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Schubert: German Mass, D 872; Mass D 167 / Popp, Dallapozza, Fischer-Dieskau. Sawallisch

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Deutsche Messe, D 872; Deutsches Salve Regina ("Sei, Mutter"), for chorus & organ, D. 379; Psalm 23, D 706/Op. 132; Psalm 92, D 953; Hymne ("Komm, heil'ger Geist"), quartet for male v...
Performers: Dallapozza, Adolf; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hautermann, Karin; Popp, Lucia; Ruggeberg, Erika; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]; Schloter, Elmar
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Herkulessaal, München (1981-1983)....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...

Dvorak, Greig & Schumann: Piano Concertos / Sviatoslav Richter [Limited Ed.]

2 Super Audio CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-08

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Piano in G minor, Op. 33/B 63; Edvard Grieg: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54
Performers: Richter, Sviatoslav
Conductors: Kleiber, Carlos; Matacic, Lovro von
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; National Opera Orchestra of Monte Carlo

Gramophone Magazine
Richter's Schumann seems to me unequalled by any other pianist; the slow movement of the Concerto is really exquisite. In the Grieg also, there...continue...
Recording information: Burgerbräu, München (06/18/1976-06/21/1976); Palais Garnier, Monte Carlo, Monaco (06/18/1976-06/21/1976); Burgerbräu, München (11/25/1974-11/30/1974); Palais...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...

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; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bickenbach, Christfried; 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...

EMI 20th Century Classics - Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler", etc / Karajan, Ormandy, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Symphonia serena; Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings, Op. 50; Der Schwanendreher; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Nobilissima visione, ballet suite for orchestra
Performers: Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Hindemith, Paul; Ormandy, Eugene; Shallon, David; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
An excellent two-disc mid-price Hindemith collection containing some pretty impressive performances.

The Philadelphia recordings are very fine: both ...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...

Classics for My Baby - Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, Handel, Grieg, etc / Angelich, Menuhin, Argerich, Järvi, Anderszewski, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nac...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha; Bonney, Barbara; Capuçon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo; Coles, Samuel; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Debost, Michel; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, F...
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Wordsworth, Barry; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Harding, Daniel; Hickox, Richard; Janowski, Marek; Warren-Green, Christopher; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Gardelli...
Ensemble: Academy of London; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Br...

Studies that the unborn child in its mother's womb is able to perceive exterior noises. That being the case, you might as well let your...continue...

Gemini - Hindemith: Kammermusik 1-7, Der Schwanendreher

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-23

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 1, for 12 instruments, Op. 24/1; Kammermusik no 2, for piano & 12 instruments, Op. 36/1; Kammermusik no 3, for cello and 10 instruments, Op. 36/2; Kammermusik no 4, for...
Performers: Blacher, Kolja; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Faust, Georg; Vogt, Lars; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Shallon, David
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
As the Chailly set appears to have limited distribution, do consider the Abbado discs. While lacking a little of the gem-like incisiveness...continue...

Shostakovich: Complete Symphonies / Mariss Jansons, et al

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Symphony no 15 in A major, Op. 141; Symphony no 2 in B flat major (To October), Op. 14; Symphony no 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "To the Memory of Len...
Performers: Aleksashkin, Sergey; Bye, Torkil; Gogolewskaja, Larissa; Hannisdal, Per; Hink, Werner; Kubmaul, Rainer; Nilsson, Stig; Postinghel, Marco; Quandt, Ludwig; Rohn, Andreas; Schilling, Stefan; Svenheden, ...
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; St. Petersburg Philharmoni...

In contrast to the standard practice of recording symphonic cycles with a single orchestra, Mariss Jansons set out to record these symphonic cornerstones of 20th...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; Abel, David [Violin]; 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 Piano 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia/6; Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16; Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Béroff, Michel; Barto, Tzimon; Beroff, Michel; Brunhoff, Thierry de; Bunin, Stanislav; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Collard, Jean-P...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Marshall, Wayne; Bernstein, Leonard; Thompson, Bryden; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Szell, George; Matacic, Lovro von; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles;
Ensemble: ; Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; Members of the Borodin ...

This superb collection features the top piano music of all time. 'Best Piano 100' caters to every mood and includes music from Grieg to Gershwin,...continue...
No musical instrument is quite as versatile as the piano, and this set presents 100 examples of its impressive range in classical music. Beethoven's Fur Elise, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Satie's Gym...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; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Tale of Tsar Sa...
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 ...

Shostakovich: Symphonies no 2 and 12 / Janson, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 2 in B flat major (To October), Op. 14; Symphony no 12 in D minor, Op. 112 "To the Memory of Lenin - 1917"
Performers: Postinghel, Marco; Rohn, Andreas; Schilling, Stefan
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Mariss Jansons' journey through the symphony cycle of Russian composer Dmitri Shostakovich continues with this release of 'Symphonies Nos. 2 & 12'. She again conducts...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 / Jansons, Bavarian Radio SO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-11-02

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 4 in C minor, Op. 43
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

For this new recording of the remarkable Fourth Symphony, Mariss Jansons conducts one of Europe's top ranking orchestras - the Bayerischer Rundfunk - of which...continue...

Deborah Voigt - Obsessions - Wagner and Strauss / Armstrong

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-04-06

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Die Walküre; Tristan und Isolde; Richard Strauss: Elektra; Ariadne Auf Naxos; Die Frau ohne Schatten, Op. 65; Final Scene
Performers: Petrinsky, Natascha; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Hot on the heels of her triumph last summer as Isolde with the Vienna State Orchestra, Deborah recorded these arias with Sir Richard Armstrong and...continue...

Beethoven: Symphonies no 1-9 / Furtwängler, Hopf, et al

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-01-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 4 in B flat major, Op. 60; Symphony no 5 in C min...
Performers: Edelmann, Otto; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Vocals], Hans Hopf [Tenor
Conductors: Furtwängler, Wilhelm
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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