1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2013-02-12
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus
Performers:
Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors:
Norrington, Roger
Ensemble:
; Schutz Choir of London
The Mozart Requiem is one of the best-known sacred works in the classical repertoire. It was the composer's last work, and he left it unfinished...continue...
Recording information: St Augustine's Church, Kilburn, London (09/1991)....continue...
$8.98
$7.98
VCL 352962
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2013-02-12
Works: Henry Purcell: The Indian Queen; Abdelazer; Gordian Knot Unty'd; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Fantasia upon a Ground in D major, Z 731; Close thine eyes and sleep secure, Z 184; Ground in Gamut for Harpsichor...
Performers:
Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Andrews, Haden; Berridge, Simon; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bury, Alison; Campbell, Richard; David Miller [Lute/Baroque Guitar]; Earle, Richard...
Conductors:
Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble:
; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players
Henry Purcell is regarded as the first great master of English Baroque music and his works find their best interpreters today in Andrew Parrott and...continue...
Recording information: 06/1985-03/1994....continue...
$8.98
$7.98
VCL 352982
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2013-02-05
Works: Jules Massenet: Werther; Manon; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, op...
Performers:
Blanc, Ernest; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Mallabrera, Andre; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Zareska, Eugenia
Conductors:
Galliera, Alceo; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Dervaux, Pierre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Downes, Edward; Patanè, Giuseppe; Bender, Heinrich; Dobrowen, Issay; ...
Nicolai Gedda, the most recorded tenor in history, was exceptionally versatile artist who has excelled in a wide variety of operatic roles as well as...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 164972
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2013-02-05
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers:
Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors:
Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von
Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 164942B
3 CD / Virgin Classics /
2013-02-05
Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers:
Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors:
Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble:
; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble
Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...
$25.98
$22.98
VCL 026792
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2013-01-22
Works: Benjamin Britten: The Rape of Lucretia
Performers:
Bostridge, Ian
Conductors:
Knussen, Oliver
Ensemble:
Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble
Ian Bostridge has continued to be a success in performing ever since his operatic debut in 1994. Collaborating with orchestras such as Berlin Philharmonic, Vienna...continue...
Personnel: Sussie Ahlberg (vocals). Recording information: Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Suffolk (06/11/2011/06/13/2011)....continue...
$38.98
$33.98
VCL 026722
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2013-01-22
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La Traviata; Un Ballo in maschera; Ernani; I Lombardi; Don Carlo; Macbeth; Requiem Mass
Performers:
Villazón, Rolando; Villaz?n, Rolando
Conductors:
Viotti, Marcello; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble:
; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
From the very beginning of his glittering career, Rolando Villazon has shown himself to be an outstanding Verdi interpreter. On the occasion of the 200th...continue...
$8.98
$7.98
VCL 357112C
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2013-01-08
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 170, "Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" BWV 170; Cantata no 161, "Komm, du süsse Todesstunde" BWV 161; Cantata no 177, "Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ"...
Performers:
Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Vocal], Nigel Rogers [Tenor
Conductors:
Linde, Hans-Martin
Ensemble:
Linde Consort
Without exception, the second edition in the RED LINE series feature absolute classics from the EMI catalog. These fantastic pieces range from Chopin to Beethoven...continue...
Recording information: Protestant Church, Séon, Switzerland (04/1980)....continue...
$8.98
$7.98
VCL 322912B
1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics /
2012-04-03
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers:
Castronovo, Charles; De La Muela, Silvia; Dessay, Natalie; Scarabelli, Adelina; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors:
Langree, Louis
Ensemble:
Estonian Philharmonic Chamber Choir; London Symphony Orchestra
Natalie Dessay made her first European appearances as Violleta in Vedi's La Traviata in a new production by the French director Jean-Francois Sivadier at the...continue...
