Ballet

Claude Debussy: La Mer; Afternoon of a faun; Three Nocturnes; Jeux / Charles Dutoit

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-31

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Jeux
Performers: Hutchins, Timothy
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

La Mer was not met with immediate success when it was first heard in October 1905 but subsequent generations of musicians have recognized it for...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Eustache, Montreal, Canada....continue...

Igor Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) / Ashkenazy, Deutsches SO Berlin

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-31

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Symphony in Three Movements; Agon, ballet for 12 dancers & orchestra
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir
Ensemble: ; Deutsches Symphony Orchestra Berlin

The premiere of Stravinsky's Scare in Paris on 29 May 1913 was the occasion of one of the most famous scandals in music when this...continue...

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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Now let's be merry / Choral works by Hassler, Schubert, Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, Lully, Mozart et al. / Regensburger Domspatzen

1 CD / Ars Musici / 2012-07-31

Works: Hans Leo Hassler: Nun fanget an ein guts Liedlein zu singen; Nun Laßt uns fröhlich sein; Im Kühlen Maien; Tanzen und springen, song for chorus; Herzlieb zu dir allein; Mein Lieb' will...
Conductors: Ratzinger, Georg
Ensemble: Regensburger Domspatzen

For thirty years Georg Ratzinger, the brother of the current Pope, gave the world famous boys' choir known as the Regensburger Domspatzen a special distinction....continue...

Copland: Fanfare for the Common Man; Barber: Adagio for Strings et al. / Zubin Mehta, Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring; Rodeo; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Zinman, David
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Barbr's Adagio for Strings has a long association with grief stretching back to 1945, when it was used for a radio broadcast announcing Franklin D....continue...

Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition / Giulini - Chicago SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition (Kartinki s vïstavski), for orchestra, orchestrated by Ravel; Night on Bald Mountain (Noch' na Lïsoy gore), symphonic poem, edited by Rimsky-Kor...
Performers: Sporsen, Torgny
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Maazel, Lorin; Järvi, Neeme; Knussen, Oliver; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Pictures at an Exhibition is an imaginative series of musical tableaux inspired by an art exhibition. Originally composed as a piano suite, it wasn't published...continue...

Rameau: Une Symphonie Imaginaire / Marc Minkowski - Les Musiciens du Louvre

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Zaïs; Castor et Pollux; Les Fêtes d'Hébé; Dardanus; Le Temple de la Gloire; Les Boréades; La Naissance d'Osiris; Platée; La Poule, for 3 violins, v...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre de Poissy, Salle Molière (06/2003)....continue...

Harriet Cohen - The Complete Solo Stufio Recordings

3 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2012-07-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Prelude an...
Performers: Cohen, Harriet
Conductors: Wood, Henry J.; Susskind, Walter; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Mathieson, Muir; Bath, Hubert

Certainly the most glamorous of the Matthay students, Harriet Cohen was also the most extrovert and to the general public was known as a socialite...continue...

Tolibkhon Shakhidi: Sado; Death of Usurer (exc); Siyavush (exc); Rubai Hayam: Clarinet Concerto / Igor Fedorov, clarinet

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-07-10

Works: Tolib-khon Shakhidi: Sado, symphonic poem for orchestra; Death of Ursurer, ballet suite for orchestra; Siyavush, ballet (excerpt); Rubai Hayam, ballet (excerpts); Concerto for Clarinet; Darius, symph...
Performers: Fedorov, Igor
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: ; Mariinsky Orchestra

This album is addressed to judges of symphonic and academic ballet music, with its basis on melodies and intonations of eastern folklore. The recording features...continue...

Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles - Selections of French Baroque music by dÆAnglebert, Rameau, Moulinié & Corrette

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2012-07-10

Works: Etienne Moulinié: Mariage de Pierre de Provence avec la belle Maguelonne; Anonymous, French: La Magnotte / La petite Jeanneton / Les 6 visages; La Caroline, Le Sabotier; Jean-Baptiste Lully: P...
Performers: Richard, Arnaud; Warnier, Eugénie
Conductors: Dumestre, Vincent; Lazarevitch, François; Sempe, Skip; ; Haas, Frederick; Pichon, Raphaël
Ensemble: ; Ausonia; Café Zimmermann ; Capriccio Stravagante; Le Poème Harmonique ; Les Musiciens de Saint-Julien

The event known as "Les grandes eaux Musicales de Versailles 2012," when all the fountains are working and accompanied by music, is presented by the...continue...
Includes la provencalle (anonymous) / tambourin des fêtes d by various composers....continue...

Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; L'Histoire du Soldat, suite; Les Noces; Symphony in C / Neumann; Dohnanyi

2 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-07-10

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Symphony in C; Les Noces I (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra; L'histoire du...
Performers: Adamec, Petr; Barova, Anna; Bogunia, Stanislav; Boublikova, Milada; Holena, Jiri; Janda, Pavel; Jedlicka, Dalibor; Jilek, Zdenek; Kostohryz, Milan; Mokros, Josef; Sulcova, Brigita; Svejda, Miroslav
Conductors: Dohnányi, Christoph von; Neumann, Václav; Kosler, Zdenek;
Ensemble: Boston Symphony Chamber Players; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Radio Choir; Tokyo String Quartet

This specially priced two disc celebration of the music of Igor Stravinsky features historic stereo recordings made between 1970 to 1987, all remastered for SACD....continue...

Music by Kjartan Olafsson / Petur Jonasson

3 CD / Icelandic Music / 2012-07-10

Works: Kjartan Olafsson: StringQ, for string quartet; Tilbrigdi vid jómfrú (Variations on a Virgin), for guitar; Calculus, for solo flute; Structure II, for piano; Sextet no 2, for flute, clar...
Performers: Aarnink, Frank; Birgisson, Snorri Sigfus; Bjorgvinsdottir, Dagny [Piano]; Clapperton, James; Johannesson, Ogmundur Thor; Martial Nardeau; Olafsson, Kjartan; Petur Jonasson; Sunneva Kjartansdottir; Th...

This 3-CD collection of the music of Icelandic composer Petur Jonasson has one disc devoted to live recordings of acoustic music for traditional instruments; one...continue...

Méditation: The Beautiful Music of Massenet

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-03

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Le Cid; Werther; Hérodiade; Manon; Esclarmonde; Thaïs; Valse très lente, for piano; Chérubin; Cendrillon; Oh! si les fleurs avaient...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Fleming, Renée; Gheorghiu, Angela; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Kaufmann, Jonas; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Lisni...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Mauceri, John; Armiliato, Marco; Abel, Yves; Rizzi, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Lewis, Henry; Agoult, Raymond

Julesl Massenet, who died 100 years ago in 1912, was a French composer best known for his operas, and was widely considered in his day...continue...

Milhaud: Symphonies de chambre, etc / Dekaise, et al

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Darius Milhaud: Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 1, "Le Printemps", Op. 43; Little Symphony, for chamber orchesrra no 2, "Pastorale", Op. 49; Little Symphony, for chamber orchestra no 3, "S&...
Performers: Andre Gregoire; de Reyghere, Greta; Jean-Louis Demoulin; Pol Gerimont
Conductors:
Ensemble: L'Ensemble des Temps Modernes

Bach, Geminiani, Bartok: Violin Sonatas / Philippe Hirshhorn

1 CD / Cypress / 2012-07-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Francesco Geminiani: Sonata for violin & continuo no 9 in C minor, Op. 4/9; Béla Bartók: Sonata for Violin solo, Sz ...

Martinu: La Revue de Cuisine, complete ballet music; Harpsichord Concerto; Les rondes et al. / Robert Hill, harpsichord

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-06-26

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Harpsichord Concerto, H. 246; Musique de Chambre no 1 for clarinet, violin, viola, cello, harp & piano, H. 376; Les Rondes, for oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, 2 violins & piano, ...
Performers: Hill, Robert [Harpsichord, Piano]; Simon, Klaus
Conductors: Simon, Klaus
Ensemble: ; Holst Sinfonietta

Ranging from 1927 to 1959, the year of Martinu's death, these four works reveal his unceasing versatility in chamber repertoire. La revue de cuisine, heard...continue...
Recording information: SWR Studio, Freiburg, Germany (10/25/2009-10/26/2009)....continue...

Evgeny Mravinsky Conducts Russian Composers

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; The Nutcracker, suite, Op. 71a; Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Sleeping Beauty, Op. 66; Capriccio i...
Conductors: Mravinsky, Yevgeny
Ensemble: ; Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

Famed for his colossal stature and rigorous rehearsal methods, Evgeny Mravinsky is generally considered to be the greatest of all Soviet conductors. The maestro was...continue...

Glazunov: Complete Symphonies, plus concertos & suites / Jose Serebrier [8 CDs]

8 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 33; Symphony no 9 in D major (incomplete; one movement; orchestrated by G. Yudin); Symphony no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 16; Symphony no 1 in E major (...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Chisson, Marc; Romanovsky, Alexander [Piano]; Serov, Alexey; Yang, Wen-Sinn
Conductors: Serebrier, José
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Russian National Orchestra

Maestro José Serebrier's acclaimed Glazunov symphony & concerto cycle is now available as an 8CD capbox. The completion of this series was a personal triumph...continue...

Swan Lake - A re-interpretation by Matthew Bourne from Sadler's Wells Theatre, music by Tchaikovsky [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-06-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake

When it premiered at Sadler's Wells in 1995, Matthew Bourne's triumphant modern re-interpretation of SWAN LAKE turned tradition upside down, taking the dance world by...continue...
Run Time: 119 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 5.1,
Country of Origin: USA
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Adolphe Adam: Giselle / The Bolshoi Ballet - Klinichev, Lunkina, Gudanov, Allash [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-06-26

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Conductors: Klinichev, Pavel
Ensemble: Bolshoi Ballet; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich's version of the romantic masterpiece Giselle, at last available in High-Definition. First performed in 1841, Giselle was an...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS HD Master Audio 5.1,
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Adolphe Adam: Giselle / The Bolshoi Ballet - Klinichev, Lunkina, Gudanov, Allash [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Bel Air Classiques / 2012-06-26

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Conductors: Klinichev, Pavel
Ensemble: Bolshoi Ballet; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

The Bolshoi Ballet troupe in Yuri Grigorovich's version of the romantic masterpiece Giselle, at last available in High-Definition. First performed in 1841, Giselle was an...continue...
Run Time: 109 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 5.1, LPCM Stereo
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Herbert von Karajan - The 1960s [82 CDs]

82 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Ein Heldenleben, Op. 40; Don Quixote, Op. 35; Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings, AV 142; Concerto for Oboe in D major, AV 144; Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, AV 132; Johanne...
Performers: Anda, Géza; Berry, Walter; Borwitzky, Ottomar; Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Cappone, Giusto; Cherkassky, Shura; Civil, Alan; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; F...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Priem-Bergrath, Hans
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Wind Ensemble

We're going Big in 2012! Almost incredible: between 1959 and the end of the following decade, Herbert von Karajan recorded 82 CDs worth of orchestral...continue...

Beethoven: Symphony No. 3 "Eroica" / Gustavo Dudamel

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-06-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; The Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Egmont, Op. 84
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: ; Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela

Gustavo Dudamel and the Simon Bolivar Orchestra bring their unique energy to one of the summits of the orchestral repertoire - Beethoven's mighty Symphony No....continue...
Recording information: Caracas, Centro de Acción Social por la Música (Sala Si (03/2012)....continue...

The Olympic Experience

1 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 2012-06-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Henry ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Chance, Michael; Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Martini, Louis; Davis, Andrew; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Santi, Nello; Gardiner, John Eliot; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Mehta, Zubin; Mravinsky, Yevgeny; Leppard, Raymond; Harnoncourt,...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Khachaturian conducts Khachaturian, Vol. 1 - Symphony no 2

1 CD / Melodiya / 2012-06-12

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Symphony no 2 in A minor ("Symphony with Bells"); Gayane, ballet; Circus
Conductors: Khachaturian, Aram
Ensemble: ; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

Along with Shostakovich's Sixth and Prokofiev's Fifth, Khachaturian's Symphony No. 2 - composed in the years of the Great Patriotic War - was inspired with...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory (02/15/1977)....continue...

Rodion Shchedrin: Seagull, ballet in two acts / Alexander Lazarev

2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-06-12

Works: Rodion Shchedrin: The Seagull, ballet
Conductors: Lazarev, Alexander
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Rodion Shchedrin's ballet, a musical interpretation of Chekhov's Seagull, is an exciting work full of belief in life and in the power of art. The...continue...
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Classical Music for Children, Vol. 2 - Debussy, Grieg, Schumann - Funny Stories, Foreigh Lands, Good Night, Sleep Tight

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 9 in E flat major; Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 94 in G major, Hob. 1; Symphony no 45 in F sharp minor, H 1 no 45 "Farewell"; Concerto for Piano in D major; Claude...
Performers: Czapski, Jutta; Erber, Gerhard; Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Olbertz, Walter; Ousset, Cecile; Pekinel, Guher [Piano]; Pekinel, Suher [Piano]; Pistorius, Andreas; Resick, Georgine; Rosel...
Conductors: Flor, Claus P.; Haenchen, Hartmut; Blomstedt, Herbert; Herbig, Günther; Suitner, Otmar; Klee, Bernhard; Masur, Kurt; Neumann, Václav; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; Vonk, Hans...

Splendeurs de lÆorgue français (vol. 2) - Couperin, Lebegue, Marchand, Jullien, Rameau, Daquin, Dandrieu, Corrette / Olivier Vernet, organ

1 CD / Ligia Digital / 2012-06-12

Works: Louis Couperin: Prélude for organ ("Il faut jouer cecy d'un mouvement fort lent"); Nicolas-Antoine Lebègue: Elévation for organ in B flat major; Louis Marchand: Troisième livre ...
Performers: Meckler, Cedrick; Vernet, Olivier [Organ]

This second volume devoted to great French organs features an organ made in 1750 by Jean-André Silbermann for the town of Soultz. In 1991 the...continue...

Good Night, Sleep Tight / Classical Music for Children

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2012-06-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; The ...
Performers: Funke, Christian; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Pistorius, Andreas; Rosel, Peter; Schmidt, Annerose; Shetler, Norman; Zechlin, Dieter
Conductors: Herbig, Günther; Vonk, Hans; Blomstedt, Herbert; Rögner, Heinz; Weigle, Jörg-Peter; ; Masur, Kurt; Koch, Helmut; Konwitschny, Franz; Neumann, Václav
Ensemble: ; Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen Wind Soloists

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,...

Essential Ballroom Classics - Over 2 hours of captivation dance music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Johann Strauss II: Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; An der schönen blauen Donau (On the Beautiful Blue Danube), waltz; Frühlingsst...
Performers: Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Morris, Gareth; Nilsson, Stig; Pane, Julio
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Jansons, Mariss; Boskovsky, Willi; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Auge, J. Casas; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Ozawa, Seiji; Plasson, Michel; Järvi, Paavo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir;...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Hunt Cantata, BWV 208; Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Cantata...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

Essential Overtures - Over 2 hours of thrilling overtures (overture highlights only)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederi...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo; Rodzinski, Artur; Kempe, Rudolf; Tausky, Vilem; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert ...

Debussy: Orchestral Works - La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux; Images; Primtemps, Berceuse héroique et al.

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra; Jeux; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; Mar...
Performers: Bryan, Katherine [Flute]; MacKintosh, Katherine
Conductors: Denève, Stéphane
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Recognized internationally as a conductor of the highest calibre, Stéphane Denève took up the post of Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in...continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (2011-10-10_2011-10-12&2012-)....continue...

Les Gouts Accordes: Chamber works by Barriere; De Visee; Lully; Hotman; Braun / La Rotta, Georgiev, Little Clark

1 CD / ATMA / 2012-05-29

Works: Jean Barrière: Sonata for cello & piano in D minor a tre, Book 3, no 2; Sonata for cello & continuo in D minor, Book 2, no 3; Sonata for cello & piano in C minor, Book 2, no 6; Robert de Vis...
Performers: Clark, Katelyn; Georgiev, Jivko; Little, Margaret; Rotta, Esteban La

French composer Robert de Visée (c. 1655 -1732) was known as a theorbo and guitar player. Around 1680, de Visée became a chamber musician for...continue...
Recording information: Saint-Joseph Church, Montréal, Québec, Canaca (12/08/2010-12/10/2010)....continue...

Debussy: Piano Music, Vol. 1 / Michael Korstick, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon; Khamma, ballet, L. 125; Intermède, for piano; Toomai des éléphants, prelude for piano (comple...
Performers: Korstick, Michael

This is the first volume of Michael Korstick's recording of the complete piano works of Claude Debussy. The featured work is the well known first...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusikstudio SWR, Stuttgart (02/21/2011-02/24/2011)....continue...

Famous Ballet Music - works by Adam, Delibes, Massenet, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; The Sleeping Beauty, suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh, suite; Spartacus, suite; Masquerade, suite; Léo D...
Performers: Cairns, Christine; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique; Simonov, Yuri; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

For lovers of ballet music, this superb 5-disc set is an attractive collection of famous ballet music, featuring such immortal ballets from Tchaikovsky, Adam, Khatchaturian,...continue...

Treasures of The Russian Ballet / Leningrad Kirov Ballet & Bolshoi Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118; Cinderella, Op. 87 - Ballet Suite; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh (excerpts); L&#...
Performers: Fadeyechev, Nicolai; Lavrovsky, Mikhail; Liepa, Maris; Maximova, Ekaterina; Plisetskaya, Maya; Sizova, Alla; Soloviev, Yuri; Struchkova, Raisa; Timofeyeva, Nina; Ulanova, Galina; Vasiliev, Vladimir
Conductors: Hajibeyov, Niyazi; Faier, Yuri; Zhuraitis, Algis
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Russia's two great ballet companies, the Bolshoi Ballet and the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky) undertook their first major post-war tours in the early 1960s,...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker And The Mouse King / Dutch National Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker And The Mouse King
Performers: Golding, Matthew; Stout, James; Tsygankova, Anna; Zhembrovskyy, Alexander
Conductors: Florio, Ermanno
Ensemble: Dutch National Ballet; Holland Symfonia

This is a magical production that has won the hearts of more than 250,000 people to date. Choreographers Toer van Schayk and Wayne Eagling created...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker And The Mouse King / Dutch National Ballet [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-05-29

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker And The Mouse King
Performers: Golding, Matthew; Stout, James; Tsygankova, Anna; Zhembrovskyy, Alexander
Conductors: Florio, Ermanno
Ensemble: Dutch National Ballet; Holland Symfonia

This is a magical production that has won the hearts of more than 250,000 people to date. Choreographers Toer van Schayk and Wayne Eagling created...continue...
Run Time: 135 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, Fre...continue...

Bach To Jazz / Caroline Adomeit, violin

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-05-29

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in E minor, WoO 1/9; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Eugène Y...
Performers: Adomeit, Caroline; Hastreiter, Thomas; Riem, Julian

Oehms Classics presents the debut recording of young, virtuoso violinist Caroline Adomeit. This bold program of music ranging from Bach's Partitas to Ysaÿe's Mazurka showcases...continue...
Recording information: Groáer Konzertsaal der Hochschule für Musik und Theater (10/02/2011-10/03/2011)....continue...

Charles Koechlin: Magicien Orchestrateur / works by Debussy, Fauré, Schubert, Chabrier et al.

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Khamma, ballet, L. 125; Charles Koechlin: Sur les flots lointains, symphonic poem on a song by C. Urner, Op. 130; Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Franz...
Performers: Hoelscher, Florian
Conductors: Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

Hänssler presents the latest release in the acclaimed series of Charles Koechlin's orchestral works. Koechlin is considered one of the most prominent 20th century French...continue...

50 Best Overtures [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Overture to L'italiana in Algeri; Overture to Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro;...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rodzinski, Artur; Lanchbery, John; Kempe, Rudolf; Serafi...

Classical 2012

2 CD / Decca / 2012-05-08

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore, K 339; Sergey Rachmaninov: Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giovanni Pergolesi: Nel c...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Bocelli, Andrea; Bolet, Jorge; Calleja, Joseph; Coker, Paul; Di Stefano,...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Pappano, Antonio; Dudamel, Gustavo; Armiliato, Marco; Chailly, Riccardo; Callegari, Daniele; Chichon, Karel Mark; Karajan, Herbert von; Rizzi, Carlo; Hollingworth, Robert; Previn, ...
Ensemble: ; I Fagiolini

Classical 2012 allows you to sample some of the finest new recordings of the year and introduce yourself to some of the most exciting new...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Petrouchka - for piano 4-hands / Lidija and Sanja Bizjak

1 CD / Mirare / 2012-05-08

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Pétrouchka; Easy Pieces (5) for piano, 4 hands; Easy Pieces (3) for Piano 4 hands
Performers: Bizjak, Lidija; Bizjak, Sanja [Piano]

Over the course of a few short years, with his ballets Petrushka and The Rite of Spring - premiered by the Ballets Russes in 1911...continue...
Recording information: Varese hall, CNSMD, Lyons, France (11/2007)....continue...

Plucked String Theory

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-08

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64; Manuel Ponce: 6 Preludes; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425; Fernando Sor: Douze Etudes, Op. 6; John Dowland: Lachrimae; The Frog Gal...
Performers: Large, Duane

Recording information: Silvertone Studios, Ardmore, PA (09/2011-03/2012)....continue...

Masters of Classical Music, Vol. 2: Dvorák, Sibelius, Mozart, Schubert, Liszt / Kazandjiev

1 CD / Gega New / 2012-05-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Slavonic Dances (8) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 46/B 78; Slavonic Dance no 3 for orchestra in A flat major, B. 83/3 (Op. 46/3); Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 46/B 83; Slavoni...

No notes on the music or performers are included....continue...

Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel & Debussy

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Premiè...
Performers: Cohen, Franklin; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wellbaum, Lisa; Zimerman, Krystian
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

"In Ma mere, he is among the master magicians: subtleties of nuance and timing now abound; here is playing of a wholly different order of...continue...

Tchaikovsky: The Ballets / Yvgeny Svetlanov [8 CDs]

8 CD / Melodiya / 2012-05-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: USSR State Academic Symphony Orchestra

The repertoire of any ballet company always has three performances penned by the same author - Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky. These are Swan Lake (1877), The...continue...

Nicolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Sheherazade; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane / Zdenek Chalabala

2 CD / Supraphon / 2012-05-03

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Aram Khachaturian: Gayane, ballet
Conductors: Chalabala, Zdenek
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Owing in large part to their exotic inspiration, Rimsky-Korsakov's Sheherazade and Aram Khachaturian's Gayane are among the most beautiful and most frequently performed Russian and...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...