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Giuseppe Verdi Rarities

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-06-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Simon Boccanegra; Ernani; Attila; I due foscari; I vespri siciliani; Aida, opera
Performers: Pavarotti, Luciano
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio

Highlights from Handel's Messiah

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-10-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Boyer, Tammy; Cochran, Lisa; Cottrell, Travis; Curry, Sheldon; Dockery, Ellen; Durham, Dave; George, Bill [Keyboards/Vocals]; Hall, Stephanie; Huffman, Sarah; Jordan, Marabeth; Mauldin, Russell; McCo...
Conductors: Wyrtzen, Don

Recording information: Angel Recording Studios Ltd., London, England; Quad Recording Studios, Nashville, TN....continue...

The Music of Dickens and His Time / Giles, Healey, Hill, Humphries; The Seven Dials Band

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: American Traditional: College Hornpipe; John Pyke Hullah: Some Folks Who Have Grown Old, song; English Traditional: The Rat Catcher's Daughter; Begone Dull Care, folk song; The Workhouse Boy, folk so...
Performers: Eddy, Rachel; Giles, Ian; Healey, Tim; Knight, Margaret; Sartin, Paul; The Seven Dials Band; Underwood, Giles; Watson,, Christopher, Jr.
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Seven Dials Band

American Record Guide, July / August 2012
This is one of the best programs I've seen that connects music with literature. The music is a delight...continue...
This collection of vocal and instrumental music is made up of pieces associated in one way or another with Charles Dickens' life and work. The majority of them are popular tunes he refers to in his no...continue...

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

Serene Classics / Includes works by Palestrina, Bach, Tallis, Purcell and Schubert

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gregorian Chant: Salve regina; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Salve Regina, motet for 5 voices (from Motets Book V); Missa pro defunctis a 5; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O sacrum convivium, motet...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Haider, Friedrich; Henschel, Dietrich; Isokoski, Soile; McDaniel, Barry; Meier, Waltraud; Munderloh, David; Viitasalo, Marita; Woytowicz, Stefania
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph; Higginbottom, Edward; Werner, Fritz; Nagano, Kent; Barenboim, Daniel; Bour, Ernest; Svetlanov, Evgeny; O'Donnell, James [Organ]; Satomaa, Tauno

Unwind with Warner Classic's new release, 'Serene Classics: Music for a Calmer You". Take a micro-vacation as you relax to titles such as Salve Regina,...continue...

Barenboim Plays and Conducts Liszt

3 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-06-28

Works: Franz Liszt: Faust Symphony, S 108; Introduction, Fugue and Magnificat from "Dante Symphony"; Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année, S 1...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Legendary Daniel Barenboim joins the Berliner Philharmoniker to bring to audiences a 3 CD box set devoted to the works of three major composers: Beethoven,...continue...

Haydn: 4 Masses; Stabat Mater / Harnoncourt

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Missa in Tempore belli, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in C major ("Paukenmesse"), H. 22/9; Salve Regina, for 4 soloists, chorus, strings & organ obbligato in G minor ("O...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Mei, Eva; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Orgonasova,...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

"Harnoncourt's sense of pace in Haydn is unerring and makes it a pick - highly recommended" (BBC Music Magazine). Nikolaus Harnoncourt's celebrated cycle of Haydn's...continue...

Power & The Glory

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Vespro della Beata Vergine, 1610; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D major, RV 589; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C major, K 317 ...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bayley, Clive; Bazola, Francois; Chilcott, Susan; Cornwell, Joseph; Crawley, Ben; Depraz, Xavier; Durufle-Chevalier, Marie-Madeleine; Felix, Thierry; Gruberova, Edita; Hol...
Conductors: Christie, William; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Gardiner, John Eliot; Masur, Kurt; Leppard, Raymond; Barenboim, Daniel; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Jennings, Joseph; Rizzi, Carlo; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Werner, F...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Les Arts Florissants

Two a half hours of music to stir the soul....continue...

Music for a Royal Wedding, 2011

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Samson; Solomon; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Andre, Maurice; Domingo, Placido; Hansen, Jorgen Ernst; Maurane, Camille
Conductors: Paillard, Jean-François; Leppard, Raymond; Higginbottom, Edward; Frémaux, Louis; Santi, Nello; Davis, Andrew; Faerber, Jörg;
Ensemble: ; Capricorn (Ensemble); Il Giardino Armonico

A compilation of the most famous and recognizable pieces of music from the wedding service of every British monarch, from Queen Victoria to our present...continue...

