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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Don Giovanni Johannes Weisser, Nikolay Borchev (baritone); Marcos Fink, Alessandro Guerzoni (bass); Alexandrina Pendatchanska, Malin Byström, Sunhae Im (soprano); Werner Güra (tenor)
Innsbruck Festival Chorus
Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
René Jacobs
Harmonia Mundi 5/3/2008

Shostakovich, Dmitri
Symphony No. 1 (rehearsal and performance) Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein
Medici Arts 4/23/2008

Wagner, Richard
Das Rheingold Thomas Stewart, Zoltan Kelemen, Karl Riddersbusch, Louis Hendrikx, Leif Roar (bass-baritone); Brigitte Fassbaender, Birgit Finnila (mezzo-soprano); Jeannine Altmeyer (soprano); others
Berlin Philharmonic
Herbert von Karajan
Deutsche Grammophon 4/23/2008

Verdi, Giuseppe
Don Carlos Alastair Miles, Simon Yang (bass); Ramon Vargas (tenor); Bo Skovhus (baritone); Iano Tamar (soprano); Nadja Michael (mezzo-soprano); others
Vienna State Opera Chorus & Orchestra
Bertrand de Billy
TDK 4/16/2008

Strauss, Richard
Ariadne auf Naxos Emily Magee, Elena Mosuc (soprano); Michelle Breedt (mezzo-soprano); Roberto Sacca (tenor); Gabriel Bermudez (baritone); others
Zurich Opera Orchestra
Christoph von Dohnányi
TDK 4/12/2008

Verdi, Giuseppe
Aida Violeta Urmana (soprano); Ildiko Komlosi (mezzo-soprano); Roberto Alagna (tenor); Carlo Guelfi (baritone); Giorgio Giuseppini, Marco Spotti (bass)
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Alla Scala
Riccardo Chailly
Decca 4/7/2008

Bartok, Bela
Bluebeard’s Castle Kolos Kovats (bass); Sylvia Sass (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti
Decca 3/26/2008

Verdi, Giuseppe
Otello Mario del Monaco, Mariano Caruso (tenor); Gabriella Tucci (soprano); Tito Gobbi (baritone); Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano); others
NHK Symphony Orchestra
Alberto Erede
VAI 3/19/2008

Nielsen, Carl
Maskarade Stephen Milling; Susanne Resmark; Niels Jorgen Riis; Johan Reuter; Poul Elming; Gisella Stille; others
Royal Danish Opera Orchestra & Choir
Michael Schonwandt
Dacapo 3/6/2008

Verdi, Giuseppe
La traviata Teresa Stratas (soprano); Placido Domingo (tenor); Cornell MacNeil (baritone); others
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
James Levine
Deutsche Grammophon 2/25/2008

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Don Giovanni Simon Keenlyside (baritone); Eva Mei, Malin Hartelius, Martina Jankova (soprano); Alfred Muff, Anton Scharinger, Reinhard Mayr (bass-baritone); Piotr Beczala (tenor)
Zurich Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Franz Welser-Möst
EMI 2/1/2008

Bellini, Vincenzo
I Puritani Anna Netrebko (soprano); Eric Cutler (tenor); Franco Vasallo (baritone); John Relyea (bass); others
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet
Patrick Summers
Deutsche Grammophon 1/30/2008

Debussy, Claude
Preludes Book 1; Hommage à Rameau
Sonata in C minor Kk 11; Sonata in C major Kk 159
Mazurkas Op. 33: No. 1 in G-sharp minor; No. 4 in B minor
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

EMI 1/28/2008

Massenet, Jules
Manon Natalie Dessay (soprano); Rolando Villazon (tenor); Manuel Lanza (baritone); Didier Henry, Samuel Ramey (bass); others
Symphony Orchestra & Chorus of the Grand Teatre del Liceu
Victor Pablo Perez
Virgin Classics 1/28/2008

Scarlatti, Domenico
Preludes Book 1; Hommage à Rameau
Sonata in C minor Kk 11; Sonata in C major Kk 159
Mazurkas Op. 33: No. 1 in G-sharp minor; No. 4 in B minor
Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano)

