This is a fine introduction to Jessye Norman's work and expands on a couple of her earlier "best of" releases, but even so, it represents a limited portion of her wide repertoire. The first disc is all German Romantic works, beginning with scenes from Wagner that she recorded in the late '80s with the London Philharmonic and Klaus Tennstedt. The ...
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Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Bernadette Manca di Nissa (vocals), Carlo Guelfi (vocals), Cristina Gallardo-Domas (vocals), Felicity Palmer (vocals), José van Dam (vocals), Luigi Roni (vocals), Maria Guleghina (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals)
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Anne Sofie von Otter (vocals), Gunter Emmerlich (vocals), Jurgen Hartfiel (vocals), Michel Sénéchal (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Paata Burchuladze (vocals), Rosemarie Lang (vocals), Ruthild Engert (vocals)
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Angela Gheorghiu (vocals), Carlo Bergonzi (vocals), Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (vocals), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (vocals), Frank Lopardo (vocals), Gegam Grigorian (vocals), Huguette Tourangeau (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), Joan Sutherland (soprano)
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Armando Gabba (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Edita Gruberová (vocals), Geoffrey Moses (vocals), Jean Rigby (vocals), Kurt Rydl (vocals), Maria Grazia Pittavini (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Renato Bruson (vocals), Robert Lloyd (vocals)
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Alastair Miles (vocals), Istvan Gati (vocals), Janusz Monarcha (vocals), Johann Reinprecht (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Regina Schörg (vocals), Soile Isokoski (vocals), Zoran Todorovic (vocals), Vienna State Opera Chorus (choir, chorus)
La Juive was among the most frequently performed operas of its day, and it is still regarded as a masterpiece of French grand opera. But the sheer size and expense of mounting the work have made productions scarce in modern times, and there has yet to be a studio recording made. This live recording from 1998 on RCA Red Seal is easily the most ...
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Alfredo Kraus (tenor), Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Dresden Staatskapelle, Enrico Caruso (tenor), Ernst Haefliger (tenor), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Franco Corelli (tenor), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor)
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Beniamino Gigli (tenor), Benoit Boutet (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Enrico Caruso (tenor), Francisco Araiza (tenor), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Graham Clark (tenor), Helge Rosvaenge (tenor), José Carreras (tenor), José Cura (tenor)
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Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Jerry Hadley (tenor), Jess Thomas (tenor), José Carreras (tenor), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Stuart Burrows (tenor)
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Andreas Schmidt (baritone), Claes-Hĺkan Ahnsjo (tenor), Lucia Aliberti (soprano), Mara Zampieri (soprano), Miomir Nikolic (bass), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Petteri Salomaa (bass), Ralph Leopold Neubert (soprano), Renato Bruson (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass)
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Alexander Oliver (vocals), Ann Murray (vocals), Dale Duesing (vocals), Dinah Bryant (vocals), Jessye Norman (vocals), Jocelyne Taillon (vocals), José van Dam (vocals), Kurt Rydl (vocals), Luciana Serra (vocals), Marcel Vanaud (vocals)
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Alastair Miles (bass), Alexandru Agache (vocals), Ambrosian Singers (vocals), Bernard Lombardo (vocals), Diana Montague (vocals), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Francesco Piccoli (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), London Symphony Orchestra
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Francois LeRoux (vocals), Gerard Garino (vocals), Ghylaine Raphanel (vocals), Jean Rigby (vocals), Jean-Philippe Courtis (vocals), Jessye Norman (vocals), Mirella Freni (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Nicolas Rivenq (vocals), Pierre Sebastian (vocals)
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Francois le Roux (vocals), Gerard Garino (vocals), Ghylaine Raphanel (vocals), Jean Rigby (vocals), Jessye Norman (mezzo-soprano), Mirella Freni (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Simon Estes (vocals), French Radio Choir (choir, chorus)
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Alastair Miles (vocals), Ambrosian Singers (vocals), David Barrell (vocals), Edita Gruberová (vocals), Fabrizio Visentin (vocals), Giorgio Zancanaro (vocals), Kim Begley (vocals), Monica Bacelli (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Nicholas Folwell (vocals)
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Armando Gabba (vocals), Brigitte Fassbaender (vocals), Edita Gruberová (vocals), Geoffrey Moses (vocals), Jean Rigby (vocals), Kurt Rydl (vocals), Maria Grazia Pittavini (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Renato Bruson (vocals), Robert Lloyd (vocals)
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Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Carlo Bergonzi (tenor), Christoph Prégardien (tenor), English Baroque Soloists, Eugen Jochum (tenor), Frank Lopardo (tenor), Fritz Wunderlich (tenor), Jean-Paul Fouchecourt (tenor), José Carreras (tenor), Karl Böhm (tenor)
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Alfred Sramek (vocals), Bo Skovhus (vocals), Boaz Daniel (vocals), Cosmin Ifrim (vocals), David Cale Johnson (vocals), Eric Halfvarson (vocals), Geert Smits (vocals), Janusz Monarcha (vocals), John Dickie (vocals), John Nuzzo (vocals)
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Alastair Miles (bass), Ambrosian Singers (vocals), David Barrell (vocals), Edita Gruberová (vocals), Giorgio Zancanaro (baritone), Kim Begley (vocals), Monica Bacelli (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Patricia Spence (vocals), Peter Sidhom (vocals)
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Andrea Baggio (sound effects), Anthony Michaels-Moore (vocals), Carol Vaness (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Roberto Scandiuzzi (vocals), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino (choir, chorus), Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra, Fabio Luisi (conductor)
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Armando Gabba (baritone), Brigitte Fassbaender (mezzo-soprano), Edita Gruberová (soprano), Geoffrey Moses (bass), Neil Shicoff (tenor), Renato Bruson (baritone), Robert Lloyd (bass), William Matteuzzi (tenor), Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra
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Alexander Anissimov (vocals), Dmitri Hvorostovsky (vocals), Francis Egerton (tenor), Herve Hennequin (vocals), Irina Arkhipova (vocals), Neil Shicoff (vocals), Nuccia Focile (soprano), Olga Borodina (mezzo-soprano), Sarah Walker (mezzo-soprano)
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