2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes, Op. 33; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pil...
Performers:
Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Gilchrist, James; Gritton, Susan; Harper, Heather; Kanga, Skaila; Langridge, Phil...
Ensemble:
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...
The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...
2 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-10-06
Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Hodie
Performers:
Gale, Elisabeth; Marshall, Margaret; Roberts, Stephen [baritone]; Tear, Robert
Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra
This set couples two of Vaughan Williams' largest choral-orchestral works and reminds us of the grievous loss to British music the death of Richard Hickox...continue...
6 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-09-22
Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane; Requiem; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 No. 1; Cantique de Jean Racine...
Performers:
Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwell, Joseph; Dami, Magali;...
Ensemble:
Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Capella Bavariae; Cit...
This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...
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EMI 642922B
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-04-28
Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Saint Paul, Op. 36
Performers:
Banks, Barry; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Gritton, Susan; Rigby, Jean
Ensemble:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Chorus
Chandos is pleased to announce the return of Mendelssohn's 'Paulus' to the Chandos catalogue. It comes in attractive new packaging at mid-price and is timed...continue...
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2009-04-28
Works: John Tavener: Fall and Resurrection
Performers:
Chance, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Richardson, Stephen; Rozario, Patricia
Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia; St. Paul's Cathedral Choir
This is the World Premiere performance of Sir John Tavener's epic work written for the new Millennium, recorded in St Paul's Cathedral, London, in January...continue...
Run Time: 95 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.1 Subtitles: English ...continue...
6 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-03-24
Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; P...
Performers:
Accardo, Salvatore; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Causse, Gerard; Cavasanti, L...
Ensemble:
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...
The latest release in from the top-selling 'BEST 100' series by EMI Classics contains excerpts from the most famous concertos of all time. Each of...continue...
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EMI 647392C
2 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-03-24
Works: Frederick Delius: Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Koanga; Sleigh Ride; Irmelin; Fennimore and Gerda; A Song Before Sunrise; Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; In a Summer G...
Performers:
Shirley-Quirk, John; Tear, Robert
Ensemble:
Hallé Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia of England; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmon...
2 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-03-24
Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Symphony no 4; Sinfonietta for Piano and Orchestra "La Jolla"; Frescoes of Piero della Francesca for Orchestra; Double Concerto for 2 String Orchestras, Piano and Timpani; Concerto ...
Performers:
Alley, John; Fullbrook, Charles
Ensemble:
Bamberger Symphoniker; City of London Sinfonia; Endellion String Quartet; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
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EMI 643502B
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-02-24
Works: Sir Eugene Goossens: Phantasy Concerto, Op. 60; Symphony no 1, no 58
Performers:
Shelley, Howard
Ensemble:
Melbourne Symphony Orchestra
"Goossens' First Symphony was designed for and is dedicated to his colleagues at the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra. Its slow second movement features a somber but...continue...
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CHA 5068
3 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2009-02-10
Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Stabat Mater in F minor, RV 621; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frideric Handel: ME...
Performers:
Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David [Countertenor]; Deller, Alfred; Dupre, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, Veronique; Jaco...
Ensemble:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Matheus; Geneva Chamber Orchestra; Il Complesso Barocco; L'Europa Ga...
The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...
1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records /
2009-01-27
Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39/H 150; The Golden Goose, Op. 45 no 1/H 163; The Lure, H 149; The Morning of the Year, Op. 45 no 2/H 164
Ensemble:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales; Joyful Company of Singers
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players....continue...
16 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-11-25
Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers:
Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha; Bashmet, Yuri; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowicz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little, Tasmin; Ludwig, Christa;...
Ensemble:
Bath Festival Orchestra; BBC Symphony Chorus; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; F...
The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...
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EMI 175002C
3 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2008-11-25
Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings, Op. 11; Sergei Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1...
Performers:
Ambache, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene; Dumay, Augustin; Hendricks, Barbara; Isbin, Sharon; Isserlis, Steven; Janowitz, Gundula; Litton, Andrew; Meyer, Paul; Meyer, Sabine; Murray, ...
Ensemble:
Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Chorus; Brussels Théâtre de la ...
Virgin Classics presents 3 CDs of music designed to help you find inner peace and calm. From the soothing sounds of Satie's Gymnopedie to the...continue...
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VCL 348652B
2 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2008-11-25
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Quattro pezzi sacri; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei, Op. 11; George Frideric Handel: Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Messiah, HWV 56; Coronation Anthems (4); Gregorio Allegri: Miserer...
Performers:
Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Blythe, Stephanie; Bonney, Barbara; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dale, Laurence; Dami, Magali; Dubosc, Catherine; Gens, Veronique; Hantai, Jerome; Hendricks, Barbara; Lesne, Gerard; Roote...
Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Ambrosian Singers; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Cologne Philharm...
From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight into the great...continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2008-11-25
Works: Kenneth Leighton: Symphony no 2, Op. 69 "Sinfonia mistica"; Te Deum laudamus
Performers:
Fox, Sarah [Soprano]; Rhys-Davies, Gareth
Ensemble:
BBC National Chorus of Wales; BBC National Orchestra of Wales
This second volume of orchestral music by Kenneth Leighton offers his Second Symphony and 'Te Deum laudamus'. The symphony was composed in 1973 – 74...continue...
1 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-10-28
Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (3), Op. 88; Lieder (6), Op. 56; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (6), Op. 68; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (5), Op. 39; Lieder (3), Op. 29; Lieder (6), Op. 3...
Performers:
Harper, Heather
Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records /
2008-10-28
Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers:
Banks, Barry; Claycomb, Laura; Maltman, Christopher
Ensemble:
London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Tiffin School Boys Chorus
This performance of Orff's popular dramatic cantata 'Carmina burana' was recorded live at the Barbican Centre in November 2007, Richard Hickox conducting the London Symphony...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players....continue...
6 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-09-09
Works: Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; P...
Performers:
Accardo, Salvatore; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Causse, Gerard; Cavasanti, L...
Ensemble:
Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...
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PID 818768
30 CD / EMI Classics /
2008-06-24
Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; Symphony no 2 "London"; Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 4 in F minor; Concerto for Oboe in A minor; Symphony no...
Performers:
Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila; Armstrong, Thomas; Aronowitz, Cecil; Babin, Victor; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Bayl, Benjamin; Bean, Hu...
Ensemble:
Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Ambrosian Singers Women's Voices; Baccholian Singers of London; Bach Choir; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Bournemouth Symphony Chorus; Bournemouth Symphony ...
This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...
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EMI 066362B
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2008-06-24
Works: Benjamin Britten: Owen Wingrave, Op. 85
Performers:
Coleman-Wright, Peter; Connell, Elizabeth; Fox, Sarah [Soprano]; Gilchrist, James; Leggate, Robin; Opie, Alan; Stephen, Pamela Helen; Ward, Nicolas; Watson, Janice
Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia; Tiffin School Boys Chorus
Owen Wingrave was commissioned by BBC Television in 1966 and has been described as something of a Cinderella amongst Britten's operas despite an imaginative and...continue...
1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films /
2008-06-24
Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers:
Burgess, Sally; Daymond, Karl; Evans, Rebecca; Ewing, Maria; Rozario, Patricia
Ensemble:
Collegium Musicum 90
Maria Ewing, as Dido, heads an outstanding cast of young British singers in a film of Henry Purcell's much-loved tragic opera. With spectacular sets this...continue...
Run Time: 60 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Subtitles: English, German, French Country of Origin: USA...continue...
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2008-05-27
Works: Kenneth Leighton: Symphony for Strings, Op. 3; Concerto for Organ, Op. 58; Concerto for String Orchestra, Op 39
Performers:
Hatfield, Lesley; Scott, John [Organ]
Ensemble:
BBC National Orchestra of Wales
"Superb performances, superbly recorded, but the impact and power of the organ concerto is stunning. This is a wonderful issue on its own terms and...continue...
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CHA 10461
2 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2008-05-27
Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmu...
Performers:
Anderszewski, Piotr; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha; Bonney, Barbara; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo; Coles, Samuel; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Debost, Michel; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois...
Ensemble:
Academy of London; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Br...
Studies that the unborn child in its mother's womb is able to perceive exterior noises. That being the case, you might as well let your...continue...
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VCL 190032B
2 CD / Virgin Classics (USA) /
2008-05-27
Works: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Piano; Concerto Champêtre for Harpsichord; Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor; Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Aubade for Piano and 18 instruments...
Performers:
Cole, Maggie; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Queffelec, Anne; Weir, Gillian
Ensemble:
City of London Sinfonia
1 CD / Chandos Records /
2008-04-29
Works: Franz Schubert: Mass no 6 in E flat major, D 950
Performers:
Gilchrist, James; Gritton, Susan; Padmore, Mark; Rose, Matthew [Bass Voice]; Stephen, Pamela Helen
Ensemble:
Collegium Musicum 90
Schubert's final mass and most ambitious setting was composed during the summer of 1828, only months before his death. Much more than his previous efforts...continue...
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