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Mozart: Requiem; Ave verum corpus; Masonic Funeral Music / Argenta, Robbin, Ainsley, Miles

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Schutz Choir of London

The Mozart Requiem is one of the best-known sacred works in the classical repertoire. It was the composer's last work, and he left it unfinished...continue...
Recording information: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London (09/1991)....continue...

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...continue...

The Very Best of Jascha Heifetz

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i); Henri Vieuxtemps: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A minor, Op. 37 "Grétry"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Havanaise for Violin and...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Heifetz, Jascha; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arok
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John

Jascha Heifetz has been described as the 'greatest twentieth-century exponent of his instrument by Gramophone. Critics admired his technical agility and the myriad nuances of...continue...

The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...

A Year With Jesus / Gloria, Miserere, Stabat Mater, Magnificat, Requiem by Bach, Pergolesi, Mozart et al. / Véronique Gens, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Andrew Parrott, Riccardo Muti et al.

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Liebster Immanuel, Herzog der Frommen, cantata, BWV 123; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Magnificat, BWV 243; Herz und Mund und ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gens, Veronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Lesne, Gerard; Neilz, Jacques; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Veyron-Lacroix, Robert
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Herreweghe, Philippe; Christophers, Harry; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Lara, Francisco; ; Hillier, Paul; Plasson, Michel; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Willcocks, David;...
Ensemble: ; Brunel Ensemble; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; La Petite Bande; Taverner Players; The Hilliard Ensemble; The Sixteen (Choir)

From Easter Sunday to All Saints' Day, A Year with Jesus is the ultimate collection of sacred music to help celebrate the Christian holidays. This...continue...

Mozart Dissonances: String Quartets KV 421 & 465; Divertimento KV 138 / by Quatuor Ebene

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quartet for Strings no 15 in D minor, K 421 (417b); Divertimento for String Quartet in F major, K 138 (125c); Quartet for Strings no 19 in C major, K 465 "Dissonance"
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatuor Ebene

After their multi-award-winning Virgin Classics debut with a CD of Debussy, Ravel and Fauré, a program of Brahms, and the pop-jazz collection 'Fiction', the members...continue...
Recording information: Ferme de Villefavard en Limousin, France (02/05/2011-02/10/2001)....continue...

Mozart Best Loved Adagios / Menuhin, Pletnev, Dessay, Corbos, et al.

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467; Concerto for Piano no 23, K. 488; Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Concerto for flute & harp, K. 299; Sinfonia Concertante, for violin & viola,...
Performers: Capucon, Renaud; Coles, Samuel; Dessay, Natalie; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Meyer, Paul; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Tamesit, Antoine; Yoshino, Naoko
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Nelson, John; Menuhin, Yehudi; Langrée, Louis; Pletnev, Mikhail; Hill, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: ; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Zen Violin / 3 CDs of serene melodies by Debussy, Joachim, Korngold, Kreisler et al.

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The 4 Seasons Spring; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 1; Partita no 1; Concerto for Violin no 2; Sonata no 3; Concerto for 2 violins; Partita no 3; Jean-Marie Leclair: ...
Performers: Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capuçon, Renaud; Crayford, Marcia; Ducros, Jérôme; Gililov, Pavel; Kampen, Christopher van; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Laredo, Jaime; Pommier, ...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Rees, Jonathan; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Tetzlaff, Christian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Longree, Louis; Harding, Daniel; Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields; Danish National Symphony Orchestra; Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen; London Chamber Orchestra; Mahler Chamber Orchestra; Orchestre D'Auvergne; Scottish Cham...

Virgin Classics is proud to release a new installment to the successful Zen compilation titles: Zen Violin. Four strings, one bow and 3 CDs of...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos 22 & 25 / David Fray [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics / 2011-06-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat major, K 482; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503
Performers: Fray, David
Conductors: Van Zweden, Jaap; Zweden, Jaap van
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Virgin Classics invites you to go behind the scenes with David Fray, Instrumentalist of the Year in France's Victoires de la Musique 2010. This exciting...continue...
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Picture Format: NTSC
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Mozart: Symphonies 32, 35, 36, 39, 41 / Saraste

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 32 in G major, K 318; Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 36 in C major, K 425 "Linz"; Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Symphony no 41 i...
Conductors: Saraste, Jukka-Pekka

Diva Divo / Joyce DiDonato

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: Jules Massenet: Chérubin; Cendrillon; Ariane; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; La Clemenza di Tito; Christoph Willibald Gluck: La Clemenza di Tito; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di ...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce; Montvidas, Edgaras; Obrecht, Pascale; Semenova, Elena; Stupenengo, Paolo; Suliman, Nabil
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi

Joyce DiDonato’s capacity for characterization is as astounding as the range and flexibility of her voice. This new collection showcases DiDonato’s multi-faceted art, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/18/2010-09/28/2010)....continue...

The World of the Castrati: The Voice of Angels

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione; Giulio Cesare; Ariodante; Alcina; Serse; Admeto, re di Tessaglia; Fernando, re di Castiglia; Faramondo; Antonio Caldara: La Pass...
Performers: Baldi, Antonio; Bedini, Domenico; Blythe, Stephanie; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Cafarelli; Carestini, Giovanni; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cicognani, Giuseppe; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Des...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Hickox, Richard; Rousset, Christophe; Christie, William; Bolton, Ivor; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; Bicket, Har...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of...continue...

Mozart: Opera & Concert Arias / Véronique Gens

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-10-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; O temerario Arbace!...Per quel patern...
Performers: Gens, Veronique; Tan, Melvyn [Piano]
Conductors: Bolton, Ivor

Recording information: Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London (02/24/1998); Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London (02/27/2009-03/02/2009)....continue...

Zen Voices

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Caballe, Montserrat; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Hallenberg, Ann; Hendricks, Barbara...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Equilbey, Laurence; Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, A...
Ensemble: ; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Kammer Ensemble de Paris; Nash Ensemble

Zen Piano

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467; Concerto for Piano no 23, K. 488; Sonata for Piano no 8, K. 310; Concerto for Piano no 20, K. 466; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "H...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Anderszewski, Piotr; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Angelich, Nicholas; Beroff, Michel; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Fray, David; Hough, Step...
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Vonk, Hans; Fray, David; Pletnev, Mikhail; ; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Pesek, Libor; Litton, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Maksymiuk, Jerzy
Ensemble: ; Grieg Trio; Nash Ensemble

Mozart: Concert Arias / Natalie Dessay

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ah, se in ciel, benigne stelle, K 538; Vorrei spiegarvi, oh Dio!, concert aria, K. 418; No, che non sei capace, K 419; Se tutti i mali miei, K 83 (73p); Popoli di Tessaglia.....
Performers: Colombo, Carlo; Dessay, Natalie; Estournet, Jean; Tardy, Frederic
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor
Ensemble: Lyon Opera Orchestra

Mozart: Piano Sonata K 310, 311 & 331 / Jean-Bernard Pommier

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 8 in A minor, K 310 (300d); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K. 333 (K. 315c); Fantasy for Piano i...
Performers: Pommier, Jean-Bernard

Veritas - Mozart: Violin Sonatas / Jaap Schröder, Lambert Orkis

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-05-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for Oboe, 2 Horns and Strings no 11 in D major, K 251; Sonata for Violin and Piano in E flat major, K 302 (293b); Sonata for Violin and Piano in C major, K 303 (...
Performers: Jaap Schroder [Violin/Conductor]; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboards]

Mozart: Violin Concerto no 1 & 3, Sinfonia Concertante / Renaud Capuçon, Louis Langrée, Scottish Chamber Orchestra

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K 207; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540
Performers: Capuçon, Renaud; Tamesit, Antoine
Conductors: Langrée, Louis

Following his first solo concertos disc of Mendelssohn and Schumann, French violinist Renaud Capucon chose a disc of Mozart’s first and third concertos, as well...continue...

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

The Legend of Sacred Music - From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Der Messias; Coronation Anthem; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; ...
Performers: Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dale, Laurence; Dami, Magali; Dubosc, Catherine; Gens, Veronique; Hantai, Jerome; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik
Conductors: Corboz, Michel; Hill, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Parrott, Andrew; Willcocks, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Herreweghe, Philippe; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Pitz, Wilhelm; Conlon, James...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Seminario Musicale; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight into the great...continue...

Zen Classics - Mozart, Debussy, etc / L. Maazel, P. Järvi, N. Dessay, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Wolfga...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Isbin, Sharon; Isserlis, Steven; Janowitz, Gundula; Litton, Andrew; Mey...
Conductors: ; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Schoenwandt, Michael; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Maazel, Lorin; Janowski, Marek; Tchakarov, Emil; Paavo, Järvi; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rees, Jonathan; Parrott, Andrew; Nelson, Jo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fr...

Virgin Classics presents 3 CDs of music designed to help you find inner peace and calm. From the soothing sounds of Satie's Gymnopedie to the...continue...

Donna - Mozart: Opera & Concert Arias / Diana Damrau, Jérémie Rhorer, Le Cercle de l'Harmonie

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mitridate, rè di Ponto, opera, K. 87 (K. 74a); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La finta sem...
Performers: Boud, Nicola; Chauvin, Julien [Violin]; Damrau, Diana; Gliozzi, Emilia; Kossenko, Alexis; Michel, Amelie; Pecqueur, Antoine; Philippe, Jean-Marc; Regel, Susanne; Whelan, Peter; Zafra, Javier
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie
Ensemble: Le Cercle de l'Harmonie

For her second recording as an exclusive Virgin Classics artist, soprano sensation Diana Damrau has chosen to sing a remarkably varied selection of concert and...continue...

Arie di bravura - Mozart, Salieri, Righini / Damrau, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Antonio Salieri: Cublai, gran kan de Tatari, opera; L' Europa riconosciuta, opera; Der Rauchfangkehrer, or Die unentbehrlichen Verräther ihrer Herrschaften aus Eigennutz, lustspiel; Semiramide, ...
Performers: Beaugiraud, Patrick; Damrau, Diana; Kossenko, Alexis; Pierrefeu, Thomas de; Sunnarborg, Jani; Whelan, Peter
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie
Ensemble: Le Cercle de l'Harmonie

For her first release on her new contract with Virgin Classics, Diana Damrau has decided to bring together a combination of popular opera arias by...continue...

Mozart: Coronation Mass / Newmann

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-08-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no 16 in C major, K 329 (317a); Mass no 16 for solois...
Performers: Kwella, Patrizia; Pregardien, Christoph; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors: Neumann, Peter
Ensemble: Collegium Cartusianum

The Miracle of the Voice - Natalie Dessay

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaîté Parisienne; Robinson Crusoé; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Jules Mass...
Performers: Bonaccorso, Rosario; Cassar, Yvan; Cavallier, Nicolas; Ceccarelli, Andre; Dessay, Natalie; Naouri, Laurent; Nougaro, Claude; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Fournillier, Patrick; Minkowski, Marc; Langrée, Louis; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Conlon, James; Rombi, Philippe; Davis...

From Baroque music to Stravinsky, this 2-CD compilation offers a comprehensive sample of Natalie Dessay's musicianship....continue...

Mozart: Mass in C / Langrée, Dessay, Gens, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-10-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a)
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Lehtipuu, Topi; Pisaroni, Luca
Conductors: Langrée, Louis
Ensemble: Le Concert d'Astrée

"Just as with the Requiem, the incomplete Mass in C minor is hardly pure Mozart. The missing sections aside, every movement he left us from...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos 17 & 20 / Anderszewski, Scottish CO

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-02-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in D minor, K 466; Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr

Piotr Anderszewski has recorded a second volume of Mozarts popular piano concertos for Virgin Classics, this time Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 20. Anderszewskis first...continue...

Mozart: Opera & Concert Arias / Elina Garanca, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Chi sa qual sia, K 582; La Clemenza de Tito; Basta, vincesti...Ah, non lasciarmi, K 486a (295a); La finta giardiniera, K 196; Alma grande e nobil core, KV 578; Misero me...Mi...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Langrée, Louis

Ms. Garanca has quickly established herself as one of opera's brightest new stars. As a member of the Vienna Staatsoper, she has come to the...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos no 21 & 24 / Anderszewski, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2002-04-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr
Conductors: Anderszewski, Piotr
Ensemble: Sinfonia Varsovia

"Magic is not an overstatement here. Wherever one happens to direct attention, a high level of musicianship shows, be it the principal oboist, the string...continue...

Mozart: Heroines / Natalie Dessay, Louis Langrée, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2001-01-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Lucio Silla, K 135; Zaide, K 344 (334b); Ascanio in Alba, opera, K. 111; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction fro...
Performers: Dessay, Natalie

"...[It] is hard to think of any present-day soprano who could embrace the contrasting demands of these Mozart heroines as completely as Natalie Dessay. The...continue...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

Mozart: Violin Concertos no 1-5, etc / Monica Huggett, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-06-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K. 207; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K. 211; Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219; Concerto for Violin no ...
Performers: Huggett, Monica
Conductors: Huggett, Monica
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-03-30

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); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Caballe, Montserrat; Collard, Jeanine; du Pre, Jacqueline; Ellis, Osian; Ferrier, Kathleen; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Helmis, Fritz; Ho...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Frémaux, Louis; Thompson, Bryden; Lombard, Alain; Kurtz, Efrem; Kaspszyk, Jacek; Karajan, Herbert von; Lysy, Alberto; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Personnel: Jocelyn Pook (vocals, violin, viola, keyboards); Kathleen Ferrier, Melanie Pappenheim (vocals); Montserrat Caballé, Zofia Kilanowicz, Mady Mesplé (soprano); Jeannine Collard, Dani...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos no 17, 19, 21 and 25, etc / Ambache

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1998-05-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Piano no 25 in C major, K 503; Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Concerto for Piano no 17 in G major, K 453; Concer...
Performers: Ambache, Diana