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  • Recordings Received

Inclusion in this listing does not preclude review in future issues.

Ian Bostridge: Mélodies by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and Francis Poulenc. Julius Drake, piano; Belcea Quartet. EMI 2435576092

Enrico Caruso: "Amor ti vieta": Great Opera Arias. Digital accompaniments provided by Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gottfried Rabl. RCA 82876-62518-2

Gaetano Donizetti: Elvida. Massimiliano Fichera, Maria Pia Moriyòn, Cristina Pastorello, Daniele Gaspari, Luca Favaron, Stefania Miotto, Orchestra e Coro Città di Adria, conducted by Franco Piva. Bongiovanni GB2370-2

George Frideric Handel: Arias from Semele, Scipione, Orlando, Serse, Samson, Rinaldo, Giulio Cesare, Rodelinda, Lotario, Agrippina, and Alexander Balus. Renée Fleming, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Harry Bicket. Decca B003160-06

Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel. Sung in English. Suzanne Mentzer, Heidi Grant Murphy, Judith Forst, Janice Taylor, Robert Orth, Anna Christy. Milwaukee Children's Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andreas Delfs. Avie AV0050

Alessandro Nini: La Marescialla d'Ancre. Chiara Taigi, Maurizio Comencini, Marzio Giossi, Monica Minarelli, Francesco Palmieri, Stefano Consolini, Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini," Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati. Bongiovanni GB2362/83-2

Elliott Sharp: A Modicum of Passion: The Opera. Devorah Day, Ben Miller, Eric Mingus, Joan Wasser, Yellin String Quartet. Abaton Book Company 013

Giuseppe Verdi: Aida. Incomplete performance. Birgit Nilsson, Brita Hertzberg, Elisabeth Söderström, Set Svanholm, Sigurd Björling, Sven Nilsson, Leon Björker, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Royal Orchestra, conducted by Sixten Ehrling. Excerpts from Richard Wagner's Lohengrin and Parsifal, featuring Brita Hertzberg. Royal Swedish Opera Archives, vol. 4. Caprice CAP22055

Antonio Vivaldi: Motets. Patrizia Ciofi, Europa Galante, conducted by Fabio Biondi. Virgin Veritas 2435457042

Voices of Light. Songs by Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Osvaldo Golijov, and Gabriel Fauré. Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, piano. Nonesuch 79812-2

Ian Bostridge: Mélodies by Claude Debussy, Gabriel Fauré, and Francis Poulenc. Julius Drake, piano; Belcea Quartet. EMI 24355 76092
Enrico Caruso: "Amor ti vieta": Great Opera Arias. Digital accompaniments provided by Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Gottfried Rabl. RCA 82876-62518-2
Gaetano Donizetti: Elvida. Massimiliano Fichera, Maria Pia Moriyòn, Cristina Pastorello, Daniele Gaspari, Luca Favaron, Stefania Miotto, Orchestra e Coro Città di Adria, conducted by Franco Piva. Bongiovanni GB 2370-2
George Frideric Handel: Arias from Semele, Scipione, Orlando, Serse, Samson, Rinaldo, Giulio Cesare, Rodelinda, Lotario, Agrippina, and Alexander Balus. Renée Fleming, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, conducted by Harry Bicket. DeccaB003160-06
Engelbert Humperdinck: Hansel and Gretel. Sung in English. Suzanne Mentzer, Heidi Grant Murphy, Judith Forst, Janice Taylor, Robert Orth, Anna Christy. Milwaukee Children’s Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Chorus, Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Andreas Delfs. Avie AV0050
Alessandro Nini: La Marescialla d’Ancre. Chiara Taigi, Maurizio Comencini, Marzio Giossi, Monica Mnarelli, Francesco Palmieri, Stefano Consolini, Coro Lirico Marchigiano "Vincenzo Bellini," Orchestra Filarmonica Marchigiana, conducted by Fabrizio Maria Carminati. Bongiovanni GB 2362/83-2
Elliott Sharp: A Modicum of Passion: The Opera. Devorah Day, Ben Miller, Eric Mingus, Joan Wasser, Yellin String Quartet. Abaton Book Company 013
Giuseppe Verdi: Aida. Incomplete performance. Birgit Nilsson, Brita Hertzberg, Elisabeth Söderström, Set Svanholm, Sigurd Björling, Sven Nilsson, Leon Björker, Royal Swedish Opera Chorus, Royal Orchestra, conducted by Sixten Ehrling. Excerpts from Richard Wagner’s Lohengrin and Parsifal, featuring Brita Hertzberg. Royal Swedish Opera Archives, vol. 4. Caprice CAP 22055
Antonio Vivaldi: Motets. Patrizia Ciofi, Europa Galante, conducted by Fabio Biondi. Virgin Veritas 24354 57042
Voices of Light. Songs by Olivier Messiaen, Claude Debussy, Osvaldo Golijov, and Gabriel Fauré. Dawn Upshaw, Gilbert Kalish, piano. Nonesuch 79812-2 [End Page 406]
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