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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...

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...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Schubert: Winterreise / Thomas Hampson, Wolfgang Sawallisch

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]

Gramophone Magazine
Hampson's reading is immaculately sung in smooth, warm tones, refined phrasing and naturally moulded diction.
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Recording information: Bavaria Musik Studio, Munich (03/18/1997-03/21/1997)....continue...

Kurt Weill: Symphonies 1 & 2; Broadway Songs; Concerto for Violin & Winds / Hampson, Hadley, Zimmermann

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Kurt Weill: Symphony no 1 ("Berliner Symphonie"); Symphony no 2; Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; One Touch of Venus; Knickerbocker Holiday; The Firebrand of Florence; Love Life; Johnny ...
Performers: Adler, Stephen; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Carl, Jeffrey; Dee, Christopher; Dore, Michael; Edwards, Terry [Bass Vocal]; Fardell, Robert; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Green, Simon ...
Conductors: Bertini, Gary; Jansons, Mariss; McGlinn, John
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

The year 1933 marks a clear divide in the life and music of Kurt Weill (1900-1950). This was the year in which he fled Nazi...continue...
Recording information: Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); Philharmonie, Berlin (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); Lyndhurst Ha...continue...

Very Best of Thomas Hampson

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Le lazzarone ("Au bord des flots d'Azure"), cabaret song for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, bo; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume ...
Performers: Airizer, Csaba; Alagna, Roberto; Alpher, David; Barrard, Marc; Domingo, Placido; Guzelimian, Armen; Hampson, Thomas; Knowles, Greg; Mahe, Martine; Mason, Molly; Parloff, Michael; Parsons, Geoffrey; R...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Almeida, Antonio de; Pappano, Antonio; Armstrong, Richard; Davis, Andrew; Luisi, Fabio; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz

Puccini: La Boheme, highlights / Pappano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-21

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Unspecified: [CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Fissore, Enrico; Hampson, Thomas; Keenlyside, Simon; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Swenson, Ruth Ann; Vaduva, Leontina
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Penguin Guide
Pappano's CD recording of Boheme is conducted with ever-fresh imagination, bringing out not just subtle emotions alonside high passion, but also the fun of...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (08/01/1995-08/10/1995)....continue...

The Jerome Kern Treasury

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Jerome Kern: The Ragtime Restaurant, song (from "The Red Petticoat"); Babes in the Wood, song (from "Very Good, Eddie"); Drift with Me, song (from "Love o'Mike"); I'm So Busy, song (from "Have a Hear...
Performers: Dvorsky, George; Hampson, Thomas; Lehman, Jeanne; Luker, Rebecca; Milla, Lydia; Panaro, Hugh
Conductors: McGlinn, John

BBC Music Magazine
This is a bumper bag of the master Jerome Kern's greatest songs from the 1910s to the '40s and in their original orchestrations....continue...
These selections were performed with the original orchestrations by Frank Sadler and Robert Russell Bennett.

Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (11/03/1992-11/06/1992)....continue...

Viva Domingo!

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Macbeth; Giavanna d'Arco; Otello; Don Carlo; Un ballo in maschera; La forza del destino; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; La clemenza di...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Cangelosi, David; Domingo, Placido; Erwen, Keith; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Gabriel, Ana; Graham, Susan; Hampson, Thomas; Milnes, Sherrill; Pandora; Sc...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Barker, John; Kohn, Eugene; Fisch, Asher; Chung, Myung-Whun; Levine, James; Pappano, Antonio; Prêtre, Georges; Bartoletti, Bruno; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Viotti, Marcello; Rudel, J...

EMI Classics celebrates Plácido Domingo’s illustrious 50 years on stage with this exciting 4-CD set replete with extension liner notes, artist testimonials, and a career...continue...

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Divertimento; Songs; Symphony No. 3 - Kaddish 2

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; Elegy for Mippy no 2; Symphony no 3 "Kaddish"; Chichester Psalms; To What You Said, for voice & piano
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bousfield, Ian; Colson, Kevin; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Gaines, Davis; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kaye, Judy; Masters, Rachel; Miller, Tracey; Richardson,...
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; McGlinn, John; Ericson, Eric

BBC Music Magazine
An hors d'oeuvre rather than an entree, but a fine introduction to Bernstein's music - original and utterly American
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Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...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: Schreker - Chamber Symphony

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Franz Schreker: Chamber Symphony for 23 Instruments in A major; Intermezzo for strings, Op. 8; Die Gezeichneten; Romantic Suite, for orchestra, Op. 14; Die Dunkelheit sinkt schwer wie Blei (Darkness ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hampson, Thomas; Reimann, Aribert
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz; Conlon, James; Luisi, Fabio; Revenaugh, Daniell

Mahler: The Complete Works - 150th Anniversary Box

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Quartet for Piano and Strings in A minor; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen; Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 ...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Connell, Elizabeth; Coote, Alice; Dose, Helena; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hampson, Thomas; Harrison, Philip; Hill, Da...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Klemperer, Otto; Paavo, Järvi; Horenstein, Jascha; Tennstedt, Klaus; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Walter, Bruno; Barbirol...
Ensemble: ; Domus Ensemble (Piano Quartet); Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Gustav Mahler, born on 7th July 1860, was not only a great composer but a fine conductor who influenced his successors in both fields; indeed...continue...

Schumann 200th Anniversary: Lieder

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Liederkreis, 9 songs for voice & piano, Op. 24; Gedichte (12), Op. 35; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Die Kartenlegerin ("Schlief die Mutte...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Banse, Juliane; Bar, Olaf; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Deutsch, Helmut; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Forsberg, Bengt; Hampson, Tho...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard

Schumann:

Liederkreis, Op. 39. Olaf Bar

Dichterliebe, Op. 48. Olaf Bar

Liederkreis, Op. 24. Olaf Bar

12 Gedichte, Op. 35. Olaf Bar

Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. ...continue...

Kurt Weill: Symphony No. 2; The Seven Deadly Sins; Songs / Jansons, Rattle, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Kurt Weill: Symphony no 2; Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera; Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven De...
Performers: Archer, Robyn; Caley, Ian; Constable, John; Hampson, Thomas; Rippon, Michael; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Ross, Elise; Tomlinson, John; Zimmermann, Frank Peter
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muldowney, Dominic; McGlinn, John
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

British Music / Sir Simon Rattle

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38; Pomp a...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Elms, Roderick; Hampson, Thomas; Harrell, Lynn; Heinen, Ulrich; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mitchinson, John; Shirley-Qui...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Halsey, Simon;
Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest

This new 11CD box set in the Simon Rattle Edition contains many favorites from the English repertory including Elgar's Engma Variations and Violin Concerto, Walton's...continue...

American Classics - Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun / John McGlinn, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-30

Works: Irving Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun
Performers: Bartlett, Peta; Criswell, Kim; Garrison, David; Graae, Jason; Hampson, Thomas; Keating, Paul; Long, Emma; Luker, Rebecca; Ogsten, Bruce; Potter, Kerry; Spencer, Hayley
Conductors: McGlinn, John;
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; London Sinfonietta

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...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Best Puccini 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

In 2008, the world honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and...continue...

American Classics - Foster, Griffes, Copland: Songs / Hampson, Ungar, Voight, Henricks, Zeger, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Stephen Foster: Introduction - Opening Solo Violin; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Hard times come again no more; The voice of bygone days; Work(s); Beautiful dreamer; That's what's the matter; S...
Performers: Alpher, David; Bargeron, Dave; Ecklund, Peter; Glaser, Matt; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kinsella, Arnie; Kirk, John; Mason, Molly; Rust, Mark; Stover, Evan; Trischka, Tony; ...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Barbara Hendricks is securely idiomatic in Copland's wonder-filled Emily Dickinson settings and in Barber's gently nostalgic Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
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NOEL! - Voices of Christmas / Alagna, Dessay, Te Kanawa, Hampson, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Traditional: Petit Papa Noël; O Tannenbaum; Campana sobre campana; Il est né, le divin enfant; D'où viens-tu, bergère?; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Les anges dans nos camp...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; André, Maurice [trumpet]; Dessay, Natalie; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara; Petibon, Patricia; Philogene, Ruby; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kings College Choir; Ladies' Quartet; Les Petits Chanteurs De Vienne; The Sixteen

