What’s new? October Releases 2015

Hi! It's already October but I haven't posted anything about its releases yet! So quickly I'll go straight to the point!:)

CD RELEASES

October 2 – Verdi «Aida» (Warner Classics)

Anja Harteros (Aida)

Jonas Kaufmann (Radamès)

Ekaterina Semenchuk (Amneris)

Ludovic Tezier (Amonasro)

Erwin Schrott (Ramfis)

Marco Spotti (King of Egypt)

Paolo Fanale (Messenger)

Eleonora Buratto (High Priestess)

Orchestra e Coro dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Ciro Visco (Chorus Master)

Antonio Pappano (Conductor)

October 2 – Rolando Villazon «Treasures of Belcanto» (Deutsche Grammophon)

Tracklist:

Vincenzo Bellini (1801–1835)

1. Ma rendi pur content

2. Malinconia, ninfa gentile

3. Vaga luna, che inargenti

4. Torna, vezzosa Fillide

Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901)

5. Deh, pietoso, o Addolorata

6. Non t'accostare all'urna

7. Il poveretto

8. Il mistero

Gaetano Donizetti (1797–1848)

9. L'amor funesto

10. Una lagrima (Preghiera)

11. Il sospiro

12. La Mère et l'Enfant

Gioacchino Rossini (1792–1868)

13. L'esule

14. La danza ("Già la luna è in mezzo al mare")

15. La lontananza

16. Tirana pour deux voix (Les Amants de Séville)

Orchestra del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino / Marco Armiliato

October 9 – Julia Lezhneva «Handel» (Decca)

Tracklist:

1. Aria: "Disserratevi, O Porte D'averno" Angelo (Parte Prima)

2. "Per Dar Pregio All'amor Mio" (Act 1) 

3. "Lascia La Spina Cogli La Rosa" (Original Version)

4. 3. Tecum Principium In Die Virtutis (Original Version) 

5. Sinfonia (Original Version) 

6. Salve Regina (Original Version) 

7. Ad Te Clamamus (Original Version) 

8. Eia Ergo, Advocata Nostro (Original Version)

9. O Clemens, O Pia (Original Version) 

10. Pensieri, Voi Mi Tormentate! (Act 2) 

11. "Un Pensiero Nemico Di Pace" (Original Version) 

12. Felicissima Quest'alma (Apollo E Dafne, Hwv 122)

13. "Come Nembo Che Fugge Col Vento" (Original Version)

14. "Pure Del Cielo Intelligenze Eterne" (Original Version) 

15. "Tu Del Ciel Ministro Eletto" (Original Version)

Il Giardino Armonico / Giovanni Antonini

October 30 – Dmitri Hvorostovsky « Hvorostovsky sings Liszt & Shostakovich» (Ondine)

Tracklist: 

Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975) 

[1-11] Suite on Poems by Michelangelo Buonarroti, Op. 145a

Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

[12-14] 3 Sonetti del Petrarca, S. 270a (1st version)

Dmitri Hvorostovsky, baritone

Ivari Ilja, piano

DVD/BLU-RAY RELEASES

October 2 – Verdi «Falstaff» (Decca)

Ambrogio Maestri, Angela Meade, Stephanie Blythe, Lisette Oropesa, Franco Vassallo, Paolo Fanale, Jennifer Johnson Cano

Metropolitan Opera, Orchestra & Chorus / James Levine

Production - Robert Carsen

October 2 – Verdi «Macbeth» (Deutsche Grammophon)

Zeljko Lucic, Anna Netrebko, Rene Pape, Joseph Calleja

Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Chorus & Ballet / Fabio Luisi

October 9 – Puccini «Manon Lescaut» (Sony)

Jonas Kaufmann

Kristine Opolais

Christopher Maltman

Maurizio Muraro

Benjamin Hulett

Jonathan Kent - Director

Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Royal Opera House Chorus

Antonio Pappano

October 30 – Szymanowski «King Roger» (Opus Arte)

Mariusz Kwiecien (King Roger II of Sicily), Georgia Jarman (Roxana), Saimir Pirgu (Shepherd), Kim Begley (Edrisi), Alan Ewing (Archbishop) & Agnes Zwierko (Deaconess)

Royal Opera Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Antonio Pappano (conductor) & Kasper Holten (director)