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1. Puccini: Madama Butterfly
performed by Anthony Laciura (vocals), Hidenori Komatsu (vocals), Hitomi Katagiri (vocals), José Carreras (tenor), Juan Pons (vocals), Judith Howarth (vocals), Kurt Rydl (vocals), Marianne Rørholm (vocals), Mark Curtis (vocals), Mirella Freni (soprano)
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3. Verdi: Falstaff
performed by Anna Moffo (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Fedora Barbieri (vocals), Luigi Alva (vocals), Nan Merriman (vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (vocals), Renato Ercolani (vocals), Rolando Panerai (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Tomaso Spataro (vocals)
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5. R. Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos
performed by Alfred Neugebauer (vocals), Anny Felbermayer (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Fritz Ollendorf (vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals), Grace Hoffmann (vocals), Helmut Krebs (vocals), Hermann Prey (vocals), Hugues Cuénod (vocals)
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6. Rossini: Stabat Mater (2006)
performed by Dalmacio Gonzalez (tenor), Katia Ricciarelli (soprano), Lucia Valentini Terrani (soprano), Ruggero Raimondi (bass), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Carlo Maria Giulini (conductor)
composed by Gioachino RossiniThere's no doubting Gioachino Rossini's sincerity in his Stabat Mater -- he himself was so moved by the piece that he couldn't bear to attend the work's dress ... More
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7. Mozart: Horn Concertos 1-4; Quintet K 452 (1997)
performed by Cecil James (bassoon), Colin Horsley (piano), Dennis Brain (horn), Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, Leonard Brain (oboe), Stephen Waters (clarinet), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Herbert von Karajan (conductor)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartIt's only a matter of time until everyone in the world has a copy of Dennis Brain's 1954 recordings of Mozart's Horn Concerto. And why shouldn't they? Witty, ... More
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8. The Swan: Classic works for cello and orchestra (2000)
performed by Aline Brewer (harp), Daniel Pailthorpe (flute), Han-Na Chang (cello), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Leonard Slatkin (conductor)
composed by Alexander Glazunov, Antonin Dvorák, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, Max Bruch, Ottorino Respighi, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Yun Joon Kim -
9. Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1958)
performed by Fritz Ollendorf (vocals), Gabriella Carturan (mezzo-soprano), Luigi Alva (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Mario Carlin (tenor), Nicola Zaccaria (bass), Tito Gobbi (baritone), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London
composed by Gioachino RossiniEMI's 1957 Il barbiere di Siviglia remains near the top of the pack of recorded performances of the opera. As important as the fine cast is in making this a ... More
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11. Wagner: Wesendonck-Lieder; Arias (2004)
performed by Elisabeth Höngen (mezzo-soprano), Gerald Moore (piano), Kirsten Flagstad (soprano), Set Svanholm (tenor), Philharmonia Orchestra of London
composed by Richard WagnerList of all editionsEMI Classics' represents the work of Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad in its Great Artists of the Century series through a collection entitled Wagner: ... More
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12. Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro (1989)
performed by Anna Moffo (vocals), Diana Cunningham (vocals), Dora Gatta (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Elisabetta Fusco (vocals), Fiorenza Cossotto (vocals), Gillian Spencer (vocals), Giuseppe Taddei (vocals)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartList of all editionsWhy not another record another Le nozze di Figaro? When this studio performance was taped in 1959, there had already been three great postwar recordings of the ... More
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13. Khachaturian: Violin Concerto; Taneyev: Suite de concert (2006)
performed by David Oistrakh (violin), Philharmonia Orchestra of London
composed by Aram Khachaturian, Sergei TaneyevList of all editionsAlthough it is certainly possible to debate the relative merits of violinist David Oistrakh's recordings of the standard nineteenth century German concerto ... More
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14. Richard Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier (1996)
performed by Anny Felbermayer (vocals), Christa Ludwig (vocals), Eberhard Wächter (vocals), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (vocals), Erich Majkut (vocals), Franz Bierbach (vocals), Gerhard Unger (vocals), Harald Proglhoff (vocals), Karl Friedrich (vocals)
composed by Richard StraussList of all editionsThough there are good reasons for hearing other recordings of Der Rosenkavalier -- the endlessly attractive 1954 Decca recording with Reining, Jurinac, Gueden, ... More
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15. Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty
performed by Philharmonia Orchestra of London, George Weldon (conductor)
composed by Pyotr Il'yich TchaikovskyList of all editionsIn reissuing George Weldon's 1956 performance with the Philharmonia Orchestra of Tchaikovsky's Sleeping Beauty as a double-disc package in the Classics for ... More
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16. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (1993)
performed by Bernardo Ladysz (vocals), Ferruccio Tagliavini (tenor), Leonard del Ferro (vocals), Margreta Elkins (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Piero Cappuccilli (vocals), Renzo Casellato (vocals), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus)
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18. Wagner: Tristan und Isolde (1993)
performed by Blanche Thebom (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Edgar Evans (vocals), Josef Greindl (vocals), Kirsten Flagstad (vocals), Ludwig Suthaus (vocals), Rhoderick Davies (vocals), Rudolf Schock (vocals)
composed by Richard WagnerList of all editionsWilhelm Furtwängler's 1952 EMI recording of Tristan und Isolde with the Philharmonia Orchestra is a gold standard among recordings of the opera. The integrity of ... More
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19. Christa Ludwig sings Wagner, Brahms, Mahler & Beethoven (2006)
performed by Christa Ludwig (mezzo-soprano), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Otto Klemperer (conductor)
composed by Gustav Mahler, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard WagnerList of all editionsDespite what one might initially think, the best performances here are not the Brahms Alto Rhapsody or even the Mahler lieder. No, as great as those performances ... More
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23. Diva!: A Soprano at the Movies (2005)
performed by Lesley Garrett (soprano), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Andrew Greenwood (conductor)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonin Dvorák, Charles Gounod, George Forrest / Robert Wright, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Jacques Offenbach, Joseph Canteloube, Léo Delibes, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -
24. Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1 (2006)
performed by Yundi Li (piano), Philharmonia Orchestra of London, Andrew Davis (conductor)
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25. Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia (1958)
performed by Fritz Ollendorf (vocals), Gabriella Carturan (vocals), Luigi Alva (vocals), Maria Callas (vocals), Mario Carlin (vocals), Nicola Zaccaria (vocals), Tito Gobbi (vocals), Philharmonia Chorus (choir, chorus), Philharmonia Orchestra of London
composed by Gioachino RossiniList of all editionsEMI's 1957 Il barbiere di Siviglia remains near the top of the pack of recorded performances of the opera. As important as the fine cast is in making this a ... More



