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50 Best Chillout Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Keyboard Concerto no 5 in F minor, BWV 1056; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Donohoe, Peter; Farr, Stephen; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Gavrilov, And...
Conductors: Handford, Maurice; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Warren-Green, Christopher; Olah, Erno; Norrington, Roger; Trevor, Kirk; Sawallisch, ...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Fretwork; Rostal & Schaefer Piano Duo

This 3 CD set contains 50 tracks of classical chill out music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Performed by some of...continue...

Essential Tangos - Over 2 hours of Lively and passionate dances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Gerardo Hernán Matos Rodriguez: La Cumparsita; Angel Villoldo: El choclo, for tango ensemble; Maximo Barbieri: De vuelta y media, tango; Edgardo Donato: A media luz; Vicente Greco: Ojos Negros; ...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Janssens, Denis Sung-Ho; Pahud, Emmanuel; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Basso, Jose; ; Varela, Hector; Calo, Miguel; Garello, Raul; Sassone, Florindo; Troilo, Anibal; Piazzolla, Astor; Federico, Leopoldo; Pugliese, Osvaldo; Carli, José
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Ahn Trio; Eroica Trio; Sexteto Mayor; Soledad

Alison Balsom / Bach, Debussy, Piazzolla, etc.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Escualo; Libertango; Benedetto Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in C minor; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song; James MacMillan: Seraph for Trumpet and String Orchestra; Sergey R...
Performers: Balsom, Alison

British trumpet sensation Alison Balsom is poised to take the U.S. by storm, and this new self-titled album heralds her first mass-market foray and marks...continue...

tenThing: Albeniz, Bizet, Grieg, Koetsier, Mozart, Piazzolla, Weill

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-03

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen Suite for orchestra no 1; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española, Op. 47; Astor Piazzolla: Invierno porteño; Las estaciones porteñas (4); Kurt Weill: Threepenny...
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Ensemble: tenThing (Brass Ensemble)

When you hear the words "brass ensemble", you might normally either imagine a 5 piece group playing quintets by Arnold and Hindemith - or alternatively...continue...
Recording information: Den Norske Opera & Ballet, Oslo (2010-07-29_2010-07-30&2010-)....continue...

Essential Strings / Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Edvard Grieg

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 3 in E, BWV 1006; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor 'Christmas Concerto', Op. 6, no 8; Wol...
Performers: Armand, Georges; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Papian, Vag; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Armand, Georges; Tate, Jeffrey; Menuhin, Yehudi; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; ; Brown, Iona; Hickox, Richard; Jansons, Mariss; Warren-Green, Christopher; Montgomery, K...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

50 Best Tango

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Matos Rodriguez: La Cumparsita, for tango orchestra; Angel Villoldo: El choclo, for tango ensemble; Maximo Barbieri: De vuelta y media, tango; Juan de Dios Filiberto: Quejas de bandoneón, tango;...
Performers: Glorvigen, Per Arne; Posch, Alois
Conductors: Basso, Jose; ; Varela, Hector; Troilo, Anibal; Canaro, Francisco; Pugliese, Osvaldo; Calo, Miguel; Mores, Mariano; Sassone, Florindo; Garello, Raul; Garcia, Carlos; Piazzolla, Astor; Federico, Leopol...
Ensemble: ; Sexteto Mayor

Essential Cello

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concarto in B minor, RV 424; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C; Luigi Boccherini: Sonata n...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Cole, Maggie; Dedyukhin, Alexander; du Pré, Jacquel...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Chung, Myung-Whun; Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Macal, Zdenek; Plasson, Michel; Handley, Ver...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Nash Ensemble

Essential Guitar

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Concierto madrigal for 2 Guitars; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 1 for Guitar; Etudes (12) for Guitar, W...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bitetti, Ernesto; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Fisk, Eliot [Guitar]; Ghiglia, Oscar; Isbin, Sharon; Laniau, Pierre; Lieske, Wulfin; Mariotti, Deborah; Moreno, Alfonso...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Brown, Iona; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Bátiz, Enrique
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Dance! The World's Favorite Ice-Skating Music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Gayaneh; Spartacus; Ennio Morricone: The Mission; George Gershwin: Concerto in F; Rhapsody in Blue; John Williams: Schindler's List; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lak...
Performers: Bran, Tim; Chang, Sarah; Donohoe, Peter; Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Kalibi, Nabil; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Lockhart, Peter; Mrvica, Maksim; Ogdon, John; Ousset, Cécile; Pane, Ju...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Morricone, Ennio; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Sutherland, Iain; Lanchbery, John; Boskovsky, Willi; Temirkanov, Yuri; Irving, Robert; Dragon, Carmen; Jansons, Mariss; Federico, Leopoldo; Ozawa, ...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi Saxoniae

This 2-CD set contains a wide selection of popular classical pieces used by ice skaters in their programs at major international competitions, including the World...continue...
EMI's Dance! The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music is a splendid idea; one place where classical music remains a required element is in the world of figure skating. The music used in figure skating ...continue...

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Concerto for Harpsichord in F mi...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite cello classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Martha Argerich and Friends - Live from the Lugano Festival 2008

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (5) on an original theme for piano, 4 hands in G major, K. 501; Robert Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 121; Anton Arensky: Piano Quintet...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Capuçon, Renaud; Debrus, Alexandre; Drobinsky, Marc; Giuffredi, Corrado; Godel, Vincent; Gurning, Alexander; Hall, Lucia; Hubert, Eduardo; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lechne...
Conductors: Pletnev, Mikhail
Ensemble: Swiss Italian Orchestra

For the seventh Lugano Festival, legendary pianist Martha Argerich continues her commitment to showcasing young new talent and exploring lesser-known composers and works. Joining Argerich...continue...

Best Guitar 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Lute in E major, BWV 1006a; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV 998; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Cantata no 147, "Herz u...
Performers: Bailes, Anthony; Barrueco, Manuel; Bitetti, Ernesto; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Fisk, Eliot [Guitar]; Garibay, Minerva; Ghiglia, Oscar; Isbin, Sharon; Laniau,...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Bátiz, Enrique; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Elmer; Lubbock, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra members; London Symphony Orchestra

This 6-CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favorite guitar classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are guitarists Manuel...continue...

Caprice - Alison Balsom / Gardner, Gothenburg Symphony

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 13 in B flat major, K. 333 (K. 315c); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Astor Piazzolla: Libertango; Escualo; Oskar Frederik Lindberg: Gamma...
Performers: Balsom, Alison
Conductors: Gardner, Edward
Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Voted Young British Classical Performer of the Year at the 2006 Classical Brits, Alison Balsom follows her critically-acclaimed album Bach: Works for Trumpet with Caprice,...continue...

Angel Dances / 12 Cellists of Berlin Philharmonic

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-07-18

Works: Astor Piazzolla: La muerte del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Milonga del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Resurrección del ángel, tango (from Angel series); Volker Sc...
Performers: Delacroix, David; Lorenz, Hans-Dieter; Schindelbeck, Frank; Smith, Jocelyn B.; Stockhausen, Markus
Conductors: ; Halsey, Simon
Ensemble: 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

In their new EMI Classics recording 'Angel Dances', the 12 cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic take the well-established idea of a "cello choir" to a...continue...

The Best of Eroica Trio

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-01-11

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Antonio Vivaldi: Trio Sonata for Violin, Cello and Basso Continuo in C minor, RV 83; Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for clarinet (or violin), cel...
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Ensemble: Eroica Trio

"They play chamber music made for the concert hall... There is an edge of the seat intensity to every note they produce." - The New...continue...

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

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Pavane, Op. 50; Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14)...
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Chang, Han-Na; du Pre, Jacqueline; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Lagerspetz, Juhani; London Philharmonic Orchestra, Th...
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; ; Barbirolli, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic

This installment of EMI's "Best...Album in the World...Ever" series features classical pieces that emphasize the cello, performed by various combos and soloists and spanning history. It includes the m...continue...