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# **Archipel Digital Remastered 2 ** **ARPCD0246** Vladimir Horowitz – The London recordings 1932–1936 **ARPCD0247** **Donizetti** – *Lucia di Lammermoor* – **Fausto Cleva** **ARPCD0248** Sviatoslav Richter plays **Ravel** & **Rachmaninov** **ARPCD0251** **Bach** – *Die…

# **Beverly Sills "Maria Stuarda"** **Operatic soprano Beverly Sills in costume starring in Donizetti's Maria Stuarda at the New York City Opera in 1972**. (Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images).

# Beverly Sills "Roberto Devereaux" **Operatic soprano Beverly Sills in costume as Elizabeth I in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux at the New York City Opera in 1972. **(Photo by Jack Mitchell/Getty Images).

𝐏𝐀𝐔𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐄 𝐕𝐈𝐀𝐑𝐃𝐎𝐓 — 𝐀 𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐓 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐂 𝐄𝐔𝐑𝐎𝐏𝐄 Few personalities of the nineteenth century allow us to trace the cultural history of Romantic Europe as fully as 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐕𝐢𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐨𝐭 (𝟏𝟖𝟐𝟏–𝟏𝟗𝟏𝟎). Her…

𝗖𝗛𝗢𝗣𝗜𝗡: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗢 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗨𝗡𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗦𝗘, 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗢𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗠𝗘, 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗦 𝗔 𝗠𝗢𝗗𝗘𝗟 To say that Frédéric Chopin composed only music for the piano is a useful simplification, but it is…

# **Teldec Collection — Box Set 50 CDs** **CD 1** **Bartók:** Klavierkonzerte Nr. 1–3 (András Schiff, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Iván Fischer) **CD 2** **Beethoven:** Symphonien Nr. 6 & 8 (Chamber Orchestra of Europe, Nikolaus…

𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗕𝘆 𝗝𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗲𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗩 — 𝗔𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝟮𝟲 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝘂𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗥𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘀𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗼 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝘀, 𝗧𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘇, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗽𝗵𝗿𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 To understand 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘇 𝗟𝗶𝘀𝘇𝘁 𝗮𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗼𝘀𝗲𝗿, one must…

𝗠𝗔𝗛𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗝𝗢𝗦𝗘 𝗟𝗨𝗜𝗦 𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗭 𝗗𝗘 𝗔𝗥𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗚𝗔 𝗣𝗢𝗦𝗧 𝟵 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗞𝗮𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗕𝗮𝗱 𝗛𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗹𝗺𝘂𝘁𝘇: 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗛𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗵 𝗔𝗽𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 When 𝗚𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘃 𝗠𝗮𝗵𝗹𝗲𝗿 completed his student years in Vienna, his future profession…

𝗟𝗲́𝗼𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗮𝘂 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝘂𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗠𝗼𝘇𝗮𝗿𝘁 Among the great lyric tenors of the twentieth century, few embodied elegance, musical intelligence and vocal purity as completely as Léopold Simoneau. His was not a…

𝗔𝗟𝗧𝗢 𝗗𝗜𝗚𝗜𝗧𝗔𝗟 𝗥𝗘𝗠𝗔𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗗 𝟰 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟰𝟰𝟭 — Britten - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 3, Simple Symphony - Britten Quartet 𝗔𝗟𝗖𝟭𝟰𝟰𝟮 — Tchaikovsky - Suite No. 3, Romeo and Juliet, Capriccio Italien - Vladimir Jurowski,…

𝗙𝗥𝗜𝗘𝗗𝗥𝗜𝗖𝗛 𝗦𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗟𝗟𝗘𝗥 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 — 𝟭𝟳𝟱𝟵–𝟭𝟴𝟬𝟱 𝗙𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗱𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗿 occupies a special place among writers whose works entered the history of classical music. He was not only one of…

𝗟𝗢𝗥𝗗 𝗕𝗬𝗥𝗢𝗡 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗛𝗜𝗦 𝗖𝗢𝗡𝗡𝗘𝗖𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 𝗪𝗜𝗧𝗛 𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗖𝗔𝗟 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 𝗟𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗕𝘆𝗿𝗼𝗻, born George Gordon Byron in London on 22 January 1788 and dead at Missolonghi, Greece, on 19 April 1824, was one of the most…

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗱𝗱𝘂 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗔𝘁 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗢𝗳 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗺𝗼 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗻𝗼 was one of the most important Italian tenors of the late nineteenth century, remembered above all as…

𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗮 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲 𝗧𝗲𝗻𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗗𝗶 𝗚𝗿𝗮𝘇𝗶𝗮 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗧𝘄𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗲𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗶𝘁𝗼 𝗦𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗽𝗮 was one of the most beloved Italian tenors of the twentieth century and is often regarded as perhaps the greatest…

𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝘆𝗿𝗶𝗰 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗱𝘆, 𝗗𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗮, 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝘅𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗼𝗿𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘃𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗧𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗶 was one of the most complete Italian lyric baritones of the twentieth century, admired for the extraordinary range of…

𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗰𝗿𝗮𝘁 𝗢𝗳 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗩𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝗶𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗽𝗽𝗲 𝗗𝗲 𝗟𝘂𝗰𝗮 was one of the most refined Italian baritones of the twentieth century, admired not for overwhelming vocal force but for…

𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶 — 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝗪𝗵𝗼 𝗖𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗧𝗵𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗢𝗳 𝗩𝗲𝗿𝗱𝗶’𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗩𝗮𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶 was one of the most important Italian baritones of the nineteenth century, not only because of the distinction of his…

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗢𝘁𝘁𝗼 𝗡𝗶𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗮𝗶 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗚𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺: 𝗔 𝗖𝗵𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝘆, 𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 The history of the 𝗩𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗰 requires a fundamental clarification…

𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗡 𝗟𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗔𝗧𝗨𝗥𝗘 𝗦𝗜𝗡𝗚𝗦: 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧 𝗔𝗟𝗟𝗜𝗔𝗡𝗖𝗘 𝗕𝗘𝗧𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗡 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗔𝗡𝗗 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗪𝗢𝗥𝗟𝗗’𝗦 𝗚𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗪𝗥𝗜𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 Opera has always lived at the crossroads of several arts. It is music, theatre, poetry, painting, gesture, architecture, and psychological drama…

𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗣𝗘𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗠𝗔𝗔𝗚 𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗧𝗜𝗢𝗡 - 𝗕𝗢𝗫 𝗦𝗘𝗧 𝟮𝟬𝗖𝗗𝘀 𝗖𝗗 𝟭 𝗪𝗢𝗟𝗙𝗚𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗔𝗠𝗔𝗗𝗘𝗨𝗦 𝗠𝗢𝗭𝗔𝗥𝗧 Serenade No. 4 in D major, KV 203 Serenade No. 9 in D major, KV 320 “Posthorn” Jean Pougnet, violin New…

# **Prima Voce Series** * **Alessandro Bonci** - **The Fonotipia Recordings** (1905-1907) * **Alexander Kipnis** - **Boris Godunov** * **Alexander Kipnis** in **Opera and Lieder** (1918-1924) * **Alma Gluck** (1911-1917) * **Amelita Galli-Curci** Vol.…