Notable New Opera & Vocal Releases - November 2012

See previous lists of notable new opera & vocal releases: 12/11, 1/12, 2/12, 3/12, 4/12, 5/12, 6/12, 7/12, 8/12, 9/12, 10/12.

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Naïve presents the world-premiere recording of Orlando Furioso in the 1714 version, a manuscript rediscovered 250 years after its huge success at the Teatro San Angelo in Venice. (2 CDs)

Vivaldi: Orlando (1714 Version) / Sardelli, Modo Antiquo

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Naive Catalog: 30540 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi

Performers: Delphine galou, Teodora Gheorghiu, Romina Basso, Riccardo Novaro ...

Conductor: Federico Maria Sardelli

Orchestra/Ensemble: Modo Antiquo Ensemble

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This spectacular operatic pasticcio of music by Handel, Vivaldi, Rameau, and Purcell stars Joyce DiDonato, David Daniels, Danielle de Niese, and Plácido Domingo, and is conducted by William Christie. (2 DVDs)

The Enchanted Island / Christie, DiDonato, De Niese, Domingo, Daniels

Release Date: 11/19/2012 Label: Erato Catalog: 404249 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Various

Performers: Anthony Roth Costanzo, Elizabeth Deshong, Placido Domingo, Joyce DiDonato ...

Conductor: William Christie

Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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With Marie-Nicole Lemieux and Karina Gauvin in the principal roles, Alan Curtis leads a stellar cast in this recording of Handel's Giulio Cesare. (3 CDs)

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Lemieux, Gauvin, Curtis, Il Complesso Barocco

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Naive Catalog: 30536 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Performers: Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Emöke Barath, Romina Basso, Filippo Mineccia ...

Conductor: Alan Curtis

Orchestra/Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

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For Verdi's 200th anniversary, Rolando Villazón brings us a unique and carefully crafted personal selection of Verdi arias and songs.

Villazon Verdi / Noseda, Orchestra Del Teatro Regio Di Tori

Release Date: 11/19/2012 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001728302 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giuseppe Verdi

Performers: Rolando Villazón

Conductor: Gianandrea Noseda

Orchestra/Ensemble: Turin Teatro Regio Orchestra

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An eclectic programme ranging across three centuries, four languages and a diverse array of idioms...a recital of rare versatility and panache.

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos / Susan Graham

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Onyx Catalog: 4105 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Henry Purcell, Hector Berlioz, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann ...

Performers: Susan Graham, Malcolm Martineau

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The long-awaited set of Romantic arias by Christian Gerhaher, who was named Singer of the Year for his performances in Der Prinz von Homburg and Tannhäuser.

Romantische Arien / Christian Gerhaher

Release Date: 11/20/2012 Label: Sony Catalog: 54229 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Richard Wagner, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Otto Nicolai ...

Performers: Christian Gerhaher

Conductor: Daniel Harding

Orchestra/Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

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Philippe Jaroussky's diverse achievements are celebrated in this collection of 31 tracks chosen by the singer himself, including six previously unreleased tracks of music by Handel and Purcell. (2 CDs)

The Voice / Philippe Jaroussky

Release Date: 11/19/2012 Label: Erato Catalog: 2704 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi, George Frideric Handel, Nicolo Porpora, Leonardo Leo ...

Performers: Philippe Jaroussky, David Daniels, Ian Bostridge, Joyce DiDonato ...

Conductor: Jean-Christophe Spinosi, Fabio Biondi, Emmanuelle Haïm, Jérémie Rhorer

Orchestra/Ensemble: Ensemble Matheus, Artaserse Ensemble, Europa Galante ...

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An electrifying program of royal arias from the 17th and 18th centuries, composed by figures as famous as Handel and Vivaldi and as little known as Orlandini and Porta.

Drama Queens / Didonato

Release Date: 11/06/2012 Label: Erato Catalog: 2654 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Giuseppe Maria Orlandini, Giovanni Porta, George Frideric Handel, Reinhard Keiser ...

Performers: Joyce DiDonato

Conductor: Alan Curtis

Orchestra/Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

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Nonesuch Records releases the Metropolitan Opera’s performance of John Adams’s Nixon in China with the composer conducting, on Blu-ray and DVD together in one set.

