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Mozart: Sinfonia concertante; Concertone / Amoyal, Cameraata de Lausanne

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Concertone for 2 Violins in C major, K 190 (186E)
Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Cholokyan, Audrey [Oboe]; Mancini, Fulvia [Cello]; Oike, Ami [Violin]; Shimizu, Yuko [Viola]
Conductors: Amoyal, Pierre
Ensemble: Camerata de Lausanne

"As the title reminds us, the Sinfonia concertante for violin, viola and orchestra, K364 is not a concerto for two solo instruments, but a symphony...continue...

Daniel Hope: The Warner Recordings - Bach, Mozart, Berg, Britten, Foulds, Shostakovich, Shankar, Falla et al. / Daniel Hope, violin

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV ...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian; Blankestijn, Marieke; Chakraborty, Asok; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Knauer, Sebastian; Martin, Jaime; Mazumdar, Gaurav; Sebastian, Gilda
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Watkins, Paul; Oramo, Sakari; Shostakovich, Maxim

Called "adventurous and brilliant" by the New York Times, Hope was named "the most exciting British string player since Jacqueline du Pré," by the London...continue...

Power & The Glory

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C major, K 317 ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bayley, Clive; Bazola, Francois; Chilcott, Susan; Cornwell, Joseph; Crawley, Ben; Depraz, Xavier; Durufle-Chevalier, Marie-Madeleine; Felix, Thierry; Gruberova, Edita; Hol...
Conductors: Christie, William; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Gardiner, John Eliot; Masur, Kurt; Leppard, Raymond; Barenboim, Daniel; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Jennings, Joseph; Rizzi, Carlo; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Werner, F...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Les Arts Florissants

Two a half hours of music to stir the soul....continue...

Mozart Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Symphony no 29 in A major, K201; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K467 "Elvira Madigan"; Sonata for Piano in A minor, K310; Quartet for Strings no 20 ...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Engel, Karl; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gruberova, Edita; Holl, Robert; Kam, Sharon; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Margiono, Charlotte; Protschka, Josef; Rodgers, Joan; Vocals], Rachel Ya...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Hager, Leopold; Leppard, Raymond; Faerber, Jörg; Riedel, Kurt

Mozart Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Il re Pastore; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Lucio Silla; Der Schauspie...
Performers: Baur, Markus; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Coburn, Pamela; Fischer, Andreas; Fischer, Thierry; Gassmann, Frank; Gienger, Stefan; Gruberova, Edita; Hampson, Thomas; Holl, Robert; Hollweg, W...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

The Art of Susan Graham

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Iphigénie en Tauride; Orphée et Eurydice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze de Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio S...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants

Nikolaus Harnoncourt: The Symphony Collection

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 5 in C minor,...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Gramophone has teamed up with WCJ to offer a special collection of many of the key symphonies of the repertoire in performances directed by this...continue...

Joyful Noise: Sacred Music for Cathedral Bells

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-08-01

Works: Roy Hamlin Johnson: Salzburg, for carillon (from A Carillon Book for the Liturgical Year, Part 3); Te Deum Laudamus, for carillon; Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D major, arranged for keyboard; Johann Se...
Performers: Nassor, Edward M.

Recording information: Washington National Cathedral, Washington DC (07/08/2005-07/10/2005)....continue...

The Daniel Hope Collection

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for piano, violin & orchestra in D major (reconst. by W...

Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Operas II

8 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La finta giardiniera, K 196; Lucio Silla, K 135; Il rè pastore, K 208; Thamos, König in Ägypten, incidental music, K. 345 (K. 336a); Der Schauspieldirektor, ...

Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Operas III

9 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384

Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Piano Sonatas, Violin Sonatas

12 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major, K. 279 (K. 189d); Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Sonata for Piano no 3 in B flat major, K. 281 (K.189f); Sonata for Pia...

Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Chamber Works [16 CD]

16 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in G major, K 496; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in B flat major, K 502; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, K 478; Trio for Pian...

Mozart: Divertimenti for Wind Instruments

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gran Partita; Serenade no 11 for winds in E flat major, K. 375; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Divertimento for wind ensemble in E flat major (doubtful),...

Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Operas I

9 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492

The Pierre-Laurent Aimard Collection

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-05-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450; Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionat...

Amadeus [CD included with DVD]

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Concerto for 2 Pianos in E flat major, K 365 (316a); Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of ...
Performers: Chilingirian, Levon; Cooper, Imogen; Kennedy, Louisa
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Gripping human drama. Sumptuous period epic. Glorious celebration of the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart....continue...

40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Fair...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonney, Barbara; Cole, Natalie; George, Michael; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hampson, Thomas; Larmore, Jennifer; Linden, Joost van der; Lutz, David; Martineau,...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Redel, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Legrand, Michel; Pohjola, Erkki; Jennings, Joseph; Lazarev, Alexander; Serebrier, José; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Davis,...
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Les Arts Florissants; Munich Pro Arte Orchestra; New York Philharmonic...

40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics - Mozart, Vivaldi, Debussy, etc

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bayo, María; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graham, Susan; Höll, Hartmut; Heisser, Jean-Fran&cc...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Davis, Andrew; Krivine, Emmanuel; Bühl, Gregor; Parry, David; Nagano, Kent; López-Cobos, Jesús; Gardiner, John Eliot; Serebrier, José; Lombard...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Lyon National Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

40 Most Beautiful Love Themes - Vivaldi, Mozart, Debussy, etc / Mehta, Ristenpart, Haitink, Scimone, Masur, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Overture; Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Concerto ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bax, Alessio [Piano]; Chambon, Jacques; Field, Joan; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Grutzmann, Susanne; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Hanslip, Chloe [Violin]; Isbin, Sharon; Katsaris, Cypr...
Conductors: Guschlbauer, Theodor; Masur, Kurt; Janowski, Marek; Shostakovich, Maxim; Foster, Lawrence; Wolff, Hugh; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Rizzi, Carlo; Davis, Andrew; Lombard, Alain; ; Albert, Rudolf; Lazarev, A...
Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Basel Symphony Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Borodin Quartet; Cleveland...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics - Vivaldi, Glazunov, Copland, etc / Masur, Koopman, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fanta...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Blankestijn, Marieke; Bonney, Barbara; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Isokoski, Soile; Koopman, Ton; Mederos, Rodolfo; Parsons, Geoffrey; Postnikova, Viktoria; Pregardie...
Conductors: Serebrier, José; Davis, Andrew; Scimone, Claudio; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Koopman, Ton; Marriner, Sir Neville; Kangas, Juha; Inbal, Eliahu; Mehta, Zubin; Wolff, Hugh; Bibl, Rudolph; Rasilaine...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Amsterdam Baroque Soloists; Ensemble Instrumental; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; London Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Norwegian ...

Portrait

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-02-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K. 218; Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D min...
Performers: Hope, Daniel [Violin]
Conductors: ; Norrington, Roger; Oramo, Sakari; Watkins, Paul; Shostakovich, Maxim
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Beaux Arts Trio; Camerata Salzburg; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Daniel Hope (violin); Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar).

Recording information: 08/26/2003-11/02/2005....continue...

