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COMPOSER |
ALBUM/WORK TITLE |
PERFORMER |
LABEL |
POSTING DATE |
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Rossini, Gioachino
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La Cenerentola |
Joyce DiDonato (mezzo-soprano); Juan Diego Florez (tenor); David Menendez (baritone); Bruno de Simone, Simon Orfila (bass-baritone); others
Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Patrick Summers
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Decca |
3/5/2010 |
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Puccini, Giacomo
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Turandot |
Maria Guleghina, Alexia Voulgaridou (soprano); Marco Berti (tenor); Alexander Tsymbalyuk (bass); others
Coro de la Generalitat Valenciana Orquestra de la Communitat Valenciana
Zubin Mehta
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Unitel Classica |
2/4/2010 |
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Donizetti, Gaetano
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Lucrezia Borgia |
Edita Gruberova (soprano); Pavel Breslik (tenor); Alice Coote (mezzo-soprano); Franco Vassallo (baritone); others
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Bertrand de Billy
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Medici Arts |
1/7/2010 |
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Donizetti, Gaetano
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Lucia di Lammermoor |
Anna Netrebko (soprano); Piotr Beczala (tenor); Mariusz Kwiecien (baritone); Ildar Abdrazakov (bass); others
The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet
Marco Armiliato
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Deutsche Grammophon |
12/9/2009 |
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Donizetti, Gaetano
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L’Elisir d’amore |
Anna Netrebko, Inna Los (soprano); Rolando Villazon (tenor); Leo Nucci (baritone); Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (bass)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Vienna State Opera
Alfred Eschwé
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Virgin Classics |
11/29/2009 |
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Donizetti, Gaetano
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La fille du regiment |
Natalie Dessay (soprano); Juan Diego Florez (tenor); Alessandro Corbelli, Donald Maxwell (bass-baritone); Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Bruno Campanella
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Virgin Classics |
11/29/2009 |
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Donizetti, Gaetano
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Maria Stuarda |
Mariella Devia, Anna Caterina Antonacci (soprano); Francesco Meli (tenor); Simone ALberghini, Pieri Terranova (bass-baritone)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Teatro alla Scala
Antonino Fogliani
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Arthaus Musik |
11/29/2009 |
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Britten, Benjamin
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The Turn of the Screw |
Lisa Milne, Diana Montague, Caroline Wise, Nicholas Kirby Johnson (soprano); Catrin Wyn Davies (mezzo-soprano); Mark Padmore (tenor)
City of London Sinfonia
Richard Hickox
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Opus Arte |
11/22/2009 |
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Purcell, Henry
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Dido and Aeneas |
Sarah Connolly (mezzo-soprano); Lucy Crowe (soprano); Lucas Meachum (baritone); others
Dancers of the Royal Ballet
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Christopher Hogwood
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Opus Arte |
11/16/2009 |
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Tchaikovsky, Peter
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Eugene Onegin |
Mariusz Kweicien (baritone); Tatiana Monogarova (soprano); Andrey Dunaev (tenor); Anatolij Kotscherga (bass); others
The Bolshoi Theatre Soloists, Orchestra & Chorus
Alexander Vedernikov
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Bel Air Classiques |
11/14/2009 |
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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Die Entführung aus dem Serail |
Hilmar Thate (actor); Kurt Streit, Wilfried Gahmlich (tenor); Aga Winska, Elzbieta Szmytka (soprano); Artur Korn (bass)
Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Nikolaus Harnoncourt
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Deutsche Grammophon |
11/9/2009 |
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Rossini, Gioachino
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Ermione |
Sonia Ganassi, Marianna Pizzolato (mezzo-soprano); Gregory Kunde, Antonio Siragusa (tenor); Nicola Ulivieri (bass); others
Prague Chamber Choir
Orchestra of Teatro Comunale di Bologna
Roberto Abbado
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Dynamic |
11/2/2009 |
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Haydn, Franz Joseph
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The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross (orchestral version) |
Le Concert des Nations
Jordi Savall
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Alia Vox |
10/26/2009 |
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Bizet, Georges
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Carmen |
Elena Obraztsova (mezzo-soprano); Placido Domingo (tenor); Isobel Buchanan (soprano); Yuri Mazurok (bass-baritone); others
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera
Carlos Kleiber
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TDK |
10/25/2009 |
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Bizet, Georges
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Carmen |
Anna Caterina Antonacci (mezzo-soprano); Jonas Kaufmann (tenor); Norah Ansellem (soprano); Ildebrando d’Arcangelo (bass); others
Orchestra & Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
Antonio Pappano
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Decca |
10/25/2009 |
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Puccini, Giacomo
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La Rondine |
Ainhoa Arteta, Inva Mila (soprano); Marcus Haddock, Richard Troxell (tenor); William Parcher (bass); others
Washington National Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Emmanuel Villaume
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Decca |
10/24/2009 |
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Chopin, Frederic
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THE LEGENDARY MOSCOW RECITAL--OCTOBER 1, 1964
Polonaise in F-sharp minor Op. 44; Impromptu in G-flat major Op. 51; Nocturne in D-flat major Op. 27 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 (“Funeral March”); Etudes: Op. 25 Nos. 1 & 5, Op. 10 Nos. 4 & 5; Waltzes Op. 34 Nos. 2 & 3; Barcarolle in F-sharp major Op. 60; Polonaise in A-flat major Op. 53
Fantasiestücke Op. 12: No. 1 Des Abends
Préludes Book 2: Ondine
O Polichinello |
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
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Medici Arts |
10/4/2009 |
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Debussy, Claude
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THE LEGENDARY MOSCOW RECITAL--OCTOBER 1, 1964
Polonaise in F-sharp minor Op. 44; Impromptu in G-flat major Op. 51; Nocturne in D-flat major Op. 27 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 (“Funeral March”); Etudes: Op. 25 Nos. 1 & 5, Op. 10 Nos. 4 & 5; Waltzes Op. 34 Nos. 2 & 3; Barcarolle in F-sharp major Op. 60; Polonaise in A-flat major Op. 53
Fantasiestücke Op. 12: No. 1 Des Abends
Préludes Book 2: Ondine
O Polichinello |
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
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Medici Arts |
10/4/2009 |
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Humperdinck, Engelbert
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Hansel and Gretel |
Diana Damrau, Anja Silja, Pumeza Matshikiza, Anita Watson, Elizabeth Connell (soprano); Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo-soprano); Thomas Allen (baritone)
Tiffin Boys’ Choir & Children’s Chorus
The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Colin Davis
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Opus Arte |
10/4/2009 |
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Schumann, Robert
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THE LEGENDARY MOSCOW RECITAL--OCTOBER 1, 1964
Polonaise in F-sharp minor Op. 44; Impromptu in G-flat major Op. 51; Nocturne in D-flat major Op. 27 No. 2; Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 35 (“Funeral March”); Etudes: Op. 25 Nos. 1 & 5, Op. 10 Nos. 4 & 5; Waltzes Op. 34 Nos. 2 & 3; Barcarolle in F-sharp major Op. 60; Polonaise in A-flat major Op. 53
Fantasiestücke Op. 12: No. 1 Des Abends
Préludes Book 2: Ondine
O Polichinello |
Arthur Rubinstein (piano)
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Medici Arts |
10/4/2009 |
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Zandonai, Riccardo
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Francesca da Rimini |
Daniela Dessi (soprano); Fabio Armiliato, Ludovit Ludha (tenor); Alberto Mastromarino (baritone); others
Coro Lirico Marchigiano “V. Bellini”
Filarmonica Marchigiana
Maurizio Barbacini
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Arthaus Musik |
10/4/2009 |
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Messiaen, Olivier
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Saint François d'Assise |
Camilla Tilling (soprano); Rod Gilfry (bass-baritone); Hank Neven (baritone); Hubert Delamboye, Tom Randle (tenor); Donald Kaasch, Armand Arapian
Chorus of the Netherlands Opera
The Hague Philharmonic
Ingo Metzmacher
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Opus Arte |
9/26/2009 |
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Donizetti, Gaetano
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Don Gregorio |
Giorgio Valerio, Paolo Bordogna (bass); Livio Scarpellini, Giorgio Trucco (tenor); Elizaveta Martirosyan (soprano); Alessandra Fratelli (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra & Chorus of the Bergamo Music Festival “Gaetano Donizetti”
Stefano Montanari
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Dynamic |
8/22/2009 |
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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Zaide |
Ekaterina Lehkina (soprano); Sean Panniker, Russell Thomas (tenor); Alfred Walker, Morris Robinson (bass)
Choir Ibn Zaidoun
Camerata Salzburg
Louis Langrée
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Ideale Audience Intl |
7/27/2009 |
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Massenet, Jules
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Werther |
Marcelo Alvarez (tenor), Elîna Garanca (mezzo-soprano); Ileana Tonca (soprano); Adrian Eröd (baritone); others
Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Philippe Jordan
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TDK |
5/4/2009 |
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Beethoven, Ludwig van
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ARTUR RUBINSTEIN IN CONCERT
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15; Capriccio in B-flat minor Op. 76 No. 2; Intermezzo in B-flat minor Op. 117 No. 2
Impromptu in A-flat major D. 899 No. 3
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 31 |
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
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Deutsche Grammophon |
4/26/2009 |
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Bellini, Vincenzo
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LA CALLAS . . . TOUJOURS--Paris 1958
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Maria Callas (soprano); Albert Lance (tenor); Tito Gobbi (baritone); others
Paris National Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Georges Sebastian
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EMI |
4/26/2009 |
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Berg, Alban
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Wozzeck |
Franz Hawlata, Johann Tilli (bass-baritone); Angela Denoke (soprano); Reiner Goldberg, David Kuebler, Steven Cole, Hubert Delamboye (tenor); others
Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Gran Teatre del Liceu
Sebastian Weigle
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Opus Arte |
4/26/2009 |
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Brahms, Johannes
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ARTUR RUBINSTEIN IN CONCERT
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15; Capriccio in B-flat minor Op. 76 No. 2; Intermezzo in B-flat minor Op. 117 No. 2
Impromptu in A-flat major D. 899 No. 3
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 31 |
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
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Deutsche Grammophon |
4/26/2009 |
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Chopin, Frederic
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ARTUR RUBINSTEIN IN CONCERT
Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor Op. 37
Piano Concerto No. 1 in D minor Op. 15; Capriccio in B-flat minor Op. 76 No. 2; Intermezzo in B-flat minor Op. 117 No. 2
Impromptu in A-flat major D. 899 No. 3
Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor Op. 31 |
Artur Rubinstein (piano)
Concertgebouw Orchestra
Bernard Haitink
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Deutsche Grammophon |
4/26/2009 |
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