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Classical Music for Children, Vol. 2 - Debussy, Grieg, Schumann - Funny Stories, Foreigh Lands, Good Night, Sleep Tight

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Concerto for Piano in D major; Claude...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta; Erber, Gerhard; Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Olbertz, Walter; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Resick, Georgine; Rosel...
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Haenchen, Hartmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Vonk, Hans...

Good Night, Sleep Tight / Classical Music for Children

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; The ...
Performers: Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Pistorius, Andreas; Rosel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Shetler, Norman; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Vonk, Hans; Blomstedt, Herbert; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; ; Masur, Kurt; Koch, Helmut; Konwitschny, Franz; Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: ; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Wind Soloists

Winter Classics: Klassische Musik zum Verführen

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-10-11

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonate für flöte, viola und harfe; Franz Schubert: Streichquartett a-Moll, Op. 29, D 804 "Rosamunde"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Konzert für flöte, harfe und orchest...
Performers: Funke, Christian; Hanstedt, Katharina; Rösel, Peter; Tast, Werner; Ulbricht, Joachim; Walter, Johannes; Zoff, Jutta
Conductors: ; Haenchen, Hartmut; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Koch, Helmut; Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: ; Rosamunde Quartett

The perfect choice for a cozy winter night - piano works and tranquil orchestral compositions create just the right atmosphere for a few hours of...continue...

Sensual Classics: Escape

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastorale"; Georges Bizet: L'Arlésienne Suite Nr. 2; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 3 in D maj...
Performers: Haupt, Eckart; Mahn, Kurt; Ousset, Cecile
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz; Konwitschny, Franz; Blomstedt, Herbert; Suitner, Otmar; Boskovsky, Willi; Schreier, Peter; Masur, Kurt; Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: Dresden Baroque Soloists; Gewandhausorchester Leipzig; Rundfunk-Sinfonie-Orchester Berlin; Staatskapelle Berlin; Staatskapelle Dresden

Popular Arias (Sung in German)

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Hochzeit des Figaro (Le nozze di Figaro); Don Giovanni; So machen es alle (Così fan tutte); Gioachino Rossini: Der Barbier von Sevilla (Il barbiere di Siviglia); Gae...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Anheisser, Wolfgang; Apreck, Rolf; Berry, Walter; Bjoner, Ingrid; Borg, Kim; Buchner, Eberhard; Bumbry, Grace; Burmeister, Annelies; Casapietra, Celestina; chke, Thomas; Crass, Franz; End...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Fricke, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Patanè, Giuseppe; Stein, Horst; Apelt, Arthur; Kegel, Herbert

Kinderklassik: Classical Music for Children

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sehnsucht nach dem Frühling ("Komm, lieber Mai"), song for voice & piano, K. 596; Serenade Nr. 13 in G major, KV 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for Piano no 21 i...
Performers: Falewicz, Magdalena; Hoff, Renate; Koth, Erika; Krahmer, Renate; Michallik, Oskar; Olbertz, Walter; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rösel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Schreier, Peter; Stöcki...
Conductors: Zehetmair, Thomas; Sanderling, Kurt; Koch, Helmut; Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Herbig, Günther; Neumann, Horst; Kempe, Rudolf; Kurz, Siegfried

Classical Music for Children fires children's imaginations, calms them, offers them solace, and above all proves to be a source of great fun, all with...continue...

Kurt Masur: The Maestro

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-06-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for orchestra in C major ("Trumpet"), Op. 101; Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123; Franz Joseph Haydn: Sinfonie Nr. 102 in B flat major, Hob. I; Serg...
Performers: Moser, Edda; Ousset, Cecile; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Rapp, Siegfried; Schreier, Peter; Schroter, Gisela; Stryczek, Karl-Heinz; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Vogel, Siegfried
Conductors: Masur, Kurt

Kurt Masur is undoubtedly one of the world's most important conductors. This collection reflects his sovereign command of German symphonic music, and in particular his...continue...

Turning Points: works for violin & piano by Prokofiev, Bach, Gershwin et al. / Mikhail & Sonya Ovrutsky

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2011-05-10

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Melodies (5) for Violin and Piano, Op. 35bis; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Souvenir d'un lieu cher; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Jascha Hei...
Performers: Ovrutsky, Mikhail; Ovrutsky, Sonya

Ovrutsky's debut CD with Berlin Classics features him making music with his sister Sonya, and as the title suggests, this is a very personal album....continue...
Recording information: Köln, Deutschlandfunk Kammermusiksaal (03/25/2010-03/28/2010)....continue...

Süáe Träume / Suitner, Masur, Kempe et. al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: German Traditional: Weisst du, wieviel Sternlein stehen; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade Nr. 13 in G major, KV 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, KV 467; Klarinetten...
Performers: Hoff, Renate; Krahmer, Renate; Michallik, Oskar; Rösel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Neumann, Horst; Suitner, Otmar; Masur, Kurt; Herbig, Günther; Kempe, Rudolf; Kurz, Siegfried; Koch, Helmut

Märchenstunde / Humperdinck, Mendelssohn

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretl; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty, ballet, Op. 66; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Felix Mendelssohn: Overture for orchestra in F major ("Fair Melusi...
Performers: Falewicz, Magdalena; Olbertz, Walter; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Herbig, Günther

In fremden Ländern

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Troldtog (March of the Dwarfs), lyric piece for orchestra no 4 (orchestration of Op. 54/3); Bedrich Smetana: Vltava (The Moldau), symphonic poem (Má Vlast no 2), JB 1; Franz Jose...
Performers: Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Rosel, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Neumann, Václav; Herbig, Günther; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter

Tchaikovsky: String Quartets

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-04-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Quartet for Strings in B flat major (in 1 movement); Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"; Quartet for ...
Performers: Kamper, Klaus; Schoneweg, Harald

To some extent, this recording of all Tchaikovsky's string quartets (including the sextet "Souvenir de Florence") gives an overall picture of the composer: they cover...continue...
Recording information: Hans Rosbaud Studio, SWR Baden-Baden....continue...

Best Of Basics: Essential Classics/Various (Dig)

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro; Serenade no 13 in G major, K. 525 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' (A Little Night Music); Franz Schubert: Impromp...
Performers: Geszty, Sylvia; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rohde, Peter Arne; Rosel, Peter; Stockigt, Siegfried; Werner, Regina
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Patanè, Giuseppe; Schreier, Peter; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz

This new Basics compilation comprises some of the most beloved classical works and contains a complete catalog from the series....continue...

Basics - Die Basis-Diskothek [Box Set]

25 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-11-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 4 in D major, BWV 1069; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G ma...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Falewicz, Magdalena; Gabriel, Elfrun; Hallmann, Dietmar; Hiltawsky, Kurt; Hubenthal, Kurt; Hucke, Rainer; Jancik, Karl [Zither]; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Michallik, Oskar; Pistorius, Andrea...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Konwitschny, Franz; Reuter, Rolf; Herbig, Günther; Neumann, Václav; Suitner, Otmar; Masur, Kurt; Kurz, Siegfried; Kegel, Herbert; Honeck, Manfred; Kempe, R...

This gorgeous new digibox contains 25 CDs - the entire collection of the successful BASICS series. In addition to high quality recordings, a complete catalog...continue...

Piano Dreams - The most popular melodies

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Robert Schumann: Blumenstück for Piano in D flat major, Op. 19; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 20 in ...
Performers: Erber, Gerhard; Rosel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Schorler, Renate; Shetler, Norman; Stockigt, Siegfried; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Zauber der Klassik - The most beautiful Classical works

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Work(s); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; H...
Performers: Michallik, Oskar; Schmidt, Annerose
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Reuter, Rolf; Koch, Helmut; Kurz, Siegfried; Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: ; Berlin Comic Opera Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

Basics - Himmlische Klassik - Classics in Heaven / Schreier, Koch, Masur, Kurz, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-06-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Concerto ...
Performers: Michallik, Oskar; Schmidt, Annerose; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Schreier, Peter; Kurz, Siegfried; Hanell, Robert; Konwitschny, Franz
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

Souvenirs - Bloch, Massenet, Tchaikovsky, Debussy, etc / Sharon Kam, Itamar Golan

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Pièces de genre (10) for piano, Op. 10; Fritz Kreisler: Schön Rosmarin; Marche Miniature Viennoise, for violin & piano; Liebesleid; Apple Blo...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Kam, Sharon

Legendary Masterworks Recordings - Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Wagner, etc / Suitner, Schreier, et al

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Mag...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Casa, Lisa della; Funke, Christian; Gueden, Hilde [Soprano Vocals]; Leib, Gunther; Michallik, Oskar; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar; Blomstedt, Herbert; Tate, Jeffrey; Janowski, Marek; Sanderling, Kurt; Wakasugi, Hiroshi; Vonk, Hans; Kurz, Siegfried; Neuhaus, Rudolf
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden State Opera Chorus

Legendary Masterworks Recordings - Haydn, Mozart, Berlioz, Liszt, etc / Dresdner Philharmonie, et al

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-10-14

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 7 in D minor, Op. 70/B 141; Johannes Brahms: Serenade for orchestra no 2 in A major, Op. 16; Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Piano in D flat major; Gerhard Rosenfeld:...
Performers: Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Pokorna, Mirka; Schmahl, Gustav; Schmidt, Annerose
Conductors: Bongartz, Heinz; Forster, Horst; Masur, Kurt; Herbig, Günther; Kegel, Herbert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

Classics in Heaven - Mozart, Bach, etc

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Su...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Michallik, Oskar; Morbitzer, Egon; Olbertz, Walter; Pistorius, Andreas; Rotzsch, Hans-Joachim; Scherzer, Manfred; Schmidt, Annerose; Schorler, Renate; Stockigt, Siegfr...
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Schreier, Peter; Kurz, Siegfried; Hanell, Robert; Konwitschny, Franz; Suitner, Otmar; Pommer, Max; Herbig, Günther; Kegel, Herbert; Neumann, Vá...

4 Elements - Classical Music of Fire, Water, Air and Earth

4 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-09-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 59 in A major, H 1 no 59 "Fire"; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Georges ...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Kootz, Gunter; Laforet, Marc; Ousset, Cecile; Pistorius, Andreas; Rosel, Peter; Rucker, Fritz; Schmahl, Gustav; Zechlin, Dieter; Zehetmair, Thomas [Conductor/Violin]; Zoff, Jutta
Conductors: ; Haenchen, Hartmut; Kegel, Herbert; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Neumann, Václav; Kempe, Rudolf; Suitner, Otmar; Rögner, Heinz; Berglund, Paavo; Koch, Helmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Wiesenhutter,...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Camerata Bern; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Highlights / Heinz Rögner, Berlin Radio SO

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz

Greatest Works - Tchaikovsky / Masur, Sanderling, Kogan, Rögner, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-08-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33; Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sérénade mélancolique for Viol...
Performers: Chen, Robert; Rosel, Peter; Timm, Jurnjakob
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Kogan, Pavel; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, et al / Rögner, Berlin RSO

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Swan Lake
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz

Here are two more CDs in Berlin Classics ' new budget series of great classical pieces performed by renowned soloists and conductors. Herbert Blomstedt needs...continue...

Steps in Silence

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Camillo Schumann: Sonata for flute & piano in D major, Op. 123a; Felix Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 19; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for F...
Performers: Glaetzner, Burkhard; Haupt, Eckart; Morbitzer, Egon; Pistorius, Andreas; Rosel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Schorler, Renate; Thalheim, Armin; Walter, Johannes; Zechlin, Dieter; Zenziper, Arkadi; Zoff,...
Conductors: Hanell, Robert; Suitner, Otmar; Forster, Horst; Flor, Claus P.; Glaetzner, Burkhard; Masur, Kurt

Winter Dreams - Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, et al / Sanderling, Masur, Kegel, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sérénade mélancolique, for violin & orchestra (or piano) in B minor, Op. 26;...
Performers: Chen, Robert; Rosel, Peter; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Rögner, Heinz; Hanell, Robert; Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Sanderling, Kurt; Kogan, Pavel
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; German Radio Symphony Orchestra; Hannover Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary Recordings of Gewandhausorchester Leipzig [Box Set]

5 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72b; Fidelio, overture, Op. 72c; Coriolan Overture in C minor, Op. 62; Bedrich Smetana: Má...
Conductors: Konwitschny, Franz; Neumann, Václav; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt

Peaceful Inspirations

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; El sombrero de tres picos; Maurice Ravel: Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird;...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Kempe, Rudolf; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; ; Suitner, Otmar; Kegel, Herbert; Markevitch, Igor; Garaguly, Carl von
Ensemble: ; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Dresden Staatskapelle Kammerharmonie Bläsersoliste ; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This unusual and inspirational series - devoted to the concept of "releasing your inner power through the harmony of choice classical music" - continues with...continue...

Natural Reflections

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 1; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 17 in D minor, Op....
Performers: Feldmann, Klaus; Feldmann, Rainer; Koch, Nora; Morbitzer, Egon; Rosel, Peter; Schaffrath, Gunter; Schutte, Karl; Tolksdorf, Alfred; Wappler, Heinz; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: ; Pommer, Max; Rögner, Heinz; Hanell, Robert; Masur, Kurt; Suitner, Otmar; Weigle, Jörg-Peter
Ensemble: ; Dresden Staatskapelle Kammerharmonie Bläsersoliste

The Basic Library

25 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 4 in D major, BWV 1069; Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G ma...

Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty [Highlights]

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a

Tschaikowsky: Der Nussknacker; Einem: Glück, Tod und Traum

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Gottfried von Einem: Glück, Tod und Traum

Moments of Peace

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Jean Sibelius: Kuolema; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Funke, Christian; Morbitzer, Egon; Stockigt, Siegfried
Conductors: Sebastian, Georges; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Kegel, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Konwitschny, Franz; Masur, Kurt; Honeck, Manfred
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Best of Basics

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the...
Performers: Dunckel, Rudolf; Kedra, Wladyslaw; Kootz, Gunter; Lear, Evelyn; Pistorius, Andreas; Schmidt, Annerose; Shetler, Norman; Stewart, Thomas [Bass-Baritone]; Stolte, Adele; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Koch, Helmut; Rögner, Heinz; Neumann, Václav; Wiesenhutter, Gerhard; Masur, Kurt; Herbig, Günther; Fricke, Heinz; Suitner, Otmar

As we've seen and heard these past months, Berlin Classics Basics offers the new classical listener a chance to collect the world's greatest music at...continue...

Basics - Hungarian Classics - Brahms, Kodaly, Liszt, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Zoltán Kodály: A novérek (The Sisters), for low voice & piano (Hungarian Folk Music no 19); Cigánynóta (Gypsy Son...
Performers: Duncker, Hans; Geszty, Sylvia; Morbitzer, Egon; Oistrakh, David; Walter, Naum
Conductors: Neumann, Václav; Weisenhütter, Gerhart; Hanell, Robert; Rögner, Heinz; Garaguly, Carl von
Ensemble: ; Deutschland Sender Orchestra Berlin; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Although part of the Basics series, there are a number of unusual items here - the voice and piano version of Bartok's 'Village Scenes' and...continue...

Reference - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, etc / Chen, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Sérénade mélancolique for Violin and Orchestra in B minor, Op. 26; Souvenir d'un lieu cher
Performers: Chen, Robert
Conductors: Kogan, Pavel
Ensemble: Hannover Radio Symphony Orchestra

First prize-winner of the prestigious 1994 Hannover International Violin Competition, Robert Chen has been praised by the 'Los Angeles Times' as a musician of "uncommon...continue...

Peter I. Tschaikowsky: Schwanensee; Nussknacker; Dornröschen

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Swan Lake

Basics - Tchaikovsky: Violin Concerto, etc / Funke, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Romeo & Juliet
Performers: Funke, Christian
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Weigle, Jörg-Peter
Ensemble: ; Dresden Staatskapelle

The Tchaikovsky disc features the work of the German conductor Jorg-Peter Weigle, who was named Principal Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic in 1986. American audiences...continue...

Hermann Abendroth - Last Symphonies

8 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffner"; Symphony no 38 in D major, K 504 "Prague"; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D mi...
Performers: Laux, Edith; Paul, Karl; Suthaus, Ludwig; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Abendroth, Hermann
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra; Leipzig University Choir

Compiled to mark the 50th anniversary of his death, this set explores the art of the German conductor Hermann Abendroth. Perhaps not a household name...continue...

Reference - Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 / Siegfried Kurz, Staatskapelle Dresden

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64
Conductors: Kurz, Siegfried
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

One of Tchaikovsky's most popular works, performed by the Dresden Staatskapelle and Siegfried Kurz....continue...

Piano Concertos - Beethoven, Haydn, etc / Rösel, et al

10 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. ...
Performers: Rosel, Peter
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Herbig, Günther; Bongartz, Heinz; Kegel, Herbert; Sanderling, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Blomstedt, Herbert
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

Berlin Classics continues to offer its "star" pianist in these specially-priced packages of solo and concerted works. These collections display his broad artistic range not...continue...

Basics - Tchaikovsky, Grieg: Piano Concertos / Masur, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16
Performers: Rösel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Moods - Magic Moments - Mussorgsky, etc / Kegel, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; Suite bergamasque; Erik Satie: Sarabandes (3) for piano; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat ...
Performers: Arens, Rolf-Dieter; Erber, Gerhard; Fauth, Gerald; Philipp, Gunter; Rosel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Scholz, Katrin; Schunk, Heinz
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Masur, Kurt; Rögner, Heinz
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

This new series implores you to "release your inner power through the harmony of classical music." Classical music has long since proved its lasting, timeless...continue...

Eterna Collection-Grosse Sänger der Vergangenheit / Lemnitz

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz, J 277; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eug...
Performers: Husch, Gerhard; Lemnitz, Tiana; Schmitt-Walter, Karl; Volker, Franz [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Rother, Artur; Gruber, Arthur
Ensemble: ; Leipzig Radio Symphony Orchestra

In a successful singing career stretching over 35 years, Lemnitz proved that even in such exalted realms as opera and concert singing the simple adage...continue...

Russian Orchestral Music - Mussorgsky, etc / Weigle, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Capriccio espagnol, Op. 34; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet; Alexander Borodin: ...
Performers: Bromsel, Ralf-Carsten; Hofmann, Karin; Koch, Nora; Lochner, Hans-Detlef
Conductors: Weigle, Jörg-Peter

At 35 Jorg-Peter Weigle became Principal Conductor of the Dresden Philharmonic and later the Stuttgart Philharmonic. He and the Dresden Orchestra give brilliant performances on...continue...

Klavier - Greatest Concertos - Mozart, Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Schumann / Rösel, Schmidt, et al

2 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 2...
Performers: Rosel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Flor, Claus P.
Ensemble: Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Philharmonic Orchestra

You have to admit it: these are probably the first works to come to mind, even for the seasoned collector, when one ponders the great...continue...

Opera Arias / Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Kurt Masur, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; La forza del destino; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos, Op 60; Arabella
Performers: Hallmann, Dietmar; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

Artistic stature and personal charisma - in Anna Tomowa-Stintow these two qualities are united in the most felicitous way. She ranks among the greatest sopranos...continue...

Sensual Tunes

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F maj...
Performers: Ousset, Cecile; Suske, Karl; Timm, Jurnjakob
Conductors: Patanè, Giuseppe; Suitner, Otmar; Bongartz, Heinz; Masur, Kurt; Rögner, Heinz; Kurz, Siegfried; Garaguly, Carl von; Herbig, Günther