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Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto; Bruch: Violin Concertos 1 & 2 / Itzhak Perlman, violin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D minor, Op. 44
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: ; Concertgebouw Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...

Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

The Essential Wagner - highlights from the great operas performed by the artists of EMI Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Die Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tris...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Goldberg, Reiner; Gorr, Rita; Haage, Peter; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marj...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Heger, Robert; Ludwig, Leopold; Jansons, Mariss; Tennstedt, Klaus; Konwitschny, Franz; Schneider, Peter; Cluytens, André; Bender, Heinrich; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...

The operas of Richard Wagner have never been more popular than they are today, and performances of his Ring cycle continue to fill opera houses...continue...

Wagner: Götterdämmerung / Marton, Jerusalem, Hampson, Lipovsek, Tomlinson, Adam. Haitink

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

With an unrivaled catalogue of over 450 complete opera recordings produced over the last 60 years - and an illustrious succession of artists that today...continue...

Wagner: Siegfried / Siegfried Jerusalem; Eva Marton, James Morris, Kiri Te Kanawa, Theo Adam. Haitink

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

With an unrivaled catalogue of over 450 complete opera recordings produced over the last 60 years - and an illustrious succession of artists that today...continue...

Wagner: Die Walkure / Eva Marton, James Morris, Cheryl Studer, Reiner Goldberg. Haitink

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

With an unrivaled catalogue of over 450 complete opera recordings produced over the last 60 years - and an illustrious succession of artists that today...continue...

Wagner: Das Rheingold / James Morris, Marjana Lipovsek, Heinz Zednik, Theo Adam. Haitink

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

With an unrivaled catalogue of over 450 complete opera recordings produced over the last 60 years - and an illustrious succession of artists that today...continue...

Essential Film Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K.183; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K....
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bell, David [Organ]; Callas, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hough, Stephen; Koopman, Ton; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Little, Tasmin; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Abel, David [Violin]; Previn, Andre; Love, Geoff; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Ormandy, Eugene; Barbi...

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Mozart Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Serenade no 13 in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Divertimento no 1 in D major, K. 136; Serenade no 6 in D major, K. 239 'Serenata...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Argenta, Nancy; Ben-Nun, Efrat; Braley, Frank; Chase, Roger; Coles, Samuel; Damrau, Diana; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Fink, Marcos; Francis, Jeffrey; Garanca, Elina; Gens, V&e...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Warren-Green, Christopher; Nelson, John; Pletnev, Mikhail; Tetzlaff, Christian; Ambache, Diana; Jordan, Armin; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Norrington, Roger; Rhorer, Jérémie; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Hunt Cantata, BWV 208; Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Cantata...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs; Daphne, closing scene; 12 lieder / Lucia Popp, soprano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Daphne; Lieder (8), Op. 10; Geduld ("Geduld, sagst du"), song for voice & piano, Op. 10/5 (TrV 141/5); Lieder (8), Op. 49; Rote Rosen ("Weisst Du die Rose, d...
Performers: Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Richard Strauss was not only a master of great symphonies and opera, he also composed Lieder throughout his career. Interpreted by Lucia Popp, these works...continue...

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; Jane, Doug; Lusher, Don; Myhre, Graeme; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Doy, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Members of the National Philharmonic Orchestra Lon

After the Covent Garden Nozze di Figaro, an international career was assured. With a carefully chosen repertoire that included the principal soprano roles of Mozart,...continue...

For Lovers: Romantic Classics / Beethoven, Burch, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Strauss II

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 "Elvira Madigan", K. 467; Serenade no 13 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik", K. 525; Concerto for Horn no 4, K. 495; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Hough, Stephen; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Menuhin, Yehudi; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Vlatkovic, Radovan
Conductors: Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, Sir Neville; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Kurtz, Efrem; Vonk, Hans; Susskind, Walter; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von

R. Strauss: Daphne / Popp, Goldberg, Schreier, Wenkel, Moll

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bayerischen Rundfunks Symphony Orchestra

Amadeus: Best of Mozart / Te Kanawa, Karajan, Welser-Most et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525; Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467; Sonata for Piano no 11, K. 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Concerto for Horn no 4, K. 495; Le nozz...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Helmis, Fritz; Hough, Stephen; Marshall, Margaret; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Naoumoff, Emile; Popp, Lucia; T...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Wlser-Most, Franz; Leppard, Raymo...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martins in the Fields; Berlin Philharmonic

Essential Strings / Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Edvard Grieg

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 3 in E, BWV 1006; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor 'Christmas Concerto', Op. 6, no 8; Wol...
Performers: Armand, Georges; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Papian, Vag; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Armand, Georges; Tate, Jeffrey; Menuhin, Yehudi; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; ; Brown, Iona; Hickox, Richard; Jansons, Mariss; Warren-Green, Christopher; Montgomery, K...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

20th Century Classics: Elgar - Symphonies 1 & 2, Etc.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Sospiri; Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Cockaigne Over...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Hickox, Richard; Boult, Adrian

International Record Review
...conductor and orchestra seem alert to every nuance of Elgar's wonderful scoring. They make the most of the stranger and more remote regions...continue...

Wagner: Tannhäuser / Haitink

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Unspecified: Tannhäuser Synopsis & Libretto [CD-ROM Track]
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard

BBC Music Magazine
Haitink charts a leisurely course through Wagner's Tannhauser...Best of the principals is Lucia Popp's fresh Elisabeth. Waltraud Meier's Venus is potent yet sounds...continue...
Recording information: Herkulessaal, Munich (01/02/1985-01/13/1985)....continue...

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

20th Century Classics: Vaughan Williams - The Lark Ascending

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; The Wasps; The lark ascending; Flos campi; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Norfolk Rhapsody no 1 in E mino...
Performers: Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Balmer, Christopher; Bowen, Kenneth; Burrowes, Norma; Case, John Carol; Chang, Sarah; Dickerson, Bernard; Evans, Wynford; Hayward, Marie; Keyte, Chr...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Haitink, Bernard; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian;
Ensemble: ; London Early Music Group

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

50 Best Relaxing Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in G "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Così fan tutte, K 588; Sonata for Piano no 11, K331; Concerto for Piano no 20, K466...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Farr, St...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Boult, Adrian; ; Olah, Erno; Ozawa, Seiji; Hill, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Slatkin, Leonard; Bar...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Classical Legends - In Their Own Words

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Spoken Word: Classical Legends in Their Own Words
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bumbry, Grace; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Kissin, Evgeni; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Raimondi, Ruggero; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Toml...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Klemperer, Otto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Erede, Alberto; Abbado, Claudio; Muti, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Ashkenazy, Vladi...

Gramophone Magazine
All is co-ordinated by Jon Tolansky...[who] is good at putting things in context and moving the whole presentation along with the seamless legato that...continue...

Britten: Peter Grimes / Haitink, Thomas Allen [Includes CD-ROM]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Benjamin Britten: Peter Grimes; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track; [Peter Grimes] Synopsis and Libretto [CD-ROM track]
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Bovino, Maria; Dean, Stafford; Jenkins, Neil; Kale, Stuart [Tenor Vocal]; Keenlyside, Simon; Rayne, Patricia; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Walker, Sarah; Webster, Gillian; Wil...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard

BBC Music Magazine
A wonderfully sung Peter Grimes, with superb orchestral support
...continue...
Personnel: David Greenwood (sound effects).

Recording information: Watford Town Hall (06/22/1992-06/28/1992)....continue...

Essential Wagner

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera,...
Performers: Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Haage, Peter; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marjana; Ludwig, Christa; Morris, James; Vickers, Jon
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, Bernard; Karajan, Herbert von

Essential Mozart

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Hor...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Baltsa, Agnes; Brendel, Wolfgang; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Desderi, Claudio; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gedda, Nicolai; Gr...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Thompson, Bryden; Vonk, Hans; Tate, Jeffrey; Haitink, Bernard; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Karajan, Herbert von; Armstrong, Richard; Welser-Möst, Franz; Leppard,...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members)

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Bickenbach, Christfried; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

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...

Best Tenor Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Roccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

The iconic three tenors - Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, and Jose Carreras - highlight the caliber of vocalists in this collection. The stars of today...continue...

The Very Best of Glyndebourne on Record - Mozart, Britten, Verdi, Stravinsky, Monteverdi, Rossini, Lehár, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Don Giovanni; Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Ser...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alan, Hervey; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Allin, Norman; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Baccaloni, Salvatore; Barabas, Sari; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Borriel...
Conductors: Busch, Fritz; Mudie, Michael; Goodall, Reginald; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Gui, Vittorio; Pritchard, John; Haitink, Bernard; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz; Dove, Jonathan; Davis, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Opera Group Orchestra; Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment Members; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orches...

