EMI Classics Import > Chamber Music

100 Chefs-D'oeuvre

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-01-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 en sol mineur, K. 550; Concerto pour clarinette en la majeur, K. 622; Symphony no 25 en sol mineur, K. 183; Concerto pour piano no 21 en ut majeur, K. 467; Sym...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kathleen; Bostridge, Ian; Bracht, Roland; Brendel, Wolfgang; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Car...
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: ; Consortium Classicum; Melos Ensemble of London; Members of the Sinnhoffer Kammerorchester München ; Nash Ensemble; Sabine Meyer Wind Ensemble

Schubert: String Quartets 10 & 33 'Rosamunde'; Quartettsatz

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-01-20

Works: Franz Schubert: Quartet for Strings no 13 in A minor, D 804/Op 29 no 1 "Rosamunde"; Quartet for Strings no 12 in C minor, D 703/Op. posth "Quartettsatz"; Quartet for Strings no 10 in E flat major, D ...

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...

Janácek: String Quartets 1 'Kreutzer Sonata' & 2 'Intimate Letters'; Dvorák: Piano Quintet - Dumka

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-07-08

Works: Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 1 "Kreutzer Sonata"; Quartet for Strings no 2 ("Listy duverné," "Intimate Letters"), JW 7/13; Antonin Dvorák: Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in...

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: ...

20th Century Masterpieces

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-01-15

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Transcription for string quartet, flute, clarinet & piano, of Johann Strauss' "Emperor Waltz"; Alban Berg: Quartet for Strings Op. 3; Leos Janácek: Quartet for Strings no 1 "K...
Performers: Glorvigen, Per Arne; Medjimorec, Heinz; Ottensamer, Ernst; Schulz, Wolfgang [Flute]

BBC Music Magazine
This generously filled three-disc set celebrates this the Alban Berg Quartet's implacable commitment towards promoting 20th-century repertory, plus works by Berio and Schn...continue...

Dvorák: Violin Concerto; Piano Quintet

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-11-06

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 53; Quintet for Piano and Strings no 2 in A major, Op. 81/B 155

Live from the Lugano Festival 2006 / Argerich, et al

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-06-05

Works: Robert Schumann: Quartet for Piano and Strings in E flat major, Op. 47; Phantasiestücke (3 Fantasy Pieces) for clarinet (or cello or violin) & piano, Op. 73; Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D...
Performers: Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bosso, Jorge; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Chen, Lida; Hall, Lucia; Lechner, Karin; Leschenko, Polina; Margulis, Alissa; Montero, Gabriela; Nakaria...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre
Ensemble: Swiss Italian Orchestra members

The musical landscape is broad in this year's collection. Alongside works by classic miniaturists Mendelssohn and Schumann sit nocturnes by the 20th-century master of the...continue...

100 Best Mozart

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-04-11

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...

Mozart: Piano Trios / Barenboim, Zlotnnikov, Znaider

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-04-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in G major, K 496; Trio for Clarinet, Viola and Piano in E flat major, K 498 "Kegelstatt"; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in B flat major, K ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Glander, Matthias; Schwartz, Felix; Zlotnikov, Kyril; Znaider, Nikolaj

Timed for release in the Mozart 250th anniversary year, world-renowned pianist and conductor Daniel Barenboim performs with outstanding young musicians Nikolaj Znaider (violin), and Kyril...continue...

Live from the Lugano Festival - Martha Argerich and Friends

3 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-09-13

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major, Op. 25 "Classical"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67; Johannes...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Chen, Lida; Delahunt, Walter; Dina, Mirabela; Drobinsky, Marc; Hosszu-Legocky, Geza; Romanoff-Schwarzberg, Nora; ...

The live performances assembled for this album include artists and repertoire that are particularly strong, Maxim Vengerov and Martha Argerich in Shostakovich's Second Piano Trio;...continue...

Britten: String Quartets, etc / Belcea Quartet

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-05-10

Works: Benjamin Britten: Quartet for Strings no 1 in D major, Op. 25; Quartet for Strings no 2 in C major, Op. 36; Quartet for Strings no 3, Op. 94; Divertimenti (3), for string quartet

Although we may not have the complete oeuvre for string quartet of Benjamin Britten here, the officially numbered three quartets played in this new EMI...continue...

Brahms:clarinet Quintet Op.115, String Quartet No.2

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

Works: Johannes Brahms: Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B minor, Op.115; Quintet for Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 111
Performers: Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Schlichtig, Hariolf

Mozart, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms: Chamber Music

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet for Piano and Winds in E flat major, K 452; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Piano, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Horn in E flat major, Op. 16; Sextet for 2 horns & st...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Melos Ensemble of London

"There is a warm glow to this performance [of the Brahms] which matches exactly that of the music; a more sympathetic reading of it, whether...continue...

Mendelssohn: String Quartets no 5 & 6 / Cherubini Quartet

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-01-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Quartet for Strings no 5 in E flat major, Op. 44 no 3; Quartet for Strings no 6 in F minor, Op. 80

Strauss: Operatic Orchestral Music / Tate

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-01-11

Works: Richard Strauss: Symphonic Intermezzi (4) for orchestra (from the opera "Intermezzo") (TrV 246a); Capriccio, Op. 85; Die schweigsame Frau (The Silent Woman), opera, Op. 80 (TrV 265); Guntram, opera, ...
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey

Tango Sensations / Alban Berg Quartet

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-07-13

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations; Tristezas de un Doble A; Eduardo Arolas: El Marne, tango; Juan Carlos Cobian: Mi refugio, tango; Julio de Caro: La rayuela, gran tango milonga; Kurt Schwertsik...
Performers: Glorvigen, Per Arne
Conductors:
Ensemble: Alban Berg Quartet

This exciting release was recorded live in the Mozartsaal of the Konzerthaus in Vienna. The repertoire is not entirely what might by expected from the...continue...
Personnel: Per Arne Glorvigen (bandoneon).

Recording information: Mozart Hall, Vienna, Austria (2003)....continue...

Musiques Maçonniques

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt, K 619; Adagio for 2 cl...
Performers: Badorek, Wilfried; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Brouwenstijn, Gre; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Charbonnier, Marcelle; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cluytens, Andre; Cordier, Robert; Cotte, Roger; Cot...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Klöcker, Dieter; Cotte, Roger; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum

This set contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Gérard Caussé (alto); Bernard Cottret (baryton); Helena Polonska (harp); Georges Tessler, Augustin Dumay (violone); Robert ...continue...

Haydn: String Quartets; Hoffstetter: Serenade/ Berg Quartet

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-08-05

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 33 no 3/H 3 no 39 "Bird"; Quartet for Strings in G major, Op. 77 no 1/H 3 no 81 "Lobkowitz"; Quartet for Strings no 67 in F major ("Wait Till t...

"These recordings have a gentle communicative spirit to them as if the musicians decided to invite us a little deeper into the fun than usual....continue...

Dvorak, Tchaikovsky: String Sextets / Chang, Hartog, Christ

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-09-17

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"; Antonin Dvorák: String Sextet in A major, B. 80 (Op. 48)
Performers: Chang, Sarah; Christ, Tanya; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Faust, Georg; Hartog, Bernhard

"This performance is every bit as exciting as the Concertante Chamber Players reading, and it is sweeter-toned and than the somewhat edgy, gritty Vermeer Quartet...continue...

Czech Chamber Music - Dvorak, Kodaly, Suk, et al / Domus

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-06-05

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Bagatelles (5) for 2 violins, cello & harmonium, B. 79 (Op. 47); Ernst von Dohnányi: Serenade for String Trio in C major, Op. 10; Zoltán Kodály: Intermezzo...
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Ensemble: Domus Ensemble (Piano Quartet)

British Composers - Britten, Walton: Chamber Music

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-06-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6; Elegy for Viola solo; Sonata for cello & piano in C major, Op. 65; Metamorphoses (6) after Ovid, for oboe solo, Op. 49; William Walton: Quartet fo...
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Barantschik, Alexander; Carter, Roy [Oboe]; Graham, Janice; Kerstens, Tom; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Margalit, Israela; Silverthorne, Paul; Welsh, Moray

Dvorák: String Quartets Op 51 & 105 / Alban Berg Quartett

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-03-13

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Quartet for Strings no 10 in E flat major, B. 92 (Op. 51); Quartet for Strings no 14 in A flat major, B. 193 (Op. 105)

"I have never heard a recording by the Alban Berg Quartet that I didn't like... This concert recording is no exception. The Alban Berg's Dvorak...continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets / Borodin String Quartet

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-06-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 4 in C minor, Op. 18 no 4; Quartet for Strings no 5 in A major, Op. 18/5; Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130
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Ensemble: Borodin Quartet

Beethoven: Violin Sonatas no 7-10; Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-02-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for violin & piano no 7 in C minor ("Eroica"), Op. 30/2; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 8 in G major, Op. 30 no 3; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 10 in G major, Op. 96; S...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; du Pre, Jacqueline; Zukerman, Pinchas

"Zukerman's purity of tone and tremendous clarity of articulation are matched by Barenboim's limpid textures...These are readings of elegance and delicate charm, the slow movements...continue...