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CDs and DVDs featuring the composer Jules Massenet

CATALOGUE NR: 4685782  (barcode: 0028946857823)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 10 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 54.95
RELEASE DATE: 05-Nov-2001

TITLE: Fete du Ballet
TRACKS: CD1: Arrangements: Britten / Rossini / Douglas / Chopin / Desormierre / J Strauss II. CD2: Homage to Pavlova: Saint-Saens / Tchaikovsky / Rubinstein / Czibulka / Kreisler. CD3: Art of the Prima Ballerina: Minkus / Drigo / Adam / Lovenskjold / Tchaikovsky / Pugni. CD4: Pas de deux: Minkus / Tchaikovsky / Helsted / Massenet / Meyerbeer. CD5: Homage to Pavlova: Luigini / Ballet Eqyptien and music by Auber / Thomas / Minkus. CD6: Opera Ballets: William Tell / La favorita / Les Troyens and music by Lococq & Scarlatti. CD7: Offenbach: La Papillon / Burgmuller / La Peri - complete ballet. CD8: Auber Pas Classique. Marco Spada. CD9: Drigo- Esmeralda. Le Corsaire. Diana and Actaeon. La Flute magique. CD10: Massenet - Le Cid. Le Roi de Lahore. Meditation from Thais. Scenes alsaciennes. Scenes dramatiques. Marche des princessess from Cendrillon.
CONDUCTOR: Richard Bonynge

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: a compendium of Ballet Rarities - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4676752  (barcode: 0028946767528)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.85
RELEASE DATE: 09-Apr-2001

TITLE: Violin Adagios
TRACKS: Meditation - Thais (Massenet). Violin Concerto (Bruch). Winter Largo (Vivaldi). Concerto for 2 Violins (Bach). Adagio in E (Mozart). Vocalise (Rachmaninov). Violin Concerto in D (Brahms). Violin Concerto Andante (Barber). Melodie (Gluck). 'Spring' Sonata (Beethoven). Violin Concerto in D (Tchaikovsky). Songs my mother taught me (Dvorak). None but the lonely heart (Tchaikovsky). Romance - The Gadfly (Shostakovich). Romance in F (Beethoven). Violin Concerto in E Adagio (Bach). Salut d'amour (Elgar). Ave Maria (Schubert). Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor Larghetto (Vivaldi). Violin Sonata in D Larghetto (Handel). Violin Concerto in G K216 (Mozart). Liebesleid (Kreisler). Violin Concerto in E minor Andante (Mendelssohn). Melodie (Tchaikovsky). Violin Concerto in D (Korngold). Violin Concerto in E minor (Sibelius). Standchen (Schubert). Estrellita (Ponce). Air on a G string (Bach).
ARTISTS: Jocelyn Bell   Kyung Wha Chung   Arthur Grumiaux   Itzhak Perlman

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110142  (barcode: 0636943114223)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Jan-2001

TITLE: Opera Arias
TRACKS: arias from - La Boheme / Gianni Schicci / Manon / Romeo et Juliette / Goyescas.
ARTISTS: Anna-Lisa Bjorling   Jussi Bjorling    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: broadcast 23-Oct-1949

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CATALOGUE NR: GEMMCD0093  (barcode: 0727031009320)
RECORD LABEL: Pearl
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 05-Jun-2000

TITLE: Lotte Schone
TRACKS: arias by Donizetti / Massenet / Mozart / Verdi / Puccini / Nicolai / J Strauss.
ARTISTS: Lotte Schone      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Electrola/HMV recordings of Lotte Schoene, celebrated coloratura soprano, whose recordings with few exceptions were rare, being issued only in Germany and then banned by the Nazis. Recorded between 1927-31.

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CATALOGUE NR: VAIDVD4201  (barcode: 0089948420194)
RECORD LABEL: VAI
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 26.04
RELEASE DATE: 03-Aug-2001

TITLE: Great Stars of Opera
TRACKS: Manon (Massenet). Madama Butterfly (Puccini). Natoma (Herbert). Il Barbiere Di Siviglia (Rossini). La Traviata (Verdi). Il Trovatore (Verdi). Aida (Verdi). Pagliacci (Leoncavallo). Boris Godunov (Mussorgsky). Un Ballo in Maschera (Verdi). La Boheme (Puccini). Tosca (Puccini). Turandot (Puccini). Gotterdammerung (Wagner). Tristan und Isolde (Wagner). Lucia Di Lammermoor (Donizetti).
ORCHESTRA: Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Donald Voorhees
ARTISTS: Giuseppe di Stefano   Renata Tebaldi   Robert Merrill   Roberta Peters

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC / Region Code: 0

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1010  (barcode: 0749677101022)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

TRACKS: Hassid performing works by - Elgar / Tchaikovsky / Massenet / Dvorak / Sarasate / Achron / Kreisler. Neveu performing - Grave in C minor (Kreisler). Four Pieces Opus 17 Number 2 / Number 3 (Suk). Nocturne Number 20 (Chopin arr. Rodionov). Melodie (Gluck). Sicilienne (Paradies arr. Dushkin). Variations on a Theme of Corelli (Tartini arr. Kreisler).
ARTISTS: Josef Hassid   Ginette Neveu    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: complete recordings of Josef Hassid and the early recordings of Ginette Neveu

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CATALOGUE NR: IMM950007  (barcode: 8712177043644)
RECORD LABEL: Immortal
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 10-Mar-2003

TITLE: Kraus in Concert
TRACKS: Liebeshymnus. Zueignung. Extase. L'invitation au voyage. Ouvre tes yeux bleus. Elegie. Dedicatoria. Nunca Olvida. Cantares. Los dos miedos. Las locas por amor. En el fondo de la mina. En toda la Quintana. Los caminos de la tarde. Vorrei morire. L'alba separa dalla luce. L'ombra. Aprile.
ARTISTS: Alfredo Kraus   Edelmiro Arnaltes    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110144  (barcode: 0636943114421)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 26-Feb-2001

TITLE: Opera Arias
TRACKS: Voi lo sapete. Ah! Tout est bien fini. Il faut nous separer. M'appari. Del sultano Amuratte m'arrendo. Orchestral Interludes by Verdi / Orefice.
ORCHESTRA: San Francisco Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Gaetano Merola
ARTISTS: Ferruccio Tagliavini   Pia Tassinari    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: broadcast 16-Oct-1949

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CATALOGUE NR: 4776280  (barcode: 0028947762805)
RECORD LABEL: Deutsche Grammophon
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 15-May-2006

TITLE: French Arias
TRACKS: Romance Je pense a vous. Ah! Tout est bien fini!.. ..O souverain o juge o pere. Suspendez a ces murs.. ..J'ai vu disparaitre l'espoir. Cavatine Mon coeur est plein d'un noir souci.. ..Anges du paradis. Serenade Tandis que tout sommeille. Rachel quand du Seigneur. Romance Elle ne croyait pas dans sa candeur naïve. Pays merveilleux. Invocation a la nature 'Nature immense'. Quel langage accablant.. ..Unis des la plus tendre enfance. A celle voix quel trouble agitait tout mon etre.. Je crois entendre encore. Puisqu'on ne peut flechir.. Vainement ma bien aimee. Vainement Pharaon dans sa reconnaissance.. Champs paternels. Vois ma misere helas! Le jour tombe la nuit va bercer les grand chenes.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Bertrand de Billy
ARTISTS: Roberto Alagna      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: previously released by EMI

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CATALOGUE NR: CDX5110  (barcode: 0047163511028)
RECORD LABEL: Vox
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 26-Mar-2001

COMPOSER: Adrien Boieldieu  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: French Piano Concertos
TRACKS: Piano Concerto in F major (Boieldieu). Piano Concerto (Massenet). Piano Concerto in C minor (Pierne). Piano Concerto in F minor (Lalo). Concertstuck for Piano and Orchestra (Chaminade). Piano Concerto (Roussel). Piano Concerto (Francaix).
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of Radio Luxembourg
CONDUCTOR: Jean Francaix

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CATALOGUE NR: IFOCD999
RECORD LABEL: IFO
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95

COMPOSER: Alexandre Guilmant  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Sonata Number 1 in D minor Opus 42 (Guilmant). Meditation (Massenet). Prelude from Ghiselle (Franck). Arabesque Number 2 (Debussy). Marche from Ghiselle (Franck). Arabesque Number 1 (Debussy). Berceuse (Franck). Chanson from Hulda (Franck). Cortege (Franck). Cortege pour orgue (Debussy). Melodie-Elegie (Massenet). Fugue (Debussy).
ARTISTS: Wolfram Adolph      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Didier symphonic organ Notre-Dame de Laon

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CATALOGUE NR: C5165  (barcode: 0845221051659)
RECORD LABEL: Capriccio
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.95
RELEASE DATE: 29-Apr-2013

COMPOSER: Amilcare Ponchielli  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Opera Arias
TRACKS: La Gioconda : Cielo e mar (PONCHIELLI). Simon Boccanegra : O inferno! Amelia qui! - Cielo pietoso. I due Foscari : Notte! ... Perpetua notte (VERDI). Tosca : Recondita armonia. Turandot : Nessun dorma (PUCCINI). L'arlesiana : E la solita storia del pastore (CILEA). Faust : Salut demeure chaste et pure (GOUNOD). Werther : Porquoi me reveiller (MASSENET). La Damnation de Faust : Nature immense (BERLIOZ).
ORCHESTRA: Budapest Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Frizza
ARTISTS: Ramon Vargas      

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CATALOGUE NR: 4762742  (barcode: 0028947627425)
RECORD LABEL: Australian Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.69
RELEASE DATE: 22-Jan-2007

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Slavonic Dances opus 46 B83 : Slavonic Dance Number 1 in C minor / Slavonic Dance Number 2 in E minor / Slavonic Dance Number 3 in A flat major / Slavonic Dance Number 4 in F major / Slavonic Dance Number 5 in A major / Slavonic Dance Number 6 in D major / Slavonic Dance Number 7 in C minor / Slavonic Dance Number 8 in G minor. Slavonic Dances opus 72 B147 : Slavonic Dance Number 7 in C major (Dvorak). Le Cid - ballet music (Massenet). Les Patineurs - ballet (Meyerbeer orch. Constant Lambert).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Israel Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Jean Martinon

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1958-1959 - Penguin Guide Rosette star 'an exuberantly vivacious collection'

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CATALOGUE NR: 4751422  (barcode: 0028947514220)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.85
RELEASE DATE: 08-Mar-2004

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Essential Violin
TRACKS: Concerto Number 1 in E RV269 Spring Allegro (Vivaldi). Thais : Meditation (Massenet). Violin Concerto Number 2 : La Campanella (Paganini arr. Kochanski). Vocalise opus 34 Number 14 (Rachmaninov). Violin Concerto Number 1 in G minor opus 26 Adagio (Bruch). Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor BWV1043 : Largo ma non tanto (JS Bach). Tzigane (Ravel). Salut d'amour opus 12 (Elgar). Scherzo - Tarantelle opus 16 (Wieniawski). Introduction et Rondo capriccioso opus 28 (Saint-Saens). Liebesfreud (Kriesler). Liebesleid (Kreisler). Violin Concerto Number 2 Romance (Wieniawski). The Gadfly : Romance (Shostakovich). Praeludium und Allegro in the style of Gaetano Pugnani (Kreisler). Ave Maria D839 (Schubert). Violin Partita Number 2 in D minor BWV1004 Allemande / Gigue (JS Bach). Caprice Number 13 in B flat major opus 1 Devil's Laughter (Paganini). Violin Concerto in E minor opus 64 Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace (Mendelssohn). Concerto Number 4 in F minor RV297 Winter : Largo (Vivaldi). Violin Concerto in D major opus 35 Canzonetta : Andante (Tchaikovsky). Les berceaux opus 23 Number 1 (Faure). Zigeunerweisen Number 1 Gypsy Airs opus 20 (Sarasate). Adagio in E major for Violin & Orchestra K261 (Mozart). Souvenir d'un lieu cher opus 42 : Melodie (Tchaikovsky). Symphonie espanole opus 21 Rondo : Allegro (Lalo). Hungarian Dance Number 1 (Brahms / Joachim).
ARTISTS: Alan Loveday   Nigel Kennedy   Arthur Grumiaux   Joshua Bell

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: over 2.5 hours of glorious melodies

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CATALOGUE NR: ARS38027  (barcode: 4260052380277)
RECORD LABEL: ARS Produktion
FORMAT: Hybrid SACD  DURATION: 73 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.99

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Forgotten Treasures volume 6
TRACKS: Morceau de Concert Opus 94. Romance Opus 36 (Camille Saint-Saens). Meditation (Jean-Toussaint Radoux). Dans la Foret Opus 130 (Emile Pessard). Nocturne (Paul Jeanjean). Nocturne (Ayme Kunc). Romance (Paul Jeanjean). Chant d'Automne (Robert Guillemyn). Hallali (George Templeton Strong). Larghetto (Emmanuel Chabrier). Cavatine (Theodore Dubois). La Mer Melodie de Schubert (Jules Massenet). Romance Opus 43bis (Adolphe Blanc). Romance Opus 67 (Camille Saint-Saens).
CONDUCTOR: Michael Alexander Willens
ARTISTS: Kolner Akademie   Ulrich Hubner    

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CATALOGUE NR: 8573806512  (barcode: 0685738065127)
RECORD LABEL: Teldec
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.50
RELEASE DATE: 21-Aug-2000

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: No Limit
TRACKS: pieces by - Saint-Saens / Bruch / Massenet / Tchaikovsky / Gershwin.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vladimir Ashkenazy
ARTISTS: Sergei Nakariakov      

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4756706  (barcode: 0028947567066)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.85
RELEASE DATE: 11-Apr-2005

COMPOSER: Camille Saint-Saens  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Joshua Bell Edition
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Number 3 in B minor opus 61 (Saint-Saens). Symphonie espagnole in D minor opus 21 (Lalo). Introduction et Rondo capriccioso in A minor opus 28 (Saint-Saens). Meditation de Thais (Massenet). Zigeunerweisen opus 20 (Sarasate). Poeme opus 25 (Chausson). Caprice d'apres l'etude en forme de valse de Saint-Saens (Ysaye). Tzigane (Ravel).
ORCHESTRA: Montreal Symphony Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Charles Dutoit and Andrew Litton
ARTISTS: Joshua Bell      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1988-1991 - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: PR89079  (barcode: 0717281890793)
RECORD LABEL: Preiser
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.79

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Maria Jeritza
TRACKS: Der Freischutz : Wie nahte mir der Schlummer. Der fliegende Hollander : Traft ihr das Schiff. Lohengrin : Euch Luften die mein Klagen. Die Walkure : Du bist der Lenz. Traume. Tristan und Isolde : Mild und leise. Jeanne d'Arc : Adieu forets. Herodiade : Il est doux il est bon. Thais : Dis moi que je suis belle. Thais : L'amour est une vertu rare. Le Cid : Pleurez mes yeux. O mer ouvre toi Linceul du monde. La Gioconda : Suicidio!. Cavalleria Rusticana : Voi lo sapete. Fedora : Son gente risoluta. Fedora : Dio di giustizia. Tosca : Vissi d'arte. Das Heimchen am Herd : Ein Geheimnis wundersuss. Das Heimchen am Herd : Ach das ist herrlich. Die tote Stadt : Gluck das mir verblieb.
ARTISTS: Maria Jeritza      

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CATALOGUE NR: OAR3109D  (barcode: 0809478031093)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Arte
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Great Opera Arias
TRACKS: Faust : Prologue / Avant de quitter ces lieux (Gounod). Le Cid : O souverain (Massenet). Carmen : Parle-moi de ma mere (Bizet). Don Giovanni : La ci darem (Mozart). Don Pasquale : Quel guardo (Donizetti). L'elisir d'amore : Caro elisir sei mio (Donizetti). La Juive : Rachel quand du Seigneur (Halevy). Valurile Dunarii : Muzica (Grigoriu). Tu ca nun chiagne (de Curtis). Der Rosenkavalier : The Presentation of the Rose (Strauss). L'amico Fritz : Cherry Duet (Mascagni). Gold und Silber (Lehar).
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
CONDUCTOR: Asher Fisch
ARTISTS: Placido Domingo   Angela Gheorghiu   Roberto Alagna   Susan Graham

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: NTSC 4:3 / Sound Format: LPCM Stereo 2.0 / Region Code: 0 / Duration: 88 minutes / Recorded: live at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden London 12-Dec-1996 stage director - David Edwards / Subtitles: English

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CATALOGUE NR: 8110788  (barcode: 0636943178829)
RECORD LABEL: Naxos Historical
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Aug-2004

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Great Singers: Bjorling Collection volume 4
TRACKS: Romeo et Juliette: Ah! leve-toi soleil (Gounod). Manon: Je suis seul!..Ah! Fuyez douce image (Massenet). L'elisir d'amore: Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). L'arlesiana: E la solita storia (Cilea). Manon Lescaut: Donna non vidi mai (Puccini). Cavalleria rusticana: O Lola (Mascagni). Jocelyn: Berceuse (Godard). Carmen: La fleur que tu m'avais jetee (Bizet). Cavalleria rusticana: Mamma!…Quel vino e generoso (Mascagni). Don Carlo: Io I'ho perduta…Qual pallor…Dio che nell'alma infondere (Verdi). Otello: Omostruosa colpa…Si pel ciel marmoreo giuro (Verdi). La boheme: In un coupe…O Mimi tu piu non torni (Puccini). La forza del destino: Solenne in quest'ora (Verdi). Les pecheurs de perles: Au fond du temple saint (Bizet). La boheme: che gelida manina (Puccini). Aida: Se quel guerrier io fossi… Celeste Aida (Verdi). La Gioconda: Cielo e mar! (Ponchielli).
ORCHESTRA: RCA Victor Orchestra and Royal Opera Orchestra Stockholm
CONDUCTOR: Renato Cellini and Nils Grevillius
ARTISTS: Jussi Bjorling   Emil Markow   Robert Merrill  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1945-1951

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