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Gesualdo: Responsories for Easter Week; Victoria: Lamentations / Tenebrae

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-12

Works: Carlo Gesualdo: Responsories (9), Sabbato Sancto; Miserere Mei, Deus, motet for 6 voices, W. 7/92; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Officium Hebdomadae Sanctae
Conductors: Short, Nigel
Ensemble: ; Tenebrae

2013 marks the 400th anniversary of Gesualdo's death. One of the most visionary composers of his time, he wrote the Tenebrae Responsories for Easter Week,...continue...
Recording information: St. Alban the Martyr Church, London, England (09/2012)....continue...

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

Christmas with Los Romeros - Away in a Manger, Joy to the World, Ave Maria, Carol of the Bells, Silent Night, Little Drummer Boy et al.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joy to the World (theme by Handel); William James Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Mykola Leontovych: Carol of the Bells; Christmas Traditio...
Performers: Romeros, Los
Conductors: Paris, Massimo

Recording information: Sala María Cristina, Málaga (04/2011-05/2011).

The Christmas album and the guitar ensemble are two of the most consistent sales drivers in classical music, and ...continue...

A Romantic Songbook - Songs by Loewe, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Schumann / Thomas Quasthoff, baritone; Justus Zeyen, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Frühlingsglaube, D 686/Op. 20 no 2; Du bist die Ruh, D 776/Op. 59 no 3; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Im Frühling, D 882/Op. 101 no 1; Auf der Bruck, D 853; Im Abe...
Performers: Quasthoff, Thomas; Zeyen, Justus

First Choice features top artists - in the first batch, Claudio Abbado, the Emerson String Quartet, Helene Grimaud, Herbert von Karajan, James Levine, Anna Netrebko,...continue...
Recording information: Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich (11/2003)....continue...

The Liszt Legacy / Claudio Arrau, Alicia Larrocha, Raymond Lewenthal, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Egon Petri

10 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonli...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; De Larrocha, Alicia; Lewenthal, Raymond; Moiseiwitsch, Benno; Petri, Egon

The pièce de résistance of Deutsche Grammophon's Liszt 200th anniversary celebration is a 10-CD box that brings together five great piano virtuosos of the past...continue...

Tomas Luis De Victoria: Sacred Works / Ensemble Plus Ultra

10 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-09-27

Works: Tomás Luis de Victoria: Veni Sancte Spiritus, sequence fo 8 voices; Missa Pro victoria, for 9 voices & organ; Super flumina Babylonis (Psalm 136), for 8 voices; Missa Pro defunctis I, for 4 vo...
Conductors: Noone, Michael
Ensemble: Ensemble Plus Ultra; His Majestys Sagbutts and Cornetts; Schola Antiqua

Universal Spain have, over recent years, been releasing new recordings of works by the Spanish Renaissance composer Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548 - 1611), who...continue...

Mediterraneo / Milos Karadaglic, guitar

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-06-21

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española, Op. 47; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Lagrima; Adelita; Capricho árabe; Anonymous: Jeux interdits; Carlo Domeniconi: Konyunbaba, Op...
Performers: Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]
Conductors: Watkins, Paul

'The music on this CD reflects my character. It tells the listener who I am.' Milo Karadaglic

Charismatic guitarist Milo Karadaglic debuts on Deutsche Grammophon with...continue...
Recording information: London, Air Studios (10/2010/12/2010)....continue...

Lettere Amorose / Magdalena Kozená, mezzo

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-22

Works: Filippo Vitali: O bei lumi, for voice & ensemble (Musiche a una e due voci, Book 2); Sigismondo d'India: Crud'Amarilli (from "Libro Primo de Madrigali a Cinque Voci); Ma che? Squallido e oscuro, for ...
Performers: Kozena, Magdalena
Conductors: Pitzl, Pierre
Ensemble: Private Musicke

Magdalena Koená explores the early Italian Baroque music of Monteverdi and his contemporaries with rewarding results. Inspired by the improvisational nature of much of this...continue...
Recording information: Potsdam, Nikolaisaal (09/2009-10/2009)....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...

Air: A Baroque Journey

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-03-16

Works: Andrea Falconieri: Ciaccona (from Il primo libro de canzoni); La suave melodia y su corrente; Passacalle; George Frederick Handel: HWV 437; Diego Ortiz: Recercada no 2; Biagio Marini: Passacalio; Nic...
Performers: Bezuidenhout, Kristian; Borrani, Lorenza; Conway, William; Eaton, Steuart; Gould, Lucy; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Jonathan Cohen [Cello/Conductor]; Maass, Stefan; Rath, Stephan; Senft, Enno; Sorensen, H...

'Air' sets out to trace a baroque journey. It is the story of four unique composers, three of whom were virtuoso violinists - Falconiero, Matteis...continue...
Recording information: Nimbus Records, Wyastone (06/2009)....continue...

Segovia - The American Decca Recordings Vol 1

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2009-05-26

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; Piezas características (12), Op. 92; Enriqué Granados: Colección (7) de canciones amatorias; Danse espagnole, O...
Performers: Segovia, Andres

Andres Segovia, the acclaimed guitarist, recorded a series of highly-prized albums for the American Decca label in the 1940s and 50s. This box offers the...continue...

Gregorian Christmas / Choir of The Monks of Montserrat Abbey, Choir of the Benedictine Abbey Münsterschwarzach

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-18

Works: Gregorian Chant: Hodie nobis caelorum rex, responsory; Hodie Nobis de Caelo, responsory; Quem vidistis pastores, responsory in mode 4 (Liber Usualis, no 377); Descendit de caelis, responsory in Mode ...

With its evocative cover, this is the perfect CD for those reflective moments at Christmas time, nicely timed to tie in with the current Gregorian...continue...

Original Masters - Julian Bream plays Dowland & Bach

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-07-08

Works: John Dowland: Queene Elizabeth, her Galliard, P 41; Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Mrs Whittes Nothing, P 56; Mrs Vaux Galliard, P 32; Farewell; Orlando sleepeth, P 61; A Fancy; King of Denmark, his Gal...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Litschauer, Frieda

Julian Bream is one of the greatest masters of the guitar, admired for the intensity of his playing and the beauty of his tone. His...continue...

Christmas In Rome / McCreesh/Gabrieli Consort & Players [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-11-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 588; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Quem vidistis, pastores; Giovanni Palestrina: Hodie Christus natus est; Missa "Hodie Christus natus est"; ...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: English Concert; English Concert Choir; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players

An inspiring concert of Renaissance and Baroque masterworks. Among the pieces performed are Palestrina's 'Christmas Mass' and Vivaldi's 'Gloria'. Paul McCreesh conducts the Gabrieli Consort...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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Birthday Concert For Pope Benedict XVI / Hahn / Dudamel, Stuttgart RSO [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-08-14

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; Sonata XIII; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Antonín Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From ...
Performers: Hahn, Hilary
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Filmed at the Vatican on 16 April 2007, this DVD reproduces the concert that formed the centrepiece of Pope Benedict XVI’s 80th-birthday celebrations. Also included...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Letterbox, 16:9, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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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...

Songs from the Labyrinth

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-10-10

Works: John Dowland: Walsingham, song arranged for lute, P 67; Can she excuse, P 42; Letters (correspondence with family and friends); Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; King of Denmark, his Galliard, P 40; Third ...
Performers: Karamazov, Edin; Sting

This autumn Sting ventures into "new" musical territory with an album featuring the music of acclaimed Elizabethan songwriter, John Dowland (1563-1626). Sting is joined on...continue...
Personnel: Sting (vocals, archlute); Edin Karamazov (lute, archlute).

Recording information: metropolis Studios, London, England; Steerpike Studios, II Palagio, Italy.

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The Baroque Christmas Album

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," BWV 62 (BC A2); Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Noëls (3), H 531; Noëls pour les instruments, H 534; In Nativitatem Domini Ca...
Performers: Comberti, Micaela; Giardelli, Mirella; Roberts, Timothy [Keyboardist/Conductor]; Standage, Simon; ter Linden, Jaap [Cello]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Pinnock, Trevor; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; The English Concert

Experience Christmastide as it was celebrated more than 250 years ago with 18 glorious tracks from Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Paul McCreesh, Trevor Pinnock and...continue...

Segovia: The Great Master

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-09-28

Works: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Platero and I, Op. 190; Quintet for guitar & string quartet, Op. 143; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Study no 8; Etudes (12) for Guitar, W 235; Federico Moreno Torroba: Piezas caracte...
Performers: Segovia, Andres
Conductors:
Ensemble: Chigiano Quintet

Acclaimed as the greatest guitarist of all-time, Andres Segovia continues to inspire and influence a legion of fans. This follow-up to the Billboard charting 'The...continue...

Narciso Yepes - Guitarra Española

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2004-03-09

Works: Gaspar Sanz: Suite Española for Guitar; Alonso de Mudarra: Tres libros de musica en cifras; Luys de Narváez: Diferencias (7) for guitar on "Guárdame las vacas"; Antonio Soler: Work(s...
Performers: Monden, Godelieve; Yepes, Narciso [Guitar]
Conductors: Alonso, Odon; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Navarro, Luis A. Garcia

The Segovia Collection Vol 3 - Albéniz, Granados, Sanz, Sor

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-07-01

Works: Santiago de Murcia: Prelude and Allegro, for guitar; Ludovico Roncalli: Passacaglia for guitar; Suite for guitar no 1 in G major; Suite for guitar no 2 in E minor; Luis de Milán: Pavanes for gui...
Performers: Segovia, Andres

Spanish Guitar Music - Albéniz, Falla, etc / Narciso Yepes

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2003-03-11

Works: Isaac Albéniz: España, 6 Feuilles d'album, Op. 165; Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Mazurkas (4) for Guitar; Capricho ...
Performers: Yepes, Narciso [Guitar]

Blue - Music of The Gothic Era / London Early Music Consort

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Léonin: Magnus Liber Organi (attrib.); Pérotin: Viderunt omnes; Sederunt principes; Anonymous, German: Alle, psallite cum luya; Anonymous: Amor potest conqueri, motet; S'on me regarde; ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Hill, Martyn; James, David; Nixon, John; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; Shaw, Geoffrey
Conductors: Munrow, David
Ensemble: Early Music Consort of London

"This is a very special album. It should be treasured." -Stereo Review "A fascinating selection of 39 marvelous pieces in vivid performances by skilled singers...continue...

The Art of Segovia - Tarrega, Torroba, Sor / Andrés Segovia (original recording remastered)

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-10-08

Works: Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Capricho árabe; Mazurkas (4) for Guitar; Federico Moreno Torroba: Romanza de los Piños; Madroños; Burgalesa; Fernando Sor: Variation...
Performers: Jorda, Enrique; Segovia, Andrés; Symphony of the Air
Conductors: Jorda, Enrique
Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

In a follow-up to the critically acclaimed 4-CD boxed set, "The Segovia Collection," DG presents this new "2 for 1" CD set which contains nearly...continue...

Segovia Collection

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-06-11

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Piezas (3) españolas, for guitar; Manuel Ponce: Concierto del sur for guitar & orchestra; Sonata for guitar No 1 ("Mexicana"); Luigi Boc...
Performers: Bergen, Eugene; Bernstein, Jascha; Galimir, Felix; Granick, Arthur; Segovia, Andrés
Conductors: Jorda, Enrique
Ensemble: Symphony of the Air

Eloquence - Malaguena - Spanish Guitar Musical

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2001-03-27

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Recuerdos de viaje, pieces (7) for piano, Op. 71, B. 18; Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Mazurkas (4) for Guit...
Performers: Yepes, Narciso [Guitar]

Home for Christmas / Anne Sofie von Otter, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1999-10-12

Works: Hugh Martin: Meet Me in St. Louis; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; William Mathias: Sweet Was The Song; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Mel Tormé: The Christmas Song; Traditional: Tomorro...
Performers: Agnas, Joakim; Agnas, Urban; Bengtson, Jan; Bylund, Jonas; Danielsson, Göran; Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Helander, Torbjörn; Henrikson, Leif; Henryson, Svante; Jansson, Bengan; Jansson...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Stockholm Chamber Brass

"Home for Christmas" is Anne Sofie von Otter's first holiday album. "Home for Christmas" is a rich selection of popular international Christmas songs, including a...continue...

Praetorius: Mass for Christmas Morning / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-10-11

Works: Martin Luther: Christum wir sollen loben schon, processional; Wir glauben all an eine Gott, credo; Michael Praetorius: Puer natus in Bethlehem; Missa gantz Teudsch (Polyhymnia Caduceatrix); Der Herr ...
Performers: Backes, Constanze; Bonner, Tessa; Charlesworth, Stephen; Devaere, Hannelore; Engberg-Pederson, Anders; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Greig, Donald; Horn, Robert [Tenor Vocal]; Jones, Susan Hemington; Le...
Conductors: ; McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Consort & Players; Gabrieli Players; Roskilde Cathedral Boys' Choir

Personnel: Constanze Backes, Sally Dunkley, Rosemary Tusa, Sarah Pendlebury, Tessa Bonner (soprano); Tom Phillips , Robert Horn , Angus Smith (tenor); Donald Greig (baritone); Raimund Nolte, Stephen C...continue...

The Mystery of Santo Domingo De Silos

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1994-05-10

Works: Gregorian Chant: Dominus regnavit, prolegendum; Vide, Domine, et considera, Tractus; Laudate Dominum, quoniam bonus est psalmus, Lauda; Ecclesiam sanctam catholicam, prayer; Per misericordiam tuam, D...
Conductors: Cu, Ismael Fernandez de la
Ensemble: Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos

Mad About Guitars

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1993-07-13

Works: Stanley Myers: He was beautiful; Portrait; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; España, 6 Feuilles d'album, Op. 165; Sonata for Piano no 1 in A flat major, Op...
Performers: Sollscher, Goran; Yepes, Narciso [Guitar]