The Glyndebourne Festival is a massive yearly event in both the British and international opera worlds, with stars from around the globe gathering to listen...continue...

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Benjamin Britten - The Collector's Edition

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Canadian Carnival, for orchestra, Op...
Performers: Adey, John; Allen, Benjamin; Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Allison, Richard; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Bailey, Norman; Ballard, Jerem...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Paavo, Järvi; Berglund, Paavo; Brown, Iona; Yuasa, Takuo; Hickox, Richard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Harding, Daniel; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bedford, Steuart; Knu...
Ensemble: ; Endymion Ensemble

Benjamin Britten was without question one of the greatest composers of the 20th century. This 37-CD set features all of his most beloved works, giving...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...

Best Romantic Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 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, ...

The second of this month's 'Best 100' releases is the 'Best Romantic Classics 100'. A fantastic present for Valentine's Day, this 6-CD album sets the...continue...

Best Relaxing Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (B...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Auger, Arleen; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Ti...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; ; Menuhin, Yehudi; Willcocks, David; Rees, Jonathan; Olah, Erno; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Foster, Lawrence; Karajan, Herbert von; Haitink, Bern...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Il Seminario Musicale; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Quartet of London; Scottish Ensemble

The first of this month's 'Best 100' series releases is the 'Best Relaxing Classics 100' album. Many people value classical music for the soothing melodies...continue...

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Best Mozart 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Symphony no 3...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anna, Donna; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bostridge, Ian; Bracht, Roland; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brymer, Jack [C...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Tate, Jeffrey; Faerber, Jörg; Welser-Möst, Franz; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Mackerras, Charles, Si...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Classicum; Melos Ensemble of London; Members of the Sinnhoffer Kammerorchester München ; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Nash Ensemble; Sabine...

This collection features the top 100 tracks loved the world over, made popular by films such as 'Amadeus' and featured in TV commercials. Many may...continue...

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works / Haitink, Chang

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-11-02

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Chang, Sarah; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Roocroft, Amanda; Summers, Jonathan
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Wh...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

The Very Best of Kiri Te Kanawa

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Jules Massenet: Manon; Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Jacques Of...
Performers: Abbey Road Ensemble; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Holloway, Laurie; Hughes, Jim; London Symphony Orchestra; Lusher, Don; New World Philharmonic, The; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Or...
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun; Tate, Jeffrey; Rudel, Julius; Haitink, Bernard; Pritchard, John; McGlinn, John; Tunick, Jonathan; Matz, Peter; Gamley, Douglas; Davis, Carl
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Maori Vocal Group; National Philharmonic Orchestra London members; New ...

Personnel: Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Jeremy Budd (treble); Richard Anaru (guitar); Jim Hughes (harmonica); Don Lusher (trombone); Laurie Holloway (piano); Mickey Ututaonga (drums, percussion); Charli...continue...

Opera - Mozart: The Magic Flute (Highlights) /Haitink, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Bracht, Roland; Brendel, Wolfgang; Gruberova, Edita; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Popp, Lucia; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Opera - Wagner: Ring of Nibelungen (Highlights) / Haitink

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-10-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung
Performers: Goldberg, Reiner; Haage, Peter; Herman, Sylvia; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kaufmann, Julie; Lipovsek, Marjana; Marton, Eva; Morris, James; Quittmeyer, Susan; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Seiffert, ...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Most Famous Opera Arias

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-07-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; La bohème; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; Charles Gou...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Dimitrova, Ghena; Domingo, Placido; Gedda, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Moffo, Anna; Obraztsova, Yelena; Popp, Lucia
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Rudel, Julius; Guadagno, Anton; Patanè, Giuseppe; Muti, Riccardo; Kuhn, Gustav; Slatkin, Leonard; Gardelli, Lamberto; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard

The Most Famous Opera Duets

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-04-16

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Z...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Bonisolli, Franco; Brendel, Wolfgang; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Gedda, Nicolai; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Barbirolli, John; Barenboim, Daniel; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Giulini, Carlo Maria; S...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; Paris Opéra Comique Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Great Romantic Concertos / Itzhak Perlman

3 CD / EMI Classics / 1993-12-11

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Niccolò Paganini: C...
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Foster, Lawrence; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Mendelssohn, Bruch: Violin Concertos / Itzhak Perlman, Bernard Haitink, Concertgebouw Orchestra

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1984-12-19

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Performers: Perlman, Itzhak
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra