Dukas, Paul [Composer] > Compact Disc

100 Greatest Film Themes, Take 3

6 CD / Silva America / 2013-05-07

Works: Marvin Hatley: Dance of the Cuckoos; Charlie Chaplin: Smile (as used in the film "Modern Times" ) (spurious; by Geoffrey Persons); Frank Churchill: Heigh-Ho (for Disney's Snow White); Paul Dukas: The...
Performers: Ayres, Mark; Barlow, Craig Rhys [Vocals]; Blackman, Helena; Colby, Chuck; Ferreira, Keith; Hobson, Helen; Kershaw, Emma; Marshall, Chris; Paris, Richard; Russ, Herbie; Shannon, David; Stiles, Mark; W...
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Ensemble: London Music Works; N.Y. Jazz Orchestra; The Wire-Haired Terriers Athletic Social Club

Hommage a Debussy - works by Carlo Grante; Alfredo Casella; Paul Dukas; Robert Piana / Carlo Grante, piano

1 CD / Music & Arts / 2013-02-26

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Estampes (3) for Piano; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Carlo Grante: Debussy-Pastiche, for piano; Alfredo Casella: A la manière de......
Performers: Grante, Carlo

An audiophile recording of some of Debussy's favorite piano pieces plus rare and unusual works by admirers of his musical idiom. Grante is one of...continue...
Recording information: Glanzing Studio, Vienna (02/18/2012-02/19/2012)....continue...

Essential Film Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K.183; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K....
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bell, David [Organ]; Callas, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hough, Stephen; Koopman, Ton; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Little, Tasmin; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Abel, David [Violin]; Previn, Andre; Love, Geoff; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Ormandy, Eugene; Barbi...

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...

Dialogues en Français: French Masterpieces for Horn & Piano / Bernhard Scully, horn; Manne Minnetti, piano

1 CD / Albany Records / 2012-04-10

Works: Eugène Bozza: En fôret, for horn & piano, Op 40; Charles Gounod: Mélodies (6) for Horn and Piano; Jean Françaix: Canon à l'octave for Horn and Piano; Paul Dukas: Villanelle f...
Performers: Minnetti, Joanne; Scully, Bernhard

Horn soloist Bernhard Scully has been described as among the elite musicians of his generation, both as a performer and a pedagogue. Equally at home...continue...
Recording information: Wild Sound Recording Studio, Minneapolis, MN (2011)....continue...

Fantasia: works for piano by Rachmaninov, Scarlatti, Gluck & Sgambati / Yuja Wang, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Étude-tableau, Op. 39; Morceaux de fantasie, Op. 3; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in G major, K 455/L 209; Giovanni Sgambati: Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed ...
Performers: Wang, Yuja

The Yuja Wang album that everyone has been waiting for wows with musical miniatures those are short, sweet, and huge in impact. These encore pieces...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin (12/2011)....continue...

Magical Music Box / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony; Gabriel Pierné: March of the Little Lead Soldiers, for orchestra/piano, Op. 14/6; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 4...
Performers: Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Strauss, Paul
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Lanchbery, John; Previn, Andre; Blomstedt, Herbert; Boult, Adrian; Frémaux, Louis; Temirkanov, Yuri; Jansons, Mariss

Bringing magic and music together in a fun, interactive collection this compilation encourages children to explore their imaginations, expand their minds with fun facts and...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Symphony No. 3 "Organ"; Dukas: L'Apprenti Sorcier / Levine

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-04-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, ...
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon presents First Choice, its new flagship mid-price series. The series features top artists - Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herber...continue...

Le Toumbeau de Debussy: works by Debussy, Malipiero and Dukas / Jan Michiels, Piano

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2012-02-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Berceuse heroïque; Études (6) for piano, Book 1, L. 136/1-6; Page d'album; Élégie; Études (6) for piano, Book 2, L. 136/7-12; Les soirs illuminés p...
Performers: Michiels, Jan

To kick off Fuga Libera's Debussy year, Jan Michiels has conceived a superb and generous program to honor the "ultima verba" for piano, which Debussy...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall, Royal Conservatory, Brussels, Belgium (05/30/2011-06/03/2011)....continue...

