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Wagner: Tannhäuser / Albert Dohmen, Robert Dean Smith, Christian Gerhaher, Nina Stemme. Janowski

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2013-03-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Gerhaher, Christian; McCown, Michael; Prudenskaja, Marina; Puhlmann, Sabine; Reim, Bianca; Schwinghammer, Wilhelm; Smith, Robert Dean; Snell, Martin; Sonn, Peter; Stemme, Nina [Sopran...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The sixth installment of PentaTone's successful Wagner Edition features the epic Tannhäuser. With world-class voices like Robert Dean Smith, Nina Stemme, and Albert Dohmen, this...continue...
Personnel: Sabine Puhlmann, Nina Stemme , Bianca Reim, Isabelle Voákühler (soprano); Marina Prudenskaja (mezzo soprano); Robert Dean Smith, Michael McCown, Peter Sonn (tenor); Christian Ge...continue...

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Stephen Gould, Nina Stemme, Kwangchul Youn, Michelle Breedt, Johan Reuter. Janowski

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

The fifth release in the new Wagner Edition, comprising all ten major operas performed by the Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester and Chor with Marek Janowski, proves to be...continue...
Recording information: Berlin Philharmonie (03/27/2012)....continue...

Wagner: Lohengrin / Vogt, Dasch, Groissblock, Groissbach, Grochawski, Resmark, Bruck

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

Lohengrin is the third volume of PentaTone's monumental undertaking of the recording of all 10 major Wagner Operas. The Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester und Chor, under the direction...continue...
Recording information: Berlin Philharmonie (11/12/2011)....continue...

In Memoriam: Yakov Kreizberg, 1959-2011 / Works by Dvorak, Debussy, Wagner, Tchaikovsky & Struss Jr.

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Water Goblin, Op. 107/B 195; Noon Witch, Op. 108/B 196; Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109; Wood Dove, Op. 110/B 198; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un...
Performers: Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Kreizberg, Yakov [Conductor]; Tsibulevsky, Vadim
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: ; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra Amsterdam; Russian National Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Music allows us to really find our inner self, to be free to search for those things that we normally don't have the opportunity or...continue...

Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg / Dohmen, Henschel, Haller

4 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Meistersinger is Vol.2 of the complete Wagner Edition. This edition is unique in that it is the first time a label has recorded all Wagner...continue...
Recording information: Berlin Philharmonie (06/03/2011)....continue...

Pentatone: The First 10 Years [11 Hybrid SACD - DSD]

11 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"; Romeo & Juliet; Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95...
Performers: Beekman, Bram; Chen, Sa; Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Helmchen, Martin; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Marriner, Andrew; Steinbacher, Arabella
Conductors: Boni, Marco; Kreizberg, Yakov; Murphy, Simon; Foster, Lawrence; Janowski, Marek; Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Pletnev, Mikhail; Nagano, Kent; Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: ; Chamber Soloists of The New Dutch Academy; New Dutch Academy

Celebrating over a decade of quality releases is Pentatone's newest compilation; 'Pentatone, The First 10 Years'. This 10-disc set, recorded in SA-CD sound for superior...continue...

Wagner: Der fliegende Holländer / Janowksi, Salminen, Merbeth, Hablowetz

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-08-30

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman
Conductors: Janowski, Marek
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Fliegende Holländer" (Flying Dutchman) is the beginning of a complete Wagner cycle (all 10 major operas) to be recorded/released in three years time (2013 is...continue...
Recording information: Berlin Philharmonie (11/13/2010)....continue...

Mozart, Rossini: Arrangements for Wind Ensemble / Netherlands Wind Ens.

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2011-03-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Conductors:
Ensemble: Netherlands Wind Ensemble

Pentatone presents a program of "Harmoniemusik," a genre that developed in the late 18th/early 19th century, when small wind ensemble arrangements of popular opera and...continue...
Recording information: Doopsgezinde Kerk, Amsterdam....continue...

Highlights from Russian Operas Vol 2

1 CD / PentaTone Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Boris Godunov; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh and the Maiden Fevroniya; Sadko; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugen Onegin
Performers: Dunaev, Andrey; Grigoryev, Anton; Gubsky, Mikhail; Kazakov, Mikhail; Lynkovsky, Vadim; Manistina, Alena; Paster, Maksim
Conductors: Vedernikov, Alexander
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Soloists Ensemble

Strauss: Don Juan Op 20, Tod und Verklärung Op 24, etc / Albrecht, Strasbourg PO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2008-08-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Don Juan, Op. 20; Tod und Verklärung, Op. 24; Till Eulenspiegels lustige Streiche, Op. 28; Intermezzo, Op. 72
Conductors: Albrecht, Marc
Ensemble: Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

"The excellent surround sonics drew me into the major work here - 'Death and Transfiguration' - composed by the agnostic Strauss when he was only...continue...

Super Audio CD Sampler Vol 2

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2007-07-31

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82; Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Sergei Taneyev: At the Reading of a Psalm, cantata, Op. 36; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto ...
Performers: Beekman, Bram; Fischer, Julia [Violin]; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Marriner, Andrew
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov; Vonk, Hans; Pletnev, Mikhail; Murphy, Simon; Nagano, Kent; Boni, Marco; Spanjaard, Ed; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; London Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Chamber Orchestra; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; Netherlands Radio Symphony; New Dutch Academy; Royal Concertgebouw C...

PentaTone presents a CD specifically designed to assist in the setup of a surround system. This disc features 70 minutes of highlights from the PentaTone...continue...

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Complete Ballet), etc

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2007-01-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Eugen Onegin
Performers: Li, Inna
Conductors: Vedernikov, Alexander
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder, Arias / Charlotte Margiono, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-11-21

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Tannhäuser; Die Walküre
Performers: Margiono, Charlotte
Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Limburg Symphony Orchestra

Puccini: Tosca / Davis, Caballé, Carreras, et al

2 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-10-31

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; de Palma, Piero [Tenor Vocal]; Elvin, William; Murray, Ann; Ramey, Samuel [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Trimarchi, Domenico [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wixell, ...
Conductors: Davis, Colin
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

The Bolshoi Experience - Highlights from Russian Operas

1 CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-07-25

Works: Mikhail Glinka: A Life for the Tsar; Alexander Sergeyevich Dargomizhsky: Rusalka, opera; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Iolanta, Op. 69; Queen of Spades, Op. 68; Mazeppa; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; Alexa...
Performers: Gilmanov, Valery; Grivnov, Vsevolod; Gubsky, Mikhail; Matorin, Vladimir; Naumenko, Alexander; Nechaev, Yuri; Shtonda, Taras; Zelenskaya, Yelena
Conductors: Vedernikov, Alexander
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Chorus; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra

This Pentatone release was recorded in DZZ Studio Moscow in November 2005 and February 2006. The chorus of Russias most prestigious opera house, The Bolshoi,...continue...

Dame Janet Baker sings Mozart, Beethoven & Schubert

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-04-18

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: La Clemenza de Tito; Abendempfindung, K 523; Das Veilchen, K 476; Ludwig van Beethoven: Egmont, incidental music, Op. 84; No, non turbarti! . . . Ma tu tremi, o mio tesoro, s...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Leppard, Raymond
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: English Chamber Choir; English Chamber Orchestra

Mozart: Donaueschingen Harmoniemusik K 384 / Blomhert, ASMF

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2006-03-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384
Conductors: Blomhert, Bastiaan
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Wind Ensemble

From a letter to his father (written in 1782) we knew that Mozart has been working on a Harmoniemusik of his opera The Abduction of...continue...

Frederica von Stade Sings Mozart & Rossini Arias

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-08-16

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Otello; La Cenerentola; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; La Clemenza de Tito; Don Giovanni
Performers: Jong, Bas de; Von Stade, Frederica
Conductors: De Waart, Edo

"If you are a fan, this will self-recommend (if you don't already own it). If you are not, this disc will demonstrate why you should...continue...

Mozart, Schubert: Opera & Concert Arias /Elly Ameling, et al

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Chi sa qual sia, K 582; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Misera! dove son...Ah! non son io, K 369; Vado, ma dove?, K 583; Così fan tutte, K 58...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Baldwin, Dalton
Conductors: De Waart, Edo

Schmidt: Symphony no 4, etc / Kreizberg, Netherlands PO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Franz Schmidt: Symphony no 4 in C major; Notre Dame
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra

"It's so good to see that new releases on SACD aren't limited to standard repertoire, and this excellent performance of Franz Schmidt's masterful Fourth Symphony...continue...

Wagner: Overtures, Preludes / Varviso, Staatskapelle Dresden

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Lohengrin; The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Siegfried Idyll
Conductors: Varviso, Silvio; Schumacher, Richard
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; London Chamber Orchestra

Super Audio CD Sampler

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 23 in F minor, Op. 57 "Appassionata"; Felix Mendelsso...
Performers: Basrak, Cathy; Beekman, Bram; Eschkenazy, Vesko; Knudsen, Sato; Kodama, Mari [Piano]; Kralingen, Miranda van; Louwens, Christian; Lowe, Malcolm; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Spanjaard, Ed; Wakao, Keisu...
Conductors: Boni, Marco; Kreizberg, Yakov; Haenchen, Hartmut; Korniev, Nikolai; Spanjaard, Ed; Murphy, Simon; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: Netherlands Chamber Choir; Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra; New Dutch Academy; Royal Concertgebouw Chamber Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Russian National Orchestra; St. Petersburg Cham...

Super Audio CD Sampler - RQR

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K. 412/514...
Performers: Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Civil, Alan; Gazzelloni, Severino; Gedda, Nicolai; Haas, Werner [Piano]; Kovacevich, Stephen; Pieterson, George
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Davis, Colin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Schroder, Jaap; ; Inbal, Eliahu; Varviso, Silvio; Evetz, Eugen; Krips, Josef; De Waart, Edo
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Concerto Amsterdam; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; I Musici; Orchestre de P...

Glinka: Ruslan and Lyudmila / Vedernikov, et al

3 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan and Ludmilla
Performers: Balashov, Sergei; Belyaeva, Sofia; Bogorad, Alexei; Dolzhenko, Irina; Gavrilova, Maria; Gilmanov, Valery; Komissarchuk, Vladislav; Lynkovsky, Vadim; Morozova, Ekaterina; Paster, Maksim; Shtonda, Tara...
Conductors: Vedernikov, Alexander
Ensemble: Bolshoi Theatre Chorus

This new recording of Ruslan and Lyudmila is the first to make use of multi-channel super audio technology. It's also the debut of a new...continue...

Wagner: Preludes & Overtures / Kreizberg, Netherlands PO

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Rienzi; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde
Conductors: Kreizberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra