classical music: highlights (collection legendary)

classical music: highlights

classical music:

Wagner
Richard Wagner, Donald Runnicles, ...

Decca, 2013

Kaufmanns 5th solo album on Decca - specially recorded for the Wagner anniversary year by the worlds leading Wagner tenor. Kaufmann and Wagner is a classic combination: For any Wagnerians whove been slumbering, Fafner-like, in their caves during the last few years, heres your wake-up call: Jonas Kaufmann is the tenor we've been waiting for(Washington Post). A selection of the great Heldentenor scenes and arias coupled with the complete (and ...

50 Must-Have Russian Opera Highlights

Cobra Entertainment LLC, 2013

66 Must-Have Symphony Highlights

Cobra Entertainment LLC, 2013

Drama Queens
Joyce DiDonato

VIRGIN CLASSICS, 2012

Grammy® Award winner Joyce DiDonato joins conductor Alan Curtis and Il complesso barocco for Drama Queens, an electrifying program of royal arias the 17th and 18th centuries, composed by figures as famous as Handel and Vivaldi and as little known as Orlandini and Porta. The impact achieved by Joyce DiDonato with her last Virgin Classics Album, Diva, Divo, was summed up by her triumph at the 2012 Grammy® Awards in February. victor in the ...

Wagner at the Met: Legendary Performances from The Metropolitan Opera
Various Artists

SONY MASTERWORKS, 2013

Wagner at The Met is the first authorized release of Richard Wagner's operatic masterpieces, including the complete Ring Cycle, captured live in historic broadcasts from The Metropolitan Opera. The recordings have been newly restored from the original sources and vividly display the grandeur and immediacy of these legendary, once-in-a-lifetime performances. The casts include such celebrated Wagnerians as Kirsten Flagstad, Lauritz Melchior and ...

100 Must-Have Opera Highlights

Cobra Entertainment LLC, 2012

Wagner: The "Ring" Without Words
Richard Wagner, Lorin Maazel, ...

Telarc, 1990

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Verdi - Rigoletto / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, LSO, Bonynge
Giuseppe Verdi, Richard Bonynge, ...

Decca, 1985

2CD Lso/Bonynge

Songs
Placido Domingo

SONY MASTERWORKS, 2012

After a recording career spanning more than fifty years of classical performances, Placido Domingo fulfills his wish to record an album of famous songs that accompanied his life. The Maestro himself chose the repertoire on SONGS, his first pop album in over twenty years, paying tribute to some of the greatest songwriters and including some of the world's most popular songs from the past seventy years. For this long-awaited new album,Domingo ...

Linn Records 'Label of the Year' Classical Highlights

Linn Records, 2010

Puccini: La Boheme
Giacomo Puccini, Herbert von Karajan, ...

Decca, 1987

2CD Pavarotti/Harwood/Bp/Karajan

Broadway and Beyond the Concert Songs
Colm Wilkinson

CD Baby, 2010

To lovers of musical theatre around the world, Colm Wilkinson definitely needs no introduction. On stages in London, New York, Toronto and beyond, he has firmly established himself as one of theatre's greatest performers. His definitive portrayal of such leading characters as Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables" and the Phantom in "Phantom of the Opera" has brought the Irish born singer huge critical acclaim, a trophy case crammed with awards, and ...

Show Boat (1988 Studio Cast Highlights)
Jerome Kern, Jerry Hadley, ...

EMI Classics, 1990

This one-disc reduction of John McGlinn's monumental three-CD version of Show Boat provides 75 minutes of highlights in a package dubbed the "Broadway Show Album." McGlinn reconstructs the show as it ran on opening night, November 15, 1927, including the original orchestrations, and conducts a dynamic London Sinfonietta and a strong cast including Frederica von Stade as Magnolia, Jerry Hadley as Ravenal, Teresa Stratas as the tragic Julie, ...

Best Opera Album In The World ... Ever!
Giuseppe Verdi, Gioachino Rossini, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Handel's Messiah

Stardust, 2008

Live at the Royal Albert Hall
Sergei Rachmaninoff, Ludwig van Beethoven, ...

Decca, 2012

Valentina Lisitsa, a stunning virtuosic pianist, has become the first classical musician to achieve fame via YouTube, emulating Justin Bieber s achievement in the pop world. Having amassed an impressive 43 million views on her channel: youtube.com/ValentinaLisitsa, Valentina is now in the unique position of going straight to one of the world s leading concert venues for her central London debut. The self-made virtuoso who has achieved all of ...

Twilight of the Gods: The Ultimate Wagner Ring Collection
Wilhelm Richard Wagner, James Levine, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 2012

On the heels of the release by Deutsche Grammophon of the complete Ring Cycle DVD Box from the Met, this 2CD compilation is the ultimate must-have for any music and Wagner lover. It includes the highlights of all the Ring operas, featuring of course the stars of this production: Bryn Terfel, Deborah Voigt and Jonas Kaufmann

Classical Barbra
Barbra Streisand

SONY MASTERWORKS, 2013

Digitally remastered and expanded edition including two bonus tracks. In 1973, Barbra Streisand went into the studio to make this album, one of the first (and still considered one of the best) Classical crossover recordings. This unique collection of art songs and arias was originally released in February 1976, with its striking cover portrait by Francesco Scavullo, and has never gone out of print. Classical Barbra rose to #46 on the Billboard ...

Puccini - Turandot / Sutherland · Pavarotti · Caballé · Ghiaurov · Krause · Pears · LPO · Mehta
Giacomo Puccini, Zubin Mehta, ...

Decca, 1990

2CD John Allds Choir/Lpo/Mehta

Handel: The Messiah
George Frideric Handel, John Alldis, ...

Sparrow, 2002

Mozart was an early champion of Handel's epic oratorio; it's since become one of Handel's most treasured works and a Christmas perennial. Performed by the London Philharmonic Orchestra & Choir, this is its top-selling recording: For unto Us a Child Is Born; Hallelujah!; The Trumpet Shall Sound; Glory to God two hours on 2 CDs!