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In Paradisum: Spiritual Classical Melodies by Faure, Mozart, Franck, Bruckner, Mahler et al. / various British choirs

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Vesperae solennes de confessore; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Pani...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Camerata Academica Wurzbu; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Dixon, Alistair
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzbu

This sublime compilation will take listeners on a journey through some of the most profound classical music ever written, demonstrating the wealth of inspiration that...continue...

Passacaglia - works by Reger, Buxtehude, Mendelssohn, Couperin, Kerll, Bach, et al. / Matthias Havinga, organ

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Max Reger: Introduction and Passacaglia for organ in D minor; Dietrich Buxtehude: Passacaglia for organ in D minor, BuxWV 161; Felix Mendelssohn: Little Piece (Passacaglia) for organ in C minor [Litt...
Performers: Havinga, Matthias

This original program by organist Matthias Havinga plays on the theme of the passacaglia throughout history: from its formal maturity in the 17th century through...continue...
Recording information: Kotka, Finland (09/16/2010-09/17/2010)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete Works for Cello & Piano / Luca Fiorentini, cello; Stefania Redaelli, piano

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Concertantes for Cello and Piano, Op. 17; Sonata for cello & piano no 2 in D major, Op. 58; Song without words for Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 109; Sonata for cello ...
Performers: Fiorentini, Luca; Redaelli, Stefania

Felix Mendelssohn's love for the cello was famed, and accordingly it was well-represented in his body of work. These works for cello and piano show...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Ponchielli, Cremona, Italy (01/02/2012-01/04/2012)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Complete Symphonies / Sawallisch, Markiz

7 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-02-28

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Sympho...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Markiz, Lev
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Sinfonietta Amsterdam

Featuring the some of the best possible performances, the 5 "big" symphonies are performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra conducted by Wolfgang Sawallisch (a Mendelssohn specialist)....continue...

Choral Classics: Choral Classics from Cambridge / Corydon Singers

6 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Super flumina Babylonis; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Robert Ramsey: How Are the Mighty Fallen; Thomas Weelkes: When David heard; Thomas Tallis: Lamenta...
Performers: Brown, Jonathan [Organ]; Carter, William; Dexter, Keri; English, John; Kenny, Liz; Manze, Andrew; Marcus, Marshall; Masters, Rachel; Pearce, Richard; Quinney, Robert; Schlapp, Jan; Vivian, James; War...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy; Cleobury, Stephen; Robinson, Christopher
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This 5 disc set showcases the celebrated choral music tradition of Cambridge's Clare College, King's College and St John's College. Featuring a collection of popular...continue...

Mendelssohn: Sacred Choral Works / Chamber Choir of Europe [8 CDs]

9 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Psaume 42; Psalm 95 ("Come Let us Sing"), for tenor, chorus & orchestra in E flat major, Op. 46; Psalm 98 ("Sing to the Lord"), for soloists, chorus, orchestra & organ in D major, ...
Performers: Allert, Lydia; Bittner, Anja; Bittner, Manfred; Duskova, Alice; Fischesser, Christof [Bass Vocals]; Heilmann, Heike; Holzle, Gerhard; Karl, Nathalie; Kremer, Annemarie; Labitzke, Petra; Leja, Alena; ...
Conductors: Matt, Nicol
Ensemble: ; Chamber Choir of Europe

A Jew who converted to Protestantism, Mendelssohn was a prolific composer of sacred music and made important studies of J.S Bach that were instrumental in...continue...

Bach, Beethoven, Brahms, Bruch: Violin Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, B...
Performers: Black, Neil; Carmignola, Giuliano; Dubach, Alexandre; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Grubert, Ilya; Kogan, Leonid; Oistrakh, David; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Van Den Booren, Borika
Conductors: Sitkovetsky, Dmitry; Martini, Carlo De; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kondrashin, Kirill; Sasson, Michel; Foster, Lawrence; Golovschin, Igor; Marturet, Eduardo; Nebolsin, Vasili; Gauk, Alexander
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra

A 10CD collection that includes the great violin concertos performed by some of the great violin virtuosos of our time. Also included are some rarer...continue...

Mendelssohn: Incidental Music / Spering

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Antigone, incidental music, Op. 55; Oedipus in Kolonos, incidental music, Op. 93; Athalia; Incidental Music, Op. 74
Performers: Hamer, Therese; Korondi, Anna; Martin, Sabina; Pape, Rene; Sander, Otto
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Spering, Christoph
Ensemble: Radio Symphony Orchestra of Berlin

Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Liszt: Piano Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 15 in B flat major, K 450; Concerto for Piano no 11 in F major, K 413 (387a); Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C ...
Performers: Brendel, Alfred; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Giacometti, Paolo; Han, Derek; Lechner, Karin; Mayer, Stephen; Würtz, Klára
Conductors: Feeman, Paul; Boettcher, Willfried; Wallberg, Heinz; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; van Beek, Arie; Plasson, Michel; Vásáry, Tamás; Sirenko, Vladimir; Marturet, Eduardo

The piano concerto emerged from the 18th century keyboard concerto as a display vehicle for the new instrument - the fortepiano, and the new breed...continue...

In Paradisum / Spiritual Classical Music

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-03-22

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Laudate Dominum; Requiem; Mass in C minor, KV 427; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Gio...
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Farcas, Valentina; Heuvelmans, Pamela; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Kirkby, Emma; Ramselaar, Bas; Zazzo, Lawrence
Conductors: Leusink, Pieter Jan; Robinson, Christopher; Brown, Timothy; Matt, Nicol; Cleobury, Stephen; Inbal, Eliahu; Brown, Mark; Marinov, Ivan; Savchuk, Yevhen; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Consort; Cambridge Ensemble; Camerata Academica Wurzburg

In Paradisum is back by popular demand! The most moving, serene, peaceful and comforting choral classics: In Paradisum, includes a breathtaking selection of well-loved spiritual...continue...

