Saturday, January 31, 2009

Falstaff ~ Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901)

Falstaff ~ Giuseppe Verdi (1813 – 1901) ~ Lyrische Komödie in drei Akten

Sir John Falstaff ............................Renato Bruson
Ford ....................................................Leo Nucci
Fenton ...............................................Dalmacio Gonzalez
Dr. Cajus ...........................................Michael Sells
Bardolfo ...................................Francis Egerton
Pistola ...............................................William Wildermann
Mrs. Alice Ford ..............................Katia Ricciarelli
Nannetta ..........................................Barbara Hendricks
Mrs. Quickly ....................................Lucia Valentini Terrani
Mrs. Meg Page .................................Brenda Boozer

Los Angeles Master Chorale
Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra
Carlo Maria Giulini
Deutsche Grammophon 1982,
Format: Flac 2 disks,
Libretto incl. courtesy of Karadar.
Disk 1, 235 mb.
Disk 2, 263 mb.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Giacomo Puccini 1858 – 1924 ~ Turandot

Giacomo Puccini 1858 – 1924 ~ Turandot
Lyric Drama in Three Acts

Turandot ~ A Chinese Princess ~ Eva Marton
Altoum ~ Emperor of China her father ~ Valdemar Kmentt
Timur ~ Deposed King of the Tartar ~ John-Paul Bogart
Calaf ~ The unknown Prince, his son ~ José Carreras
Liú ~ A young slave girl ~ Katia Ricciarelli
Ping ~ Chancellor ~ Robert Kerns
Pang ~ Marshall ~ Helmut Wildhaber
Pong ~ Chief cook ~ Heinz Zednik
A Mandarin ~ Kurt Rydl
Wiener Sängerknaben
Chor und Orchester der Wiener Staatsoper
Director ~ Lorin Maazel

Sefel Records 1984
Format : Flac 2 disks, Libretto courtesy of KARADAR Incl.

Disk 1: 242 mb
http://rapidshare.com/files/185740587/Disk1.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/185740547/Disk1.part2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/185740710/Disk1.part3.rar.html

Disk 2: 277 mb.
http://rapidshare.com/files/185740804/Disk2.part1.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/185740379/Disk2.part2.rar.html
http://rapidshare.com/files/186304931/Disk2.part3.rar.html

Sunday, January 11, 2009

Tschaikowsky ~ Dvorak Streicherserenaden


Serenade for strings (or piano, 4 hands) in C major, Op. 48
Composer: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Serenade for string orchestra in E major, B. 52 (Op. 22)
Composer: Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Herbert von Karajan
Format: Flac 243 mb
Polydor International GmbH, Hamburg 1981

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Giuseppi Verdi ~ Ernani


Verdi: Ernani
Placido Domingo ~ Mirella Freni ~ Renato Bruson ~ Nicolai Ghiaurov

Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
Maestro del Coro : Romano Gadolfi
Conductor : Riccardo Muti
Live recording in cooperation with E.A. Teatro alla Scala, Milano
EMI Records Ltd. 1983, DDD
Format: Flac 3 disks
Libretto from Kadar incl.
Disk 1:
Disk 2:
Disk 3: