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    Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra - Handel Edition Vol. 4: Messiah; Samson; Arias [6CDs] (2008)

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    Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra - Handel Edition Vol. 4: Messiah; Samson; Arias [6CDs] (2008)

    Raymond Leppard, English Chamber Orchestra - Handel Edition Vol. 4: Messiah; Samson; Arias from Rinaldo and other operas (2008)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2.06 Gb | Total time: 7h 30'33'' | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Warner Classics | 2564 69568-6 | Recorded: 1974, 1978, 1982, 1994

    The performance here of Samson is definitive. It is lively, colourful and highly dramatic. There is no comparison with the tedious performance by the Sixteen on Coro. The performance of the Messiah with limited modern instrumental forces of the English Chamber Orchestra and Chorus with very good soloists doesn't sacrifice grandeur nor does it go to the other extreme of over-blown pomp. It is a very good performamce on modern instruments under the direction of the Baroque music specialist conductor Raymond Leppard.

    John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Semele (1993)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus - George Frideric Handel: Semele (1993)

    John Nelson, English Chamber Orchertra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, Kathleen Battle, Marilyn Horne - George Frideric Handel: Semele (1993)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 828 Mb | Total time: 62:08+45:19+67:12 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon ‎| 435 782-2 | Recorded: 1990

    This magnificent performance is without a doubt among the top two or three Handel opera recordings in the catalog. John Nelson outdoes even the period instrument competition, conducting with a vitality and freshness that sweeps all before it. Kathleen Battle is a great Semele (if listening to this woman sing "Myself I Will Adore" isn't a classic example of typecasting, then what is?). But the real palm must go to Marilyn Horne as the jealous Juno, who simply stops the show with her two arias (she sings Ino as well). A very great recording.

    Zubin Mehta, Sir Neville Marriner, Carl Davis, Antal Dorati, Marilyn Horne - Aaron Copland: Orchestral & Vocal Works (1996) 2CD

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    Zubin Mehta, Sir Neville Marriner, Carl Davis, Antal Dorati, Marilyn Horne - Aaron Copland: Orchestral & Vocal Works (1996) 2CD

    Aaron Copland: Orchestral & Vocal Works (1996) 2CDs
    Fanfare For The Common Man; Appalachian Spring; Lincoln Portrait; Quiet City;
    Music For Movies; Ceremonial Fanfare; El Salón México; Old American Songs;
    Dance Symphony; 4 Dances From 'Rodeo'
    Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Zubin Mehta; Gregory Peck, speaker
    Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner
    London Sinfonietta, conducted by Elgar Howarth; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
    English Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Carl Davis; Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
    Detroit Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Antal Doráti

    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 554 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 311 Mb | Scans included
    Genre: Classical | Label: Decca | # 448 261-2 | Time: 02:12:18

    If you want a good sampling of Copland's orchestral works, then this 2-CD compilation comes highly recommended, with excellent performances of works such as Appalachian Spring, Quiet City, El Salón México and others. (Presto Classical)

    Gioacchino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 18] - Giovanna d'Arco; Arias, Songs & Orchestral Music (2018)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Gioacchino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 18] - Giovanna d'Arco;  Arias, Songs & Orchestral Music (2018)

    Gioacchino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 18]: Marilyn Horne, Martin Katz - Giovanna d'Arco et Ariette rare; Lella Cuberli, Luciana Serra, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Victoria de los Angeles, Samuel Ramey, Lawrence Brownlee, Max Emanuel Cencic, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Jennifer Larmore, Thomas Hampson, Gerald Moore, Bruno Bartoletti, Alberto Zedda, Malcolm Sargent, Thomas Beecham, Claudio Scimone, Michael Hofstetter, Lamberto Gardelli, Jörg Faerber, Enrique Mazzola, Gabrile Ferro, Giuliano Carella - Arias, Songs & Orchestral Music (2018)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 1.18 Gb | Total time: 77:06+65:42+70:09+79:57 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 0190295611156 | Recorded: 1956-2015

    The most comprehensive edition devoted to Gioacchino Rossini marking his 150th anniversary. Born in 1792, Rossini was the most popular opera composer of his time. Although he retired from the Opera scene in 1829, he continued to compose in other genres, including sacred music, piano and chamber works. He did gather his late works under the ironic title Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), which veils a true collection of masterworks.

    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 15] - Rossini Gala (2018)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 15] - Rossini Gala (2018)

    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 15]: Roger Norrington, Orchestra of St. Luke's - Rossini Gala (2018)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 504 Mb | Total time: 58:43+59:42 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 0190295611156 | Recorded: 1992

    The most comprehensive edition devoted to Gioachino Rossini marking his 150th anniversary. Born in 1792, Rossini was the most popular opera composer of his time. Although he retired from the Opera scene in 1829, he continued to compose in other genres, including sacred music, piano and chamber works. He did gather his late works under the ironic title Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), which veils a true collection of masterworks.

    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 8] - Bianca e Falliero (2018)

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    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 8] - Bianca e Falliero (2018)

    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 8]: Donato Renzetti, London Sinfonietta Opera Orchestra, Katia Ricciarelli, Marilyn Horne - Bianca e Falliero (2018)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 740 Mb | Total time: 76:51+52:16+47:45 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 0190295611156 | Recorded: 1986

    The most comprehensive edition devoted to Gioachino Rossini marking his 150th anniversary. Born in 1792, Rossini was the most popular opera composer of his time. Although he retired from the Opera scene in 1829, he continued to compose in other genres, including sacred music, piano and chamber works. He did gather his late works under the ironic title Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), which veils a true collection of masterworks.

    Marilyn Horne, Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti - George Frideric Handel: Airs d'Operas / Operatic Arias (1983)

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    Marilyn Horne, Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti - George Frideric Handel: Airs d'Operas / Operatic Arias (1983)

    Marilyn Horne, Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti - George Frideric Handel: Airs d'Operas / Operatic Arias (1983)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 203 Mb | Total time: 43:55 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Erato | ECD 88034 | Recorded: 1982

    "Arias for mezzo soprano", it says, and authentically minded readers may already have noted that most of them would be sung by a countertenor these days, being originally for castrati. A little while ago I reviewed a record, "Arias for Farinelli", by Vivica Genaux, which came with a fascinating essay by René Jacobs in which he argued that the nearest we can get these days to the sound of the castrati is not the countertenor, which he rudely says should really be called a "falsettist", but the mezzo soprano, who is able to reproduce the strong, warm chest tones in her lower range which contemporary commentators tell us were at the base of the castrato voice production, the voice becoming sweeter and softer as it goes into the higher range.

    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 3] - L'Italiana in Algeri (2018)

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    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 3] - L'Italiana in Algeri (2018)

    Gioachino Rossini Edition 50 CDs [Part 3]: Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti, Marilyn Horne - L'Italiana in Algeri (2018)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 641 Mb | Total time: 71:30+69:21 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Warner Classics | # 0190295611156 | Recorded: 1980

    The most comprehensive edition devoted to Gioachino Rossini marking his 150th anniversary. Born in 1792, Rossini was the most popular opera composer of his time. Although he retired from the Opera scene in 1829, he continued to compose in other genres, including sacred music, piano and chamber works. He did gather his late works under the ironic title Péchés de vieillesse (Sins of Old Age), which veils a true collection of masterworks.

    Mario Bernardi, National Arts Center Orchestra, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey - George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo (2006)

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    Mario Bernardi, National Arts Center Orchestra, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey - George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo (2006)

    Mario Bernardi, National Arts Center Orchestra, Marilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey - George Frideric Handel: Rinaldo (2006)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 864 Mb | Total time: 76:36+73:41 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Ponto | # PO-1047 | Recorded: 1982

    Mario Bernardi revived the Horne-Corsaro ''Rinaldo'' for the National Arts Center of Canada, and a new and much more elaborate production designed by Mark Negin had a great success at Festival Ottawa in the summer of 1982. ''Rinaldo'' is in essence Marilyn Horne's production. She sings the title role in a version that has been tailored specifically for her vocal powers, and she has obviously had a lot to say about the hows and the whos of this production.

    James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Paul Plishka, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne - Verdi: Falstaff (2009/1992)

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    James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Paul Plishka, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne - Verdi: Falstaff (2009/1992)

    James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Paul Plishka, Mirella Freni, Marilyn Horne - Verdi: Falstaff (2009/1992)
    NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 7.46 Gb (DVD9) | 126 min
    Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Chinese

    This time-honoured production of Verdi's final opera, one that has seen all the greatest Falstaffs of the last four decades hold court at its convincingly shabby Garter Inn and upset the decent folk of its lovingly recreated Tudor Windsor, marked the first appearance at the Met of producer and designer Franco Zeffirelli in March 1964. The Anglophile Zeffirelli had by then made his Shakespearean reputation with a revelatory Romeo and Juliet in London - his films of this play and of The Taming of the Shrew were shortly to follow - as well as with a similar production of Falstaff at Covent Garden, and the attention to visual and psychological detail displayed in his Met Falstaff won it high praise: “a milestone in the history of operatic production in this city" was the judgement of the New York Herald Tribune.

