Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The Essential Wedding - Wedding favorites by Bach, Handel, Stainer, Pachelbel, Wagner

2 CD / Decca / 2004-05-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, B...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dilley, Harry; Farnes, Richard; Hurford, Peter; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Michael Laird Brass Ensemble; National ...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; ; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Morris, Wyn; Guest, George; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Page, Neil; Rudel, Julius; Ingman, Nick...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Choir of Uppingham School; English Sinfonia; Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Huddersfield Choral Society; King's College Choir of Cambridge; Michael Laird Bras...

Personnel: Felicity Palmer, Leontyne Price, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Luciano Pavarotti (tenor); Anthony Way (treble); Harry Dilley (trumpet); Stephen Cleobury , Richard Farnes, Peter...continue...

Brahms - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2004-02-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Versunken ("Es brausen der Liebe Wogen"), song for voice & piano, Op. 86/5; Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Songs (5) for voice & piano,...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Milstein, Nathan; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Fischer, Iván; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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For Your Life - For Your Baby

1 CD / Decca / 2004-01-13

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (12) for Piano in C major on "Ah vous dirai-je maman", K 265 (300e); Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sona...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Arrau, Claudio; BBC Concert Orchestra; Berry, Walter; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Burrowes, Norma; English Chamber Orchestra; Eschenba...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Solti, Sir Georg; Judd, James; Wordsworth, Barry; Ozawa, Seiji; Previn, Andre; Davis, Carl; Munchinger, Karl
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Concert Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This selection contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Marilyn Horne (mezzo soprano); Naoko Yoshino (harp); Toyohiko Satoh (lute); Christian Ferras (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber (cel...continue...

Best of New Year's Concert

2 CD / DG Deutsche Grammophon (USA) Import / 2003-12-09

Works: Johann Strauss II: An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad li; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; Morgenblätter (Morning Papers), waltz f...
Performers: Abbado, Claudio; Boskovsky, Willi; Karajan, Herbert von; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Krips, Josef; Maazel, Lorin; Muti, Riccardo; Ozawa, Seiji; Swoboda, Karl; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Karajan, Herbert von; Maazel, Lorin; Abbado, Claudio; Boskovsky, Willi; Muti, Riccardo; Krips, Josef; Knappertsbusch, Hans; Brokovsky, Willi; Krauss, Clemens
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Heavenly Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-11-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (H...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berbié, Jane; Bonynge, Richard; Brown, Iona; Caracciolo, Franco; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chorus, Vienna State Opera; Davis, Colin, Sir [Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; Gergie...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles; Agoult, Raymond; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Judd, James; Page, Neil; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rogé, Pasca...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Sinfonia; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Naples Rossini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New...

Personnel: Anthony Way (treble); Marie Goosens, Marisa Robles (harp); Michael Kennedy, Iona Brown (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber, Miklós Perényi (cello); Pascal Rogé (piano)....continue...

The #1 Beethoven Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Minuets (6) for piano (or orchestra), WoO 10; Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sha...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Backhaus, Wilhelm; Beaux Arts Trio; Burrows, Stuart; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Gilels, Emil; I Musici; Italiano, Quartetto; Kovacevich, Stephen; Leipzi...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; ; Fennell, Frederick; Barenboim, Daniel; Dorati, Antal; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman-Rochester Pops; I Musici; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Stephen Kovacevich; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Pilar Lorengar (soprano); Yvonne Minton (mezzo soprano); Stuart Burrows (tenor); Martti Talvela (bass voice); Itzhak Perlman, Pi...continue...

Tchaikovsky - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2003-04-08

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Romeo & Jul...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boshniakovich, Oleg; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Gabarro, Francisco; Garbarro, Francisco; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Josefowicz, Leila; London...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; Ozawa, Seiji; Bonynge, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pletnev, Mikhail; Karajan, Herbert von; Markevitch, Igor; Gergiev, Valery; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Gotting, Ove; Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Kirov Theater Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Russian National Orchest...

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Rapture - Opera's Most Heavenly Moments

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Wolfgang Amadeus Moza...
Performers: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Alagna, Roberto; Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bayreuth Festival Orchestra & Chorus; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin R...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ozawa, Seiji; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Böhm, Karl; Kulka, János; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ferro, Gabriele; Levine, James; Giovaninetti, Reynald; Maazel...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus; Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Bavarian State Orchestra; Bayreuth Festival Choir; Bayreuth Festival Or...

Personnel: Reri Grist , Montserrat Caballé, Maria Chiara, Renée Fleming, Mirella Freni, Edita Gruberová, Gundula Janowitz, Edith Mathis, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (sop...continue...

For Your Life - For Your Dreams

1 CD / Decca / 2002-09-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute no 1 in G major, K. 313 (K. 285c); Concerto for Horn no 4 in E ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Berbié, Jane; Cleveland Orchestra; Damm, Peter; Gililov, Pavel; Graf, Maria [Harp]; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; London Symphony Orchestra; Maisky, Misc...
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Böhm, Karl; Pinnock, Trevor; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia; Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Cleveland Orchestra; London Philharmonia Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; The English Concert; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This CD contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Narciso Yepes (guitar); Maria Graf (harp); David Oistrakh (violin); Mischa Maisky (cello); Irena Grafenauer (flute); Peter Damm (horn...continue...

For Your Life - For a Sunday Morning

1 CD / Decca / 2002-01-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D m...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Dart, Thurston; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Symphony, San Franci...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hogwood, Christopher; Paray, Paul; Agoult, Raymond; Ansermet, Ernest; Davis, Colin; Boskovsky, Willi
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Ensemble; Suisse...

This selection contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Thurston Dart (harpsichord).

Another volume in Decca's lifestyle classical music series, For a Sunday Morning collects liv...continue...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / Solti, Flagstad, London, et al

2 CD / Polydor Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold
Performers: Balsborg, Oda; Bohme, Kurt [Bass Vocal]; Flagstad, Kirsten; Kmentt, Waldemar; Kreppel, Walter; Kuen, Paul; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Madeira, Jean; Malaniuk, Ira; Neidlinger, Gustav [Baritone ...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Penguin Guide
The immediacy and precise placing are thrilling...Solti gives a magnificent reading of the score, crisp, dramatic and direct. Vocally, the set is held together...continue...