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1. Puccini: La Bohème (1987)
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 ... More
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2. La Bohème: The Dream Cast [Highlights] (2002)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Dennis O'Neill (vocals), Elisabetta Scano (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Ettore Bastianini (vocals), Gianni Maffeo (vocals), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
La bohème has always batted cleanup in the repertory, and never more so than at the beginning of the twenty-first century: crossover star Andrea ... More
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3. Puccini: La Bohème [Highlights] (1989)
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 ... More
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4. Giacomo Puccini: Puccini Gala (1998)
performed by Alfredo Mariotti (vocals), Birgit Nilsson (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), José Carreras (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Maria Chiara (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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5. The Greatest Puccini Recordings Ever Made (2008)
performed by Anthony Laciura (vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Dwayne Croft (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Elke Schary (vocals), Erna Muhlberger (vocals), Evamaria Hurdes (vocals), Federico Davia (vocals), Gernot Pietsch (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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6. The #1 Opera Album II (2007)
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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7. Tippett: The Midsummer Marriage (1995)
performed by Alberto Remedios (tenor), Andrew Daniels (tenor), David Whelan (baritone), Elizabeth Bainbridge (mezzo-soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Helen Watts (contralto), Joan Carlyle (soprano), Raimund Herincx (baritone), Stafford Dean (bass)
composed by Michael Tippett
Lyrita is to be commended for reissuing Colin Davis' superb 1970 recording of The Midsummer Marriage, one of the most lyrically radiant, atmospheric, ... More
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8. Greatest Hits: Opera (2005)
performed by Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Barbro Ericson (mezzo-soprano), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Carlotta Ordassy (mezzo-soprano), Cvetka Ahlin (mezzo-soprano), Danica Mastilovic (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Gianni Maffeo (baritone)
composed by Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Léo Delibes, Richard Wagner, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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9. Sacred Classics (1996)
performed by Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Helen Donath (vocals), Janet Baker (vocals), José van Dam (vocals), Julia Hamari (vocals), Lisa Otto (vocals), Lucia Valentini Terrani (vocals)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, César Franck, Charles Gounod, Edward Elgar, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gregorio Allegri, Hector Berlioz, Johann Sebastian Bach
Sacred Classics is a two-disc compilation of favorite religious arias and choruses selected from EMI's extensive catalog of fine performances. ... More
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10. Amor: Opera's Great Love Songs (1998)
performed by Alfredo Mariotti (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), José Carreras (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Marilyn Horne (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals)
composed by Amilcare Ponchielli, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Umberto Giordano, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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11. Sullivan: Yeomen Of The Guard; Trial By Jury (1989)
performed by Ann Hood (vocals), Anthony Raffell (vocals), David Palmer (vocals), Donald Adams (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Gillian Knight (vocals), John Reed (vocals), Kenneth Sandford (vocals), Margaret Eales (vocals), Philip Potter (vocals)
composed by Arthur Sullivan
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12. Handel: Messiah (1993)
performed by Alexander Young (tenor), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), John Shirley-Quirk (bass baritone), Norma Procter (contralto), Royal Choral Society (choir, chorus), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Malcolm Sargent (conductor)
composed by George Frederick Handel
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13. Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Opera for Everyone (1994)
performed by Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), English Chamber Orchestra (chamber ensemble), Huguette Tourangeau (vocals), Jane Berbié (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jacques Offenbach, Léo Delibes, Ruggero Leoncavallo
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14. Britten: A Midsummer Night's Dream (1990)
performed by Alfred Deller (vocals), David Kelly (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Heather Harper (vocals), Helen Watts (vocals), John Shirley-Quirk (vocals), Josephine Veasey (vocals), Keith Raggett (vocals), Kenneth MacDonald (vocals), Norman Lumsden (vocals)
composed by Benjamin Britten
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15. Franz Lehár: Die lustige Witwe; Franz von Suppé: Ouverturen (1992)
performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Donald Grobe (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Karl Renard (vocals), René Kollo (vocals), Teresa Stratas (vocals), Werner Hollweg (tenor), Werner Krenn (tenor), Zoltan Kelemen (vocals)
composed by Franz Lehár, Franz von Suppé
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16. Puccini: Opera Arias (2003)
performed by Bruno Prevedi (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Fiorenza Cossotto (soprano), Gianni Maffeo (baritone), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), James McCracken (tenor), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Leona Mitchell (soprano)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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17. A Night at the Opera, The World's Greatest Operas (2007)
performed by Alberto Rinaldi (vocals), Alessandro Maddalena (vocals), Anna Pedrotti (vocals), Anne Pashley (vocals), Carlo Meliciani (vocals), Elio Prisco (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Elke Schary (vocals), Fernando Jacopucci (vocals)
composed by Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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18. Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Love Songs (1994)
performed by Christian du Plessis (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Italo Tajo (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), John Gibbs (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Marilyn Horne (soprano), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano), Renata Tebaldi (soprano)
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Francesco Cilea, Friedrich von Flotow, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Pietro Mascagni
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19. Puccini: Great Arias (1988)
performed by Alfredo Mariotti (baritone), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Franco Corelli (tenor), Jack Rance (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Maria Chiara (soprano), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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20. Giacomo Puccini: La bohème (1987)
performed by Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Gernot Pietsch (vocals), Gianni Maffeo (vocals), Hans-Dieter Appelt (vocals), Hans-Dietrich Pohl (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini, Spoken Word
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 ... More
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21. Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Puccini (1994)
performed by Christa Ludwig (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Elke Schary (vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals), Italo Tajo (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Leontyne Price (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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22. Gilbert & Sullivan: Ruddigore; The Merchant of Venice Suite (2008)
performed by Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Elsie Morison (soprano), George Baker (baritone), Harold Blackburn (bass), Joseph Rouleau (bass), Monica Sinclair (contralto), Owen Brannigan (bass), Pamela Bowden (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor)
composed by Arthur Sullivan
Coming after the huge success of The Mikado, it was almost inevitable that the premiere of Gilbert and Sullivan's Ruddigore would fall short of the ... More
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23. The #1 Soprano Album (2002)
performed by Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Anita Cerquetti (soprano), Barbara Bonney (soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Beverly Sills (soprano), Birgit Nilsson (soprano), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Elizabeth Harwood (soprano), Frederica Von Stade (mezzo-soprano)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, American Traditional, Carl Orff, Charles Gounod, Franz Schubert, Friedrich von Flotow, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II
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24. Essential Puccini (2001)
performed by Alfredo Mariotti (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Cornell MacNeil (vocals), Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Franco Corelli (vocals), Gianni Maffeo (vocals), Giuseppe di Stefano (vocals), Italo Tajo (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals)
composed by Giacomo Puccini
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25. Luciano Pavarotti: My Favourite Showstoppers (1994)
performed by Elizabeth Harwood (vocals), Eric Garrett (vocals), Graham Clark (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Leo Nucci (baritone), Leontyne Price (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Marilyn Horne (soprano), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Mirella Freni (soprano)
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Giuseppe Verdi, Jules Massenet, Ruggero Leoncavallo, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini
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