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprenticer; Symphony in C; etc. / Ogdon, Jaroussky, Dervaux

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Paul Dukas: Symphony in C major; Ariane et Barbe-bleue; La Péri; Sonata for Piano in E flat minor; Sonnet "Amours," for voice & piano; Villanelle for horn & piano (or orchestra); The Sorcerer'...
Performers: Ducros, Jerome; Fowke, Philip; Jaroussky, Philippe; Ogdon, John; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors: Martinon, Jean; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: ; ORTF National Orchestra; Paris Opera Orchestra

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) was extremely critical of his own work and destroyed a great deal. This accounts for the fact that he left a remarkably...continue...

My First Classical Music Album / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Spring; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchest...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Nishizaki, Takako; Schuster, Jurgen; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Tichy, Georg
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Alsop, Marin; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Drahos, Béla; Rondin, Mats; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Bogár, István; Lenárd, Ondrej; Jean, Kenne...

'Da-da-da-DAAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAAH': listen to track 7 and see if you recognize that music! It's one of the most famous pieces of classical music ever written....continue...

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

Music of Tribute, Vol. 7: Haydn / works by Hahn, Ravel, D'Indy, Dukas, et al. / Javor Bracic, piano

1 CD / Labor / 2011-10-25

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: Theme and variations on the name of Haydn, in C major; Maurice Ravel: Menuet sur le nom d'Haydn; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 56 in D major, H 16 no 42; Keyboard Sonata i...
Performers: Bracic, Javor

The seventh in Labor Records' Music of Tribute series is devoted to the music of the great Austrian composer, Franz Joseph Haydn and his admirers...continue...
Recording information: Patrych Sound studios, Bronx, NY (05/2010)....continue...

First Night of The Proms 1943 - Dukas, Handel, Beethoven, etc / Nash, Lympany, Wood, London PO

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Spoken Word: Radio broadcast introduction to the first night of the Proms, June 19, 1943; Radio broadcast introduction to Saint-Saëns's Piano Concerto no 2 at the first night of the Proms,; Thom...
Performers: Lympany, Moura; Nash, Heddle [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Wood, Henry J.

This recording comes from a live performance recorded off the air from the Royal Albert Hall, London, June 19, 1943. Even though it would appear...continue...

Dukas: Ariane Et Barbe-bleue / De Billy, Youn, Henschel, Polaski, Arman

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, opera
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: Slovak Philharmonic Choir

"Above all: simply don't obey", Ariane's words here could also double as the motto of composer Pual Dukas' opera inspired by the original french fairy...continue...
Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus (05/05/2006)....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...

Le Tombeau de Debussy / Randall Love

1 CD / Centaur / 2011-04-03

Works: Paul Dukas: La Plainte, Au Loin, Du Faune. . ., for piano; Albert Roussel: L' Accueil des muses, for piano ("Tombeau de Claude Debussy"); Florent Schmitt: Pièce pour le tombeau de Debussy, for p...
Performers: Love, Randall

Recording information: Ashburnham Community Church, Ashburnham MA, Unites Stat (09/2000)....continue...

Dukas: Orchestral Music

1 CD / Regis Records / 2011-03-05

Works: Paul Dukas: La Péri, fanfare to the ballet; La Péri, ballet; Symphony in C major; The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra
Conductors: Fournet, Jean

"The Fournet recording is amongst the best ever ... this is second to none." - The Penguin Guide...continue...

Music From The Court Of Queen Margrethe Ii, V.2

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-01-25

Works: Paul Dukas: La Péri, fanfare to the ballet; Stig Sonderriis: Suite for brass ensemble (after Byrd); 4 x Beatles, medley for brass ensemble; Tomaso Albinoni: Concerto à cinque, for 2 oboes, ...
Performers: Cholewa, Martin; Vermund, Svend
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brass Ensemble of the Royal Guards

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...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; The Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture; Ser...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer, Annie; Kok, Felix; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Lympany, M...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Tortelier, Paul; Ozawa, Seiji; Lysy, Alberto; Jansons, Mariss; Jacquillat,...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Lysy Gstaad

Each CD included in this 6-CD set from EMI Classics is inspired by the wonders of childhood. The first CD, CARNIVAL, includes works by Camille...continue...

