Recommended CDs of operas by Donizetti, Gaetano (1797-1848)
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Don Pasquale
Bruno Campanella, Conductor Luciana Serra, Soprano Aldo Bertolo, Tenor Enzo Dara, Bass Alessandro Corbelli, Bass Album title: Donizetti - Don Pasquale Nuovo Era 6715/16 (2-CD, mid-price, 1988) Mid-price choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Patrick O'Connor, 4-Oct-2003 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Don Pasquale
Roberto Abbado, Conductor Eva Mei, Soprano Frank Lopardo, Tenor Sir Thomas Allen, Baritone Renato Bruson, Bass Album title: Donizetti - Don Pasquale RCA 09026 61924-2 (2-CD, 1988) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Patrick O'Connor, 4-Oct-2003 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Don Pasquale
Mario Rossi, Conductor Alda Noni, Soprano Cesare Valletti, Tenor Mario Borriello, Baritone Sesto Bruscantini, Bass Album title: Donizetti - Don Pasquale Warner Fonit 8573 87476-2 (2-CD, budget, 1952) Budget choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Patrick O'Connor, 4-Oct-2003 | Buy CD or DVD: |
Richard Bonynge, Conductor Joan Sutherland, Soprano Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Album title: Donizetti - L'Elisir d'Amore Decca 414 461-2 (2-CD) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Patrick O'Connor, 27-Apr-2002 | Buy CD or DVD: Download: ![]() |
La Fille du Régiment
Richard Bonynge, Conductor Joan Sutherland, Soprano Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Spiro Malas, Bass Album title: Donizetti - La Fille du Régiment Decca 414 520-2DH2 (2-CD, 1968) Outstanding Gramophone Good CD Guide, 1-Jan-2007 | Buy CD or DVD: Download: ![]() |
Richard Bonynge, Conductor Joan Sutherland, Soprano Luciano Pavarotti, Tenor Sherrill Milnes, Baritone Nikolai Ghiaurov, Bass Album title: Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor Decca 410 193-2 (2-CD) First choice BBC Radio 3 Building a Library, Julian Budden, 30-Jan-1993 | Buy CD or DVD: Download: ![]() |
Anna Bolena,
Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Conductor Maria Callas, Soprano Giulietta Simionato, Mezzo-soprano Gianni Raimondi, Tenor Nicola Rossi-Lemeni, Bass Album title: Donizetti: Anna Bolena EMI (2-CD, mono, 1957) Recommended Gramophone Good CD Guide, 1-Jan-2007 | Buy CD or DVD: |
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