Bach, Johann Sebastian > Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]

Pachelbel: Canon; Albinoni: Adagio; works by Bach, Handel, Purcell & Vivaldi / Orpheus CO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Water Music Suite no 2, HWV 349; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Suite no 3 in...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Bartlett, Eric; Brewer, Edward; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Holliger, Heinz; Kremer, Gidon; Meyer, Wolfgang [Organ]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Petri, Michala; Preston, Simon...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Kubelik, Rafael; Wijnkoop, Alexander van; Abbado, Claudio; Brown, Iona; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Füri, Thomas; ; Rose, Barry
Ensemble: ; I Musici; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

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Holliger brings a wonderful sense of poetry and lyricism to the music, wistful, and elegiac in slow movements, athletic and sprightly in faster ones. Guaranteed...continue...

King's College Choir Cambridge Sings J.S. Bach - Motet BWV 227; 7 Sacred Part Songs; Choruses from St. John Passion

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-06-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; O Jesulein süss, O Jesulein mild, BWV 493; Jesu ist das schönste Licht, sacred song for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch no 463), B...
Performers: Baines, Francis; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Richards, Bernard
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; Choir of King's College Cambridge

Recording information: 1960....continue...

Creepy Classics: Halloween's Greatest Hits

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-09-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette, for piano or orchestra in D minor; John Williams: Jaws; Jerry Goldsmith: The Omen; Bernard H...
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Williams, John; Mauceri, John; Herrmann, Bernard; Levine, James; Dutoit, Charles; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Giuseppe

All of the beloved classics that resonate within all of us as the creepiest (yet spooky fun) music we've come to associate with Halloween. This...continue...
Don't expect to hear a version of "Monster Mash" among the 11 tracks on this Halloween-themed set. These are orchestral arrangements of classical pieces that reflect the macabre side of things, includ...continue...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos / Peter Schreier - CPE Bach CO

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051; Concerto for 3 Violins in D...
Performers: Bourgue, Maurice; Eschenburg, Ulrike; Gerbeth, Klaus; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Haupt, Eckart; Holjewilken, Uwe; Jahn, Gudrun; Kirbach, Klaus; Pank, Renate; Pank, Sieg...
Conductors: Schreier, Peter

These sprightly, rhythmically driven modern performances are soaked in Leipzig's long...continue...

Classical Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Franz Liszt: Liebestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Benedetti, Nicola; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fisc...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo; Fischer, Adam; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Chailly, Riccardo; Armiliato, Marco; Lanchbery, John; Fischer, Iván; Dutoit, Charles; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Mackerras, Charles, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name...continue...

Bach: Preludes & Fugues

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Prelude and Fugue for Organ in E minor, BWV 548 "Wedge"; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in C major, BWV 547; Prelude and Fugue, for organ in G major, BWV 550 (BC J21); Prelude and...
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]

Recording information: St. John's Smith Square, London (1995-12-??&1996-01-??&1996-)....continue...

J.S. Bach: The Organ Works / Simon Preston

14 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-03-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Trio Sonata for Organ no 1 in E flat major, BWV 525; Trio Sonata for Organ no 2 in C minor, BWV 526; Trio Sonata for Organ no 3 in D minor, BWV 527; Trio Sonata for Organ no 4 ...
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]

Simon Preston's brilliantly performed 14-CD traversal of Bach's works for organ, gathered together at an amazing price. "A hard act to beat" -Grammophone....continue...

The Premium Collection - 75 Classical Masterworks

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-10-09

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Joaqu...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Crass, Franz; Domingo, Placido; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Die...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme; Baumgartner; Ozawa, Seiji; Kubelik, Rafael; Wallenstein, Alfred; Chung, Chai-Dong; Jochum, Eugen; Pinnock, Trevor; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Barenboim, Daniel; Steinberg; Masur, Kurt; ...

