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  Opera
Click Berg Wozzeck ~ Dale Duesing (Wozzeck); Ronald Hamilton (Drum Major); Barry Banks (Andres); Dieter Bundschuh (Captain); Frode Olsen (Doctor); Kristine Ciesinski (Marie); soloists, Frankfurter Museumorchester, Choir and Children's Choir of the Frankfurter Oper; Sylvain Camberling, conductor; Peter Mussbach, director ~ Kultur D2915.
Click Boito Mefistofele ~ Samuel Ramey (Mefistofele); Dennis O'Neill (Faust); Gabriela Benackova (Margarita and Elena); soloists; Chrus and Orchestra of the San Francisco Opera; Maurizio Arena, conductor; Robert Carsen, director ~ Kultur D0024.
Click Britten Peter Grimes ~ Philip Langridge (Peter Grimes); Janice Cairns (Ellen Orford); Alan Opie (Captain Balstrode); Ann Howard (Auntie); Andrew Greenan (Swallow); Robert Poulton (Ned Keene); Alan Woodrow (Bob Boles); Susan Orton (Mrs. Sedley); soloists; English National Opera Orchestra and Corus; David Atherton, conductor ~ Kultur D2902.
Click Britten The Turn of the Screw ~ Helen Field (Governess); Menai Davies (Mrs. Grose); Richard Greager (Prologue, Quint); Phyllis Cannan (Miss Jessel); Machiko Obata (Flora); Samuel Linay (Miles); Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart; Steuart Bedford, conductor; Michael Hampe, stage director; Claus Viller, video director ~ Arthaus 100 199.
Click Delius A Vllage Romeo and Juliet ~ Bary Mora (voice of Manz); Leopold Havrel (on-screen Manz); Stafford Dean (voice of Marti); Pavel Mikulik (on-screen Marti); Helen Field (voice of Vreli); Dana Moravkova (on-screen Vreli) Arthur Davies (voice of Sali); Michal Dlouhy (on-screen Sali); Thomas Hampson (the Dark Fiddler); Pamela Mildenhall (voice of Vreli as a child); Katerina Svobodova (on-screen Vreli as a child); Samuel Linay (voice of Sali as a child); Jan Kalous (on-screen Sali as a child); soloiss; Anrnold-Schönberg-Chor; ORF Symphonieorchester; Charles Mackerras, conductor; Petr Weigl, director ~ Decca 074 177-9.
Click Janacek Jenufa ~ Roberta Alexander (Jenufa); Anja Silja (Petrona Slomkova, the Kostelnicka); Philip Langridge (Laca); Mark Baker (Steva); Menai Davis (Grandmother Buryja); Glyndebourn Chorus; London Philharmonic; Andre Davis, conductor; Nikolaus Lenhoff, stage director ~ Kultur D0035.
Click Korngold Die Tote Stadt ~ Torsten Kerl (Paul); Angela Denoke (Marietta); Uri Batukov (Frank); Brigitta Svenden (Brigitta); soloists; Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; Jan Latham-Koenig , conductor; Inga Levant, director ~ Arthaus 100 343.
Click Mussorgsky Boris Godunov Robert Lloyd (Boris Godunov); Alexei Steblianko (Dimitri); Olga Borodina (Marina); Sergei Leiferkus (Rangoni); Kirov Opera; Valery Gergiev, conductor ~ Philips 075 089-9
Click Rossini La Cenerentola ~ Cecilia Bartoli (Cinderella), Raul Giménez (Don Ramiro), Enzo Dara (Don Magnifico), Alessandro Corbelli (Dandini), Michele Pertusi (Alidoro), Julia Knoop (Clorinda), Jill Grove (Tisbe); Houston Symphony, Houston Grand Opera Chorus; Bruno Campanella, conductor ~ Decca 071 444-9
Click Rossini La Cenerentola ~ Ann Murray (Cenerentola); Francisco Araiza (Don Ramiro); Gino Quillico (Dandini); Walter Berry (Don Magnifico); Wolfgang Schoene (Alidoro); soloists, chorus of the Vieanna State Opera; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Claudio Abbado, conductor; Michael Hampe, stage director ~ Image Entertainment ID9238RADVD.
