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50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Messiaen: Turangalila -Symphonie / Riccardo Chailly, Concertgebouw; Jean-Yves Thibaudet, Keiko Harada

1 CD / Decca / 2012-12-11

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Performers: Harada, Takashi; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: Concertgebouw Orchestra

The 20th century inspired music that was provocative and challenging - music that in many ways we are still corning to terms with. The ideas...continue...
Recording information: Grote Zaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam (03/1992)....continue...

Messiaen: Turangalila-Symphonie / Cynthia Millar, Steven Osborne, Bergen Philharmonic

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-08-14

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-symphonie, for piano, ondes martenot & orchestra, I/29
Performers: Millar, Cynthia; Osborne, Steven
Conductors: Mena, Juanjo
Ensemble: Bergen Philharmonic

"The Messiaen Monster," ridiculed by critics at its premiere - in the best tradition of works of genius - is now, "established as one of...continue...
Recording information: Grieghallen, Bergen (06/20/2011-06/24/2011)....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...

Edition Lockenhaus [Box Set] / Gidon Kremer, violin; Rattle - Kremerata Baltica

5 CD / ECM / 2011-10-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Olivier Messiaen: Petites liturgies (3) de la Présence Divine; César Franck: Piano Quintet in F minor, M. 7; André Caplet:...
Performers: Bellheim, Markus; Bennion-Feeney, Krista; Berger, Julius; Beyerle, Hatto; Bik, Annette; Brunner, Eduard; Buniatishvili, Khatia; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Demenga, Thomas; Geringas, David; Grafenauer, I...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kofman, Roman; Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Kremerata Baltica

To coincide with the 30th anniversary of Gidon Kremer's Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival in Austria, ECM releases a 5-CD box set of recordings from 1981-2008....continue...
Recording information: Lockenhaus Chamber Music Festival....continue...

Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 6: 1990-2000

14 CD / RCO Live / 2011-10-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastor...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barainsky, Claudia; Brautigam, Ronald; Hamelin, Marc-Andre [Piano]; Komlosi, Ildiko; Kovacs, Kolos; Laurendeau, Jean; Masseurs, Peter; Murray, Ann; Shelton, Lucy [Soprano Vo...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Berglund, Paavo; Chailly, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles; Solti, Sir Georg; Previn, Andre; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, B...
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a recorded history of six decades of performances by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, taken from broadcasts contained in...continue...

Messiaen Edition

18 CD / Erato / 2011-04-26

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Preludes (8) for Piano; Études (4) de rhythme; La nativité du Seigneur; Le banquet céleste; Apparition de l'&e...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Alain, Marie-Claire; Barboteu, Georges; Chauvaut, Rene; Cotton, Roger [Tenor Vocalist]; Deplus, Guy; Dupin, Francois; Fernandez, Huguette; Guigui, Charley; Haniotis, Mario; Ja...
Conductors: Couraud, Marcel; Constant, Marius; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Groupe Instrumental a Percussion de Strasbourg; ORTF Ensemble "Ars Nova"

This 18-CD set offers a comprehensive overview of Messiaen's work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000. The performers include the composer himself, his wife...continue...

The Classic 100 Symphony

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-10-06

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 5 in C-sharp minor; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symph...
Performers: Fraser, Anna; Harada, Takashi; Kenny, Yvonne; Kimura, Kaori; Waters, Mel
Conductors: Kertész, István; Challender, Stuart; Thomas, Patrick; Verbitsky, Mikhail; Karajan, Herbert von; Stenz, Markus; Maazel, Lorin; Stanhope, David; Kleiber, Carlos; Porcelijn, David; Caetani, Ol...

André Previn - The Great Recordings - The LSO Years 1971-1980

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-05-19

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; English, Gerald; Haendel, Ida; Lloyd, Peter [Flute]; Loriod, Jeanne; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Shirley-Quir...
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

On April 6, 2009 the musical world celebrated the 80th birthday of one of the most versatile musicians, Andre Previn. Born in Berlin but based...continue...

Olivier Messiaen - Complete Edition

32 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-12-09

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Preludes (8) for Piano; La fauvette des jardins; Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Études (4) de rhythme; Cantéyodjayâ; Rondeau, for piano, I/24;...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Banlaky, Akos; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Barker, Noelle; Cantin, Catherine; Collerette, Hélène; C...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre; ; Kreder, Jean-Paul; Davis, Andrew; Chailly, Riccardo; Rickenbacher, Karl Anton
Ensemble: ; Members of the Ensemble Le Madrigal (Members); Sextuor Jeanne Loriod

The 2008 Messiaen celebrations come to an overwhelming climax with this superb 32-CD set of his complete works. This limited edition set from Deutsche Grammophon...continue...

Messiaen: La fête des belles eaux, Feuillet inédits; Ravel / Ensemble d'Ondes de Montréal, et al

1 CD / ATMA / 2008-11-25

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Fête des belles eaux, for 6 ondes martenot, II/14; Feuillets inédits (4), for ondes Martenot; Maurice Ravel: Quartet for Strings in F major
Performers: Bessette, Louise; Lemire, Estelle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble d'Ondes de Montreal

The ondes Martenot is an early electronic instrument invented by and named after French musician Maurice Martenot. Though difficult to describe, its haunting, quivering sound...continue...

Olivier Messiaen - 100th Anniversary Edition

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Les offrandes oubliées; Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum; Chronochromie; Éclairs sur l'au-delà...; Quatuor pour la fin du temps...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Béroff, Michel; Command, Michele; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Hakim, Naji; Hind, Rolf; Langridge, Philip; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Messiaen, Oliv...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Baudo, Serge; Dorati, Antal; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Edwards, Terry
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; Orchestre de Paris Percussion Ensemble

To celebrate Messiaen's centenary, EMI Classics is releasing a boxed set with of 14 CDs of his greatest music, including 4 CDs of solo organ...continue...

Myung-Whun Chung conducts Messiaen / Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-10-28

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Petites liturgies (3) de la Présence Divine; Couleurs de la cité céleste; Hymne au Saint-Sacrement
Performers: Collerette, Hélène; Cournot, Catherine; Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Muraro, Roger
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Maîtrise de Radio France; Radio France Philharmonic Orchestra

Messiaen: Works for Orchestra / Cambreling, et al

8 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2008-09-18

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Les offrandes oubliées; L' Ascension, 4 meditations for orchestra, I/12a; Poèmes pour Mi; Turangalîla-Symphonie; Réveil des oiseaux, for piano & orchestra, ...
Performers: Boffard, Florent; Friedel, Horst; Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Latzko, Reinhard; Lentz, Thierry; Maier, Markus; Muraro, Roger; Naef, Yvonne; Ott, Gunhild; Pencz, Wolfhard; Schorer, Jochen
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

"This 8-CD set contains almost all of Messiaen's music for orchestra or large mixed ensembles...While listeners might still have individual preferences in certain works, all...continue...

Garden of Love's Sleep - Messiaen / Myung-Whun Chung, Daniel Barenboim, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-08-26

Works: Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; Turangalîla-Symphonie; MESSIAEN, Vingt Regards, Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus (XV); Éclairs sur l'au-delà...; Quatuor pour la fin du te...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Latry, Olivier; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Muraro, Roger; Muzzolini, Renaud; Ogdon, John; Yordanoff, Luben
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Chorus

This release celebrates the 100th anniversary of French composer Oliver Messiaen. It is a compilation of Messiaen's ecstatic slow movements: a sequence of eight movements...continue...

EMI 20th Century Classics - Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie, etc / Loriod, Previn, London SO, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Thème et Variations for Violin and Piano
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Poppen, Christoph [Conductor]
Conductors: Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Newly reissued, Previn's 1977 account dragged Turangalîla to mainstream attention. Previn excels at combing through Messiaen's thick layers, and the LSO are on fine...continue...

Never Before Released - Messiaen: La mort du nombre, Prelude for Piano, etc / Davis, Loriod-Messiaen, Hakim, et al

1 CD / Jade Records / 2008-04-08

Works: Olivier Messiaen: La mort du nombre; Offrande au Saint Sacrement; Prélude, for piano; Chant dans le style de Mozart; Prélude, for organ; Pièce, for piano & string quartet, I/58; ...
Performers: Deplus, Guy; Hakim, Naji; Lamy, Herve [Tenor Vocals]; Larde, Christian; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Pollet, Francoise; Sulem-Bialobroda, Agnes
Conductors: Davis, Andrew

Jade Music, the specialty arm of Milan Records, is proud to commemorate Olivier Messiaen's 100th birthday with the album entitled Never Before Released. This exceptional...continue...

100 Years - Melbourne Symphony Orchestra

10 CD / ABC Classics / 2008-02-15

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Symphony in Three Movements; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; Jean Sibelius: Lemminkä...
Performers: Dommett, Leonard; Fogg, Anthony; Harada, Takashi; Hill, Vernon; Kenny, Yvonne; Kimura, Kaori; Payne, Geoffrey; Tancibudek, Jiri
Conductors: Caetani, Oleg; Iwaki, Hiroyuki; Heinze, Sir Bernard; Otterloo, Willem Van; Hopkins, John; Divall, Richard; Douglas, Clive; Thomas, Patrick; Post, Joseph; Stenz, Markus; Fredman, Myer; Handley, Vernon...

Messiaen: L'ascension, Etc.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Concert à quatre, for flute, cello, piano & orchestra, I/62; Turangalîla-Symphonie; Quatuor pour la fin du temps; Éclairs sur l'au-delà...; L' Ascension, 4 ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Cantin, Catherine; Holliger, Heinz; Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Tetard, Albert
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Ondes Martenot - Messiaen, Bloch, etc / Thomas Bloch

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2004-09-21

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Feuillets inédits (4), for ondes Martenot; Thomas Bloch: Formule, for ondes Martenot; Lude 9.6, for 9 ondes Martenot; Sweet Suite, for 9 ondes Martenot; Bernard Wisson: Kyriade...
Performers: Abrahams, Brian; Belling, Susan; Bloch, Thomas; Brodrick, Dean; Cooper, Lindsay; Kenovic, Ademir; Minton, Phil; Rolin, Etienne; Siracusa, Gerard; Swatowski, Marek; Wisson, Bernard
Conductors: Quattrocchi, Fernand;
Ensemble: ; Pomeranian Quartet; Thomas Bloch Waves Orchestra

"Rare instrument specialist Thomas Bloch is equally at home performing on the soundtrack of 'Amadeus', on stage with Radiohead, or at Milan's La Scala. These...continue...

SACD - The Ultimate Audio Experience - The Classics Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / Universal Classics Import / 2004-06-15

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dance no 9 for orchestra in B major, B. 147/1 (Op. 72/1); Rusalka; Ludwig van Beethoven...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego; Gheorghiu, Angela; Harada, Takashi; Keenlyside, Simon; Menafra, Andrea; Michael, Nadja; Moore, Latonia; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; ...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Fischer, Iván; Noseda, Gianandrea; Masur, Kurt; Dantone, Ottavio; Chailly, Riccardo; Summers, Patrick; Goebel, Reinhard; McCreesh, Paul; Gergiev, Valery; Kaplan, Gilbert; Frizza,...
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Musica Antiqua Köln ; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Verdi ...

Classic Library - Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-04-20

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Performers: Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji
Ensemble: Toronto Symphony Orchestra

An early work of genius by a French master of orchestral color, filled with mystery and a rare spirituality....continue...

The Instruments of the Orchestra / Jeremy Siepmann

7 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-11-01

Works: Jeremy Siepmann: The Instruments of the Orchestra, narration with musical excerpts; Anonymous, Troubadour: Domna, pos vos ay chausida; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Con...
Performers: Andresen, Ivar; Banks, Kevin; Banowetz, Joseph; Biret, Idil; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bostridge, Ian; Burashko, Andrew; Cano, Carmen; Castets, Maryse; Chapelle, Corinne; Clynes, Mandred; Do...
Conductors: Elmendorff, Karl; Posch, Michael; Bogár, István; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Ward, Nicholas; Wildner, Johannes; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Studt, Richard; Mogrelia, Andrew; Clark, Keith...
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Accentus Austria (Early Music); Almanac Singers; Aradia Ensemble; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels Belgian Radio & TV Philharmoni...

Not just a cursory overview of the instruments, this is a set of portraits in depth, featuring individual instruments in many contexts (orchestral, chamber, folk,...continue...

Classical Heat

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2002-05-01

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Alberto Ginastera: Dances from Estancia, dance suite from the ballet, Op. 8a; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde...
Performers: -Lloyd, David; Alsop, Marin; Bisengaliev, Marat; Bloch, Thomas; Bramall, Anthony; BRT Philharmonic Orchestra; Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra; Dalayman, Katarina; Engeset, Bjarte; Geringas, Da...
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David; Bramall, Anthony; Bátiz, Enrique; Mund, Uwe; Wildner, Johannes; Morandi, Pier G.; Jean, Kenneth; Mogrelia, Andrew; Wit, Antoni; Rahbari, Alexander; Alsop, Marin; Gunzenhauser...
Ensemble: ; Vlach Quartet Prague

Classical Heat collects two discs' worth of fire-related and/or energetic classical music. The first disc, cryptically titled "By the Electric Fire," includes Khachaturian's Sabre Dance, Mars, the Bri...continue...

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie / Nagano, Aimard, Kim, et al

1 CD / Teldec / 2001-03-20

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Kim, Dominique
Conductors: Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Hold on to your seats! Few can match Kent Nagano's exceptional pedigree in Messiaen's music, but there has been little to prepare for this blistering...continue...

Messiaen: Turangalîla Symphony, etc / Wit, Weigel, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-10-01

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie; L' Ascension, 4 meditations for orchestra, I/12a
Performers: Bloch, Thomas; Weigel, François
Conductors: Wit, Antoni
Ensemble: Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Messiaen's musical language is derived from a number of varied sources, including Greek metrical rhythms, Hindu tradition, the serialism of Schoenberg, Debussy and bird-song, with...continue...

Messiaen: Turangalîla-symphonie /Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Performers: Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Messiaen: Saint Françoise d'Assise / Zagrosek, et al

2 CD / Orfeo / 1998-05-27

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Saint François d'Assise, opera in 3 acts, I/52
Performers: Cachemaille, Gilles; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Loriod, Jeanne; Riegel, Kenneth; Tear, Robert; Vittucci, Sebastian; Vocals], Rachel Yakar [Soprano
Conductors: Zagrosek, Lothar
Ensemble: Austrian Radio Chorus

Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie / Chung, Bastille

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1992-05-12

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Performers: Loriod, Jeanne; Loriod, Yvonne [Piano/Composer]
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: Bastille Opera Orchestra