Saturday, 3rd June 2023
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
- Wagner: “Tristan und Isolde”
- Artists: Domingo, Stemme, Royal Opera House Chorus & Orchestra, Pappano
- Audio CD: EMI (CDC 5580062) (226 minutes)
- Release Date: September 13, 2005
- Average Rating:
Libretto in German, with English and French subtitles
- List Price:
£40.99 See Latest Prices on Amazon
- Puccini: “Tosca”
- Artists: Gheorghiu, Alagna, Raimondi, ROH Chorus & Orchestra, Pappano
- Audio CD: 2-CD Box Set EMI (CDC 5571732) (126 minutes)
- Release Date: November 5, 2001
- Average Rating:
Superbly engineered and boasts a first-rate cast.
- List Price:
£17.99 See Latest Prices on Amazon
- Verdi: La Traviata
- Artists: Gheorghiu, Lopardo, Nucci, ROH Orchestra, Solti
- Audio CD: 2-CD Box Set Decca (CDC 4481192) (127 minutes)
- Release Date: September 19, 1995
- Average Rating:
(Decca’s recording is a Penguin Guide Rosette Winner)
- List Price:
£21.99 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
- 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.”
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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: The Nutcracker (Op.71 Complete)
- Artists: The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Mark Ermler
- Audio CD: Sony Masterworks (88697 581242)
- Release Date:October 5, 2009
- List Price:
£8.99 See Latest Prices on Amazon
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (Op.20 Complete)
- Artists: The Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Mark Ermler
- Audio CD: Sony Masterworks (88697 575342)
- Release Date: October 5, 2009
- Average Rating:
- List Price:
£13.99 See Latest Prices on Amazon
- 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
- Tchaikovsky : The Complete Ballets
- Artists: Andre Previn & London Symphony Orchestra
- Audio CD: Warner Classics (7-CD Box Set)
- Release Date: August 16, 2016
- Includes: Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty, The Nutcracker (Complete)
- List Price:
£12.98 See Latest Prices on Amazon
- Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
- Artists: Christopher Austin & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
- Audio CD: Signum Records (Audio CD)
- Release Date: March 11, 2013
- Includes: Highlights of Joby Talbot’s score for the Ballet on CD.
- List Price:
£13.57 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
