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Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Hunt Cantata, BWV 208; Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Cantata...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle; Moses in Egypt

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Mosè in Egitto
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Berkowitz, Paul; Browne, Sandra; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Fisichella, Salvatore; Nunn, Richard; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Ricciarell...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus and Philharmonia Orchestra

Part mass, part cantata, Rossini's Petite messe solennelle was the most substantial work of his final years. It is a beautiful and elegant piece which...continue...
Recording information: Watford Town Hall....continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-01-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Clayton, Nigel; Dominguez, Guillermo; Koella, Ulrich; Mannov, Johannes; Musacchio, Martina; Solomon, Peter

Rossini’s dynamic liturgical masterpiece `Petite Messe Solennelle` is his last significant work, executed magnificently here by the Basel Madrigal Choir. Singular among liturgical works, this...continue...
Recording information: Orchesterstudio Volkshaus Basel (1993)....continue...

Rossini: Songs

1 CD / Opera Rara / 2010-01-12

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Quelques Riens pour album, for piano; Le sylvain ("Belles nymphes blondes"), for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, book 3), QR v/1; Péchés de vieillesse,...
Performers: Bosworth, Nicholas; Brownlee, Lawrence; Delunsch, Mireille; Larmore, Jennifer; Martineau, Malcolm; Sherratt, Brindley; Wilde, Mark; Wyn-Rogers, Catherine

If a time-machine could take us back through the centuries, which musical occasion might we choose to attend? Surely a soiree at Rossini's Parisian home...continue...
Personnel: Robin Newton (programming).

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (07/2008)....continue...

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Bickenbach, Christfried; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solenelle / Beck, Blasi, Naef, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Bernardini, Don; Blasi, Angela Maria; Fink, Marcos; Meyer, Michael; Rivinius, Paul
Conductors: Beck, Rolf
Ensemble: South German Vocal Ensemble

"...[This] is a 'simpatico' performance; light, bright, and pretty jaunty where it counts. The soloists are an adept bunch. They're happy to emote themselves into...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle / Scogna, et al

1 CD / Tactus / 2007-10-09

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Battagion, Lorenzo; Brumat, Letizia Calandra; Carbonara, Michelangelo; Filippo, Giuliano De; Pavoni, Alberto; Polimanti, Enrico Maria
Conductors: Scogna, Flavio Emilio
Ensemble: Petrassi Chamber Choir

Rossini's last masterpiece is best realized with the salon sound of chamber music - a sound all the more modern when tied to the timbre...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / King, Sampson, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 2006-10-10

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Cooper, Gary [Keyboardist]; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Halls, Matthew; Sampson, Carolyn; Tortise, Andrew; Unwin, William; Williams, Mark
Conductors: King, Robert
Ensemble: King's Consort Choir

"Recordings of the final and finest work among Rossini's "sins of my old age" aren't as rare as you might think. We've covered at least...continue...

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle / Quink Vocal Ensemble

2 CD / Challenge Classics / 2006-07-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle
Performers: Berne, Harry van; Doeselaar, Leo Van; Hoogendijk, Mattijs; Jordans, Wyneke; Kaasschieter, Mariët; Koning, Kees-Jan de; Luijmes, Dirk; Oelderik, Mariette; Witholt, Wiard

"It may seem hard to believe, but this performance of Rossini's 'Petite Messe solonelle' of 1863, accompanied by two pianos and a harmonium (all period...continue...

Gemini - Rossini: Stabat Mater, etc / Cleobury, Muti, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-05-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Briggs, David; Gambill, Robert; Gedda, Nicolai; Howell, Gwynne; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Popp,...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Muti, Riccardo

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle, etc / Pavarotti, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1997-08-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Lorengar, Pilar; Magiera, Leone; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rosetta, Vittorio; Sotin, Hans; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Gandolfi, Romano; Kertész, István
Ensemble: La Scala Theater Chorus; London Symphony Chorus