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Moonlight Moods - Clair de Lune and Other Moonlit Melodies

2 CD / Traditions Alive / 2007-03-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Bagatelle for piano in G minor, Op. 119/1; Rondo a Capr...
Performers: Adler, Samuel; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Brendel, Alfred; Concord String Quartet; Dosse, Marylene; Frankl, Peter; Glazer, Frank; Hans Hagen and His Orchestra; Hokanson, L...
Conductors: Adler, Samuel; Zinman, David; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Mata, Eduardo; Hagen, Hans; Bünte, Carl-August; Perlea, Jonel

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

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Pavane, Op. 50; Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14)...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chang, Han-Na; du Pre, Jacqueline; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Lagerspetz, Juhani; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Th...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; ; Barbirolli, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

This installment of EMI's "Best...Album in the World...Ever" series features classical pieces that emphasize the cello, performed by various combos and soloists and spanning history. It includes the m...continue...

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Whun [Con...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

Unforgettable

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1999-09-14

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem...
Performers: Ama Deus Ensemble; Bader, Roland; Baird, Julianne; Gielen, Michael; Haas, Douglas; Jolles, Susan [Harp]; Limansky, Gale; London Symphony Orchestra; Lucarelli, Humbert; Martini, Louis; Mata, Eduardo; ...
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Schenck, Andrew; Gielen, Michael; Newman, Mary J.; Martini, Louis; Bader, Roland; Mata, Eduardo; Faerber, Jörg; Radu, Valentin
Ensemble: ; Ama Deus Ensemble

Personnel: Susan Jolles (harp); Humbert Lucarelli (oboe); Frank Morelli (bassoon); Douglas Haas (organ)....continue...