Adams: Nixon In China / John Adams, Metropolitan Opera [DVD & Blu-ray]

Release Date: 11/19/2012 Label: Nonesuch Catalog: 532291 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: John Adams

Performers: Russell Braun, Robert Brubaker, Janis Kelly, James Maddalena ...

Conductor: John Adams

Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Anne Schwanewilms is one of the leading Strauss sopranos of our times. Here she offers some plums from the composer’s huge output for the soprano voice.

Strauss: Four Last Songs, Arias / Anne Schwanewilms

Release Date: 05/15/2012 Label: Orfeo Catalog: 858121 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Richard Strauss

Performers: Anne Schwanewilms, Jutta Böhnert, Regina Richter

Conductor: Markus Stenz

Orchestra/Ensemble: Cologne Gürzenich Orchestra

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This set presents a comprehensive survey of Wagner's great operas and features a wealth of legendary artists, many of whom are renowned for their interpretations of Wagner's music. (36 CDs)

Wagner - The Great Operas

Release Date: 11/06/2012 Label: Warner Classics Catalog: 973359 Number of Discs: 36
Composer: Richard Wagner

Performers: Peter Schreier, Siv Wennberg, René Kollo, Janis Martin ...

Conductor: Heinrich Hollreiser, Otto Klemperer, Bernard Haitink, Rudolf Kempe ...

Orchestra/Ensemble: Leipzig Radio Chorus, Dresden Staatskapelle, Dresden State Opera Chorus ...

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The baritone voice of the great Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau accompanied on piano by Jörg Demus in a selection of inspiring Christmas songs.

Weihnachtslieder - Christmas Songs / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau

Release Date: 11/06/2012 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001764502 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Daniel Schubart, Carl Reinecke, Adolphe Adam, Engelbert Humperdinck ...

Performers: Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Jörg Demus

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This beautiful boxed set of French melodies gathers some of the most intriguing recordings from the Naïve Classique catalogue. (6 CDs)

Melodie Francaise [6-CD Set]

Release Date: 10/30/2012 Label: Naive Catalog: 5311 Number of Discs: 6
Composer: George Enescu, Reynaldo Hahn, Ernest Chausson, Claude Debussy ...

Performers: Daniel Blumenthal, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Noel Lee, Bernard Kruysen ...

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The Art Song collection brings together performances from across Signum's catalog by singers such as John Mark Ainsley, Sarah Connolly, Philip Langridge, Felicity Lott, Mark Padmore, Roderick Williams, and Hila Plitmann.

Anniversary Series - Art Song Collection

Release Date: 11/27/2012 Label: Signum Classics Catalog: 303 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams, Ludwig van Beethoven, Francis Poulenc, Alec Roth ...

Performers: Simon Crawford-Phillips, Andrew Kennedy, Roderick Williams, Iain Burnside ...

Orchestra/Ensemble: Dante Quartet

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An exhilarating performance by Jonas Kaufmann in the rarely staged performance of Humperdinck's Königskinder. (2 DVDs)

Humperdinck: Konigskinder / Kaufmann, Widmer, Nikiteanu, Metzmacher, Zurich

Release Date: 10/30/2012 Label: Decca Catalog: 001744909 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Engelbert Humperdinck

Performers: Wiebke Lehmkuhl, Marie-thérese Albert, Isabel Rey, Reinhard Mayr ...

Conductor: Ingo Metzmacher

Orchestra/Ensemble: Zurich Opera House Orchestra, Zurich Opera House Chorus

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Les Nuits d'été, the Wesendonck and the Rückert-lieder - three cycles of lieder counted among the most intense of the repertory.

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Ete; Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder / Marie-Nicole Lemieux

Release Date: 10/09/2012 Label: Cypres Catalog: 8605 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Hector Berlioz, Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler

Performers: Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Daniel Blumenthal

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Elgar's fairytale melodrama adapted by Sir Andrew Davis who also here conducts the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in the most comprehensive recorded version to date. (2 CDs)

Elgar: The Starlight Express / Manahan Thomas, Williams, Davis

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Chandos Catalog: 5111 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Sir Edward Elgar, Clive Carey

Performers: Roderick Williams, Elin Manahan Thomas, Simon Callow

Conductor: Sir Andrew Davis

Orchestra/Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

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Blessed with a beautiful lyrical mezzo voice, Pia Heise gives us a wholly delightful program, to be enjoyed at any time of the day.

