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50 Best Romantic Piano Classics - Popular romantic classics for solo piano or piano & orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 47b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Conc...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ahn Trio; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bran, Tim; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, Francois-Rene ...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Thompson, Bryden; Galliera, Alceo; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ...
Ensemble: ; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of romantic piano music from catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

Conductor Jean Fournet in Prague - Includes works by Franck, Debussy, Falla

3 CD / Supraphon / 2013-02-07

Works: César Franck: Rédemption; Les Eolides, M 43; Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44; Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano & orchest...
Performers: Maxian, Frantisek
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

In the past century, Jean Fournet (1913 - 2008), a "gentle perfectionist", as some of the critics characterized him, was one of the leading champions...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

Piano Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 37b; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3; Ludwig ...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Cziffra, György; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Litton, Andrew; Paik, Kun-woo; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Ber...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Vonk, Hans; Plasson, Michel; Cziffra, György; Jansons, Mariss; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Pletnev, Mikhail; Tetzlaff, Christian; Litton, Andrew; Hickox,...

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Carlos Bonell, guitar; Charles Dutoit - Montreal SO

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre, for guitar & orchestra; Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos")
Performers: Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez is performed and recorded more than all the other guitar concertos put together, and the outer movements are full of Spanish...continue...

The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection

144 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Mazurka for piano no 35 in C minor, Op. 56/3, CT. 85; Concerto...
Performers: Courte, Robert; Dalley, John; Feuermann, Emanuel; Fournier, Pierre; Frezin, Adolphe; Heifetz, Jascha; Kochanski, Pawel; Mayes, Samuel; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arpad; S...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; ; Ormandy, Eugene; Golschmann, Vladimir; Dorati, Antal; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Steinberg, William; Toscanini, Arturo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Munch, Charles; Susskind, ...
Ensemble: ; Pro Arte Piano Quartet

From December on, "Arthur Rubinstein The Complete Album Collection" will be the world's biggest CD edition for a solo artist according to Guinness World Records

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Melancholía: Spanish Arias and Songs / Patricia Petibon, Josep Pons

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-21

Works: Enriqué Granados: Tonadillas; Xavier Montsalvatge: Cinco Canciones Negras; Cinco canciones Negras; Joaquín nin y Castellanos: Veinte cantos populares españoles II; Heitor Villa-Lobos: ...
Performers: Grare, Joël; Manoff, Susan; Manzanas, Daniel; Petibon, Patricia
Conductors: Pons, Josep

Unique for her dramatic flair, expert musicality, and interpretive powers, soprano Patricia Petibon indulges in her love of Luso-Iberian music. From zarzuela to art song,...continue...
Recording information: Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Spain (09/2010)....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...

Romance Español: Classical Spanish Songs & Arias

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2011-11-08

Works: Anonymous: Jeux interdits; Fernando J. Obradors: El Vito, for voice & piano; Carlos Guastavino: La rosa y el sauce; Federico García Lorca: Las Morillas de Jaén, for voice & piano; Sevillana...
Performers: Antunano, Conchita de; Atlas, R.; Clark, Joseph; Perera, Cecilio; Wilde, Scarlett
Conductors: Arp, Klaus; Sullivan, J.P.

Recording information: Æsir Sound Studios, Miami, FL, USA (2010)....continue...

Music for Ballet Lovers

1 CD / Gift of Music / 2011-10-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Swan Lake; Ottorino Respighi: La Boutique Fantasque; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Manuel de Fa...
Conductors: Jackson, Don; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Kunzel, Erich; Van Remoortel, Edouard; Kakhidze, Djansug

A celebration of elegant dance with great classics from the world of ballet. Includes musical highlights from Swan Lake, The Nutcracker, La Boutique Fantasque, Sleeping...continue...

Manuel de Falla: Nights in the Gardens of Spain / Javier Perianes, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-09-13

Works: Manuel de Falla: Piezas Españolas (4) for Piano; Fantasía bética for Piano; Homenaje - M. de Falla; Pour le tombeau de Paul Dukas, for piano, G. 83 (orchestrated in "Homenajes");...
Performers: Perianes, Javier
Conductors: Pons, Josep
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra

"I never thought of becoming a virtuoso. Virtuosity, with its concert tours, has always repelled me," Manuel de Falla told a journalist in 1915, by...continue...

Martha Argerich Edition: Concertos

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-07

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10; Con...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Maisky, Mischa; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Vedernikov, Alexander; Pletnev, Mikhail

‘It was nearly impossible not to be swept along with the tide,’ wrote Musical America of Martha Argerich, ‘[She] tore into the score with a...continue...

The Sound of Martha Argerich

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-07

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Co...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Drobinsky, Marc; Giuffredi, Corrado; Godel, Vincent; Hall, Lucia; Maisky, Mischa; Margulis, Alissa; Marton, Cristina; Mogilevsky, Alexande...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Dutoit, Charles

The term "living legend" is genuinely apt to Martha Argerich, whose dazzling amalgam of virtuosity, insight, eclecticism, generosity and mystery makes her a pianist of...continue...

Falla, Debussy, Ravel: Hommage à l'Espagne

1 CD / Cascavelle / 2011-01-11

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Homenajes, suite for orchestra; Claude Debussy: Ibéria, for orchestra, L. 122/2; Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Orchestra, Suisse Romande; Ansermet, Ernest

Taking recordings made in 1958, 1960 and 1961 by Ernest Ansermet and the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Cascavelle has offered a tribute to Spain...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Genève....continue...

De Falla, Dvorak & Mozart / Giulini, Michelangeli

1 CD / Archipel / 2010-12-02

Works: Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 8 in G major, Op. 88/B 163; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 13 in C major, K 41...
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria

Recordings from the auditoriums of RAI made in **1951 and *1959....continue...

Clara Haskil Edition [17 CDs]

17 CD / Decca / 2010-11-30

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 9 in E flat major, K 271 "Jeunehomme"; Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Rondo for Piano and Orchestra in A major, K 386; Concerto for Piano n...
Performers: Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Haskil, Clara
Conductors: Sacher, Paul; Paumgartner, Bernhard; Markevitch, Igor; Fricsay, Ferenc; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Swoboda, Henry; Otterloo, Willem Van; Zecchi, Carlo

This is the first comprehensive edition containing all of Clara Haskil's recordings for the Decca, Philips, Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster labels. The 17-CD set is...continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Habanera / Elina Garanca

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-10-25

Works: Francisco Asenjo Barbieri: El barberillo de Lavapiés; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Franz Lehár: Zigeunerliebe; Michael William Balfe: The Bohemian Girl; Xavier Montsalvatge: Cinco cancione...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barletta, Alberto; Baroni, Enrico Maria; Bridelli, Giuseppina; Brown, Geri; Del Rey, Jose Maria Gallardo; Garanca, Elina; Maghenzani, Cesare; Maori, Massimo; Milani, Alessandro [Viol...
Conductors: Chichon, Karel Mark

Elina Garanca's supple, seductive mezzo is aflame with the neon hues and rhythmic dash of Romany in excerpts from beguiling Gypsy roles in opera and...continue...
Personnel: Elina Garanca (mezzo soprano).

Recording information: Auditorio RAI Arturo Toscanini, Turin, Italy (03/2010)....continue...

Musical Handyman

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjez; Georges ...
Performers: Duck-Chong, Jenny; Dudman, Michael; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Morgan, Alison; Munro, Ian; Olding, Dene; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne; Schaupp, Karin; Spina, Rosario La; Tedeschi, Si...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Northey, Benjamin; Woods, Thomas; Dommett, Leonard; Measham, David; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Challender, Stuart; Swierczewski, Michel; Nicholls, Christopher; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope,...

A Portrait Of Conchita Supervia, Vol. 1

4 CD / Gala / 2010-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola; Il barbieri di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Adieu de l'hôtesse arabe; Juan Man&ea...
Performers: Appoloni, Anita; Baracchi, Aristide; Bettoni, Vincenzo; Ederle, Nino; Ferraris, Ines; Gil, Maria; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Marques, Antonio; Marshall, Frank; Redondo, Marcus; Scattola, Car...
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo; Acevedo, Emilio; Martinez, Modesto; Gennai, Leopoldo Emanuele; Capdevila, Antonio; Cloez, Gustave

Falla: Three-Cornered Hat

2 CD / Classic / 2010-06-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7)
Performers: Howitt, Barbara
Conductors: Jorda, Enrique

This Everest audiophile classic was recorded by Burt Whyte at London's Walthamstow Assembly Hall using 35mm film. Remastered for Classic Records by Len Horowitz and...continue...
Recording information: Walthamstow Assembly Hall, London....continue...

Ernest Ansermet: The Early Days (1916-1955)

8 CD / Cascavelle / 2010-06-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet suite for orchestra; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Symphony of Psalms; Pétrouchka; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; The Snow M...
Performers: Blancard, Jacqueline; Christensen, Ernest; Danco, Suzanne; Davies, Fanny; Heward, Leslie; Micheau, Janine; Stravinsky, Igor
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

España: A Choral Postcard from Spain

1 CD / Signum UK / 2010-05-05

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: En Aranjuez con tu amor; Yo tinc un burro, for chorus; Albert Alcaraz: Xivarri, for chorus; José de Olaizola: Haurtxoa sehaskan; Fernando J. Obradors: El Vito, for voice & ...
Performers: Cortés, Laia; Fadrique, Jagoba; Navarro, Jorge [Tenor Vocal]; Saitura, Olatz; Skeen, Debra
Conductors: Aransay, Carlos Fernández

Coro Cervantes is the only U.K. choir dedicated to the classical music of the Iberan Peninsula and Latin America. It was founded in 1995 by...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude-On-The-Hill, Hampstead, London, England (07/14/2009-07/16/2009)....continue...

Festival de Lugano 2009 / Argerich

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-06

Works: Robert Schumann: Phantasiestücke (4) for violin, cello & piano in A minor, Op. 88; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream - Incidental Music, Op. 21; Sextet for Piano and Strings in D majo...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bosso, Jorge; Buniatishvili, Khatia; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Chen, Lida; Drobinsky, Marc; Fagone, Enrico; Gerzenberg, Anton; Gerzenberg, Daniel; Hall, Lucia; Hoss...
Conductors: Vedernikov, Alexander

EMI Classics is pleased to release the latest installment of highlights from the Martha Argerich Project at the Lugano Festival. This is the seventh annual...continue...
Recording information: Lugano Festival, Switzerland (06/2009)....continue...

The The Little Ballerina: The Greatest Classical Ballet Music for Kids

2 CD / C&B Media / 2010-03-09

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Nutcracker Suite op. 71a; The sleeping beauty, Suite op. 66a; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Franz Schubert: Rosamunde; Ant...
Performers: Eckle, Gerhard; Kyriakou, Rena; Lundgren, Bjorn
Conductors: Lizzio, Alberto; Matsumo, Takao; Adolph, Henry; Falk, Peter; Mas Conde, Salvador; Bertrand, Loic; Michalski, Carl; Bengtson, Sven; Siegal, Laurence; Nanut, Anton; Scholz, Alfred; Armstrong, Julian

Falla: El amor brujo; El sombrero de tres picos; Danza Española No. 1

1 CD / Decca Import / 2010-01-26

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Canciones populares españolas (7); Danza Española no 1 (la vida breve)
Performers: Danco, Suzanne; Gabarain, Marina de
Conductors: Ansermet, Ernest

To the delightfully muddled, Marriage of Figaro-like plot of El amor brujo Ansermet brings an earthy sensuality and piquant wit. Ansermet recorded El sombrero del...continue...
Recording information: Victoria Hall, Geneva, Switzerland....continue...

Complete EMI Recordings 1950-1991 (Box)

56 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Sonata for Piano no 9 in D major, K. 311 (K. 284c); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Bertin, Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Deschamps, Hubert; Druart, Henri; Falcucci, Joseph-Marie; Gedda, Nicolai; Laurence, Marie; Lepauw, Roger; Mesple, ...
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Silvestri, Constantin; Halffter, Ernesto; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Strauss, Paul; Baudo, Serge; Prêtre, Georges; Cambreling, Sylvain; Martinon, Jean; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierr...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Orchestre de Paris (Members); Soloists of the Lamoureux Concert Association Orch

This 56 CD collection contains numerous items which have become available for the first time (such as Mozart sonatas and Bach Inventions previously only released...continue...
Recording information: 1950-1991....continue...

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

Latin America Alive / Eduardo Mata

6 CD / Sono Luminus / 2009-10-27

Works: Antonio Estévez: Cantat Criolla, "Florentino, el que cantó con el diablo (The One Who Sang with the devil); Mediodía en el Llano (Noon on the Prairie), for orchestra; Heitor Villa-Lobo...
Performers: Almenar, Elizabeth; Alvarado, William; Alvarez, Idwer; Angell, Cecilia; Clapes, Ignacio; Iglesias, Enrique; Mora, Fernando de la; Muskus, Claudio; Senn, Martha
Conductors: Mata, Eduardo
Ensemble: ; Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Schubert: Symphony No. 3; De Falla, Roussel, etc / Igor Markevitch, et al

1 CD / Audite / 2009-06-26

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D major, D 200; Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Albert Roussel: Bacchus et Ariane, Suite no 2; Modes...
Performers: Mascia Predit
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor

Igor Markevitch's analytical performances with the RIAS Symphony Orchestra present the Schubert Symphony in a new light and reveal the rhythmic structures of music by...continue...

Esprit - Iberique

1 CD / Naïve / 2009-05-26

Works: Manuel de Falla: El sombrero de tres picos; El amor brujo; Roberto Gerhard: Don Quixote; Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de España, Op. 232; Iberia Suite, Book 1; Morceaux charactéristiques ...
Performers: Bacan, Ines; Bacan, Pedro; Bayo, María; Domingo, Placido; Moretti, Isabelle; Orozco, Rafael
Conductors: Colomer, Edmon; ; Pérez, Victor Pablo; Ros Marbà, Antoni
Ensemble: ; Barcelona Symphony Orchestra; Madrid Symphony Orchestra; Tenerife Symphony Orchestra

20th Century Classics - Falla: Spanish Songs, etc / Giulini, Angeles, Soriano, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7); El amor brujo; Noches en los jardines de España (Nights in the Gardens of Spain), for piano & orchestra, G. 49; Concerto for Harpsichor...
Performers: Boutard, Andre; Casier, Robert; Challan, Annie; Cordier, Robert; de los Angeles, Victoria; Debost, Michel; Gérard, Jean-Claude; Nerini, Pierre; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Giulini, Carlo Maria;
Ensemble: ; Trio à Cordes Français

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Enrique Fernández Arbós conducts Arbós & other Spanish composers

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-11-11

Works: Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Navarra, for piano in A flat major, B. 49; Enriqué Granado...
Conductors: Arbos, Enrique Fernandez

The Spanish conductor Enrique Fernandez Arbos came from a family of military bandmasters and had been a child prodigy. He was celebrated at different times...continue...

Icon - Victoria de los Angeles - The Voice of an Angel Sings Puccini, Verdi, etc

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Otello; Simon Boccanegra; La traviata; Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Alfredo ...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Borelli, Giannella; Christoff, Boris; Croisier, Marcelle; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Drolc, Eduard; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Gerard, Jean-Claude...
Conductors: Morelli, Giuseppe; Robinson, Stanford; Susskind, Walter; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Santini, Gabriele; Cellini, Renato; Serafin, Tullio; Gui, Vittorio; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, Andr...

The distinguished Spanish soprano Victoria de los Angeles was one of the best-loved classical singers of the 20th century. With a voice of exceptional beauty,...continue...

The Spanish Soul

3 CD / Brilliant Classics Import / 2008-10-21

Works: Manuel de Falla: El Corregidor y la molinera, pantomime-ballet in 2 scenes, G. 50; Canciones populares españolas (7); Enriqué Granados: Colección (7) de canciones amatorias; Joaquí...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Parejo, J.A. Alvarez
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús

Best Ballet 100 - Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Stravinsky, Copland, etc / Rattle, Ozawa, Previn, et al

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Eugen Onegin; Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Conc...
Performers: Carol, Norman; Donohoe, Peter; Gammon, Philip; Pletnev, Mikhail; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Truman, Robert; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Paavo, Järvi; Irving, Robert; Previn, Andre; Khachaturian, Aram; Temirkanov, Yuri; Wordsworth, Barry; Kern, Terence; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rosenthal, Manuel; Rattle, Simon, S...

Ravel, Albeniz, Falla / Jörg-Peter Weigle, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, for orchestra (orchestrated by Arbos from "Iberia" for piano); Manuel de Falla: Canciones populares españolas (7)
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter

The fiery rhythms and glowing colors of Spanish folk music were major influences on Ravel, Albeniz and De Falla. Jorg-Peter Weigle and the Dresden orchestra...continue...

Basics - Spanish Classics - Falla, et al / Weigle, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Danza Española no 1 (la vida breve); Joaquín Rodrigo: Tonadilla, for 2 guitars; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, for orchestra (orchestra...
Performers: Czapski, Berliner; Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Koch, Nora; Morbitzer, Egon; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Richter, Barbara; Rumstig, Dieter; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Weigle, Jörg-Peter

This disc goes beyond the usual in offering a range of works by Spanish composers (and a French composer, Ravel, whose mother was Basque) in...continue...

Peaceful Inspirations

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; El sombrero de tres picos; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird;...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Kempe, Rudolf; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; ; Suitner, Otmar; Kegel, Herbert; Markevitch, Igor; Garaguly, Carl von
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden Staatskapelle Kammerharmonie Bläsersoliste ; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This unusual and inspirational series - devoted to the concept of "releasing your inner power through the harmony of choice classical music" - continues with...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics - Mozart, Vivaldi, Debussy, etc

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bayo, María; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graham, Susan; Höll, Hartmut; Heisser, Jean-Fran&cc...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Davis, Andrew; Krivine, Emmanuel; Bühl, Gregor; Parry, David; Nagano, Kent; López-Cobos, Jesús; Gardiner, John Eliot; Serebrier, José; Lombard...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Lyon National Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

Altaulfo Argenta - Falla: El amor brujo, etc

1 CD / Medici Masters / 2008-05-27

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Nights in the gardens of Spain; Dance no 1 (from La vida breve); Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); Tomás Bretón: Escenas andaluzas, for ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo

Ataulfo Argenta (1913-1958) was Spain's leading conductor from 1947 to his tragically early death in 1958. He made nearly 50 recordings of zarzuelas and Spanish...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...

Falla: El amor brujo; Granados, Ravel / Nati Mistral, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, New Philharmonia Orchestra

1 CD / Lim / 2008-04-22

Works: Enriqué Granados: Intermezzo, for orchestra (arrangement from Goyescas), H. 71; Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Alborada del Gracioso, fo...
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

Works by Albeniz, Marco, Montsalvatge and others

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2006-11-13

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Tomás Marco: Arbor de Arcangeles; Xavier Montsalvatge: Canciones negras (5); Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Manuel de Falla: Dance ...
Performers: Farley, Carole
Conductors: Serebrier, José

Falla, Albéniz, Turina / Heisser, Lopez-Cobos, Lausanne CO

1 CD / Apex / 2006-05-29

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; Isaac Albéniz: Rapsodia española, Op. 70; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 78 "Concierto Fantastico"; Joaquín Turina: Rapsodia sinf...
Performers: Heisser, Jean-Francois
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús