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The Historical Gershwin

2 CD / Widescreen / 2011-12-06

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Concerto for Piano in F major; Lady, be Good; Goldwyn Follies; Swanee, song (for Capital Revue, by various composers); Porgy and Bess; Girl Crazy; Porgy & Bess; Oh,...
Performers: Astaire, Fred; Bailey, Mildred; Bargy, Roy; Cole, Nat "King"; Fitzgerald, Ella; Garland, Judy; Gershwin, George; Holiday, Billie; Jolson, Al; Levant, Oscar [Piano]; Monroe, Marilyn; Robeson, Paul; Si...
Conductors: Toscanini, Arturo

HISTORICAL RECORDINGS WITH GERSHWIN AT THE PIANO These two remarkable CDs are the direct testimony of George Gershwin's discographic legend....continue...

Light Classics / Songs from Arlen, Bernstein, Gershwin, et al.

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-04-26

Works: Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Irving Berlin: Top Hat; Michel Legrand: La chanson des adieux, song (from "Les Parapluies de Cherbourg"); Chanson de Maxence,...
Performers: Beffa, Karol; Buet, Alain; Deshayes, Karine; Droy, Sebastien; Ensemble Contraste; Farjot, Johan; Georges, Isabelle; Gueze, Sebastien; Imbert, Raphael; Leger, Magali; Loizeau, Emily; Piau, Sandrine; S...
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Ensemble: Ensemble Contraste

With the same enthusiasm put into the disc Café 1930, the Ensemble Contraste now makes its way into the exciting universe of the musical. Unforgettable...continue...
Recording information: Studios Davout, Paris (2010-04-22&2010-04-24&2010-)....continue...

A Gershwin Collection from Decca

7 CD / Decca / 2011-04-19

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Lullaby, for string quartet; An American in Paris; Cuban Overture; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Girl Crazy; Oh, Kay!; Funny Face; Let...
Performers: Austin, Patti; Austin, Patty; Boatwright, McHenry; Brown, William; Buck, John; Clemmons, Frarncois; Conrad, Barbara [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Deane, Christopher; Floyd, Alpha; Hagan, Samuel; Hendricks, ...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Fiedler, Arthur; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Herrmann, Bernard; Dorati, Antal; Mauceri, John; Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: ; London Festival Ensemble

An unparalleled collection of many of Gershwin's most popular pieces from Rhapsody in Blue and An American in Paris to a collection of songs and...continue...

The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record - Mozart, Britten, Verdi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, Rossini, Lehár, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alan, Hervey; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Allin, Norman; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Barabas, Sari; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Borriel...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Mudie, Michael; Goodall, Reginald; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gui, Vittorio; Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Dove, Jonathan; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Opera Group Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Members; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orches...

The Glyndebourne Festival is a massive yearly event in both the British and international opera worlds, with stars from around the globe gathering to listen...continue...

American Music - Adams, Gershwin, Bernstein, Ellington, Ives, Carter, etc / Sir Simon Rattle, London PO, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; The Chairman Dances; Tromba Lontana, fanfare for orchestra; Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; George Gershwi...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Atkinson, Lynton; Baker, Gregg; Barclay, John; Barnell, Andrew; Barrett, Brent; Barrington, Coleman; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Braithwaite, Maureen; Carter, Regina [Violin]; C...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

American classical composers often get unfairly overshadowed by their European counterparts, and a great deal of powerful, groundbreaking new music has passed under the radar...continue...

The Red Army Chorus

2 CD / Analekta / 2008-09-16

Works: Zerjinski: Riders' March; Russian Traditional: Troika, folk song; Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black Eyes"), folk song; Eh, Ukhnyem (Song of the Volga Boatmen), folk song; Kalinka (Little Snowfall), f...
Performers: Gavva, Valeriy; Gluboky, Pyotr; Korshunov, Vadim; Maistruck, Vladimir; Martinov, Aleksey; Martinov, Alexey; Solovyanenko, Anatoly; Tumanyan, Barseg; Volkov, Igor; Zhaivoronok, Boris
Conductors: Maltsev, Colonel Anatoly; Agafonnikov, Igor; Maltsev, Anatoly
Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus

The A.V. Alexandrov Ensemble of the Soviet Army, twice decorated with the Order of the Red Banner and Red Star, is one of the foremost...continue...

Opera Arias and Duets - Pergolesi, Verdi, Pipkov, Borodin, et al / Pavel Gerdjikov, et al

1 CD / Gega New / 2008-08-12

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: La serva padrona; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Lyubomir Pipkov: Yana's Nine Brothers; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Sergei Rachmaninov: Aleko; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Eugene O...
Performers: Bareva, Liliana; Gerdjikov, Pavel; Nikolova, Milkana
Conductors: Rispoli, Pasquale; ; Vladigerov, Alexander; Angelov, Michail; Stefanov, Vassil
Ensemble: Bulgarian Chamber Orchestra; Bulgarian National Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bulgarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Pavel Gerdjikov is a singer who has made a significant contribution to Bulgarian Opera over the past 40 years. Gerdjikov has a versatile voice, an...continue...

Gershwin: Porgy and Bess / Maazel, White, Boatwright, et al

3 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Performers: Boatwright, McHenry; Brown, William; Buck, John; Clemmons, Frarncois; Conrad, Barbara [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Deane, Christopher; Floyd, Alpha; Hagan, Samuel; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jones...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra

"If you like American music and-or if you like 20th century opera, you've got to hear this 1976 recording of Gershwin's Porgy and Bess with...continue...

Songs of America from Another American / Maynor, Olsen

1 CD / Guild / 2003-03-01

Works: Traditional: Go tell it on the mountain; This little light of mine; Kumbaya; Let us break bread together; We Shall Overcome; Amen; Battle Hymn of the Republic; God of our fathers; He's got the whole ...
Performers: Maynor, Kevin; Olsen, Eric

"If you like singing, especially songs in English sung by an artist who really knows how to project and present emotion and meaning while maintaining...continue...

Red Army Chorus: The Best of the Original Ensemble

1 CD / Analekta Import / 2002-10-22

Works: Zerjinski: Riders' March; Russian Traditional: Troika, folk song; Dark eyes ("Ochi chornye," "Black Eyes"), folk song; Eh, Ukhnyem (Song of the Volga Boatmen), folk song; Kalinka (Little Snowfall), f...
Performers: Gavva, Valeriy; Gluboky, Pyotr; Korshunov, Vadim; Maistruck, Vladimir; Martinov, Aleksey; Martinov, Alexey; Solovyanenko, Anatoly; Tumanyan, Barseg; Volkov, Igor; Zhaivoronok, Boris
Conductors: Maltsev, Anatoly; Agafonnikov, Igor
Ensemble: Red Star Red Army Chorus

The Great Polish Bass in Opera & Song / Marian Nowakowski

1 CD / Pearl / 2001-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. ...
Performers: Leopold, Red; Nowakowski, Marian
Conductors: Green, Philip; Fistoulari, Anatole; Braithwaite, Warwick
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

HERITAGE Songs of Free Men / Paul Robeson, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-12-09

Works: Traditional: There is a balm in Gilead; The peat-bog soldiers; The Four Insurgent Generals; Song of the Plains; By and by; Sometimes I feel like a motherless child; John Henry; Lehman Engel: Chassidi...
Performers: Brown, Lawrence [Classical]; Robeson, Paul
Conductors: Balaban, Emanuel
Ensemble: Columbia Concert Orchestra

Classic Gershwin / Bernstein, Gershwin, Rampal, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-10-13

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Preludes (3) for Piano; Funny Face; Of Thee I Sing; Land of the Gay Caballero; Strike up the Band; Girl Crazy; Show Girl; Damsel in Distress; ...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Buchanan, Robbie; Colaiuta, Vinnie; Colombier, Michel; Gaffney, George; Gershwin, George; Holloway, Laurie; Jones, Harold [Drums]; Kerber, Randy; Laine, Cleo; Rampal, Jean-Pierre;...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bernstein, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Colombier, Michel; Goodchild, William
Ensemble: Columbia Jazz Band; Los Angeles Philharmonic members; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra