Traditional, Irish > Piano

50 Shades of Classical [Box Set]

3 CD / Big Eye / 2012-11-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Sonata for piano no 8 in ...
Performers: Ahlert, Bernd; Capova, Sylvia; Cernecka, Ida; Dechenne, Danielle; Goldmann, Dieter; Kraus, Eberhard; Ksendzov, Nora [Piano]; Lagendaal, Henrik; McKenzie, Silas [Piano]; Penn, Virginia [Violin]; Pivka...
Conductors: Langer, Walter; Raucheisen, Michael; Lang, Ferdinand; ; Chabala, Zdenek; Kovats, Zoltan
Ensemble: ; Caspar da Salo Quartett

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
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Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Folk Songs of the British Isles - Legendary Voices / John McCormack, Kathleen Ferrier, Richard Lewis et al. /

1 CD / Griffin Records / 2012-09-25

Works: English Traditional: The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Cushie Butterfield, music hall song (tune "Pretty Polly Perkins"); Lincolnshire Poacher, folk song; Greensleeves, folk song; O can ye sew cu...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Britten, Benjamin; Dawson, Peter; Hammond, Joan, Dame; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Lush, Ernest; MacColl, Ewan; MacEwan, Sydney, Father; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; McKellar, Ke...
Conductors: Wilson, Robert; Roberton, Hugh S.; Sharples, Bob; Sims, Ivor E.; Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Songs of the World / Stefano Sciascia, double bass; Mara Corazza, piano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Spanish Traditional: Cancion de amor; Pablo Casals: El cant del ocells; Teiichi Okano: Oboro-zukiyo; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Yoshihiro Utsumi: Aijyou, song; Korean ...
Performers: Corazza, Mara; Sciascia, Stefano

Bassist Stefano Sciascia gives us a rare glimpse of the double bass as an expressive soloistic instrument in a recital of music from countries around...continue...
Recording information: Atmosfere Studio, Conegliano, Treviso, Italy (04/10/2002-04/16/2002)....continue...

A Romantic Songbook - Songs by Loewe, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann / Thomas Quasthoff, baritone; Justus Zeyen, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1; Auf der Bruck, D 853; Im Abe...
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; Zeyen, Justus

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich (11/2003)....continue...

The Very Best of Kathleen Ferrier: Centenary Collection - Lieder and Folksongs

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-06-05

Works: Spoken Word: Interview with Kathleen Ferrier; English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Ca' the yowes; Benjamin Britten: Come you no...
Performers: Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Neel, Boyd; Walter, Bruno

Bach To Jazz / Caroline Adomeit, violin

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-05-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in E minor, WoO 1/9; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Eugène Y...
Performers: Adomeit, Caroline; Hastreiter, Thomas; Riem, Julian

Oehms Classics presents the debut recording of young, virtuoso violinist Caroline Adomeit. This bold program of music ranging from Bach's Partitas to Ysaÿe's Mazurka showcases...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik und Theater (10/02/2011-10/03/2011)....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...

Angel: Sacred Anthems for Treble Voices / Saint Ignatius Loyola Children's Choir

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Robert Lowry: How can I keep from singing?, for choir; Irish Traditional: Lord of all Hopefulness (Tune; Malcolm Archer: When I survey the wondrous Cross, hymn; We cannot measure, for chorus; James B...
Performers: Bores, Anna; Cottrell, Laura; Parrella, Nancianne; Sheetz, Michael
Conductors: Huff, Mary
Ensemble: Saint Ignatius Loyola Children's Choir

This is a disc of sacred anthems for treble voices performed by the children's choir at Saint Ignatius Loyola. Their repertoire stretches from the plainchant...continue...
Recording information: Church of St. Ignatius Loyola, New York, NY (2011-06-23_2011-06-25&2011-)....continue...

From The Land Of Sky Blue Waters - works by Stephen Paulus, Dominick Argento, Libby Larsen, Randall Thompson et al. / VocalEssence Ensemble

1 CD / Clarion / 2012-01-31

Works: Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: El Hambo, for chorus; Stephen Paulus: The Day Is Done, for chorus; Dominick Argento: A Nation of Cowslips; Paul W. Gerike: Songs of Our Grandparents, for chorus; The Nort...
Performers: Kemper, Charles
Conductors: Brunelle, Philip
Ensemble: VocalEssence Ensemble

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
There's no question but that this group can sing extremely well in a variety of genres. Hymns and spirituals...continue...

Moods: Relaxation, Dream, Lullabies / Surrounding Yourself with Classical Music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D major; Suite in C minor; Sonata no 2 in A minor; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in A major, for bassett clarinet and strings...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Booth, Jane; Boucher, Remi; Brock, Aaron; Dubeau, Angele; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Fiset, Marianne; Kay, Francine; Lapointe, Jean Francois; McMahon, Michael; Mil...
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne; Talmi, Yoav; ; Patenaude, Gilbert; Hanson, George
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Caprice; La Pietà (Orchestra)

Back To Ireland: Irish Songs & Ballads / James Griffett, tenor; Simon Lindley; Clifford Benson

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-11-08

Works: John Andrew Stevenson: The Last Rose of Summer, song; Charles Villiers Stanford: The Irish Reel, for voice & piano; Songs of Erin, for voice & piano, no 33, "Trottin' to the Fair" Op. 76/33; A Lullab...
Performers: Benson, Clifford; Griffett, James; Lindley, Simon

Recording information: Leeds Parish Church; London....continue...

Songs by Schubert, Beethoven, Britten and Hahn / Matthew Polenzani, tenor

1 CD / Wigmore Hall Live / 2011-10-25

Works: Franz Schubert: Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1; Fischerweise, D 881; Der Einsame, D 800; Nachtstück, D 672; An Sylvia; Ludwig van Beethoven: An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98; Benjamin Britten...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Polenzani, Matthew

Wigmore Hall Live’s unrivalled reputation for capturing the world’s best song recitals is continued in its forthcoming October release from the distinguished lyric tenor, Matthew...continue...
Recording information: Wigmore Hall, London (05/01/2010)....continue...

An Irish Songbook / Ailish Tynan

1 CD / Signum UK / 2011-04-03

Works: Thomas Dunhill: Cloths of Heaven for voice & piano, Op. 30/3; Samuel Barber: Solitary Hotel, song for voice & piano (Despite and Still), Op. 41/4; Hermit Songs, Op. 29; The Desire for Hermitage, song...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Tynan, Ailish

Iain Burside and Ailish Tynan return to Signum with their second disc of Irish Songs and arrangements - this time from a range of different...continue...
Recording information: St Paul's Church, Deptford, London (04/22/2009-04/24/2009)....continue...

Lesson In Love / Kate Royal

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-03-08

Works: William Bolcom: Waitin for voice & piano; Robert Schumann: Jemand, Op. 25 no 4; Lied der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling I ("Mutter! Mutter! Glaube nicht!"), song for voice & piano (M; Lied der Bra...
Performers: Martineau, Malcolm

A Lesson in Love tells the universal story of a love won and lost, containing beautiful and emotional German lieder and French melodies, as well...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (2010-04-18_2010-04-19&2010-)....continue...

A Classical Knight

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-10-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker; Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D major, arranged for keyboard; Johann Strauss II: Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane, ballet; Irish Tradi...
Performers: Knight, Hyperion

Relaxing Classics: The Healing Power of the Voice

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Zaide; Henry Purcell: Oedipus; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 208; Cantata no 170; Cantata BWV...
Performers: Anderson, Richard; Bradley, Jonathan; Campbell, Fiona; Greene, Andrew; Kenny, Yvonne; Kerrigan, Annalisa; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Macliver, Sara; Martineau, Malcolm; McMahon, Paul; Montgomery, Belinda; ...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Noble, Guy; Kelly, Brett; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Stanhope, Paul; Milton, Nicholas; Chu, Philip;
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Ensemble Battistin

Bass Virtuoso

2 CD / Classic / 2010-06-08

Works: Henry Eccles: Sonata for double bass in G minor; Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Sergey Koussevitzky: Valse Miniature, Op. 1 no 2; Ernest Bloch: Sketches of a Jewish Life; ...
Performers: Karr, Gary; Leighton, Bernie; Leighton, Frederic [Guitar]; Siegel, Jeffrey

This disc features DVD audio in a DualDisc DAD and HDAD (DVD-A) format, but also comes with a bonus standard CD to maximize your playback...continue...

