Opera

Although La muette de Portici celebrated is 500th performance in 1880, today it is almost entirely forgotten and infrequently presented. The work premiered in the original French at the Anhalt Theater in Dessau under the general music director Anthony...

Alfred Deller's only complete recording of a Handel opera. First staged at the King's Theatre in London in February 1732 and revived two years later, Sosarme was not heard again in full (if not entirely complete) until a BBC broadcast in January 1955,...

Alfie Boe was the best kept secret within the classical world for several years. In 2006 that secret was finally shared with the nation. His debut album, entitled 'Alfie Boe', was released last September and entered the Classical Chart at No.2, inspiring...

Alfie Boe is one of England's best-loved tenors, whose ringing voice and compelling stage presence are perfectly at home in Puccini and Les Mis?rables. This selection from his best-selling albums on EMI Classics features many popular prayers and songs.1...

Ahead of time with respect to other Italian theatres, Vittorio Gui reintroduced, with exultant vehemence but also great stylistic control, Verdi's real "Risorgimento" opera. On stage, exceptional voices and performances including those of Leyla Gencer...

Adam de la Halle "the Hunchback" is justly the most famous composer of the late 13th century, and his greatest gift to posterity, Le Jeu de Robin et de Marion, is the first-ever opera - a pastoral romp brimming with delightful songs.1. Motet: Mout/Robins...

A story of love, marital fidelity, the defeat of a tyrant and the triumph of the good, Rossini's Ciro in Babylonia is a bold fusion of biblical andsecular subjects set to brilliant, thrilling music.1. Sinfonia:Andantino-Allegro Spiritoso 2. No.1...

A standard recommendation for Handel's evergreen "Messiah" on original instruments, this recording has stood the test of time. The distinguished soloists include Anne Sofie von Otter towards the beginning of her career.1. Symphony (Grave-Allegro...

A landmark in Baroque opera recordings, newly remastered. This 'royal entertainment in music' was fashioned by Cavalli to a libretto by Giovanni Faustini for performance in Venice in 1644, two years after L'incoronazione di Poppaea saw the light of day...

A first release on CD for the first recording in stereo of Rimsky-Korsakov's enchanting springtime love-story. With this and six companion issues, Eloquence makes available for the first time on CD the seven complete Russian operas recorded in 1955 by...

A first release on CD for the first recording in stereo (and entirely complete) of Mussorgsky's tragic chronicle of faith, rebellion and repression in 17th-century Russia. With this and six companion issues to be released during the course of 2018,...

3 CD & 1 CD-ROM.1. Der Rosenkavalier (2001 Digital Remaster), Act One Introduction (Orchestra) 2. Der Rosenkavalier (2001 Digital Remaster), Act One Wie Du Warst! Wie Du Bist! (Octavian/Marschallin) 3. Der Rosenkavalier (2001 Digital Remaster), Act One...