Classical Vocals

Single CD version features 15 popular selections from Handel's Messiah. The Mormon Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra at Temple Square present the triumphant and angelic sound of George Frideric Handel's masterpiece Messiah. This album features some of the...

Since the Beginning of Opera, the Convention of the Duet, in Which Two Characters Simultaneously Express Their Feelings, Has Been One of the Staple Ploys of Musical Dramatists. Characters May Join Their Voices in a Unity of Feeling, Or in Extreme...

Silvie Paladino has established herself as one of Australia's most versatile and talented performers. In 1989, aged just 18, Silvie was offered the role of Eponine in 'Les Mis rables'. After touring Australia and New Zealand with the show for two years...

Showcasing Metropolitan Opera and GRAMMY Award-winning mezzo-soprano Cooke, and the Colburn Orchestra led by Gilad. The recording includes Mahler's "Ruckert-Lieder," the aria Am I in Your Light? from Doctor Atomic by John Adams, Chausson's sweeping...

Shostakovich wrote vocal music all of his life, and these works form a kind of satellite to his more well-known symphonic works. Any enthusiast for his work will love to explore this volume and there are extensive notes in English to illuminate these...

Short Stories demonstrates the versatility of the viola. In gathering these works, I wanted to find a wide variety of sound, color, and emotional content. This collection shows the viola's warmth and depth, while also displaying it's virtuosic and...

Set in a time of ancient Rome' persecution of the Christians, Handel' late masterpiece Theodora tells of the tragic martyrdom of the heroine and her lover Didymus.1. Overture 2. Act I Scene 1: Recitativo: 'Tis Dioclesian's Natal Day (Valens) 3. Act I...

Seraphic Fire has assembled a collection of music with which the ensemble has a visceral, tenacious connection. This self-titled recording contains Seraphic Fire signature works that have brought the ensemble to prominence eleven seasons after it's...

Schubert set the poetry of over 115 writers to music. He selected poems from classical Greece, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, from eighteenth-century German authors, early Romantics, Biedermeier poets, and Heine.1. Ossians Lied Nach Dem Falle...

Samuel Sebastian Wesley was the pre-eminent organist-composer of the early Victorian era.1. Let Us Lift Up Our Heart 2. Be Not Very Sore, O Lord 3. Thou, O Lord God 4. Thou Judge of Quick and Dead 5. O May We Thus Insure 6. The Wilderness and the...

Rossini's ceaseless wit and invention are best exemplified in his series of operas. His colorful orchestration and command of both comic and tragic elements can be savored in this second of four volumes of the complete symphonic overtures. Guillaume...

Romanza is the album that launched his career. The 12 selections include "Time to Say Goodbye," Bocelli's spine-tingling #1 single with Sarah Brightman. (66 minutes)1. Con Te Partiro 2. Vivere 3. Per Amore 4. Il Mare Calmo Della Sera 5. Caruso 6...