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Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

Bach: Cantatas; Barber; Copland / Schreier, Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 20...
Performers: Gerbeth, Klaus; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Haupt, Eckart; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jahn, Gudrun; Murphy, Maurice
Conductors: Schreier, Peter; Thomas, Michael Tilson

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

Barber Adagio (100th Anniversay)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Medea's Medi...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baxtresser, Jeanne; Drucker, Stanley; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; LeClair, Judith; McCawley, Leon; Myers, Philip; Oliveira, Elmar; Robinson, Joseph; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Thomas, Michael Tilson

This 2-CD commemorative set marks the centenary of Samuel Barber's birth and gives a fairly rounded picture of the composer. Samuel Barber's music, masterfully crafted...continue...

American Classics - Foster, Griffes, Copland: Songs / Hampson, Ungar, Voight, Henricks, Zeger, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Stephen Foster: Introduction - Opening Solo Violin; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Hard times come again no more; The voice of bygone days; Work(s); Beautiful dreamer; That's what's the matter; S...
Performers: Alpher, David; Bargeron, Dave; Ecklund, Peter; Glaser, Matt; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kinsella, Arnie; Kirk, John; Mason, Molly; Rust, Mark; Stover, Evan; Trischka, Tony; ...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Barbara Hendricks is securely idiomatic in Copland's wonder-filled Emily Dickinson settings and in Barber's gently nostalgic Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
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20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

EMI American Classics - Minimalism - Reich, Glass, etc / Thomas, Warren-Green, Wilson, London CO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Steve Reich: Vermont Counterpoint; Eight Lines; New York Counterpoint; Four Organs; Philip Glass: Facades; Company
Performers: Damiens, Alain; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Wilson, Ransom
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Warren-Green, Christopher
Ensemble: London Chamber Orchestra; Solisti New York

Minimalism was originally the word used to describe certain movements in the visual arts and design of the immediate post World War II period. Then,...continue...

EMI American Classics - Samuel Barber / Michael Tilson-Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Barbara Hendricks, Elmar Oliviera, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Medea's Medi...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Oliveira, Elmar
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Slatkin, Leonard

Samuel Barber (1910–1981) is best known today for his 'Adagio for Strings', which was originally written as the slow movement for an early string quartet,...continue...