Pergolesi, Giovanni

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

Favourite Sacred Masterpieces - works by Tallis, Allegri, Pergolesi, Mozart, Bach-Gounod & Franck / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-12-11

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus
Performers: Faulkner, Julie; Kertesi, Ingrid; Mukk, Jozsef [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László

Taken from the recent 25th anniversary boxed set, Great Sacred Masterpieces (8.501062), this single disc ranges roughly over three centuries....continue...

L'Olympiade: The Opera - A pastiche with music by Caldara, Cherubini, Cimarosa, Galuppi, Hasse, Leo, Pergolesi et al.

2 CD / Naïve / 2012-05-29

Works: Leonardo Leo: L'Olimpiade; Johann Adolf Hasse: L'Olimpiade; Baldassare Galuppi: L'Olimpiade; Giuseppe Sarti: L'Olimpiade; Josef Myslivecek: L'Olimpiade; Giovanni Paisiello: L'Olimpiade; David Perez: ...
Performers: Basso, Romina; Gauvin, Karina; Gottwald, Franziska; Phas, Nicholas; Rosique, Ruth; Spanos, Nicholas
Conductors: Chryssicos, Markellos
Ensemble: ; Venice Baroque Orchestra

Naïve Classique presents a classical music mashup of Olympic proportions! In the eighteenth century, 1,300 years after the last Olympic Games in ancient times, the...continue...
Recording information: Oratorio di Santa Croce, Mondovì, Italy (08/2011)....continue...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...continue...

Great Sacred Masterpieces - Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Charles Gou...
Performers: Baylon, Jay; Beckley, Lisa; Carey, Colm; Colombara, Carlo; Faulkner, Julie; Filipova, Elena; Gedge, Nicholas; Genz, Christoph; Hajossyova, Magdalena [Soprano Vocals]; Hernandez, Cesar; Im, Sunhae; Ke...
Conductors: Summerly, Jeremy; Halász, Michael; Wildner, Johannes; Kovács, László; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Oberfrank, Géza; Spering, Andreas; Kosler, Zdenek; Jun, Märkl,; Sch...

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Italian Concertos by Vivaldi, Pergolesi, Durante, Scarlatti & Leo / Concerto Koln [Hybrid SACD]

2 CD / Capriccio / 2012-03-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 violins, 2 recorders, 2 oboes, bassoon, strings & continuo in D minor, RV 566; Double Orchestra Concerto, for 2 violins, 2 recorders, cello; 2 violins, 2 recorders, ce...
Performers: Hambitzer, Gerald; Keller, Andrea [Violin]; Matzke, Werner; Mings, David; Niesemann, Michael; Zummach, Eberhard
Conductors: Ehrhardt, Werner
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln

The genius of the musician subjects the whole universe to his art ... So if you wish to know if any spark of this consuming...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier Centenary Edition: The Complete Decca Recordings

15 CD / Decca / 2012-03-20

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ach, dass nicht die letzte Stunde, BWV 439; Bist du...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Curzon, Clifford; Dobson, Michael; Gal, Hans; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Gunter, Horst; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, Will...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Krauss, Clemens; Klemperer, Otto; Beinum, Eduard Van; Walter, Bruno

She was an artist held in awe and affection by numerous colleagues and countless fans worldwide and her reputation is undiminished to this day. A...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

Pergolesi: Livietta e Tracollo / Kuijken, Argenta, van Mechelen [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2011-05-31

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Livietta e Tracollo, intermezzo in 2 acts
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Van Mechelen, Werner
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald

Livietta e Tracollo counts among the most popular intermezzi of the 18th century and was performed on numerous Italian stages and in other European countries...continue...
Run Time: 42 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
Subtitles: English
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Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade

3 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-05-17

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: L'olimpiade, opera in 3 acts
Performers: Marchi, Alessandro de
Conductors: Marchi, Alessandro de

Recording information: Tiroler Landestheater, Innsbruck, Austria (2010-08-06&2010-08-08&2010-)....continue...

Stabat Mater: A Tribute To Pergolesi [Includes DVD]

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-04-26

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Orfeo ("Nel chiuso centro"), chamber cantata for soprano, strings & continuo, Op. 2/4; Li prodigy della divina grazia nella conversion e morte di San Guglielmo duca d'Aquitania, s...
Performers: Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio

Assisted by Antonio Pappano and recorded at Netrebko's July 2010 Baden-Baden concert, here is a landmark performance of one of classical music's most popular works....continue...
Recording information: Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden (07/2010)....continue...

Stabat Mater: A Tribute To Pergolesi / Netrebko, Pappano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-04-26

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Orfeo ("Nel chiuso centro"), chamber cantata for soprano, strings & continuo, Op. 2/4; Li prodigy della divina grazia nella conversion e morte di San Guglielmo duca d'Aquitania, s...
Performers: Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio

Assisted by Antonio Pappano and recorded at Netrebko's July 2010 Baden-Baden concert, here is a landmark performance of one of classical music's most popular works....continue...
Recording information: Festspielhaus, Baden-Baden (07/2010)....continue...

Pergolesi Collection / Abbado, Carmignola, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Concerto for Violin in B flat major; Salve Regina; Mass (Kyrie & Gloria), for soloists, chorus & orchestra in F major (4 versions); Salve regina, for countertenor & ...
Performers: Antonaz, Laura; Balducci, Antonella; Bertotti, Lavinia; Cangemi, Veronica; Carmignola, Giuliano; Dominguez, Rosa; Gallo, Lucio; Grandini, Alfredo; Harnisch, Rachel; Kleiter, Julia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Pergolesi Year 2010 celebrates the birth 300 years ago of a first rank composer. Had Pergolesi not died young, his name would rank among the...continue...

Ave Maria

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-10-19

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Magnificat; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria (II), motet for chorus...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Stader, Maria; Streich, Rita
Conductors: Arndt, Günther; Richter, Karl; Gracis, Ettore; Kubelik, Rafael; Gaebel, Kurt; Wenzinger, August; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: ; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Choir

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

The Barbirolli Society - Oboe Concertos Vol 1 / Rothwell

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories Import / 2010-07-27

Works: Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto for Oboe in F major; Giovanni Pergolesi: Work(s); Domenico Cimarosa: Concerto for Oboe in C major; Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 7; Alessandro Marce...
Performers: Rothwell, Evelyn
Conductors: Barbirolli, John

A Portrait Of Conchita Supervia, Vol. 1

4 CD / Gala / 2010-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola; Il barbieri di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Adieu de l'hôtesse arabe; Juan Man&ea...
Performers: Appoloni, Anita; Baracchi, Aristide; Bettoni, Vincenzo; Ederle, Nino; Ferraris, Ines; Gil, Maria; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Marques, Antonio; Marshall, Frank; Redondo, Marcus; Scattola, Car...
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo; Acevedo, Emilio; Martinez, Modesto; Gennai, Leopoldo Emanuele; Capdevila, Antonio; Cloez, Gustave

Great Singers & Musicians in Copenhagen 1931-1939

6 CD / Danacord / 2010-06-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Missa Solemnis, Op. 125; Richard Wagner: Parsifal; Tristan...
Performers: Berettoni, Umberto; Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Brems, Else; Bruusgaard, Holger; Busch, Adolf; Byrding, Holger; Cassado, Gaspar; Ettl, Karl; Fidesser, Hans; Gigli, Beniamino; Granfelt, Hanna; Hamm...
Conductors: Weisbach, Hans; Malko, Nicolai; Walter, Bruno; Tango, Egisto; Grondahl, Launy; Mahler, Fritz; Schneevoigt, Georg; Wöldike, Mogens; Busch, Fritz; Paray, Paul; Fitelberg, Grzegorz; Hoeberg, Georg;...

Brana Records Collection, Vol. 2

5 CD / Brana Records / 2010-03-11

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Pirro e Dimitrio; Giovanni Pergolesi: La Serva Padrona; Leonardo Vinci: Catone in Utica; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Das Traumbild, K 530; Die kleine Spinnerin, K 531; Felix Mendel...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Celine, Annette
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Inoue, Michiyoshi; Faerber, Jörg

This second 5 CD box set includes the rare keyboard works of Spanish and Portuguese composers, Soler, Seixas, Angles, Freixanet among others and includes two...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...

Pergolesi: Salve Regina / Abbado - Lucio Gallo, Julia Kleiter, Rachel Harnisch

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-03-09

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Confitebor, for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Segreto tormento (Che non ode e chi non vede), chamber cantata for soprano, strings & continuo, Op.; Salve Regina in A minor; Dixit D...
Performers: Gallo, Lucio; Harnisch, Rachel; Kleiter, Julia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Recording information: Bologna, Chiesa di Santa Cristina della Fondazza (06/2008)....continue...

10 Greatest Classical Emotions

1 CD / Naïve / 2010-02-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Franz Schubert: Schwanengesang; Antonio Vivaldi: Nisi Dominus, RV 608; Juditha triumphans, RV 644; Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Johann Sebastian ...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Blumenthal, Daniel; Desert, Claire; Gastinel, Anne; Jaroussky, Philippe; Kozena, Magdalena; Piau, Sandrine
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Minkowski, Marc; Marchi, Alessandro de; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Alessandrini, Rinaldo
Ensemble: ; Academia Montis Regalis; Ensemble Matheus; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Das Zauberlied

1 CD / Bel Age Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Stanislao Gastaldon: Musica proibita, for voice & orchestra, Op. 5; Paolo Tosti: A Marechiare; Mattinata for voice & piano/orchestra; Vorrei morir for voice & piano/orchestra; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lo...
Performers: Schmidt, Joseph
Conductors: Meyrowitz, Selmar; Schleger, Hans; Kiss, Lajos; Niederberger, Max; Günther, Felix; Löhner-Beda, Fritz

Arias

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Flavius Bertardus König Der Longobarden; Carl Heinrich Graun: Artaserse; Johann Friedrich Agricola: Achille in Sciro; Johann Adolf Hasse: La Clemenza di Tito; Giovanni Pe...
Performers: Alpermann, Raphael; Friedrich, Hartmut; Schornsheim, Christine; Strauch, Markus
Conductors: Pommer, Max; Haenchen, Hartmut; Reuter, Rolf

Jochen Kowalski is without doubt a legendary countertenor. And yet for all his fame, Berlin has always been his artistic home. He has been true...continue...

Harmony

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2009-11-24

Works: Carl Boberg: How Great Thou Art, hymn; Franz Joseph Haydn: Te Deum, for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in C major, H. 23c/1; John Rutter: A Gaelic Blessing; John Newton: Amazing Grace; Johann Se...
Conductors: Herbert, Sally

The Priests, the singing global superstars who broke the Guinness world record for the fastest selling classical debut album of all time, are releasing their...continue...
The Priests' 2008 eponymous debut received a quick sequel in 2009's Harmony, an album designed to continue upon the surprise success of its predecessor instead of build upon it. By most respects, Harm...continue...

Harmony

1 CD / RCA Records / 2009-11-23

Works: Carl Boberg: How Great Thou Art, hymn; Michael Haydn: Te Deum, for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major, MH 145 (KL 5; John Rutter: A Gaelic Blessing; John Newton: Amazing Grace; Johann Sebastian ...
Conductors: Herbert, Sally

2009 sophomore albu from the singing global superstars who broke the Guinness world record for the fastest selling classical debut album of all time. The...continue...
The Priests' 2008 eponymous debut received a quick sequel in 2009's Harmony, an album designed to continue upon the surprise success of its predecessor instead of build upon it. By most respects, Harm...continue...

Hommage à Bidú Sayao, Vol. 2

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2009-11-08

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Tre giorni son che nina, song for voice & piano (spurious; may be by V.L. Ciampi); Tommaso Traetta: Tantin, tantino ("Ma che vi costa, signor tutore"), for voice & piano; Luigi Ar...
Performers: Sayao, Bidu [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Voorhees, Donald; Barlow, Howard; Leger, Frank St.; Whitman, Paul; Reiner, Fritz

Considered by many music and opera lovers as one of the greatest lyric sopranos of all times, Bidu Sayao had a legendary career which was...continue...

Life is Beautiful with ABC Classic FM, Vol. 6

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-10-06

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35, KV 385 'Haffner'; The Impressario, KV 486; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, KV 467 'Elvira Madigan'; Modest Mussorgsky: P...
Performers: Champ, John; Goldsworthy, Anna; Gould, Tony; Grigoryan, Slava; Helyard, Erin; Kameneva, Vera; Macliver, Sara; Payne, Geoffrey; Quinn, Rosemary [Cello]; Russell, Sally-Anne; Stanhope, David; Strutt, C...
Conductors: Divall, Richard; Caetani, Oleg; Stenz, Markus; Heinze, Sir Bernard; Hopkins, John; Walker, Antony; Leighton-Jones, Michael; ; De Waart, Edo; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Stanhope, David; Dyer, Paul; Mills, ...
Ensemble: ; Australian Trio; Cantillation; Ensemble Battistin; Ensemble Sirius; Ludovico's Band; Saffire (Guitar Quartet)

Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Violin Concerto; Salve Regina In C Minor

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2009-08-25

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Concerto for Violin in B flat major; Salve Regina
Performers: Carmignola, Giuliano; Harnisch, Rachel; Kleiter, Julia
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

BBC Music Magazine
... the curiously ambivalent Stabat mater, part operatic, part austere. The dark and complex voices of Rachel Harnisch and Sara Mingardo emphasise its...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier [Box Set]

10 CD / Decca Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"; Vergiss mein nicht, vergiss mein nicht! BWV 505; Ac...
Performers: Ayars, Ann; Britten, Benjamin; Dobson, Michael; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Gilbert, Max; Greene, Eric; Lam, Basil; Lofthouse, Thornton; Lush, Ernest; McCallum, David; Newmark, John; Parsons, William; Peasgo...
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Jacques, Reginald; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Henderson, Roy; Barbirolli, John; Walter, Bruno; Krauss, Clemens

Italiano Barocco

4 CD / Deutsche Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-05-13

Works: Pietro Antonio Giramo: Festa, riso, gioco, e gioia; Giovanni Legrenzi: Lumi, potete piangere, motet; Claudio Monteverdi: Il quinto libro de madrigali; Madrigals, Book 7; Scherzi musicali, volume 1; A...
Performers: Lier, Sabine; Monoyios, Ann; Schreiber, Anne-Katharina; Teichmanis, Daniela; Von der Goltz, Gottfried
Conductors: Hengelbrock, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Balthasar-Neumann-Ensemble

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...

Inga Nielsen - Voices, Live & Studio Recordings

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-10-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: Athalia, HWV 52; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Ch'io mi scordi di te...Non temer, amato bene, K 505; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di L...
Performers: Andersen, Stig Fogh; Christiansen, Christian [Bass Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gurtler, Friedrich; Hannibal, Lars; Henning-Jensen, Gert; Nielsen, Arne; Nielsen, Inga; Noli, Alberto; Pappano, Antonio [C...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Kuhn, Gustav; Albrecht, Gerd; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Schoenwandt, Michael; Gardelli, Lamberto; Metzmacher, Ingo; Wallberg, Heinz; Firman, David

This two CD set spans a period of more than fifty years, from Inga Nielsen's first ever recording, made at the age of six accompanied...continue...

Tresors De La Musique Sacre

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Magnificat; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Ave verum corpus; Ave Ma...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Stader, Maria; Streich, Rita; Vocals], Ernst Haefliger [Tenor
Conductors: Gracis, Ettore; Richter, Karl; Arndt, Günther; Karajan, Herbert von; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Jochum, Eugen; Gaebel, Kurt

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5

1 CD / Brana Records / 2006-01-03

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Pirro e Demetrio; Giovanni Pergolesi: La La Serva Padrona; Giovanni Battista Ferrandini: Catone in Utica; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Das Traumbild, K 530; Die kleine Spinnerin, K ...
Performers: Blumental, Felicja; Celine, Annette
Conductors: Zedda, Alberto

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...

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...

Prima Voce - Tito Schipa in Opera and Song

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 1999-09-14

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; L'Amico Fritz; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Don Pasquale; L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Echantz, Jose; Gogorza, Emilio de; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Antonicelli, Giuseppe; Olivieri, Dino; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Riccardo, Alberto Fernanco; Pasternack, Josef A.

A comprehensive survey of the Italian tenor's art, this set includes all three previous Prima Voca releases of Schipa. Included are arias and songs by...continue...

Charles Craig - Operatic Arias & Italian Songs

1 CD / Testament / 1998-12-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Charles Gounod: Faust; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Umberto Giordano: Fedo...
Performers: Craig, Charles
Conductors: Collins, Michael

25 Sacred Choral Favorites

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1997-07-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Work(s); Lacrimoso son' io, K 555; Ave verum corpus; Johann Sebastian Bach: Work(s); Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Jewish Traditional: Avinu...
Performers: Abdoun, Georges; Bence, Margarete; Chamonin, Jocelyne; Lipp, Wilma; Marshall, Margaret; Rautenberg, Lisa; Rutgers, Hildegard
Conductors: Shaw, Robert; Jackson, Don; Horenstein, Jascha; Rilling, Helmuth; Radu, Valentin; Newman, Mary J.; Behrmann, Martin; Kehr, Günter; Couraud, Marcel; Bader, Roland; Martini, Louis; Maag, Peter; G&...
Ensemble: ; Ama Deus Ensemble

Tears From Heaven / Battle, Domingo, Caballé, Terfel

2 CD / RCA Records / 1997-02-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; E...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Battle, Kathleen; Blasi, Angela Maria; Caballe, Montserrat; Domingo, Placido; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kenny, Yvonne...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Levine, James; Guttenberg, Enoch zu; Goodman, Roy; Marlow, Richard; Flor, Claus P.; Solti, Sir Georg; Froschauer, Helmuth; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Spivakov, Vladimir; Cillario, Carlo Feli...

Pergolesi: Symphonies / Alessio Vlad, Santa Cecilia CO

1 CD / Arts / 1996-11-01

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: L'Olimpiade; Ogni pena più a spietata; Salustia, opera in 3 acts; Piccola sinfonia, for 2 violins, viola & bass in E flat major (doubtful); Il Flaminio, musical comedy in 3...
Conductors: Vlad, Alessio

Prima Voce - Schipa in Song

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: La donna ancora è fedele; Il Pirro e Demetrio; Il Tigrane; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nina, song for voice & piano (spurious; by V.L. Ciampi); George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; C...
Performers: Echantz, Jose; Gogorza, Emilio de; Schipa, Tito [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Olivieri, Dino; Sabajno, Carlo; Bourdon, Rosario; Riccardo, Alberto Fernanco
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

"...So why should you but this disc? The answer is the sound...I have heard just about all the Schipa transfers over the years, and from...continue...

A Musical Portrait

1 CD / Cambria / 1989-11-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Der Tod, das ist die kühle Nacht, Op. 96 no 1; Songs (9) for voice & piano, Op. 32; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 47; Hugo Wolf: Frage u...
Performers: Andreae, Barbel; Garcia, Arnaldo; Miskell, Austin; Sussman, Michael; Taylor, John Steven
Conductors: Jaenike, Margrit; Karr-Bertoli, Julias; Olsvold, Dr. Sigurd; Salbide, Jorge Luis