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Time Traveller: The Italian Renaissance - Palestrina, Gabrieli, Monteverdi et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Papae Marcelli; Magnificat, Tone 7 (unspecified of 4 settings); Andrea Gabrieli: Gloria a 16; Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes plaudite manibus; Dulcis Jesu pat...
Performers: Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bonner, Tessa; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Kirkby, Emma; Pott, Charles; Robertson, Nicholas; Thomas, D...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Brown, Timothy; McCreesh, Paul; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Taverner Players

An exuberant period of rebirth, emerging from the Middle Ages, the Renaissance brought an artistic flowering exemplified in the glories of Italy: painting, sculpture, architecture,...continue...

Ave Maria: Bach/Gounod, Schubert, Mozart, Pergolesi, Rossini, Verdi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Franz Liszt: Ave Maria 1; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Claudi...
Performers: Connell, John; Frimmer, Monika; Greindl, Josef; Grummer, Elisabeth; Hochreither, Karl; Lorengar, Pilar; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Seiffert, Peter; Szmytka, Elzbieta; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Parrott, Andrew; Rovatkay, Lajos; Max, Hermann; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Savall, Jordi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Neumann, Peter; Forster, Karl; Kraus, Richard; Kout, Jirí
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Collegium Cartusianum; Das kleine Konzert; Hespèrion XX; Taverner Players

The Renaissance of Italian Music (The National Gallery Collection)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-29

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Beata es a 8; Hodie gloriosa; Magnificat, Tone 7 (unspecified of 4 settings); Andrea Gabrieli: Misaa, for 5 to 16 voices; Giovanni Gabrieli: Omnes gentes pla...
Performers: Bonner, Tessa; Cornwell, Joseph; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Harre-Jones, Robert; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Hurley, David; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Kirkby, ...
Conductors: Willcocks, David; Brown, Timothy; McCreesh, Paul; ; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

The Renaissance Period was a vibrant time when knowledge and fine arts flourished. In this beautiful 2-CD set, EMI Classics presents a collection of works...continue...

A Year At Kings / Stephen Cleobury

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: Arvo Pärt: Magnificat Antiphons; Francisco Guerrero: Canite tuba in Sion, motet; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Christmas Traditional: Away in a Manger; Francis Poul...
Performers: Chambers, Simon; Rex, Edmund; Stevens, Peter [Organ]
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen

The Choir of King's College Cambridge is arguably the world's most famous choral group. This new album is a tour of the ecclesiastical year from...continue...
Recording information: Chapel of King's College, Cambridge, England....continue...

Essential Renaissance

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem in alium; John Sheppard: Verbum caro factum est; Giovanni G...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Becu, Wim; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Jones, Della; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; O'Dette, Paul; Rose, Barry; Smith, Hopkinson; Wilson, Alan
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hillier, Paul; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Munrow, David; Hilliard, Paul; ; Savall, Jordi; Blanchard, Rog...
Ensemble: ; Consort of Musicke; Early Music Consort of London; Ensemble Gilles Binchois; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Ricercare-Ensemble für Alte Musik, Zür...

Icon - Leopold Stokowski - The Maverick Conductor

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Komm, süsser Tod, komm, sel'ge Ruh'!, BWV 478; English Suite no 2 in A minor, BWV 807; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720; C...
Performers: Babikian, Virgina; Baker, Julius; Gardner, Guy; Hager, Clyde; Neikrug, George
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: Houston Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra

One of the most flamboyant conductors of the 20th century, Leopold Stokowski was born at Marylebone in London in 1882, the son of a Polish...continue...

Gemini - Palestrina: Masses and Motets / Ledger, Willcocks, King's College Choir Cambridge

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Missa Ave Maria, for 4 voices; Missa "Hodie Christus natus est"; Hodie Christus natus est; Canite tuba; Ave Maria; Tui sunt coeli; Jubilate Deo; O magnum mysterium; ...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir, Cambridge

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Bär, Olaf; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...