Summertime

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2010-05-25

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; The Monk and His Cat, song for voice & piano (Hermit Songs), Op. 29/8; Edward Elgar: Op. 16; Gabriel Fauré: Clair de lune, Op. ...
Performers: Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]

Three centuries of song are represented here, and, as BBC Music Magazine's Hilary Finch put it "such is the skill of Johnson's programming that the...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, Pulborough, Sussex (04/06/2000-04/09/2000)....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)

When I was a young man - More Classics for Men's Chorus / Albinder, Washington Men's Camerata

1 CD / Gothic Records / 2009-06-01

Works: H. Alexander Matthews: On Great Lone Hills, for men's chorus (after Sibelius); Stephen Foster: Gentle Annie; Hard times come again no more; Samuel Arnold: Amo, Amas, I Love a Lass; Eric Bogle: And th...
Performers: Hurlbut, Michael; Vogel, Mark; Weaver, James F.

With this second volume of classic songs for men's chorus, the Washington Men's Camerata continues its survey of music ancient and modern, sacred and secular,...continue...

Icon - Fritz Kreisler plays Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, etc

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i); Serenade no 7 in D major, K 250 (248b) "Haffner"; Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sonata...
Performers: Kreisler, Fritz; Raucheisen, Michael; Rupp, Franz; Sandor, Arpad; Squire, Haddon
Conductors: Ronald, Landon; Blech, Leo; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra

A transcendent violinist, notable composer, and overall charming maverick, Fritz Kreisler was one of the great musical personalities of our time. This 10-CD set includes...continue...

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

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

Praise Him

1 CD / Deseret Book / 2008-09-30

Works: Martin Luther: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God (Ein feste Burg); Henry George Ley: Fight the good fight with all thy might, hymn (tune Rushford) (New English Hymnal, 359); Robert H. Young: Who Is He In ...
Performers: Barrett, Dan [Trombone]; Bartholomew, Jeffrey; Bean, Adam; Bergman, Jason; Bowman, Jonathan; Brough, Ron [Percussion]; Busch, Morgan; Chang, Ben; Cox, Erin; Culatta, Shaundra; Davis, Rob; Homer, Kate...
Conductors: Hall, Rosalind; Workman, Timothy

At last! The powerful, melodic, youthful BYU Men's Chorus returns to the world of CDs with Praise Him. You'll hear timeless gems such as "A...continue...

Eleanor Steber in Concert (1956-58)

2 CD / Video Artists International / 2008-08-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Hector Berlioz: Les nuits d'été...
Performers: Biltcliffe, Edwin; Steber, Eleanor

Le chant des oiseaux - Cello Favourites / Motard, Baril

1 CD / Analekta / 2008-08-01

Works: Catalan Traditional: Song of the Birds (El Cant dels Ocells), folk song; David Popper: Pieces for Cello and Piano, Op. 54; Pieces (3) for cello & piano, Op 64; Gabriel Fauré: Après un r...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Motard, Therese

Mozart, Schubert, Dvorák / Lionel Tetris

4 CD / Biddulph / 2006-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Piano and Strings no 3 in E major, K 542; Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K 498 "Kegelstatt"; Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in G major, K 564; ...
Performers: Hobday, Ethel; Kiddle, Frederick B.; Leger, Frank St.; Rosovsky, Zoia; Sammons, Albert; Tertis, Lionel

Today violists the world over think of Lionel Tertis as the man who brought the hitherto humble viola into the limelight and made it into...continue...

Celtic Inspirations / Philip Stopford, Ian Barber, et al

1 CD / Priory / 2006-09-01

Works: Irish Traditional: Be Thou My Vision; Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Percy Buck: Draw nigh and take the body (tune Draw nigh) (NEH 281); Alexander Reinagle: As now the sun's declining rays (...
Performers: Barber, Ian; Campbell, Richard [Piano]; Heaney, Jennifer

Klever Kaff

1 CD / Regis Records / 2006-08-24

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op....
Performers: Dobson, Michael; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick; Walter, Bruno
Conductors: Stiedry, Fritz; Boult, Adrian; Walter, Bruno

Reverie / John Stevens, Martha Fischer, Katie Stevens

1 CD / Summit Records / 2006-05-09

Works: Frank Bridge: Berceuse, for piano in B flat major, H. 8d; Sergey Rachmaninov: Andante semplice [fragment]; Sonata for cello and piano in G minor, Op. 19; Alexander Glazunov: Rêverie for horn & p...
Performers: Fischer, Martha; Stevens, John [Conductor]; Stevens, Katie

John Stevens is Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In addition to being a member of the Wisconsin Brass Quintet, a...continue...

Lullabyes and Goodbyes / Cantabile Vocal Quartet, Martineau

1 CD / Signum UK / 2006-02-01

Works: Billy Joel: Lullabye "Goodnight, my angel"; Engelbert Humperdinck: Hänsel und Gretel, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Richard M. Sherman / Robert B. Sherman: Chitty Chit...
Performers: eau, Martin

Below the Wind Southerly / Kathleen Ferrier

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2005-10-11

Works: English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); The Keel Row, Northumbrian folk song; Herbert Hughes: Down by the Salley Gardens, for voice & piano; I Have A Bonnet Trimm'd wit...
Performers: Gilbert, Max; Newmark, John; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Boult, Adrian

Few, if any, would dispute the description of Kathleen Ferrier as the greatest lyric contralto England has ever produced. To update the words of her...continue...

Chansons d'Amour / Mark DuBois, Gloria Saarinen

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2004-12-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Adelaide, song Op. 46; An die ferne Geliebte, Op. 98; Ich liebe dich, WoO 123; Franz Schubert: Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Schwanengesang, D 957; An die Musik, D 547...
Performers: DuBois, Mark; Saarinen, Gloria

The Flying Dutchman

1 CD / Polydor Import / 2004-11-02

Works: Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), march for orchestra, Op. 68; Traditional: Snowwaltz, for orchestra; Abe Holzmann: Blaze Away, for pops orchestra; Albert W. Ketèlb...
Performers: Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Coenen, Jack; Colen, Pierre; Collem, Chaja van; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Das, Monica; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diederen, Roger;...
Conductors: Rieu, André

Import edition includes three bonus tracks over the US edition. The classical violinist and Europe's "King Of The Waltz" takes you on a listening journey...continue...

Matthew Polenzani - Live at the Verbier Festival

1 CD / Video Artists International / 2004-11-02

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Ildebrando Pizzetti: I pastori; Carlo Pedrotti: Giulietta mia, serenata; Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Schwanengesang, D 95...
Performers: Polenzani, Matthew; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leonard Warren Vol 3

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-02-01

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Simon Boccanegra; La forza del destino; Otello; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Irish Traditional: Lond...
Performers: Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Keast, Raymond; Milanov, Zinka [Soprano Vocal]; Moscona, Nicola; Motto, Thomas; Newman, Arthur; Sektberg, Willard; Sprinzena, Nathaniel; Tajo, Italo; Ukena, Paul; Varnay, Astrid...
Conductors: Cellini, Renato
Ensemble: RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

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...

More songs my father taught me / Allen, Martineau

1 CD / Hyperion / 2003-08-01

Works: English Traditional: Water o' Tyne; The Salley Gardens (or Maids of Mourne Shore), traditional melody; Eric Coates: I Heard You Singing for voice & piano; The Green Hills of Somerset; Star of God; Al...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Martineau, Malcolm

"Thomas Allen [is] unafraid to open his heart, mind and wonderful voice to these striking lyrics and memorable tunes of the home-entertainment era. The direct,...continue...

Mimi's Classical Favorites

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-05-20

Works: Irish Traditional: Londonderry Air (Danny Boy), folk song; Jules Massenet: Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thaïs"); Léo Delibes: Lakmé...
Performers: Cogan, Dmitri; Dye, Mimi

Down by the Salley Gardens / Benjamin Luxon, David Willison

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-08-28

Works: English Traditional: The Jolly Miller, folk song; Drink to me only with thine eyes, folk song; The Foggy, Foggy Dew, folk song; The Isle of Cloy, folk song; Died for Love, folk song; Lovely Mollie, f...
Performers: Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Willison, David

This collection of British folk songs are performed in arrangements by great British composers and songwriters such as Benjamin Britten, Roger Quilter and Percy Grainger....continue...

