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Bach Busoni Beethoven Piano Recital

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-09-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata, Adagio and Fugue in C major, BWV 564; Partita for keyboard no 6 in E minor, BWV 830 (BC L6); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 30 in E major, Op. 109; Fré...
Performers: Rhodes, James

Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (11/02/2009-11/04/2009)....continue...

Bullets & Lullabies / James Rhodes

2 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 2010-12-21

Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Moritz Moszkowski: Etude for piano in F major, Op. 72/6; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano in E Flat, Op. 31/3; Fr&...
Performers: Rhodes, James

"Bullets & Lullabies is a two-CD album that allows you to pick the disc to suit your mood. Disc one features fast and furious "Bullets",...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk, England (08/2010)....continue...

Mozart: Divertimento

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E flat major, K. 563; Movement for string trio in G major (fragment), K. Anh. 66 (K. 562e); Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: ZilliacusPerssonRaitinen, Trio

Recording information: Nybrokajen 11, Stockholm, Sweden (04/23/2007-04/25/2007)....continue...

Romantic Songs

1 CD / Swedish Society Discofil / 2010-02-16

Works: Hugo Alfvén: Jag Längtar Dig, song for voice & piano, Op. 28/5; Saa tag mit hjerte, R 203; Wilhelm Peterson-Berger: Ballads (4) in Swedish folk style, Op. 5; Gustaf Nordqvist: Songs (3); Au...
Performers: Bjorling, Jussi
Conductors: Grevillius, Nils; Westerberg, Stig

The Bamboo Organ of Las Piñas

2 CD / Move / 2010-02-01

Works: Domenico Zipoli: Sonate d'intavoltura per organo e cimbalo; Johann Pachelbel: Musicalische Sterbens-Gedancken (4), chorale variation sets for organ, T. 81-84; Baldassare Galuppi: Keyboard Sonata in A...
Performers: Lawrence, Douglas
Conductors: Emmer, Bernhard

Recording information: Catholic Church, Las Piñas, The Philippines (02/09/1989-02/13/1989)....continue...

I Love Ballet

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; William Walton: Façade, for reciter & e...
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Mari, Jean-Baptiste; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Previn, Andre; Irving, Robert; Karajan, Herbert von; Rosenthal, Manuel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Frémaux, Louis; Temirkanov, Yuri; Wo...

These two richly-filled CDs provide a perfect introduction to the joys of ballet music. The set is intended to appeal specifically to young girls who...continue...

Martha Argerich and Friends - Live from the Lugano Festival 2008

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Variations (5) on an original theme for piano, 4 hands in G major, K. 501; Robert Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 121; Anton Arensky: Piano Quintet...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Capuçon, Renaud; Capucon, Renaud; Debrus, Alexandre; Drobinsky, Marc; Giuffredi, Corrado; Godel, Vincent; Gurning, Alexander; Hall, Lucia; Hubert, Eduardo; Kovacevich...
Conductors: Pletnev, Mikhail
Ensemble: ; Swiss Italian Orchestra

For the seventh Lugano Festival, legendary pianist Martha Argerich continues her commitment to showcasing young new talent and exploring lesser-known composers and works. Joining Argerich...continue...

Opera 2008

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Bostridge, Ian; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brightma...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Viotti, Marcello; Langrée, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Bateman, Paul; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Chung, Myung-Whun; Kohn, Eugene; Serafin, Tullio; Ensemble, Matheus; Spinosi, Jean-Chri...

2008 two-CD compilation featuring the world's favorite opera tracks, sung by the world's greatest opera stars. Featuring Operatic Superstars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas...continue...

100 Best Romantic Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics. Performed by some of the world?s leading artists. Among them are the...continue...

The One and Only - Opera Arias / Maria Callas

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chéni...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Callas, Maria; Canali, Anna Maria; Dickie, William; Ercolani, Renato; Forti, Carlo; Gedda, Nicolai; Sautereau, Nadine
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; De Sabata, Victor; Karajan, Herbert von; Ghione, Franco; Galliera, Alceo; Rescigno, Nicola; Prêtre, Georges

A 2-CD compilation of Callas' most famous arias, at a 1-CD price! Packaged in a limited edition 6-panel digipack with a lavishly illustrated booklet....continue...

Liberty for All - A Musical Journey Vol 2 / US Army Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2007-06-12

Works: John Stafford Smith: The Star-spangled Banner; Randall Thompson: The Testament of Freedom; American Traditional: Shenandoah, folk song; Joseph Wilcox Jenkins: American Overture; Stephen Foster: Oh! S...
Performers: United States Army Band, The
Conductors:
Ensemble: United States Army Band; United States Army Chorus

Enchantment / Magdalena Kozená

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-05-09

Works: Charles Gounod: Cinq Mars; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesa...
Performers: Delgado-Boge, Claire; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena; Marcinger, Ludovit; Martineau, Malcolm; Massis, Annick; Parat, Edwige; Sampson, Carolyn
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc; Swierczewski, Michel; Goebel, Reinhard; Stryncl, Marek; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln ; Musica Florea

A richly-colored voice, a perfect technique and a vivid musical imagination: the recipe for a portrait of an exceptional artist. 'Enchantment' is a personal selection...continue...

Baroque Pan Pipe - Albinoni, et al / Simion Stanciu Syrinx

2 CD / Cascavelle / 2006-05-01

Works: Domenico Cimarosa: Concerto for Oboe in C major; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Flutes in C major, RV 533; Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; Luigi Boccherini: Concerto for Flut...
Performers: Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Stanciu Syrinx, Simion
Conductors: Berlingen, Jean-Pierre; Stoutz, Edmond de; Graf, Hans; Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: I Solisti Veneti; Normandy Orchestral Ensemble; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Ever since childhood Simion Stanciu, aka Syrinx, dedicated his life to music, playing the piano and violin. Then, at 14, he discovered the panpipe, and...continue...

Mozart: Messe en ut mineur / Piau, Sollied, Krivine, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Caton, Frederic; Piau, Sandrine; Sollied, Anne-Lise
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel
Ensemble: La Chambre Philharmonique

The Guardian
Emmanuel Krivine is one of today's greatest conductors and is never, under any circumstances, to be missed
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For Your Life - For April Showers

1 CD / Decca / 2005-03-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; John Baston: Concerto for flute/recorder, strings & continuo, no 2 in...
Performers: Boskovsky, Willi; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Gililov, Pavel; Jones, Philip; Kuchl, Rainer; Maisky, Mischa; Petri, Michala; Pinnock, Trevor; Schiff, Andras; Wilbraham, John
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Sillito, Kenneth; Boskovsky, Willi; Rousset, Christophe; Marriner, Sir Neville; Pinnock, Trevor; Melkus, Eduard; Schiff, Andras; Schreier, Peter; Chung, Myung-Whun; Böhm, K...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bastille Opera Orchestra; Boskovsky Ensemble; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Eduard Melkus; English Baroque Soloists; Les Talens Ly...

Liberty for All - A Musical Journey Vol 1 / US Marine Band

1 CD / Altissimo / 2004-09-07

Works: Nova Scotia Traditional: The White Cockade; Francis Hopkinson: Washington's March; Edwin Franko Goldman: The Chimes of Liberty, for band; John Philip Sousa: Liberty Bell; Hands Across the Sea; Semper...
Conductors:
Ensemble: United States Marine Band

Includes victory at sea (rodgers) / eternal father (dykes) by various composers....continue...

For Your Life - For Yoga / Dutoit, Marriner, Ozawa, Previn

1 CD / Decca / 2004-04-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Erik Sati...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Boston Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Goossens, Marie; Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra; Holliger, Heinz;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Dutoit, Charles; Järvi, Neeme; Leppard, Raymond; Judd, James; Ozawa, Seiji; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Previn, Andre
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Boston Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philhar...

This disc contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Eduardo Fernandez (guitar); Marie Goosens (harp); Christer Thorvaldsson (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber, Jascha Silberstein (cello); He...continue...

The Compact Opera Collection - Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti

3 CD / Decca / 2002-08-20

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Burrows, Stuart; Moll, Kurt; Popp, Lucia; Price, Margaret [Soprano Vocals]; Sass, Sylvia; Sramek, Alfred; Vocals], Bernd Weikl [Baritone
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Opera Chorus

Margaret Price is one of the finest Mozartian sopranos of her generation and Lucia Popp gives a truly exquisite portrayal of the peasant girl Zerlina....continue...

Naxos - The First Fifteen Years (1987-2002)

1 CD / Naxos (USA) Import / 2002-06-18

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges: Work(s); Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 15...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Eisenlohr, Ulrich; Jando, Jeno; Kliegel, Maria; Nishizaki, Takako; Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]; Trekel, Roman
Conductors: Humburg, Will; Monnard, Jean Francois; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Berger, Sven; ; Tintner, Georg
Ensemble: ; Convivium Musicum Gothenburgense; Ensemble Villanella; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Kodály Quartet ; National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Naxos celebrates 15 years of achievement in this special release, containing excerpts from critically acclaimed and prize-winning recordings. The list of composers represented range from...continue...

Beethoven: Piano Sonatas / Stephen Kovacevich

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-07-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 13 in E flat major, Op. 27 no 1 "Quasi una fantasia"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Kovacevich, Stephen

"Kovacevich has excelled in the music of many composers but his affinity with Beethoven has always been in a special category all its own... Texturally...continue...

Beethoven: Sonaten Opp 22, 26 & 53 / Maurizio Pollini

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-04-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 11 in B flat major, Op. 22; Sonata for Piano no 12 in A flat major, Op. 26 "Funeral March"; Sonata for Piano no 21 in C major, Op. 53 "Waldstein"
Performers: Pollini, Maurizio

"...For modern sound choices, Pollini's performance goes to the head of the pack. This is magnificent Beethoven playing." -Burwasser, Fanfare...continue...