Albéniz, Isaac

Classical 2012 / Gheorghiu, Fray, Balsom, Kaufmann, Netrebko, Jaroussky, DiDonato, Pahud

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; La Cenerentola; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 18 'P...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Braley, Frank; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Renaud; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; F...
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco; Pappano, Antonio; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Balsom, Alison; Paavo, Järvi; Serafin, Tullio; ; Rousset, Christophe; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ono, Kazushi; Noseda, Gianandrea; Thielemann,...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; L'Arpeggiata; Les Talens Lyriques; Les Violons du Roy; London Steve Reich Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble

Following the enormous success of the previous albums in the annual Classical series, Virgin Classics is releasing Classical 2012 in November 2011. With 45 tracks,...continue...

Mantovani's Greatest Hits

2 CD / ZYX Records Import / 2011-07-19

Works: Lew Pollack: Charmaine, song; English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffmann; ...
Conductors: Mantovani

Placido Domingo Story [Limited Edition]

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-01-25

Works: Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon; Giuseppe Verdi: I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlo; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il trovatore; Luisa Miller; Otello; Jacques Offenbach: Les C...
Performers: Alvarez, Carlos [Baritone Vocals]; Aparici, Montserrat; Banuelas, Roberto; Brightman, Sarah; Cappuccilli, Piero; Chausson, Carlos; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Domingo, Placido; Feldhoff, Gerd; Fisc...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Kubelik, Rafael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Jochum, Eugen; Barenboim, Daniel; Chailly, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Ge...

To celebrate Domingo's 70th birthday, Deutsche Grammophon releases a 3 CD set of his four decades of Deutsche Grammophon and Decca recordings and catalog -...continue...

A Portrait Of Conchita Supervia, Vol. 1

4 CD / Gala / 2010-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola; Il barbieri di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Adieu de l'hôtesse arabe; Juan Man&ea...
Performers: Appoloni, Anita; Baracchi, Aristide; Bettoni, Vincenzo; Ederle, Nino; Ferraris, Ines; Gil, Maria; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Marques, Antonio; Marshall, Frank; Redondo, Marcus; Scattola, Car...
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo; Acevedo, Emilio; Martinez, Modesto; Gennai, Leopoldo Emanuele; Capdevila, Antonio; Cloez, Gustave

Mantovani: His Greatest Melodies

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2010-06-01

Works: Lew Pollack: Charmaine, song; English Traditional: Greensleeves, folk song; Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Jacques Offenbach: Les contes d'Hoffmann; ...
Performers: Mantovani, The Orchestra
Conductors: Mantovani

Isaac Albeniz: Piano Music, Vol. 6

1 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2010-02-01

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Rapsodia española, Op. 70; Navarra, for piano in A flat major, B. 49; Sonata for Piano no 5 in G flat major, Op. 82, B. 27; Suite antigua no 3, for piano, B. 21; Azulejos, ...
Performers: Baselga, Miguel
Conductors: Jia, Lu

This series of the piano music of Isaac Albéniz has so far focused on solo works - including, of course, the celebrated collection Iberia. For...continue...

Albéniz: Iberia; Navarra; Villa-Lobos: Piano Concerto No. 1

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-01-26

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, for piano, B. 47; Navarra, for piano in A flat major, B. 49; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Piano no 1, A. 453
Performers: Ballon, Ellen
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

Composing and story-telling are not unrelated, and Albeniz was as adept as any Scheherazade at both! For many, his masterpiece was Iberia, a set of...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland....continue...

Complete EMI Recordings 1950-1991 (Box)

56 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Sonata for Piano no 9 in D major, K. 311 (K. 284c); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Bertin, Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Deschamps, Hubert; Druart, Henri; Falcucci, Joseph-Marie; Gedda, Nicolai; Laurence, Marie; Lepauw, Roger; Mesple, ...
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Silvestri, Constantin; Halffter, Ernesto; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Strauss, Paul; Baudo, Serge; Prêtre, Georges; Cambreling, Sylvain; Martinon, Jean; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierr...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Orchestre de Paris (Members); Soloists of the Lamoureux Concert Association Orch

This 56 CD collection contains numerous items which have become available for the first time (such as Mozart sonatas and Bach Inventions previously only released...continue...
Recording information: 1950-1991....continue...

Zarzuela and Spanish Orchestral Music - Chapí, Albéniz, Turina, Granados, etc / Argenta, et al

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2009-04-28

Works: Ruperto Chapí y Lorenta: La Revoltosa, zarzuela; Reveriano Soutullo Otero / Juan Vert Carbonell: La leyenda del Beso, zarzuela; Federico Chueca / Joaquín Valverde: La Gran Via, zarzuela; Pa...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo

Enrique Fernández Arbós conducts Arbós & other Spanish composers

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Navarra, for piano in A flat major, B. 49; Enriqué Granado...
Conductors: Arbos, Enrique Fernandez

The Spanish conductor Enrique Fernandez Arbos came from a family of military bandmasters and had been a child prodigy. He was celebrated at different times...continue...

Albeniz: Orchestral Music / Batiz, Ciccolini, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-09-01

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Iberia Suite, Book 3; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 78 "Concierto Fantastico"; Iberia Suite; Catalonia "Suite populaire"
Performers: Ciccolini, Aldo
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique

Peaceful Inspirations

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; El sombrero de tres picos; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird;...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Kempe, Rudolf; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; ; Suitner, Otmar; Kegel, Herbert; Markevitch, Igor; Garaguly, Carl von
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden Staatskapelle Kammerharmonie Bläsersoliste ; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This unusual and inspirational series - devoted to the concept of "releasing your inner power through the harmony of choice classical music" - continues with...continue...

Ravel, Albeniz, Falla / Jörg-Peter Weigle, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, for orchestra (orchestrated by Arbos from "Iberia" for piano); Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7)
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter

The fiery rhythms and glowing colors of Spanish folk music were major influences on Ravel, Albeniz and De Falla. Jorg-Peter Weigle and the Dresden orchestra...continue...

Scriabin: Poem of Ecstasy; Albeniz: Iberia / Winkler, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, for orchestra (orchestrated by Arbos from "Iberia" for piano)
Conductors: Winkler, Johannes; Weigle, Jörg-Peter

Although these composers may not seem to have much in common at first, these contemporaries were brilliant musicians whose music is shot full of color...continue...

Basics - Spanish Classics - Falla, et al / Weigle, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Danza Española no 1 (la vida breve); Joaquín Rodrigo: Tonadilla, for 2 guitars; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, for orchestra (orchestra...
Performers: Czapski, Berliner; Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Koch, Nora; Morbitzer, Egon; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Richter, Barbara; Rumstig, Dieter; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Weigle, Jörg-Peter

This disc goes beyond the usual in offering a range of works by Spanish composers (and a French composer, Ravel, whose mother was Basque) in...continue...

Brana Records Collection Vol 1 / Blumental, et al

5 CD / Brana Records / 2007-10-01

Works: Heitor Villa-Lobos: Concerto for Piano no 5, A. 521; Guia prático, Album 3, W 279; Ciclo brasileiro, W 374; Bachianas Brasileiras no 3, for piano & orchestra, A. 388; Camargo Guarnieri: Dansas B...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja
Conductors: Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Tofolo, Luigi; Fistoulari, Anatole; Zedda, Alberto; Waldhans, Jiri; Froschauer, Helmuth; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Faerber, Jörg
Ensemble: ; Brno State Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Prague New Chamber Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra; Salzburg Chamber Orchestra; Turin Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra...

The repertoire on this special limited edition 5 CD box set is a reminder of Felicja Blumental's abilities as a pianist and as a champion...continue...

Original Masters - Ataúlfo Argenta - Complete Decca Recordings 1953-1957

5 CD / Decca / 2007-01-09

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra, also arranged for 2 pianos; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol (Kaprichchio na ispankskiye temï), for orchestra, Op. 34; Enriqu...
Performers: Campoli, Alfredo; Katchen, Julius
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo

The Spanish conductor Ataulfo Argenta had a short-lived but important career. His sudden death in 1957 was regarded as a national tragedy in Spain and...continue...

Works by Albeniz, Marco, Montsalvatge and others

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-11-13

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Tomás Marco: Arbor de Arcangeles; Xavier Montsalvatge: Canciones negras (5); Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Manuel de Falla: Dance ...
Performers: Farley, Carole
Conductors: Serebrier, José

Falla, Albéniz, Turina / Heisser, Lopez-Cobos, Lausanne CO

1 CD / Apex / 2006-05-29

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Isaac Albéniz: Rapsodia española, Op. 70; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 78 "Concierto Fantastico"; Joaquín Turina: Rapsodia sinf...
Performers: Heisser, Jean-Francois
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús

Albeniz: Suite Espanola / Frühbeck de Burgos, et al

1 CD / First Impression Music / 2006-04-18

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, Op. 47; Cantos de España, pieces (5) for piano, Op. 232, B. 44
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

Bella España - Music Inspired by Spain

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-11-22

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen Suites for orchestra nos 1 & 2; Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); Enriqué Granados: Danse espagnole, Op. 37/5; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Ara...
Performers: Dearman, John; Kanengiser, Bill [Guitar]; Romero, Angel [Guitar]; Romero, Celedonio; Russell, David [Guitar]; Tennant, Scott [Guitar]; York, Andrew [Guitar]
Conductors: ; López-Cobos, Jesús; Kunzel, Erich
Ensemble: ; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Guitar Quartet; Naples Philharmonic Florida

Albéniz: Iberia / Igor Golovschin, Moscow Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2001-02-01

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, for orchestra (orchestrated by Arbos from "Iberia" for piano)
Conductors: Golovschin, Igor

Peter Breiner's orchestration perfectly captures the colors of the twelve pieces written by Albeniz for his own instrument, the piano. In orchestral dress, Iberia offers...continue...

Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez, Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre

1 CD / Decca Import / 1995-09-04

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre, for guitar & orchestra; Isaac Albéniz: Rapsodia española, Op. 70; Joaquín Turina: ...
Performers: Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; De Larrocha, Alicia
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

Gigli in Song

1 CD / Pearl / 1991-09-01

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Tu sola; Sentinella; Sto Penzanno 'a Maria for voice & orchestra; Goodbye Mari; Canta pe' me; E.A. Mario: Santa Lucia luntana, for voice & orchestra; Riccardo Drigo: Arlekinada (Ha...
Performers: Gigli, Beniamino
Conductors: Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Shilkret, Nathaniel

Falla, Albeniz, Turina / De Larrocha, Frühbeck de Burgos

1 CD / Decca Import / 1984-07-06

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Isaac Albéniz: Rapsodia española, Op. 70; Joaquín Turina: Rapsodia sinfónica, for piano & orchestra, Op. 66
Performers: De Larrocha, Alicia
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae