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Mahler: Symphony No.2

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-06-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

Recording information: Alte Oper Frankfurt (05/06/2009-05/08/2009)....continue...

Beethoven: String Quartets Op. 130, Op. 133 / Artemis Quartett

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 6 in B flat major, Op. 18 no 6; Quartet for Strings no 13 in B flat major, Op. 130; Grosse Fuge for String Quartet in B flat major Op. 133; Unspecified: U...

This fourth release in the Artemis Quartet's complete Beethoven cycle comes as the Berlin-based ensemble devotes its international performing schedule to this cornerstone of the...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Finckensteinallee 36, Berlin (2009-11-08_2009-11-13&2009-)....continue...

Via Crucis

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-04-20

Works: Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber: L'Annonciation; L'Aria, for ensemble; Anonymous: Ninna nanna alla Napoletana; Maxime Merlandi: Maria (sopra la Carpinese); Tarquinio Merula: Hor ch'è tempo di dor...
Performers: Bettini, Fulvio; Capezzuto, Vincenzo [Vocals]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Rial, NLria; Rial, Nuria
Conductors: Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble: Barbara Furtuna; L'Arpeggiata

L'Arpeggiata, the French-based ensemble directed by Austrian-born harpist and lutenist Christina Pluhar, releases its second Virgin Classics album, following 'Teatro d'amore', a program of Monteverdi...continue...
Recording information: Chapelle de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours, Paris (06/2004); St Michel en Thiérache (06/2004); Chapelle de l'Hôpital Notre-Dame du Bon-Secours, Paris (08/200...continue...

Handel: Opera Arias

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-04-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Imeneo, HWV 41; Floridante, HWV 14; Arianna in Creta, HWV 32; Tamerlano, HWV 18; Serse, HWV 40; Amadigi di Gaula, HWV 11; Parnasso in festa, HWV 73; Agrippina, HWV 6; Radamis...
Performers: Cencic, Max Emanuel
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Barocchisti

After his foray into the early Romantic era - heroic arias written for female mezzo sopranos to perform in male disguise - Max Emmanuel Cencic...continue...
Recording information: Radio Svizzera di lingua italiana, Lugano, Auditorio St (07/14/2009-07/19/2009)....continue...

J.C. Bach: La dolce fiamma

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Johann Christian Bach: La Clemenza di Scipione; Artaserse; Sentimi, non partir and Al mio bene, a lei che adoro, recitative & aria for 2 voices, piano & orches; Orfeo ed Eurdice; Adriano in Siria; Ca...
Performers: Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie

Philippe Jaroussky's last operatic recital for Virgin Classics collected arias written for a castrato singer, Carestini, whose star had been somewhat eclipsed by his contemporaries...continue...
Recording information: Paroisse Notre Dame du Liban, Paris, France (05/17/2009-05/23/2009)....continue...

Coloraturas

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Un ballo in maschera; Un ballo in mascchera; Richard Strauss: Ariadne auf Naxos; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Igor St...
Performers: Damrau, Diana
Conductors: Ettinger, Dan

The multifaceted German coloratura soprano, who has been described as "the Meryl Streep of classical music" shows her vocal and dramatic range with this collection...continue...
Recording information: Bayerischer Rundfunk, Studio 1 (2008-02-11_2008-02-12&2009-)....continue...

Schubert: Moments musicaux; Impromptus / David Fray

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-11-03

Works: Franz Schubert: Moments musicaux (6) for Piano, D 780/Op. 94; Allegretto for Piano in C minor, D 915; Impromptus (4) for Piano, D 899/Op. 90; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Fray, David

David Fray has declared his particular affinity with Austro-German music, and after two CDs featuring Bach and a DVD of Bach concertos he now programs...continue...

Handel: La Resurrezione / Emmanuelle Haïm, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-11-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione di Nostro Signor Gesù Cristo, HWV 47; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Pisaroni, Luca; Royal, Kate; Spence, Toby; Tilling, Camilla
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle

Continuing the Handel series from Le Concert d'Astree and Emmanuelle Haim is 'La resurrezione', composed during the young Handel's period in Rome and first performed...continue...

Beethoven, Korngold: Violin Concertos / Renaud Capuçon

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-11-03

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Capuçon, Renaud
Conductors: Nézet-Séguin, Yannick

Capucon's Virgin Classics discography is substantial, but much of the focus has been on chamber music - only two previous discs have featured him in...continue...

Opera Arias / Joyce Didonato, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Armida; La Donna del Lago; Maometto II; Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra; Semiramide; Otello; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Amici, Corrado; Brownlee, Lawrence; DiDonato, Joyce; Nicola, Roberta de; Putelli, Carlo
Conductors: Müller, Eduardo
Ensemble: Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra

"While recording companies do not routinely concern themselves with exploring the legacies of singers that no one can reasonably hear, to her credit DiDonato takes...continue...

Tragédiennes Vol 2 - Opera Arias / Gens, Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-07-14

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Alceste; Orfeo ed Euridice; Antonio Sacchini: Dardanus; Odipe à Colone; Renaud; Niccolò Piccinni: Didon, opera; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Andromaqu...
Performers: Gens, Veronique
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

Following up her critically-lauded Tragediennes album (winner of Gramophone and Echo Kassik Awards), French soprano Veronique Gens has recorded a sequel, continuing the first album's...continue...

Vivaldi: Virtuoso Cantatas / Jaroussky, Artaserse Ensemble

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2005-04-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Alla caccia, alla caccia, RV 670; Qual per ignoto, RV 677; Orlando furioso, opera in 3 acts, RV 728; Care selve amici prati, RV 671; Sonata no 1 in B flat (Largo, Allegro, Largo, All...
Performers: Antonini, Claire; Gliozzi, Emilia; Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Artaserse

Philippe Jaroussky has become quite a sensation in France and is rapidly cultivating a strong reputation throughout Europe. Most of Vivaldi's cantatas are for solo...continue...