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Renato Palumbo, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia - Rossini: Bianca e Falliero (2006)

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Renato Palumbo, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia - Rossini: Bianca e Falliero (2006)

Renato Palumbo, Orquesta Sinfónica de Galicia - Rossini: Bianca e Falliero (2006)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 6 ch) | 7.20+5.28 Gb (2xDVD9) | 183 min
Classical | Dynamic | Sub: Italiano, English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol

Composed for La Scala in Milan in 1819, Bianca e Falliero is an opera of extraordinary dramatic originality, rich in highly spectacular stage solutions, and a fundamental work for our understanding of the full significance of the authentic revolution that the composer from Pesaro brought about in opera; a revolution that was destined to have a decisive influence on the development of Italian opera in the nineteenth century. The singing cast features Maria Bayo, Daniela Barcellona, Francesco Meli and Carlo Lepore, conducted by Renato Palumbo and directed by Jean-Louis Martinoty.

Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2014)

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Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2014)

Teodor Currentzis, MusicAeterna - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 774 Mb | Total time: 02:57:33 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony Classical | # 887654661623 | Recorded: 2013

Sony Classical continues its major Mozart opera project with conductor Teodor Currentzis and his orchestra & choir MusicAeterna. A ‘no-compromise’ studio recording cycle of Mozart’s three Da Ponte operas. Living in a unique artistic community established on the edge of Siberia, the musicians work and record under ideal conditions towards Currentzis’ stated goal “to show what can be achieved if you avoid the factory approach of the classical music mainstream”. The soloists’ vocal technique is also markedly different to modern operatic interpretation, with a focus on intimacy and clarity, a use of vibrato remarkably restrictive even by today’s ‘period practice’ standards as well as an approach to melodic ornamentation derived from historic sources which cannot be heard in other performances of these works.

Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)

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Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)

Ivor Bolton, Concerto Köln - Francesco Cavalli: Ercole Amante (2010)
NTSC 16:9 (720x480) | Italiano (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | 6.38+7.77 Gb (2xDVD9) | 198 min
Classical | Opus Arte | Sub: English, Francais, Deutsch, Espanol, Italiano, Nederlands

This hilarious contemporary version of Francesco Cavalli's baroque opera Hercules in Love was commissioned on occasion of the marriage of Louis XIV, the Sun King, to Maria Theresa of Spain. The original production took two years to complete and was at the time the greatest show ever performed in Europe. Directed by David Alden, this surreal production is a triumph of commedia buffa resplendent with decorative and symbolic elements, and complemented by Constance Hoffman's exceptional costumes. Led by Ivor Bolton, a master of baroque music, the chorus of De Nederlandse Opera and Concerto Köln give a sublime performance. With Luca Pisaroni's (Ercole) singing being heroic and melodious in turn, and Veronica Cangemi as a splendid Iole, this is an outstanding production by the DNO.

Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique & André Cluytens - Ravel: L'heure espagnole, M. 52 (2024)

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Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique & André Cluytens - Ravel: L'heure espagnole, M. 52 (2024)

Denise Duval, Jean Giraudeau, Orchestre du Théâtre National de l'Opéra-Comique & André Cluytens - Ravel: L'heure espagnole, M. 52 (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 103 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 111 Mb | 00:46:02
Classical, Opera | Label: Warner Classics, Erato Records

L'heure espagnole is a French one-act opera from 1911, described as a comédie musicale, with music by Maurice Ravel to a French libretto by Franc-Nohain, based on Franc-Nohain's 1904 play ('comédie-bouffe') of the same name. The opera, set in Spain in the 18th century, is about a clockmaker whose unfaithful wife attempts to make love to several different men while he is away, leading to them hiding in, and eventually getting stuck in, her husband's clocks. The title can be translated literally as "The Spanish Hour", but the word "heure" also means "time" – "Spanish Time", with the connotation "How They Keep Time in Spain".

Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite & Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (2024)

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Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite & Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (2024)

Rachmaninoff International Orchestra, Mikhail Pletnev - Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite & Bizet/Shchedrin: Carmen Suite (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless | 1:28:06 | 451 Mb
Genre: Classical

Experience the popular melodies from "Swan Lake" and "Carmen" recorded by the world-class Rachmaninoff International Orchestra (RIO) under the baton of Mikhail Pletnev.

Maria Callas - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2023)

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Maria Callas - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2023)

Maria Callas - Puccini: Manon Lescaut (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 2:00:44 | 314 / 254 Mb
Genre: Classical

Manon Lescaut, from the eponymous Puccini opera, is a difficult character to grasp, evolving from a naïve young girl to a venal and manipulative femme fatale, and finally a despaired woman weeping over her miserable end. Maria Callas never performed the role on stage but left this milestone recorded version in 1957, forming with Giuseppe Di Stefano (as Des Grieux) one of the most iconic couples of the whole Puccini discography.

Chor und Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe & Felix Krieger - Donizetti: Dalinda (Live) (2024)

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Chor und Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe & Felix Krieger - Donizetti: Dalinda (Live) (2024)

Chor und Orchester der Berliner Operngruppe & Felix Krieger - Donizetti: Dalinda (Live) (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 452 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 234 Mb | 01:42:15
Classical, Opera | Label: Oehms Classics

Since its foundation in 2013, the Berliner Operngruppe has made a name for itself by giving annual, semi-staged first performances in Berlin of works such as Donizetti’s Deux hommes et une femme and Betly, together with other operatic rarities. This album is the world premiere recording, made on 14 May 2023, of Donizetti’s opera Dalinda, a work that had a brush with the censors, similar to that experienced by his opera Lucrezia Borgia, and disappeared unperformed until it was rediscovered a few years ago by the musicologist Eleonora Di Cintio, in whose critical RICORDI edition it’s heard here.

Ars Antiqua Austria & Gunar Letzbor - Franz Joseph Aumann: Passion Oratorio (2024)

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Ars Antiqua Austria & Gunar Letzbor - Franz Joseph Aumann: Passion Oratorio (2024)

Ars Antiqua Austria & Gunar Letzbor - Franz Joseph Aumann: Passion Oratorio (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 485 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 258 Mb | Digital booklet | 01:52:00
Classical, Sacred, Oratorio | Label: Accent Records

It was a sensational find in many respects when Gunar Letzbor discovered the Passion by the composer and Augustinian canon Franz Joseph Aumann in the archives of St Florian's Abbey (near Linz, Austria) and other monasteries.

Patricia Petibon, Andrea Marcon, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel - Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs (2012)

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Patricia Petibon, Andrea Marcon, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel - Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs (2012)

Patricia Petibon, Andrea Marcon, La Cetra Barockorchester Basel - Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs (2012)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 338 Mb | Total time: 67:53 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophone | # 479 0079 | Recorded: 2012

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque curiosities guaranteed to enthral both the Baroque aficionado and the casual listener.

Hervé Niquet, Brussels Philharmonic - Victorin Joncières: Dimitri (2014)

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Hervé Niquet, Brussels Philharmonic - Victorin Joncières: Dimitri (2014)

Hervé Niquet, Brussels Philharmonic - Victorin Joncières: Dimitri (2014)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 668 Mb | Total time: 61:51+68:47 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Ediciones Singulares | # ES 1015 | Recorded: 2013

Joncières epitomises the Romantic artist fascinated by nobility and grandeur. This is clear from the titles of his works alone: Sardanapale, Lancelot, Le Dernier Jour de Pompéi, Le Chevalier Jean, Dimitri. Listening to the latter, his masterpiece (1876), we realise too that he was a contemporary of Gounod and a champion of Wagner. Dimitri carries on the tradition (begun by Meyerbeer) of spectacular, monumental works. It takes the listener from a monastery near the River Don to a palace in Krakow, then to the castle of Wyksa and finally the Kremlin in Moscow. At the time it was written, Bayreuth, Orange and Béziers were about to turn opera into a popular art with mass appeal.

Anna Netrebko - Diva: The Very Best of Anna Netrebko (2018)

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Anna Netrebko - Diva: The Very Best of Anna Netrebko (2018)

Anna Netrebko - Diva: The Very Best of Anna Netrebko (2018)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 322 Mb | Total time: 64:59 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon | # 483 5791 | Recorded: 2003, 2006-2008, 2015, 2016, 2018

A greatest-hits album ought to stick to the middle of the road, playing to what an artist does best. Yet it ought not simply wallow in past glories: this collection from Russian soprano Anna Netrebko, arguably the best-known soprano of the present day, hits the spot and can safely be recommended to newcomers. Netrebko is at her best in core Italian repertory like Casta Diva from Bellini's Norma or Libiamo ne 'lieti calici from Verdi's La Traviata.

Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique - Jean-Baptiste Lully: Cadmus & Hermione (2021)

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Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique - Jean-Baptiste Lully: Cadmus & Hermione (2021)

Vincent Dumestre, Le Poème Harmonique - Jean-Baptiste Lully: Cadmus & Hermione (2021)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 642 Mb | Total time: 53:34+68:44 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Château de Versailles Spectacles | # CVS037 | Recorded: 2019

An ancient hero, a dragon, a young goddess: love and glory are at the heart of Lullys first opera, first performed in front of Louis XIV. As in his previous works - divertissements, ballets de cour and comédies- ballets - Lully makes the voices and the orchestra sparkle, multiplying the pieces which stand out and that were appealing to the court. But with the help of the librettist Philippe Quinault, he introduced the dramatic force of French classical tragédie in an exclusively musical work: and here the audience was bewitched by the mythical love stories so sumptuously portrayed.

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers (1995)

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William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers (1995)

William Christie, Les Arts Florissants - Marc-Antoine Charpentier: La Descente d'Orphée aux Enfers (1995)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 278 Mb | Total time: 56:10 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Erato | 0630-11913-2 | Recorded: 1995

The myth of Orpheus–the divine musician who went to Hades to rescue his bride Eurydice from the dead and whose song actually persuaded Pluto to release her–has been irresistible to operatic composers from Monteverdi to Offenbach. One of the happiest rediscoveries of the Baroque revival is this lovely one-act chamber opera by Marc-Antoine Charpentier, which combines the gentle lilt typical of French Baroque music with the beautiful melodies and delicious suspensions in which Charpentier excelled. Charpentier diverged from the myth in one important respect: he omitted the tragic ending in which Orpheus loses Eurydice a second time, instead allowing the couple to live happily ever after.

Carlo Ipata, Auser Musici - George Frideric Handel: Catone (2017)

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Carlo Ipata, Auser Musici - George Frideric Handel: Catone (2017)

Carlo Ipata, Auser Musici - George Frideric Handel: Catone (2017)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 889 Mb | Total time: 65:25+59:50 | Scans included
Classical | Label: Glossa | # GCD 923511 | Recorded: 2016

By bringing Catone to disc Carlo Ipata is celebrating the pasticcio, especially those curated by George Frideric Handel, as is the case with this new Glossa release. In a co-production involving the Fondazione Teatro di Pisa and the Händel Festspiele Halle, Ipata brings a further slant on Handel’s operatic career in London; whilst being busy with running the second Royal Academy of Music and writing his own operas, the composer was striving to present London audiences with selections from the best of recent Italian operas by other composers – all at the same time as giving his star singers the opportunity to show off early in the opera company’s season.

Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma! Pavarotti sings Puccini (2024)

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Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma! Pavarotti sings Puccini (2024)

Luciano Pavarotti - Nessun Dorma! Pavarotti sings Puccini (2024)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 3:10:23 | 872 / 437 Mb
Genre: Classical

Luciano Pavarotti One of the most successful and admired opera singers of all time, Luciano Pavarotti was king among tenors from the late 1960s through the 1990s. His voice was noted for its exciting upper register, and tailor-made for the operas of Verdi, Bellini, Donizetti, and Puccini, and as it darkened slightly over the years, for the verismo composers as well. His vocal longevity, which kept him singing youthfully well into his sixties, and still beautifully after that, was a credit to his commanding technique and artistry, and remarkable considering his nearly 40 years of performing.