Ravel, Maurice > Rattle, Simon, Sir

Essential Ballroom Classics - Over 2 hours of captivation dance music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), waltz; Frühlingsst...
Performers: Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Morris, Gareth; Nilsson, Stig; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Jansons, Mariss; Boskovsky, Willi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Auge, J. Casas; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Ozawa, Seiji; Plasson, Michel; Paavo, Järvi; Beecham, Thomas, Sir;...

Love and Longing / Magdalena Kozena Sings Ravel, Dvorak & Mahler

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-01

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Biblical Songs (Biblické písne) (10) for voice & orchestra, B. 189 (Op. 99); Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or ...
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Magdalena Kozena's silken mezzo delivers definitive interpretations of this luscious and enchanting orchestral-song repertoire. Magdalena Kozena, Sir Simon rattle, and the Berliner Philharmokiker sedu...continue...
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Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro / Simon Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro
Performers: Gowland, Kevin
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Chorus

Simon Rattle, now head of the Berlin Philharmonic, also produced some acclaimed records with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. Ravel's "Boléro" and "Daphnis et...continue...
Recording information: Butterworth Hall, University of Warwick (12/1990)....continue...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; The Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture; Ser...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer, Annie; Kok, Felix; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Lympany, M...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Tortelier, Paul; Ozawa, Seiji; Lysy, Alberto; Jansons, Mariss; Jacquillat,...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Lysy Gstaad

Each CD included in this 6-CD set from EMI Classics is inspired by the wonders of childhood. The first CD, CARNIVAL, includes works by Camille...continue...

British Music / Sir Simon Rattle

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38; Pomp a...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Elms, Roderick; Hampson, Thomas; Harrell, Lynn; Heinen, Ulrich; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mitchinson, John; Shirley-Qui...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Halsey, Simon;
Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest

This new 11CD box set in the Simon Rattle Edition contains many favorites from the English repertory including Elgar's Engma Variations and Violin Concerto, Walton's...continue...

Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges, Ma mère l'oye / Sir Simon Rattle, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-07

Works: Maurice Ravel: L'enfant et les sortilèges, opera-ballet in 2 parts; Ma mère l'oye
Performers: Billerbeck, Nora von; Erdmann, Mojca; Fouchecourt, Jean-Paul; Koch, Sophie; Kozena, Magdalena; LeRoux, Francois [Baritone Vocal]; Massis, Annick; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwab, Sylke; Stutzm...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus

Ravel's one-act opera 'L'Enfant et les Sortileges' has a particular importance for Sir Simon Rattle. Shortly after winning the John Player conducting prize at the...continue...

Debussy: Images, etc; Ravel / Simon Rattle, et al

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Le roi Lear; Jeux; Images for Orchestra; Pagodes, for piano, L. 100/1; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; La boîte à joujoux (The Toybox), balle...
Performers: Ewing, Maria; Gavrilov, Andrei; Ousset, Cecile
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Rattle is no more at home than when conducting masterpieces from the 20th-century repertoire, and in this set of 5 CDs he can be heard...continue...

Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé, etc / Rattle, City of Birmingham SO

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-08-13

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Boléro
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Choir; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra