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The Very Best of Nicolai Gedda

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...

Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...

Saint-Saëns: Works for violin and orchestra / Ulf Hoelscher, violin

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 20; Concerto for Violin no 2 in C major, Op. 58; La muse et le poète, for violin, cello & piano (or orchestra), Op. 132; Weddin...
Performers: Hoelscher, Ulf; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

A great reissue of this classic recording of the complete Saint-Saëns violin concertos by Ulf Hoescher, he executes these violin concertos of Saint-Saëns at his...continue...
Recording information: Abbey Road Studios, London (1977)....continue...

Essential Satie / Over 2 hours of colourful classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Gnossiennes (6), for piano; Poudre d'or (Gold Dust), for piano; Relâche (No Performance Today), ballet for orchestra (...
Performers: Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Collard, Catherine; Litaize, Gaston; Queffelec, Anne; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Lanchbery, John; Dervaux, Pierre; Desgraupes, Bernard; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Erwartung

The French composer Erik Satie (1866 - 1925) was an eccentric character, whose large output of small pieces with ironic titles, mostly for solo piano,...continue...

Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprenticer; Symphony in C; etc. / Ogdon, Jaroussky, Dervaux

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Paul Dukas: Symphony in C major; Ariane et Barbe-bleue; La Péri; Sonata for Piano in E flat minor; Sonnet "Amours," for voice & piano; Villanelle for horn & piano (or orchestra); The Sorcerer'...
Performers: Ducros, Jerome; Fowke, Philip; Jaroussky, Philippe; Ogdon, John; Thompson, Michael [Horn]
Conductors: Martinon, Jean; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: ; ORTF National Orchestra; Paris Opera Orchestra

Paul Dukas (1865-1935) was extremely critical of his own work and destroyed a great deal. This accounts for the fact that he left a remarkably...continue...

Moonlight Classics / Beethoven, Debussy, Dvorak, Ravel, Vivaldi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16; Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orche...
Performers: Campanella, Bruno [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gedda, Nicolai; Haidan, Delphine; Maurer, Sonia; Menuhin, Yehudi; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Popp, Lucia; Richter, Sviatoslav; Scaramuzzino, ...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Paavo, Järvi; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Kurtz, Efrem; Plasson, Michel; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Soltesz, Stefan; Vonk, Hans

50 Best Violin

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), Concerto no 1 in E "La primavera" (Spring); Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Vi...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gililo...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Tetzlaff, Christian; Pritchard, John; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Kurtz, Efrem; Dervaux, Pierre; Domingo, Placido; Ozawa, Seiji; Bergl...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante

20th Century Classics: Satie - Ballets, Piano Works & Rarities

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Gymnopedie for piano no 3; Parade, ballet in 1 scene for orchestra; Relâche (No Performance Today), ballet for orchestra (also piano version); Mercure, bal...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Gedda, Nicolai; Litaize, Gaston; Mesple, Mady; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Auriacombe, Louis; Dervaux, Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]

Bizet: Les Pêcheurs de Perles / Dervaux

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Unspecified: Les Pêcheurs de perles Synopsis & Libretto
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre

Gramophone Magazine
The second-act Serenade, "De mon amie fleur endormie", arguably the score's most subtle number, is beautifully sung by Gedda. Ernest Blanc, in the difficult...continue...
Recording information: Salle Wagram, Paris (1960-10-05_1960-10-12&1960-)....continue...

Best Film 50

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-10-12

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, K.626; Divertimento for string trio in E flat 'Puchberg' K.563; Serenade no 13 in...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Galway, James [Flute]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Previn, Andre; Karajan, He...
Ensemble: ; Taverner Players

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

50 Best Romantic Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Samson et Dalila; Romance for violin & orchestra in C major, Op. 48; Georges Bizet: Carment; Carmen, opera;...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Car...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Slatkin, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Plasson, Michel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Dervaux, Pierre; Ozawa, Seiji; Frémaux, Louis; Kara...

Godfathers Of Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Requiem; Salvatore Cardillo: Core' ngrato; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Turandot; Madame Butterfly; Edua...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Caruso, Enrico; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gigli, Beniamino; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [T...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Mingardo, Raffaele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Kohn, Eugene; Levine, James; Goehr, Walter; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Guarino, G.M.; Schippers, Thomas; Ferraris, Franc...

Everyone needs a Godfather to look up to and today's crop of young singers need only review the pantheon of greats that came before them....continue...

Icon: Nicolai Gedda

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 189, "Meine Seele rühmt und priest" (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Cantata no 160, "Ich weis...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Callas, Maria; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Ralph; Dupré, Desmond; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Halverson, Alan [Organ]; Malcolm, George; Mall...
Conductors: ; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Klemperer, Otto; Wangenheim, Volker; Heger, Robert; Bender, Heinrich; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Galliera, Alceo; Froment, Louis de; Dervaux, Pierre...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda was a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely...continue...

Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Guiot, Andrea; Llado, Michel; Massard, Robert; Rhodes, Jane; Thau, Pierre; Vanzo, Alain
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre

Massenet: Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame; La Navarraise

2 CD / Gall Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Jules Massenet: Le jongleur de Notre-Dame; La navarraise, lyric episode in 2 acts
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Bisson, Yves; Collard, Jeanine; Dupouy, Jean; Dupre, Pierre; Friant, Charles; Issartel, Christiane; Lovano, Lucien; Mars, Jacques; Massard, Robert; Meloni, Claude; Moizan, Genevieve; P...
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Hartemann, Jean-Claude; Cloez, Gustave; Dumazert, Guy

Dance! The World's Favorite Ice-Skating Music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Gayaneh; Spartacus; Ennio Morricone: The Mission; George Gershwin: Concerto in F; Rhapsody in Blue; John Williams: Schindler's List; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lak...
Performers: Bran, Tim; Chang, Sarah; Donohoe, Peter; Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Kalibi, Nabil; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Lockhart, Peter; Mrvica, Maksim; Ogdon, John; Ousset, Cécile; Pane, Ju...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Morricone, Ennio; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Sutherland, Iain; Lanchbery, John; Boskovsky, Willi; Temirkanov, Yuri; Irving, Robert; Dragon, Carmen; Jansons, Mariss; Federico, Leopoldo; Ozawa, ...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi Saxoniae

This 2-CD set contains a wide selection of popular classical pieces used by ice skaters in their programs at major international competitions, including the World...continue...
EMI's Dance! The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music is a splendid idea; one place where classical music remains a required element is in the world of figure skating. The music used in figure skating ...continue...

Best Violin 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Fritz Kreisler: Sonata for Violin in G minor 'The De...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Barbizet, Pierre; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Domingo,...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Kondrashin, Kirill; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Previn...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Europa Galante; Hanover Band

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite violin classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Corelli, Freni, Guelfi, Simionato, et al

2 CD / Bel Canto Society / 2009-10-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Ercolani, Renato; Freni, Mirella; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Lelio, Loretta Di; Malfatti, Guido; Palmieri, Norma; Rosetti, Maria; Simionato, Giulietta; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre

Jose was the role of Corelli's debut and the one he performed most often. Here he is in his early prime, sounding like a hungry...continue...

Poulenc: Organ Concerto, Piano Concerto, Les biches, etc / Tacchino, Dervaux, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor; Litanies à la vierge noire de Rocamadour; Concerto for Piano; Concerto Champêtre for Harpsichord; Concerto for 2 Pian...
Performers: Duruflé, Maurice; Février, Jacques [Piano]; Poulenc, Francis; Puig-Roget, Henriette; Tacchino, Gabriel; Wiele, Aimee van de
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Jouineau, Jacques; Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris

BBC Music Magazine
This set usefully collects Poulenc's concertante works and throws in Les biches and the Litanies à la Vierge noire for good measure. Richly...continue...

Bizet: Carmen / Dervaux, Simionato, Corelli, Freni, et al

2 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2009-06-06

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Di Lelio, Loretta; Freni, Mirella; Guelfi, Giangiacomo; Malfatti, Guido; Palmieri, Norma; Rossetti, Mario; Simionato, Giulietta; Viaro, Enzo
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: Palermo Teatro Massimo Chorus; Palermo Teatro Massimo Orchestra

This CD features an exceptional vocal cast: Franco Corelli is at the top of his performance; Giulietta Simionato is wonderful and sensual and Mirella Freni...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Paperback Opera - Bizet: Carmen / Dervaux, Madeira, Filacuridi, Roux, Geay, et al

2 CD / Preiser / 2008-07-08

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Barthelemy, Vivette; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Filacuridi, Nicola; Geay, Robert; Hamel, Michel; Madeira, Jean; Marty, Daniel; Roux, Michel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Sicot, Irène; Vivalda, Janette
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: Pasdeloup Concert Association Orchestra

This Carmen continues the Preiser paperback series: no libretto and scant notes, but great historic performances at a budget price. Jean Madeira, the Carmen of...continue...

Une vie pour le piano [Box Set]

11 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-05-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for Piano in E flat major, B 62/Op. 18 "Grande valse brillante"; Waltz for piano no 3 in F major, Op. 34/3, CT. 209; Waltz for piano no 4 in F major, Op. 34/3, CT. 21...
Performers: Ales, Georges; Caratge, Fernand; Deveze, Germaine; Dionet, Henri; Herbin; Lauverjon, J.; Merkel, Clemens; Navarra, Andre; Trouard, Raymond
Conductors: Cloez, Gustave; Bigot, Eugene; Dervaux, Pierre; Lindenberg, Edouard

Yves Nat: Ses Enregistrements, 1930-1956 [Coffret du 50ème Anniversaire] [Box Set]

15 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Variations (32) for Piano in C minor on an Original Theme, WoO 80; Sonata for Piano no 1 in F minor; Sonata for Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 2 no 2; Sonata for Piano no 3 in C maj...
Performers: Joachim, Irene; Nat, Yves
Conductors: Bigot, Eugene; Poulet, Gaston; Dervaux, Pierre; Munch, Charles

Best Romantic Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

The second of this month's 'Best 100' releases is the 'Best Romantic Classics 100'. A fantastic present for Valentine's Day, this 6-CD album sets the...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Jean Borthayre

1 CD / Preiser / 2007-07-01

Works: Charles Gounod: Faust; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Hérodiade; Emile...
Performers: Angelici, Martha; Borthayre, Jean; de los Angeles, Victoria; Jeantet, Robert; Legay, Henri; Linsolas, Jacques; Luca, Libero de; Mans, Lucien; Robin, Mado; Semser, Ethel
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Erede, Alberto; Leibowitz, René; Monteux, Pierre; Dervaux, Pierre

Although he began his career relatively late, Jean Borthayre's distinctive voice became internationally known through his many recordings. He was perhaps the only French baritone...continue...

Lebendige Vergangenheit - Leopold Simoneau

1 CD / Preiser / 2006-12-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Idomeneo; La Clemenza de Tito; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ju...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Morales, Maria; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Paumgartner, Bernhard; Dervaux, Pierre

Among the tenors of the post-war years, the French-Canadian singer Leopold Simoneau is, without a doubt, the most elegant stylist of the French lied and...continue...

El-Khoury: Piano Concerto, etc / Dervaux, Orchestre Colonne

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-08-29

Works: Bechara El Khoury: Méditation poétique, for violin & orchestra, Op. 41; Piano Concerto, Op. 36; Poème for piano & orchestra no 1, Op. 11; Poème for piano & orchestra no 2, Op. 22;...
Performers: Abdel Rahman El Bacha [Piano/Composer]; Lively, David; Poulet, Gerard
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: Colonne Orchestra

The Franco-Lebanese composer and poet Bechara El-Khoury is a master of orchestration, and defines his artistic credo as that of "setting to music nature and...continue...

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

El-Khoury: Requiem for Orchestra, etc / Dervaux, et al

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-04-18

Works: Bechara El Khoury: Danse, for orchestra ("Danse des aigles"), Op. 9; Image symphonique, for orchestra ("Les dieux de la terre"), Op. 26; Suite symphonique, for orchestra ("La nuit et le fou"), Op. 29...
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre
Ensemble: Colonne Concerts Orchestra

The Franco-Lebanese composer and poet Bechara El-Khoury was born in Beirut in 1957. A master of orchestration, El-Khoury draws on the rich palette of resources...continue...

Orchestre Colonne - Hundred Thirty Years Dedicated to Music

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2006-03-01

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Emmanuel Chabrier: Le roi malgré lui, opéra-comique in 3 acts; España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d...
Performers: Cahuzac, Louis; Darré, Jeanne-Marie; Darrieux, Marcel; Dherin, Gustave; Doyen, Jean; Lopes, M.H.
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Pierné, Gabriel; Colonne, Édouard; Paray, Paul; Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: Colonne Concerts Orchestra

Reopening of the Vienna State Opera - 1955 / Goltz, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2005-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberfl&ou...
Performers: Böhme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Baylé, Theo; Beirer, Hans; Berry, Walter; Braun, Hans; Braun, Helena; Casa, Lisa della; Czerwenka, Oskar; Dermota, Anton [Tenor Vocals]; Donch, Karl; Equiluz, Ku...
Conductors: Krips, Josef; Karajan, Herbert von; Ackermann, Otto; Swarowsky, Hans; Böhm, Karl; Schuchter, Wilhelm; Erede, Alberto; Prohaska, Felix; Zallinger, Meinhard von; Kegel, Herbert; Knappertsbusch, Ha...

Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys, etc / Dervaux, Vanzo, Guiot, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2005-05-01

Works: Edouard Lalo: Le Roi d'Ys
Performers: Bastin, Jules; Corney, Germaine; Guiot, Andrea; Llado, Michel; Massard, Robert; Rhodes, Jane; Sibille, Madeleine; Thau, Pierre; Vallin, Ninon; Vanzo, Alain; Villabella, Miguel
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre;
Ensemble: Orchestra; ORTF Lyric Chorus; ORTF Lyric Orchestra

"...It's a grand account - ringing voices, spirited choral work, unflagging Tlan - making a persuasive case for a work which remains inexplicably fringe repertoire...continue...

Bizet: Pearl Fishers (Complete)

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Ivan IV (Ivan the Terrible), opera in 5 acts (unfinished)
Performers: Micheau, Janine; Sénéchal, Michel [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Tzipine, George

Massenet: Le Jongleur de Notre-Dame, etc / Dervaux, et al

2 CD / Gala / 2004-09-01

Works: Jules Massenet: Le jongleur de Notre-Dame; La Navarraise
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Hartemann, Jean-Claude
Ensemble: ORTF Chorus; ORTF Lyric Chorus; ORTF Lyric Orchestra; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra

The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Jacques Offenba...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, P...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cambreling, Sylvain; Soltesz, Stefan; Muti, Riccardo; Chung, Myung-Whun; Armstrong, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Norringto...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne S...continue...

Escape Through Opera - World's Best Collection of Opera

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-03-06

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Turandot; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Edgar, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pea...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Domingo, Placido; Eaglen, Jane; Graves, Denyce; Huang, Ying; Maehashi, Teiko; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; M...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Conlon, James; DeMain, John; Sebastian, Georges; Mehta, Zubin; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Georgiadis, John; Pritchard, John; Santi, Nello; Cooper, Emil; Davis, Andrew; Maazel, Lorin; R...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

Bizet - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-13

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; L' Arlésienne, suite for orchestra no 1
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Sills, Beverly [Soprano Vocals]; Stevens, Rise [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Sebastian, Georges; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Dervaux, Pierre; Condie, Richard P.; Kostelanetz, André; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

All Star Tenors Salute The World

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-05-17

Works: Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Anonymous: Cancó de Taverna; Catalan Traditional: Els Contrabandistes, folk song; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; Manuel Ale...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bottone, Bonaventure; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; De Lucia, Paco; Domingo, Placido; Hofmann, Peter [Tenor Vocal]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Buckley, Emerson; Salazar, Julio; DeMain, John; Casas, Joan; Noguera, Ramon; Mehta, Zubin; Pritchard, John; Allers, Franz; Tunick, Jonathan; Holdridge, Lee; Fischer, Iván; Dervaux, Pierre; Domin...
Ensemble: Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; Emilia Romagna Arturo Toscanini Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Puig-R...

The Most Famous Opera Duets

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-04-16

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Z...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Bonisolli, Franco; Brendel, Wolfgang; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Gedda, Nicolai; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Barbirolli, John; Barenboim, Daniel; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Giulini, Carlo Maria; S...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; Paris Opéra Comique Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The Best of Saint-Saëns

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1988-06-13

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Phaéton, Op. 39; Le rouet d'Omphale, Op. 31; Havanaise...
Performers: Cazauran, Jacques; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cordier, Robert; Debost, Michel; Menuhin, Yehudi; Milstein, Nathan; Weissenberg, Alexis [Piano]; Yordanoff, Luben
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Susskind, Walter; Dervaux, Pierre; Goossens, Eugene, Sir
Ensemble: ; Concert Arts Orchestra; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris ; Orchestre de Paris