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Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Cavalli, Francesco: La CalistoThe opera La Calista by Francesco Cavalli featuring Janet Baker, the cast of the Glyndebourne opera company conducted by Raymond Leppard. Live Glyndebourne recording made in 1972.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Cavalli, Francesco: Ercole AmanteErcole Amante, a tragic opera by Francesco Cavalli, in its world premiere recording, with Felicity Palmer, Yvonne Minton, Patricia Miller and Ulrik Cold, Bach Festsival Chorus and Baroque Orchestra conducted by Michel Corboz, 1981 Erato release from France.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Dargomyzhsky, Alexandre: The Stone GuestThe Stone Guest, a distinctly different opera by Alexander Dargomyzhsky, recorded by Melodiya in Moscow in 1977 with the Soloists Chorus and Orchestra of the Bolshoi Theatre. Issued in Fanrace by Le Chant du Monde,. Practically mint throughout apart from box bottom edge.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Delibes, Leo: LakmeA classic recording of Delibes' most (only) popular opera, Lakme, with Joan Sutherland leading the cast, Monte Carlo Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Richard Bonynge (1968). This is the original release, not one of the many later re-issues.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Dvorak, Antonin: The JacobinThe Jacobin is a three-act comic opera by Dvorak, first performed in 1889 to great acclaim, unlike some his earlier operas which had failed to gain public approval. A full Czech cast in this 1980 recording. Discs mint, box NM.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Gluck, Christoph Willibald von: Orfeo ed EurydiceGluck's most famous opera, Orfeo ed Eurydice, in a Glyndebourne production from 1983, Janet Baker stars as Orfeo. The Glyndebourne Chorus and London Philharmonic Orchestra are conducted by Raymond Leppard.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Gluck, Christoph Willibald: Iphigenie en TaurideIphigenie en Tauride, opera by Gluck, Philips recording from 1985, conducted by John Eliot Gardiner. Soloists include Diana Montague and Thomas Allen. Near mint condition throughout.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Gluck, Christoph Willibald: Orfeo ed EurydiceThe most famous and popular opera by C W Gluck: Orfeo ed Eurydice, in a classic 1961 LIVE recording with Kathleen Ferrier as Eurydice, in a mono 1977 reissue - mint condition apart from some small marks on the outer box.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: Hercules (Historic Recording)The La Scala 1958 performance of Hercules recorded live, with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf. Conducted by Lovro von Matacic. EX+/NM condition, rare set especially in this condition.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: AriodanteAriodante - a three-act opera by Handel with a stellar cast including Janet Baker, Edith Mathis, Norma Burrowes and James Bowman, and Raymond Leppard conducting. Superb production from 1979. Set absolutely mint, as new, probably unplayed (not warranted).
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: JepthaJEPTHA, a dramatic oratorio (1752) by Georg Frideric Handel. Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields conducted by Neville Marriner with Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Emma Kirkby.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: Julius CaesarHandel's opera Juilus Caesar in the English language version starring Dame Janet Baker, with the English National Opera Chorus and Orchestra conducted by Sir Charles Mackerras, 1985.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: BelshazzarBelshazzar - a dramatic oratorio by Georg Frideric Handel, with RObert Tear, Felicity Palmer, Concentus Musicus WIen conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, released in 1976 by Telefunken.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: AlessandroHandel's 3-act opera Alessandro presented by Rene Jacobs and other top soloists with La Petite Bande conducted by Sigiswald Kuijken, 1985 4-disc set in near mint condition, 1985 recording from Harmonia Mundi
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: Rodelinda (Historic Recording)Handel's 3-act opera Rodelinda in a historic LIVE broadcast Sadlers Wells production from 1959 with a stellar cast led by Joan Sutherland and Janet Baker; reissue c.1983 from the American label HRE. The Philomusica of London is conducted by Charles Farncombe.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: AtalantaAtalanta, HWV35, a 3-act opera by Georg Frideric Handel. 1985 recording from Hungaroton Antiqua, conducted by Nicholas McGegan. The world premiere recording, with a fine Hungarian cast and ensemble.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: RinaldoPremiere recording of Handel's Rinaldo made in 1977 . Soloists include Ileana Cotrubas, Paul Esswood and Carolyn Watkinson, with La Grande Ecurie & l Chambre du Roy conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire. Near Mint condition set on CBS Masterworks. Sung in Italian.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: AdmetoHandel's 3-Act Opera 'Admeto' recorded in 1977, conducted by Alan Curtis, on 4 discs (German HMV) in near mint condition. Quadraphonic (SQ) recording praised as a 'trailblazer' on release. With Jill Gomez, Rene Jacobs and James Bowman.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: HerculesHercules by Georg Frideric Handel, music drama with top British cast, English Baroque Soloists conducted by John Eliot Gardiner, Archiv recording from 1982 (released 1983). Perfect mint condition throughout.
Boxed Sets: Opera & Choral
Handel, Georg Frideric: AlcinaAlcina by G F Handel, a baroque masterpiece in the Opera Stage Production conducted by Richard Hickox, HMV 2703 883, (4 record set) from 1986 in mint condition.
