Massenet: Werther
Anne Sofie von Otter (Charlotte); Dawn Upshaw (Sophie); Jerry Hadley (Werther); Gérard Théruel (Albert); Jean-Marie Frémeau (Le Bailli); Gilles Ragon (Schmidt); Frédéric Caton (Johann)
Orchestre and Maîtrise de l'Opéra National de Lyon
Kent Nagano, conductor
ERATO 8.224066-67 (2 cds)
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Rimsky-Korsakov: The Maid of Pskov (Ivan the Terrible)
Galina Gorchakova (Olga); Vladimir Galusin (Mikhail Tucha); Vladimir Ognovienko (Ivan); Gennady Bezzubenkov (Prince Yuri); Nikolai Gassiev (Matuta); and Ludmila Filatova, Evgenia Perlasova, Olga Korzhenskaya, Evgeny Fedotov, Georgy Zastavni, Yuri Laptev
Orchestra and Chorus of the Kirov Opera
Valery Gergiev, conductor
Philips 446 678-2 (2 cds)
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Puccini: Arias
José Cura
Philharmonia Orchestra
Plácido Domingo, conductor
Erato 0630-18838-2
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Renée Fleming Great Opera Scenes
London Symphony Orchestra
Sir Georg Solti, conductor
Decca 455 760-2
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater
Véronique Gens, soprano; Gérard Lesne, countertenor
Il Seminario Musicale
Gérard Lesne, conductor
Virgin Veritas 7243 5 45291 2 2
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Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges; L'heure espagnole
Jane Berbié, Michel Sénéchal, Jean Giraudeau, Gabriel Bacquier, José van Dam, Francçoise Ogéas, Jeanine Collard, Sylvaine Gilma, Colette Herzog, Heinz Rehfuss, Camille Maurane
Choeurs, Maîtrise and Orchestre National de la R.T.F.
Lorin Maazel, conductor
DGG "The Originals" 449 769-2 (2 cds)
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