    Marilyn Horne - Just for the Record: The Golden Voice (2003)

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    Marilyn Horne - Just for the Record: The Golden Voice (2003)

    Marilyn Horne - Just for the Record: The Golden Voice (2003)
    EAC | APE (image+.cue, log) | Covers Included | 02:37:39 | 686 MB
    Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Decca | Catalog: 000151202

    If you're looking for one album documenting the career of Marilyn Horne, this is the one to buy. Composed mostly of operatic excerpts from the 1960s and '70s, but also including some art song and concert selections from the 1980s, Decca's Just for the Record: The Golden Voice captures the sound and fury of Horne in her prime. Most everything Horne was known for is here: Handel, Rossini, Bellini, some Verdi, and Bizet's Carmen.

    Charles Mackerras, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice - George Frideric Handel: Orlando (1999)

    Posted By: ArlegZ
    Charles Mackerras, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice - George Frideric Handel: Orlando (1999)

    Charles Mackerras, Orchestra del Teatro La Fenice - George Frideric Handel: Orlando (1999)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 879 Mb | Total time: 64:00+52:53+53:32 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Mondo Musica | # MFOH 10502 | Recorded: 1985

    This is a fine alternative to Christopher Hogwood’s period performance on L’Oiseau-Lyre, and will be welcomed heartily by fans of Marilyn Horne. Orlando is a great role, filled with arias and scenes acrobatic, tender, and exclamatory (he goes mad in Act 2 and stays that way for much of Act 3). In l985, when this present set was taped live at Venice’s La Fenice, Marilyn Horne was still in control of her awesome powers–her breath control, fluidity, big, round tones, impeccable diction, and sheer intelligence still astound after all these years. And she’s certainly superior to the nasty-sounding, if dramatic, James Bowman for Hogwood. Lella Cuberli’s Angelica is fine but is outclassed by Arleen Auger; however, I prefer Jeffrey Gall’s countertenor Medoro to Catherine Robbins’ girly one (both for Hogwood again).

    Henry Lewis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Renata Scotto, Marilyn Horne - Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète (2016)

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    Henry Lewis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Renata Scotto, Marilyn Horne - Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète (2016)

    Henry Lewis, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Renata Scotto, Marilyn Horne - Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le Prophète (2016)
    EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue & Log) ~ 766 Mb | Total time: 63:34+73:07+64:52 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 88875194782 | Recorded: 1976

    The role of Fides calls for a Brünnhilde range with an Amneris-type voice, requiring extraordinary vocal flexibility and dramatic punch – Marilyn Horne has them all, and she brings out the pathos of the part without sentimentalizing it.

    Richard Bonynge, New York City Opera Orchestra - Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti: Live from Lincoln Centre (1987)

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    Richard Bonynge, New York City Opera Orchestra - Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti: Live from Lincoln Centre (1987)

    Richard Bonynge, New York City Opera Orchestra - Sutherland, Horne, Pavarotti: Live from Lincoln Centre (1987)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 354 Mb | Total time: 71:41 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Decca | # 417 587-2 | Recorded: 1981

    This recording marks ground zero of the Three Tenors phenomenon and reminds you of all that it was supposed to be. There's only one tenor here–Luciano Pavarotti–and because he's partnered by different voice types–soprano Joan Sutherland and mezzo-soprano Marilyn Horne– the possibilities of substantial artistic collaboration are much greater. Though this event was heavily hyped and would've driven audiences wild no matter what, the singers use the concert as an occasion to do things they'd never do on the opera stage, such as the Sutherland-Pavarotti duet from Otello". In their prime, they were one of the great operatic teams, as were Sutherland and Horne. And this concert gives ample evidence why. It's essential for fans of these singers.

    Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti, Merilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey - Gioacchino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (2010)

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    Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti, Merilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey - Gioacchino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (2010)

    Claudio Scimone, I Solisti Veneti, Merilyn Horne, Samuel Ramey - Gioacchino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (2010)
    EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 644 Mb | Total time: 71:30+69:21 | Scans included
    Classical | Label: Erato | # 2564 68335 9 | Recorded: 1980

    The plot concerns the feisty eponymous heroine Isabella. She has been sailing in the Mediterranean, accompanied by an elderly admirer Taddeo, in search of her lover Lindoro. After her ship is wrecked Mustafa, the Bey of Algiers, believes her the ideal replacement for his neglected wife who he intends to marry off to a captured slave, who happens to be Lindoro. Complicated situations ensue involving Taddeo being awarded the honour of Kaimakan and Mustafa in turn becoming a Pappataci, a spoof award invented by Isabella to keep him obeying her strict instructions. All ends well in a rousing finale with the Italians escaping from the clutches of the Bey.