Run Time: 139 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
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$26.98
$23.98
VCL 307989
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2011-10-04
Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Pavane, Op. 50; Super flumina Babylonis, for chorus & orchestra (Psalm 126)
Performers:
Picard, Eric; Rabec, Ugo; Savastano, Marie Virginia; Vidal, Mathias
Conductors:
Paavo, Järvi
Ensemble:
Orchestra of Paris Chorus
The second Virgin Classics CD from the Orchestre de Paris under its new Music Director, Paavo Järvi, is entirely devoted to Fauré, with his Requiem...continue...
Recording information: Salle Pleyel, Paris (02/08/2011-02/13/2011)....continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 709212
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2011-07-26
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers:
Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors:
Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble:
; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale
Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 289842
3 CD / Virgin Classics /
2011-05-03
Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Ariodante; Arianna in Creta; Radamisto; Orlando; Armino; Serse; Giulio Cesare; Teseo; Alcina; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 1 in F; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Wa...
Performers:
Asawa, Brian; Auger, Arleen; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Genaux, Vivica; Gilchrist, Jane; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Jaroussky, Ph...
Conductors:
Trevor, Kirk; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; ; Norrington, Roger; Rousset, Christophe; Hickox, Richard; Nelson, John; Briger, Alexander; Linde, Hans-Martin; McGegan, Nicholas; P...
Ensemble:
; I Barocchisti; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale
50 Best is a series of 3-CD sets which feature genres of music ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs,...continue...
$12.98
$10.98
VCL 708222
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2011-01-25
Works: Jules Massenet: Chérubin; Cendrillon; Ariane; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; La Clemenza di Tito; Christoph Willibald Gluck: La Clemenza di Tito; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di ...
Performers:
DiDonato, Joyce; Montvidas, Edgaras; Obrecht, Pascale; Semenova, Elena; Stupenengo, Paolo; Suliman, Nabil
Conductors:
Ono, Kazushi
Joyce DiDonato’s capacity for characterization is as astounding as the range and flexibility of her voice. This new collection showcases DiDonato’s multi-faceted art, and the...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium de Lyon, France (09/18/2010-09/28/2010)....continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 419860
1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics /
2010-12-07
Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca
Performers:
Alvarez, Marcelo; Courtney, James; Gagnidze, George; Makepeace, Jonathan; Mattila, Karita; Pittsinger, David; Plishka, Paul; Sorensen, Joel
Conductors:
Colaneri, Joseph
Ensemble:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
This production of Tosca opened the Metropolitan Opera's 2009 - 10 season, the first to be programmed entirely by the house's General Manager Peter Gelb,...continue...
Region: All Picture Format: NTSC, Color
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$26.98
$23.98
VCL 419739
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2010-10-25
Works: Hector Berlioz: La Mort d'Orphée, for tenor, women's chorus & orchestra, H. 25; Tristia, for chorus & Orchestra, Op. 18; Irish melodies (8), Op. 2; Chant des chemins de fer, for tenor, 6-part ...
Performers:
Bismuth, David; Rivenq, Nicolas; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors:
Plasson, Michel
Recording information: Toulouse, Halle aux Grains (04/26/2003-04/30/2003)....continue...
$13.98
$11.98
VCL 286162
1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics /
2010-09-28
Works: Richard Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
Performers:
Dessay, Natalie; Gunn, Nathan; Margison, Richard; Mentzer, Susanne; Voigt, Deborah
Conductors:
Levine, James
Ensemble:
Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Two of today's reigning sopranos - Deborah Voigt and Natalie Dessay - embody the contrasting philosophies at the heart of this 2003 Metropolitan Opera production...continue...
$26.98
$23.98
VCL 418679
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2010-05-18
Works: George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; The Choice of Hercules, oratorio, HWV 69
Performers:
Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Harper, Heather; Tear, Robert; Watts, Helen [Contralto Vocals]
Conductors:
Ledger, Philip, Sir
$13.98
$11.98
VCL 285202
3 CD / Virgin Classics /
2010-05-18
Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers:
Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Caballe, Montserrat; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Hallenberg, Ann; Hendricks, Barbara...
Conductors:
Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Equilbey, Laurence; Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, A...
Ensemble:
; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Kammer Ensemble de Paris; Nash Ensemble
$20.98
$17.98
VCL 284432
2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics /
2010-04-20
Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers:
Corbelli, Alessandro; DiDonato, Joyce; Florez, Juan Diego; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Keenlyside, Simon
Conductors:
Pappano, Anthony
Ensemble:
Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra
The cast of this Barbiere, taken from performances in July 2009 at the London's Royal Opera House, could quite simply not be bettered today: dazzling...continue...
$29.98
$27.98
VCL 945819
1 DVD Video / Virgin Classics /
2010-04-06
Works: Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera
Performers:
Bayo, Maria; Chaignaud, Jean-Luc; Obregon, Cristina; Pratico, Bruno; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors:
Callegari, Daniele
Ensemble:
Gran Teatre del Liceu Chorus; Gran Teatre del Liceu Symphony Orchestra
When Donizetti's comedy, updated to the mid-20th century by the Uruguayan-born director Mario Gas, was mounted at Barcelona's magnificent Liceu opera house in 2005, Opera...continue...
$26.98
$23.98
VCL 672779
2 DVD Video / Virgin Classics /
2010-01-12
Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers:
Gens, Veronique; Guerrero, Alexandre; Léger, Magali; Le Roux, Francois; Lefort, David; Ludlow, Ivan
Conductors:
Korsten, Gérard
Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Chorus; Lyon Opera Orchestra
The heroine of 'La Veuve Joyeuse' is called Missia Palmieri, but she had started off in 1905 as Hanna Glawari in Vienna, where this operetta...continue...
Run Time: 129 min. Region: 1 Picture Format: NTSC, Color Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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$26.98
$23.98
VCL 961369
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...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 945670
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-10-20
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Cantata no 43, "Gott fähret auf mit Jauchzen" BWV 43; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich S&uum...
Performers:
Abete, Antonio; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Bostridge, Ian; Casazza, Enrico; Cavasanti, Lorenzo; Giua, Roberta
Conductors:
Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
$13.98
$11.98
VCL 846302B
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...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 945790
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-10-06
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Charles Gounod: Mireille; Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Thaïs; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers:
Hushi, Agim; Mula-Tchako, Inva
Conductors:
Lipanoviç, Ivo
Praised for her superb technique and musicality, Albanian soprano Inva Mula performs a wide range of roles from the lyric, Bel Canto and Mozartian repertoires....continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 945380
3 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-05-19
Works: Henry Purcell: Fairy Queen, Z 629; George Frederick Handel: Alexander's Feast, HWV 75; Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa Cellensis, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Cantata Mass"), H. 22/5
Performers:
Allan, Thomas; Burgess, Sally; Chance, Michael; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Daniels, Charles; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Fink, Marcos; Fournier, Brigitte; George, Michael; Gr...
Conductors:
Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble:
Gulbenkian Foundation Symphony Orchestra Lisbon; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Taverner Consort
Handel shares his anniversary year with two other composers who hold a prominent place in the musical pantheon, Henry Purcell (born 1659) and Josef Haydn...continue...
$20.98
$17.98
VCL 663562
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-05-19
Works: John Tavener: Angels; Annunciation; Lament of the Mother of God; Thunder Entered Her; Hymns of Paradise; God is with us; The Last Sleep of the Virgin; The Hidden Treasure; Arvo Pärt: Summa; Frat...
Performers:
Cruft, Benedict; Dunnett, David; Kendall, William; Kiernan, Patrick; Kostecki, Boguslav; Kringelborn, Solveig; Rakowski, Maciej; Shave, Jacqueline; Simcock, Iain; Sweeney, Donald; Wright, Gavyn
Conductors:
Hill, David
Ensemble:
Winchester Cathedral Choir
"John Tavener, one of the most popular composers of the last century, has created some meditatively enduring works such as Lamentations & Praises, Lament for...continue...
$13.98
$11.98
VCL 932332D
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-05-05
Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Rodelinda; Dietro l'orme fuggaci, HWV 105 "Armida abbandonata"; Rinaldo; Ariodante; Sorgi il dì, HWV 72 "Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo"; Admeto, Rè di Tessag...
Performers:
Abete, Antonio; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Banditelli, Gloria; Bonitatibus, Anna; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daneman, Sophie; Daniels, David; Dawson, Lynne; Dessay, Natalie; DiD...
Conductors:
Norrington, Roger; ; Curtis, Alan; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Hickox, Richard; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Kraemer, Nicholas
Ensemble:
; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Basses Réunies
; Raglan Baroque Players
To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death, Virgin Classics is releasing a 2-CD collection of his finest arias and duets. This generous selection includes...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 960352
16 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-04-21
Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodrigo, HWV 5; Radamisto, HWV 12; Admeto, Rè di Tessaglia, HWV 22; Sosarme, HWV 30; Arminio, HWV 36; Deidamia
Performers:
Abete, Antonio; Adami, Filippo; Banditelli, Gloria; Banerjee, Neal; Beaumont, Maite; Bonitatibus, Anna; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Buwalda, Sytse; Cangemi, Veronica; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Che...
Conductors:
Curtis, Alan
Ensemble:
Il Complesso Barocco
This 16-CD boxed set contains six complete Handel operas composed over a period of more than 30 years, and arrives just in time to celebrate...continue...
$124.98
$112.98
VCL 958622
3 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-02-24
Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers:
Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors:
Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble:
Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...
The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...
$22.48
$19.48
VCL 354762
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-02-24
Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Work(s); Madrigals, Book 9; L'Incirinazione Di Poppea; Scherzi musicali, volume 1; Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Interrotte speranze, eterna fede; Chiome d'oro, Canzonetta ...
Performers:
Achten, Nicolas [Conductor]; Arminshaw, Lauren; Auvity, Cyril; Fernandes, Joao; Jaroussky, Philippe; Rial, Núria; Riener, Michaela; Toth, Zsuzsanna; van Elsacker, Jan
Conductors:
Pluhar, Christina
Ensemble:
L'Arpeggiata
This exciting new release is the debut Virgin Classics recording of the vocal & instrumental group L'Arpeggiata, led by harpist and lutenist extraordinaire Christina Pluhar....continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 361402
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2009-02-24
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers:
Azzaretti, Jael; Colombara, Carlo; Dessay, Natalie; Gay, Paul; Gietz, Gordon; Meli, Francesco; Mingardo, Sara
Conductors:
Pidò, Evelino
Following the success of the complete opera version of Bellini's 'La Sonnambula' featuring Natalie Dessay (which was awarded Diaspason d'Or of the Year 2007), Virgin...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 647362B
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2008-11-24
Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Der Messias; Coronation Anthem; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; ...
Performers:
Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dale, Laurence; Dami, Magali; Dubosc, Catherine; Gens, Veronique; Hantai, Jerome; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik
Conductors:
Corboz, Michel; Hill, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Parrott, Andrew; Willcocks, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Herreweghe, Philippe; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Pitz, Wilhelm; Conlon, James...
Ensemble:
; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Seminario Musicale; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players
From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight into the great...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 221442
3 CD / Virgin Classics /
2008-10-14
Works: Benjamin Britten: Billy Budd, Op. 50
Performers:
Benson, Laurie; Best, Matthew [Bass Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Charles, Oba Kush; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Elliott, Alasdair; Green, Adam; Gunn, Nathan; Jeffrey, Darren; Kean, Kyle; Lemalu, ...
Conductors:
Harding, Daniel
Ensemble:
London Symphony Orchestra
After the award-winning recording of Britten's 'Turn of the Screw' (Virgin Classics, 2002), Daniel Harding and Ian Bostridge meet again for another Britten opera, this...continue...
$35.98
$32.98
VCL 190392
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2008-10-14
Works: Francesco Cavalli: Egisto; Didone; Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa (Canto Amoroso); Lasciatemi morire "Lamento d'Arianna a 1"; L'Incirinazione Di Poppea; L'Orfeo; Barbara Strozzi: Cantate, ar...
Performers:
Ciofi, Patrizia; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Gens, Veronique; Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Jaroussky, Philippe; Lehtipuu, Topi; Naouri, Laurent; Purves, Christopher; Villazon, Rola...
Conductors:
Ensemble:
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haim follows her acclaimed 2006 recording of Monteverdi's 'Combattimento' with an unusual and inventive program on the theme of the lamento, a literary and...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 190442C
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2008-05-27
Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude for Flute, Strings and Basso Continuo in G minor, H 528; Work(s); Répons après la 1ère leçon du jeudi, H 144 "Omnes amici mei"; Prelude f...
Performers:
Bona, Jacques; Fouss, Etienne; Haddad, Paul; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Honeyman, Ian [Tenor Vocal]; Mellon, Agnès [Soprano Vocal]; Piau, Sandrine; Richard, Frederic
Conductors:
Lesne, Gérard
Ensemble:
Il Seminario Musicale
$13.98
$11.98
VCL 220212
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2008-05-27
Works: Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Luonnotar, Op. 70; Maiden in the Tower; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46; Kuolema
Performers:
Jonsson, Lars-Erik; Kringelborn, Solveig; Lavotha, Elemér; Magee, Garry; Paasikivi, Lilli
Conductors:
Paavo, Järvi
$13.98
$11.98
VCL 220552B
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2007-12-04
Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers:
Henschel, Dietrich; Karthauser, Sophie; Kuhmeier, Genia; Spence, Toby; Werba, Markus
Conductors:
Christie, William
Ensemble:
Les Arts Florissants
Following his acclaimed recording of 'The Seasons' in 2002, famed baroque conductor William Christie and his ensemble Les Arts Florissants return to Haydn with 'The...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 952352
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2007-11-20
Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus
Performers:
Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; Naouri, Laurent; Spence, Toby
Conductors:
Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble:
Le Concert d'Astrée
This month, Virgin Classics is proud to offer a new recording of the ever-popular Bach 'Magnificat' and Handel 'Dixit Dominus', bringing together for the first...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 952412
4 CD / Virgin Classics /
2007-11-06
Works: William Billings: Methinks I See a Heavenly Host; A Virgin Unspotted; John Foster: While shepherds watched their flocks by night (A 2nd Collection of Sacred Music. York, ca. 1820); Joan Cererols: Mar...
Performers:
Ardagh-Walter, Patrick; Blackadder, David; Bonner, Tessa; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Carolan, Lucy; Carroll, Paul; Charlesworth, Stephen; Consort, Taverner; Cooper, Peter [violin]; Daniels, C...
Conductors:
Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble:
Taverner Choir; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players
$15.98
$12.98
VCL 036802
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2007-09-25
Works: Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers:
Azzaretti, Jael; Colombara, Carlo; Dessay, Natalie; Gay, Paul; Gietz, Gordon; Meli, Francesco; Mingardo, Sara
Conductors:
Pidò, Evelino
Ensemble:
Lyon Opera Orchestra
After her immense success as Lucia in Paris in Autumn 2006 under the direction of Evelino Pido, Natalie Dessay and the Italian maestro furthered their...continue...
$35.98
$32.98
VCL 951382B
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2007-09-18
Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Charles Gounod: Faust; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Jules Massenet: Werther; Le Cid; P...
Performers:
Villazon, Rolando
Conductors:
Viotti, Marcello; Pidò, Evelino; Plasson, Michel; Domingo, Placido; Haïm, Emmanuelle
In the last four years Rolando Villazon has become one of the most outstanding tenors of his generation. The range of repertoire he has recorded...continue...
$20.98
$17.98
VCL 047622
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2007-08-14
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass no 15 for vocal soloists, chorus & orchestra in C major ("Coronation"), K. 317; Church Sonata for Organ and Strings no 16 in C major, K 329 (317a); Mass no 16 for solois...
Performers:
Kwella, Patrizia; Pregardien, Christoph; Selig, Franz-Josef
Conductors:
Neumann, Peter
Ensemble:
Collegium Cartusianum
$8.98
$7.98
VCL 918032
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2007-05-08
Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno
Performers:
Brslik, Pavol; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Dessay, Natalie; Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Hallenberg, Ann
Conductors:
Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble:
Le Concert d'Astrée
BBC Music Magazine Disc of the Month, May 2007. "The first fruit of Handel's early collaborations with Italian musicians in Rome, this sublime cantata is...continue...
$26.98
$23.98
VCL 634282B
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2007-01-16
Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Madrigals, Book 8; Interrotte speranze, eterna fede; Scherzi musicali, volume 2; Madrigals, Book 9; Madrigals, Book 10; Piú lieto il guardo; Madrigals, Book 7; Madrigals, B...
Performers:
Ciofi, Patrizia; Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Lehtipuu, Topi; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors:
Haïm, Emmanuelle
Ensemble:
Le Concert d'Astrée
Emmanuelle Haim and her ensemble Le Concert d'Astree continue their exploration of Monteverdi works with this recording of the tragic war madrigal Il Combattimento di...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 633502
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2006-10-03
Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a)
Performers:
Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Lehtipuu, Topi; Pisaroni, Luca
Conductors:
Langrée, Louis
Ensemble:
Le Concert d'Astrée
"Just as with the Requiem, the incomplete Mass in C minor is hardly pure Mozart. The missing sections aside, every movement he left us from...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 593092B
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2006-02-21
Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; A...
Performers:
Laconi, Florian; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors:
Plasson, Michel
Rolando Villazon is undoubtedly the revelation of the years 2004-2005, and has received critical acclaim and several awards including a 2005 Gramophone Award and the...continue...
$20.98
$17.98
VCL 447332
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2006-02-07
Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; A...
Performers:
Blank, Theresa; Laconi, Florian; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors:
Plasson, Michel
Ensemble:
Munich Radio Orchestra
Rolando Villazon is undoubtedly the revelation of the years 2004-2005, and has received critical acclaim and several awards including a 2005 Gramophone Award and the...continue...
$19.48
$17.48
VCL 447012
2 CD / Virgin Classics /
2005-10-04
Works: Jacques Offenbach: La Grande-Duchesse de Gérolstein
Performers:
Beuron, Yann; Fallat, Maryline; Gabriel, Alain; Grappe, Boris; Grapperon, Christophe; Huchet, Eric; Legay, Aurelia; Leguerinel, Franck; LeRoux, Francois [Baritone Vocal]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Voca...
Conductors:
Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble:
Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre
This new Offenbach release of 'La Grande Duchese de Gerolstein' marks the return on Virgin Records of Mark Minkowski and Felicity Lott following their very...continue...
$35.98
$32.98
VCL 457342B
1 CD / Virgin Classics /
2005-01-25
Works: Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Manon; Werther; Il re di Lahore; Grisélidis; Roma; Le mage; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Polyeucte; La Reine de Saba; Mireille; Faust
Performers:
Dessay, Natalie; Villazon, Rolando
Conductors:
Pidò, Evelino
"Intelligently prepared and passionately delivered, the debut solo CD of tenor Rolando Villazon bodes well for both artist and audience... Villazon sings gloriously, displaying a...continue...
$17.98
$15.98
VCL 457192B
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