Compilation – Joyce DiDonato

Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette & Cléopâtre

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”What makes Hector Berlioz such a great composer?”, asks conductor John Nelson. “In one word, originality … He broke all existing traditions of orchestration, structure, harmonic language and storytelling. Even today, his music is fresh, surprising us at every turn with inexpressible beauty.” Nelson now adds two more astonishingly original works by Berlioz – the ‘dramatic symphony’ Roméo et Juliette and the ‘lyric scene’ La Mort de Cléopâtre to his Erato discography. He continues the fruitful relationship with the Orchestre philharmonique de Strasbourg, his choice for the recordings of Les Troyens, La Damnation de Faust, Harold en Italie and Nuits d’été. Joyce DiDonato, his unforgettable Didon and Marguerite, returns as the suicidal Cléopâtre and she is joined in Roméo et Juliette by tenor Cyrille Dubois (who was Iopas in Les Troyens), baritone Christopher Maltman, and the choruses of the Lisbon-based Gulbenkian Foundation and Strasbourg’s Opéra du Rhin.

Best of Klassik 2017 (Echo Klassik)

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BEST OF KLASSIK 2017

Release date: October 13, 2017

Featuring Joyce DiDonato,Jonas Kaufmann, Fazil Say, Matthias Goerne, Daniel Hope, Renaud Capuçon and Maurizio Pollini, Pretty Yende, Lucas Debargue, Ksenija Sidorova and Marianne Crebassa.

This double album features tracks from some of the most remarkable musicians of the year, from baroque to contemporary music. A must-have in every collection.

Mozart 225 – The Late Operas

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MOZART – The Late Operas

DiDonato, Damrau, Fleming, Pape, Pisaroni and others

In celebration of Mozart’s 225th anniversary, presented by Decca Classics and Deutsche Grammophon in partnership with the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation.

Mozart:

Le nozze di Figaro, K492
Petteri Salomaa (Figaro), Barbara Bonney (Susanna), Håkan Hagegård (Conte Almaviva), Arleen Auger (Contessa Almaviva), Alicia Nafé (Cherubino), Della Jones (Marcellina), Carlos Feller (Bartolo), Eduardo Giménez (Basilio), Francis Egerton (Curzio), Enzo Florimo (Antonio), Nancy Argenta (Barbarina)
Drottningholm Court Theatre, Arnold Östman
Don Giovanni, K527
Ildebrando D’Arcangelo (Don Giovanni), Luca Pisaroni (Leporello), Diana Damrau (Donna Anna), Joyce DiDonato (Donna Elvira), Rolando Villazón (Don Ottavio), Mojca Erdmann (Zerlina), Konstantin Wolff (Masetto), Vitalij Kowaljow (Il Commendatore), Mahler Chamber Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin
Così fan tutte, K588
Renée Fleming (Fiordiligi), Anne Sofie von Otter (Dorabella), Adelina Scarabelli (Despina), Frank Lopardo (Ferrando), Olaf Bär (Guglielmo), Michele Pertusi (Don Alfonso), Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Sir Georg Solti
Die Zauberflöte, K620
René Pape (Sarastro), Erika Miklósa (Königin der Nacht), Dorothea Röschmann (Pamina), Christoph Strehl (Tamino), Hanno Müller-Brachmann (Papageno), Julia Kleiter (Papagena), Georg Zeppenfeld (Sprecher), Kurt Azesberger (Monostatos), Caroline Stein (Erste Dame), Heidi Zehnder (Zweite Dame), Anne-Carolyn Schlüter (Dritte Dame), Alexander Lischke (Drei Knaben), Frederic Jost, Niklas Mallmann (Soloists From Tölzer Knabenchor), Danilo Formaggia (Erster Geharnischter Mann), Sascha Borris (Zweiter Geharnischter Mann), Andreas Bauer (Erster Priester), Danilo Formaggia (Zweiter Priester), Tobias Beyer (Dritter Priester), Matthias Bernhold (Drei Sklaven), Martin Olbertz & Tobias Beyer, Mahler Chamber Orchestra & Arnold Schoenberg Chor, Claudio Abbado
La clemenza di Tito, K621
Rainer Trost (Tito), Magdalena Kozená (Sesto), John Relyea (Publio), Hillevi Martinpelto (Vitellia), Lisa Milne (Servilia), Christine Rice (Annio), Ronald Schneider (fortepiano), Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Scottish Chamber Orchestra Chorus, Sir Charles Mackerras

50 Years At Lincoln Center: A Gala Celebration

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50 Years At Lincoln Center: A Gala Celebration

3CD-set from the Metropolitan Opera
Release date: May 7

Featuring Piotr Beczała, Ben Bliss, Stephanie Blythe, Joseph Calleja, Javier Camarena, Dwayne Croft, Diana Damrau, David Daniels, Joyce DiDonato, Plácido Domingo, Yusif Eyvazov, Michael Fabiano, Renée Fleming, Elīna Garanča, Susan Graham, Vittorio Grigolo, Gunther Groissböck, Dmitri Hvorostovsky, Christopher Job, Mariusz Kwiecień, Isabel Leonard, Željko Lučić, Angela Meade, Latonia Moore, James Morris, Anna Netrebko, Kristine Opolais, Eric Owens, René Pape, Matthew Polenzani, Sava Vemić, Michael Volle, Yunpeng Wang, Pretty Yende, Sonya Yoncheva and Dolora Zajick.

