Opera

Four of the finest German tenor voices united on a single CD. Fritz Wunderlich, whose radiant voice and intense artistry remain unforgotten; Rudolf Schock the charming star of opera TV, Peter Schreiera Bach evangelist and popular opera singer are joined...

For the world premiere recording (2016) of Antonio Salieri's (1750-1825) comic opera La Scuola de' Gelosi, Werner Ehrhardt and his ensemble l'arte del mondo received fantastic reviews: "With a lot of wit and imagination, Antonio Salieri let's the comic...

For the 150th Puccini anniversary: this CD covers the most romantic Puccini arias. 14 beautiful songs from classic operas including Tosca, Turandot, Madama Butterfly and La Boheme.1. Nessun Dorma from Turandot (Act III) - Vocal 2. Act I : Dammi I Colori....

For his first CD release on Ondine, star baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky has chosen art song repertoire of great intensity and emotion from his Russian home country: 26 featured romances by Sergei Rachmaninov include such popular songs as Spring waters, Op...

Following their acclaimed recordings of Berlioz's Grande Messe des Morts and Mendelssohn's Elijah, Paul McCreesh has once again assembled the mass forces of Gabrieli Consort & Players and Wroclaw Phiharmonic Choir to record one of the iconic masterpieces...

Following the enormous success of the album OPERA 2011, Virgin Classics releases OPERA 2012. With 40 tracks, and over 2? hours of operatic arias and duets, this double album features the best and most popular names in opera from the catalogs of both...

Following requests from many customers for this beautifully new recording of contralto Nathalie Stutzman singing Vivaldi, it is being released in Australia for the first time. Here she is singing Vivaldi arias with bravura and passion. In fact for all...

Florence Foster Jenkins was a New York socialite who, despite being a hopelessly incompetent 'singer', believed herself to be an operatic soprano of note, and performed for invited audiences at recitals for thirty years or more until her death in 1944,...

First staged in Naples in 1819, Rossini' opera La donna del lago is based on Walter Scott' romantic poem the Lady of the Lake, setting a precedent for later composers, who also drew on Scott for their plots.1. Sinfonia - Introduction Del Di la...

First release of these recordings of the amazing works of Salmanov, one of the great 20th Century Russian composers.1. The Twelve: Wind 2. The Twelve:The Twelve 3. The Twelve: The Old World 4. The Twelve: Blizzard 5. The Twelve: Katka's Death 6. The...

First release of the original recording. What makes this Teatro del Maggio Musicale CD with Riccardo Muti particularly precious, is it's "documentary" value: it is in itself a document in the history of interpretation. Exceptional as far as it's...

First performed at Versailles in 1745, the opera ballet Zelindor is a delightful rococo pastorale which found favour with Louis XV' mistress, Madame de Pompadour, no doubt because it's story about a king who loves a commoner reflected her own situation...