CATALOGUE NR: 5673642
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Sep-2000

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Fidelio - complete
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Otto Klemperer
ARTISTS: Christa Ludwig   Jon Vickers   Gottlob Frick   Walter Berry

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'A magnificent realisation of the work; a deeply exciting, stirring and noble performance.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide Rosette star 'for some reason, the Overture, though full-bodied, lacks absolute sharpness of focus; but, once the singers enter, the quality of the splendid recording is very apparent'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5626382
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 01-Aug-2003

COMPOSER: Vincenzo Bellini
TITLE: Norma - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala
CONDUCTOR: Tullio Serafin
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Maria Filippeschi   Ebe Stignani   Nicola Rossi-Lemeni

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: mono recording 1954 - Penguin Guide 3 star 'there is consummate artistry and real temperament and fire. Nor is there any want of poetic feeling'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5673572
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Sep-2000

COMPOSER: Georges Bizet
TITLE: Carmen - complete
ORCHESTRA: Radiodiffusion Francaise National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Beecham
ARTISTS: Victoria de los Angeles   Nicolai Gedda   Janine Micheau   Ernest Blanc

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'It is the hallmark of a masterpiece that when it is brought into contact with genius (Beecham's in this case) it comes up new as if poured out white-hot this very hour.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5670572
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
TITLE: Pelleas et Melisande - complete
ORCHESTRA: Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Frederica von Stade   Jose van Dam   Ruggero Raimondi   Nadine Denize

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'a very characteristically Karajan performance, deeply committed and full of beautiful things' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3457702
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Mar-2006

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
TITLE: Pelleas et Melisande - complete
TRACKS: Pelleas et Melisande L88 complete. Fetes galantes Set 1. Fetes galantes Set 2. 3 Chansons de Bilitis. Le Promenoir des deux amants. Proses lyriques - De greve. 3 Ballades de Francois Villon - Ballade des femmes de Paris. Pelleas et Melisande - Oui c'est ici nous y sommes. Ariettes oubliees - Il pleure dans mon coeur / L'ombre des arbes / Green.
CONDUCTOR: Roger Desormiere
ARTISTS: Jacques Jansen   Irene Joachim   Maggie Teyte   Mary Garden

- Jul-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5677422
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2002

COMPOSER: Leo Delibes
TITLE: Lakme - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera Comique
CONDUCTOR: Alain Lombard
ARTISTS: Mady Mesple   Charles Burles   Roger Soyer  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Mady Mesplé's very French, light girlish tone admirably suggests the virginal character and innocence of the heroine: her intonation is impeccable, her coloratura seemingly effortless, and the clarity of her enunciation could stand as a model for all singers.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5627472
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 16-Feb-2004

COMPOSER: Gaetano Donizetti
TITLE: Lucia di Lammermoor - complete
ORCHESTRA: Maggio Musicale Fiorentino Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Tullio Serafin
ARTISTS: Maria Callas   Giuseppe di Stefano   Tito Gobbi   Raffaele Arie

- Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4768362
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 05-Sep-2005

COMPOSER: George Gershwin
TITLE: Porgy and Bess - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Simon Rattle
ARTISTS: Willard White   Cynthia Haymon   Cynthia Clarey   Damon Evans

- Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5679672
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 03-Feb-2003

COMPOSER: Charles Gounod
TITLE: Faust - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris
CONDUCTOR: Andre Cluytens
ARTISTS: Victoria de los Angeles   Nicolai Gedda   Boris Christoff   Rita Gorr

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1958 - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5670612
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Engelbert Humperdinck
TITLE: Hansel und Gretel
TRACKS: complete
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Elisabeth Grummer   Elisabeth Schwarzkopf   Josef Metternich   Anny Felbermayer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'This classic recording has never been surpassed.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3615432
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 07-Aug-2006

COMPOSER: Jerome Kern
TITLE: Showboat - complete
ORCHESTRA: London Sinfonietta
CONDUCTOR: John McGlinn
ARTISTS: Frederica von Stade   Teresa Stratas   Jerry Hadley   Bruce Hubbard

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CATALOGUE NR: 5673702
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Sep-2000

COMPOSER: Franz Lehar
TITLE: The Merry Widow - complete
TRACKS: Die lustige Witwe complete.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonic Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Lovro Matacic
ARTISTS: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf   Eberhard Wachter   Nicolai Gedda   Josef Knapp

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Recordings of Die lustige Witwe may come and go, but none quite manages to oust this classic version. Sumptuous and heart warming, this performances enfolds you in the most glorious web of sound, an atmosphere of pre-1914 gaiety and brilliance that leaves you heady with exhilaration.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the theatrical presence and ambience are something to marvel at'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5673762
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Sep-2000

COMPOSER: Pietro Mascagni
TITLE: L'amico Fritz
TRACKS: complete
ORCHESTRA: Royal Opera House Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Gianandrea Gavazzeni
ARTISTS: Luciano Pavarotti   Mirella Freni   Vicente Sardinero  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'A charming work, lovingly performed.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the performance could not be more refined, and Freni and Pavarotti were both at their freshest in 1969 when it was recorded'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5626272
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 01-Sep-2003

COMPOSER: Jules Massenet
TITLE: Werther - complete
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris
CONDUCTOR: Georges Pretre
ARTISTS: Victoria de los Angeles   Nicolai Gedda   Mady Mesple   Roger Soyer

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1968-1969 - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5670712
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Die Zauberflote
TRACKS: The Magic Flute complete.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Anton Dermota   Irmgard Seefried   Wilma Lipp   George London

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'The performance is very good indeed…' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5673882
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Sep-2000

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Die Zauberflote - complete
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Otto Klemperer
ARTISTS: Nicolai Gedda   Gundula Janowitz   Walter Berry   Lucia Popp

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'I have never heard The Magic Flute sound so magical and the complete ease and seeming rightness of this performance is a wonder.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5678692
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 02-Sep-2002

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Don Giovanni - complete
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Maria Giulini
ARTISTS: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf   Eberhard Wachter   Joan Sutherland  

- Penguin Guide 4 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5670642
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Cosi fan tutte - complete
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf   Nan Merriman   Leopold Simoneau   Rolando Panerai

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'I cannot think that this superlative issue will ever be surpassed: the casting is ideal, the orchestral playing is of the highest quality, Karajan's performance gives maximum enjoyment and, as for the recording, I have never heard anything better.' Gramophone. - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5673822
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: £ 22.95 including VAT, or £ 19.53 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 04-Sep-2000

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Cosi fan tutte - complete
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Karl Bohm
ARTISTS: Elisabeth Schwarzkopf   Christa Ludwig   Giuseppe Tadei   Alfredo Kraus

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'In sheer beauty of sound, clarity of detail and perfection of balance, this recording is of superlative quality. In this classic performance, masterminded by Bohm and Legge, one is in a world of ideal Cosi fan tutte interpretation that may never return.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5670682
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: £ 14.50 including VAT, or £ 12.34 excluding VAT
RELEASE DATE: 06-Sep-1999

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Le nozze di Figaro
TRACKS: The Marriage of Figaro complete.
ORCHESTRA: Vienna Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Irmgard Seefried   Erich Kunz   Elisabeth Schwarzkopf   George London

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'The casting and Karajan's direction are both admirable, the orchestral playing is of the highest possible quality, and the recording is practically flawless.' Gramophone

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