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The Heifetz Piatigorsky Concerts [2012] (21 CDs)

21 CD / RCA Records / 2013-05-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Trio for Piano and String...
Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Baker, Israel; Belnick, Arnold; Hamilton, Malcolm; Harshman, Allan; Heifetz, Jascha; Lateiner, Jacob; Lesser, Laurence; Majewski, Virginia; Pasquale, Joseph de; Pennario, Leonard; Pia...
Conductors: Wallenstein, Alfred

The renowned artists, violinist Jascha Heifetz and cellist Gregor Piatigorsky, joined forces in 1949 at Chicago's Ravinia Festival. Twelve years later, and now good friends,...continue...

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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The Essential Arthur Rubinstein

2 CD / RCA Records / 2009-10-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op. 66, CT. 46; Waltz for piano no 9 in A flat major ("L'adieu") Op. 69/1, CT. 215; Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/O...
Performers: Fournier, Pierre; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Szeryng, Henryk
Conductors: Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Wallenstein, Alfred
Ensemble: New Symphony Orchestra of London; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

One of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century, Arthur Rubistein received international acclaim, especially for his performances of Chopin. Born in Poland in 1887...continue...

The Priests

1 CD / RCA Records / 2008-11-18

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Bob Chilcott: Irish Blessing, for chorus & piano; Robat Arwyn: Benedictus; Fermin Maria Alv...
Performers: Cunningham, Olli; Langston, Adam; Monaghan, Brendan [celtic]; O'Neill, Danny; Priests, The; Yamamoto, Youki
Conductors: Herbert, Sally

Fathers Eugene (aged 48) and Martin O'Hagan (aged 45), who are brothers, and David Delargy (aged 44) has each achieved the ambitions nurtured when they...continue...
Personnel: Accademia Filarmonica Romana Choir, Philharmonic Academy of Rome Choir (vocals); Brendan Monaghan (whistle, Uilleann pipe); Danny O'Neill, Danni O'Neill (piano); Youki Yamamoto, Olli Cunni...continue...

Saint-Saëns, Liszt, Franck / Wallenstein, Rubinstein, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2007-06-26

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22; César Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Wallenstein, Alfred
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

With unique style and grace, the legendary pianist Arthur Rubenstein reawakens the fire and glamour in a trio of sophisticated Romantic works for piano....continue...

Franck: Symphony; Stravinsky: Pétrouchka / Monteux, et al

1 Super Audio CD / RCA Records / 2005-07-26

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Performers: Zighera, Bernard
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

"Monteux's Franck Symphony, recorded with the Chicago Symphony in 1961, remains the best on disc. Tension always underlies the brooding; this is work of clarity,...continue...

Franck: Symphony in D Minor; Symphonic Variations / Munch

1 CD / RCA Records / 2005-03-22

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44
Performers: Pennario, Leonard
Conductors: Munch, Charles; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra

Inspired Voices - Music to Enhance Your Spirit

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-01-08

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: Hodie aperuit nobis; Johann Sebastian Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johannes Brahms: Der englische Gruss ("Gegrüsset"), for mixed ...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Domingo, Placido; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Haider, Friedrich; Kasarova, Vesselina; Knutson, Lydia Heather; Lamb, Andrew; Moffo, Anna; Norberg-Schulz, Elizabeth; Piau, Sandrine...
Conductors: Thornton, Barbara; Marlow, Richard; Fiedler, Arthur; Davis, Colin; Froschauer, Helmuth; Goodman, Roy; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Levine, James; Hills, Margaret; Eichhorn, Kurt; Westenburg, Richard
Ensemble: ; Hanover Band; La Petite Bande; Sequentia (Early music ensemble); Trinity College Choir, Cambridge

Songs of Faith and Inspiration / Robert Shaw Chorale

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-09-11

Works: César Franck: Panis angelicus; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Stephen Adams: The Holy City; Martin Luther: Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott; Johann Sebastian B...
Performers: Holloway, Clyde; Kopleff, Florence
Conductors: Shaw, Robert
Ensemble: Robert Shaw Chorale; Symphony Orchestra

Rubinstein Collection Vol 7 - Albéniz, Franck, etc / Heifitz

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-03-06

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Gabriel Fauré: Nocturne for piano no 3 in A flat major, Op.33/3; Francis Poulenc: Trois mouvements perpétuels, for pian...
Performers: Heifetz, Jascha; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]

"One of the gems of the collection... when these two big egos of "equal genius" collaborated the results were never less than impressive. You won't...continue...

