Pergolesi, Giovanni > Countertenor

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

1 CD / Decca Import / 2013-01-29

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve regina, for countertenor & strings in F minor (doubtful)
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Kirkby, Emma; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Rousset, Christophe

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...

Stabat Mater - works by Pergolesi, Palestrina, Vivaldi, Haydn, Dvorak, Boccherini [4 CDs]

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Antonio Vivaldi: Amen; Franz Joseph Haydn: Stabat Mater, H 20 bis; Antonin Dvorák: Stabat Mater, Op. 58/B 71; ...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Håkan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Borg, Kim; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark [Viol]; Parker, Joanna; ...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Leusink, Pieter Jan; Bernius, Frieder; Smetacek, Vaclav; Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: ; Choir of Clare College Cambridge; Holland Boys Choir; Netherland Bach Collegium; Prague Philharmonic Choir; Wurttemberg Chamber Orchestra

This release is dedicated to some of the most famous settings of the Stabat mater, revealing the genre's varying treatment by composers over the centuries....continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Melodies by Faure, Mozart, Franck, Bruckner, Mahler et al. / various British choirs

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Vesperae solennes de confessore; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Camerata Academica Wurzbu; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Dixon, Alistair
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzbu

This sublime compilation will take listeners on a journey through some of the most profound classical music ever written, demonstrating the wealth of inspiration that...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Laudate Pueri / Valer Barba-Sabadus, Terry Wey, counter tenors

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-05-29

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Laudate pueri, psalm for soprano, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Barna-Sabadus, Valer; Wey, Terry
Conductors: Hofstetter, Michael
Ensemble: Neumeyer Consort

"All the contemporary witnesses owed the deep impression made on them by Pergolesi's church music to the singing of castrati. As often and willingly as...continue...
Recording information: Roter Saal, Hochschule für Musik der Universität Mainz (03/2011)....continue...

Meditation: Music of Silence / Massenet, Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Jules Massenet: Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thaïs"); Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Gregorio All...
Performers: Asperen, Bob van; Daniels, David; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gens, Veronique; Kalafusz, Hans; Kirshbaum, Ralph; Lesne, Gerard; Murdoch, Jane; Rees, Jonathan; Scaramuzzino, Giovanni; See, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen; Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Il Seminario Musicale; London Classical Players; Melante Amsterdam; Schutz Consort; Scottish Ensemble; Taverner Players

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...

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...

Favorite Film Music / Music from Amadeus, JFK, Minority Report, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525; Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365 (316a); Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299 (297c); Ave verum corp...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Galway, James [Flute]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Helmis, Fritz; Lupu, Radu; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Parkening, Christopher;...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Daniel, Paul; Muti, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; del Mar, Norman; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martins in the Fields; Berlin Philharmonic; London Symphony Orchestra

In Paradisum / Spiritual Classical Music

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Gio...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzburg

In Paradisum is back by popular demand! The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual...continue...

Best Film 50

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-10-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, K.626; Divertimento for string trio in E flat 'Puchberg' K.563; Serenade no 13 in...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Galway, James [Flute]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Previn, Andre; Karajan, He...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

50 Best Baroque

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Solomon; Messiah; Water Music; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Henry Purcell: Abdelazar, or The Moor'...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bussi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; d'Auvergne, Orchestre; Danby...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Auriacombe, Louis; Christophers, Harry; Sav...
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Circa 1500; Europa Galante; Fretwork; Il Seminario Musicale; Melante Amsterdam; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Salve Regina

1 Super Audio CD / Channel Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Concertino for Strings in G major; Sinfonia for Cello and Basso Continuo in F major; Salve regina, for countertenor & strings in F minor (doubtful)
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Morsches, Jennifer; Solomon, Ashley; Thomas, Elin Manahan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Florilegium Musicum Ensemble (Netherlands)

Pergolesi's composing career began at the age of twenty. However, at only twenty six, he died of tuberculosis. During his short lifetime, Pergolesi was revered...continue...
Recording information: St John The Evangelist, Upper Norwood, London, England (09/23/2009-09/25/2009)....continue...

Passion: A Passion Music By Palestrina

15 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-03-09

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Hakan; Anlauf, Richard; Bishop, Julia; Brown, Timothy [Choral Conductor]; Fischesser, Christof [Bass Vocals]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Labitzke, Petra; Laki, Krisztina; Levine, Joanna;...
Conductors: Messori, Matteo; Cleobury, Stephen; Brown, Timothy; Schafer, Wolfgang; Bernius, Frieder; Matt, Nicol

This stunning 15 CD collection contains some of the greatest sacred music ever written! From the great Lamentations of Byrd, Tallis and Palestrina, the listener...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...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...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina
Performers: Bishop, Julia; Brown, Timothy [Organ]; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Levine, Joanna; Levy, Mark; Parker, Joanna; Whiskin, Peter; Zazzo, Lawrence

Farinelli, Il Castrato - Broschi, Handel, Porpora, etc / Rousset, Malas-Godlewska, Ragin, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Riccardo Broschi: Son qual nave; Se al labbro mio non credi; Idaspe; Nicolo Porpora: Polifemo; Johann Adolf Hasse: Artaserse; Cleofide; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; Amadigi di Gaula, HWV ...
Performers: Bayo, María; Kuijken, Wieland; Lepore, Carlo; Malas-Godlewska, Ewa; Mellon, Agnès; Piau, Sandrine; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rousset, Christophe
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

Countertenors / Bowman, Chance, Scholl, Somerville [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2008-10-28

Works: Thomas Campion: Never weather-beaten saile more willing bent to shore; John Dowland: Second Booke of Songes; Firste Booke of Songes; Thomas Ford: Musicke of Sundrie Kindes, Pt 1; Henry Purcell: Sound...
Performers: Bowman, James; Chance, Michael; Drake, Julius; Miller, David [lute/guitar]; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; Ensemble Sonnerie

With its unique, soaring beauty, the high male voice is today enjoying a huge resurgence in popularity. Heirs to the celebrated castrati of the sixteenth...continue...
Run Time: 123 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0,
Subtitles: English
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Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Scarlatti: Stabat Mater [Hybrid SACD]

1 Super Audio CD / Proprius / 2008-01-22

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater, for soprano, alto, 2 violins & continuo
Performers: Bellini, Mikael; Lindal, Maria; Ryden, Susanne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stockholm Baroque Orchestra

Best Relaxing Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (B...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Auger, Arleen; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Ti...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; ; Menuhin, Yehudi; Willcocks, David; Rees, Jonathan; Olah, Erno; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Foster, Lawrence; Karajan, Herbert von; Haitink, Bern...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Il Seminario Musicale; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Quartet of London; Scottish Ensemble

The first of this month's 'Best 100' series releases is the 'Best Relaxing Classics 100' album. Many people value classical music for the soothing melodies...continue...

The #1 Baroque Album

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Handel - Bourée; Rinaldo; Der Messias; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; MEDLEY; The Water Music; Coronation Anthem; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gig...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Adeney, Richard; Bennett, William; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brown, Iona; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cuckston, Alan...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Munchinger, Karl; Preston, Simon; Brown, Iona; Hogwood, Christopher; Cleobury, Stephen; Malcolm, George; Bicket, Harry; ; Solti, Sir Georg; Rousset, Christophe; Leppard, Raymon...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Les talens l...

'The #1 Baroque Album' features the best-loved and most popular works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Pachelbel and many others. This disc features performances of Renee...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Durante / Schneebeli, Bovi, et al

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2007-09-01

Works: Anonymous, Italian: Stabat Mater, intonation; Tarantella (Naples); Stabat Mater à trois voix (MS Monopoli in alteration with MS Santoro); Stabat Mater (MS Menus Plaisirs du Roi); Francesco Duran...
Performers: Arrieta, Bernard; Bovi, Patrizia; Guillon, Damien; Levreur, Bruno; Maigrot, Florent; Meier, Arno; Planinsek, Marie; Vittorio, Pino de
Conductors: Schneebeli, Olivier
Ensemble: Le Poème Harmonique

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-11-14

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve regina, for countertenor & strings in F minor (doubtful); Salve Regina in A minor
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Daniels, David; Roschmann, Dorothea
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio
Ensemble: Europa Galante

Virgin Classics is delighted to offer a new recording of Pergolesi's much loved 'Stabat Mater,' and the cast, featuring David Daniels, the emerging Dorothea Roschmann,...continue...

The Best of Andreas Scholl

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-10-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Rodelinda; Rinaldo; Giulio Cesare; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Antonio Vivaldi: Salve Regina, antiphon for voice, double chorus, 2 recorders, flute, double stri...
Performers: Armstrong, Siobhán; Bonney, Barbara; Brough, Harvey; Dantone, Ottavio; Karamazov, Edin; Kenny, Elizabeth [Theorbo]; Na, Hyun-Sun; Scholl, Andreas; Shames, Stacey
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Dyer, Paul; Dantone, Ottavio; Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; Les Talens Lyriques

The essential collection featuring one-of-a-kind countertenor Andreas Scholl, who burst on the music scene in 1999 to critical acclaim. "Scholl's voice rushes through the bloodstream."...continue...

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, et al / Waschinski, Chance, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina
Performers: Chance, Michael; Waschinski, Jorg
Conductors: Müller-Brühl, Helmut
Ensemble: Cologne Chamber Orchestra

The 18th century French writer, Charles de Brosses described Pergolesi's 'Stabat Mater,' completed as the composer lay dying, as 'the master work of Latin music.'...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, etc / Pierlot, Rial, Mena, et al

1 CD / Mirare / 2006-01-10

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina in A minor; Francesco Durante: Concerto no 1 á 4 in F minor
Performers: Mena, Carlos [Countertenor Vocal]; Rial, Nuria
Conductors: Pierlot, Philippe [Gamba]
Ensemble: Ricercar Consort

We know very little about the life of Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, which contrasts strangely with the staggering fame of his music, as he died of...continue...

Wedding Music [Naïve]

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-08-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Messiah, oratorio (reorchestration of Handel's HWV 56), K. 572; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV...
Performers: A Sei Voci; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Cao, Pierre; Chapuis, Michel; Chour de Chambre de Namur; Coin, Christophe; Comoretto, Jean-Louis; Dewagtere, Bernard; Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Fabre-Garrus, Bernar...
Conductors: ; Badura-Skoda, Paul; Teutsch, Karol; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Krivine, Emmanuel
Ensemble: ; A Sei Voci; Ensemble Baroque de Limoges; Gospel Caravan; La Chambre du Roy; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy ; La Maîtrise Boréale ; Les Petits Chanteurs à la Croix de Bo...

Many of the greatest masterpieces of classical music have become known as traditional wedding music: the wedding marches of Mendelssohn and Wagner, Handel's 'Hallelujah Chorus'...continue...
Personnel: Isabelle Poulenard, Ruth Holton (soprano); Anne Gastinel (cello); David Walter (oboe); Michel Chapuis, Bertalan Hock (organ)....continue...

Vivaldi, Telemann, Bach, Pergolesi / Bowman, King, et al

1 CD / Meridian / 2003-03-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Salve Regina in F major, RV 617; Georg Philipp Telemann: Harmonischer Gottes-Dienst; Giovanni Pergolesi: Salve Regina in C minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 54, "Widerstehe do...
Performers: Bowman, James; Coe, Jane; King, Robert [Conductor, Keyboard]; Mackintosh, Catherine
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort

The King's Consort is one of Europe's leading period instrument orchestras. Founded in 1980, the Consort has toured in five continents and appeared in almost...continue...

Baroque Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2002-02-12

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins ...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Ayo, Felix; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Black, Neil; Bonney, Barbara; Brown, Iona; Castagnone, Riccardo; Connah, Trevor; Dart, Thurston; Fernandez...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; ; Malcolm, George; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dyer, Paul; Brown, Iona; Agoult, Raymond; Schiff, Andras; Norrington, Roger; Hogwood, Christopher; Leppard, Raymond; Lewis, Anthony
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; I Mu...

Over 2-and-a-half hours of the most peaceful & relaxing pieces of baroque music including Pachelbel's Canon, Vivaldi's Four Seasons (excerpts), Albinoni's Adagio, Handel's Largo, Bach's...continue...
The 17th-century musician and writer Thomas Mace described in 1676 how listeners were "drawn into raptures and contemplations by...musick's divine language, to quietness, joy, and peace; absolute tran...continue...

The Radiant Voice of Barbara Bonney

1 CD / Decca / 2001-07-24

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht," (Coffee Cantata), BWV 211 (BC G48); Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mat...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonney, Barbara; Graham, Susan; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Knudsen, Sato; Martineau, Malcolm; Music, Academy of Ancient; Pappano, Antonio [Conductor]; Phillips, Daniel [Organ]; Pre...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Leonhardt, Gustav; Rousset, Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Östman, Arnold; Ferro, Gabriele; Järvi, Neeme; Eschenbach, Christoph; Chailly, Riccardo; Previn, Andre; Page, ...

Personnel: Anthony Way (treble); Jacob Heringman (lute); André Previn , Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano).

Recording information: Grotezaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (11/1986-02...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, etc /Rousset, Scholl, Bonney, et al

1 CD / Decca Import / 1999-09-14

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve regina, for countertenor & strings in F minor (doubtful); Salve Regina in A minor
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Scholl, Andreas
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

"It would be hard to imagine a better assemblage of performers than those gathered for this recording, and the result is perfection. Scholl's voice is...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, Salve Regina / Hogwood, AAM

1 CD / Decca Import / 1989-10-06

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Kirkby, Emma
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

Christopher Hogwood and the Academy of Ancient Music here offer a spirited, colorful, and certainly one of the most unique performances of Pergolesi's most beloved...continue...

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater, etc /Fisher, Chance, King's Consort

1 CD / Hyperion / 1988-10-01

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Salve Regina in A minor; In coelestibus regnis, antiphon for alto, strings & organ
Performers: Chance, Michael; Fisher, Gillian
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort