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It is difficult to imagine a more ideal casting than Anna Moffo in the role of Violetta Valery in Verdi's LA TRAVIATA. This movie preserves for posterity the reason why Moffo was the Violetta of the 1960's. A stunningly beautiful woman with an equally beautiful voice, Moffo has all the vocal and interpretative skills to manage this difficult role. The movie is very faithful to the score and the libretto, perhaps too much, sometimes to the point of looking like a theatrical performance instead. The movie does not have subtitles either, something that can be difficult for people with no knowledge of the opera. Besides this, the color and costumes are really good. Alfredo Bonisolli as Alfredo and Gino Bechi as Germont support Moffo both on the visual and musical aspects. Among the best scenes of the movie are "A Forse lui...Sempre Libera" with a sparkling display of Moffo's beautiful eyes and coloratura technique. Also remarkable is the Violetta-Germont duet, a moment where Moffo and Bechi create a great moment of musical theater. This movie is in my opinion, even with its technical flaws, more effective in making a case for this wonderful opera than the Zefirelli. It presents Moffo in her best role one, one of the best interpretations in opera history. ~ amazon.com

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Performers and producers were brought together, with contemporary Rome as the setting for this ‘live film’, to create this unique and highly innovative version of Puccini’s Tosca. Abandoning its theatrical roots, the opera was broadcast live by satellite around the world. And dispensing with theatrical sets, it was performed in the very Roman locations – and at the very same times of day – as Puccini had written into his score: in the 16th-century church of Sant’Andrea della Valle, the nearby Palazzo Farnese (a magnificent 16th-century edifice that is now the French Embassy) and finally at Castel Sant’Angelo. ~ arkivmusic.com

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'I've done Tosca so many times before,' Mehta concludes, 'but to do it from these places is a dream come true.'

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These CDS engraved belong to a friend ... this is not my rip, I’ve got it on loan so...thank you to the real ripper. ~ Archinul This box makes a nice alternative to the Philips boxes under Colin Davis. Not to take anything away from Davis. Universal has brought us a great compilation of some of Berlioz' best works from a variety of performers with different styles. The jewel has to be Ozawa's unsurpassed Romeo and Juliet. This 1976 studio recording had its birth at the Tanglewood Festival and features excellent soloists (Julia Hamari, Jose Van Dam, and Jean Dupouy), a very competent choir, and of course the reliable Boston SO. The recording is of outstanding quality. Barenboim's Damnaton is perdictably Furtwangler-like in tempo, and again features top notch singers in Fischer Dieskau, Jules Bastin, & Placido Domingo. Levine directs a well recorded and balanced classical-sounding Requiem, and Abbado is more than competent in the Te Deum. Chung's Fantastique is fun and enjoyable. In short, you can't go wrong for the price, and if you love Berlioz' Romeo, you've got to get this box just for the Ozawa gem. ~ amazon.com

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Filmed live in Vienna, one of today’s finest cellists plays favourite concertos by Schumann and Haydn plus his own affectionate transcriptions of two Haydn violin concertos. “Mischa Maisky, a wonderful soloist in the Cello Concerto, plays with great eloquence”. ~ Gramophone on his Schumann with Bernstein in Vienna

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"I can play with my seventy strings a pianissimo which is much, much more subtle than a chamber orchestra's." "Today music is an international language; through records and films and television you can reach audiences of millions of people. Bringing music to so many people has been the great satisfaction of my life. Music is no longer something only for those who have the knowledge or the money. That audience still exists but we can also reach out beyond it." ~ Herbert Von Karajan

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The subject of the 1998 film "Hilary and Jackie" and gracing the cover of the August 2004 issue of Gramophone Magazine, the cellist Jacqueline du Pré remains as vibrant a figure in the public mind as she had been at the pinnacle of her career – before it was cruelly short by illness in 1973 when she was only 28 years old. The tragedy of her death is still felt by people all over the world, because this great cellist had ways of touching the heart that are given to very, very few. ~ amazon.com

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This reupload is possible thanks to Archinul, the previous uploader here.

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“It is not my rip...so many thanks to the real uploader.” ~ Archinul

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George Frideric Händel (1685 - 1759): Jephtha - Belsazar - Messiah - Brockes Passion - Acis & Galatea - Imeneo - Faramondo - Rinaldo - Coronation Anthems - Italian Cantatas - Deutsche Arien - Water Music - Fireworks Music - Concerti grossi Op. 3 & 6 (complete) - Organ Concertos (complete) - Chamber Music (complete)

This reupload is possible thanks to Archinul, the previous uploader here.

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“It is not my rip...so many thanks to the real uploader.” ~ Archinul

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George Frideric Händel (1685 - 1759): Jephtha - Belsazar - Messiah - Brockes Passion - Acis & Galatea - Imeneo - Faramondo - Rinaldo - Coronation Anthems - Italian Cantatas - Deutsche Arien - Water Music - Fireworks Music - Concerti grossi Op. 3 & 6 (complete) - Organ Concertos (complete) - Chamber Music (complete)

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Beniamino Gigli, (March 20, 1890 - November 30, 1957) was one of the greatest Italian operatic tenors of the first quarter of the 20th century. The most famous tenor of his generation, he was renowned internationally for the great beauty of his voice and the soundness of his vocal technique. His lyric tenor voice was remarkable for its power, mellowness, and smoothness of production. Gigli is considered to be one of the very finest tenors in the recorded history of music. ~ Wikipedia

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In 1986 - the centenary of Liszt's death - Leslie Howard gave a series of ten Liszt recitals in London. By carefully selecting only Liszt own compsitions, Howard was able to represent Liszt's entire solo piano work.
Consequently Howard made the largest recording project ever - the complete music for solo piano of Liszt (1985-1999).
All Liszt's versions of his piano music were included, including more than 300 premiere performances and recordings, and pieces unheard since Liszt's lifetime, and also all arrangements of other composers' work. Four discs were given to Liszt's seventeen works for piano and orchestra, about half of which were premiere recordings made from unpublished manuscripts.
The series ran at first to 94 full-length CDs, and earned Howard a place in the Guinness Book Of Records. One bonus disc and two later Cds - New Liszt Discoveries raised the number to 97. Two new discs were recently recorded and will appear in 2010.

In 1986 - the centenary of Liszt's death - Leslie Howard gave a series of ten Liszt recitals in London. By carefully selecting only Liszt own compsitions, Howard was able to represent Liszt's entire solo piano work.
Consequently Howard made the largest recording project ever - the complete music for solo piano of Liszt (1985-1999).
All Liszt's versions of his piano music were included, including more than 300 premiere performances and recordings, and pieces unheard since Liszt's lifetime, and also all arrangements of other composers' work. Four discs were given to Liszt's seventeen works for piano and orchestra, about half of which were premiere recordings made from unpublished manuscripts.
The series ran at first to 94 full-length CDs, and earned Howard a place in the Guinness Book Of Records. One bonus disc and two later Cds - New Liszt Discoveries raised the number to 97. Two new discs were recently recorded and will appear in 2010.

In 1986 - the centenary of Liszt's death - Leslie Howard gave a series of ten Liszt recitals in London. By carefully selecting only Liszt own compsitions, Howard was able to represent Liszt's entire solo piano work.
Consequently Howard made the largest recording project ever - the complete music for solo piano of Liszt (1985-1999).
All Liszt's versions of his piano music were included, including more than 300 premiere performances and recordings, and pieces unheard since Liszt's lifetime, and also all arrangements of other composers' work. Four discs were given to Liszt's seventeen works for piano and orchestra, about half of which were premiere recordings made from unpublished manuscripts.
The series ran at first to 94 full-length CDs, and earned Howard a place in the Guinness Book Of Records. One bonus disc and two later Cds - New Liszt Discoveries raised the number to 97. Two new discs were recently recorded and will appear in 2010.

In 1986 - the centenary of Liszt's death - Leslie Howard gave a series of ten Liszt recitals in London. By carefully selecting only Liszt own compsitions, Howard was able to represent Liszt's entire solo piano work.
Consequently Howard made the largest recording project ever - the complete music for solo piano of Liszt (1985-1999).
All Liszt's versions of his piano music were included, including more than 300 premiere performances and recordings, and pieces unheard since Liszt's lifetime, and also all arrangements of other composers' work. Four discs were given to Liszt's seventeen works for piano and orchestra, about half of which were premiere recordings made from unpublished manuscripts.
The series ran at first to 94 full-length CDs, and earned Howard a place in the Guinness Book Of Records. One bonus disc and two later Cds - New Liszt Discoveries raised the number to 97. Two new discs were recently recorded and will appear in 2010.

In 1986 - the centenary of Liszt's death - Leslie Howard gave a series of ten Liszt recitals in London. By carefully selecting only Liszt own compsitions, Howard was able to represent Liszt's entire solo piano work.
Consequently Howard made the largest recording project ever - the complete music for solo piano of Liszt (1985-1999).
All Liszt's versions of his piano music were included, including more than 300 premiere performances and recordings, and pieces unheard since Liszt's lifetime, and also all arrangements of other composers' work. Four discs were given to Liszt's seventeen works for piano and orchestra, about half of which were premiere recordings made from unpublished manuscripts.
The series ran at first to 94 full-length CDs, and earned Howard a place in the Guinness Book Of Records. One bonus disc and two later Cds - New Liszt Discoveries raised the number to 97. Two new discs were recently recorded and will appear in 2010.

“God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.” ~ Arturo Toscanini