Birthday Edition - Daniel Barenboim the Pianist - Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Piazzolla, Ginastera, Brahms

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-12-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 26 in D major, K 537 "Coronation"; Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595; F...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Mederos, Rodolfo
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Birthday Edition - Daniel Barenboim the Conductor - Scriabin, Wagner, Mahler, Schumann, Beethoven, etc

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-12-04

Works: Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase; Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 43 "Le divin poème"; Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Robert Schumann: S...
Performers: Azmeh, Kinan; Biron, Mor; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Polyak, Sharon; Saleh, Mohamed
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, etc / Meyer, Harnoncourt, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622
Performers: Meyer, Wolfgang [Clarinet]; Westermann, Hans-Peter; Wolf, Robert; Yoshino, Naoko
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

The Best of Maxim Vengerov

11 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-04-24

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 5 in F major, Op. 24 "Spring"; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for String Qu...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chachamov, Revital; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Klein, Alex; Markovich, Aleksandr; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Masur, Kurt; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Bedtime Beats - The Secret to Sleep

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on G...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Clement, Alain; Crossland, Jill; Engel, Karl; Isbin, Sharon; Kniazev, Alexander; Laskine, Lily; Leister, Karl; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Pires, Maria-Jo...
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Andrew; Sado, Yutaka; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Nagano, Kent; ; Zehetmair, Thomas; Jordan, Armin; Scimone, Claudio; Corboz, Michel; Orbelian, Constantine; Hager...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Solisten; Berne Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Ensemble Instrumental; Helsinki Strings; I Solisti Veneti; Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra; Lausanne Chamber Orche...

Personnel: Alain Clement (bass voice); Sharon Isbin (guitar); Karl Ludwig Leiter (clarinet); Karl Engel, Jill Crossland, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Lily Laskine, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai Lugansky , Ma...continue...

Live in Ramallah - Beethoven, et al / Barenboim, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-02-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sinfonia concertante for Violin and Viola in E flat major, K 364 (320d); Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Spoken Word: Speech by Daniel Barenboim; Edwa...
Performers: Azmeh, Kinan; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Biron, Mor; Polyak, Sharon; Saleh, Mohamed
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Mozart: Symphonies (250th Anniversary Edition)

8 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 17 in G major, K 129; Symphony no 18 in F major, K 130; Symphony no 19 in E flat major, K 132; Symphony no 22 in C major, K. 162; Symphony no 21 in A major, K 134...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Leppard, Raymond; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"The sound of this great orchestra playing Mozart with chaste, period decorum, and stunning technical clarity under this most painstaking and enlightened of authenticists is...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos no 6, 15 & 27 / Aimard, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 6 in B flat major, K 238; Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450; Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent

Beethoven, Mozart, et al: Arias / Hampson, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-07-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Un bacio di mano, K 541; Ich möchte wohl der Kaiser sein, aria for bass & orchestra, K. 539; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figar...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus

Thomas Hampson possesses one of today's most beautiful voices, the result of a combination of vocal and performing powers. When he appears onstage, what matters...continue...

Mozart: Concertos, Sonata / Hope, Knauer, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-03-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 16 in D major, K 451; Sonata for violin & piano no 27 in G major, K. 379 (K. 373a); Concerto for piano, violin & orchestra in D major (reconst. by Wilby...
Performers: Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Knauer, Sebastian
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Camerata Salzburg

"Hope and Knauer have the requisite artistic repport to deal with their interweaving parts and to draw out the jst in Mozart's own cadenza to...continue...

Brahms, Mozart: Violin Concertos / Rachlin, Jansons

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-02-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77
Performers: Rachlin, Julian
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

In his debut recording for Warner Classics, Julian Rachlin performs the Brahms Violin Concerto, one of the towering masterpieces of the violin repertoire, imaginatively coupled...continue...

Mozart: Arias / Andrea Rost

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-01-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni
Performers: Rost, Andrea [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Pal, Tamas

Vadim Repin plays Debussy, Prokofiev, Ravel, Schuber, Sibelius, Tchaikosvksy

4 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-10-25

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Concert...

Artist Portrait - Susan Graham

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; Ned Rorem: Stopping by Wood...
Performers: Graham, Susan
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Christie, William; Martineau, Malcolm; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick; Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants; Lyon Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

"The American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham has for the better part of a decade impressed audiences with her creamy singing and chiseled characterizations." - The New...continue...

Artist Portrait - Martha Argerich

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Johannes Brahms: Waltz for piano, 4 hands in B major, Op. 39/1; Waltz for piano, 4 hands in E major, Op. 39/2; Waltz for piano, 4 hands in G sh...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Rabinovitch, Alexandre
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Orchestre de Paris

"Argerich fives an enthralling performance of masculine power and almost Lisztian majesty, yet she can be tender and sensual too." - Sunday Times "If anything,...continue...

Artist Portrait - András Schiff

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18; Nachtstück no 3 (Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit), for piaon in B flat major, Op. 23/3; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 1...
Performers: Höbarth, Erich; Kulhan, Jaroslav; Panocha, Jiri; Perényi, Miklós [Cello]; Schiff, Andras; Schmid, Elmar; Sehmoutka, Miroslav; Shiokawa, Yuuko; Várjon, Dénes
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Holliger, Heinz; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

"Schiff's playing can be either delicate as porcelain or bold as brass; he can tease, storm, sing or hold his listeners captive with a rapt...continue...

Artist Portrait - Maria-Joao Pires

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-03-16

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1055; Franz Schubert: Impromptus (4) for Piano, D ...
Performers: Pires, Maria-Joao; Sermet, Huseyin
Conductors: Corboz, Michel; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Jordan, Armin
Ensemble: Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

Simply the Best - Classical Passion - Music for Lovers

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-05-20

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Sergey Rachmanino...
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Borodina, Olga; Brodsky Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; Cura, Jose; Katsaris, Cyprien; Klocker, Dieter; Legrand, Michel; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Little, Tasmin; London Symphony Or...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek; Wolff, Hugh; Shostakovich, Maxim; Domingo, Placido; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Davis, Colin; Davis, Andrew; Foster, Lawrence; Lenárd, Ondrej; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Zehetm...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen; London Symphony Orchestra; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orches...

Personnel: José Cura (tenor); Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Dieter Klöcker (clarinet); Güher Pekinel , Süher Pekinel , Michel Legrand, Cyprien Katsaris, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai ...continue...

Artist Portrait: Sharon Kam

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-03-31

Works: Robert Schumann: Romanze, Op. 94 no 1; Phantasiestück (Zart und mit Ausdruck) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op 73/1; Franz Krommer: Concerto for Clarinet in E flat major, Op. 36; Wo...
Performers: Kam, Sharon

Echoes from the Past

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-01-13

Works: Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Concerto for Bassoon in F major, WoO 23, S. 63; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Bassoon in B flat major, K 191 (186e); Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Bassoon in F maj...

Artists Portrait: Vadim Repin

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2002-11-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D 574/Op. 162; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ...

Baby Play - Classical Favorites for Toddler's Playtime

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2002-06-25

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Johann Strauss II: Annen-Polka, Op. 117; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Georges Biz...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Barenboim, Daniel; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Guschlbauer, Theodor [Conductor]; Koopman, ...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Barenboim, Daniel; Masur, Kurt; Wolff, Hugh; Scimone, Claudio; Nagano, Kent; Marriner, Sir Neville; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Sado, Yutaka
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; I Solisti Veneti; Lamo...

Mozart: Piano Concertos nos 19 & 27 / Richard Goode, Orpheus

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-07-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 27 in B flat major, K 595; Concerto for Piano no 19 in F major, K 459
Performers: Goode, Richard

"...Goode's approach to the concertos strikes a nice balance between playfulness and seriousness, light and shadow...Goode uses Mozart's cadenzas in both works. Orpheus plays beautifully,...continue...

Mozart: Piano Concertos no 23 & 24 / Goode, Orpheus CO

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1999-10-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 24 in C minor, K 491
Performers: Goode, Richard

G'night Wolfgang - Classical Piano Solos for Bedtime

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1993-09-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 12 in F major, K 332 (300k); Sonata for Piano no 16 in C major, K 545; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"...
Performers: Louchard, Ric