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Magic Verdi - highlights of Aida, Otello, Don Carlo, La Forza & Un ballo / Caballé, Freni, Domingo, Carreras, Gobbi, Muti,Giulini, Karajan

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Un ballo in maschera; Falstaff; La forza del destino; Don Carlo; Otello
Performers: Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bumbry, Grace; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Christoff, Boris; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Domingo, Placido; Freni, M...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Muti, Riccardo; Erede, Alberto; Guadagno, Anton; Gardelli, Lamberto; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Semkov, Jerzy; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferraris, Franco

The name Verdi is synonymous with Italian opera. No other composer embodies all the fascination and passion of Italian music drama like Verdi. The special...continue...

Bellini: I Puritani / Montserrat Caballe, Alfredo Kraus, Julia Hamari, Matteo Manuguerra, Agostino Ferrin. Riccardo Muti

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

50 Best Verdi: CD One: Tenors & Baritones; CD Two: Soparnos & Mezzos; CD Three: Choruses

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Rigoletto; Luisa Miller; Macbeth; Il trovatore; I lombardi alla prima crociata; Don Carlos; Requiem; La forza del destino; Otello; Fals...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Arroyo, Martina; Bella, Benito di; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Bruson, Renato; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Viotti, Marcello; Patanè, Giuseppe; Rudel, Julius; Erede, Alberto; Karajan, Herbert von; Pappano, Antonio; Gardelli, Lamberto; Barker, John; Pidò, Evelino; Serafin, Tullio; ...

This 3-CD set contains 100 tracks from the most familiar and best-loved works by the iconic Italian operatic composer Giuseppe Verdi, performed by many of...continue...

Verdi: The Great Operas [35 CDs]

36 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; Giovanna d'Arco; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; I vespri siciliani; Simon Boccanegra; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Don Carlos; ...
Performers: D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Pappano, Antonio; Santini, Gabriele; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin

2013 will herald the start Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To kick off the Verdi year, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi box set that celebrates...continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Verdi: Preludes; Ballet Music; Opera Choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I lombardi; Ernani; Attila; Macbeth; Rigoletto; Il trovatore; La forza del destino; Requiem Mass; Aida, opera; La battaglia di Legnano; Luisa Miller; La traviata; I vespri si...
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; McCaw, John; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Trumpeters of the Royal Military School of Music,

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents Verdi: Preludes, Ballet Music K& Opera Choruses. The...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...

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Essential Verdi - Over 2 hours of dramatic arias and choruses

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Ernani; Macbeth; Nabucco; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Aida, opera; Requiem Mass; Otello; Don Carlo
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bella, Benito di; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Violin]; Corelli, Franco; Crespin, Régine; D'Amico, Fiamma Izzo; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessi, Daniella; Dimitrova, Ghen...
Conductors: Ceccato, Aldo; Davis, Colin; Serafin, Tullio; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Rudel, Julius; Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Zedda, Alberto; Gardelli, Lamberto; Patanè, Giuseppe; Prêtre, Geor...

The operas of Verdi today form the mainstay of the repertoire of opera all over the world. Some of his music has become absorbed into...continue...

Bellini: Norma / Jane Eaglen, Vincenzo La Scola, Eva Mei, Dimitri Kavrakos. Muti

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Orchestra del Maggio Musicale

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...

Verdi: Macbeth / Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi. Muti

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia 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...

Verdi: La Traviata / Renata Scotto, Alfredo Karaus, Renato Bruson, Sarah Walker. Muti

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia 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...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

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...

Russian Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central Asia; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Flight of the Bumblebee; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on t...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Capuçon, Gautier; Dessay, Natalie; Isserlis, Steven; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Cluytens, André; Jordan, Armin; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Gergiev, Valery; Gardiner, John Eliot; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Litton, Andrew; Pletnev, Mikhai...

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...

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album / Alexandre Tharaud, Barbara Hendricks, Samson Francois Alexis Weissenberg, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Heitor Villa-Lobos...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Barley, Peter; Francois, Samson; Garcia, José Luis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Ousset, Cécile; Tharaud, Al...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Labadie, Bernard; Bátiz, Enrique; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos; Les Violons du Roy

EMI Classics is proud to present Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, an exciting new release featuring 15 pieces of classical music personally...continue...
When E.L. James was writing her Twilight-slash-fic-turned-BSDM potboiler Fifty Shades of Grey, she apparently fueled her writing sessions by listening to tons of classical music. Once the book turned ...continue...

The Best Classical Hits Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E "The Four Seasons", Spring; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Eisenberg, Matthias; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gutierrez, Horacio; Layton, Stephen; Menuhin, Yehudi; Morris, James; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Cleobury, Stephen; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Welser-Möst, Franz; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gö...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players

The Best Relaxing Classical Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Jules Massenet: Médit...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Kalafusz, Hans; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Millet, Danielle; Ogdon, John; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Boult, Adrian; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo;
Ensemble: ; Vienna String Sextet

The Best Classical Music in the Movies Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; Schindler's List; E.T.; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the...
Performers: Abel, David [Conductor]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Barrueco, Manuel; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Gieseking, Walter; Horner, James; Little, Tasmin; Lopardo, Frank; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, James; Mo...
Conductors: Love, Geoff; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Sutherland, Iain; Goodwin, Ron; Ormandy, Eugene; Lombard, Alain

The Best Wedding Music Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's Ma...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lundkvist, Erik; Parker-...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, George; Muti, Riccardo; Lehani, Fritz

Mozart: The da Ponte Operas - Marriage of Figaro; Don Giovanni; Cosi Fan Tutte / Battle, Price, Ramey, Studer, Vaness, Baltsa et al. [9 CDs]

9 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-08-28

Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic; Vienna State Opera Chorus

Prokofiev: The Ballets - Romeo & Juliet; Cinderella; Alexander Nevsky; Lieutenant Kije; Ivan the Terrible / [6 CDs]

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-08-28

Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Voices of Italian Opera - Bellini, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini / Gigli, Caruso, Bjorling, Gobbi, Callas, Scotto et al.

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; La sonnambula, opera; I Capuleti e i Montecchi, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Lucia di Lammermoor; La Favorita; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbieri, Fedora; Basiola, Marco; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bonisolli, Franco; Borgonovo, Luigi; ...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Eichhorn, Kurt; Pidò, Evelino; Fistoulari, Anatole; Sabajno, Carlo; Davis, Colin; Robinson, Stanford; Goehr, Walter; Gui, Vittorio; Levine, James; Albergoni, Angelo; Norrington,...

These two compilations present a sampling of the many outstanding voices captured on record by EMI Classics over the past century in the field of...continue...

The Very Best of Jessye Norman from the EMI Catalog [2 CDs]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-17

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde; Wesendonck Lieder; Franz Schubert: Dem Unendlichen, D 291; Der Winterabend, D 938; Auflösung ("Verbirg dich, Sonne"), so...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alliot-Lugaz, Colette; Balwin, Dalton; Baquier, Gabriel; Burles, Charles; Carreras, Nicole; Debost, Michel; Duesing, Dale; Fontanarosa, Renaud; Gage, Irwin; LaFont, Jean-Phi...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Cambreling, Sylvain; Muti, Riccardo; Plasson, Michel

If anyone may lay claim to the title of prima donna assoluta of the late 20th century, it is surely Jessye Norman. She is one...continue...

The Very Best of Sviatoslav Richter from the EMI Catalog [2 CDs]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-07-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in C major, K 404 (385d) [Fragment]; Concerto for Piano no 22 in E flat, K 482...
Performers: Berlinsky, Valentin; Hortnagel, Georg; Kagan, Oleg; Kopelman, Mikhail; Richter, Sviatoslav; Shebalin, Dmitri
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Matacic, Lovro von; Maazel, Lorin

Sviatoslav Richter is universally acknowledged to be one of the greatest pianists of the 20th century, renowned for his virtuoso technique and the depth of...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...

Essential Overtures - Over 2 hours of thrilling overtures (overture highlights only)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; George Frederi...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo; Rodzinski, Artur; Kempe, Rudolf; Tausky, Vilem; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert ...

Verdi: I Vespri Siciliani / Cheryl Studer, Chris Merritt, Giorgio Zancanaro - Riccardo Muti/La Scala

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: La Scala Opera Chorus; La Scala Opera Orchestra

50 Best Overtures [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Overture to L'italiana in Algeri; Overture to Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro;...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rodzinski, Artur; Lanchbery, John; Kempe, Rudolf; Serafi...

Verdi: Opera Choruses / La Scala Opera Chorus - Muti

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Ernani; I lombardi; Attila; Il trovatore; Rigoletto; La forza del destino; Macbeth; Requiem
Performers: Freni, Mirella; Zajick, Dolora
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; La Scala Opera Orchestra

Where Italian opera is concerned; the center of the world is in Milan - and the famous La Scala. This is where these recordings of...continue...

Dance Along / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; The Nutcracker, Op. 71; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Se...
Performers: Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Mehta, Zubin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Wordsworth, Barry; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Temirkanov, Yuri; Rosenthal, Manuel; Foley, Timothy; Previn, Andre; Bos...

This collection encourages children to get up and moving! Featuring the best dance music in the Classical world this compilation will keep little ears occupied,...continue...

The Best of Jose Carreras: A Portrait

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Don Carlo; Macbeth; Charles Gounod: Faust; Roméo et Juliette; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Fromental Halévy: La Juive (The Jewess); Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Jac...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Delacôte, Jacques; Plasson, Michel; Muti, Riccardo; Lombard, Alain

The Best of Placido Domingo: A Portrait / Verdi, Gounod, Boito, Puccini

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Giovanna D'Arco; Un Ballo in Maschera; Don Carlo; Charles Gounod: Faust; Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; Tosca
Performers: Capecchi, Renato; Domingo, Placido; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Milnes, Sherrill; Scotto, Renata
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Prêtre, Georges; Rudel, Julius; Bartoletti, Bruno

By now he has sung 123 different roles, more than any other tenor in the annals of music, with at least two more new roles...continue...

Schubert: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 8 / Riccardo Muti, Vienna Philharmonic

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Symphony no 1 in D major, D 82
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Arabian Nights: Rimsky Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Glasunov & Delibes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; The Golden Cockerel, suite; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, suite; Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, ballet; Léo Delibes: Lakmé, opera in three...
Performers: Carol, Norman; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Lanchbery, John; Matacic, Lovro von; Kurtz, Efrem; Lombard, Alain

Bellini: I Puritani [Highlights] / Caballe, Kraus, Hamari, Manuguerra, Ferrin

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: I Puritani, opera; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Elenkov, Stefan; Ferrin, Agostino; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Manuguerra, Matteo; O'Neill, Dennis [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Elvira might have been written with CaballT's limpid tones and predominantly gentle art in mind, Arturo with Alfredo Kraus's sense of line and plangency...continue...
Recording information: Kingsway Hall, London (1979-06-18_1979-06-30&1979-)....continue...

Essential Schubert / Over 2 hours of Schubert's most beautiful melodies

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor 'Unfinished', D759; Symphony no 5 in B flat, D485; Piano Quintet in A 'Trout', D667; Ave Maria; Die schöne Müllerin, D795; String Quintet in C, D956...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Bostridge, Ian; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frantz, Justus...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Heger, Robert; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Chilingirian Quartet; Melos Ensemble of London

Franz Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797 and although he died at the early age of 31 he was a tremendously prolific composer. He...continue...

Vivaldi: Gloria; Magnificat / Teresa Berganza, Lucia Valentini Terrani

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat, for 2 vocal soloists, chorus, strings & continuo in G minor (Venice Version), RV 611; "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo
Performers: Jones, Norman; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra Chorus

Recording information: Kingsway Hall (1976-10-22_1976-10-23&1976-); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (1976-10-22_1976-10-23&1976-)....continue...

The Legend of Mozart: Opera Excerpts, Concertos, Symphonies, etc / Damrau, Dessay, Gens, Garanca

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, ...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Baltsa, Agnes; Ben-Nun, Efrat; Braley, Frank; Cachemaille, Gilles; Capuçon, Renaud; Coles, Samuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Garanca, Elina; Gens, Véronique; ...
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie; Langrée, Louis; Bolton, Ivor; Muti, Riccardo; Harding, Daniel; Pletnev, Mikhail; Schiff, Heinrich; Nelson, John; ; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Menuhin, Yehudi; Corboz...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Le Concert d'Astrée; Sinfonia Varsovia

From The Magic flute to the Kyrie of his Requiem, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight...continue...

Baby to Be / Tender Classical Music for Your Unborn Baby

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no ...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Donohoe, Peter; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Lanchbery, John; Muti, Riccardo; Welser-Möst, Franz; Santini, Gabriele

Baby to Be is a beautiful collection of tender Classical music for the unborn child. With serene Classical music from greats like Mozart, Brahms, Bach...continue...

Leoncavallo: I Pagliacci; Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana [Highlights] / Scotto, Carreras, Nurmela, Benelli

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Benelli, Ugo; Caballé, Montserrat; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Manuguerra, Matteo; Nurmela, Kari; Scotto, Renata; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
Caballé and Scotto have some lovely moments and both are strong in dramatic commitment ... Carreras gives generously of voice and emotion in both...continue...

Essential Liszt / Over 2 hours of romantic masterpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Grand Bravura Fantasia on Paganini's "La Campanella", S 420; Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Sonata for Piano in B minor; Concert Etudes (...
Performers: Béroff, Michel; Cziffra, György; Darré, Jeanne-Marie; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Lockhart, James; Lucchesini, Andrea; Ogdon, John; Ousset, Cécil...
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Muti, Riccardo

EMI Classics presents a new addition to the popular Essential Classics series: Essential Liszt. To celebrate the 200th birthday of this master pianist and composer,...continue...

Bruckner: Symphonies 4 & 6 / Riccardo Muti - Berlin PO

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 4 in E flat major, WAB 104 "Romantic"; Symphony no 6 in A major, WAB 106
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Praising Riccardo Muti's 'ability to keep his eye on a point of culmination and to thrust it home with the maximum power, emotional as well...continue...

Mendelssohn: Symphonies 3, 4 & 5; Liszt: Les Préludes / Muti, Philadelphia, Philharmonia

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage Overture, i...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

Mendelssohn's 'Scottish' Symphony, Riccardo Muti's choice for his first orchestral recording, led Gramophone magazine to judge that: 'Muti seems a natural Mendelssohnian ... this could...continue...

Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum / Riccardo Muti - Berlin PO, Waltraud Meier, James Morris

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus
Performers: Pace, Patrizia; Sjokvist, Gustav
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart's Requiem is surrounded by mystery and myth: commissioned anonymously by a wealthy aristocrat through an enigmatic 'grey messenger', it was left incomplete when the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (02/14/1987-02/15/1987)....continue...

Prokofiev: Ivan the Terrible; Romeo and Juliet / Muti - Arkhipova & Mokrenko

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Romeo and Juliet Suite no 2, Op. 64c; Sinfonietta for orchestra in A major, Op. 48; Ivan the Terrible, film score, Op. 116
Performers: Arkhipova, Irina; Mokrenko, Anatoly
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

In the words of Gramophone magazine, 'Muti is a formidable interpreter of Prokofiev,' and here he conducts the suites from the Russian composer's Romeo and...continue...

Ravel: Rapsodie Espagnole; Une barque sur l'Ocean / Muti - Philadelphia Orch.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 2; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Rapsodie espagnole; Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra
Performers: Panitz, Murray
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Gloriously spectacular, yet exquisitely subtle, the orchestral music of Ravel requires players who can render its iridescent colours and intoxicating rhythms with both exuberance and...continue...

Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome / Muti - Philadelphia Orch.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Pines of Rome; Fountains of Rome; Feste romane
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

This magnificent trilogy of symphonic poems is the best-known work of Ottorini Respighi. A native of Bologna, he became a professor at the Accademia di...continue...
Recording information: Memorial Hall, Fairmont Park, Philadelphia (11/10/1984/11/12/1984)....continue...