+ Bellini: Beatrice di Tenda 2 CDs 74:25 68:20 DDD
Nightingale Classics NC 70560-2 C1992
Recorded live 30. 01. & 1. 02. 1992. Wiener Konzerthaus
ORF-Symphonieorchester, Wiener Jeunesse-Chor, Pinchas Steinberg (cond.)
Edita Gruberova (Beatrice di Tenda), Vesselina Kasarova (Agnese), Igor Morosow (Filippo Maria Visconti), Don Bernardini (Orombello), Branko Robinsak (Anichino), Daniel Sumegi (Rizzardo)
Cover, reviews and sound sample
+ Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi 2 CDs 58:36 71:25 DDD
EMI Classics CMS 7 64846 2 (In Japan: Toshiba EMI CC33-3477-78) P1985 C1994
Recorded live 2 & 5 & 10 & 13. 04. 1984. Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Riccardo Muti (cond.)
Agnes Baltsa (Romeo), Edita Gruberova (Giulietta), Gwynne Howell (Capellio), Dano Raffanti (Tebaldo), John Tomlinson (Lorenzo)
+ Bellini: I Puritani 3CDs 76:54 48:08 38:50 DDD
Nightingale Classics NC170562-2 P1993 C1993
Recorded 10. 1993. in Herkulessaal der Münchner Residenz
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Fabio Luisi (cond.)
Edita Gruberova (Elvira Valton), Justin Lavender (Lord Arturo Talbo), Ettore Kim (Sir Riccardo Forth), Francesco Ellero d'Artegna (Sir Giorgio), Katja Lytting (Enrichetta di Francia), Dankwart Siegele (Lord Gualtiero Valton), Carlo Tuand (Sir Bruno Roberton)
Cover, reviews and sound sample
+ Bellini: I Puritani 3 CDs DDD
Serenissima C 360.135-37 P1994
Recorded live 1985, Bregenz
Wiener Symphoniker, Chor der Volksoper Wien, Gianfranco Masini (cond.)
Edita Gruberova (Elvira), Salvatore Fisichella (Arturo), Giorgio Zancanaro (Riccardo), Dimitri Kavrakos (Giorgio), Yordi Ramiro (Bruno), Mariana Cioromila (Enrichetta), Carlo del Bosco (Gualtiero)
Note: Pirate, in poor sound quality.
+ Bellini: La Sonnambula 2 CDs 72:00 61:30 DDD
Nightingale Classics NC000041-2 P1998 C1998
Recorded 02. 1998, in Herkulessaal der Münchner Residenz
Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks, Marcello Viotti (cond.)
Edita Gruberova (Amina), José Bros (Elvino), Roberto Scandiuzzi (Rodolfo), Dawn Kotoski (Lisa), Gloria Banditelli (Teresa), Andreas Mogl (notary), Tim Hennis (Alessio)
Cover, reviews and sound sample Score of opera
+ Cherubini: Medea 2CDs ADD
RCA Red Seal 74321 79595 2, Melodram CDM 27087
Recorded live 31. 1. 1972, in the Vienna State Opera
Chorus & Orchestra of the Vienna State Opera, Horst Stein (cond.)
Leonie Rysanek (Medea), Lucia Popp (Glauce), Bruno Prevedi (Giasone), Nicola Ghiuselev (Creonte), Margarita Lilowa (Neris), Reid Bunger (Capitano), Edita Gruberova/Laurence Dutoit (Due Ancelle)
Note: Gruberova's role is small.
Note 2: The official RCA edition (released in 2001) is in much better sound than the earlier pirate on Melodram (released in 1992).
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