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Gaetano Donizetti

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Adagio and Allegro in G major (1)
Ah, rammenta, o bella Irene (3)
Alahor in Granada (1)
Allegro in C Major II (1)
Allegro in C Major for piano solo (1)
Allegro in F minor for piano solo (1)
Allegro vivace in G Major for piano solo (1)
A mezzanotte (2)
Amor ch'a null'amato amar perdona (1)
Amore e Morte (Love and death) (5)
Amor funesto: Romanza (1)
Amor marinaro 'Me voglio fa na casa' (4)
Amusement Pathetique after the opera Anna Bolena (2)
Anna Bolena (highlights) (1)
Anna Bolena (30)
Aristea (cantata) (2)
Ave Maria (2)
Beatus vir (1)
Belisario (4)
Betly (1)
C'est le printemps (1)
Canto d'Ugolino (1)
Caterina Cornaro (2)
Che vuoi di piu (1)
Clarinet Concerto in B flat major (recon. R Meylan) (1)
Concertino in B flat major for clarinet and orchestra (2)
Concertino in D major (1)
Concertino in G major for cor anglais and orchestra (1)
Concertino in G major for cor anglais and piano (1)
Concerto for Violin and Cello in D minor (recon. J Wojciechowski) (1)
Concerto on themes from the opera La Favorita (1)
Cor Anglais Concertino in G major (1)
Dalinda (1)
De torrente (1)
Dirti Addio (1)
Dixit Dominus (1)
Dom Sebastien, Roi de Portugal (7)
Domine ad adjuvandum (1)
Dominus a dextris (1)
Don Pasquale (highlights) (2)
Don Pasquale (46)
Due motivi del celebre Maestro Faer messi in suonate (1)
Elisabetta al castello di Kenilworth (4)
Emilia di Liverpool (Emilia of Liverpool) (4)
E morta (1)
Eterno amore e fe (3)
Flute Quartet no.6 in G minor (1)
Flute Quartet no.7 in F minor (1)
Flute Quartet no.9 in D minor (1)
Flute Quartet no.16 in B minor (1)
Flute Sonata in C major (3)
Fugue in G minor (1)
Fuis, laisse-moi (1)
Gabriella di Vergy (1)
Gemma di Vergi (1)
Gloria Patri e Sicut erat (1)
Grande offertorio (1)
Il Duca d'Alba (2)
Il Paria (1)
Il barcaiolo 'Voga, voga, il vento tace' (2)
Il barcaiolo (3)
Il borgomastro di Saardam (3)
Il conte Ugolino (1)
Il diluvio universale (1)
Il giovedi grasso, o Il nuovo Pourceaugnac (1)
Il pescatore (3)
Il sospiro (1)
Il trovatore in caricatura (1)
Imelda d'Lambertazzi (1)
Impromptu (1)
In convertendo (1)
Introduction for strings in D Major (1)
Iste confessor (1)
L'Addio II (1)
L'Addio (1)
L'Ange de Nisida (3)
L'amor funesto (1)
L'assedio di Calais (2)
L'elisir d'amore (highlights) (1)
L'elisir d'amore (89)
L'esule di Roma (1)
La Corrispondenza amorosa (1)
La Fille du regiment (36)
La Hart (1)
La Ricordanza (1)
La Sultane (1)
La Zingara (3)
La conocchia (3)
La derniere nuit d'un novice (1)
La favorita (33)
La gondoliera (1)
La lontananza (1)
La ninna-nanna (1)
La nouvelle Ourika (1)
Larghetto for winds in F Major (1)
Larghetto in C Major (1)
Larghetto in C minor for piano solo (1)
La romanziera e l'uomo nero (1)
Laudate pueri (1)
Le Depart pour la chasse (1)
Le Duc d'Albe (3)
Le Renegat (1)
Le nozze in villa (3)
Les Martyrs (3)
Les gondoliers de l'Adriatique (1)
Linda di Chamounix (20)
Lucia di Lammermoor (highlights) (2)
Lucia di Lammermoor (108)
Lucrezia Borgia (14)
Lu trademiento (1)
Magnificat in D major (1)
March for winds and percussion in F Major (1)
Maria Stuarda (16)
Maria de Rudenz (1)
Maria di Rohan (4)
Marino Faliero (3)
Messa da Requiem (3)
Moderato for winds and organ in B flat Major (1)
N'ornera la bruna chioma (1)
Nisi Dominus (1)
Nocturnes for winds and strings nos.1-4 (1)
Noe: Scene du Deluge (1)
Nuits d'ete a Pausilippe: 6 Ariettes et 6 Nocturnes (2)
O Crudel (1)
Oboe Sonata in F major (4)
Olivo e Pasquale: melodramma giocoso in 2 acts (3)
Parisina (2)
Pastorale (2)
Pia de' Tolomei (4)
Pietro il Grande (3)
Pigmalione (5)
Piu che non m'ama un angelo (1)
Poliuto (9)
Predestinazione (1)
Presto in F minor for piano solo (1)
Quintet for strings and guitar in C Major (1)
Quintet for strings in C Major (1)
Rita (2)
Roberto Devereux (16)
Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (highlights) (1)
Rosmonda d'Inghilterra (7)
Saffo (1)
Salve Regina in F major (1)
Sang til Thorvaldsens fodselsdag (1)
Scherzo in D major (2)
Sei notturni a due voci (extraits des Nuits a Pausilippe) (1)
Serenade for Clarinet and Guitar (1)
Sinfonia a soli instrumenti di fiato in G minor (recon. B Pauler) (1)
Sinfonia a soli instrumenti di fiato in G minor (1)
Sinfonia for winds in D Major (1)
Sinfonia per la Morte di Capuzzi in D minor (recon. M Andreae) (1)
Soirees d'automne a l'Infrascata (2)
Sonata for Flute and Piano in C minor (2)
Sonata for Violin and Harp (2)
Sonata for flute and harp (2)
Spirto di Dio (1)
String Quartet in D arranged for String Orchestra (1)
String Quartet no.1 in E flat major (1)
String Quartet no.2 in A major (1)
String Quartet no.3 in C minor (1)
String Quartet no.4 in D major (2)
String Quartet no.5 in E minor (2)
String Quartet no.6 in G minor (2)
String Quartet no.7 in F minor (2)
String Quartet no.8 in B flat major (1)
String Quartet no.9 in D minor (2)
String Quartet no.10 in G minor (1)
String Quartet no.11 in C major (1)
String Quartet no.12 in C major (1)
String Quartet no.13 in A major (2)
String Quartet no.15 in F major (2)
String Quartet no.17 in D major (2)
String Quartet no.18 in E minor (1)
Studio primo (1)
Tecum principium (1)
Trio in F for flute, bassoon and piano (1)
Tu mi chiedi (1)
Ugo, conte di Parigi (3)
Una lagrima (2)
Un coeur pour abri (1)
Une larme furtive (1)
Variations in B flat major (2)
Variations in E flat major (1)
Variations in E major (1)
Variations in F major (2)
Variations in G major (1)
Violin Sonata in F major (2)
Vision (1)
Viva il matrimonio (1)
Waltz no.2 in C major (1)