Bach Adagios - Over 2 1/2 hours of the Most Beautiful Music

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-10-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 104...
Performers: Beznosiuk, Lisa; Bouman, Henk; Brendel, Alfred; Caine, Carmel; Francescatti, Zino; Graf, Maria [Harp]; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Gulda, Friedrich; Hazelzet, Wilbert; Holli...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Agoult, Raymond; ; Gérecz, Arpad; Leppard, Raymond; Richter, Karl; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Pinnock, Trevor; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Bern; Les Solistes Romandes; Lucerne Festival Strings; The English Concert

Bach Adagios features the best-loved and most soothing works by Johann Sebastian Bach. Artists include Sir Neville Marriner, Heinz Holliger, Andras Schiff, Alfred Brendel, Pepe...continue...

Classical Bytes - Bach

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-03-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 14...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Mathis, Edith; Mintz, Shlomo; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Studer, Cheryl; Zoeller, Karlheinz
Conductors: Marin, Ion; Richter, Karl; Fiedler, Arthur; Karajan, Herbert von; Goossens, Eugene, Sir

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garde...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

Personnel: Hervey Alan (bass baritone); Andrew Creswell Davis , Simon Preston (organ)....continue...

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel); I Saw Three Ships, carol; ...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

This release is a jam-packed long-playing double CD of the most popular Christmas songs of all-time from the critically acclaimed Kings College Choir of Cambridge....continue...

Bach: Toccata & Fugue BWV 565, etc / Simon Preston

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-03-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Fantasie in G major, BWV 572; Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769...
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]

Toccata & Fuge BWV 565

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2005-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in F minor, BWV 534; Toccata and ...
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]

Glorious Pipes - Organ Music / Dupré, Cochereau, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-08-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Fugue for organ in G minor ("Little"), BWV 578 (BC J66); Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schüb...
Performers: Cochereau, Pierre; Dupre, Marcel; Hurford, Peter; Koopman, Ton; Latry, Olivier; Planyavsky, Peter; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Rubsam, Wolfgang; Trotter, Thomas; Walcha, Helmut; Weir, Gillian

'Glorious Pipes' presents an outstanding overview of music for the organ - from the greatest hits such as Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor,...continue...

The #1 Bach Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-01-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831;...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Andre, Maurice; Ayo, Felix; Brendel, Alfred; Curley, Carlo; Daines, Francis; Dart, Thurston; Gazzelloni, Severino; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Holliger, Heinz; Hurwitz, Emanuel; Koopm...
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Goebel, Reinhard; Pinnock, Trevor; Britten, Benjamin; Hogwood, Christopher; Munchinger, Karl; Rose, Barry; Gérecz, Arpad; Richter, Karl; Chailly, Riccardo; Gardiner, Joh...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Bern; I Musici; Les Solistes Romandes; The English Concert

Bach J.s: Toccata & Fugue Bwv 565, Fantasie Bwv 572, Pastorale Bwv 590, Etc.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-10-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Fantasie in G major, BWV 572; Vom himmel hoch, da komm ich her (I), canonic variations on the Christmas hymn for organ, BWV 769...
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]

Famous Classical Trumpet Concertos - Albinoni, Haydn, et al

2 CD / Philips / 2000-01-11

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for Trumpet in E or E flat major, WoO 1, S. 49; Johann Wilhelm Hertel: Concerto for Trumpet in D; Concerto for Trumpet no 1 in E flat major; Johann Stamitz: Concerto f...
Performers: Hardenberger, Håkan [Trumpet]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Howarth, Elgar

Bach Instrumental Highlights / Preston, Rilling, et al

2 CD / Hanssler Classic / 1999-02-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Orchestral Suite no 1 in C major, BWV 1066; Italian Concerto in F major, BWV 971; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050...
Performers: Indermuhle, Thomas; Passin, Gunther; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Schuster, Martha; Tomsic, Dubravka; Wakamatsu, Junko; Wakamatsu, Keiko; Winter, Otto [Organ]
Conductors: Rilling, Helmuth

Great Choral Classics from King's - Allegri, Tallis, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Sancte Deus, sancte fortis; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" fr...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baines, Francis; Dart, Thurston; Goodman, Roy; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Langdon, John; Lord, Roger; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Richards, Bernard; Vaughan, Eli...
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; Jacobean Consort of Viols