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Schumann: The Masterworks [Limited Eidtion] [Deluxe]

35 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2010-05-25

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony in G minor "Zwickau"; Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Overture, Scherzo & Finale for orchestra in E minor / E major, Op. 52; Genoveva, Op. 81; Symphony no ...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Brendel, Alfred; Burnett, Richard [Piano]; Canino, Bruno; Crespin, Regine; Dazeley, William; Dent, Susan; Donderer, Georg; Donderer, M...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Kubelik, Rafael; Solti, Sir Georg; Segal, Uri; Dorati, Antal; Marriner, Sir Neville; Masur, Kurt; Britten, Benjamin; Albrecht, Gerd;
Ensemble: ; Beaux Arts Trio

June 8, 2010 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of Robert Schumann, one of the most important Romantic composers of the 19th century. To...continue...

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Britten: War Requiem, Spring Symphony, Five Flower Songs, Etc.

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-01-02

Works: Benjamin Britten: Spring Symphony, for soprano, alto, tenor, boys' chorus, chorus & orchestra, Op. 44; Hymn to St Cecilia, Op. 27; Flower Songs (5), for chorus, Op. 47; War Requiem, Op. 66
Performers: Lamke, Jurgen; Mitchell, Peter; Preston-Dunlop, Emma; Ross, Gill; Savage, Richard; Seal, Richard
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Bach: Trinity Cantatas I / Fuge, Taylor, Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-12-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 94, "Was frag ich nach der Welt," BWV 94; Cantata no 168 "Tue Rechnung! Donnerwort" BWV 168; Cantata no 105, "Herr, gehe nicht ins Gericht" BWV 105
Performers: Fuge, Katharine; Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Taylor, Daniel
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach: Trinity Cantatas II / Kozena, Towers, Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-12-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 179, "Siehe zu, dass deine Gottesfurcht" BWV 179; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199; Cantata no 113, "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut" BWV ...
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena; Loges, Stephan; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Towers, William
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach: Advent Cantatas / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-11-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 61, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 61; Cantata no 36c, "Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36c; Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," BWV 62 (BC A2)
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Lang, Petra; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach: Cantatas BWV 82, 83, 125, 200 / Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-08-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 83, "Erfreute Zeit im neuen Bunde" BWV 83; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 125, "Mit Fried und Freud ich fahr dahin" BWV 125; Cantata no 200, "Bek...
Performers: Davislim, Steve; Harvey, Peter; Tyson, Robin
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"This is a delightful and beautifully performed recording of four cantatas associated with the Feast of the Purification...Everything is light, airy, buoyant, transparent, and natural...continue...

Bach: Whitsun Cantatas / Gardiner, English Baroque, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-07-18

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 172, "Erschallet, ihr Lieder, erklinget, ihr Saiten" BWV 172; Cantata no 59 "Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten" BWV 59; Cantata no 74, "Wer mich liebet, der...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Davislim, Steve; Fink, Bernarda; Foster, Christopher; Genz, Christoph; Hagen, Reinhard; Harvey, Peter; Jankova, Martina; Kozená, Magdalena
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach: Ascension Cantatas / Gardiner, English Baroque, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-06-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen" BWV 43; Cantata no 128, "Auf Christi Himmelfahrt allein" BWV 128; Cantata no 37, "Wer da gläubet und getauft wird" (inco...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Blaze, Robin; Chance, Michael; Genz, Christoph; Hagen, Reinhard; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach: Cantatas BWV 72, 73, 111 & 156 / Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-05-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 72, "Alles nur nach Gottes willen," BWV 72; Cantata no 73, "Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir" BWV 73; Cantata no 111, "Was mein Gott will, das g'scheh allzeit"...
Performers: Lunn, Joanne; Podger, Julian; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Monteverdi Choir

Bach: Cantatas BWV 6 & 66 /Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-03-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 6, "Bleib bei uns, denn es will Abend werden," BWV 6; Cantata no 66, "Erfreut euch, ihr Herzen," BWV 66
Performers: Chance, Michael; Clarkson, Julian; Davislim, Steve; Henschel, Dietrich; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Schumann: Das Paradies und die Peri / John Eliot Gardiner

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-06-15

Works: Robert Schumann: Lieder und Gesänge IV (5), songs for voice & piano, Op. 96; Nachtlied, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 108; Das Paradies und die Peri (Paradise and the Peri), for soloists, chorus &...
Performers: Archer, Neill; Backes, Constanze; Bonney, Barbara; Coku, Alexandra; Dazeley, William; Deam, Donna; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Fuge, Katharine; Hauptm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Hanover Boys Choir Members; Monteverdi Choir; Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

"...[This] music is absolutely glorious - if you haven't heard it you don't know Schumann. Just about every number is a lyric gem: try the...continue...

The All-Star Christmas Album / Battle, Brightman, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald an...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Carlene; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gardiner, John Eliot; Herrick, Christopher [Organ]; ...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Davis, Carl; Karajan, Herbert von; Ocejo, José Luis; Gardiner, John Eliot; Daniel, Paul; Maazel, Lorin; ; Minkowski, Marc; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Northern Philharmonia; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; London Sym...

Personnel: Ambrosian Singers (vocals); Paul Miles-Kingston (soprano, treble); Sarah Brightman, Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone, b...continue...

Schumann: Complete Symphonies / Gardiner

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-05-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Symphony in G minor "Zwickau"; Symphony no 1 in B flat major ("Spring"), Op. 38; Overture, Scherzo & Finale for orchestra in E minor / E major, Op. 52; Symphony no 4 in D minor, Op. ...
Performers: Dent, Susan; Edwards, Gavin; Maskell, Robert; Montgomery, Roger
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Orchestre Révolutionnaire et Romantique

"Though the Goodman set still holds its place in presenting an intensely refreshing view of these masterpieces, Gardiner not only goes a degree further in...continue...

The Classic Christmas Album / Carreras, Norman, Domingo, etc

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Jean Joseph Mouret: Symphony de Fanfare; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Traditional: O Tannenbaum; Wolfgang Amadeu...
Performers: Argerich, Martha; Barenboim, Daniel; Battle, Kathleen; Brewer, Edward; Carreras, José; Christ, Wolfram; Domingo, Placido; Economou, Nicolas; Läubin, Bernhard; Läubin, Hannes; Lä...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Abbado, Claudio; Daniel, Paul; ; Marin, Ion; Levine, James; Sanchez, Damian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Jung, Matthi...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bilbao Choral Society; Dresden Kreuz Choir; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Concert Choir; Laredo Choral Salvé; Lon...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio - Arias and Choruses

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1997-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Bär, Olaf; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Pringle, Katie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Chabrier: España, etc / Gardiner, Wiener Philharmoniker

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-11-19

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite pastorale, for orchestra; Habañera, for piano (or orchestra); España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Larghetto, for horn & orchestra; Gwendolin...
Performers: Janezic, Ronald
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

[From a comparative review with Gwendoline; Penin/Slovak Phil. Orch.] "...In sum, Gardiner give us Chabrier at his most brilliant, if hardly his most lovable -...continue...

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte / Gardiner, Oelze, Schade, Sieden

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-09-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Burt, Robert; Dieterich, Andreas; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Guber, Carola; Johnston, Robert; Jonas, Maria; Knauer, Wolfgang; Mann, Noel; Mendel, Jan Andreas; Oelze, Ch...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

"...disciplined, ordered playing and singing, buoyant rhythms, tellingly balanced sonorities, attention to every detail of color and counterpoint allowing for pellucid textures...these, allied to the...continue...

Monteverdi: L'Incoronazione di Poppea / Gardiner, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-06-11

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'incoronazione di Poppea, opera in 3 acts, SV 308
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Clarkson, Julian; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Hanchard, Dana; Holman, Peter; Mann, Noel; McNair, Sylvia; Tu...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

"In the title role Sylvia McNair is quite simply sensational. Her come-to-bed voice-sexy and alluring-invokes a sultry Marilyn Monroe one moment, but encapsulates all the...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / John Eliot Gardiner, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1996-05-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Cachemaille, Gilles; Orgonasova, Luba; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Gardiner, Gilfry, Orgonasova, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-07-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Clarkson, Julian; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Gilfrey, Rodney; James, Eirian; Margiono, Charlotte; Orgonasova, Luba; Prégardien, Christoph; Silvestrelli, Andrea; Smith, Steve; Watkin, David
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"...on the whole Mozart performances don't come much better than this." -Gramophone...continue...

Speak Low - Songs by Kurt Weill / Von Otter, Gardiner

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-03-14

Works: Kurt Weill: Die sieben Todsünden der Kleinbürger; Lady in the Dark; Propaganda Songs (9); Nanna's Lied; Happy End; Je ne t'aime pas; Der Abschiedsbrief; One Touch of Venus
Performers: Biebrach, Christfried; Forsberg, Bengt; Lampe, Karl-Heinz; Martin, Frédéric; Sims, James; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: North German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Haydn: The Seasons / Gardiner, English Baroque

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1992-03-02

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Seasons
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Monteverdi Choir

BBC Music Magazine
... beautifully paced and each season vividly characterised. Barbara Bonney is a sweetly innocent Hanne.
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Mozart: Idomeneo / Gardiner, McNair, von Otter, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1991-09-17

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Halstead, Anthony; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Kazimierczuk, Angela; Kenny, Jonathan Peter; Martinpelto, Hillevi; McNair, Sylvia; Mitchell, Alastair; Robson, Anthony; Ro...
Conductors: Wilcock, Elizabeth; Gardiner, John Eliot

"Through his quiet pursuit of excellence, Sir John Eliot Gardiner has become one of the great musical communicators of our time." -Lord Puttnam...continue...

Bach: St Matthew Passion - Arias & Choruses / Gardiner

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1991-02-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: St. Matthew Passion
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bach: St Matthew Passion / Gardiner, Rolfe Johnson, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1989-11-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bonney, Barbara; Chance, Michael; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Holton, Ruth; Monoyios, Ann; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Ross, Gilian; Schmidt,...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: London Oratory Junior Choir

"Singing and playing of this order deserve to win many friends and Gardiner's mature and evidently deeply felt account of the music is one which...continue...