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The Very Best of Jascha Heifetz

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i); Henri Vieuxtemps: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor, Op. 37 "Grétry"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Heifetz, Jascha; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arok
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John

Jascha Heifetz has been described as the 'greatest twentieth-century exponent of his instrument by Gramophone. Critics admired his technical agility and the myriad nuances of...continue...

Britten: Cello Symphony; Elgar: Cello Concerto / Truls Otterbech Mork

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 85; Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4
Performers: Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Capriccio - Mendelssohn, Schubert, Debussy, etc / Renaud Capuçon, Jérôme Ducros

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/2; Franz Schubert: Bagatelle for violin & piano, "Die Biene" Op.13/9; Ave Maria; Edward Elgar: La ...
Performers: Capucon, Renaud; Ducros, Jerome

In the wake of the great violinists of the past century - such as Heifetz, Milstein, Kreisler, Menuhin - Renaud Capucon, accompanied by French pianist...continue...

A Musical Journey Through Europe

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2004-01-04

Works: Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; César Franck: Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hand...
Conductors: Pehlivanian, George
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-03-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Caballe, Montserrat; Collard, Jeanine; du Pre, Jacqueline; Ellis, Osian; Ferrier, Kathleen; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Helmis, Fritz; Ho...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Frémaux, Louis; Thompson, Bryden; Lombard, Alain; Kurtz, Efrem; Kaspszyk, Jacek; Karajan, Herbert von; Lysy, Alberto; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Personnel: Jocelyn Pook (vocals, violin, viola, keyboards); Kathleen Ferrier, Melanie Pappenheim (vocals); Montserrat Caballé, Zofia Kilanowicz, Mady Mesplé (soprano); Jeannine Collard, Dani...continue...

Elgar: Marches, Symphonies no 1 and 2 / Menuhin, Royal PO

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1998-05-05

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Coronation March, for orchestra, Op. 65; Pageant of Empire, song...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches, Cockaigne / Menuhin

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 1995-08-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Coronation March, for orchestra, Op. 65; Pageant of Empire, songs (8) for voice (or chorus) & orchestra; Imperial March, Op. 32; Caractacus, O...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Vaughan-Williams, Elgar / Christopher Warren-Green

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 1994-08-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on Gree...
Performers: Balanescu, Alexander; Chase, Roger; Cummings, Douglas; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]; Warren-Green, Nigel