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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Pavarotti's Greatest Hits (1985) more music like this

performed by Eric Garrett (vocals), Gian Carlo Laccardi (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Royal Opera House Chorus Covent Garden (choir, chorus)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Ernesto de Curtis, Franz Schubert, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Luigi Denza, Richard Strauss, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Vincenzo Bellini

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Richard Strauss: Vier letzte Lieder; Tod und Verklärung more music like this

performed by Gundula Janowitz (soprano), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss

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Night Songs (2001) more music like this

performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano), Renée Fleming (soprano)
composed by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, Joseph Marx, Richard Strauss, Sergey Rachmaninov

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Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie (1990) more music like this

performed by Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss

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Homage: The Age of the Diva (2006) more music like this

performed by Kirill Terentiev (violin), Renée Fleming (soprano), Yvona Skvarova (vocals), Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Orchestra, Valery Gergiev (conductor)
composed by Bedrich Smetana, Charles Gounod, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Francesco Cilea, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Leos Janácek, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss

In light of the operatic world's eagerness to project an image of hipness and currency in the early 2000s, Renée Fleming's Homage: The Age of the Diva could seem anachronistic or reactionary in its unabashed celebration of the past, especially coming from an artist that released recordings of contemporary song cycles and vocal jazz in the ...

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Kathleen Battle at Carnegie Hall more music like this

performed by Kathleen Battle (soprano), Margo Garrett (piano)
composed by American Traditional, Anonymous, Franz Liszt, George Frederick Handel, George Gershwin, Gustave Charpentier, Johann Strauss II, Richard Strauss, Sergey Rachmaninov, Traditional Spiritual, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Favorite Arias by the World's Favorite Tenors (1991) more music like this

performed by Ingvar Wixell (baritone), José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor)
composed by Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Strauss, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano

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Des Knaben Wunderhorn (2006) more music like this

performed by Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Thomas Hampson (baritone)
composed by Alexander von Zemlinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, Carl Loewe, Carl Maria von Weber, Felix Mendelssohn, Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Robert Schumann

Strong but soulful singing, sympathetic but characterful accompanying, inspired programming and a rich recording: what's not to like? As it turns out, nothing: baritone Thomas Hampson and pianist Geoffrey Parsons were an unbeatable partnership and their 1989 recording of settings of poems from Des Knaben Wunderhorn is full of superb performances. ...

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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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Amor: Opera Scenes and Lieder by Richard Strauss (2004) more music like this

performed by Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano), Felicity Lott (soprano), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Sophie Koch (mezzo-soprano), Thomas Allen (baritone), Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss

Natalie Dessay's Amor, a collection of operatic scenes and lieder of Richard Strauss, is anchored by her all-star turn in the role of Zerbinetta. It is one of her calling cards, and for good reason: her blend of attitude, sparkle, and vocal agility are perfectly matched to the part. Every phrase she utters effuses the manipulative charm at the ...

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Breathe: The Relaxing Piano (2005) more music like this

performed by Horacio Gutierrez (piano), Jacques Loussier Trio, John O'Conor (piano), Lang Lang (piano), Michael Chertock (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano)
composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Claude Debussy, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Franz Schubert, George Gershwin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Sergey Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Jussi Björling Ultimate Collection (1999) more music like this

performed by Emil Markow (vocals), Fernando Corena (bass), Frederick Schauwecker (piano), Giorgio Tozzi (vocals), Jussi Björling (tenor), Licia Albanese (vocals), Mario Sereni (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), Renata Tebaldi (vocals), Robert Merrill (vocals)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Charles Gounod, Edvard Grieg, Franz Schubert, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano

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Marian Anderson Sings Bach, Brahms, Schubert (1989) more music like this

performed by Franz Rupp (piano), Kosti Vehanen (piano), Marian Anderson (vocals), San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Victor Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Anonymous, Franz Schubert, George Frederick Handel, Giuseppe Verdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Richard Strauss, Robert Schumann, Sergey Rachmaninov, Traditional Spiritual

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Signatures-Great Opera Scenes (1997) more music like this

performed by Jonathan Summers (vocals), Larissa Diadkova (vocals), Larissa Diadkova (mezzo-soprano), Renée Fleming (vocals), London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti (conductor)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Benjamin Britten, Giuseppe Verdi, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Obsessions (Wagner & Strauss: Arias and Scenes) (2004) more music like this

performed by Deborah Voigt (soprano), Natascha Petrinsky (mezzo-soprano), Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Richard Armstrong (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner

Obsessions is Deborah Voigt's long-overdue solo recording debut. Blazing her way through excerpts from the dramatic roles of Wagner and Strauss, she shows why she has dominated that repertory on the world's biggest stages since the early '90s. It's exciting to hear a voice with such carrying power, but also a youthful beauty that many singers of ...

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Richard Strauss: Enoch Arden (2007) more music like this

performed by Emanuel Ax (piano), Patrick Stewart (spoken word)
composed by Richard Strauss

The melodrama, a genre in which a spoken text is declaimed over a musical accompaniment, was a popular form in the nineteenth century, but it failed to thrive in the twentieth. While performances of Strauss' 1897 setting of Tennyson's narrative poem "Enoch Arden" remain rare, it has aged well, and performances as fine as this are a testimony to ...

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Opera Obsession! - Opera d'Oro's Greatest Hits (2002) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (vocals), Anna Pedrotti (vocals), Beverly Sills (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Dimiter Petkov (vocals), Enrique Serra (vocals), Ettore Bastianini (vocals), Fernando Corena (vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Arrigo Boito, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Hector Berlioz, Jules Massenet, Richard Strauss, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Prayers (2000) more music like this

performed by James Conlon (piano), Sumi Jo (soprano), Susan Graham (mezzo-soprano), Cologne Philharmonic, James Conlon (conductor)
composed by Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Frederick Loewe, Gabriel Fauré, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Giulio Caccini, Johann Strauss II, Leonard Bernstein, Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss, Traditional Spiritual, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Zbigniew Preisner

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Richard Strauss: Eine Alpensinfonie more music like this

performed by David Bell (organ), Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss

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R. Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1998) more music like this

performed by Adolf Tomaschek (vocals), Alexander Maly (vocals), Alfred Jerger (vocals), Anne Howells (vocals), Arleen Augér (vocals), Emmy Loose (vocals), Franz Setzer (vocals), Friedrich Strack (vocals), Hans Pipal (vocals), Hans Reautschnigg (vocals)
composed by Richard Strauss

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Kate Royal (2007) more music like this

performed by Kate Royal (soprano), Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Edward Gardner (conductor)
composed by Carl Orff, Claude Debussy, English Traditional, Enrique Granados, Igor Stravinsky, Joaquín Rodrigo, Joseph Marie Canteloube, Léo Delibes, Maurice Ravel, Richard Strauss

Soprano Kate Royal's debut solos album is appealing on a number of levels. The program she has chosen is quirky and diverse and refreshingly free of the big showpieces that young singers often strut out in their first recital in an attempt to wow the audience. More than half the disc is devoted to Spanish or Spanish-influenced French music, ...

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The Miracle of the Voice (2006) more music like this

performed by Aglaja Orgeni (candenza), Andre Ceccarelli (drums), Claude Nougaro (vocals), Laurent Naouri (vocals), Ludovic Tezier (vocals), Natalie Dessay (soprano), Nicolas Cavallier (vocals), Rosario Bonaccorso (double bass), Yvan Cassar (piano)
composed by Alexander Alyabyev, Charles Gounod, Emmanuel Chabrier, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Igor Stravinsky, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Jules Massenet, Léo Delibes, Leonard Bernstein, Philippe Rombi, Richard Strauss

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Richard Strauss: Don Juan; Don Quixote (1991) more music like this

performed by Franz Bartolomey (cello), Heinrich Koll (viola), Rainer Kuchl (violin), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, André Previn (conductor)
composed by Richard Strauss

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Opera Recital [Includes Bonus DVD] (2006) more music like this

performed by Florian Laconi (tenor), Rolando Villazón (tenor), Theresa Blank (contralto), Bavarian Radio Chorus (choir, chorus), Munich Radio Orchestra, Michel Plasson (conductor)
composed by Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Pietro Mascagni, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Strauss, Umberto Giordano

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