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May New Releases have arrived. 12 New Titles!

We are happy to announce 12 new titles all of which we are offering this weekend only at 20% off the regular price! (see details below new releases.)

Lulu

Anja Silja, Martha Mödl, Waldemar Kmentt
Karl Böhm

 

Wozzeck

Marilyn Horne, Sir Geraint Evans, Otakar Krauss
Sir John Pritchard

 

Madama Butterfly

Teresa Kubiak, José Carreras, Delme Bryn-Jones
Gaetano Delogu

 

Die Frau ohne Schatten

Ingrid Bjoner, Waldemar Kmentt, Danica Mastilovic, Donald McIntyre
Ferdinand Leitner

 

Aida

Martina Arroyo, James King, Fiorenza Cossotto
Gianandrea Gavazzeni

 

Aida

Leontyne Price, Flaviano Labò, Giulietta Simionato, Ettore Bastianini
Herbert von Karajan

 

Un Ballo in maschera

Jon Vickers, Amy Shuard, Peter Glossop, Lucia Popp, Shirley Verret
Istvan Kertesz

 

Luisa Miller

Katia Ricciarelli, José Carreras, Renato Bruson
Fernando Previtali

 

Götterdämmerung

Astrid Varnay, Hans Hopf, Gottlob Frick
Berislav Klobucar

 

Tannhaüser

Renata Tebaldi, Hans Beirer, Carlo Tagliabue, Boris Christoff
Karl Böhm

 

Die Walküre

Astrid Varnay, Jerome Hines, Régine Crespin, Fritz Uhl, Regina Resnik
Rudolf Kempe

 

Leontyne Price

In Recital
Salzburg, 1977

 

 


Just in time, April New Releases are here!  18 New Titles….

A tale of Two Cities

Amy Shuard, Heather Harper, Alexander Young

 

Così fan tutte

Valerie Masterson, Francisco Ariaza, Gabriel Bacquier
Sir Charles Mackerras

 

Don Giovanni

Roger Soyer, Margaret Price, Kiri Te Kanawa, José Van Dam
Sir Georg Solti

 

Le Nozze di Figaro

Walter Berry, Edith Mathis, Margaret Price, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Brigitte Fassbaender
Karl Böhm

 

The Tales of Hoffmann

Beverly Sills, Placido Domingo, Norman Treigle

 

Tosca

Birgit Nilsson, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Ramon Vinay

 

Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk

Inge Borkh

 

Ariadne auf Naxos

Leonie Rysanek, James King, Tatyana Troyanos, Jeanette Scovotti
Karl Böhm

 

Der Rosenkavalier - In English

Helga Dernesch, Janet Baker, Elizabeth Harwood

 

Aida

Ghena Dimitrova, Carlo Bergonzi

 

Un Ballo in maschera

Ghena Dimitrova, José Carreras, Piero Cappuccilli

 

Falstaff

Renata Tebaldi, Mariano Stabile, Cesare Valletti

 

La Traviata

Joan Sutherland, Renato Cioni, Piero Cappuccilli

 

Viva Verdi!

A Collection of of the greatest Verdi singers!

 

Der fliegende Holländer

Leonie Rysanek, Donald McIntyre, Martti Talvela

 

Lohengrin

Leonie Rysanek, Astrid Varnay, Sandor Knoya

 

Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg

Josef Greindl, Anja Silja, Sandor Konya

 

Die Walküre

Astrid Varnay, Birgit Nilsson, Ramon Vinay, Hans Hotter
Hans Knappertsbusch

 

 

20 Reissued Titles

Bizet: Carmen - Silja, Hopferwieser, Shade, Königer; von Dohnanyi. Frankfurt, 1973

Donizetti: La Favorita - Cossotto, Ottolini, Ausensi, Vinco; Sanzogno. Rome, 1970

Giordano: Andrea Chenier - Zadek, Roswaenge, Baylé, Höngen; Moralt. Vienna, 1955

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci - Roswaenge, Weathers, Allman, Anheisser; Schmitz.  Cologne, 1964

Puccini: Tosca - Milanov, Corelli, G. Guelfi, Langdon; Gibson.  London, 1957

Puccini: Tosca - Tomowa-Sintow, Domingo, Roar; Lopez-Cobos.  Munich 12/11/77

Puccini: Tosca - Silja, Blanc, Constantin; Seibel.  Frankfurt, 6/7/75

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas (In German) - Mödl, Prey, Lindgreen; Schmidt-Isserstedt.  Hamburg, 1955

Spontini: Olimpia - Lorengar, Cossotto, Fr. Tagliavini, Guelfi; Molinari-Pradelli.  Milan, 6/6/66

Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos - Crespin, Cox, Mesplé, Troyanos, Schoeffler, van Dam.  Aix-en-Provence, 6/1966

Strauss: Elektra - Nilsson, Bjoner, Cortez, Stewart, Callio; Sawallisch. Rome, 6/19/71

Verdi: Aida - Davy, Thomas, Ludwig, Berry, Greindl, Netrelic, Wagner; Böhm.  Berlin, 1960

Verdi: Aroldo - Capagnano, Vitale, Panerai, de Manuelli; Basile.  Turin, 1951

Verdi: Macbeth - Paskalis, Nilsson, Buzea, Franc; Klobucar.  Vienna, 9/13/70

Verdi: Rigoletto - Paskalis, Domingo, Moser, Franc; Singer.  Vienna, 2/7/73

Verdi: Simon Boccanegra - Cappuccilli, Freni, G. Raimondi, Ghiaurov, Foiani; Abbado.  Milan, 1/8/72

Verdi: La Traviata - Scotto, Bergonzi, Zanasi; Inbal.   Verona, 1970

Verdi: La Traviata - Mauti-Nunziata, Kraus, Sardinero, Pons; Balagna.  Madrid, 1977

Wagner: Parsifal - Windgassen, Mödl, Weber, Frantz, Uhde; Jochum. Rome, 4/1/56

 

 

 

 

March New Releases are here

Just in time for spring, we are announcing 10 fantastic new recordings
 
Highlights include…

  • Salome with Leonie Rysanek, Jon Vickers & Thomas Stewart
  • Les contes d'Hoffmann with Anja Silja as all three heroines!
  • Tosca With the great, and under-recorded Ghena Dimitrova.  Placido Domingo as her leading man!

March New Releases:

Mefistofele

Mefistofele

Samuel Ramey, Johanna Meier, Ermanno Mauro
Julius Rudel

Jenufa

Jenufa

Wendy Fine, Amy Shuard, William Cochran
Sir Charles Mackerras

Cavalleria

Cavalleria Rusticana

Amy Shuard, Carlo Cossutta, Napoleon Bisson, Yvonne Minton
Brian Balkwill

Hoffmann

Les Contes d'Hoffmann

Anja Silja, Waldemar Kmentt, Otto Wiener
Joseph Krips

Boheme

La Bohème

Mirella Freni, José Carreras, Rolando Panerai
Herbert von Karajan

Butterfly

Madama Butterfly

Raina Kabaivanska, Bruno Prevedi, Carlos Haiquel
Anton Guadagno

Tosca

Tosca

Ghena Dimitrova, Placido Domingo, Attilio D'Orazi

Salome

Salome

Leonie Rysanek, Jon Vickers, Thomas Stewart
Rudolf Kempe

Parsifal

Parsifal

Wolfgang Windgassen, Irene Dalis, Hans Hotter
Hans Knappertsbusch

Ring Excerpts

Der Ring des Nibelungen - Excerpts

Berit Lindholm, Gladys Kuchta, Wolfgang Windgassen, Ticho Parly, Theo Adam, Josef Greindl, Leonie Rysanek, James King, Janis Martin & Gerhard Stolze
Lorin Maazel

The Maazel Ring Cycle

I am pleased to announce one of the most exciting finds I have come across in years. It is a complete Ring Cycle conducted by Lorin Maazel.
 

The cast is a veritable "who's who" of great Wagnerians, including Leonie Rysanek, Berit Lindholm, Gladys Kuchta, Helga Dernesch, Wolfgang Windgassen, James King, Theo Adam, Thomas Stewart, Josef Greindl just to name a few.

Click here for more info.

 

 

You can also buy each opera individually

Das Rheingold

Das Rheingold

Theo Adam, Janis Martin, Wolfgang Windgassen, Helga Dernesch Josef Greindl, Karl Ridderbusch
Lorin Maazel

Walkure

Die Walküre

Berit Lindholm, Theo Adam, Leonie Rysanek, James King, Janis Martin
Lorin Maazel

Fidelio

Siegfried

Ticho Parly, Berit Lindholm, Josef Greindl, Erika Köth, Gerhard Stolze, Gustav Neidlinger
Lorin Maazel

Gotterdammerung

Götterdämmerung

Gladys Kuchta, Wolfgang Windgassen, Josef Greindl, Thomas Stewart, Helga Dernesch
Lorin Maazel

 



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