Recordings Received

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

America the Beautiful: Great Voices in Patriotic Song (1905-50). Romophone (distributed by Empire Music) 87002-2

Marian Anderson: Arias, Songs, and Spirituals 1924-1944. Naxos Nostalgia 8.120566

Johann Christian Bach: Opera Overtures, Vol. 3. The Hanover Band, conducted by Anthony Halstead. cpo (distributed by Naxos of America) 999 753-2

Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani. Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Sesto Bruscantini, Bonaldo Giaiotti, Orchestra Sinfonica e Coro di Roma delta RAI, conducted by Riccardo Muti. Living Stage (distributed by Qualiton Imports) LS 4035128

Alban Berg: Wozzeck. Carl Johan Falknian, Katarina Dalayman, Uhik Qvale, Sten Wahlund, Lennart Stregård, Klas Hedlund, Marianne Eklöf, Orchestra and Chorus of the Royal Opera, Stockholm, conducted by Leif Segerstam. Naxos 8.660076-77

Hector Berlioz: I Troiani. Nell Rankin, Giulietta Simionato, Edith Martelli, Fiorenzo Cossotto, Adriana Lazzarini, Mario Del Monaco, Nicola Zaccaria, Lino Puglisi, Ugo Novelli, Agostino Ferrin, Regolo Romani, Piero De Palma, Orchestra and Chorus of Teatro alla Scala, conducted by Rafael Kubelik. Myto (distributed by Qualiton Imports) 3 MCD 021.256

Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens. Ben Heppner, Michelle DeYoung, Petra Lang, Sara Mingardo, Peter Mattei, Stephen Milling, Kenneth Tarver, Toby Spence, Orlin Anastassov, Tigran Martirossian, Isabelle Cals, Alan Ewing, Guang Yang, Andrew Greenan, Roderick Earle, Bülent Bezdüz, Leigh Melrose, Mark Stone, London Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Sir Colin Davis. LSO Live (distributed by Harmonia Mundi) 0010 CD

Enrico Caruso: The Complete Recordings, Volume 8. Naxos Historical 8.110726

Domenico Cimarosa: Overtures, Vol. 1. Nicolaus Esterházy Sinfonia, conducted by Alessandro Amoretti. Marco Polo (distributed by Naxos of America) 8.225181

Gaetano Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore. Renata Scotto, Carlo Bergonzi, Giuseppe Taddei, Carlo Cava, Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conducted by Gianandrea Gavazzeni. Living Stage (distributed by Qualiton Imports) LS 4035129

Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor. Beverly Sills, Carlo Bergonzi, Piero Cappuccilli, Adolf Dallapozza, Justino Diaz, Patricia Kern, Keith Erwen, London Symphony Orchestra, Ambrosian Opera Chorus, conducted by Thomas Schippers. Westminster (distributed by Universal Classics) The Legacy 471 250-2

Gaetano Donizetti: Maria Stuarda. Leyla Gencer, Shirley Verrett, Mafalda Masini, Franco Tagliavini, Agostino Ferrin, Giulio Fioravanti, Orchestra and Chorus of Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, conducted by Francesco Molinari-Pradelli. Living Stage (distributed by Qualiton Imports) LS 4035126

Evening Star: German Opera Arias. Thomas Quasthoff, with Christiane Oelze, Orchestra and Chorus of the German Opera, Berlin, conducted by Christian Thielemann. Deutsche Grarnmophon (distributed by Universal Classics) 471 493-2

French Operetta Arias. Susan Graham, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Yves Abel. Erato (distributed by Atlantic) 42106-2

German Romantic Arias. Karita Mattila, Staatskapelle Dresden, conducted by Sir Colin Davis. Erato (distributed by Atlantic) 42141-2

Angela Gheorghiu. Live from Covent Garden. Arias. Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, conducted by Ion Marin. EMI Classics 57264

Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzanze / Trial by Jury. The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, New Promenade Orchestra, conducted by Isidore Godfrey. (1949 recording.) Naxos Historical 8.110196-97

Charles Gounod: La reine de Saba. Francesca Scaini, Jeon-Won Lee, Anna Lucia Alessio, Annalisa Carbonara, Luca Grassi, Salvatore Cordella, Jean Vendassi, Pietro Naviglio, Orchestra Internazionale d'Italia, Bratislava Chamber Choir, conducted by Manlio Benzi. Dynamic (distributed by Qualiton Imports) CDS 387/1-2

George Frideric Handel: Deborah. Elisabeth Scholl, Natacha Ducret, Lawrence Zazzo, Ewa Wolak, Knut Scoch, Jelle S. Draijer, Barockorchester Frankfurt, Junge Kantorei, conducted by Joachim Carlos Martini. Naxos 8.554785-87

Jean-Baptiste Lully: Persée. Paul Agnew, Anna Maria Panzarella, Salomé Haller, Jérôme Correas, Vincent Billier, Monique Simon, Robert Getchell, Béatrice Mayo Felip, Laurent Slaars, Cyril Auvity, Bruno Rostand, Les Talens Lyriques, Maîtrise du Centre de Musique Baroque de Versailles "Les Chantres de la Chapelle," conducted by Christophe Rousset. Naïve (distributed by Harmonia Mundi) E 8874

Margison Sings Verdi. Richard Margison, James Westman, Canadian Opera Company Orchestra, conducted by Richard Bradshaw. CBC Records (distributed by Naxos of America) SMCD 5213

Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann. Stuart Burrows, Beverly Sills, Norman Treigle, Susanne Marsee, Nico Castel, Robert...