Sotin (bass), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Bonn Philharmonic Chorus (choir, chorus), Bonn Theatre Chorus (choir, chorus), Orchester der Beethovenhalle, Bonn, Volker Wagenheim (conductor)
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven

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Maria Callas 100 Best Classics (2006) more music like this

performed by Angelo Mercuriali (tenor), Anna Maria Canali (mezzo-soprano), Anna Moffo (soprano), Aurora Cattelani (soprano), Carlo Forti (bass), Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo-soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (mezzo-soprano), Franco Calabrese (bass)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Ambroise Thomas, Amilcare Ponchielli, Arrigo Boito, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Gaspare Spontini, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi

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Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (2000) more music like this

performed by Agnes Giebel (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Franz Crass (vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals), Gottlob Frick (vocals), Gundula Janowitz (vocals), Josephine Veasey (vocals), Lucia Popp (vocals), Marga Höffgen (vocals)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Bach: Mass in B minor (2005) more music like this

performed by Agnes Giebel (soprano), Franz Crass (bass), Hermann Prey (baritone), Janet Baker (alto), Janet Baker (soprano), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), BBC Symphony Chorus (choir, chorus), New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
composed by Johann Sebastian Bach

1967! What a year! The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper! John Coltrane's Interstellar Space! Frank Sinatra with Antonio Carlos Jobim! And, of course, Otto Klemperer's Bach's B minor Mass! Has any year ever had it so good?Nearly 40 years on, Sgt. Pepper is still the ultimate rock album, Interstellar Space is still the most far-out jazz album, Sinatra's Bossa ...

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