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Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

Illumina: Music of Light / Choir of New College Oxford

1 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-10

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Barrington Pheloung: Inspector Morse; Morten Lauridsen: Ave dulcissima Maria, for chorus; O magnum mysterium; Sergey Rachmaninov: Vespers; Wolfgang Amad...
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Ensemble: Choir of New College Oxford

The Observer
[The repertoire] shows off the warm, immediate New College, Oxford sound in which individuals are encouraged to sing out rather than, as some collegiate...continue...

Music for Royal Weddings

3 CD / Decca Import / 2011-04-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; BWV 1068; George Frederick Handel: Water Music 1;...
Performers: Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; Palmer, Felicity; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Runnett, Brian; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Riddle, Nelson; Schreier, Peter; Hill, David; Guest, George; Page, Neil; ...

For You: The Collection

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Rolf Lovland: You Raise Me Up (Por ti seré), song; Larry W. Jones: New Horizons (I Found A Dream), song; César Franck: Panis angelicus; David J. Evans: Be Still, for the Presence of the Lor...
Performers: Horn], Dominic Kelly [English; Hudson, Eleanor; Jones, Aled; Reid, Dan

The Ultimate Wedding Album

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Domingo, Placido; Hurford, Peter; Pavarotti, Luciano; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rudel, Julius; Chailly, Riccardo; Bonynge, Richard; Riddle, Nelson

The Christmas Spirit

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Work(s); Good King Wen...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Blades, James; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; P...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Rutter, John; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Jones, Philip; Guest, George; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David; Munchinger, Karl; Boult, Adrian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir of Cambridge

O Holy Night

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Alessandro Stradella: Pietà, Signore (Agnus Dei), aria di chiesa (spurious, by Niedermeyer o...
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert

Essential Choral Classics

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer; Elijah, Op. 70; César Franck: Panis angelicus...
Performers: Brown, Wilfred; Burrowes, Norma; Freni, Mirella; Goodman, Roy; Harper, Heather; Hussain, Alastair; Kollo, Rene [Tenor Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Morris, James; Norman, Jess...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Willcocks, David; Daniel, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen; Gandolfi, Romano; Ottley, Jerold D.; Britten, Benjamin; Solti, Sir Georg; Preston, Simon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Guest, George; Hai...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Cambridge University Music Society; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chr...

This 2-CD set Includes more than 21/2 hours of the greatest 'hits' of the chorus. Performances are by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kings College Choir...continue...

Franck: String Quartet In D Major, Sonata For Violin And Piano In A Major

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-01

Works: César Franck: Quartet for Strings in D major, M. 9; Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8
Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Roge, Pascal
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Ensemble: Fitzwilliam String Quartet

Regarded by the Fitzwilliam Quartet itself as one of its finest recordings, this performance of the Franck String Quartet has long been out of circulation...continue...

The Art of Peter Hurford

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Fugue for organ in G major, BWV 577 (BC J61); Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731; Prelude and Fugue for Organ in G major, BWV 541;...
Performers: Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Hurford, Peter; Kracht, Johan; Pollard, Brian; Rubingh, Henk; Singers, Alban; Straesser, Wim; Trotter, Thomas; Urquhart, Margaret
Conductors: ; Rifkin, Joshua
Ensemble: Michael Laird Brass Ensemble; Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra

A virtuoso recitalist, Peter Hurford won wide acclaim and his influence on organ design and his performance has been significant. This 2-CD set provides a...continue...

Great Romantic Organ Works

2 CD / Decca Import / 2000-06-01

Works: Charles-Marie Widor: from Symphony no 5, Op. 42 no 1; Symphony no 6, Op. 42 no 2; César Franck: Chorales (3); 3 Pièces; Felix Mendelssohn: Prelude & Fugue for organ in C minor, Op. 37/1; So...
Performers: Hurford, Peter

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 1; et al / Curzon, Szell

1 CD / Decca Import / 1999-08-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; César Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Henry Litolff: Concerto symphonique no 4, Op. 102
Performers: Curzon, Clifford
Conductors: Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra

"A great interpretation worthily preserved". -Gramophone...continue...