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 bohčme and the evening prayer from Hansel and Gretel, but overall the collection covers its territory well -- from the famous ...

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The #1 Opera Album (2000) more music like this

performed by Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (soprano), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Gino Quilico (vocals), Gregory Cross (vocals), Huguette Tourangeau (vocals)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Léo Delibes, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano

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Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favourite Opera For Children (1994) more music like this

performed by Berit Lindholm (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Claudia Hellmann (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Hermann Prey (vocals), Jacques Charon (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), José van Dam (bass), Julia Hamari (vocals)
composed by Charles Gounod, Engelbert Humperdinck, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Twilight of the Gods: The Essential Wagner Collection (1998) more music like this

performed by Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (choir, chorus), Bayreuther Festspiele Chor (choir, chorus), Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden (choir, chorus)
composed by Richard Wagner

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The Only Classical CD You'll Ever Need! (1999) more music like this

performed by Artur Rubinstein (piano), Baroque Chamber Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, Jose-Luis Garcia (violin)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Claude Debussy, Gioachino Rossini, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Strauss II, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Sergey Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Nessun Dorma: 20 Great Tenor Arias (1998) more music like this

performed by Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Franco Corelli (tenor), Giacomo Aragall (Aragali) (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Hannelore Bode (vocals), José Carreras (tenor), Jussi Björling (tenor), Kurt Moll (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Mario del Monaco (tenor)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano

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William Primrose: Viola Transcriptions (2006) more music like this

performed by Robert Koenig (piano), Roberto Diaz (viola)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Efrem Zimbalist, Flausino Vale, Franz Schubert, Georges Bizet, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Johannes Brahms, Julián Aguirre, Ludwig van Beethoven, Niccolň Paganini, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner

When not at his day job as president and CEO of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia, Roberto Diaz is a violist of international reputation. He has an international reputation because, as this recital shows, Diaz is also a violist with impeccable taste and a prodigious technique. In 12 transcriptions by English viola virtuoso ...

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Romantic Adagios II (2003) more music like this

performed by Arthur Grumiaux (violin), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Christopher Hirons (violin), Clifford Curzon (piano), Dorothy Weldon Masella (harp), Jaap Schroder (violin), Jeffrey Khaner (flute), Jorge Bolet (piano), Joshua Bell (violin), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello)
composed by Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Richard Wagner, Sergey Rachmaninov

The title is Romantic Adagios II. The description is "Over 2 1/2 hours of the world's most passionate music." What these are, in other words, are two discs of seduction music, which is fine. Using music for seductive purposes is the oldest ploy in the world. From Orpheus up to Ol' Blue Eyes, music hath charms to arouse, inflame, and incite ...

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Wagner: Love Duets (2000) more music like this

performed by Deborah Voigt (soprano), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Violeta Urmana (mezzo-soprano), Royal Opera House Chorus and Orchestra Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner

Operatic love duets are usually associated with Italian romantic opera, but two of the most ecstatic duets ever composed come from the pen of Richard Wagner; the final scene of Siegfried is certainly one of the longest love duets ever written. The Act 2 duet from Tristan und Isolde as recorded here features a concert ending written by Wagner ...

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Wagner: The "Ring" Without Words (1988) more music like this

performed by Berliner Philharmoniker, Lorin Maazel (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner

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The #1 Opera Album II (2007) more music like this

performed by Anita Cerquetti (soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Bryn Terfel (baritone), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Franz Lehár, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, Jules Massenet, Richard Wagner

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Wagner: Overture & Preludes (1993) more music like this

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25 Opera Favorites (1997) more music like this

performed by Anne-Marie Owens (vocals), Elvira Cirje-Druica (vocals), Eugenia Moldoveanu (vocals), Ion Buzea (tenor), Ion Buzea (vocals), John Oakman (tenor), John Oakman (vocals), Ludovic Spiess (vocals), Madeline Tsingopoulos (vocals), Magda Ianculescu (vocals)
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Aria: Opera without Words (2007) more music like this

performed by Jean-Yves Thibaudet (piano)
composed by Alfred Grünfeld, Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Giacomo Puccini, Giovanni Sgambati, Percy Grainger, Richard Wagner, Thibaudet, Jean-Yves / Kerber, Randy, Vincenzo Bellini, Yvar Mikhashoff

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Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde more music like this

performed by Bernd Weikl (baritone), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Helga Dernesch (soprano), Jon Vickers (tenor), Karl Ridderbusch (bass), Martin Vantin (baritone), Peter Schreier (tenor), Walter Berry (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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Operas Greatest Moments (1992) more music like this

performed by Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Anna Moffo (soprano), Ben Heppner (tenor), David Syrus (harpsichord), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (baritone), Eva Marton (soprano), Helen Donath (soprano), Ileana Cotrubas (soprano), Jessye Norman (soprano), Julia Varady (soprano)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Essential Opera (2005) more music like this

performed by Bernd Weikl (bass baritone), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Frederica Von Stade (mezzo-soprano), Gino Quilico (baritone), Gregory Cross (tenor), Huguette Tourangeau (mezzo-soprano), Jane Berbie (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Charles Gounod, Francesco Cilea, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Léo Delibes, Pietro Mascagni, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, 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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Bryn Terfel: Opernarien more music like this

performed by Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine (conductor)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Charles Gounod, Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Panorama: Richard Wagner, Vol. 2 (2000) more music like this

performed by Anna Reynolds (vocals), Catherine Gayer (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Donald Grobe (vocals), Edda Moser (vocals), Gerhard Stolze (vocals), Gundula Janowitz (vocals), Helen Donath (vocals), Helga Dernesch (vocals), Helge Brilioth (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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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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Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1999) more music like this

performed by Geraint Evans (vocals), Helen Donath (vocals), Karl Ridderbusch (vocals), Peter Schreier (vocals), René Kollo (vocals), Ruth Hesse (vocals), Dresden State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), Dresden Staatskapelle, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner

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The Kiss: Music for Love and Passion (1994) more music like this

performed by Christian Favre (piano), Jörg Demus (piano), Roland Keller (piano)
composed by Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, Giuseppe Verdi, Maurice Ravel, Otto Nicolai, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Richard Wagner

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Tune Your Brain-Music to Manage Your Mind, Body and Mood (1997) more music like this

performed by Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos, Cheryl Studer (soprano), English Baroque Soloists, Géza Anda (piano), Gil Shaham (violin), Renaissance Band, Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica, Tamas Vasary (piano), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
composed by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, Gregorian Chant, Gustav Holst, Joan Ambrosio Dalza, Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Wagner, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Wagner: Rienzi (1999) more music like this

performed by Gunther Leib (vocals), Ingeborg Springer (vocals), Janis Martin (vocals), Nikolaus Hillebrand (vocals), Peter Schreier (vocals), René Kollo (vocals), Siegfried Vogel (vocals), Siv Wennberg (vocals), Theo Adam (vocals)
composed by Richard Wagner

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