Mezzo Moon / Pia Heise

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Danacord Catalog: 720 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Johannes Brahms, Alexander von Zemlinsky, Christoph Ernst F. Weyse, Franz Schubert ...

Performers: Pia Heise, Roger Vignoles

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Andrea Bocelli returns to his first love – grand opera – with a starring role in one of the grandest operatic love stories of all, Gounod’s gloriously lyrical Roméo et Juliette. (2 CDs)

Gounod: Romeo Et Juliette / Bocelli, Alberola, Luisi

Release Date: 11/20/2012 Label: Decca Catalog: 001731802 Number of Discs: 2
Composer: Charles Gounod

Performers: Maite Alberola, Andrea Bocelli

Conductor: Fabio Luisi

Orchestra/Ensemble: Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Orchestra, Genoa Teatro del Carlo Felice Chorus

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Renée Fleming in one of her greatest roles, the Marschallin, in Strauss’s magnificent comedy of ever-changing love. (3 CDs)

Strauss: Der Rosenkavalier / Thielemann, Fleming, Koch, Damrau

Release Date: 10/02/2012 Label: Decca Catalog: 001620102 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Richard Strauss

Performers: Franz Grundheber, Jonas Kaufmann, Jane Henschel, Diana Damrau ...

Conductor: Christian Thielemann

Orchestra/Ensemble: Munich Philharmonic Orchestra

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For his grand romantic opera Die Feen (The Fairies), Wagner chose for his subject Orpheus, the most famous singer in Greek mythology and the son of Apollo. (3 CDs)

Wagner: Die Feen / Weigle, Frankfurt Opera House And Museum Orchestra

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Oehms Catalog: 940 Number of Discs: 3
Composer: Richard Wagner

Performers: Simon Bode, Thorsten Grumbel, Christiane Karg, Anja Fidelia Ulrich ...

Conductor: Sebastian Weigle

Orchestra/Ensemble: Frankfurt Opera and Museum Orchestra, Frankfurt Opera Chorus

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Presented here are all of Wagner’s mature operas from seven leading European opera houses recorded during the last decade. (25 CDs)

Wagner Edition [25 DVD Set]

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Opus Arte Catalog: 1095 Number of Discs: 25
Composer: Richard Wagner

Performers: Oliver Ringelhahn, Marina Prudenskaja, Catherine Naglestad, Marco Jentzsch ...

Conductor: Hartmut Haenchen, Bertrand De Billy, Vladimir Jurowski, Kent Nagano ...

Orchestra/Ensemble: Netherlands Opera Chorus, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra ...

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Renée Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth’s celebrated production of Handel’s Rodelinda. (Blu-ray) Also on DVD

Handel: Rodelinda / Fleming, Scholl, Kaiser, Blythe, Bicket [blu-ray]

Release Date: 11/06/2012 Label: Decca Catalog: 001745209 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: George Frideric Handel

Performers: Shenyang, Joseph Kaiser, Iestyn Davies, Renée Fleming ...

Conductor: Harry Bicket

Orchestra/Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Hyperion's Strauss Lieder series continues to demonstrate that the composer's achievements in this genre are among the most fascinating and accomplished of his works.

Strauss: Complete Songs, Vol. 6 / Elizabeth Watts, Roger Vignoles

Release Date: 11/13/2012 Label: Hyperion Catalog: 67844 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Richard Strauss

Performers: Elizabeth Watts, Roger Vignoles

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Forever Domingo offers a tantalising and generous selection of Placido Domingo's greatest hits.

Forever Domingo

Release Date: 11/19/2012 Label: Deutsche Grammophon Catalog: 001784502 Number of Discs: 1
Composer: Agustín Lara, Nicholas Brodszky, Salvatore Cardillo, Ernesto Lecuona ...

Performers: Placido Domingo, Sherrill Milnes, Piero Cappuccilli, Nicolai Ghiaurov ...

Conductor: Marcel Peeters, Karl-Heinz Loges, Herbert von Karajan, Giuseppe Sinopoli ...

Orchestra/Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra, Vienna State Opera Chorus, Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra ...

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