Rubinstein Collection Vol 30 - Franck, Debussy, etc

1 CD / RCA Records / 2001-01-09

Works: César Franck: Prelude, Chorale and Fugue for Piano, M 21; Claude Debussy: La plus que lente; Images for Piano, Set 1; Images for Piano, Set 2; Préludes, Book 1; Préludes, Book 2; Masqu...
Performers: Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]

His Franck, Faure, Debussy, Ravel and Poulenc are elegant, unmistakably Gallic in Flavor." -Chicago Tribune...continue...

Galway: Sixty Years - Sixty Flute Masterpieces - Highlights

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata for Flute solo ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha; Eastop, Philip; Galway, James; Gough, Rachel; Harada, Sadao; Hulse, Gareth; Isomura, Kazuhide; Moll, Phillip; Oundjian, Peter; Pay, Antony; Robles, Marisa; Yamashita, Kazuhito
Conductors: Galway, James; Faerber, Jörg; Mata, Eduardo; ; Chung, Myung-Whun; Liebermann, Lowell
Ensemble: London Mozart Players; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Tokyo String Quartet members; Württemberg Chamber Orchestra Heilbronn ; Zagreb Soloists

Franck: Symphony; Stravinsky: Pétrouchka / Monteux, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-03-09

Works: César Franck: Symphony in D minor, M 48; Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Performers: Zighera, Bernard
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Monteux's cherished interpretation of the Franck D Minor is a model of rectitude and dignity as performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and it retains...continue...

Ten Tenors in Prayer / Domingo, Lanza, Heppner, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Franz Schubert: Die Allmacht, D 852; Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Percy Kahn: Ave Maria; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angel...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; Caruso, Enrico; Domingo, Placido; Elman, Mischa; Hadley, Jerry; Heppner, Ben; Kahn, Percy; Kreisler, Fritz; Lanza, Mario; McCormack, John; O'Brien, Vincent; Pavarotti, Luciano; ...
Conductors: Rogers, Walter; Froschauer, Helmuth; Santi, Nello; Bonynge, Richard; Abbado, Roberto; Sinatra, Ray; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bass, Warner; Ellstein, Abraham; Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Alexander (New Age); English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra; RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Vienna Bo...

Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Franck, Brahms / Evgeny Kissin

1 CD / RCA Records / 1998-03-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; César Franck: Prélude, choral, et fugue, for piano, M. 21; Johannes Brahms: Variations (28) for Pian...
Performers: Kissin, Evgeni

"...how much richness of experience you'd be missing if you resist Kissin's manner. And who would want to resist it anyway, when the sense of...continue...

Christmas with the Vienna Choir Boys / Prey, Domingo

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-23

Works: Carl Thiel: Adeste fidelis (O Come, All Ye Faithful); Christmas Traditional: O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); Good Christian Men, Rejoice (a.k.a. "All Christians Now Rejoice"); Ding Dong! Me...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ellis, Osian; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Sonnleitner, Johann; Vienna Boys' Choir; Viennensis, Chorus
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Gillesberger, Hans; Harrer, Uwe Christian

Personnel: Hermann Prey , Plácido Domingo (vocals); Osian Ellis (harp); John Sonnleitner (organ).

Recording information: 1975-1979.

Christmas With the Vienna Choir Boys/Placido Domi...continue...

Ave Maria - Christmas Favorites / Doming, Lanza, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-23

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: I saw three ships; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Deck the hall; O Tannenbaum; Ding Dong! Merrily on high; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Adolphe-Cha...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Ellis, Osian; Lanza, Mario; Prey, Hermann; Sonnleitner, Johannes; Valente, Benita
Conductors: Froschauer, Helmuth; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Shaw, Robert; René, Henri; Gillesberger, Hans; Korn, Michael; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Chorus Viennensis; Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia; Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus; Philadelphia Singers; Robert Shaw Chorale; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Chamber O...

Ave Maria / Placido Domingo, Vienna Choir Boys

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-22

Works: Johann Franz von Herbeck: Pueri Concinite; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Wilhelm Kienzl: Der Evangelimann, Op. 45; George Frederick...
Performers: Domingo, Placido; Sonnleitner, Johann
Conductors:
Ensemble: Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This recording is also available in cassette format as RCA Victor Gold Seal 3835....continue...

Tears From Heaven / Battle, Domingo, Caballé, Terfel

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-02-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; E...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Battle, Kathleen; Blasi, Angela Maria; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kenny, Yvonne...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Levine, James; Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Goodman, Roy; Marlow, Richard; Flor, Claus P.; Solti, Sir Georg; Froschauer, Helmuth; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Spivakov, Vladimir; Cillario, Carlo Feli...