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The Ultimate Classical Christmas / Ma, Domingo, Battle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-10-23

Works: Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit, carol (tune "O Sanctissima"); We Wish You a Merry Christmas (English); Jo...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bell, Joshua; Bolton, Michael; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Church, Charlotte [Vocals]; Domingo, Placido; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Huang, Ying; Koopman, Ton; Ma, Yo-Yo...
Conductors: Edwards, Sian; Sutej, Vjekoslav; Previn, Andre; ; Stern, Michael; Mercurio, Steven; Koopman, Ton; Ormandy, Eugene; Ottley, Jerold D.; Williams, John
Ensemble: ; Wynton Marsalis Septet

Includes work(s): medley: the christmas song / have yoursel by various composers....continue...

Voice of the Violin

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-09-05

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Jules Massenet: Werther; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve ("Dans un sommeil"), song for voice & piano, Op. 7/1; Anto...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Chiu, Frederic [Piano]; Kuney, Scott; Netrebko, Anna
Conductors: Stern, Michael
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

Follow-up to the best-selling Romance of the Violin, this album features sensuous, unforgettable melodies from opera and song with soprano Anna Netrebko as Bell's special...continue...
Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin).

Recording information: Right Track Studios....continue...

Joshua Bell - Romance of the Violin

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Claude Debussy: La fille aux cheveux de lin; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 20 in C sharp minor, KK IVa/16, CT. 127 (B. 49); Camille Sai...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Orton, Stephen
Conductors: Stern, Michael
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

Bell's performances and his magnetic presence have earned him popularity and acclaim that reach far beyond core classical audiences. All the arrangements for this recording...continue...
Throughout his career, violinist Joshua Bell has always sought to expand the range of works available for his instrument, and with the aptly titled ROMANCE OF THE VIOLIN, he ventures a bit further fro...continue...