On May 7, 2017, the Met celebrated its golden anniversary in Lincoln Center with a spectacular gala featuring some of the greatest artists in opera.

From Renée Fleming’s ravishing “Porgi, amor” to the brilliant high Cs of Javier Camarena’s “Pour mon âme!,” Anna Netrebko’s show-stopping “Un bel dì” to Dmitri Hvorostovsky’s heroic surprise
appearance singing “Cortigiani, vil razza dannata,” this recording captures the magic of a unique and magnificent night at the opera.

The 3 CD set is packaged in an 8 panel soft pack with a 40 page booklet comprised of articles from the Playbill, the gala concert dinner program, timeline, and photos.

Mozart 225

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Mozart

DiDonato, Damrau, Fleming, Gardiner and others

The most complete and authoritative edition of Mozart’s works on 200CDs
In celebration of Mozart’s 225th anniversary, presented by Decca Classics and Deutsche Grammophon in partnership with the Salzburg Mozarteum Foundation

This individually-numbered limited edition is a fusion of the latest scholarship with 240 hours of benchmark performances from 600 world-class artists and state-of-the-art sound recording.

Track Listing

Disc: 1

1. CD 1 – 10 Solo

2. CD 11 – 19 Duets Sonatas and Variations for Piano & Violin, Sonatas and Variations for Keyboard 4 hands and 2 Pianos, Duo for Bassoon & Cello, Violin & Viola Duos, Horn Duos

3. CD 20 – 22 Trios Piano Trios, String Trios, Clarinet Trio 23

4. Divertimenti K136 – K138, String Quartets, Flute Quartets, Oboe Quartet, Piano Quartets

5. CD 31 – 34 Quintets String, Horn, Piano, Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Adagio & Fugue, Clarinet Quintet, Adagio & Rondo

6. CD 35 – 39 Sextets, Octets etc Divertimenti, Serenades

7. CD 40 – 49 Supplementary performances: Period instruments, Mozart’s instruments, Classic & Historic

8. CD 50 – 61 Symphonies

9. CD 62 – 68 Serenades, Divertimenti, Cassations

10. CD 69 – 73 Minuets, Contredanses, German Dances, Marches

11. CD 74 – 87 Concertos

12. CD 88 – 101 Supplementary performances: Concerto and Orchestral

13. CD 102 Apollo et Hyacinthus

14. CD 103 – 104 La finta semplice

15. CD 105 Bastien und Bastienne; Der Schauspieldirektor

16. CD 106 – 108 Mitridate, re di Ponto

17. CD 109 – 110 Ascanio in Alba

18. CD 111 – 112 Il sogno di Scipione

19. CD 113 – 115 Lucio Silla

20. CD 116 – 118 La finta giardiniera

21. CD 119 – 120 Il re pastore

22. CD 121 Zaide

23. CD 122 – 124 Idomeneo

24. CD 125 – 126 Die Entführung aus dem Serail

25. CD 127 L oca del Cairo; Lo sposo deluso

26. CD 128 – 130 Le nozze di Figaro

27. CD 131 – 133 Don Giovanni

28. CD 134 – 136 Così fan tutte

29. CD 137 – 138 Die Zauberflöte

30. CD 139 – 140 La clemenza di Tito

31. CD 141 Thamos in Ägypten; Les Petits Riens etc

32. CD 142 – 146 Additional Opera Arias, Insertion Arias, Concert Arias

33. CD 147 Arias with Period instruments

34. CD 148 Famous Arias

35. CD 149 Classic Performances: Arias

36. CD 150 – 152 Classic Performance: Le Nozze Di Figaro (Erich Kleiber)

37. CD 153 – 154 Die Schuldigkeit des ersten Gebots etc

38. CD 155 – 156 La Betulia liberata

39. CD 157 Davidde penitente etc

40. CD 158 – 169 Church Music Mass Settings, Litanies, Vespers, Shorter Works, Epistle Sonatas, Requiem

41. CD 170 Supplementary Performances: Solemn Vespers; Requiem etc

42. CD 171 Songs

43. CD 172 Masonic

44. CD 173 Canons & Partsongs

45. CD 174 – 175 Fragments, Discoveries & Curios

46. CD 176 – 178 Works completed by others

47. CD 179 – 181 Arrangements of other composers

48. CD 182 – 183 Handel Arrangements: Acis und Galatea

49. CD 184 – 185 Handel Arrangements: Der Messias

50. CD 186 – 187 Handel Arrangements: Das AAlexander

51. CD 188 – 190 Die Gärtnerin aus Liebe

52. CD 191 – 193 Self

53. CD 194 – 200 Works of Doubtful Authenticity

OPERA: New Generation Great Duets

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With contributions from Anna Netrebko, Roland Villazón, Peter Mattei, Natalie Dessay, David Daniels, and many more.