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Virgins, Vixens & Viragos / Purcell, Berlioz, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, et al. / Susan Graham, soprano; Malcom Martineau

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Henry Purcell: Tell me, some pitying angel, Z 196 "Blessed Virgin's Expostulation"; Hector Berlioz: La Mort d'Ophélie, song for soprano (or tenor) & piano, H. 92a (Op. 18/2); Franz Schubert: Ges...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

Virgins, Vixens & Viragos, Susan Graham's eagerly awaited second album for Onyx, focuses on iconic female characters of history, literature and song. Accompanied by Graham's...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/06/2012-07/08/2012)....continue...

Les Nuits d'été

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Gustav Mahler: Rückert Lieder (5)
Performers: Blumenthal, Daniel

When Marie-Nicole Lemieux won the Queen Elisabeth Singing Competition in 1998, nobody knew she would become the contralto of her generation, and nobody knew that...continue...
Recording information: Studio Tibor Varga, Sion, Switzerland (08/19/2000-08/23/2000)....continue...

Balakirev: Complete Piano Works / Alexander Paley, piano

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Reminiscences on "A Life for the Czar", for piano (2nd version of Fantasy on Glinka's themes); Phantasiestück, for piano in D flat m...
Performers: Paley, Alexander

Founder of the group of Russian composers called 'The Mighty Handful', Mily Balakirev is known for having helped create a distinctive Russian school of music...continue...

Jardin Nocturne / Songs for voice & piano

1 CD / Aparte / 2011-05-10

Works: Francis Poulenc: Nous avons fait la nuit, song for voice & piano (Tel jour, telle nuit), FP 86/9; Lune d'avril ("Lune, belle lune..."), song for voice & piano (La courte paille), FP 178/7; Fernand Ha...
Performers: Druet, Isabelle; Ralambondrainy, Johanne

Mezzo-soprano Isabelle Druet was voted 'Vocal Discovery of the Year' at France's Victoires de la Musique Classique awards in 2010 and won second prize at...continue...
Recording information: Eglise St-Pierre, Paris, France (10/2010)....continue...

Aled's Christmas Gift / boy soprano

1 CD / Demon Tv / 2010-12-07

Works: Buddy Greene: Mary, Did You Know?, song; William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Gustav Holst: In the bleak mid-winter; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; John Goss: See Amid the Winter's Snow, for cho...
Performers: Aitken, Rob; Ashley, Charlotte; Beston, Simon; Brown, Zoe; Coates, Sam; Crawley, Ben; Flanaghan, Katie; Hale, Simon; Hughes, Emilia; Jones, Aled; Kelly, John; Lole, Simon; May, Elizabeth; Palliser, U...

Recording information: Coombehurst Studio, Kingston University, London; FX YourSpace Studios, London; Greendale Studios, London, England.

Responsible for one of the most iconic and enchanting C...continue...

Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...continue...

Berlioz: La Mort d'Orphee Songs & Choruses / Plasson, Villazon

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-10-25

Works: Hector Berlioz: La Mort d'Orphée, for tenor, women's chorus & orchestra, H. 25; Tristia, for chorus & Orchestra, Op. 18; Irish melodies (8), Op. 2; Chant des chemins de fer, for tenor, 6-part ...
Performers: Bismuth, David; Rivenq, Nicolas; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

Recording information: Toulouse, Halle aux Grains (04/26/2003-04/30/2003)....continue...

4 CD Originals: Cecilai Bartoli

4 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2010-10-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Davidde penitente, K469; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri; La donna del...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Chung, Myung-Whun [Conductor/Piano]; Levine, James
Conductors: Fischer, György; Patanè, Giuseppe

A Savior From on High / The Chorale of Shorter College

1 CD / ACA Digital / 2010-08-10

Works: Healey Willan: Hodie, Christus natus est, motet for chorus, HWC 319; The Three Kings; Paul Manz: E'en so, Lord Jesus, quickly come; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; John Rutter: What sweeter music; ...
Performers: Barton, Jamie; Collins, Laura; Green, Lenora; Harvey, Patrick; Hoch, Matthew; McLeod, Andy [Tenor Vocal]; Nelson, Hannah; Rigell, Nella; Scroggins, Carissa; Tumlin, Jerry
Conductors: Shaw, Martha

The Shorter Chorale has represented Shorter College for the past 40 years in churches and schools of the southeastern United States and on tours abroad....continue...
Recording information: Falany Performing Arts Center, Reinhardt College, Wales (01/03/2007-01/05/2007)....continue...

Summertime

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-05-25

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; The Monk and His Cat, song for voice & piano (Hermit Songs), Op. 29/8; Edward Elgar: Op. 16; Gabriel Fauré: Clair de lune, Op. ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Three centuries of song are represented here, and, as BBC Music Magazine's Hilary Finch put it "such is the skill of Johnson's programming that the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)....continue...

Ophelie, Lieder Et Melodies

1 CD / ATMA / 2010-02-23

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Dirti addio, aria for soprano, horn & piano; Richard Strauss: Alphorn ("Ein Alphorn hör' ich schallen"), song for voice, horn & piano, o.Op. 29 (TrV 64, AV 29); Hector Berlioz...
Performers: Fiset, Marianne; Marsolais, Louis-Philippe; McMahon, Michael

From Franz Schubert to Canadian composer Denis Gougeon, the music on this CD invites us into a poetic world of heartfelt fervor and natural beauty....continue...
Recording information: Salle Françoys-Bernier Domaine Forget, Saint-Irénée, Qu (12/15/2009-12/17/2009)....continue...

Earl Wild: Compositions & Transcriptions

1 CD / Ivory Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Earl Wild: Variations on an American Theme, for piano & orchestra ("Doo-Dah Variations"); Piano Sonata; Improvisation in the Form of a Theme and Three Variations on "Someone to watch over me", for pi...
Performers: Wild, Earl [Piano]
Conductors: Giunta, Joseph; Wild, Earl [Piano]

Homage / James Ehnes, et al

2 CD / Onyx Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Manuel de Falla: Suite Populaire Espagnole; Danza Española no 1 (la vida breve); Edward Elgar: La capricieuse, Op. 17; Salut d'amour; Cyril Scott:...
Performers: Ehnes, James [Violin]; Guarneri, Andrea; Laurel, Eduard

On this new CD and DVD Video set, 2008 Grammy and Gramophone Award winning violinist James Ehnes pays tribute to the world’s most celebrated violin-makers....continue...

Mirror Image at the Opera - Handel, Mozart, Delibes, Verdi, etc / Bontrager, Stebleton, Kanamaru

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Faramondo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Léo Delibes...
Performers: Bontrager, Lisa; Kanamaru, Tomoko; Stebleton, Michelle

MirrorImage, the acclaimed horn duo who performs this recital of arias arranged for horn and piano, has been featured in international venues. Multifaceted musicians and...continue...

Berlioz: Vocal Works with Orchestra / Cambreling, Aikin, Poulson, SWR Vocal Ensemble Stuttgart, et al

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-09-18

Works: Hector Berlioz: La Captive for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 12; Le jeune pâtre breton, Op. 13 no 4; Zaïde, boléro for voice, castsnets & piano or orchestra, Op. 19/1; Sara la b...
Performers: Aikin, Laura; Holscher, Florian; Poulson, Lani; Yudenkov, Alexander
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Vocal Ensemble, Stuttgart

This CD and bonus DVD features Skip Sempe, born in New Orleans and known as one of the most famous performers of French music for...continue...

Eleanor Steber in Concert (1956-58)

2 CD / Video Artists International / 2008-08-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été...
Performers: Biltcliffe, Edwin; Steber, Eleanor

Cesare Valletti sings Mozart, Scarlatti, Schubert, Berlioz, etc

2 CD / Testament / 2008-06-10

Works: Giuseppe Sarti: Giulio Sabino; Alessandro Stradella: Le gare dell'amor eroico; Alessandro Scarlatti: Work(s); Il Pirro e Demetrio; Il Sedecia, re di Gerusalemme; Il Flavio; George Frederick Handel: M...
Performers: Taubman, Leo; Valletti, Cesare [Tenor Vocals]

The leading operatic 'tenore di grazia' of the 1950s and '60s, Cesare Valletti (1922-2000) was also an incomparable interpreter of songs. A few years after...continue...

Berlioz: La belle voyageuse / Corréas, Schoonderwoerd, et al

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: La Captive for voice & piano (or orchestra), Op. 12; Irish melodies (8), Op. 2; Le chasseur danois, song Op. 19 no 6; Petit oiseau, song for voice & piano, Op. 13/2; Le jeune pâ...
Performers: Coin, Christophe; Correas, Jerome; Deliau, Vincent; Gabriel, Alain; Maury, Claude; Schoonderwoerd, Arthur

Il Salotto Vol 10 - Pauline Viardot and Friends

2 CD / Opera Rara / 2007-05-08

Works: Spoken Word: Fanny Ardant discusses Pauline Viardot; Pauline Viardot: Zwei Rosen, for voice & piano; L'absence, for voice & piano; Berceuse, arranged for voice & piano from Chopin's Mazurka in C majo...
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina [Soprano]; Chernov, Vladimir; Harper, David; Von Stade, Frederica; Watkin, David

This CD, including world premiere recordings of several Viardot songs, was recorded live at London's Wigmore Hall. Three singers, Frederica von Stade, Anna Caterina Antonacci...continue...

Masters of the French Piano Tradition / Planté, Viñes

1 CD / Arbiter / 2006-10-31

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Etude for piano no 4 in C sharp minor, Op. 10/4, CT. 17; Etude for piano no 5 in G flat major, Op. 10/5, CT. 18; Etude for piano no 7 in C major, Op. 10/7 CT. 20; Etude for...
Performers: Diémer, Louis; Herrenschmidt, Marcelle; Lazare-Levy; Philipp, Isidor; Planté, Francis; Saint-Saëns, Camille; Viñes, Ricardo

Arbiter's new restoration process has yielded great clarity on acoustic and early electric orchestral recordings. While Strauss and Weingartner are well known, the art of...continue...

Roberto Alagna - Berlioz: Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25; Roméo et Juliette, Op. 17; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Huit Scénes de Faust, for solo voices, chorus, orchestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Cohen, Jeffrey [Piano/Choir Director]; Dyball, Jeffrey; Gheorghiu, Angela; Zvellenreuther, Jean-Marc
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Gramophone wrote of this album of Berlioz arias: "Algana, always at his best singing in French, is here at his most appealing in solos commonly...continue...

Berlioz: La Révolution Grecque, etc / Plasson, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: Sara la baigneuse, for 2 voices, 2 choruses & orchestra, Op. 11; Tristia, for chorus & Orchestra, Op. 18; La Mort d'Ophélie, for women's chorus & orchestra, H. 92b; Marche fun&...
Performers: Bismuth, David; Naouri, Laurent; Rivenq, Nicolas; Villars, Frank; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Les Elements Chamber Choir; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Double fforte - Liszt, Schumann, et al: Lieder / Hampson

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-10-01

Works: Hector Berlioz: Irish melodies (8), Op. 2; Irish melodies, Op. 2; Richard Wagner: Mignonne ("Mignonne, allons voir si la rose"), song for voice & piano, WWV 57; Soupir ("Tout n'est qu'images fugitive...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Parsons, Geoffrey

In the Twilight - Strauss, Denza, et al / Sommerville, et al

1 CD / Boston Records / 2001-12-01

Works: Richard Strauss: Alphorn ("Ein Alphorn hör' ich schallen"), song for voice, horn & piano, o.Op. 29 (TrV 64, AV 29); Jules Massenet: Amours bénis; Les yeux clos, for voice & piano (from "M&#...
Performers: Sharon, Rena; Sommerville, James [French Horn]

Balakirev: The Complete Piano Music Vol 3 & 4 / Paley

2 CD / Essay / 2001-11-01

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Kamarinskaya (Russian scherzo), fantasy for orchestra, G. ii105; Say not that it grieves the heart (Ne govori, chto serdtsu), song for voice & piano, G. x335; Capriccio brillante on t...
Performers: Paley, Alexander

Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau - Lieder / Reimann, Reutter

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-06-05

Works: Robert Franz: Gesänge (12) for voice & piano, Op. 5; Gesänge (6) for voice & piano, Op. 20; Lieder Op. 8; Gesänge (6) for voice & piano, Op 9; Gesänge (6) for voice & piano, Op. 1...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Reimann, Aribert; Reutter, Hermann

Cecilia Bartoli - Live in Italy / Thibaudet, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1998-10-20

Works: Giulio Caccini: Tu ch' hai le penne, amore, for voice & continuo; Nuove musiche e nuova maniera de scriverle; Francesca Caccini: Amarilli mia bella; George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e de...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bellini, Vincenzo; Berlioz, Hector; Bizet, Georges; Caccini, Francesca; Caccini, Giulio; Donizetti, Gaetano; Giordano, Umberto; Handel, George Frideric; Rossini, Gioachino; Schubert...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sonatori de la Gioiosa Marca

"It is harvest time with Bartoli now. Never has her art been richer and more abundant in its yield, and never have the fruits been...continue...
The gleaming smile in the cover shot belongs to a young mezzo-soprano coasting at the top of her game, thrilled at the chance to show off in the 400-year-old Teatro Olimpico in Vicenze. The cheers in...continue...

Holiday Pops / Keith Lockhart, Boston Pops Orchestra

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-29

Works: Randol Alan Bass: Gloria, for chorus; Angela Morley: Christmas Waltzes, for orchestra; Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Christmas Tradition...
Performers: Boston Pops; Lockhart, Keith [Conductor]; Oswald, Mark; Palsdottir, Eiver; Tanglewood Festival Chorus
Conductors: Lockhart, Keith
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Performing Artists at Lincoln School; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Personnel: John Wilkins (guitar); Ann Hobson Pilot (harp); Bonnie Bewick, Bo-Youp Hwang, Nancy Bracken, Gottfried Wilfinger, Kelly Barr, Brynn Albanese, Sheila Fiekowsky, Joseph McGauley, Amnon Levy, ...continue...

Greatest Hits - The Wedding Album

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-03-10

Works: Henry Purcell: Work(s); Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Water Music; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Rêverie, for piano, L. 68; Johann Pachel...
Performers: Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Canadian Brass; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dwyer, Doriot Anthony; Fox, Virgil [Organ]; Galway, James [Flute]; Guildhall String Ensembl...
Conductors: ; Davis, Colin; Galway, James [Flute]; Salter, Robert; Westenburg, Richard; Poole, John; Paillard, Jean-François; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Flor, Claus P.
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Canadian Brass; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Guildhall String Ensemble; Lucerne Festival Strings; Musica Sacra

Personnel: Cynthia Otis, Bernard Zighera, Marisa Robles (harp); James Pappoutsakis, Doriot Anthony Dwyer, James Galway (flute); David Jolley (French horn); Virgil Fox (organ).

Recording info...continue...

Huntsman, What Quarry? / Hustis, Keith, Sargon

1 CD / Crystal Records / 1998-01-02

Works: Franz Schubert: Auf dem Strom, D 943/Op. 119; Hector Berlioz: Le jeune pâtre breton, Op. 13 no 4; Vincenz Lachner: Waldhornruf; Ignaz Lachner: Der Ungenannten; Franz Paul Lachner: Herbst; Wilhe...
Performers: Hustis, Gregory; Keith, Nancy; Sargon, Simon

Instrument of the Devil / Rachel Barton, Patrick Sinozich

1 CD / Cedille / 1998-01-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 1 no 4 "Devil's Trill"; Franz Liszt: Der Tanz in der Dorfschenke, S ...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Rozendaal, John Mark; Schrader, David; Sinozich, Patrick; Yeh, John Bruce

"What scares me most about this demonic-themed recording is Rachel Barton's almost inhuman violin playing . . . Don't miss this recording." (American Record Guide)...continue...

Chant d'Amour / Cecilia Bartoli, Myung-Whun Chung

1 CD / Decca Import / 1996-10-15

Works: Georges Bizet: Vingt mélodies for voice & piano; Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), opera in 5 acts (unfinished); Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe; Tarantelle, song for voice & piano; Léo Delibe...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Chung, Myung-Whun [Conductor/Piano]

"Cecilia Bartoli's "Chant d'Amour" is both well-calculated commercial packaging, and supremely executed popular art of a very high order. Her Mezzo-soprano singing is intensely sexy,...continue...

España! / Ann Murray, Graham Johnson, Songwriters' Almanac

1 CD / Hyperion / 1993-11-11

Works: Enriqué Granados: Colección (7) de canciones amatorias; Joaquín Turina: Corazon de mujer; Hector Berlioz: Zaïde, boléro for voice, castsnets & piano or orchestra, Op. 19/1;...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Romantic Lieder / Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Dieter Klöcker

1 CD / Orfeo / 1987-06-23

Works: Sigismund Neukomm: Poor Adele, for voice, clarinet & piano; Conradin Kreutzer: Das Mühlrad for soprano, clarinet & piano, Op. 72, KWV 9110-01; Gaetano Donizetti: Piú che non m'ama un angelo...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Heine, Heinrich; Holl, Hartmut; Klocker, Dieter; Wallendorf, Klaus