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Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Sound the Trumpet: Royal Music of Purcell & Handel / Alison Balsom, trumpet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11; Atalanta HWV35; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne HWV74; Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D major (spurious arrangement), HWV ...
Performers: Balsom, Alison; Crowe, Lucy; Davies, Iestyn; Pinnock, Trevor
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor;
Ensemble: The English Concert

In the year of Queen Elizabeth II's Diamond Jubilee, Alison Balsom celebrates the heroic era of the Baroque trumpet in works by George Frideric Handel...continue...
Personnel: Simon Neal (harpsichord)....continue...

Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012

3 CD / Decca Import / 2012-04-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1; Giacomo Puccini: Tur...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Einaudi, Ludovico; Freni, Mirella; Gendron, Maurice; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Previn, Andre; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kempe, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Boskovsky, Willi; Khachaturian, Aram; Wordsworth, Barry; Dorati, Antal; Malone, Gareth; Leppard, ...
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

Beauty of the Baroque / Danielle De Niese, Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Decca / 2012-01-10

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Third and Last Booke of Songes; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Samson; Acis and Galatea; Rodelinda; The Triumph of Time and Truth; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Claudio M...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bicket, Harry; Caminiti, Daniele; Niese, Danielle de; Paronuzzi, Giorgio; Scholl, Andreas; Zeller, Martin
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Since her early success in Glyndebourne's now famous production of Handel's Giulio Cesare, Danielle de Niese has become most closely associated with the music of...continue...
Recording information: St. Jude on the Hill, Hampstead Garden Suburb, London (08/12/2010-08/16/2010)....continue...

Il Caro Sassone: Handel in Italy / Lucy Crowe, soprano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2011-11-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Dietro l'orme fuggaci, HWV 105 "Armida abbandonata"; Delirio Amoroso, HWV 99; Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno, HWV 46a; Salve Regina, antiphon for soprano, strings, org...
Performers: Crowe, Lucy
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

Young British soprano Lucy Crowe is poised to take the opera world by storm. Her powerful, expressive performances have been hailed on both sides of...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London, UK (08/2010)....continue...

Gloria!

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-05-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K. 427 "Grosse Messe"; Vesperae solennes de confessore in C, K. 33...
Performers: Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Farnes, Richard; Goode, David; Hopkinson, Thomas; Humphreys, George; Jones, Della; Pinnock, Trevor; Te ...
Conductors: Preston, Simon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Hill, David; Higginbottom, Edward; Layton, Stephen; Phillips, Daniel [Choral]; Darlington, Stephen; Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Lole, Simon; ...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Capricorn (Ensemble); The English Concert

Three Baroque Tenors / Ian Bostridge

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Francesco Bartolomeo Conti: Don Chisciotte; George Frederick Handel: Hercules; Tamerlano; Poro; Giulio Cesare; Antonio Vivaldi: Arsilda; L'Atenaide; Ipermestra; Francesco Gasparini: Il Bajazet; Thoma...
Performers: Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bostridge, Ian; Clarke, Andrew; Grazzi, Alberto
Conductors: Labadie, Bernard
Ensemble: The English Concert

John Beard, Francesco Borosini, Annibale Fabri: these three men helped to revolutionized music in the 18th century. Their voices moved the greatest composers of the...continue...
Personnel: Jonathan Gunthorpe, Sophie Daneman, Benjamin Hulett, Madeleine Shaw (vocals).

Recording information: Church of St. Jude-on-the-Hill, Hampstead, London, Engl....continue...

Early Music Up Late

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-04-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto in B flat major for Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; Wolfgang ...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Baird, Julianne; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bindi, Jean-Louis; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Carmignola, Giuliano; Chateauneuf, Paula; Cordier, David; Costa, Neal Peres da; Dollman, Ben...
Conductors: Dyer, Paul; Minkowski, Marc; Hogwood, Christopher; Rifkin, Joshua; ; Goebel, Reinhard; Brüggen, Frans; Marcon, Andrea; Peelman, Roland; Walker, Antony; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: ; Bach Ensemble; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble of the Classic Era; Gabrieli Consort; Musica Antiqua Köln ; The English Concert; The Song Company

Handel Duets

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2010-03-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Radamisto, HWV 12a; Rodelinda, regina de' Longobardi, HWV 19; Solomon, HWV 67; Theodora, HWV 68; Ottone, re di Germania, HWV 15; Ariodante, HWV 33; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Tamerl...
Performers: Bicket, Harry; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Joshua, Rosemary
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: The English Concert

This new Handel collection features two great singers alongside the English Concert, arguably the best baroque orchestra in the UK. Duets play a key role...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Silas the Martyr, Kentish Town, London, E (07/20/2009-07/23/2009)....continue...

A Christmas Nativity

1 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Lewis Redner: O Little Town of Bethlehem; Christmas Traditional: I Wonder As I Wander (American); Away in a Manger; Il est né, le divin enfant (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Child...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Martineau, Malcolm; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scott, John; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Tebaldi, Renata; Terfel, Bryn; Thalben-Ball, George,...
Conductors: Westenburg, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Music], John Scott [Choral; Bonynge, Richard; Sanchez, Damian; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Rutter, John; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Davis, Carl; Pinnock, Trev...
Ensemble: ; Bilbao Choral Society; Clare College Choir; London Symphony Orchestra; Musica Sacra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; The English Concert; Vienna Singverein

The Nativity, the enchanting and enduring story that tells of the birth of Jesus Christ, is perhaps the best known tale in the history of...continue...

For Your Life - For April Showers

1 CD / Decca / 2005-03-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; John Baston: Concerto for flute/recorder, strings & continuo, no 2 in...
Performers: Boskovsky, Willi; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Gililov, Pavel; Jones, Philip; Kuchl, Rainer; Maisky, Mischa; Petri, Michala; Pinnock, Trevor; Schiff, Andras; Wilbraham, John
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Sillito, Kenneth; Boskovsky, Willi; Rousset, Christophe; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pinnock, Trevor; Melkus, Eduard; Schiff, Andras; Schreier, Peter; Chung, Myung-Whun; Böhm, K...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Boskovsky Ensemble; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Eduard Melkus; English Baroque Soloists; Les Talens Ly...

For Your Life - For Your Wedding

1 CD / Decca / 2003-04-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Sc...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; English Chamber Orchestra; Howarth, Elgar; Jones, Philip; Kubelik, Rafael; Laird, Michael; Laubin...
Conductors: Richter, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Howarth, Elgar; Karajan, Herbert von; Agoult, Raymond; Boult, Adrian; Rose, Barry; Dutoit, Charles; Pinnock, Trevor; Kubelik, Rafael; Steiner, Heinrich
Ensemble: ; The English Concert

This selection features both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Wolfgang Marschner (violin); Philip Jones, Bernhard Läubin, Hannes Läubin, Wolfgang Läubin, James Gerard Watson, J...continue...

For Your Life - For Your Dreams

1 CD / Decca / 2002-09-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K. 313 (K. 285c); Concerto for Horn no 4 in E ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Berbié, Jane; Cleveland Orchestra; Damm, Peter; Gililov, Pavel; Graf, Maria [Harp]; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; London Symphony Orchestra; Maisky, Misc...
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Böhm, Karl; Pinnock, Trevor; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Cleveland Orchestra; London Philharmonia Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The English Concert; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This CD contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Narciso Yepes (guitar); Maria Graf (harp); David Oistrakh (violin); Mischa Maisky (cello); Irena Grafenauer (flute); Peter Damm (horn...continue...

Best of the Millennium - Top 40 Classical Hits

2 CD / UTV Records / 2000-02-08

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Gilels, Emil; Kaufmann, Eduard; Laubin, Bernhard; Levine, James; Maisky, Mischa; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Schmitt,...
Conductors: ; Karajan, Herbert von; del Mar, Norman; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Bychkov, Semyon; Marin, Ion; Pletnev, Mikhail; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Bolshoi Theater Violin Ensemble; Lucerne Festival Strings; The English Concert

Handel: Orchestral Works / Trevor Pinnock, English Concert

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-11-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée; Concerto a due cori no 2 in F major, HWV 333; Concerto a due cori no 3 in F major, HWV 33...
Performers: Comberti, Micaela; Pinnock, Trevor; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks (1749) / Pinnock

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-11-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Concerto in F major, HWV 331; Concerto grosso in D major, HWV 335a; Work(s)
Performers: Hanson, Peter
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

Handel: Royal Fireworks, etc / Pinnock, English Concert

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1995-08-15

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Concerto grosso in C major, HWV 318 "Alexander's Feast"; Solomon; Belshazzar, HWV 61; Alceste, incidental music, HWV 45; Saul; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17
Performers: Halstead, Anthony; Pinnock, Trevor; Rutherford, Christian
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

"Trevor Pinnock and the English Concert underline the pomp and ceremony of Handel's Royal Firework Music. It is one of the best accounts on period...continue...

Handel: Water Music / Pinnock, English Concert

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1987-07-07

Works: George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348
Performers: Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

Pachelbel: Canon 7 Gigue; et al / Pinnock, English Concert

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1985-10-01

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Antonio Vivaldi: Sinfonia, for strings & continuo in G major, RV 149; Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op....
Performers: Comberti, Micaela; Pinnock, Trevor; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Reichenberg, David; Standage, Simon; Wilcock, Elizabeth
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: The English Concert

Recording information: EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England (01/1985); Henry Wood Hall, London (01/1985); EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London, England (03/1983-05/1985); Henry Wood Hall, London (03/19...continue...