Domenico Gaetano Maria Donizetti (born 29 November 1797 – died 8 April 1848) was an Italian composer from Bergamo in Lombardy. Along with Gioachino Rossini and Vincenzo Bellini, Donizetti was a leading composer of the bel canto opera style during the first fifty years of the Nineteenth Century.

Although Donizetti did not come from a musical background, at an early age he was taken under the wing of composer Simon Mayr who had enrolled him by means of a full scholarship in a school which he had set up. There he received detailed training in the arts of fugue and counterpoint. Mayr was also instrumental in obtaining a place for the young man at the Bologna Academy, where, at the age of 19, he wrote his first one-act opera, the comedy Il Pigmalione, although it does not appear to have been performed during his lifetime.

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Prodiges: Simon Lopez
Prodiges: Simon Lopez

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Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor
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Donizetti - Signor Gaetano: Tenor Arias
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Capriccio 40-Year Anniversary: Vocal Soloists
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Rather Romantic: Beautiful Memories Told by the Euphonium

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A Tribute to Pauline Viardot
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(Aparte)

Famous Opera and Chamber Music Arias
Famous Opera and Chamber Music Arias

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Rossini & Donizetti - French Bel Canto Arias
Rossini & Donizetti - French Bel Canto Arias

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Donizetti - La Fille du regiment
Donizetti - La Fille du regiment

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Venite a intender: Music on Dante’s Verses
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The Undiscovered Mario Lanza: Rare Recordings and Hidden Gems
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(Sepia)

The Age of Bel Canto
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Donizetti - The Three Queens
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Benjamin Bernheim: Boulevard des Italiens
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Pene Pati
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Deep Heights: Music for Bass Trombone & Orchestra
Deep Heights: Music for Bass Trombone & Orchestra

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Thrilling Tenor: Best Loved Opera Arias
Thrilling Tenor: Best Loved Opera Arias

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Donizetti - Belisario
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Italian Tenor Arias
Italian Tenor Arias

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Donizetti - Le nozze in villa
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Michael Spyres: Baritenor
Michael Spyres: Baritenor

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Donizetti - Il diluvio universale, Ugo conte di Parigi, L’assedio di Calais
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(Opera Rara)

Giuseppe Di Stefano: Complete Decca Recordings
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Marvellous Mezzo-Soprano and Contralto: Best Loved Opera Arias
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The Peter Maag Edition

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