Kathleen Battle

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle Edition [15CDs Box Set] (2023)  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at Feb. 2, 2024
Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle Edition [15CDs Box Set] (2023)

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle Edition [15CDs Box Set] (2023)
MP3 320 Kbps | Run Time: 15 hours 12 minutes 54 seconds | 2,18 Gb
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

A Limited Edition, Original Jackets collection showcasing the artistry of the magnificent American soprano, Kathleen Battle. Kathleen Battle enraptured opera audiences of the 1980s and 1990s. Here was a lyric soprano combining unsurpassable beauty of tone with a keen musical intelligence, a way with words and a communicative warmth that drew listeners to Strauss and spirituals alike. She has the easy phrasing of a great jazz singer combined with the breath, breadth and precise projection of a trained voice. James Levine coached her at the Metropolitan Opera, and when he accompanied her at the 1984 Salzburg Festival and DG recorded the recital as Battle's debut solo album, nothing less than a phenomenon was launched.

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle Edition [15CDs Box Set] (2023) FLAC  Music

Posted by Discograf_man at Feb. 2, 2024
Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle Edition [15CDs Box Set] (2023) FLAC

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle Edition [15CDs Box Set] (2023)
Flac, Lossless (track) | Run Time: 15 hours 12 minutes 54 seconds | 3,56 Gb
Genre: Classical, Vocal | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

A Limited Edition, Original Jackets collection showcasing the artistry of the magnificent American soprano, Kathleen Battle. Kathleen Battle enraptured opera audiences of the 1980s and 1990s. Here was a lyric soprano combining unsurpassable beauty of tone with a keen musical intelligence, a way with words and a communicative warmth that drew listeners to Strauss and spirituals alike. She has the easy phrasing of a great jazz singer combined with the breath, breadth and precise projection of a trained voice. James Levine coached her at the Metropolitan Opera, and when he accompanied her at the 1984 Salzburg Festival and DG recorded the recital as Battle's debut solo album, nothing less than a phenomenon was launched.
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle - Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (2003/1988)

James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Jessye Norman, Kathleen Battle - Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos (2003/1988)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Deutsch (LinearPCM, 2 ch) | (DTS, 5 ch) | (Dolby AC3, 6 ch) | 7.77 Gb (DVD9) | 154 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: Deutsch, English, Francais, Espanol, Chinese

An enthralling production from the Metropolitan Opera under James Levine, with an unbeatable performance from Jessye Norman as Ariadne, and spotless coloratura from Kathleen Battle as Zerbinetta. James King offers sterling support in the taxing role of Bacchus. (James Longstaffe)
James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Kathleen Battle - Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (2005/1991)

James Levine, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, Luciano Pavarotti, Kathleen Battle - Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore (2005/1991)
NTSC 4:3 (720x480) | Italiano | LinearPCM, 2 ch | DTS, 6 ch | Dolby AC3, 6 ch | 7.55 Gb (DVD9) | 128 min
Classical | Deutsche Grammophon | Sub: Italiano, English, Deutsch, Francais, Espanol, Chinese

It would be hard to imagine a better performance of Donizetti's comic masterpiece. If there was one role that ideally suited Luciano Pavarotti's voice and stage personality, it was Nemorino, the impoverished and not-very-bright peasant who worships the village's prettiest and richest young woman from a distance, is swindled by a traveling vendor of "miracle" medicines, but wins her hand by dumb luck. The story has comedy, pathos, and a put-down of Wagner's Tristan und Isolde (or at least the Tristan story) written long before Wagner composed it.
Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle sings Handel & Mozart (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 14) (2023)

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle sings Handel & Mozart (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 14) (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 50:32 | 221 / 115 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH

One of the most famous African-American sopranos, Kathleen Battle received her vocal training at the Cincinnati College Conservatory, where she studied voice with Franklin Bens and also worked with Italo Tajo. While at Cincinnati she came to the attention of conductor Thomas Schippers who brought her to the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina to sing the Brahms Requiem in 1972. She made her stage debut in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia as Rosina with the Michigan Opera Theater in Detroit in 1975. Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro was her New York City Opera debut role in 1976. During this time, she also sang orchestral concerts in New York, Los Angeles, and Cleveland. James Levine brought her to the Metropolitan Opera in New York as the Shepherd in Wagner's Tannhäuser in 1978, and she appeared frequently at the Met in important roles until 1994.
Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle sings Sacred Music (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 13) (2023)

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle sings Sacred Music (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 13) (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 79:28 | 314 / 181 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH

One of the most famous African-American sopranos, Kathleen Battle received her vocal training at the Cincinnati College Conservatory, where she studied voice with Franklin Bens and also worked with Italo Tajo. While at Cincinnati she came to the attention of conductor Thomas Schippers who brought her to the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina to sing the Brahms Requiem in 1972. She made her stage debut in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia as Rosina with the Michigan Opera Theater in Detroit in 1975. Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro was her New York City Opera debut role in 1976.
Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle sings Opera & Concert Arias (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 15) (2023)

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle sings Opera & Concert Arias (Kathleen Battle Edition, Vol. 15) (2023)
FLAC (tracks), Lossless / MP3 320 kbps | 74:42 | 295 / 170 Mb
Genre: Classical / Label: Deutsche Grammophon GmbH

One of the most famous African-American sopranos, Kathleen Battle received her vocal training at the Cincinnati College Conservatory, where she studied voice with Franklin Bens and also worked with Italo Tajo. While at Cincinnati she came to the attention of conductor Thomas Schippers who brought her to the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina to sing the Brahms Requiem in 1972. She made her stage debut in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia as Rosina with the Michigan Opera Theater in Detroit in 1975. Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro was her New York City Opera debut role in 1976.

Kathleen Battle: The Complete Sony Recordings [10CDs] (2016)  Music

Posted by ArlegZ at Dec. 25, 2021
Kathleen Battle: The Complete Sony Recordings [10CDs] (2016)

Kathleen Battle: The Complete Sony Recordings [10CDs] (2016)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 2,77 Gb | Total time: 646 min | Scans included
Classical | Label: Sony | # 88985381362 | Recorded: 1977-2000

Sony Classical presents legendary soprano Kathleen Battle in nine of her foremost studio recordings in her ‘Complete Sony Recordings’. In the course of a remarkable career, launched in 1973 by mentor James Levine in their shared hometown of Cincinnati, Kathleen Battle has captivated international audiences. She has taken home numerous awards – among them five Grammys and London’s Olivier Award for her 1985 Covent Garden debut as Zerbinetta in Strauss’s Ariadne auf Naxos, the first American singer to win that prestigious prize – and become one of classical music’s best-selling artists.
Kathleen Battle, Leonard Slatkin, Orchestra of St. Luke's: A Christmas Celebration (1990)

Kathleen Battle, Leonard Slatkin, Orchestra of St. Luke's: A Christmas Celebration (1990)
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue & Log) ~ 246 Mb | Total time: 62:27 | Scans included
Classical | Label: EMI Classics | # 47587 | Recorded: 1986

If you could only have two Christmas CDs, Kathleen Battle's "A Christmas Celebration" would definitely be one (and "A Charlie Brown Christmas" would be the other.)While Battle has been known to be a temperamental diva (leading to a quasi-banishment from operatic roles), her pretty, soaring soprano is without peer. So good is her voice that I would consider several of the cuts on this disc to be definitive performances, not only of Battle's repertoire, but of all performances ever of that song. Case in point would be her rendition of Gounod's "Ave Maria". Haunting and stunning at the same time, it's as if the angel itself were singing.

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle: Essentials (2020)  Music

Posted by varrock at Jan. 24, 2020
Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle: Essentials (2020)

Kathleen Battle - Kathleen Battle: Essentials (2020)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 391 MB | Tracks: 25 | 109:18 min
Style: Classical | Label: Deutsche Grammophon

Kathleen Deanna Battle (born August 13, 1948) is an American operatic soprano known for her distinctive vocal range and tone. Born in Portsmouth, Ohio, Battle initially became known for her work within the concert repertoire through performances with major orchestras during the early and mid-1970s. She made her opera debut in 1975. Battle expanded her repertoire into lyric soprano and coloratura soprano roles during the 1980s and early 1990s, until her eventual dismissal from the Metropolitan Opera in 1994. After a 22-year absence from the Met, Battle performed a concert of spirituals at the Metropolitan Opera House in November 2016.