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COMPOSER |
ALBUM/WORK TITLE |
PERFORMER |
LABEL |
POSTING DATE |
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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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
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Harmonia Mundi |
5/3/2008 |
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Shostakovich, Dmitri
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Symphony No. 1 (rehearsal and performance) |
Schleswig-Holstein Festival Orchestra
Leonard Bernstein
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Medici Arts |
4/23/2008 |
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Wagner, Richard
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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
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Deutsche Grammophon |
4/23/2008 |
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Verdi, Giuseppe
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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
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TDK |
4/16/2008 |
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Strauss, Richard
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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
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TDK |
4/12/2008 |
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Verdi, Giuseppe
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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
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Decca |
4/7/2008 |
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Bartok, Bela
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Bluebeard’s Castle |
Kolos Kovats (bass); Sylvia Sass (soprano)
London Philharmonic Orchestra
Georg Solti
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Decca |
3/26/2008 |
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Verdi, Giuseppe
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Otello |
Mario del Monaco, Mariano Caruso (tenor); Gabriella Tucci (soprano); Tito Gobbi (baritone); Anna di Stasio (mezzo-soprano); others
NHK Symphony Orchestra
Alberto Erede
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VAI |
3/19/2008 |
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Nielsen, Carl
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Maskarade |
Stephen Milling; Susanne Resmark; Niels Jorgen Riis; Johan Reuter; Poul Elming; Gisella Stille; others
Royal Danish Opera Orchestra & Choir
Michael Schonwandt
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Dacapo |
3/6/2008 |
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Verdi, Giuseppe
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La traviata |
Teresa Stratas (soprano); Placido Domingo (tenor); Cornell MacNeil (baritone); others
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
James Levine
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Deutsche Grammophon |
2/25/2008 |
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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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
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EMI |
2/1/2008 |
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Bellini, Vincenzo
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I Puritani |
Anna Netrebko (soprano); Eric Cutler (tenor); Franco Vasallo (baritone); John Relyea (bass); others
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus, & Ballet
Patrick Summers
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Deutsche Grammophon |
1/30/2008 |
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Debussy, Claude
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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)
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EMI |
1/28/2008 |
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Massenet, Jules
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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
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Virgin Classics |
1/28/2008 |
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Scarlatti, Domenico
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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)
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EMI |
1/28/2008 |
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
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The 27 Piano Concertos; Two Concert Rondos; 18 Piano Sonatas |
Carmen Piazzini (piano)
St. Petersburg Soloists
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Hera |
1/22/2008 |
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Berg, Alban
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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
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Arthaus Musik |
12/30/2007 |
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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 |
12/30/2007 |
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Britten, Benjamin
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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
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EMI |
12/30/2007 |
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Puccini, Giacomo
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Tosca |
Catherine Malfitano (soprano); Richard Margison (tenor); Bryn Terfel, Mario Luperi (bass-baritone)
Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
Riccardo Chailly
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Decca |
12/30/2007 |
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Wagner, Richard
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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
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Opus Arte |
12/30/2007 |
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Strauss, Richard
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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
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TDK |
12/29/2007 |
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Vivaldi, Antonio
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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
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Dynamic |
12/17/2007 |
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Verdi, Giuseppe
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La traviata |
Renée Fleming (soprano); Rolando Villazon (tenor); Renato Bruson (baritone); others
Los Angeles Opera Orchestra & Chorus
James Conlon
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Decca |
12/3/2007 |
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Puccini, Giacomo
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Tosca |
Fiorenza Cedolins (soprano); Marcelo Alvarez (tenor); Ruggero Raimondi, Marco Spotti (bass); others
Orchestra e Coro dell’Arena di Verona
Daniel Oren
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TDK |
10/24/2007 |
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Verdi, Giuseppe
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Il Corsaro |
Zvetan Michailov (tenor); Renato Bruson (baritone); Michela Sburlati, Adriana Damato (soprano); others
Orchestra e Coro del Teatro Regio di Parma
Renato Palumbo
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Dynamic |
10/15/2007 |
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Wagner, Richard
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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
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EuroArts |
9/21/2007 |
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Verdi, Giuseppe
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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
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Opus Arte |
9/17/2007 |
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Donizetti, Gaetano
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L’elisir d’amore |
Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Kathleen Battle, Korliss Uecker (soprano); Juan Pons (baritone); Enzo Dara (bass)
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra & Chorus
James Levine
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Deutsche Grammophon |
9/9/2007 |
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Bizet, Georges
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MARILYN HORNE IN CONCERT
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Marilyn Horne (mezzo-soprano)
Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
Martin Katz
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VAI |
8/23/2007 |
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