Recordings

February 2012

Reviews of the latest opera CDs and DVDs — both remastered reissues of the greats and new recordings by today's most notable artists.

Editor's Choice

Roberto Alagna: "Pasión"
Songs from Central and South America. With Downs; Cassar, arranger and musical director. Texts and translations. Deutsche Grammophon 476 461 3

Opera and Oratorio
Choral and Song
Recital
Historical
Video
Musical Theater

Recital

Diana Damrau and Helmut Deutsch: "Liszt Lieder"

Notes, texts and translations. Virgin Classics 50999 0709282 4

Ildebrando D'Arcangelo: "Mozart"

Arias. Orchestra del Teatro Regio di Torino, Noseda. Deutsche Grammophon B0015741-02

Matthew Polenzani and Julius Drake: "Schubert, Beethoven, Britten and Hahn"

Texts and translations. Wigmore Hall Live WHLIVE0048

Patricia Petibon: "Melancolía: Spanish Arias and Songs"

by Granados, Montsalvatge, Nin, Villa-Lobos, Turina, Giménez, Falla, Simeón, Moreno Torroba, Gómez,  Saavedra, Bacri. Orquesta Nacional de España, Pons. Texts and translations. Deutsche Grammophon 477 9447

Vittorio Grigolo: "Arrivederci"

Arias, duet and songs by Cannio, Cardillo, Cilèa, Dalla, d'Annibale, d'Anzi, de Curtis, di Lazzaro, Donizetti, Flotow, Giordano, Leoncavallo, Mozart, Puccini, Rascel, Rossini and Verdi. With Giannattasio; Marandi, cond. Texts and translations. Sony 88697911342

Video

GIORDANO: Andrea Chénier

Subscribers Only

Fantini; Sandoval, Hendricks; Prague Philharmonic Choir, Bregenz Festival Chorus, Wiener Symphoniker, Schirmer. Production: K. Warner. C Major 707908 (DVD) or 708004 (Blu-ray), 130 mins., subtitled

MENOTTI: Goya

Subscribers Only

Breedt, I. Martinez; Domingo, Conrad, Muraro, Gerhaher; Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien, Villaume. Production: Holten. Arthaus Musik 101 576, 101 mins., subtitled

MOZART: Le Nozze di Figaro

Damrau, Orsatti Talamanca, Bacelli; D'Arcangelo, Spagnoli; Chorus and Orchestra of the Teatro alla Scala, Korsten. Production: Strehler. Arthaus Musik 101 589 (2 DVDs), 187 mins., subtitled