classical music: Thomas Allen [baritone]

classical music: Thomas Allen [baritone]

classical music:

Thomas Allen [bari...

Vaughan Williams: The Collector's Edition

Benjamin Luxon, Brian Etheridge, ...

EMI Classics, 2008

Great Value, Fine Performances
For lovers of Ralph Vaughan Williams' music, the prospect of obtaining most of his works on 30 CDs for $50 or less should be irresistible. It's a great way to fill in the gaps in your collection, or to become acquainted with RVW's less familiar works. Among the ...

Pavarotti's Opera Made Easy-My Favourite Opera For Children

Robert Massard, Sherrill Milnes, ...

Decca, 1994

Fun, accessible opera for you and your child to enjoy
I bought this CD for my then 3 year old son. He loved it then because it was the "Bugs Bunny" music he was familiar with from the cartoons. He listened to it for awhile then we put it away. After he turned 4, he said to me one day -- let's listen to opera, and now ...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

Ernest Blanc, Robert Massard, ...

Angel Records, 1999

Great for the amateur Opera listener
As a long time armchair Opera listener I'm shocked that I hadn't come across this album until recently. I'm not really an Opera connoisseur so my review is based on just the fact that I love Opera, but mostly by listening to arias or occasionally going to the Opera. ...

Gounod: Faust (Complete Opera); Domingo, Freni, Ghiaurov, Allen, Pretre

Placido Domingo, Georges Pretre, ...

EMI Classics, 1990

Gounod: Faust (Complete Opera); Domingo, Freni, Ghiaurov, Allen, Pretre
Excelente en todo. Grandes intérpretes, gran orquesta y muy burns dirección.Aún habiendose grabado en 1979, el sonido es muy bueno. Gran presentación de la discográfica. Para mí, la mejor grabación del Faust de Gounod que he oñido jamás.

100 Best Opera Classics

Andreas Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, ...

Emd Int'l, 2007

Amazing Value
I am so impressed by this collection that I must share my joy at getting so many beautiful arias, duets, et al in one collection. It captures many of the great operatic voices in stellar performances spanning the last 50 years. If you are enchanted by beautiful ...

100 Best Mozart
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jorma Hynninen, ...

Angel Records, 2006

The #1 Opera Album

Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, ...

Decca, 2001

great collection
If one was wanting to introduce a friend to the wonderful world of opera, this would be a great cd to buy them. Also at this time when many of us are worrying about Luciano and his health , it is great to hear him featured on many of the selections. A great buy and ...

100 Best Opera Classics

Andreas Schmidt, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, ...

Angel Records, 2006

Superlative collection
A collection of 100 individual arias and ensembles from the EMI catalogue of complete opera recordings made between 1955 and 2003. It includes a wide selection from popular operas by Italian, Austrian, German, Russian and French composers. The French are especially ...

Gilbert & Sullivan - Highlights from The Mikado, The Pirates of Penzance, H.M.S. Pinafore, The Yeomen of the ...

Nicholas Folwell, Arthur Sullivan, ...

Telarc, 1996

Fine Intro to G&S
This is the perfect CD for those who may not be familiar with G&S, or for the initiated who want a smattering but don't have the mother of all CD changers. The difficulty with any G&S Greatest Hits CD is determining which pieces to leave off; while one could easily ...

Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music · Five Mystical Songs · Fantasia on Christmas Carols · Flos Campi / ...

Ralph Vaughan Williams, Matthew Best, ...

Hyperion UK, 1993

Some of the finest of English vocal music
Of this collection, only the "Five Mystical Songs" will be familiar to most listeners. It is a treat to discover the remaining works all available in one package, and especially good to hear them. "Serenade to Music" (with words by Shakespeare) is quintessential ...

Corigliano: A Dylan Thomas Trilogy
Thomas Allen [baritone], John Corigliano, ...

Naxos American, 2008

Boito: Mefistofele / Treigle, Domingo, Caballé; Rudel

Arrigo Boito, Plácido Domingo, ...

EMI Classics, 1997

The greatest recorded Satan
Julius Rudel leads the London Symphony Orchestra in a polished, refined production of Arrigo Boito's only completed opera, Mefistofele. The Prelude has several links to Verdi's "Tuba mirum" in his Requiem, with its echoing, rumbling fanfares that seem to swirl about ...

The Opera Album

Maria Callas, Placido Domingo

EMI Classics, 2002

Nessun dorma!
This set of two CDs is a great way to listen to some highlights from many different operas when you aren't in the mood to listen to a full opera. Many of your favorite arias are here, such as Nessun Dorma, Habanera, Non piu andrai etc. But what I liked most about it is ...

Tchaikovsky - Eugen Onegin / T. Allen, Freni, von Otter, Shicoff, Burchuladze; Levine

Tchaikovsky, James Levine, ...

Deutsche Grammophon, 1990

Which Onegin to buy, Levine or Bychkov?
When The Gramophone gave a lukewarm review to Levine's 1989 Eugene Onegin and a rave to the 1993 set under Semyon Bychkov, I felt a healthy skepticism. How a magazine solely devoted to classical listening could hire writers with such lamentably bad ears is beyond me. ...

Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro / Te Kanawa, Popp, Ramey, Solti [Highlights]

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Georg Solti, ...

Decca, 1990

The best Figaro on record!
This is a recording that ranks with the greatest. The sparkling, crisp overture and a remarkable cast, this is one for every classical music lover's library. Solti conducted with his usual unerring command, and you will never hear a better Countess or Figaro than Te ...