We are the Burning Fire - Howard Goodall

1 CD / Metronome / 2001-07-30

Works: Bulgarian Traditional: Polegnala e Todora, lullaby; Christmas Traditional: A la nanita nana, carol (Spanish); Howard Goodall: Three African Songs, for chorus; Two Italian Lullabies, for chorus; Engli...
Performers: Chamber Orchestra of London, The; Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford; Goodall, Howard

Personnel: Howard Goodall (keyboards, synthesizer, drum programming); Tim Wells, Alex Osiatynski, Richard Bailey , Paul Thompson , Adam Tunnicliffe (tenor); Tim Dallosso, Robin Barry , Andrew Olleson,...continue...

Legendary Treasures - Erica Morini Vol 1

1 CD / Doremi / 2000-05-16

Works: Henryk Wieniawski: Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 22; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in B flat major, K 454; Pablo de Sarasate: Romanza Andaluza, Op. 22 no 1; Introduc...
Performers: Kentner, Louis; Lanner, Max; Morini, Erica; Raucheisen, Michael
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: NBC Symphony Orchestra

Recordings of the legendary violinist Erica Morini (1904-1995) are truly treasures-especially ones as rare as these. Once one of the great concert artists, looked up...continue...

Stephen Hough's New Piano Album - Chaminade, Godowsky, et al

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-11-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Soirée de Vienne 6 (after Schubert); Work(s); Franz Schubert: Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94; Morgengruss ("Guten Morgen..."), song for voice & piano (Die schön...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"This latest outstanding release recalls a world of musical enchantment where artifice and sentiment are distinct virtues...Beside a glittering performance of Rachmaninoff's 'Humoresque' and an...continue...

André Rieu - Romantic Moments

1 CD / Philips / 1999-02-02

Works: Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet, film score; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Richard Heuberger: Der Opernball; Frédéric Chopin: Etude ...
Performers: Cordewener, Arthur; Huijts, Jo; Konings, Manoe; Ramaekers, Teun; Rieu, Andre

ROMANTIC MOMENTS is the ideal CD for a romantic dinner or glass of wine with a friend. Familiar melodies come back like old friends, and a slightly over-resonant production makes André Rieu's sou...continue...

Songs With A Touch Of Bass / Stoffel, Masciadri, Frazier

1 CD / ACA Digital / 1996-10-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; Pilgrim's song; Jean-Baptiste Lully: Alceste, LWV 50; Samuel Barber: Songs (4), Op. 13; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song;...
Performers: Frazier, Ivan; Masciadri, Milton; Stoffel, David

World Of Kathleen Ferrier V.1

1 CD / Decca Import / 1990-10-01

Works: English Traditional: Blow the Wind Southerly (Northumbrian Folk Song); Scottish Traditional: The Keel Row; Ma Bonny Lad, folk song; Frank Bridge: Go Not, Happy Day, for voice & piano, H. 34; British ...
Performers: McCallum, David; Spurr, Phyllis; Stone, Frederick
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Neel, (Louis) Boyd; Walter, Bruno

Romantic Violin Favourites / Takako Nishizaki, Wolf Harden

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-06-30

Works: Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incidental Music, Op. 26; Georges Bizet: L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel; Sadko; Scheherazade; George Frederick Handel...
Performers: Harden, Wolf [Piano]; Nishizaki, Takako

Romantic Piano Favourites Vol 2 / Péter Nagy

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 1988-03-07

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Felix Mendelssohn: Song Without Words for piano no 47 in A major ("Kinderstück"), Op. 102/5; Georges Bizet: L...
Performers: Nagy, Péter [Piano]

Caro Moi Ben / Dennis O'Neill

1 CD / Sain / 1986-01-02

Works: Gaetano Errico Pennino: Pecchè?; Irish Traditional: She Moved through the Fair, folk song; The lark in the clear air; Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms (a.k.a. "My Lodging is in ...
Performers: O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]; Surgenor, Ingrid

This CD features Welsh tenor Dennis O'Neill in a program of operatic, light, traditional, and popular songs....continue...