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Classic Albums: Violin Player / The Original Four Seasons; The Devil's Trill / Vanessa-Mae, violin

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-11-08

Works: Mike Batt: Toccata & Fugue in D minor (after Bach); Contradanza, for violin; Theme From Caravans; Warm Air; Jazz Will Eat Itself; Widescreen; Tequila Mockingbird; City Theme; Mason Williams: Classica...
Performers: Vanessa-Mae; Wherry, Ian
Conductors: Batt, Mike

100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Now! Classical

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lavender; Robert Prizeman: Gloria, for chorus (after the 3rd movement of Saint-Saën's Symphony no 3); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bocelli, Andrea; Brightman, Sarah; Chang, Sarah; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jenkins, Katherine; Kissin, Evgeni; Korcia, Laurent; Li, Yundi [Piano]; Masri, Mark; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Daniell...
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Hess, Nigel; Prizeman, Robert; Herbert, Sally; Lombard, Alain; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Marriner, Sir Neville; Wendeberg, Michael

About half of the tracks on EMI's collection Now! Classical are devoted to popular and well-known classical selections and about half are crossover hits performed by crossover stars. The classical pie...continue...

100 Best Wiener Philharmoniker

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Johann Strauss II: Wiener Blut; Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214; Wein, Weib und Gesang, Op. 333; Morgenblätter, Op. 279; Die Fledermaus; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Leichtes Blut, Op. 319; In...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan; Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: William Tell; Sergey Prokofiev: ...

Opera 2010

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago; Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda; Orlando finto pazz...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Ciofi, Patrizia; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Diana; Daniels,...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Müller, Eduardo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Muti, Riccardo; Langrée, Louis; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Bicket, Harry; Bateman, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Harding...

Following the enormous success of the album 'Opera 2009', EMI Classics releases Opera 2010. With 40 tracks, and over 21/2 hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-07-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

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, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Classical 2009 [Barnes & Noble exclusive] / Brightman, Pavarotti, Callas, Villazón, Domingo, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-11-25

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Ennio Morricone: Il ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Bronder, Peter; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chang, Sarah; Cle...
Conductors: Reed, Michael; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Jojic, Boris; Nemcová, Miriam; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardner, Edward; Prizeman, Robert; Handley, Vernon; D...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); EMO Ensemble; G-String; German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen; Le Concert d'Astrée ; London Musici; The English Concert

Classical 2009 gathers the biggest names in classical music on two specially priced CDs. Legends from Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti to Andrés Segovia and...continue...

Elections Classiques 2007 - Coffret 50 Airs Prefer

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle no 2 en mi bémol majeur D. 929; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie no 9 en ré mineur Op. 125 -; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emper...
Performers: Asperen, Bob van; Bonney, Barbara; Braley, Frank; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Cals, Isabelle; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Cavallier, Nicolas; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dessa...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Vonk, Hans; Serafin, Tullio; Barenboim, Daniel; Harding, Daniel; Marin, Ion; Willcocks, David; Karajan, Herbert von; Klemperer, Otto; Munch, Charles; Paavo, Jä...

Opera 2008

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-04-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; La bohème; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Bostridge, Ian; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brightma...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Viotti, Marcello; Langrée, Louis; Plasson, Michel; Bateman, Paul; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Chung, Myung-Whun; Kohn, Eugene; Serafin, Tullio; Ensemble, Matheus; Spinosi, Jean-Chri...

2008 two-CD compilation featuring the world's favorite opera tracks, sung by the world's greatest opera stars. Featuring Operatic Superstars such as Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas...continue...

Ram Dam: Les titres les plus explosifs de la musique

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Cinderella; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Masquerade; Richard Wagner: Die Wa...

100 Best Classics, Vol. 2

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

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: ...

Vivaldi

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for 2 Violins in A minor, Op. 3 no 8/RV 522; Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 2 Violins in D major, RV 511

Originally released in 1989, violinist Nigel Kennedy's modern take on Vivaldi's Four Seasons was instrumental in the development of the now hugely popular classical crossover scene. Recorded with the ...continue...

100 Best Karajan

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-02-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K 495; Die Zauberfl&oum...

100 Best Romantic Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 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, ...

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics. Performed by some of the world?s leading artists. Among them are the...continue...

Gemini - Baroque Oboe Concertos / De Vries, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-05-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for oboe, violin, strings & continuo in F major (reconstruction), BWV 1053R; Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major, BWV 1055; Concerto for Oboe in G minor, BWV 1056; Ge...
Performers: de Vries, Han
Conductors: ; van Dael, Lucy
Ensemble: Alma Musica Amsterdam; I Solisti di Zagreb

Nigel Kennedy - Inner Thoughts

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-11-08

Works: Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Oboe and Violin in C minor, BWV 1060; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Concerto for 2 Violins...
Performers: Gizbert-Studnicka, Bogumila; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Maninger, Olaf; Mayer, Albrecht; Meyerson, Mitzi; Stabrawa, Daniel
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey; Tennstedt, Klaus; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Nigel Kennedy has broken centuries of tradition with a new compilation that strips landmark concertos of their outer movements to create Inner Thoughts, a unique...continue...

Vivaldi, et al: Works for Violin and Orchestra / Mutter

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Autumn (The Four Seasons); Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in D major, RV 218; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Pablo de Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen
Performers: Karajan, Herbert von; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Read, William Tim; Scholz, Rudolf
Conductors: Hink, Werner; Muti, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Ozawa, Seiji

Vivaldi II / Nigel Kennedy, Berlin Philharmoniker

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-11-02

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Double Violin Concerto, for 2 violins, strings & continuo in A major ("L'estro armonico" no 5), Op.; Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 3 no 6/RV 356; Double Violin Concerto, for 2 ...
Performers: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Maninger, Olaf; Mayer, Albrecht; Meyerson, Mitzi; Stabrawa, Daniel; Takeuchi, Taro

'Vivaldi II' continues on where last year's release of Kennedy/Vivaldi left off. Recorded in Berlin in April 2004 with soloists of the Berlin Philharmonic, 'Vivaldi...continue...

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Kyung-Wha Chung, St. Luke's CO

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-02-13

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Concerto for Violin in F major...
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: St. Luke's Chamber Ensemble

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc / Huggett, Kraemer, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-04-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Concerto for Violin in F major...
Performers: Huggett, Monica
Conductors: Kraemer, Nicholas
Ensemble: Raglan Baroque Players

"The 11th Concerto is a particularly impressive one and is played by Monica Huggett with expressive and tonal warmth. That equally applies to the performances...continue...

The Original Four Seasons / Vanessa-Mae

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 1999-03-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G minor, Op. 1 no 4 "Devil's Trill"; Vanessa-Mae: Devil's Tri...
Performers: Blanc, Frédéric; Bourre, Jean-Luc; Cazauran, Bernard; Chaves, Ana Bela; Dimcevsky, Blagoya; Eschkenazy, Vesko; ewski, Tomasz; Gridtchouk, Andrei; Kholodenko, Anton; Kobayashi, Tamiko; P...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Laureate

Personnel: Tamiko Kobayashi, Yuri Zhislin, Vasko Vassilev (violin); Andrew Shulman (cello).

The main question here is what they mean by "original," since this performance is based on the usual ...continue...