Brilliant Classics Piano Library: Mendelssohn

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs (6) for voice & piano, Op. 19a; Songs without words, vol 1, Op. 19b; Songs without words, vol 2, Op. 30; Songs without words, vol 4, Op. 53; Songs without words, vol 5, Op. 6...
Performers: Boer, Pieter-Jelle de; Schmitt-Leonardy, Wolfram; van der Laar, Frank

This 4 CD set contains the “Songs Without Words”, Variations Serieuuse, Kinderstucke, Rondo Capriciccioso, Capriccio and Trois Fantasies ou Caorices plus several short works....continue...

Brahms, Schumann, Franck, Lekeu: Violin Sonatas, etc / Christian Ferras, Pierre Barbizet

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Guillaume Lekeu: Sonata for cello & piano in G major; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Sonata for ...
Performers: Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Barbizet, Pierre; Ferras, Christian [Violin]

This set contains a selection of the recordings by the great French violinist focusing on his prowess as a chamber musician. Ferras was born in...continue...

Classical Top 100

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto for Flute "Il Gardellino"; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Carnival of the Animals; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Piano Sonata, K. 331; Eine ...
Performers: Austbo, Hakon; Boer, Harmen de; Crombach, Sara; Geiger, Gyorgy; Goldstein, Misha; Grafova, Maria; Grauwels, Marc; Groop, Monica; Han, Derek; Hoek, Martijn van den; Holbling, Anna; Jerie, Marek; Jones...
Conductors: Warchal, Bohdan; Clark, Robert Haydon; Bátiz, Enrique; Ermler, Mark; ; Robev, Georgi; Sándor, János; Kosler, Zdenek; Heyerick, Florian; Davis, Carl; Lenárd, Ondrej; Vandernoot, An...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London; London Baroque; Musica ad Rhenum; New York Harp Ensemble

This set is newly compiled, choosing the 100 very best tracks in the best available performances, including London Symphony Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and Carl...continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Trios / Klaviertrio Amsterdam

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 66
Conductors:
Ensemble: Klaviertrio Amsterdam

In 1832 Felix Mendelssohn wrote to his sister Fanny that it was about time he wrote some "good trios". He had already started but left...continue...
Recording information: Hervormde Kerk Rhoon, The Netherlands (1999)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Octet / Amati String Orchestra

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sextet for Piano and Strings in D major, Op. 110; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20
Performers: Ephrat, Ron; Hülshoff, Alexander; Ouziel, Dalia; Sassen, Jean; Sharon, Gil [Violin]; Tamminen, Liisa

Mendelssohn was perhaps the most precociously gifted of all composers. As a child prodigy he stands out from other famous examples such as Mozart, Saint-Saens,...continue...
Recording information: Hervormde Kerk Rhoon, The Netherlands (1966-1967)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Works

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Variations Sérieuses (17) for Piano in D minor, Op. 54; Fantasies or Caprices (3) for piano, Op. 16; Andante and Rondo capriccioso in E major, Op. 14; Kinderstücke (6) fo...
Performers: Schmitt-Leonardy, Wolfram

"Schmitt-Leonardy is perfectly suited to this music. He has seemingly limitless technique, precise and clear, with a wide range of color in his sound. He...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of the University of Music, Saar (02/21/2009-02/23/2009)....continue...

Mendelssohn: Piano Sonata Op 6, Variations, etc / Pieter-Jelle de Boer

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-06-02

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Rondo capriccioso for Piano in E major, Op. 14; Variations for Piano in E flat major, Op. 82; Sonata for Piano no 1 in E major, Op. 6; Variations for Piano in B flat major, Op. 83;...
Performers: De Boer, Pieter-Jelle

Pieter-Jelle de Boer was born in the Netherlands in 1978, and started playing the piano at the age of five. A student of Jan Wijn,...continue...

Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos / Emmy Verhey, Gil Shaham, Armand Joa, Budapest Symphony Orchestra

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Concerto for Violin in D minor
Performers: Shaham, Gil; Verhey, Emmy
Conductors: Joa, Armand
Ensemble: Budapest Symphony Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Piano Concertos no 1 & 2 / Gunzenhauser, Han, Israel CO

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Concerto for Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 40
Performers: Han, Derek
Conductors: Gunzenhauser, Stephen
Ensemble: Israel Chamber Orchestra

Historic Russian Archives - Oistrakh plays Violin Concertos

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in E minor, Op. 64; Antonín Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Dmitri Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Conc...
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kiril; Mravinsky, Eugen; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Eliasberg, Karl; Sanderling, Kurt; Yudin, Gabril; Gauk, Alexander
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; USSR State Radio Symphony Orchestra; USSR State Symphony Orchestra

The violinist David Oistrakh is one of those musicians whose fame crossed many borders both physically and in time. He died over 30 years ago...continue...

Mendelssohn: Lieder ohne Worte / Frank van de Laar

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words
Performers: Van de Laar, Frank

Children's Corner - Piano Music for Children

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Album pour enfants, Op. 39; Cla...
Performers: Austbö, Haakon; Bär, Alwin; Fergus-Thompson, Gordon; Lechner, Karin; Van de Laar, Frank; Van den Hoek, Martijn; Würtz, Klára; Warenberg, Alexander

Mendelssohn: The Complete Concertos

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2006-06-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Piano and Violin in D minor
Performers: Sharon, Gil [Violin]; Van Oort, Bart
Conductors: Sharon, Gil [Violin]
Ensemble: Amati Chamber Orchestra