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Handel: Water Music; Fireworks Music / Gardiner - English Baroque Soloists

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Hande's Water Music was composed in 1717 for the English King George I, who had requested new music for a concert on the River Thames....continue...

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / McNair, Ragin, Sieden

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"Gardiner's account of the Vienna Orfeo ed Euridice is peerless...In detail after detail...and in sustainment of a delicately tenebrous, uniquely Gluckian atmosphere throughout, Gardiner's command...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (05/1991)....continue...

Weber: Oberon / Kaufmann, Martinpelto, Davislim

2 CD / Decca / 2012-03-13

Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

"A fine set that overcomes the many problems posed by this magical opera...Best is Jonas Kaufman's Huon. The tenor is supposed to possess the heft...continue...

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

Angels - Christmas with the Great Sopranos / Bonney, Fleming, Te Kanawa, Price, Sutherland, Tebaldi, et al

1 CD / Decca / 2008-10-14

Works: Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Christmas Traditional: Good King ...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bonney, Barbara; Clark, Patricia; Fleming, Renee; Freni, Mirella; Gheorghiu, Angela; McNair, Sylvia; Price, Leontyne; Steele-Perkins, Crispian [Trumpet]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Ka...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delfs, Andreas; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard; Marin, Ion; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Pinnock, Trevor; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rose, Barry; Guadagno, Anton; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; R...

Celebrate Christmas with some of the most beautiful melodies written for the holidays, sung by the most gorgeous voices. With opera stars both past and...continue...

Essential Hymns - 50 Best Loved Hymns of All Time

2 CD / Decca / 2006-07-04

Works: John Goss: Hymn; John Stainer: Love Divine, all loves excelling; Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Tune; William Henry Monk: Abide with me; All things bright and beautiful; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and ...
Performers: Anderson, Alexander; Blyth, Bruce; Bowen, John; Brown, Wilfred; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Farnes, Richard; How, Martin; MacDonald, Charles; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Roberts, Roland...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Morris, Wyn; Dakers, Lionel; Hill, David; Willcocks, David; Layton, Stephen; Guest, George; Smart, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Warburton, John; Page, Neil

"Essential Hymns" features the voices of the Choirs of King's College Cambridge, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, John Rutter's...continue...

For Your Life - For April Showers

1 CD / Decca / 2005-03-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; John Baston: Concerto for flute/recorder, strings & continuo, no 2 in...
Performers: Boskovsky, Willi; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Gililov, Pavel; Jones, Philip; Kuchl, Rainer; Maisky, Mischa; Petri, Michala; Pinnock, Trevor; Schiff, Andras; Wilbraham, John
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Sillito, Kenneth; Boskovsky, Willi; Rousset, Christophe; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pinnock, Trevor; Melkus, Eduard; Schiff, Andras; Schreier, Peter; Chung, Myung-Whun; Böhm, K...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Boskovsky Ensemble; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Eduard Melkus; English Baroque Soloists; Les Talens Ly...

The #1 Mozart Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffn...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Allen, Thomas; Anda, Geza; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Bar, Olaf; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, B...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Levine, James; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Hogwood, Christopher; Anda, Géza; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio; ; Böhm, Karl; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; English Baroque Soloists; Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica; Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

This set contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Marge Marshall, Barbara Bonney, Barbara Hendricks , Eva Lind , Lucia Popp, Cheryl Studer, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Agnes Baltsa, Anne ...continue...

The #1 Bach Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-01-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831;...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Andre, Maurice; Ayo, Felix; Brendel, Alfred; Curley, Carlo; Daines, Francis; Dart, Thurston; Gazzelloni, Severino; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Holliger, Heinz; Hurwitz, Emanuel; Koopm...
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Goebel, Reinhard; Pinnock, Trevor; Britten, Benjamin; Hogwood, Christopher; Munchinger, Karl; Rose, Barry; Gérecz, Arpad; Richter, Karl; Chailly, Riccardo; Gardiner, Joh...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Bern; I Musici; Les Solistes Romandes; The English Concert

Ave Maria - The Ultimate Sacred Christmas Album

1 CD / Decca / 2000-10-10

Works: Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); César Franck: Panis angelicus; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; J...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Gormley, Michael G.; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Maria, Ave; McNair, Sylvia; Pavarotti, Luciano; Price, Leontyne; Scholl, Andreas; Scott, Joh...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Chung, Myung-Whun; Norrington, Roger; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rose, Barry; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Dearnley, Christopher; Munchinger, Karl; Lewis, Henry; Solti...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Billed as "the ultimate sacred Christmas album," AVE MARIA has reason to claim the title: performances of some of the world's most beloved seasonal music by top international performers make this CD a...continue...