Saturday, 20th August 2022

Opera and Ballet CDs

Ballet Music CDs are listed separately: BELOW

CLASSICAL OPERA CDs

Donizetti: L’Ange de Nisida
Artists: Mark Elder, Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Audio CD: 2 CDs (156 minutes)
Release Date: 22nd March, 2019
OPERA RARA: presents the world premiere recording of a lost Donizetti masterpiece, L’Ange de Nisida. Written in 1839 for the Theatre de la Renaissance in Paris, the theatre went bankrupt and the opera was left unperformed until 2018!
List Price: ~~£21.99~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

The Complete Recitals of Angela Gheorghiu
Artists: Angela Gheorghiu, Roberto Alagna / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden / Sir Richard Armstrong, etc
Audio CD: Warner Classics, 7 CD Set
Release Date: 20th January, 2017
Includes: Duets & Arias, Verdi per Due, Casta Diva, Live from Covent Garden, Puccini, Live from La Scala Homage to Maria Callas.
List Price: ~~£22.00~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

Great Performances (12 classic Operas at The Royal Opera House)
Artists: Sutherland, Baker, de los Angeles, Tear, Christoff, Gobbi, Evans, Schuard, Kanawa, Allen, Tomowa-Sintow and Vickers
Audio CD: 32 CD Set - Opus Arte (OACD9024D)
Release Date: 1st September 2014
Includes: “Lucia Di Lammermoor, Alceste, Cosi fan tutte, Don Giovanni, Madama Butterfly, Tosca, Rosenkavalier, Don Carlo, Otello, Un Ballo in maschera, Haitink’s Meistersinger and Goodall’s Parsifal”
List Price: ~~£57.72~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

Massenet: Werther
Artists: Villazon, Koch, Iversen, Nakamura, ROH Orchestra, Pappano
2-CD Set: Deutsche Grammophon (0289 477 9340 3)
Release Date: March 12, 2012 Gramophone Awards (2012 Finalist - Opera)
Includes: “In May 2011, Rolando Villazon made his acclaimed return to Covent Garden”
List Price: ~~£14.76~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

Duets & Arias
Artists: Gheorghiu, Alagna, ROH Orchestra, Armstrong
Audio CD: 1-CD EMI (CDC 55611727) (61 minutes)
Release Date: May 6, 1996
Average Rating: (14 tracks from Mascagni, Massenet, Donizetti, Offenbach, etc.)
List Price: ~~£2.99~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

The Three Tenors - 30th Anniversary Edition
Artists: Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Jose Carreras, with Zubin Mehta conducting
Audio CD: 2-CD Decca Classics (0743997)
Release Date: July 24, 2020
Average Rating: Includes complete DVD of concert plus “making of” documentary and CD album of original concert plus collectors booklet
List Price: ~~£19.50~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

Jonas Kaufmann: Fifty Great Arias
Artists: Jonas Kaufmann (tenor), various Orchestras
Audio CD: 4-CD Box Set Decca (4787646)
Release Date: November 3, 2014
Average Rating: (Decca’s outstanding collection of four recital CDs was recorded from 2007-2013)
List Price: ~~£19.25~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

BALLET MUSIC CDs
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The Darcey Bussell Ballet Collection
Featuring: Specially selected recordings by Darcey Bussell from her Royal Ballet days with The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, etc
Audio CD: Sony - 2 CD Set:
Release Date: 30th October 2015
Includes: “Swan Lake: Scene, Pas d’action, Valse, The Sleeping Beauty: Rose Adagio, Valse, The Nutcracker: Waltz of the Flowers, Romeo and Juliet: Introduction, Dance of the Knights, Balcony Scene, Coppelia: Prelude et Mazurka, Valse lente, Giselle: Grand pas de deux, The Nutcracker: Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy, Dance of the Flutes, Spartacus Adagio of Spartacus and Phrygia, Cinderella: Finale.”
DVD in stock approx: £7.49

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet
Artists: The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, with Maestro Koen Kessels
Audio 2-CDs: Opus Arte: OACD9047BD
Running time: 88 minutes
Release Date: November 27, 2020
Details: Soundtrack recording of Prokofiev’s Ballet music as used on DVD: Romeo and Juliet Beyond Words. 1st shown on BBC TV, Christmas 2019.
List Price: ~~£18.00~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty (Op.66 Complete)
Artists: The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Mark Ermler
Audio CD:Sony Masterworks (88697 575302)
Release Date:October 5, 2009
Details: Crowning glory of the late Mark Ermler’s Royal Ballet recordings, (BBC)
List Price: ~~£13.99~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon

A Classical Christmas: Festive Classical Favourites
Artists: The Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
Audio CD: Sony Masterworks (88697 581262)
Release Date:October 5, 2009
Includes:Festive Classical Favourites including a rarity in Quilter’s A Children’s Ov.
List Price: ~~£4.99~~ See Latest Prices on Amazon