Chabrier, Emmanuel

Chabrier: Overtures to Gwendoline; L'Etoile; suite Pastorale. Joyeuse marche; Bourrée fantasque / Neeme Jarvi

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2013-05-28

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: Joyeuse marche "Marche française"; Gwendolin; Habañera, for piano (or orchestra); España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Lamento, for orchestr...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

This disc of popular works by Emmanuel Chabrier marks the beginning of a new series of French repertoire, performed by Orchestre de la Suisse Romande...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland (06/27/2012-06/29/2012)....continue...

Monumental Karajan! - Mozart, Schubert, Brahms, Wagner, Sibelius, Smetana, Mendelssohn, Strauss et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. An...
Performers: Zoller, Karlheinz
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Austrian conductor Herbert von Karajan, who was the principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic for 35 years, is widely considered to have been one of...continue...
Recording information: Berlin....continue...

Music for Food Lovers: Gourmet Classics / works by Chabrier, Donizetti, Fasch, Vivaldi, Chopin et al.

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2012-10-30

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Johann Friedrich Fasch: Guitar Concerto in D minor; Antonio Vivaldi: C...
Performers: Bottner, Karl-Heinz; Gösser, Hans; Kalafusz, Hans; Kehr, Günter; Kircher, Irina; Lemmen, Günter; Palm, Siegfried; Ragossnig, Konrad; Rocchi, Manlio; Schmalfuss, Peter
Conductors: Kunzel, Erich; Vitalini, Alberico; Angerer, Paul; Adolph, Henry; Reinartz, Hans; Machado, E.A. Marturet; Pitamic, Alexander von

We all love cooking and eating and we all love listening to music. This CD combines both loves in a scintillating program of fine music...continue...

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Charles Koechlin: Magicien Orchestrateur / works by Debussy, Fauré, Schubert, Chabrier et al.

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Khamma, ballet, L. 125; Charles Koechlin: Sur les flots lointains, symphonic poem on a song by C. Urner, Op. 130; Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Franz...
Performers: Hoelscher, Florian
Conductors: Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

Hänssler presents the latest release in the acclaimed series of Charles Koechlin's orchestral works. Koechlin is considered one of the most prominent 20th century French...continue...

50 Best Overtures [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Overture to L'italiana in Algeri; Overture to Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro;...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rodzinski, Artur; Lanchbery, John; Kempe, Rudolf; Serafi...

The Very Best of Herbert von Karajan

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no 13 in G, K 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for flute & harp in C, K 299; German Dances (3), K 605; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat, K 495; Symphony no 40 ...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Edelmann, Otto; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Kremer, Gidon; Oistrakh, David; Richter, Sviatoslav; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Vocals], Ernst ...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

His name became synonymous with the best in orchestral music and his legacy of outstanding recordings is enormous. This selection can give just a taste...continue...

The Spanish Experience: works by Rodrigo, Granados, Tarrega, et al.

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Enriqué Granados: 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37; 6 Escenas románticas; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra;...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Haas, Monique; Heisser, Jean-Francois; Isbin, Sharon; Jennings, Joseph; Larmore, Jennifer; Lendle, Wolfgang; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]
Conductors: Serebrier, José; ; Jordan, Armin; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Lombard, Alain; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: ; Pro Cantione Antiqua

1 1/2 hours of colourful Spanish classics...continue...

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Gold & Silver

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Lehár: Gold und Silber-Walzer (Gold and Silver Waltz), for orchestra, Op. 79, NV 87; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan...
Performers: Turner, Laurance [Violin]
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

The HMV recordings offered here represent the lighter side of the Hallé-Barbirolli partnership and date from the immediate post-war years....continue...

Hermann Baumann Collection

7 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Concerto for 3 horns, violin, strings & continuo in D major, TWV 54; Concerto for 2 Horns in D major, BA 8; Concerto for Horn in D major; Overture, suite for 2 horns, strings ...
Performers: Baumann, Hermann; Brown, Timothy; Hartz, Markus; Hill, Nicholas; Hokanson, Leonard; Schmidt, Eckhardt; Wittekind, Almut
Conductors: Brown, Iona; Zukerman, Pinchas; Masur, Kurt; Baumann, Hermann
Ensemble: ; Deutsche Naturhorn Solisten; Folkwang Horn Ensemble

A lifetime of performances around the world and an extensive discography has ensured that the great horn player Hermann Baumann's stupendous technique, versatility and characterful...continue...

French Orchestral Miniatures V.1

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-01-25

Works: Léo Delibes: Le roi s'amuse, incidental music ("Six airs de danse dans le style ancien"); Edouard Lalo: Divertissement, for orchestra (from opera "Fiesque"); César Franck: Work(s); Emmanuel...
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas

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...

Relaxing Classics: Dreamy Orchestral Favourites

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3; Christmas Oratorio; Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite pastorale; Edward Elgar: Op. 15; Enigma Variations; Modest Mussorgsky: Khova...
Performers: Gilby, Barbara Jane; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Paulsen, Sue-Ellen; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Stanhope, David; ; Measham, David; Lanchbery, John; Hadari, Omri; Pikler, Robert; Bamert, Matthias; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Heinze, Sir Bernard; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Motzing, William; Albert, Werner An...
Ensemble: ; Sirius Ensemble

The Perfect Evening: France

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-21

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Camille Saint-Saëns: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 1 in F major, Op. 18; Gabrie...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Australian Trio; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Macliver, Sara; Tsunoda, Miki; Woodward, Roger
Conductors: Kelly, Brett; Stanhope, David; ; Walker, Antony; Bamert, Matthias; Hopkins, John; Rosen, Albert
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Battistin

Joyous Classics for Spring Cleaning

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-14

Works: Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Sorochintsï Fair; Pictures at an Exhibition; Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Nathaniel Gow: Work(s); Andrea Falconieri: Fi...
Performers: Grigoryan, Slava; Kain, Timothy; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Taylor, Virginia
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Verbitsky, Vladimir; Ponkin, Vladimir; Challender, Stuart; Lehmann, Wilfred; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom

Music for Battle Creek

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2010-04-13

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Clifford Brown: Joy Spring; Joseph Turrin: Hymn for Diana; Bill Conti: Gonna Fly Now, for brass band; Jacques Offenbach: The Tales of Hoffman, ...
Conductors: Gould, Mark [Trumpet]; Kitsopoulos, Constantine; Evans, Richard; Ioannides, Sarah

The 31-member Brass Band of Battle Creek has been described as an All-Star band of the brass and percussion world, attracting great musicians from around...continue...
Recording information: on tour & at the W.K. Kellogg Auditorium in Battle Cree....continue...

Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, opera; Emmanuel Chabrier: La sulamite, lyric scene for mezzo-soprano, female voices & orchestra; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or...
Performers: Capderou, Janine; Danco, Suzanne; Depraz, Xavier; Lovano, Lucien; Peyron, Joseph; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Aubin, Tony; Ansermet, Ernest

Ernest Ansermet Conducts Lalo & Chabrier

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-01-26

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 21; Namouna; Divertissement, for orchestra (from opera "Fiesque"); Scherzo for orchestra in D minor; Rapsodie norvégienn...
Performers: Cuvit, Michel [Trumpet]; Pepin, Andre; Ricci, Ruggiero
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

It used to be fashionable to include the music of Lalo in concert in the mid-20th century. At the start of the 21st century, however,...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland....continue...

Ravel: Boléro; Chabrier: España; Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-12-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra, also arranged for 2 pianos; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade
Performers: Silverstein, Joseph [Violin/Conductor]; Walt, Sherman
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

Kontra Wagner / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Col Legno / 2009-07-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Träume (Dreams) for violin & small orchestra in A flat major (from Wesendonck Lieder no 5), WWV 91b; Siegfried Idyll; Träume ("Sag, welch wunderbare Träume"), song for ...
Performers: Brem, Peter; Damiano, Daniele; Gartemann, Cornelia; Gartemann, Julia; Groschopp, Holger; Langlamet, Marie-Pierre; Maertens, Falk; Preis, Manfred; Reinhard, Marion; Riniker, David; Talirz, Wolfgang; T...
Conductors: Hasel, Michael

At the 2007 Salzburg Easter Festival, members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra and their guests decided to attack Wagner from a different angle, so this...continue...

Ultimate Classical Spectacular - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Capriccio italien, Op. 45; Mily Balakirev: Oriental Fantasy for Piano, Op. 18 "Islamey"; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central As...
Performers: Loveday, Alan; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dutoit, Charles; Ashkenazy, Vladimir

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

Life is Beautiful, Vol. 2: Music for a Relaxing Weekend

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-01-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite pastorale, for ...
Performers: Baldwin, Anthony; Bollard, David; Champ, John; Curtis, Paul; Pereira, David; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Stanhope, David; Measham, David; Hadari, Omri; Walker, Antony; Pikler, Robert; Bamert, Matthias; McBride, David S.; Serebrier, José; Divall, Richard

Best Karajan 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; German Dances (3), K 605; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat majo...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baltsa, Agnes; Bottion, Aldo; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

In the 100th Anniversary year of the birth of Herbert von Karajan, EMI Classics is very pleased to announce this latest 6-CD set in the...continue...

Chabrier: España; Suite pastorale; Gwendoline Overture; Bourrée fantasque; Danse slave; Joyeuse Marche

1 CD / Apex / 2008-07-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: Joyeuse marche (Marche française), for orchestra or piano, 4 hands; Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; Suite pastorale, for orchestra; Gwendoline, ope...
Conductors: Jordan, Armin

Marine Band Retrospective

1 CD / Altissimo / 2008-05-20

Works: Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Haydn Wood: Mannin Veen; Camille Saint-Saëns: Suite algérienne, Op...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy

As a new century in the history of the concert band begins, the United States Marine Band enjoys a more vast and diverse repertoire than...continue...
Recording information: Center for the Arts, George Mason University, Fairfax, (06/03/2002-06/07/2002)....continue...

Karajan - Complete EMI Recordings 1946-84 Vol 1 - Orchestral Works

88 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad li; Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; Perpetuum mobile, Op. 257 "...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Blau, Andreas; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Braun, Manfred; Galway, James [Flute]; Gieseking, Walter; Höngen, Elisabeth; Hauptmann, Norbert; Helmis, Fritz; Hotter, Hans; James, C...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

The first volume of Karajan's complete catalog for EMI - 88 CDs of some of history's greatest orchestral recordings at a budget price....continue...

Chabrier: España; Rimsky-Korsaskov, etc / Argenta, LSO

1 CD / Lim / 2007-04-17

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Enriqué Granados: Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37; Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pi...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo

This recording reveals conductor Ataulfo Argenta at the very peak of his art. His command of the Spanish rhythms, innate sense of orchestral colors, and...continue...

The Miracle of the Voice - Natalie Dessay

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaîté Parisienne; Robinson Crusoé; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Jules Mass...
Performers: Bonaccorso, Rosario; Cassar, Yvan; Cavallier, Nicolas; Ceccarelli, Andre; Dessay, Natalie; Naouri, Laurent; Nougaro, Claude; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Fournillier, Patrick; Minkowski, Marc; Langrée, Louis; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Conlon, James; Rombi, Philippe; Davis...

From Baroque music to Stravinsky, this 2-CD compilation offers a comprehensive sample of Natalie Dessay's musicianship....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...

I Do - Classical Wedding Music

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2006-03-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BW...
Performers: Bertoncelj, Aci; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Dvorsky, Peter; Fuchs, Gabriele [Soprano Vocal]; Gorisek, Bojan; Haljakova, Sidonia; Jordao, Adriano; Maurery, Pavol; Pivka, Marian; Reiner, Andreas [Violin]; Ro...
Conductors: Conta, Josif; Pribil, Rudolf; Scholz, Alfred; Tabakov, Emil; Varese, Luigi; Pitamic, Alexander von; Warchal, Bohdan; Hudec, Jiri; Naidenov, Alipi; Lenárd, Ondrej; Duvier, Eugen; Horak, Vlastimil...
Ensemble: ; Bratislava Chamber Orchestra; Camerata Academica Salzburg; I Musici di San Marco; Nova Filarmonia Portuguesa; Salzburg Consort; Slavonic Philharmonic Orchestra; Slovak Chamber Orchestra; Sofia Cham...

Vol. 2-tranquillity

1 CD / ABC Classics (Premiere) Import / 2005-04-05

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Andante cantabile for Cello and Strings, Op. 11; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Jules Massenet: La Vierge; Hector Berlioz: L'enfance du Christ, Op. 25;...
Performers: Ma, Jun Yi
Conductors: Stanhope, David

French Opera Arias / Janine Micheau

1 CD / Testament / 2004-12-14

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Roméo et Juliette; Emma...
Performers: Gianotti, Pierre; Luca, Libero de; Micheau, Janine; Mollien, Jean
Conductors: Desormiere, Roger; Erede, Alberto; Fournet, Jean

In all her roles, Micheau was admired for the care, skill and taste with which she used her decidedly French vocal timbre. Her light voice...continue...

L'étoile - French Arias / Jennifer Larmore

1 CD / Teldec / 2003-06-17

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Jules Massenet: Cendrillon; Werther; Daniel-François-Esprit Auber: Zerline; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Hector Berlioz...
Performers: Larmore, Jennifer
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Van Gogh: Music of His Time

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2003-05-01

Works: Edouard Lalo: Concerto for Cello in D minor; César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7; Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite pastorale, for orchestra; Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Franz Liszt: Nuages gris (...
Performers: Cohen, Arnaldo; Kliegel, Maria; Komatsu, Hidenori; Levinas, Michael
Conductors: Halász, Michael; ; Niquet, Hervé; Wildner, Johannes; Garben, Cord
Ensemble: ; Quatuor Ludwig

Janine Micheau sings Thomas, Charpentier, Bizet, et al

1 CD / Pearl / 2003-02-25

Works: Claude Debussy: La damoiselle élue; Emmanuel Chabrier: Ode à la musique; Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Ham...
Performers: Collard, Jeanine; Micheau, Janine; Mollien, Jean
Conductors: Fournet, Jean; Desormiere, Roger; Bigot, Eugene

Van Gogh - Music Landscapes of Impressionism

1 CD / Gift Of Music / 2003-01-01

Works: Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 2; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for piano; Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orches...
Performers: Bulva, Josef; Ponti, Michael
Conductors: Chang, Yun-Sung; Shipway, Frank; Pesek, Libor; Rezucha, Bystrik

Van Gogh's intense paintings of rural France have inspired this programme of musical landscapes from Bizet's 'Arlesienne' to Mussorgsky's visions from 'Pictures at an Exhibition'....continue...

Baby Play - Classical Favorites for Toddler's Playtime

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2002-06-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka, Op. 117; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Georges Biz...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Barenboim, Daniel; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Koopman, ...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Barenboim, Daniel; Masur, Kurt; Wolff, Hugh; Scimone, Claudio; Nagano, Kent; Marriner, Sir Neville; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Sado, Yutaka
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; I Solisti Veneti; Lamo...

Favourite Encores / Järvi, Detroit Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-08-28

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; Mikhail Glinka: Kamarinskaya (Russian scherzo), fantasy for orchestra, G. ii105; Valse-Fantaisie, for orchestra in B minor...
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

"The Detroit Symphony has never sounded better, and the engineering of the recording is outstanding." -Fanfare "An attractive collection of encores... an entertaining and tuneful...continue...

40 Famous Marches

2 CD / Decca / 2000-02-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Johann Strauss II: Jubelfest-Marsch (Jubilee Festival March), for orchestra (wit...
Performers: Curley, Carlo; Hurford, Peter; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boskovsky, Willi; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Howarth, Elgar; Bonynge, Richard; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Weller, Walter; Blomstedt, Herbe...
Ensemble: ; Baroque Brass of London; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

This stirring collection of 40 of the world's most best-known classical marches includes Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance; Wagner: Grand March from Tannhauser; Schubert: Marche Militaire;...continue...

French Bonbons / Yan Pascal Tortelier, BBC PO, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-01-25

Works: Ferdinand Hérold: Zampa; Charles Gounod: Funeral March of a Marionette, for piano or orchestra in D minor; Ambroise Thomas: Mignon; Jules Massenet: La Vierge; Elégie; Meditation (from "Th...
Performers: Dixon, Peter
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal

"There's little competition for these 14 pieces in the catalogue, though they're the kind of pieces that were staples on 78s and early LPs; Chandos...continue...

Chabrier: España, Fête polonaise, etc / Niquet, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-01-01

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Suite pastorale, for orchestra; Habañera, for piano (or orchestra); Le roi malgré lui, opéra-com...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé

"...[Herve Niquet] ably applies the singing line and translucent textures of the early motet style to these little picture postcards of France...shaping the winsome melodies...continue...

Famous Marches - Grand March from Aida, Marche slave, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1997-07-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Jean Sibelius: Karelia Suite, Op. 11; Dag Wirén: Serenade for strings, Op. 11; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Marche slave, Op. 31; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Georges Bi...
Conductors: Saccani, Rico; Schermerhorn, Kenneth; Kamu, , Okko; Leaper, Adrian; Johanos, Donald; Antal, Mátyás; Halász, Michael; Eschwe, Alfred; Bramall, Anthony; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bog&...
Ensemble: ; BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bratislava; Helsingborg Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; New Zealand Symphony Orchestra; Razumovsky Sinfonia;...

French Opera Arias / Dessay, Fournillier, Monte Carlo PO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1997-02-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploër...
Performers: Burles, Charles; Dessay, Natalie
Conductors: Fournillier, Patrick; Lanceron, Alain

French Bonbons / Parkes, Grimethorpe Colliery Band

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-09-24

Works: Louis Ganne: Marche Lorraine for brass ensemble; Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Edouard Lalo: Rapsodie norvégienne, for orchestra; Gabriel Fauré...
Performers: Beatty, Jonathan; Kilroy, Mike; Marshall, Richard
Conductors: Parkes, Peter

Famous French Overtures

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1992-01-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: La belle Hélène; Adolphe Adam: Si j'étais roi; Charles Gounod: Faust; Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; Daniel-Fran&...
Conductors: Hayman, Richard

Spanish Festival / Keith Clark, CSR Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-06-30

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra, also arranged for 2 pianos; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Don César de Bazan, comic opera in 4 acts (2 versions); Edward Elgar: Sevillana (S...
Conductors: Clark, Keith