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The Essential Collection - Great Sopranos, Contraltos, et al

2 CD / West End Records Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Antonio Lotti: Arminio, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Il rè pastore, K 208; Le nozze di Figaro (The Mar...
Performers: Anderson, Marian; Barone, Clement; Butt, Clara, Dame; Callas, Maria; de los Angeles, Victoria; Ferrier, Kathleen; Flagstad, Kirsten; Galli-Curci, Amelita; Hayward, Marjorie; Kirkby-Lunn, Louise [Cont...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Krips, Josef; Byng, George W.; Ormandy, Eugene; Pasternack, Josef A.; Bourdon, Rosario; Susskind, Walter; Molajoli, Lorenzo; Rogers, Walter B.; Robinson, Stanford; Sargent, Malcolm, S...

It 's time for the ladies to step up for the second of our "high brow" classical additions to the Essential Collection. This set features...continue...

The Classical Album 2005 [US Version]

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: En Aranjuez con tu amor; Agustín Lara: Granada; Derek Strange / Bond: Viva! (after Vivaldi); Maori Traditional: Pokare Kare Ana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ludovic...
Performers: Banbury, James; Bocelli, Andrea; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Einaudi, Ludovico; Ferrier, Kathleen; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Freire...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Banbury, James; Norrington, Roger; Scholes, Peter; Rudel, Julius; Cleobury, Nicholas; Horner, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Musumarra, Romano; Giulini, Carlo Maria...
Ensemble: ; Bond (String Quartet); Czech Film Orchestra; Duel; Duel Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tab...

The greatest artists of today on this 2-on-1CD includes Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Luciano Pavarotti,Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Renée Fleming, Bond, José Carreras, Bryn Terfe...continue...

Kathleen Ferrier - A Tribute

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-10-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Atalanta; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Der Messias; Franz Schubert: An die Musik, D 547; Der Musensohn, D 764/Op. 92 no 1; G...
Performers: Boyd Neel String Orchestra; Ferrier, Kathleen; Gilbert, Max; Glyndebourne Festival Chorus; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; McCallum, David; National Symphony Orchestra;...
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Stiedry, Fritz; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Boult, Adrian; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Symphony Orchestra; Southern Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

One of the most celebrated English Singers, contralto Kathleen Ferrior brought a unique level of musicianship and emotional commitment to everything she performed during her...continue...

Blue Wheat / Dale Warland Singers

1 CD / American Choral / 1996-09-05

Works: American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song; He's Gone Away; Steal Away; Wayfaring Stranger, religious ballad; Soldier, Soldier Won't You Marry Me?; Pretty Saro (Appalachian); Black Is the Color of M...
Performers: Dymit, Marie Spar; Elsbernd, Jerome; Greenbank, Kathryn; Johnson, Lynette; Kienzle, Kathy; Newhouse, Brian; Ramlet, James; Staruch, Steven; The Dale Warland Singers; Thompson, Patricia; Tierney, Tere...
Conductors: Warland, Dale
Ensemble: Dale Warland Singers

Personnel: Beth Althof, Elizabeth Pauly, Deborah Osgood, Marie Spar Dymit (soprano); Patricia Thompson (mezzo soprano); Robert Pontious, Claude Cassagne, Jeff Engholm, Steve Sandberg, Jerome Elsbernd,...continue...

The Valley of Song / Tomlinson, Rossendale Male Voice Choir

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-06-01

Works: Vivian Ellis: Bless the Bride, musical play; Rudolf Friml: Donkey Serenade; Canadian Traditional: I gave my love a cherry (Nova Scotia); Anonymous: Phil the Fluter's Ball; Anonymous, American: Down i...
Performers: Farnworth, Hilary; Farnworth, Michael; Heys, Ken; Jackson, Florence; Rossendale Male Voice Choir; Rowland, Jane; Whitfield, Pete; Whitfield, Peter
Conductors: Tomlinson, Ernest
Ensemble: Rossendale Male Voice Choir

Personnel: Pete Whitfield (violin, piano, bass guitar); Jane Rowland (flute, piccolo, tin whistle); Michael Farnworth (piano); Hillary Farnworth (percussion).

Recording information: St John's C...continue...