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Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Essential Overtures - Over 2 hours of thrilling overtures (overture highlights only)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederi...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo; Rodzinski, Artur; Kempe, Rudolf; Tausky, Vilem; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert ...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Essential Bernstein / Over 2 hours of dramatic American classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Fancy Free; On the Town; West Side Story; Facsimile; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Wonderful Town; Chichester Psalms; Divertimento for Orchestra; Mass; Symphony no 2 'The Age ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley, Peter; Blair, Lionel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gaines, Davis; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hubbard, Bruce; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lie...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Litton, Andrew; Love, Geoff; Slatkin, Leonard; McGlinn, John; Armstrong, Richard; Paavo, Järvi; Davis, Andrew; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Davies, Dennis R.; Ericson, E...

The American composer, conductor, pianist and educator Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) was one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history....continue...

Great American Showpieces

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra; Aaron Copland: El salón México; Danzón Cubano; George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Cuban Overtu...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Mata, Eduardo

50 Best Berlin Philharmonic / EMI

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Gustav Holst: The Planets; Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 2; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; ...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Chang, Sarah; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Menuhin, Yehudi; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Oistrakh, David; Kempe, Rudolf; Jansons, Mariss; Domingo, Placido; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pappano, Antonio

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Divertimento; Songs; Symphony No. 3 - Kaddish 2

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; Elegy for Mippy no 2; Symphony no 3 "Kaddish"; Chichester Psalms; To What You Said, for voice & piano
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bousfield, Ian; Colson, Kevin; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Gaines, Davis; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kaye, Judy; Masters, Rachel; Miller, Tracey; Richardson,...
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; McGlinn, John; Ericson, Eric

BBC Music Magazine
An hors d'oeuvre rather than an entree, but a fine introduction to Bernstein's music - original and utterly American
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Best Violin 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Fritz Kreisler: Sonata for Violin in G minor 'The De...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Barbizet, Pierre; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Domingo,...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Kondrashin, Kirill; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Previn...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Europa Galante; Hanover Band

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite violin classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Bernstein: Wonderful Town

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Story of my life
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

BBC Music Magazine
This piece is probably best watched on DVD, where it can be found with the same cast and conductor. For listeners, it's unlikely...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (06/09/1998-06/11/1998)....continue...

The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record - Mozart, Britten, Verdi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, Rossini, Lehár, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alan, Hervey; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Allin, Norman; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Barabas, Sari; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Borriel...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Mudie, Michael; Goodall, Reginald; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gui, Vittorio; Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Dove, Jonathan; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Opera Group Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Members; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orches...

The Glyndebourne Festival is a massive yearly event in both the British and international opera worlds, with stars from around the globe gathering to listen...continue...

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

American Classics - Bernstein: Symphony no 2, Candide Overture, Fancy Free / Kahane, Litton, Bournemouth SO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; Fancy Free, ballet
Performers: Kahane, Jeffrey; Searle-Barnes, Paul; Turner, Paul
Conductors: Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey 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 [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

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...

American Music - Adams, Gershwin, Bernstein, Ellington, Ives, Carter, etc / Sir Simon Rattle, London PO, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; The Chairman Dances; Tromba Lontana, fanfare for orchestra; Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; George Gershwi...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Atkinson, Lynton; Baker, Gregg; Barclay, John; Barnell, Andrew; Barrett, Brent; Barrington, Coleman; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Braithwaite, Maureen; Carter, Regina [Violin]; C...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

American classical composers often get unfairly overshadowed by their European counterparts, and a great deal of powerful, groundbreaking new music has passed under the radar...continue...

Best Ballet 100 - Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Copland, etc / Rattle, Ozawa, Previn, et al

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Eugen Onegin; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Conc...
Performers: Carol, Norman; Donohoe, Peter; Gammon, Philip; Pletnev, Mikhail; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Truman, Robert; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Paavo, Järvi; Irving, Robert; Previn, Andre; Khachaturian, Aram; Temirkanov, Yuri; Wordsworth, Barry; Kern, Terence; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rosenthal, Manuel; Rattle, Simon, S...

The King's Singers Collection

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: John Lennon: Penny Lane; Mother Nature's Son; Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da; And I Love Her; Help!; Yesterday; A Hard Day's Night; Girl; Got to Get You into My Life; Back in the USSR; Eleanor Rigby; Blackbird; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Gerhardt, Emil; Hadden, Nancy; Hart, Paul; Richards, Goff; Walker, Chris
Conductors:
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

The King’s Singers are a unique group. Aside from their unusual voice distribution (2 countertenors, 1 tenor, 2 baritones, and a bass), they have, over...continue...
Includes work(s): music (john miles) / i believe in music ( by various composers.

Includes work(s): save your kisses for me (tony hiller) / h by various composers....continue...

EMI American Classics - Leonard Bernstein / Paävo Jarvi, Sir Simon Rattle, Leonard Slatkin, St. Louis SO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Facsimile; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, musical (withdr...
Performers: Hubbard, Bruce; Liberman, Barbara
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Paavo, Järvi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: ; Orchestra of St. Luke's; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

Like Gershwin before him, Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990) composed music for the concert hall and for musical theatre. Through the Broadway musical 'West Side Story', his...continue...

EMI American Classics - William Schuman: Violin Concerto; Bernstein / Leonard Slatkin, Robert McDuffie, St. Louis SO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: William Schuman: Concerto for Violin; Leonard Bernstein: Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"
Performers: Holmes, Richard [Percussion]; McDuffie, Robert; Sant'Ambrogio, John
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard
Ensemble: St. Louis Symphony Orchestra

William Schuman (1910–1992) was born in the Bronx in New York City. He was both a composer and a music administrator. He took up his...continue...

The King's Singers Greatest Hits

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-05

Works: John Lennon: Penny Lane; Help!; Yesterday; Eleanor Rigby; Paul Simon: Bridge Over Troubled Water; The Sounds of Silence; John David: You Are the New Day; Lionel Richie: Three Times A Lady; Cy Coleman...
Performers: Baines, Michael; Barrueco, Manuel; Chase, Roger; Crayford, Marcia; Fraser, John; Fullbrook, Charles; Gerhardt, Emil; Hadden, Nancy; Headley, Erin; Hickox, Richard [Conductor]; Jackman, Bill; Kampen, ...
Conductors: Davis, Carl

The King's Singers are a unique group. Aside from their unusual voice distribution (2 countertenors, 1 tenor, 2 baritones and a bass), they have, over...continue...

Best Romantic Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

The second of this month's 'Best 100' releases is the 'Best Romantic Classics 100'. A fantastic present for Valentine's Day, this 6-CD album sets the...continue...

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

The Very Best of Barbara Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Apr...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Beroff, Michel; Dalberto, Michel; Fox, Eldon; Gothoni, Ralf; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lapu, Radu; Lundkvist, Erik; Pires, Maria-Joao; Pontinen, Roland
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ericson, Eric; Gardiner, John Eliot; Bátiz, Enrique; Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos

Details TBA. EMI. 2005....continue...

Round Midnight / Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Duke Ellington: Caravan; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Traditional Spiritual: Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Deep River; George Gershwin: Oh, Kay!; Preludes (3) for piano; Henry Mancini: P...
Performers: Bronner, Till; Quandt, Ludwig; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Saksala, Janne; Twelve Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic
Conductors:
Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

Historical instruments utilized by the Twelve Cellists are as follows:

Georg Faust: Giovanni Baptista Grancino, Milan - 1705

Ludwig Quandt: Giovanni Ruggeri, Cremona - late 17th century...continue...