Gemini - Korngold: Symphony, Violin Concerto, Arias, etc / Mattes, Kanawa, Hampson, Hoelscher, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Symphony in F sharp major, Op. 40; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Much Ado about Nothing, suite from the incidental music for chamber orchestra, Op. 11; Theme and Va...
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn; Hampson, Thomas; Hoelscher, Ulf; Margalit, Israela; Stepansky, Alan [Cello]
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz; Mattes, Willy; Rudel, Julius; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

American Music - Adams, Gershwin, Bernstein, Ellington, Ives, Carter, etc / Sir Simon Rattle, London PO, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; The Chairman Dances; Tromba Lontana, fanfare for orchestra; Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; George Gershwi...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Atkinson, Lynton; Baker, Gregg; Barclay, John; Barnell, Andrew; Barrett, Brent; Barrington, Coleman; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Braithwaite, Maureen; Carter, Regina [Violin]; C...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

American classical composers often get unfairly overshadowed by their European counterparts, and a great deal of powerful, groundbreaking new music has passed under the radar...continue...

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...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...

Szymanowski: Symphonies 3 & 4, etc / Simon Rattle, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Songs (6) of a fairy-tale princess, Op. 31; Harnasie, Op. 55; Love Songs of Hafiz, songs (8) for tenor & orchestra, Op. 26, M28; Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35, M37; Concerto for...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Burden, Andrew; Connell, John; Garrison, Jon [Tenor Vocal]; Gierlach, Robert; Hampson, Thomas; Karneus, Katarina; Langridge, Philip; Milne, Lisa; Minkiewicz, Ryszard; Quivar, Flore...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus

This 4-CD set contains all the Szymanowski recordings that Sir Simon Rattle made for EMI classics, including some of the composer's best known works -...continue...

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

Maria Callas - 100 Best Classics

14 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Symphony no 7 in E minor; Symphony no 8 in ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Banse, Juliane; Brewer, Christine; Doese, Helena; Hampson, Thomas; Hodgson, Alfreda; Isokoski, Soile; Keenlyside, Simon; Rea, Sean; Relyea, Jo...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

The recording of Sir Simon Rattle's cycle the Mahler Symphonies commenced in 1986 with the Second Symphony and was completed in 2002 with the Fifth....continue...

The Opera Album /Alagna, Callas, Pavarotti, Gheorghiu, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-08-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pietro Mascagni: L'Amico Fritz; Jacques Offenba...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bjorling, Jussi; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, David; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, P...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Levine, James; Serafin, Tullio; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Cambreling, Sylvain; Soltesz, Stefan; Muti, Riccardo; Chung, Myung-Whun; Armstrong, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Norringto...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Natalie Dessay, Mirella Freni, Angela Gheorghiu, Anna Moffo, Jessye Norman, Lucia Popp, Joan Sutherland, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anna Murray, Anne S...continue...

Puccini: Messa di Gloria, etc / Pappano, Alagna, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-09-11

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Preludio a orchestra; Messa di Gloria; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra

"The 'Messa di Gloria', the full-scale mass he completed around the age of 20, is something of a Rodney Dangerfield in the choral canon. It...continue...

Duruflé: Requiem, Messe "Cum jubilo", Motets /Plasson, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-02-01

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Missa "Cum Jubilo", for baritone, baritone chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 11; Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Notre Père (2 versions), for chorus; for ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Hampson, Thomas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Orféon Donostiarra; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

American Dreamer - Songs of Stephen Foster / Thomas Hampson

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1992-10-24

Works: Stephen Foster: Jeannie with the light brown hair; Hard times come again no more; Open the lattice love; Beautiful dreamer; That's what's the matter; Oh! Susanna Medley; My old Kentucky home, good ni...
Performers: Alpher, David; Hampson, Thomas; Mason, Molly
Conductors: Ungar, Jay
Ensemble: Fiddle Fever