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Beethoven's Wig 3: Many More Sing-Along Symphonies

from: Rounder / Umgd

Cieli di Toscana

by: Gavyn Wright, Paolo Gianolio, Margherita Graczyk, Gary Miller, John Reid, Luis Jardim, Francesco Sartori, Mauro Malavasi, Massimo Guantini

Spartacus (Bolshoi Ballet)

starring: Carlos Acosta, Alexander Volchkov, Nina Kaptsova, Maria Allash
directed by: Ross MacGibbon

Berlioz: La Damnation de Faust

from: EMI Classics

Bach: Sacred Arias & Cantatas

from: Virgin Classics

The Italian Opera Collection

starring: Luciano Pavarotti, Metropolitan Opera

Beethoven: The Complete Symphonies and Piano Concertos

from: EMI Classics

Wagner - Der Ring des Nibelungen / Levine, Metropolitan Opera (Complete Ring Cycle)

starring: Hildegard Behrens, James Morris, Jessye Norman, Christa Ludwig, Gary Lakes
directed by: Brian Large

Gilbert & Sullivan - Pirates of Penzance / Anthony Warlow, David Hobson, Australian Opera

starring: Anthony Warlow
directed by: Stuart Maunder