EMI 1/28/2008

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
The 27 Piano Concertos; Two Concert Rondos; 18 Piano Sonatas Carmen Piazzini (piano)
St. Petersburg Soloists

Hera 1/22/2008

Berg, Alban
Wozzeck Toni Blankenheim, Hans Sotin (bass-baritone); Sena Jurinac (soprano); Richard Cassily, Gerhard Ungar, Peter Haage (tenor); Elisabeth Steiner (mezzo-soprano); others
Chorus of the Hamburg State Opera
Hamburg Philharmonic State Orchestra
Bruno Maderna
Arthaus Musik 12/30/2007

Berg, Alban
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
Opus Arte 12/30/2007

Britten, Benjamin
Peter Grimes Christopher Ventris, Rudolf Schasching (tenor); Emily Magee (soprano); Liliana Nikiteanu, Cornelia Kallisch (mezzo-soprano); Alfred Muff (baritone); others
Zurich Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Franz Welser-Möst
EMI 12/30/2007

Puccini, Giacomo
Tosca Catherine Malfitano (soprano); Richard Margison (tenor); Bryn Terfel, Mario Luperi (bass-baritone)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly
Decca 12/30/2007

Wagner, Richard
Lohengrin Klaus Florian Vogt (tenor); Solveig Kringelborn (soprano); Waltraud Meier (mezzo-soprano); Tom Fox, Roman Trekel (baritone); Hans-Peter König (bass-baritone)
Chorus of the Opéra National de Lyon Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin
Kent Nagano
Opus Arte 12/30/2007

Strauss, Richard
Die Frau ohne Schatten Peter Seiffert (tenor); Luana De Vol, Janis Martin (soprano); Marjana Lipovsek (mezzo-soprano); Alan Titus (baritone); Jan-Hendrik Rootering (bass); others
Bavarian State Opera Orchestra & Chorus
Wolfgang Sawallisch
TDK 12/29/2007

Vivaldi, Antonio
Ercole su’l Termodonte Zachary Stains (tenor); Mary Ellen Nesi (mezzo-soprano); Randall Scotting, Luca Dordolo (countertenor); Laura Cherici, Marina Bartoli (soprano)
Il Complesso Barocco
Alan Curtis
Dynamic 12/17/2007

Verdi, Giuseppe
La traviata Renée Fleming (soprano); Rolando Villazon (tenor); Renato Bruson (baritone); others
Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus
James Conlon
Decca 12/3/2007

Puccini, Giacomo
Tosca Fiorenza Cedolins (soprano); Marcelo Alvarez (tenor); Ruggero Raimondi, Marco Spotti (bass); others
Orchestra e Coro dell’Arena di Verona
Daniel Oren
TDK 10/24/2007

Verdi, Giuseppe
Il Corsaro Zvetan Michailov (tenor); Renato Bruson (baritone); Michela Sburlati, Adriana Damato (soprano); others
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Renato Palumbo
Dynamic 10/15/2007

Wagner, Richard
Lohengrin Emily Magee, Luana DeVol (soprano); John Treleaven (tenor); Hans-Joachim Ketelson, Robert Bork (baritone); Reinhard Hagen (bass)
Cor del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Orquestra Simfonica del Gran Teatre del Liceu
Sebastien Weigle
EuroArts 9/21/2007

Verdi, Giuseppe
Il trovatore Carl Tanner (tenor); Iano Tamar (soprano); Marianne Cornetti (mezzo-soprano); Zeliko Lucic (baritone), Giovanni Battista Parodi (bass); others
Moscow Chamber Choir
Bregenzer Festspielchor
Vienna Symphony
Thomas Rösner
Opus Arte 9/17/2007

Donizetti, Gaetano
L’elisir d’amore Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Kathleen Battle, Korliss Uecker (soprano); Juan Pons (baritone); Enzo Dara (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
James Levine
Deutsche Grammophon 9/9/2007

Bizet, Georges
MARILYN HORNE IN CONCERT
Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Martin Katz
VAI 8/23/2007

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