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The Erato Recitals / Soprano Sumi Jo (10 CDs)

10 CD / Erato / 2012-01-31

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Semiramide; Tancredi; Les soirées musicales; L'assedio di Corinto; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; I Capuleti e Montecchi; ...
Performers: Arevalo, Octavio; Bach, Gottfried; Barritt, Paul; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Conlon, James; Davis, Mike [Violin]; Gerhardt, Alban [Cello]; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi; Kurosaki, Hiro; Maugue, Anne; R...
Conductors: Olmi, Paolo; Jordan, Armin; Montgomery, Kenneth; Carella, Giuliano; Bibl, Rudolf; Stratta, Ettore; Conlon, James; Schneider, Michael
Ensemble: ; Cappella Coloniensis

Praised for the remarkable agility, precision and warmth of her voice, and for her outstanding musicianship, Sumi Jo has established herself as one of her...continue...

Maurice André Edition / Suites, Dances and Arrangements [6 CDs]

6 CD / Erato / 2011-06-28

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata, Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Cantata, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Barboteu, Georges; Bernard, Joelle; Bylsma, Anner; De Antoni, Charles; Giebel, Agnes; Holtmann, Jacques; Jaap Schroder [Violin/Conductor]; Karius, Wolfgang; LaGorce, Marcel; Maliponte...
Conductors: Pichaureau, Claude; Soustrot, Marc; Ristenpart, Karl; Rauber, François; Lagrange, Claude; Corboz, Michel; Leonhardt, Gustav; Faerber, Jörg; Gotti, Tito; Paillard, Jean-François; Martin...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble De Cuivres De Paris; Ensemble of Bologna; Harmonie Municipale D'alès ; Trombone Quartet of the RTF Orchestra

Fourth in the series of 6CD box sets of the extensive Erato recordings of Maurice André, famous French trumpet player with the silvery touch....continue...
Includes j'ai du bon tabac (anon.) / menuet d'isis (j.-b. l by various composers.

Includes work(s) by Giuseppe Torelli....continue...

Messiaen Edition

18 CD / Erato / 2011-04-26

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Preludes (8) for Piano; Études (4) de rhythme; La nativité du Seigneur; Le banquet céleste; Apparition de l'&e...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Alain, Marie-Claire; Barboteu, Georges; Chauvaut, Rene; Cotton, Roger [Tenor Vocalist]; Deplus, Guy; Dupin, Francois; Fernandez, Huguette; Guigui, Charley; Haniotis, Mario; Ja...
Conductors: Couraud, Marcel; Constant, Marius; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Groupe Instrumental a Percussion de Strasbourg; ORTF Ensemble "Ars Nova"

This 18-CD set offers a comprehensive overview of Messiaen's work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000. The performers include the composer himself, his wife...continue...

Rostropovich plays Cello Works

9 CD / Erato / 2008-03-25

Works: Gaspar Cassadó: Toccata "by Frescobaldi," for cello & piano; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974; Ach, was ist doch unser Leben, BWV 743; Vater unser im...
Performers: Brown, Christopher; Emanuelle, Jean; Howard, Peter; James, Layton; Lemoine, Micheline; Primetemps, Edmond; Quatrocchi, Robert; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Seenan, Hugh; Tachezi, Herbert; Vishnevskaya, Ga...
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh; Ozawa, Seiji; Halffter, Cristobal; Jolivet, André; Sacher, Paul; Nagano, Kent; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Landowski, Marcel; Scribner, Norman
Ensemble: ; Boston Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; National Cathedral Lower School Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orchestra; Zurich Collegium Musicum

Susan Graham - Portrait

1 CD / Erato / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Ned Rorem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano; Early in the ...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves

Artist Portrait - Kiri Te Kanawa

1 CD / Erato / 2004-08-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Canto d'anime, song for voice & piano; La Rondine; Turandot; Sole e amore (Mattinata), for voice & p...
Performers: Leech, Richard; Quilico, Gino; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Titus, Alan; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Nagano, Kent; Lombard, Alain; Janowski, Marek; Legrand, Michel; Stapleton, Robin
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Coventry Cathedral Choir; London Studio Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

"Her singing is not simply a matter of voice, but while there are plenty of sopranos who will perform with admirable efficiency in a comparable...continue...

Susan Graham at Carnegie Hall / Graham, Martineau

1 CD / Erato / 2003-10-07

Works: Johannes Brahms: Zigeunerlieder (11) for vocal quartet & piano, Op. 103; Claude Debussy: Proses lyriques; Fantoches; Alban Berg: Early Songs (7); Francis Poulenc: Quatre poèmes de Guillaume Apol...
Performers: Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm

A born artist and star, American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham adds another landmark to her remarkable career with this live recording of her recent Carnegie Hall...continue...

In Excelsis / E. Higginbottom, Choir of New College Oxford

1 CD / Erato / 2002-08-06

Works: Giles Swayne: Magnificat for chorus; Richard Pygott: Quid Petis, O Fili?, carol for 4 voices; John Tavener: The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; A Hymn to the Mother of God; God is with us; The Ty...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Linton, Benedict; Martin, Matthew; Stuart, David; Unwin, William

Prayers

1 CD / Erato / 2001-03-20

Works: Maurice Ravel: Kaddisch, song for voice & piano (Mélodie hébraïque no 1); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Laudate Dominum; Giulio Caccini: Ave Maria; John Newton: Amazing Grace; Richard S...
Performers: Conlon, James; Graham, Susan; Jo, Sumi
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Gürzenich Chorus of Cologne ; Gürzenich Orchestra of Cologne

"...Sumi Jo's lovely rendition of the nun's chorus from Johann Strauss, Jr's 'Casanova' is just one of the many unusual prayers that make this collection...continue...

Brahms: Piano Concerto no 1 / Grimaud, Sanderling

1 CD / Erato / 1998-05-05

Works: Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D minor, Op. 15; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Grimaud, Hélène
Conductors: Sanderling, Kurt
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle

"The recording is very fine. The piano is powerfully 'there' without being in any way blatant. The orchestral sound builds from the bottom up, the...continue...

Agnus Dei

1 CD / Erato / 1997-02-18

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Requiem, Op. 48; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Gloria; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Johann Sebastian...
Performers: Beale, Matthew; Dougan, Eamonn; Herford, Thomas; Hirsch, Rebecca; Petter, William
Conductors: Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: Capricorn (Classical); New College Choir, Oxford

"The sacred choral music in this collection is all elegiac or meditative...These are superb performances, and quite frankly, the New College Choir has never sounded...continue...

Anne Azema - The Unicorn - Medieval French Songs

1 CD / Erato / 1994-01-01

Works: Philippe De Thaon: Serena en mer hante; Monosceros est beste; Anonymous, Trouvères: En mai au douz tens nouvel; Ensement com la panthere; Au renouvel; Belle doette; Marie de France: Issi avint...
Performers: Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Kammen, Shira; Lepkoff, Jesse
Conductors: Azéma, Anne