Artistry of Dennis Brain

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2010-12-21

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Horn and Piano in F major, Op. 17; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento in E flat major, K. 289; Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452; Concerto for Hor...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Chapman, Edmund; Cursue, Alfred; Horsley, Colin; Matthews, Denis; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morris, Gareth; Sanders, Neill
Conductors: ; Haas, Karl; Westrup, J.A.; Susskind, Walter; del Mar, Norman
Ensemble: ; Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble; London Baroque Ensemble

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...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan; Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell; Sergey Prokofiev: ...

Best Film 50

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-10-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, K.626; Divertimento for string trio in E flat 'Puchberg' K.563; Serenade no 13 in...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Galway, James [Flute]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Previn, Andre; Karajan, He...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

For You

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-07-13

Works: Eugène Bozza: En fôret, for horn & piano, Op 40; Bruce Broughton: Sonata for horn & piano; Claude Pascal: Sonata for horn & piano; Randall E. Faust: Call and Response, for solo horn; Pau...
Performers: Godon, Patrick; Griffin, David [French Horn]; Zoltek, Maureen

Recording information: Buntrock Hall, Symphony Center, Chicago, IL (2010-01-09&2010-01-11&2010-)....continue...

50 Classical Music Favorites

3 CD / Decca / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Suite no 3 in D; Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G min...
Performers: Agostini, Federico; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Arrau, Claudio; Black, Neil; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Colandrea, Italo; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Davidovich, Bella; Freire, ...
Conductors: ; Brüggen, Frans; Davis, Colin; Masur, Kurt; Varviso, Silvio; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Schreier, Peter; Bychkov, Semyon; Szell, George; Bauer-T...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

French Piano Music / Grant Johannesen

3 CD / Vox Classical / 2010-03-23

Works: César Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 74; Impromptu for piano no 3 in A flat major, Op. 34; Impromptu for pi...
Performers: Johannesen, Grant
Conductors: Froment, Louis de

Wedding Cake: French Music for Two Pianos & Piano

1 CD / Onyx Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Wedding Cake for Piano and String Orchestra in A flat major, Op. 76; Gabriel Fauré: Dolly, Op. 56; Maurice Ravel: La valse; Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 han...
Performers: Roge, Ami [Piano]; Roge, Pascal

Wedding Cake is a delightful disc of French music for two pianos and piano four hands from Onyx artist Pascal Roge and his wife Ami...continue...
Recording information: Salle de musique, La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland (07/2009)....continue...

Icon - Leopold Stokowski - The Maverick Conductor

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720; C...
Performers: Babikian, Virgina; Baker, Julius; Gardner, Guy; Hager, Clyde; Neikrug, George
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra

One of the most flamboyant conductors of the 20th century, Leopold Stokowski was born at Marylebone in London in 1882, the son of a Polish...continue...

Hommage à Joseph Haydn

1 CD / Gramola / 2009-09-01

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Sonata for Keyboard no 38 in F major, H 16 no 23; Sonata for Keyboard no 58 in C major, H 16 no 48; Sonata for Keyboard no 53 in E minor, H 16 no 34; Sonata for Keyboard no 50 in ...
Performers: Wagner-Artzt, Manfred [Piano]

Recording information: Fanny Hensel Mendelssohn Saal, University of Music and (08/05/2007-08/07/2007)....continue...

Ultimate French Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-08-25

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; La mer; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Boléro; La valse; Ma mère l'oye; Pavane p...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Birch, John; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Khaner, Jeffrey; McNair, Sylvia
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Monteux, Pierre; Marriner, Sir Neville; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Rotterdam Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

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

Opium - Mélodies francaises / Philippe Jaroussk

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-04-07

Works: Reynaldo Hahn: A Chloris; Fêtes galantes (text by Verlaine), for voice & piano (from "Melodies, Book I"); Rondels; Mélodies (20), Volume 1; Chansons grises (7); Cécile Chaminade: So...
Performers: Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Ducros, Jerome; Jaroussky, Philippe; Pahud, Emmanuel

Acclaimed countertenor Philippe Jaroussky makes the leap from the Baroque to the Belle Epoque for this program of French songs. In his company are four...continue...

Magic! - Wagner, Mussorgsky, et al / Peter Richard Conte

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-01-01

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Otto Nicolai: Overture to...
Performers: Conte, Peter Richard

This was the best selling organ CD of 1999, and set the stage for Conte's performances at the American Guild of Organist's national convention in...continue...

Toon Time - Classical Music from Classic Cartoons

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-11-25

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Dmitry Kabalevsky: Comedian Galop; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleepin...

The 'Toon Time' collection includes well-known melodies from everyone's favorite animated shows. From "Flight of the Bumble-Bee" to "The Sorcerer's Apprentice," 'Toon Time' brings the...continue...

Icon - Dennis Brain - The Horn Player Performs Mozart, Strauss, Beethoven, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K. 495; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, K. 417; Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K. 412/514 (K. 386b); Concerto for Horn no ...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Brain, Leonard; Chapman, Edmund; Cursue, Alfred; Horsley, Colin; James, Cecil; Malcolm, George; Matthews, Denis; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Morris, Gareth; Parikian, Manoug; ...
Conductors: Turner, Lawrence; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Susskind, Walter; Galliera, Alceo; Kletzki, Paul; Karajan, Herbert von; ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Hindemith, Paul; Cantelli, Guido; Haas, Karl; Westrup, Sir Jac...
Ensemble: ; Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble; Hallé Orchestra; London Baroque Instrumental Ensemble; Philharmonia Orchestra

The four discs in the Dennis Brain set comprise all the recordings he made for EMI in the 14 short years he was active in...continue...

Französische Musik für Horn und Klavier / Damm, Rösel

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Jean Françaix: Divertimento for horn & orchestra; Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance for horn & piano in E major, Op. 67 (from Suite for cello & piano); Romance for Horn and Orchestra in F major,...
Performers: Damm, Peter; Rosel, Peter

Chamber Works - Schubert, Brahms, et al / Peter Rösel, et al

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Franz Schubert: "Trout" Quintet; Adagio and Rondo Concertante for Piano and Strings in F major, D 487; Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor, Op. 34; Die schöne Magelone, Op....
Performers: Bischoff, Joachim; Damm, Peter; Funke, Christian; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hucke, Rainer; Krohner, Giorgio; Rosel, Peter; Schreier, Peter; Suske, Karl; Timm, Jurnjakob
Conductors:
Ensemble: Brahms Quartett; Gewandhaus Quartet

If you found June 2006's boxed set of Peter Rosel's solo repertoire enjoyable, you'll want to hear him in these chamber music performances with some...continue...

Guildhall Horn Soloists

1 CD / Cala Records / 2008-07-01

Works: Richard Bissill: Corpendium no 1, for 6 horns; Lone Horn Call and Charge, for solo horn; Time and Space, for 2 horns & piano; Three Portraits, for 8 horns; Robert Schumann: Adagio and Allegro for Cel...
Performers: Barness, Angela; Bissill, Richard; Bowman, Robin; Bryant, Jeffrey [Horn]; Clark, Andrew; Lipton, Jonathan; Monberg, Ursuala; Palmer, Caroline; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Thorpe, Timothy
Conductors:
Ensemble: Guildhall School Horn Ensemble

Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-bleue / Billy, Polaski, Henschel, Vienna Radio SO

2 CD / Oehms / 2008-05-27

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, opera
Performers: Arman, Erik; Bernsteiner, Nina; Donose, Ruxandra; Grigorian, Stella; Henschel, Jane; Jerkunica, Ante; Polaski, Deborah; Raab, Markus; Tonca, Ileana; Youn, Kwangchul
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand

Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus (05/05/2006)....continue...

Music for Fitness

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-05-27

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Antoni...
Performers: Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Hooker, Chris; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lowbury, Pauline; Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Sheffer, Jonathan; Wojciechowski, Tadeusz; Slatkin, Leonard; Gerhardt, Charles; McGegan, Nicholas; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Eichhorn, Kurt; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Szell, George; Watkinson, Andre...

Jean-Pierre Rampal: Le Premier Virtuose Moderne - Enregistrements historiques, 1946-1959

3 CD / Premiers Horizons Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in B minor, BWV 1030; Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E flat major, BWV 1031; Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1032; Sonata...

Horn & Piano - Francaix, Poulenc, Dukas, etc / Sage, Schneider

1 CD / CAvi Music / 2008-03-11

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Romance for Horn and Orchestra in F major, Op. 36; Romance for horn & piano in E major, Op. 67 (from Suite for cello & piano); Jean Françaix: Divertimento for Horn an...
Performers: Le Sage, Eric; Schneider, Bruno

These chamber and solo horn pieces have rarely been recorded. The Vignery sonata receives its world premiere recording here....continue...

Debussy: Complete Piano Music Vol. 4 / Bennett Lerner

2 CD / Bridge / 2008-02-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Ballade (slave), for piano (or piano, 4 hands), L. 70; Mazurka, for piano, L. 67; Nocturne, for piano, L. 82; Valse romantique, for piano, L. 71; Estampes (3) for Piano; Préludes...
Performers: Lerner, Bennett

This set completes Bennett Lerner’s distinguished survey of Debussy’s Complete Piano Music, and adds additional works written in Debussy’s memory by admirers of the great...continue...

Trilogy: Classical Works of the Great Masters

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("F&u...

Light Cavalry Overture... and other Warhorses

1 CD / Altissimo / 2008-01-01

Works: Franz von Suppé: Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), overture to the operetta; Dichter und Bauer (Poet and Peasant), overture to the operetta; Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Gioachino Ro...
Conductors: Gambone, Ralph M.

French Spectacular: Bizet, Dukas, Offenbach

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1; Carmen Suite for orchestra no 2; L' Arlésienne, suite...

Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue / Botstein, Philips, et al

2 CD / Telarc / 2007-07-24

Works: Paul Dukas: Ariane et Barbe-Bleue, opera
Performers: Bardon, Patricia; Danby, Graeme; Davies, Sarah-Jane; James, Ana; Nolen, Laura Vlasak; Phillips, Lori; Rose, Peter de; Touchais, Daphne
Conductors: Botstein, Leon
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

"Nearly a century after its premiere it's time we wised up to the modernity of Paul Dukas' only opera... The three-act score, with its taut,...continue...

Hommages Musicaux - Tributes to Debussy and Fauré

1 CD / Albany Records / 2007-05-01

Works: Paul Dukas: La Plainte, Au Loin, Du Faune. . ., for piano; Albert Roussel: L' Accueil des muses, for piano ("Tombeau de Claude Debussy"); Gian Francesco Malipiero: A Claude Debussy, for piano; Eugene...
Performers: Coston, Lisa Relaford; Cunliffe, David; Ilyashov, Pavel; Kasparov, Andrey; Lutsyshyn, Oksana; Olbrych, Tim; Ruhstrat, Desiree

It is no surprise that the death of the profoundly influential Claude Debussy (1862-1918) prompted Revue Musicale, a foremost music publication in Paris, to commission...continue...

Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux - California 1941-52

13 CD / Music & Arts / 2007-03-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Consecration of the House, overture Op. 124; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Leo...
Performers: Blinder, Boris; Blinder, Naoum; Cherkassky, Shura; Cutner, Solomon; Kapell, William; Kraus, Lili [Piano]; Warenskjold, Dorothy
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Standard Symphony Orchestra

"Is this ever a generous sampling of Pierre Monteux and the San Francisco Symphony! Music and Arts' Sunday Evenings with Pierre Monteux collects broadcast performances...continue...