Click Saint-Säens Samson et Dalila ~ Plácido Domingo (Samson); Olga Borodina (Dalila); Sergei Leiferkus (High Priest of Dagon); Richard Paul Fink (Abimélich); soloists, chous and orchestra of the Metropolitan Opera; James Levine, conductor; Peter McClintock, director ~ Deutsche Grammophon 073 059-9.
Click Strauss Salomé ~ Maria Ewing (Salomé), Michael Devlin (John the Baptist), Kenneth Riegel (Herod), Gillian Knight (Herodias), Robin Leggate (Narraboth), Royal Opera Covent Garden, Edward Downes, conductor, Derek Bailey in association with Peter Hall, director ~ Kultur D1494.
Click Verdi Don Carlo ~ Luciano Pavarotti (Don Carlo); Daniela Dessi (Queen); Samuel Ramey (Don Phillipe); Cieco Nonagenario (Grand Inquisitor); Luciana d'Intino (Eboli); Paolo Coni (Rodrigo); Chorus and orchestra of La Scala Opera; Ricardo Muti, conductor; Franco Zeffirelli, conductor ~ EMI Classics 99442-9.
Click Verdi Falstaff ~ Guiseppe Taddei (Sir John Falstaff); Rolando Panerai (Ford); Franciso Araiza (Fenton); Piero De Palma (Dr. Cajus); Heinz Zednik (Bardolfo); Federico Davia (Pistola); Raina Kabaivanska (Mrs. Alice Ford); Janet Perry (Nannetta); Christa Ludwig (Mrs. Quickly); Trudeliese Schmidt (Mrs. Meg Page); Wiener Philharmonic; Herbert Von Karajan, conductor ~ Sony 48422
Click Verdi Otello ~ Placido Domingo (Otello); Renée Fleming (Desdemona); James Morris (Jago); Jane Bunnell (Emilia); Richard Croft (Cassio); Charles Anthony (Roderigo); Alexander Anisimov (Lodovico); Theodore Lambrinos (Montano); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; James Levine, conductor; David Kneuss, director~Deutsche Grammophon 073 092-9.
Click Verdi: Rigoletto ~ Ingvar Wixell (Rigoletto), Luciano Pavarotti (Duca di Mantova), Edita Gruberova (Gilda), Victoria Vergara (Maddelena), Ferruccio Furlanetto (Sparafucile); Vienna Philhamonic Orchestra and Vienna State Chorus; Riccardo Chailly, conductor; Staged and Directed by: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle ~ Decca 071 401-9
Click Verdi Simon Boccanegra ~ Vladimir Chernov (Simon Boccanegra); Kiri Te Kanawa (Maria Boccanegra/Ameilia); Robert Lloyd (Jacopo Fiesco); Placido Domingo (Gabriele Adorno); Bruno Pola (Paolo Albiani); Hao Jiang Tian (Pietro); Charles Anthony (Un capitano dei balestrieri); Joyce Olson (Un'ancella di Amelia); Metropolitan Opera and Chorus; James Levine, conductor; ~ DG 073 031-9
Click Verdi Il Trovatore ~ Eva Marton (Leonora), Dolora Zajick (Azucena), Luciano Pavarotti (Manrico), Sherrill Milnes (Il Conte di Luna), Jeffrey Wells (Ferrando); Metropolitan Opera Orchestra and Chorus; James Levine, conductor ~ Deutsche Grammophon 073-002-9.
Click Wagner Lohengrin ~ Wolfgang Weber, stage director; Placido Domingo (Lohengrin); Cheryl Studer (Elsa); Robert Lloyd (King Henry); Hartmut Welker (Telramund); Duny Vejzovic (Ortrud); Georg Tichy (Herald); Chorus and orchestra of the Vienna State Opera; Claudio Abbado, conductor ~ Image Entertainment ID5787RADVD.
   
  Recitals, etc.
Click Anna Netrebko The Woman - The Voice ~ Deutsche Grammophon 073 230-9
Click Bach Six Suites for solo cello ~ Mstislav Rostropovitch, cello ~
EMI 99156-9.
Click William Walton at the Haunted End of the Day (Documentary) ~ Decca 074 150-9
   
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