(This "Discography" was generated by CLOR for THE COMPILER )
1 1958(RA) - Rossi Mario - RAI Torino*
2 1958?(SE) - Cattini Umberto - Orchestra Angelicum di Milano*
3 1974(RA) - Boettcher Wilfried - RAI Napoli*
4 1974(RA) - Mackerras Charles - BBC Concert Orchestra*
5 1982(LC) - Hickox Richard - City of London Sinfonia*
6 1986(LI) - Ramin Manfred - Gran Teatro del Liceo*
7 1996(LC) - Minkowski Marc - Les Musiciens du Louvre*
8 1996(LI) - Muti Riccardo - Teatro alla Scala*
*AUDIO ---- **VIDEO ---- ***AUDIO & VIDEO
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Conductor Mario Rossi - 1958(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Torino
Chorus - RAI Torino
Armida - Anna De Cavallieri
Sidonia - Anna Moffo
La furia - Jolanda Gardino
Rinaldo - Mirto Picchi
Idrarte - Pierre Mollet
Ubaldo - Renato Cesari
Fenicia - Ester Orel
Lucinda - Ester Orel
Una naiade - Irene Gasperoni
Primo eco - Nadia Mura Carpi
Secondo eco - Edy (Editta) Amedeo
Il cavaliere danese - Tommaso Frascati
Artemidoro - Alfredo Nobile
Aronte - Giuliano Ferrein
Una corifea - Nadia Mura Carpi
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Black Disc; - Melodram MEL 154 {3LPS} (1981)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.169-172 [WA]
Comments:- Recording of a broadcast performance (21 December 1958). The Melodram LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE March 1981 p.1165
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Conductor Umberto Cattini - 1958?(SE)
Orchestra - Orchestra Angelicum di Milano
Chorus - Coro Polifonico di Torino
Armida - Gloria Davy
Sidonia - Angela Arena
La furia - Maria Teresa Mandalari
Rinaldo - Giuseppe Zampieri
Lucinda - Lidia Cerutti
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Black Disc - Angelicum LPA 1009 {1LP}
Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
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Conductor Wilfried Boettcher - 1974(RA)
Orchestra - RAI Napoli
Phénice - Nucci Condò
Sidonie - Jane Marsh
Armide - Viorica Cortez
Hidraot - Siegmund Nimsgern
Aronte - Mario Chiappi
Artémidore - Osvaldo Alemanno
Renaud - Jean Dupouy
Mélisse - Nicoletta Panni
Une naiade - Gloria Foglizzo
La Haine - Cristina Anghelakova
Le Chevalier Danois - Ezio Di Cesare
Ubalde - Siegmund Nimsgern
Lucinde - Bruna Rizzoli
Un plaisir - Nicoletta Panni
Une bergère - Yasuko Matsumoto
Echo 1 - Anna Maria Borrelli
Echo 2 - Licia Galvano
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Black Disc; - Voce 61-2 {3LPS} (1982)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
This recording is reviewed in the following publication:-
Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.169-172 [WA]
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast on 10 August 1974. The Voce LPs are advertized in GRAMOPHONE January 1983 p.850
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Conductor Charles Mackerras - 1974(RA)
Orchestra - BBC Concert Orchestra
Chorus - BBC Singers
Phénice - Janet Hughes
Sidonie - Janet Price
Armide - Geri Brunin
Hidraot - Thomas Allen
Aronte - Leslie Fyson
Artémidore - Philip Langridge
Renaud - Bruce Brewer
Mélisse - Janet Hughes
Une naiade - Wendy Eathorne
La Haine - Ann Howard
Le Chevalier Danois - Gerald English
Ubalde - Thomas Allen
Une amante heureuse - Janet Price
Lucinde - Wendy Eathorne
Coryphée - Janet Hughes
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Compact Disc; - Celestial Audio CA 448 {2CDRS} (Australia) (2005)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
Comments:- Recording of a performance broadcast by BBC Radio 3 on 29 December 1974. See Radio Times issue dated 21 December 1974-3 January 1975 p.70. There is a review in OPERA April 1975 pp.406-407 and in The Listener 9 January 1975 p.56. The CDRs issued by Celestial Audio are (were?) list on their website as new releases in October 2005.
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Conductor Richard Hickox - 1982(LC)
Orchestra - City of London Sinfonia
Chorus - Richard Hickox Singers
Phénice - Sally Burgess
Sidonie - Marie Slorach
Armide - Felicity Palmer
Hidraot - Raimund Herincx
Aronte - Yaron Windmuller
Artémidore - Adrian Thompson
Renaud - Anthony Rolfe-Johnson
Une naiade - Lynda Russell
La Haine - Linda Finnie
Le Chevalier Danois - Keith Lewis
Ubalde - Stephen Roberts
Une autre naiade - Dinah Harris
Une amante heureuse - Lynda Russell
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Black Disc; - EMI SLS 107751-3 {3LPS} (1983)ª
Compact Cassette; - *EMI TC-SLS 107751-5 (1983)ª
Compact Disc - EMI 4 89 880 2 7
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - November 1983 p.673 [AB]; April 1984 pp.1167-1162 [JBS]
Opera Quarterly - Vol.4 No.1 Spring 1986 pp.169-172 [WA]
Diapason - No.443 décembre 1997 p.80 [OR]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - juin 1997 No.214 p.58
Musica (Milano) - No.101 Anno 21 - dicembre 1996-gennaio 1997 p.120
Répertoire - No.103 juin 1997 p.35
Le Monde de la Musique - No.211 juin 1997 p.94 [FM]
Comments:- Recorded at performances at the Spitafields Festival (1, 3, 5, 8 June 1982, see OPERA Festival Issue 1982 p.53). The performance on 5 June 1982 was broadcast and a recording of this performance has been issued by the «Oriel Music Society». See their «List B» .
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Conductor Manfred Ramin - 1986(LI)
Orchestra - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Chorus - Gran Teatro del Liceo
Phénice - Claudia Eder
Sidonie - Maria José Gallego
Armide - Montserrat Caballé
Hidraot - Enrique Baquerizo
Aronte - Vicente (Vicenç) Esteve
Artémidore - Rafael Lledó
Renaud - Peter Lindroos
Une naiade - Mary Downing
La Haine - Márta Szirmay
Le Chevalier Danois - Antonio Leonel
Ubalde - Enric Serra
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Compact Disc; - House of Opera CDBB 527 (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
Comments:- Recording of a performance in the Gran Teatro del Liceo, Barcelona (December 1986). The CDRs issued by House of Opera are included in the list of new releases added to their website in December 2003 «03/12/22» where the recording is described incorrectly as being of a performance of Rossini's Armida. However the conductor, partial cast listing and location correspond to a performance of Gluck's Armide (See «El Gran Teatro del Liceo» by Roger Alier i Aixalà and Fracesc X. Mata p.512). The performance 0n 6 December 1986 is reviewed in OPERA September 1987 p.1072. See also «Casta Diva» p.300.
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Conductor Marc Minkowski - 1996(LC)
Orchestra - Les Musiciens du Louvre
Chorus - Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre
Phénice - Françoise Masset
Sidonie - Nicole Heaston
Armide - Mireille Delunsch
Hidraot - Laurent Naouri
Aronte - Vincent Le Texier
Artémidore - Yann Beuron
Renaud - Charles Workman
Mélisse - Françoise Masset
Une naiade - Valérie Gabail
La Haine - Ewa Podles
Le Chevalier Danois - Yann Beuron
Ubalde - Brett Polegato
Lucinde - Nicole Heaston
Un plaisir - Magdalena Kozemá
Une bergère - Nicole Heaston
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Compact Disc; - Archiv Produktion 459 616-2 {2CDS} (1999)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
This recording is reviewed in the following publications:-
(The) Gramophone - June 1999 p.113 [SS]; July 1999 pp.44-47 [PO'C]
Opera - July 1999 p.873 [AB]
HiFi News & Record Review - September 1999 p.97 [PB]
Opera News - July 1999 p.53 [JC]
Fanfare - Vol.23 No.1 September/October 1999 pp.238 [JC,BR]; Vol.26 No.6 July/August 2003 pp.279-280 [JS]
Orpheus - Juni 1999 S.57 [GH]
Opéra International - mai 1999 No.235 p.68 [SS]
L'Avant Scène Opéra - No.190 p.174 [AP]
Classical Express - Issue No.110 May 1999 p.6 [JTH]
BBC Music Magazine - June 1999 p.80 [KB]
International Opera Collector - Summer 1999 No.12 p.72 [JR]
American Record Guide - March/April 2000 Vol.63 No.2 p.114 [GWL]
Stereophile - Vol.23 No.3 March 2000 p.141 [RL]
Répertoire - No.124 mai 1999 pp.42-43 [JB]
L'opera (Milano) - Anno XIII Supplemento al N.129 maggio 1999 p.75 [GL]
CD COMPACT (Barcelona) - No.122 junio 1999 p.49 [FPS]
Opera Actual (Barcelona) - No.34 julio-agosto 1999 p.91 [MC]
Das Opernglas - Mai 1999 S.84 [MF]
Comments:- Recorded at concert performances at «la Cité de la Musique» (November, December 1996)
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Conductor Riccardo Muti - 1996(LI)
Orchestra - Teatro alla Scala
Chorus - Teatro alla Scala
Armide - Anna Caterina Antonacci
Hidraot - Donnie Ray Albert
Aronte - Marco Camastra
Artémidore - Christian Baumgartner
Renaud - Vinson Cole
Mélisse - Adina Nitescu
La Haine - Violeta Urmana
Le Chevalier Danois - Juan Diego Flórez
Ubalde - Roberto De Candia
Lucinde - Lotte Leitner
Un plaisir - Manuela Kriscak
Une bergère - Maria Costanza Nocentini
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Compact Cassette; - Legato Classics ALD 4758-L (1998)ª
Compact Disc; - House of Opera (2003)ª
ª(year of issue or re-issue)
Recordings of Armide by Christophe Willibald Gluck are surveyed in the following publications:-
Opera on Record 2 p.69; CELLETTI p.276; l'opera (Milano) Anno XII - N.124 dicembre 1998 - Speciale Scala - Stagione 1998/99 p.110
Comments:- Recording of a performance at La Scala (December 1996). On 7,12 December Le Chevalier Danois was sung by Juan Diego Flórez (as given above) and on 10, 15, 17, 19, 21 December he was sung by Gregory Kunde («Opera '97 - Annuario EDT/CIDIM dell'Opera Lirica in Italia» p.138-139). The exact date of the recording on the compact cassettes issued by Legato and on the CDRs issued by HOO is not known. They are listed in «New Audio Cassette Listings (ALD) Winter 1998» and in HOO's online catalogue (January 2003)..
Abbreviations
(STU), "Studio" Recording
(SE), "Studio" Recording of Excerpts
(STC), Composite "Studio" Recording made up from more than one source
(SCE), Composite "Studio" Recording of Excerpts from more than one source
(LI), "Live" Recording
(LE), "Live" Recording of Excerpts
(LC), "Live" Composite Recording from more than one performance
(LCE), Excerpts from more than one "Live" Performance
(RA), A Radio Performance
(RE), Excerpts from a Radio Performance
(RC), Composite Radio Performance from more than one broadcast
(RCE), Excerpts from more than one broadcast performance
(FI), Film or/and sound track of a film
(FE), Excerpts of an opera from a film or/and the sound track of a film
CELLETTI, Il Teatro d'Opera in Disco by Rodolfo Celletti - Rizzoli - 1988
EJS Discography, EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings - The Golden Age of Opera, 1956-71 by William Shaman, William J. Collins, and Calvin M. Goodwin - GreenwoodPress - 1994
GIUDICI, L'Opera in CD e Video by Elvio Giudici - il Saggiatore Milano - 1995. Second Edition - 1999 - is indicated by (2)
HARRIS, Opera Recordings - A Critical Guide by Kenn Harris - David and Charles - 1973
MARINELLI, Opere in Disco by Carlo Marinelli - Discanto Edizione - 1982
MET, The Metropolitan Opera Guide to Recorded Opera - edited by Paul Gruber - Thames and Hudson - 1993
MET(VID), The Metropolitan Guide to Opera on Video - edited by Paul Gruber - W.W. Norton & Co. Ltd. - 1997
More EJS, More EJS: Discography of the Edward J. Smith Recordings by William Shaman - William J. Collins - Calvin M. Goodwin - Greenwood Press 1999
NEWTON (Verdi), Verdi - Tutti i libretti d'opera edited by Piero Mioli
PENGUIN, The Penguin Guide to Opera on Compact Discs by Edwin Greenfield - Robert Layton - Ivan March - Penguin Books 1993
Discos Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española
Gramófono (Barcelona), Compañía del Gramófono Sociedad Anónima Española