1 CD / RPO /
2009-11-10
Works: Georges Bizet: Symphony in C major; L'arlésienne
Ensemble:
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Bizet composed two orchestral symphonies, both in the key of C Major, the second of which often appears on concert programs and recordings under the...continue...
1 CD / Reference Recordings /
2009-11-10
Works: Benjamin Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra, Op. 34; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes, Four Sea Interludes & Passacaglia
The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra is a virtuoso orchestral spectacular that RR has wanted to record for many years. Sinfonia da Requiem is...continue...
Recording information: Community of Christ Auditorium, Independence, Missouri (06/05/2009-06/06/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Analekta /
2009-11-10
Works: Traditional: Fà nyé mama; Matthias Maute: Gypsy Pieces; Georg Philipp Telemann: Grillensymphonie; Gypsy Sonata in D minor, TWV 42; Modéré; Presto; Gigue, for violin solo; Concerto...
Ensemble:
Caprice Ensemble
Ensemble Caprice, under the artistic direction of Matthias Maute and Sophie LariviEre, is renowned for its innovative interpretations of baroque music. Originally formed in Germany...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec (03/22/2009-03/24/2009)....continue...
1 CD / RCA Records /
2009-11-03
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36
Ensemble:
German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen
"Unbelievable! Just when you thought you'd heard it all, along comes a new Beethoven symphony disc that proves once again that there's no such thing...continue...
This is a Super Audio CD playable only on Super Audio CD players....continue...
1 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Giuseppe Martucci: La canzone dei ricordi; Franz Schubert: Symphony no 9 in C major, D 944 "Great"
Performers:
Urmana, Violeta
Ensemble:
Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
With the European Concert the Berliner Philharmoniker celebrate the anniversary of their founding in 1882. Performed each year in another European city, this year's concert...continue...
Run Time: 97 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue...
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EUA 2057728
4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 9 in D major; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Performers:
Brendel, Alfred; Gvazava, Eteri; Larsson, Anna
Ensemble:
Gustav Mahler Youth Orchestra; Lucerne Festival Orchestra
Claudio Abbado is one of the greatest conductors of today, and undeniably the supreme Mahler conductor of our time. This box contains two of the...continue...
Run Time: 343 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: English, Deutsche, F...continue...
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EUA 2057948
1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon /
2009-10-27
Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: The tempest, Op. 18; Sergei Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite
Performers:
Grimaud, Helene
Ensemble:
Lucerne Festival Orchestra
The first-ever concert DVD of pianist Helene Grimaud in collaboration with conducting legend Claudio Abbado captures an unforgettable night at the Lucerne Festival 2008! The...continue...
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DGG B001346909
4 DVD Video / EuroArts /
2009-10-27
Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture no 3 in C major, Op. 72a; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano no 5 in E flat major, Op. 7...
Performers:
Barenboim, Daniel; Denoke, Angela; Fritz, Burkhard; Meier, Waltraud; Pape, Rene; Salminen, Matti; Seiffert, Peter; Stabell, Carsten
Ensemble:
Berlin State Opera Chorus; Juilliard String Quartet; Staatskapelle Berlin; Valencian Community Choir; Valencian Community Orchestra; West-Eastern Divan Orchestra
Overture, symphony, concerto, chamber music, opera: this unique set of DVDs offers a representative overview of the works of one of the greatest of all...continue...
Run Time: 437 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9,
4:3, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 Subtitles: English, Germa...continue...
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EUA 2057958
1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD /
2009-10-27
Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 7 in E major, WAB 107
Ensemble:
Cleveland Orchestra
Bruckner's Seventh Symphony casts its spell on the audience with its clear-cut architecture, intensity, and climaxing fortissimos. The Cleveland Orchestra shines with their signature warmth...continue...
Run Time: 80 min. Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1 ...continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Peter Breiner: Beatles Concerto Grosso no 1 "In the style of Handel"; Beatles Concerto Grosso no 2 "In the Style of Vivaldi"; Beatles Concerto Grosso no 3 "In the Style of J.S. Bach"; Beatles Concert...
Ensemble:
Peter Breiner Chamber Orchestra
Under the hand of Peter Breiner, however unlikely their disguise, these Beatles favorites, shorn of their words and strangely enhanced by their Baroque setting, retain...continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Richard Strauss: Symphonia domestica, Op. 53, TrV 209; Metamorphosen, TrV 290
Ensemble:
Staatskapelle Weimar
Richard Strauss' orchestral music includes several works with autobiographical significance, including 'Ein Heldenleben'. Scored for large symphony orchestra, the 'Symphonia domestica' depicts the del...continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: William Grant Still: Symphony No. 5 'Western Hemisphere'; Poem for Orchestra; Symphony No. 4 'Autochthonous'
Ensemble:
Fort Smith Symphony
Often referred to as the "dean of African-American composers", William Grant Still received many honors for his pioneering music for the concert platform, film and...continue...
Recording information: The Arkansas Best Corporation Performing Arts Center, F (05/23/2009-05/24/2009)....continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; The General Slocum; Overture in G minor; Yale-Princeton Football Game; Postlude in F
Ensemble:
Malmö Symphony Orchestra
When asked to define a masterpiece in music Stravinsky chose Ives' 'Decoration Day', a tone poem that Ives later made the second movement of his...continue...
Recording information: Konsertsalen, Malmö, Sweden....continue...
2 CD / ATMA Classique /
2009-10-27
Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony No. 8 en ut mineur; Symphonie No. 7 en mi majeur
Ensemble:
L'Orchestre Metropolitan
"Yannick Nezet-Seguin turns in a stunning account of the Symphony No. 8 in C minor that will secure his reputation as a true Brucknerian and...continue...
Recording information: Église du Très Saint-Nom-de-Jésus, Montréal (Québec), C (06/21/2009-06/23/2009)....continue...
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ATMA 22513
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony No. 9 in E flat major, Op. 70
Ensemble:
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
Following their electrifying account of Shostakovich's 'Eleventh Symphony', Vasily Petrenko and the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra explore the profound ambivalences of the composer's most perf...continue...
1 CD / Naxos (USA) /
2009-10-27
Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Magnificat in D major; Symphony for Strings no 12 in G minor; Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D major
Performers:
Carter, Jay; Kim, David Dong-Geun; Leitner, Cecilia; Radde, Birger; Russell, Melanie Scafide; Sansoni, Michael; Steigerwalt, Jason P.
Ensemble:
Yale Collegium P;ayers
J.S. Bach's famous 'Magnificat' and that of his son Carl Philipp Emanuel were the templates for the teenage Mendelssohn's first major work for soloists, chorus...continue...
Recording information: Woolsey Hall, Yale University, Connecticut, USA (05/03/2008-09/03/2008)....continue...
1 CD / CPO /
2009-10-27
Works: Francesco Maria Veracini: Overture 6 in G minor (msc. Venice, Bibl. Conservatorio B. Marcello); Sonata 6 in A minor (from "Sonate a violino...e basso", Dresden 1716); Violin Concerto in A major (msc....
Performers:
Guglielmo, Federico
Ensemble:
L'Arte dell'Arco
Although Francesco Veracini was known as a capo pazzo, as a hothead or madcap with whom it was not exactly easy to remain on friendly...continue...
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players. Recording information: Chiesa di S.M. Annunziata, Sovizzo (Vi) (11/08/2005-11/10/2005)....continue...
6 CD / Dorian /
2009-10-27
Works: Antonio Estévez: Florentino, el que cantó al diablo; Melodia en el Llano; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 10 for Chorus and Orchestra "Rasga o coracao"; Bachiana Brasileira No. 2; Uirapur...
Performers:
Almenar, Elizabeth; Alvarado, William; Alvarez, Idwer; Angell, Cecilia; Clapes, Ingacio; De La Mora, Fernando; Iglesias, Enrique; Muskus, Claudio; Senn, Marta
Ensemble:
Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra
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DRN 90914
2 CD / Chandos Records /
2009-10-27
Works: Frank Bridge: The Sea; Benjamin Britten: Albert Herring, Op. 39; War Requiem, Op. 66; Peter Grimes, Op. 33; Ralph Vaughan Williams: A London Symphony (Symphony No. 2) (Original 1913 version); The Pil...
Performers:
Ainsley, John Mark; Barker, Cheryl; Bullock, Susan; Burgess, Sally; Davies, Arthur; Eckhoff, Herbert; Elms, Roderick; Gilchrist, James; Gritton, Susan; Harper, Heather; Kanga, Skaila; Langridge, Phil...
Ensemble:
Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Welsh Symphony; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Musicum 90; London Symphony Orchestra; R...
The premature death of Richard Hickox on 23 November 2008, aged sixty, deprived the musical world of one of its greatest conductors. The depth and...continue...
1 CD / ATMA Classique /
2009-10-27
Works: Charles-Marie Widor: Symphonie No. 6, Op. 42/2; Maurice Duruflé: Suite for Organ, Op. 5; Thierry Escaich: Eaux natales (from Trois Poèmes); Jean-Louis Florentz: Laudes, Op. 5; Jean-Baptiste...
Recording information: Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, Montréal (Québec), Canada (05/19/2009-05/21/2005)....continue...
10 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-10-20
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582; Komm, süáer Tod, BWV 478; Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807; Ein' feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 720; Christmas Oratorio, B...
Performers:
Babikian, Virginia; Baker, Julius; Gardner, Guy; Hager, Clyde; Neikrug, George
Ensemble:
Houston Symphony Orchestra; Leopold Stokowski Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; ORTF National Orchestra; Symphony of the Air
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EMI 985552
8 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-10-20
Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Alexander Borodin: Symphony No. 2 in B minor; Prince Igor; Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Vocalise, Op. 34 No. 14; Piano Concerto...
Performers:
Gavrilov, Andrei; Kok, Felix; Mattila, Karita; Ousset, Cecile; Quasthoff, Thomas
Ensemble:
Berliner Philharmoniker; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra
This 8 CD set contains 20th century Russian masterpieces including Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto 2, Prokofiev's Symphony 5 and the 10th Symphony of Shostakovich as well...continue...
Includes [cd-rom track] by various composers....continue...
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EMI 975972C
11 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-10-20
Works: Sir Edward Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme ('Enigma'), Op. 36; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42 - Incidental Music; Falstaff, Op. 68 - Symphonic Study in C minor; Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61;...
Performers:
Allen, Thomas; Bream, Julian; Elms, Roderick; Hampson, Thomas; Harrell, Lynn; Heinen, Ulrich; Kennedy, Nigel; Marshall, Wayne [Organ, Piano]; Tear, Robert; Wilson, Malcolm
Ensemble:
Berliner Philharmoniker; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
This new 11CD box set in the Simon Rattle Edition contains many favorites from the English repertory including Elgar's Engma Variations and Violin Concerto, Walton's...continue...
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EMI 975882B
7 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-10-20
Works: George Frideric Handel: Rodelinda; Serse; Ottone; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate, jubilate, K165; Laudate Dominum (from Vesperae solennes de confesso...
Performers:
Briggs, David [Organ]; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble:
Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; New Phil...
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EMI 985152
8 CD / EMI Classics /
2009-10-20
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Partita for Violin solo n...
Performers:
Balsam, Arthur; Firkusny, Rudolf; Milstein, Nathan; Pommers, Leon
Ensemble:
Concert Arts Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
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EMI 986672B
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