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1. The Most Famous Opera Duets (1994)
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 ... More
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2. Wagner (2013)
performed by Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), Markus Brück (bass baritone), Chor Der Deutschen Oper Berlin (choir, chorus), Orchester Der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Donald Runnicles (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner
German tenor Jonas Kaufmann is among the more versatile of today's singers, with a recorded catalog that stretches from later Italian opera to French ... More
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3. 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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4. 25 Classical Favorites (2004)
performed by Alexander Pervomaysky (violin), Dubravka Tomsic (piano), Ernst Mühlbacher (horn), Frank Morelli (bassoon), Guiomar Novaës (piano), Humbert Lucarelli (oboe), Ingrid Haebler (piano), Jack Wellbaum (piccolo), New York Philomusica Winds, Susan Jolles (harp)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Strauss II, Johannes Brahms, John Philip Sousa, Maurice Ravel, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Sergey Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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5. The #1 Opera Album (2000)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (vocals), Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (vocals), Gino Quilico (vocals), Gregory Cross (vocals), Huguette Tourangeau (vocals), Jane Berbié (vocals), Joan Sutherland (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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6. The Very Best of Maria Callas [Angel] (2002)
performed by La Scala Theater Orchestra, Maria Callas (soprano), ORTF National Orchestra, Paris Conservatory Concert Society Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Amilcare Ponchielli, Camille Saint-Saëns, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Francesco Cilèa, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustave Charpentier, Umberto Giordano, Vincenzo Bellini, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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7. Verdi: Nabucco
performed by Evgeny Nesterenko (vocals), Ghena Dimitrova (soprano), Kurt Rydl (vocals), Lucia Popp (soprano), Lucia Valentini Terrani (vocals), Piero Cappuccilli (vocals), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Volker Horn (vocals), Berlin State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Giuseppe Verdi
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8. Bel Canto (2009)
performed by Adrian Sâmpetrean (vocals), Ekaterina Siurina (vocals), Elina Garanca (mezzo-soprano), Ildebrando D'Arcangelo (vocals), Matthew Polenzani (vocals), Bologna Community Theater Chorus (choir, chorus), I Filarmonici del teatro comunale di Bologna
composed by Gaetano Donizetti, Gioachino Rossini, Vincenzo Bellini
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9. Sergey Prokofiev: 6 Operas (2010)
performed by Alexander Gergalov (vocals), Alexander Morozov (vocals), Alexander Shubin (vocals), Alexandr Mayorov (flute), Alexandr Trushkov (oboe), Alexandr Vasiliev (violin), Andrei Karabanov (vocals), Andrei Khramtsov (vocals), Anna Kovaleva (vocals)
composed by Sergey Prokofiev
The musical world is forever in Valery Gergiev's debt for bringing to light a wealth of Russian operas that had been largely invisible to audiences ... More
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10. Drama Queens (2012)
performed by Il Complesso Barocco, Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano), Alan Curtis (conductor)
composed by Antonio Cesti, Claudio Monteverdi, Franz Joseph Haydn, Geminiano Giacomelli, George Frederick Handel, Giovanni Porta, Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Johann Adolf Hasse, Reinhard Keiser
Following the success of her 2011 album, Diva Divo, mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato presents an exciting collection of virtuosic arias in her 2012 ... More
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11. Wagner: Parsifal (1999)
performed by Alexander Kipnis (bass), Anny Helm (soprano), Charlotte Muller (alto), Cornelis Bronsgeest (baritone), Fritz Wolff (tenor), Gotthelf Pistor (tenor), Hilde Sinnek (soprano), Ingeborg Holmgren (soprano), Ludwig Hoffmann (bass), Maria Nezadal (soprano)
composed by Richard Wagner
Who could resist a 1913 recording of the orchestral suite from Parsifal played by the Berlin Philharmonic and conducted by Alfred Hertz? Certainly ... More
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12. Mad About Romance (1993)
performed by Jules Eskin (cello), Martha Argerich (piano)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Edvard Grieg, Gabriel Fauré, Giacomo Puccini, Jacques Offenbach, Maurice Ravel, Pietro Mascagni, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Sergey Rachmaninov, Umberto Giordano
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13. Pavarotti's Greatest Hits (1980)
performed by Eric Garrett (vocals), Gian Carlo Laccardi (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Opera House Covent Garden Chorus (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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14. Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (1994)
performed by Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Fritz Reiner (conductor)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Mikhail Glinka, Modest Mussorgsky, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
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16. 25 Romantic Classics (1996)
performed by A. Alvarosi (oboe), A. Caroldi (oboe), Alexander Pervomaysky (violin), Arie Vardi (piano), Bert Lucarelli (oboe), Heinz Zickler (trumpet), Helmut Hucke (oboe), I Musici di Zagreb, Leonard Hokanson (piano), Ljiljana Molnar-Talajic (soprano)
composed by Alessandro Marcello, Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli, Charles Gounod, Claude Debussy, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Puccini, Johann Friedrich Fasch, Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms
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17. Toscanini Conducts Wagner (2006)
performed by NBC Symphony Orchestra, Arturo Toscanini (conductor)
composed by Richard Wagner
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18. 25 Mozart Favorites (1996)
performed by Akiko Sagara (piano), Camerata Slavonica, George Silfies (clarinet), Gyorgy Pauk (violin), Jenny Lind Jones (violin), John Korman (viola), John Korman (violin), John Sant'Ambrogio (cello), Jost Michaels (clarinet), New York Philomusica Winds
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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19. Essential Mozart: 32 Of His Greatest Masterpieces (2001)
performed by Academy of Ancient Music, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, András Schiff (piano), Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals), Barry Tuckwell (horn), Bryn Terfel (vocals), Cecilia Bartoli (mezzo-soprano), Emma Kirkby (soprano), Frances Kelly (harp)
composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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20. Christmas with Pavarotti (2005)
performed by Luciano Pavarotti (tenor)
composed by Adolphe Adam, César Franck, Franz Schubert, Gaetano Donizetti, Georges Bizet, Giuseppe Verdi, John Francis Wade, Louis Niedermeyer, Pietro Yon
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21. Suppé: Poet & Peasant (1999)
performed by Hungarian State Opera Orchestra, Janos Sandor (conductor)
composed by Franz von Suppé
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22. Sound the Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell & Handel (2012)
performed by Alison Balsom (trumpet), Iestyn Davies (counter tenor), Lucy Crowe (soprano), Simon Neal (harpsichord), The English Concert, Trevor Pinnock (organ), Trevor Pinnock (harpsichord)
composed by George Frederick Handel, Henry Purcell
British trumpeter Alison Balsom has been popular from the start, and she seems to gain strength as she tackles each new project and expands her range ... More
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23. The Essential Philip Glass (2012)
performed by Bernard Fowler (vocals), Claudia Cummings (soprano), Cornelius Hauptmann (bass), Douglas Perry (tenor), George Andoniadis (organ), Iris Hiskey (soprano), Jack Kripl (flute), Janice Pendarvis (vocals), Jon Gibson (sax), Kronos Quartet
composed by Philip Glass
The Essential Philip Glass is a three-disc 2012 compilation not to be confused with the single-disc 1993 album, The Essential Philip Glass. The ... More
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24. Beethoven (2011)
performed by Agnes Baltsa (contralto), Alexis Weissenberg (piano), Anne-Sophie Mutter (violin), Christoph Eschenbach (piano), David Bell (organ), Erich Schellow (speech/speaker/speaking part), Fritz Kreisler (candenza), Gundula Janowitz (soprano)
composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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25. 50 Classics for Relaxation (2009)
performed by Christian Steiner (piano), Earl Wild (piano), Jose-Luis Garcia (Asensio) (violin), Keith Harvey (cello), Larry Dalton (piano), National Philharmonic Baroque Ensemble, Patrice Fontanarosa (violin), Prague Virtuosi, Skaila Kanga (harp)
composed by American Traditional, Anonymous, Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Charles Gounod, Claude Debussy, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Edward MacDowell, Engelbert Humperdinck, English Traditional, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Liszt, Franz Schubert
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