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A Late Quartet - Music by Angelo Badalamenti [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-06

Works: Angelo Badalamenti: A Late Quartet, film score; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die Tote Stadt; Cristian Puig: Bulerias del encuntreno, song; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Lidstrom, Mats; Lysell, Kjell; Puig, Cristian; Sparf, Nils-Erik [Violin/Viola]; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Grace, Jeff; LoDuca, Joseph

Sogno Barocco - Italian Baroque Opera Arias by Monteverdi, Cavalli, Provenzale, Rossi / Anne Sofie von Otter, soprano

1 CD / Naïve / 2012-08-28

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 9; L' incoronazione di Poppea; Il ritorno d'Ulisse in patria; Francesco Cavalli: Elena; La Calisto; Doriclea; Francesco Provenzale: Squarciato appena havea, for vo...
Performers: Piau, Sandrine; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Garcia Alarcon, Leonardo
Ensemble: Cappella Mediterranea

Sogno barocco - A baroque dream - is the third recording of Swedish mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter on Naïve. Dedicated to the first baroque...continue...
Recording information: Gävle Concert Hall, Gävle, Sweden (01/2012)....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...

Une fête Baroque! / Anne Sofie von Otter; Sandrine Piau; Natalie Dessay; Philippe Jaroussky; Patricia Petibon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes galantes, Opéra-ballet; Hippolyte et Aricie, Tragédie lyrique; Dardanus, Tragédie lyrique; Platée, Ballet-bouffon; Castor et Pollux, Trag&e...
Performers: Azzaretti, Jael; Benichou, Olivier; Bertin, Pascal; Billiet, Jeroen; Claycomb, Laura; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Degout, Stephane; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; Fierro, Sydney; Haidan, Delphine; H...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble: Le Concert dÆ Astree

Paris's Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Le Concert d' Astree, under its founder and conductor Emmanuelle Haim gave a concert entitled Fetes Baroques to celebrate its 10th...continue...
Recording information: Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, France (12/19/2011)....continue...

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Berlioz: Les Nuits d'été; Harold en Italie / Anne Sofie Von Otter, Minkowski

1 CD / Naïve / 2011-11-15

Works: Hector Berlioz: Harold in Italy for viola and orchestra, Op. 16; Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, song cycle; La Damnation de Faust, Op. 24
Performers: Tamesit, Antoine; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble

Marc Minkowski, Anne Sofie von Otter, Antoine Tamestit and Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble have joined forces to offer a thrilling performance of two...continue...
Recording information: Opéra Royal de Versailles, France (04/2011)....continue...

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Rolando Villazon's Guide to Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2011-06-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; La Bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbié, Jane; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Cross, Gregory; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Pl...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von

Classic Lullabies: Music For Sweetest Dreams

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Robert Schumann: Scenes of Childhood, Op. 15; Märchenbilder no 4 (Langsam, mit melancholischem Ausdruck), for viola (or violin) & piano, Op....
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Bonney, Barbara; Debost, Michel; Février, Jacques [Piano]; Janowitz, Gundula; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Laval, Danielle; Little, Tasmin; Paik, Kun-woo; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Rosc...
Conductors: ; Tate, Jeffrey; Stamp, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Tortelier, Paul; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Baudo, Serge
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble

Joannes Brahms was not the only great composer to write a beautiful lullaby. Virgin Classics is proud to release a brand new compilation containing 18...continue...

Romantic Violinist: Celebration Of Joseph Joachim / Daniel Hope, violin

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-03-22

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Clara Wieck Schumann: Romance, for violin & piano in D flat major, Op. 22/1; Johannes Brahms: Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "F...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Knauer, Sebastian; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari

Daniel Hope reveals yet another facet with this recording honoring Joseph Joachim, a central figure of 19th-century musical life. The central piece is Bruch's Violin...continue...

Unicef's Children First

1 CD / Unicef / 2011-01-11

Works: Carsten Johannes Morch: Children First, song; All of These Things You Are to Me, song; I Love You by Heart, song; Move by Love, song; Morning Song; Circus, song; You Are Not Alone, song; Song for a C...
Performers: Banderas, Antonio; Bjornvig, Thorkild; Bryce, Jamie; Caine, Rebecca; Dam-Jensen, Inger; Freeman, Lisa; Hal, Johnny van; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Ingman, Nick; Kafer, Wolfgang; Morch, Carst...
Conductors: Skipper, Svend; Klemens, Mario

When you buy this CD, you support the work of UNICEF to improve children's lives Featuring artists such as Antonio Banderas, Anne Sofie von Otter,...continue...

Messiah: The Dream Cast [Australia]

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-11-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; Price, Leontyne; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; McCreesh, Paul; Hogwood, Christopher; Pinnock, Trevor; Minkowski, Marc; Walker, Antony; Kaminski, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Mackerras, Charles...

Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...continue...

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

The World of the Castrati: The Voice of Angels

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione; Giulio Cesare; Ariodante; Alcina; Serse; Admeto, re di Tessaglia; Fernando, re di Castiglia; Faramondo; Antonio Caldara: La Pass...
Performers: Baldi, Antonio; Bedini, Domenico; Blythe, Stephanie; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Cafarelli; Carestini, Giovanni; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cicognani, Giuseppe; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Des...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Hickox, Richard; Rousset, Christophe; Christie, William; Bolton, Ivor; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; Bicket, Har...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of...continue...

Love Songs / Anne Sofie von Otter

2 CD / Naïve / 2010-10-26

Works: Brad Mehldau: Love Songs, for mezzo-soprano & piano; Léo Ferré: Avec le Temps, song; Monique Andrée Serf: Pierre, song for voice & piano; Dis! quand reviendras-tu?; Joni Mitchell: Marc...
Performers: Mehldau, Brad; von Otter, Anne Sofie

Gramophone Magazine
[Mehldau's] songs are a good fit for von Otter and they tap into all the qualities which make her such a class act as...continue...
Recording information: Berwald Concert Hall, Stockholm, Sweden (06/2010)....continue...

Sacred Songs of Mary

1 CD / Valley Entertainment / 2010-10-12

Works: Anonymous, Notre Dame School: O Maria, stella maris, conductus; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Hildegard von Bingen: O viridissima virga; Anonymous: Et lidet Barn saa lysteligt (A little child so joyfull...
Performers: Andreassen, Elisabeth; Asheim, Nils Henrik; Barquee, Thomas; Berntsen, Anne Lise; Byrne, Aisling Drury; Danielsen, Jan Werner; Lobody, Ashana; Mediaeval, Trio; Montgomery, Jocelyn; Nonishita, Yukari;...
Conductors: ; Van Nevel, Paul; Gardiner, John Eliot; Leslie, Thomas G.
Ensemble: ; Bach Collegium Japan; Rose Consort of Viols

Bad Boys

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-04-13

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Otello; Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Kur...
Performers: Crafoord, Balcarras [Tenor Vocal]; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Daniel, Paul

'Bad Boys' is a line up of some of the most unscrupulous, cynical, devious, roguish musical villains of the opera stage. Bryn Terfel calls them...continue...
Recording information: Stockholm, Bersaldhallen (03/2009)....continue...

Wilhelm Stenhammar: The Song; Two Sentimental Romances; Ithaca

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2010-03-16

Works: Wilhelm Stenhammar: Sången (The Song), cantata for voice, chorus & orchestra, Op. 44; Sentimental Romances (2) for violin & orchestra, Op. 28; Ithaca for baritone & orchestra, Op. 21
Performers: Dahlberg, Stefan; Hagegard, Hakan; Sorenson, Iwa; Tellefsen, Arve; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wahlgren, Per Arne
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Westerberg, Stig; Ingebretsen, Kjell

Ombre De Mon Amant: French Baroque Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-03-02

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Médée, H 491; Concert à quatre parties de violes, H. 545; Auprès du feu l'on fait l'amour, air for soprano & continuo, H. 446; Concert à quatre part...
Performers: Collobert, Laurent; Lenaerts, Thibaut; Lopez, Marduk Serrano [Vocals]; Loughlin-Smith, Michael; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

'Ombre de mon amant' is Anne Sofie von Otter's first recording of these French Baroque Arias - graceful, temperamental tunes which will delight her fans...continue...
Recording information: Paris, Église Notre-Dame du Liban (09/2008)....continue...

Prima Donna: First Ladies Of Opera

2 CD / Decca / 2010-02-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Tosca; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberf...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Caballé, Montserrat; Cabell, Nicole; Flórez, Juan Diego; Fleming, Renée; Garanca, Elina; Gheor...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Noseda, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Fischer, Adam; Rose, Barry; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Pinnock, Trevor; Abbado, Roberto; Christie, William; Abel, Yve...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists; International Chamber Soloists; Les Arts Florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Prima Donna: The First Ladies of Music is Decca's newest tribute to Opera's greatest stars. This 2 for 1 album features Renee Fleming, Anna Netrebko,...continue...

State of the Art: The Story of Deutsche Grammophon

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-12-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian dances for orchestra; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Johann Sebastian Bach: The Ar...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Bielecki, Andre; Blechacz, Rafal [Piano]; Brueggergosman, Mea...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Anda, Géza; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert vo...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Gabrieli Consort

This new, limited edition, large format book, State of the Art, (in English / German) presents the first full-length history of the legendary yellow label....continue...

William Christie - 30th Anniversay

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-11-17

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Judicium Salomonis, H. 422; Work(s); André Campra: Requiem; Motets (12), Book 2; Exaudiat Te Dominus; Work(s); George Frederick Handel: Serse; Sonata i...
Performers: Allen, Thomas Michael [Tenor Vocal]; Brahim-Djelloul, Amel; Christie, William [Conductor/Harpsichord]; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Debono, Claire; Foster-Williams, Andrew; Henschel, Dietrich;...
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Les Arts Florissants, one of the most influential and prolific ensembles in the world of authentic period performance, celebrates 30 years of achievement with this...continue...

111 Years of Deutsche Grammophon [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-10-20

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Concerto for Violin and Cello in A minor, Op. 102 "Double"; Scherzo for Violin and Piano in C minor, WoO 2 "FAE Sonata"; Joha...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bay, Emanuel; Benson, Clifford; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bielecki, Andre; Ble...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Bernstein, Leonard; Böhm, Karl; Boulez, Pierre; Maazel, Lorin; Marcon, Andrea; Karajan, Herbert von; Chung, Myung-W...
Ensemble: ; Andalucian Dogs; Concerto Köln ; English Baroque Soloists; English Consort; Gabrieli Consort; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ...

Deutsche Grammophon is proud to celebrate its 111th birthday this year (December 6th, to be exact) and as part of the celebration will release a...continue...

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Handel Gold - Bartoli, Fleming, Kozená, Terfel, Villazón, Te Kanawa, Sutherland, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; MEDLEY; Alcina; Ariodante; Atalanta; Giulio Cesare; Tamerlano; Il Floridante, HWV 14; Muzio Scevola, HWV 13; Jep...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bumbry, Grace; Domingo, Placido; Fleming, Renee; Fuller, Albert; Gritton, Susan; Horne, Marilyn [M...
Conductors: Rose, Barry; Minkowski, Marc; Viotti, Marcello; Bonynge, Richard; Bicket, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Curtis, Alan; Dunn, Thomas; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Preston, Simon; Mackerras, Charles, S...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Baroque Chamber Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Dresden Staatskapelle; English B...

This 2-CD set celebrates the 250th anniversary of Handel's death and includes selections from Handel's most beautiful operas, oratorios, arias and choruses. This definitive greatest...continue...

Bach - Arias, etc / Anne Sofie von Otter, Lars Ulrik Mortensen, Concerto Copenhagen

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-04-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 54, "Widerstehe doch der Sünde," BWV 54; Cantata no 197 "Gott ist unsre Zuversicht" BWV 197; Cantata no 99, "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" BWV 99; Saint Matt...
Performers: Dahlin, Anders J.; Jespersen, Jakob Bloch; Medici, Tomas; Mortensen, Lars Ulrik; Roman, Karin; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Mortensen, Lars Ulrik
Ensemble: Concerto Copenhagen

It was with Bach that Anne Sofie von Otter made her very first solo appearances, singing the alto solos in 'St. John Passion' in Stockholm....continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Daniel Hope Plays Vivaldi

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-02-03

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D major ("L'inquietudine"), RV 234; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in E minor, RV 273; Trio Sonata for 2 Violins and Basso Continu...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; von Otter, Anne Sofie

The winning team of Daniel Hope and the Chamber Orchestra of Europe come together again for Hope's second album on DG. Hope is joined by...continue...

Ingvar Lidholm: Songs and Chamber Music

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Ingvar Lidholm: Songs (3) for mezzo-soprano & strings; Songs (6) for Baritone and piano; Concertino for flute, oboe, cor anglais and cello; Ekelöf songs (3) for soprano & 4 instruments; Elegies ...
Performers: Appelbom, Bertil; Bergstrom, Ulf; Bramme, Folke; Kierkegaard, Ingegerd; Kjell Bjurling; Lannerholm, Torleif; Lindgren, Ingrid; Nilsson, Helena; Olsson, Tale; Samuelson, Mikael; Soderstrom, Elisabeth;...
Conductors: Sjögren, Björn; Lidholm, Ingvar;
Ensemble: ; Tale Quartet

Bartók: Concertos, Miraculous Mandarin, etc / Rattle, Labèques, Chung, Donohoe, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-09-16

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Concerto for Piano no 1, Sz 83; Concerto for Piano no 2, Sz 95; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Concerto for...
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Donohoe, Peter; Drouet, Jean-Pierre; Gualdo, Sylvio; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

Hungarian composer, pianist, musicologist Bela Bartok, though criminally neglected in his own time, has risen in stature and is now considered one of the greatest...continue...

Classics for My Baby - Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, Handel, Grieg, etc / Angelich, Menuhin, Argerich, Järvi, Anderszewski, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nac...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha; Bonney, Barbara; Capuçon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo; Coles, Samuel; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Debost, Michel; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, F...
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Wordsworth, Barry; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Harding, Daniel; Hickox, Richard; Janowski, Marek; Warren-Green, Christopher; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Gardelli...
Ensemble: Academy of London; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Br...

Studies that the unborn child in its mother's womb is able to perceive exterior noises. That being the case, you might as well let your...continue...

Wagner: Der Ring des Nibelungen / Haitink, Morris, Marton, Jerusalem, Adam, Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, et al

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Falcon, Ruth; Goldberg, Reiner; Haage, Peter; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Johanss...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Richard Wagner's tetralogy 'The Ring of the Nibelung' remains, quite simply, one of the largest-scale works of art ever conceived. With a total performance time...continue...

In My Element / Anne Sofie van Otter

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-04-15

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito...
Performers: Augustsson, Mikael; Bjorkman, David; Blair, Michael; d'Oustrac, Stephanie; Dohmen, Albert; Forsberg, Bengt; Henryson, Svante; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Roland; Lindberg, Jakob; Lindberg, Magnus; Linds...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Gardiner, John Eliot; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Boulez, Pierre; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Baroque Soloists; English Concert; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; North German ...

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Terezín - Theresienstadt / Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2008-03-25

Works: Ilse Weber: Ich wandre durch Theresienstadt; Ade, Kamerad!; Und der Regen rinnt; Wiegala; Karel Svenk: Pod destnikem (Under an Umbrella); Vsechno jde! (Anything Goes!) "Terezin March"; Adolf Strauss:...
Performers: Dukes, Philip; Forsberg, Bengt; Gerhaher, Christian; Hausmann, Ib; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Huber, Gerold; Knight, Josephine; Risenfors, Bebe; von Otter, Anne Sofie

The Swedish mezzo-soprano, Anne Sofie von Otter, is known as one of the most versatile stars of her generation. She is always in search of...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

Courbet - les musiques - Chopin, etc / Sokolov, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 14 in E flat minor, Op. 28/14, CT. 179; Prelude for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Hector Berlioz: Symphoni...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Cabasso, Laurent; Engerer, Brigitte; Gastinel, Anne; Guy, François-Frederic; Heisser, Jean-François; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Hurel, Juliette; ...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Eschenbach, Christoph; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Lombard, Alain; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; ORTF National Orchestra

Courbet's output displays an astonishing range of subjects, styles, and formats. It conveys a well-nigh revolutionary creative force which may recall that of the great...continue...

Maria Callas - 100 Best Classics

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor; Symphony no 8 in ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Banse, Juliane; Brewer, Christine; Doese, Helena; Hampson, Thomas; Hodgson, Alfreda; Isokoski, Soile; Keenlyside, Simon; Rea, Sean; Relyea, Jo...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

The recording of Sir Simon Rattle's cycle the Mahler Symphonies commenced in 1986 with the Second Symphony and was completed in 2002 with the Fifth....continue...

Best of Grieg

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-08-14

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35; Kulok and Stabbelåten (Cow Call and Peasant Dance), Nordic melody for orchestra (o...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Eklof, Marianne; Forsberg, Bengt; Gavrilov, Andrei; Pletnev, Mikhail; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Zilberstein, Lilya
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Järvi, Neeme
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

This generous 2-CD compilation offers the most popular music of Edvard Grieg (1843-1907), Norway's greatest composer. Featuring Anne Sofie von Otter, Mikhail Pletnev, Herbert von...continue...

The John Dowland Collection

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-04-10

Works: John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Firste Booke of Songes; Can she excuse, P 42; My Lady Hunsdon's Allemande, Dowland; A piece without title; The Shoemaker's Wife, a Toy, for lute, P 58; Lachr...
Performers: Binkley, Thomas; Bonney, Barbara; Burgess, Grayston; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Karamazov, Edin; Kirkby, Emma; Klein, Karl Heinz; Lindberg, Jakob; Ramm, Andrea von; Rooley, Anthony [Lute]; Söllsch...
Conductors: ; Binkley, Thomas
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke; Studio der frühen Musik

Over 21/2 of glorious music featuring Barbara Bonney, Anne Sofie von Otter, Nigel Rogers, Andreas Scholl, Göran Söllscher and The Consort of Musicke. The music...continue...

Handel: Agrippina / Gardiner, Jones, Miles, Ragin, et al

3 CD / Philips / 2007-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina
Performers: Brown, Donna; Chance, Michael; Clarkson, Julian; Jones, Della; Kenny, Jonathan Peter; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Mosley, George; Ragin, Derek Lee; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"Della Jones gives a masterful performance in the title role. John Eliot Gardiner has not recorded many Handel operas, nor directed many in the theatre....continue...

Grand Prix - Grieg: Songs / Anne Sofie von Otter, Bengt Forsberg

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Edvard Grieg: Haugtussa, Op. 67; Songs (6), Op. 48; Songs (4), Op. 21; Songs (5), Op. 26; Melodies (12), Op. 33; Songs (5), Op. 60; Children's songs (7), Op. 61; Romances (6), Op. 39; Heart's melodie...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; von Otter, Anne Sofie

"For every mood, for every nuance of meaning, von Otter finds the right expressionwill unquestionably be one of my discs of the year and is...continue...

The Essential Sibelius

15 CD / BIS (Sweden) / 2006-11-04

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 52; Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; En saga, ...
Performers: Autio, Antti; Derwinger, Love; Ekblad, Stina; Forsberg, Bengt; Gräsbeck, Folke; Gribajcevic, Anna Kreetta; Groop, Monica; Häggander, Mari Anne; Hakala, Tommi; Hynninen, Jorma; Juntunen, Hel...
Conductors: Vänskä, Osmo; Järvi, Neeme; Hyökki, Matti; Riska, Astrid; Sund, Robert; Panula, Jorma;
Ensemble: Dominante Choir; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Helsinki University Chorus; Jubilate Choir; Lahti Boys' Choir; Lahti Symphony Orchestra; Orphei Drängar; Tempera String Quartet; YL Male Voice Cho...

Anne Sofie von Otter - I Let the Music Speak

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-10-10

Works: Björn Ulvaeus: The day before you came; Benny Andersson: I let the music speak; When all is said and done; I walk with you, mama; The winner takes it all; Chess; Kristina Fran Duvemala; I am jus...
Performers: Andersson, Benny; Augustsson, Mikael; Björkman, David; Eljas, Anders; Englund, Lasse; Grebacken, Pär; Henryson, Svante; Jakobsson, Karl; Jonsson, Fredrik; Kress, Rolland; Lindgren, Magnus; ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Fleshquartet

After her successful collaboration with Elvis Costello on 'For the Stars,' Anne Sofie von Otter continues to explore the terrain of popular music with a...continue...

Hélène Grimaud - Reflection

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-09-12

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Clara Wieck Schumann: Lieder (3), Op. 12; Am Strande ("Traurig schau ich von der Klippe"), for voice & piano; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello...
Performers: Grimaud, Helene; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

"This is Grimaud's second go-around with the Schumann Concerto. Her Erato recording (11727, July/Aug 1996) is still available, though I am not familiar with it....continue...

Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius / Davis, Rendall, et al

2 CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2006-09-12

Works: Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38
Performers: Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Rendall, David; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus

Elgar's 'Dream of Gerontius' was thought by many to be outlandishly modern at the time of its completion in 1900. Telling the story of the...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Haitink, Jerusalem, Marton

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Wagner: Götterdämmerung
Performers: Adam, Theo; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Eaglen, Jane; Hagen, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Herman, Sylvia; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kaufmann, Julie; Lipovsek, Marjana; Marton, Eva; Nes, Jard van; Tomlinson, Joh...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus

Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro / Levine, Upshaw, Te Kanawa

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Forest, Michael; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Glazener, Laurence; Grant, Heidi; Grossman, Jerry [Cello]; Guyer, Joyce; Hampson, Thomas; Laciura, Anthony; Plishka, Paul [Bass Vocals]; Rute...
Conductors: Levine, James
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus

"Taut ensemble and well-detailed playing." - Gramophone "Beautifully prepared and confidently performed with an ensemble finish that comes only from frequent teamwork." - Metropolitan Opera...continue...

Musiques à Orsay - Debussy, etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Claude Debussy: Les a...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bauer, Marc; Beroff, Michel; Bouquet, Carole; Brezynski, Daniel; Castets, Maryse; Desjardins, Dominique; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Paul; Moragu...
Conductors: Rosenthal, Manuel; Lombard, Alain; Equilbey, Laurence; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Frances Musee dOrsay is an historic building, in which all of the arts from the second half of the 19th century are represented. The works...continue...