Berlin, Irving > Violin

December Lights

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-12-11

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Go Tell It on the Mountain, Christmas song (American); Sleep Little Jesus (Slaap nu...
Performers: Louwerse, Mirusia; Maffioletti, Carla; Rieu, André; Skota, Kimmy [Vocals]
Conductors: Rieu, André

Waltzing at Christmas & New Year

3 CD / Delta (UK) / 2012-11-06

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; André Rieu: The First Nowell / Il est né, le divin enfant / Ding Dong! Merrily on High, medley for violin & salo; Es ist ein Ros' entsprungen / Gloria in exc...
Performers: Rieu, Andre
Conductors: Francek, Joseph; Neukamp, Norbert

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

The Christmas Album / Libera boy choir [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Christmas Traditional: Still, Still, Still (Stille, stille, stille) (Austrian); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; In...
Performers: Ashley, Charlotte; Coates, Sam; Collins, Luke; Crawley, Ben; De Menezes-Wood, Jakob; Fontannaz, Daniel; Geraghty, Steven; Ingles, Freddie; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; May, Elizabeth; McCarthy...
Conductors: Prizeman, Robert

The Arts Desk
The singing is generally great - you can detect a very slight rough edge to the boys' sound which is exactly as it...continue...
Recording information: The Music Place, London, England (05/2011-07/2011).

For an act famed for their angelic vocals and heart-warming celestial sound, it's a surprise that The Christmas Album ...continue...

Unforgettable Classics - Grappelli - Hits from the 30s

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-01

Works: Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Richard Rodgers: Blue Room, song (from musical "The Girlfriend"); The Lady is a Tramp, song (from musical "Babes in Arms"); Jerome Kern: A Fine R...
Performers: Grappelli, Stephane; Menuhin, Yehudi
Conductors: Harris, Max
Ensemble: Alan Clare Trio

Icon - Yehudi Menuhin & Stephane Grapelli (4 CDs)

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Jacob Gade: Jalousie (Jealousy), tango for orchestra; Richard Rodgers: Blue Room, song (from musical "The Girlfriend"); The Lady is a Tramp, song (from musical "Babes in Arms"); My Funny Valentine; I...
Performers: Blok, Jan; Clare, Alan [piano]; Etheridge, John [Guitar]; Fosset, Marc; Ganley, Allan; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Lemmon, Brian; Menuhin, Yehudi; Price, Derek; Snell, David [...
Conductors: Harris, Max; Riddle, Nelson
Ensemble: ; Alan Claire Trio

This 4 CD set containing all the recordings that the two legendary violinists Yehudi Menuhin and Stephane Grappelli made for EMI is a further release...continue...

Miniatures

2 CD / Membran / 2009-09-15

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Preludes (3) for piano; Susan H. Dyer: An Outlandish Suite for violin & piano ("Florida Night Song"); Flausino Rodrigues DoVale: Prelude No 15, "Ao Pe Da Fogueira"; J...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Crosby, Bing; Heifetz, Jascha; Kaye, Milton
Conductors: Camarata, Tutti

2009 two CD set. With these miniatures, which were recorded between 1944 and 1946, Jascha Heifetz reacted against the classical purists of his time. Today...continue...

Yehudi Menuhin - The Great EMI Recordings

51 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Concerto for 2 Violins in D mino...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Balsam, Artur; Barshai, Rudolf; Bennett, William; Cassadó, Gaspar; Cassad?, Gaspar; Civil, Alan; Cocker, Paul; Curzon, Clifford; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Don...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Enescu, George; Monteux, Pierre; Dorati, Antal; Boulez, Pierre; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Pritchard, John; Silvestri, Constantin; Kletzki, Paul; Boult, Adrian; Panufnik, Andrzej; Da...
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio; Bath Festival Ensemble; Instrumental Ensemble

This 50-CD set features Sir Yehudi Menuhin's most celebrated EMI recordings, made during his extraordinary 70-year exclusive recording relationship with the company. Includes works by...continue...
Includes work(s) by Manuel de Falla....continue...

Merry - A Holiday Journey / Salerno-Sonnenberg, et al

1 CD / NSS Music / 2009-03-01

Works: John Frederic Coots: Santa Claus is comin' to town; Traditional: Carol of the Bells; Wassail Song; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Deck the hall; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Irving Berlin: Holida...
Performers: Amarante, Gustavo; Assad, Clarice; Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio; Blazer, Judith; Gartshore, Sarah; Kunzli, Mathias; Mase, Raymond; McDermott, Anne-Marie; Salerno-Sonnenberg, Nadja; Sherry, Fred
Conductors:
Ensemble: Clarice Assad Quartet

This bold, innovative recording of holiday favorites presents an inspired interpretation of the Christmas spirit as never before heard. Journey with renowned violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg...continue...

Heifetz - it ain't necessarily so - Legendary Classic and Jazz Studio Takes

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-10-10

Works: Samuel Gardner: From the Canebrake, for violin & piano, Op. 5; Arthur Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba; Jascha Heifetz: Beau Soir, arrangement for violin & piano (after Debussy); Jeanie with the Light Brown ...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Crosby, Bing; Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Camarata, Tutti; Young, Victor
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

"For almost all his career Heifetz recorded for Victor and RCA. From 1942, however, the American recording industry was in dispute with the musicians' union,...continue...

Christmas Adagios - Holiday Classics to Touch your Heart

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-10-08

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: O come, O come Emmanuel; Amazing Grace; On ...
Performers: Café; Cunningham, Johnny; De Lancie, John; Douglas, Bill; Douglas, Dave [Piano]; Dunning, Brian; Erquiaga, Steve; Galway, James; Gomez, Eddie [Bass]; Irvine, Maya; Krips, Alfred; Mitchell, Emi...
Conductors: ; Gould, Morton; Ormandy, Eugene; Galway, James; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Salter, Robert; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Guildhall String Ensemble; Morton Gould Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Nightnoise; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orche...

The Most Fabulous Classical Christmas Album Ever!

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Traditional: The Angel Choir and the Trumpeter; Carol of the Bells; Fantasia on "I saw three ships"; Good King Wenceslas; O Tannenbaum; The Holly and the Ivy; We wish you a merry Christmas; What chil...
Performers: Arnold, Robert; Conant, Robert; Domingo, Placido; Ellis, Osian; Franchi, Sergio; Galway, James; Grady, John; Krips, Alfred; Lanza, Mario; Mitchell, Emily; Price, Leontyne; Valente, Benita
Conductors: ; Froschauer, Helmuth; Fiedler, Arthur; Gold, Marty; Galway, James; Gould, Morton; Callinicos, Constantin; Ormandy, Eugene; Korn, Michael; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Gillesberger, Hans
Ensemble: ; Alexander (New Age); Arthur Fiedler Chorus; Arthur Fiedler Orchestra; Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia; Henri Rene & His Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphi...

This selection contains both AAD and DDD recordings.

Christmastime is a season made for familiar traditions: food, decorations, and music. This collection of seasonal favorites is an anthology ...continue...

Home for Christmas / Anne Sofie von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-10-12

Works: Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; William Mathias: Sweet Was The Song; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: Tomorro...
Performers: Agnas, Joakim; Agnas, Urban; Bengtson, Jan; Bylund, Jonas; Danielsson, Göran; Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Helander, Torbjörn; Henrikson, Leif; Henryson, Svante; Jansson, Bengan; Jansson...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass

"Home for Christmas" is Anne Sofie von Otter's first holiday album. "Home for Christmas" is a rich selection of popular international Christmas songs, including a...continue...

A Christmas Festival with Arthur Fiedler & the Boston Pops

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-01

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Sleigh Ride; Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Felix Bernard: Winter Wonderland; Leon Jessel: Parade der Zinnsoldaten, Op. 123; Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer ...
Performers: Hirt, Al; Krips, Alfred; Litwin, Leo
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Arthur Fiedler Chorus; Arthur Fiedler Orchestra; Boston Pops

The Very Best of Stephane Grappelli & Yehudi Menuhin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-07-14

Works: Cole Porter: Night and Day; Anything Goes; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Girl Crazy; Joseph Kosma: Autumn leaves; Irving Berlin: On The Avenue; Top Hat; Richard Rodgers: Babes in arms; Vernon Duke...
Performers: Baldock, Ken; Bush, Lennie; Clare, Alan [piano]; Crombie, Tony; Etheridge, John; Fosset, Marc; Grappelli, Stephane; Harris, Max; Holloway, Laurie; Isaacs, Ike; Karan, Chris; Lemmon, Brian; Menuhin, Y...
Conductors: Harris, Max
Ensemble: ; Alan Clare Trio

This CD contains a compilation of highlights from the collaboration of jazz violinist Stephane Grappelli and the classical violinst Yehudi Menuhin. The two performers undertook...continue...

Music For All Occasions

1 CD / RCA Records / 1993-01-12

Works: Mildred J Hill: Happy Birthday to You; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Anonymous: Crowley's Reel; Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Richard Rodgers: Victor...
Performers: Galway, James; Krips, Alfred
Conductors: Fraser, Donald; Ormandy, Eugene; ; Fiedler, Arthur; Bennett, Robert Russell; Shaw, Robert; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Galway, James
Ensemble: BBC Singers; Boston Pops; Canterbury Children's Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Robert Shaw Chorale; Royal Ph...

Home For The Holidays - O Holy Night, White Christmas, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) /

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Irving Berlin: Holiday Inn; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Felix Bernard: Winte...
Performers: Baun, Nancy; Eaken, John; Whitney, Gloria
Conductors:
Ensemble: Eaken Piano Trio