The Beethoven Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Triple Concerto in C major for violin, cello, piano & orchestra, Op. 56; Quartet for Strings no 9 in C major, Op. 59/3 "Rasumovsky"; Sonata for...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Güra, Werner; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Hagen, Clemens; Hager, Klaus; Isokoski, Soile; Markovich, Aleksandr...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Barenboim, Daniel

The Debussy Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Children's Corner; Syrinx; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Quartet for Strings in G minor; Préludes, Book 1; Pelléas e...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Jouvet, Philippe; Martineau, Malcolm; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Tappy, Eric; Vocals], Rachel Yakar [Soprano
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Jordan, Armin; Conlon, James

Wagner Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhaüser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg; The Flying Dutchman; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Die Walküre; Götterdämme...
Performers: Eaglen, Jane; Elming, Poul; Evans, Anne; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Kang, Philip; Lipovsek, Marjana; Meier, Waltraud; Palmer, Felicity; Pape, Rene; Schreibmayer, Kurt; S...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Mozart Opera Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Il re Pastore; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Lucio Silla; Der Schauspie...
Performers: Baur, Markus; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Coburn, Pamela; Fischer, Andreas; Fischer, Thierry; Gassmann, Frank; Gienger, Stefan; Gruberova, Edita; Hampson, Thomas; Holl, Robert; Hollweg, W...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

Mozart Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Symphony no 29 in A major, K201; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K467 "Elvira Madigan"; Sonata for Piano in A minor, K310; Quartet for Strings no 20 ...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Engel, Karl; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gruberova, Edita; Holl, Robert; Kam, Sharon; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Margiono, Charlotte; Protschka, Josef; Rodgers, Joan; Vocals], Rachel Ya...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Hager, Leopold; Leppard, Raymond; Faerber, Jörg; Riedel, Kurt

A Bach Christmas / Koopman, Harnoncourt, Leonhardt, Higginbottom et al.

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-11-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Meine Seele erhebt den Herren, BWV 733; Cantata BWV 10 "Meine Seel' erhebt den Herren!"; Orgelbüchlein; Cantata BWV 1 "Wie schön leuch...
Performers: Bratschke, Detlef; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Frangoulis, Stefan; Gardow, Helrun; Hampton, Thomas; Heichele, Hildegard; Hennig, Sebastian; Huber, Markus; Hughes, Christopher; Jelosits, Peter; Koopm...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leonhardt, Gustav; Koopman, Ton; Wolff, Hugh; Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; Leonhardt Consort

Kalinka & Moscow Nights

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: B. Terentiev: Regimental Polka for chorus & folk ensemble; Lev Konstantinovich Knipper: Polyushko Polye (Song of the Plains; Meadowlands; "O Field, My Fields"); Russian Traditional: Kalinka (Little S...
Performers: Belyaev, Evgeny; Deshko, Vladimir; Dzhemelinsky, Sergei; Grekhov, Evgeny; Nizinenko, Nikolai; Red Star Red Army Chorus; Yantchik, Vyacheslav; Zazhigin, Valery
Conductors: Bazhalkin, Anatoly N.

The Red Star Red Army Chorus and Dance Ensemble was created in 1978 in Moscow, mostly to raise the cultural level and maintain the battle-readiness...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of Moscow Conservatory, Russia (03/1992-04/1992)....continue...

George Frideric Handel: Il Trionfo / Marc Minkowski, et al

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Teseo; Amadigi
Performers: Bazola, Francois; Bertin, Pascal; Delattre, Jean-Jacques; Elwes, John; Gooding, Julia; Harrhy, Eiddwen; James, Eirian; Jones, Della; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Monteilhet, Pascal; Napoli, Catherine; Poitevin...
Conductors: Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: Les Musiciens du Louvre

Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet Music / John Eliot Gardiner

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Alcina; Terpsichore; Il pastor fido
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Davies, Maldwyn; Findlay, Jane; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Ragin, Derek Lee; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene; Sm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

George Frideric Handel: Semele; Israel in Egypt; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn; Zadok the Priest; La Resurrezione; Dixit

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Semele; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; The Ways of Zion Do Mourn (Funeral Anthem for Queen Caroline), for chorus & orchestra, HWV 264; Coronation Anthem; La Resurrezione ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Brett, Charles; Burrowes, Norma; Clarkson, Julian; Davies, Maldwyn; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Gordon, Brian; Greene, Daryl; Hicks, Malcolm; Jones, Della; Kendall, William; Knibbs, J...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Believe

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-06-15

Works: Meredith Willson: Till There Was You, song (from "The Music Man"); Ben Moody: Bring Me to Life, song; Sarah McLachlan: Angel, song; Éric Levi: I Believe; Andrew Lloyd Webber: Love Never Dies, so...
Performers: Blooding, Courtney; Bocelli, Andrea; Botti, Chris; Foster, David; Freebairn-Smith, Vanessa; Jenkins, Katherine; Levant, Gayle; Marx, Richard; Parks, Dean; Rieu, Andre; Saag, Jochem van der; Thompson,...

Personnel: Jochem van der Saag (drum programming).

Believe is the seventh album by Welsh crossover opera superstar Katherine Jenkins, renowned for her interpretations of opera and pop standards...continue...

Handel: Acis and Galatea, Theodora, etc / Christie, Antonini, et al

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Theodora; Agrippina condotta a morire (Dunque sarà pur vero), cantata for soprano, 2 violins & continuo, HWV 1; Dietro l'orme...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Berg, Nathan [Saxophone]; Cornwell, Joseph; Croft, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Daneman, Sophie; Ewing, Alan; Galstian, Juliette; Mei, Eva; Petibon, Patricia; Slaars, Layrent
Conductors: Christie, William; Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico; Les Arts Florissants

40 Most Beautiful Winter Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Henry Purcell: Fair...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bonney, Barbara; Cole, Natalie; George, Michael; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hampson, Thomas; Larmore, Jennifer; Linden, Joost van der; Lutz, David; Martineau,...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Redel, Kurt; Masur, Kurt; Legrand, Michel; Pohjola, Erkki; Jennings, Joseph; Lazarev, Alexander; Serebrier, José; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Davis,...
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Les Arts Florissants; Munich Pro Arte Orchestra; New York Philharmonic...

The Handel Experience / Scimone, Koopman, Leppard, Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Dixit D...
Performers: Baumont, Olivier; Bruggen, Frans [Conductor]; Bylsma, Anner; Davies, Ryland; Dessay, Natalie; Esswood, Paul; Hampson, Thomas; Jo, Sumi; Jo, Sunni; Koopman, Ton; Laskine, Lily; Leonhardt, Gustav; Lott...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot; Paillard, Jean-François; Leppard, Raymond; Wolff, Hugh; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Antonini, Giovanni; Koopman, Ton; Christie, William; Minkowski, Marc; Scimone, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra Choir; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; Les Arts florissants; Les Musiciens du Louvre; Monteverdi Orchestra;...

Schubert - Complete Secular Choral Works / Ortner, Lippert, Schiff, Moser, Staier, et al

7 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714b/Op 167; An die Sonne, D 439; Wehmut, D 825/Op. 64 no 1; Im Gegenwärtigen Vergangenes, D 710; Das Leben ist ein Traum, D 269; Das ...
Performers: Bartolomey, Franz; Czerny, Carl; Endrödy, Sandor; Flechl, Elisabeth; Flieder, Raphael; Gasciarrino, Michel; Holl, Robert; Ijichi, Hiroyuki; Künne, Thomas; Keldorfer, Viktor; Kirchschlager, ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Wiener Concert-Verein

The Haydn Experience / Buchbinder, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Eder Quartet, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 76 no 3/H 3 no 77 "Emperor"; Symphony no 8 in G maj...
Performers: Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Entremont, Philippe; Gruberova, Edita; Holl, Robert; Lodeon, Frederic; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Protschka, Josef
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; López-Cobos, Jesús; Entremont, Philippe; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Koopman, Ton
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Arnold Schoenberg; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Concentus Musicus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

The Puccini Experience / Mehta, Italian Radio SO Rome, Italian Radio Chorus Rome

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-20

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Suor Angelica; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; ...
Performers: Blasi, Angela Maria; Canonici, Luca; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cowan, Richard; Cura, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Domas, Cristina; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Barbacini, Maurizio; Conlon, James; Domingo, Placido; Sado, Yutaka; Nagano, Kent; Mehta, Zubin; López-Cobos, Jesús; Slatkin, Leonard; Szilvay, Csaba; Szilvay, Géza; Verrot, Pasca...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin State Opera Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Rome; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Munich Radio Orchestra; Ph...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Spring Classics - Vivaldi, Glazunov, Copland, etc / Masur, Koopman, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fanta...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Blankestijn, Marieke; Bonney, Barbara; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Isokoski, Soile; Koopman, Ton; Mederos, Rodolfo; Parsons, Geoffrey; Postnikova, Viktoria; Pregardie...
Conductors: Serebrier, José; Davis, Andrew; Scimone, Claudio; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Koopman, Ton; Marriner, Sir Neville; Kangas, Juha; Inbal, Eliahu; Mehta, Zubin; Wolff, Hugh; Bibl, Rudolph; Rasilaine...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Amsterdam Baroque Soloists; Ensemble Instrumental; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; London Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Norwegian ...

Bach: Complete Sacred Cantatas

60 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 1, "Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" BWV 1; Cantata no 2, "Ach Gott, vom Himmel sieh darein" BWV 2; Cantata no 3, "Ach Gott, wie manches Herzeleid," BWV 3 (B...
Performers: Altena, Marius van; Bergius, Allan; Bonney, Barbara; Bratschke, Detlef; Cericius, Roger; chke, Thomas; Echternach, Matthias; Eiwanger, Tobias; Elwes, John; Emmermann, Michael; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vo...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leonhardt, Gustav

Birthday Edition - Daniel Barenboim the Conductor - Scriabin, Wagner, Mahler, Schumann, Beethoven, etc

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-12-04

Works: Alexander Scriabin: La poème de l'extase; Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 43 "Le divin poème"; Richard Wagner: Siegfried; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Robert Schumann: S...
Performers: Azmeh, Kinan; Biron, Mor; Clark, Graham [Tenor]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Polyak, Sharon; Saleh, Mohamed
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel

Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe / Chanticleer

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Ignacio Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe; Te Deum, for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Manuel de Zumaya: Albricias, mortales!; Angélicas Milicas, recessional; Giacomo Rust: Beatam me ...
Performers: Alatorre, Eric; Albinder, Frank; Baum, Kevin; Fritzsche, Christopher; Munderloh, David; White, Jay
Conductors: Jennings, Joseph

Here is a fascinating musicological document from 18th-century Mexico. At the heart of this matins service are a set of responsories by Ignacio de Jerusalem. The Italian-born Jerusalem was a virtuos...continue...

Haydn: Missa in angustiis, etc / Harnoncourt, Miles, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Te Deum in C major, H 23c no 1
Performers: Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Orgonasova, Luba; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

Monteverdi: Madrigali concertati / Tragicomedia

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Augellin, che la voce al canto spieghi, madrigal for 3 voices (from Book 7), SV 133; Madrigals, Book 1; Madrigals, Book 8; Ecco vicine, o bella tigre, l'hore, madrigal for 2 voice...
Performers: Axell, Viveca; Nasrawi, Douglas; Potter, John [Tenor Vocal]; van der Kamp, Harry
Conductors:
Ensemble: Tragicomedia (Ensemble)

40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Gabriel's Message (Basque); In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); I Wonder As I Wander (American); This is the truth sen...
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; George, Michael; Hampson, Thomas; Harjanne, Jouko; Jo, Sumi; Lipovsek, Marjana; Ochs, Barbara; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Upshaw, Dawn [So...
Conductors: Stapleton, Robin; Higginbottom, Edward; Wolff, Hugh; ; Gardiner, John Eliot; Sutej, Vjekoslav; Schneider, Michael; Scimone, Claudio; Werner, Fritz; Glahe, Will; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Lazarev, Al...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; London Brass; Will Glahe Soloists

Personnel: Marjana Lipovsek , Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Michael George, Thomas Hampson, Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw (vocals); Jouko Harjanne (trumpet); Gottfried Bach (forte...continue...

Birth of a Diva - Legendary Early Recordings / Maria Callas

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-10-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Barbieri, Fedora; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Marietti, Ines; Silveri, Paolo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Votto, Antonino; Basile, Arturo
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

40 Most Beautiful Classical Anthems

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-08-21

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Tannhäuser; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Enigma Variations; Johann Sebas...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Domingo, Placido; Terfel, Bryn; Toso, Piero; Wilson, Stuart
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Barenboim, Daniel; Rizzi, Carlo; Davis, Andrew; Keilberth, Joseph; Gardiner, John Eliot; Santi, Nello; Lombard, Alain; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Scimone, Claudio; Leppard, Raymond; Conlon, ...

Simply Callas - Ponchielli, Verdi, Wagner, etc

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; I Puritani, opera; Amilcare Ponchielli: La Gioconda; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata
Performers: Albanese, Francesco [Tenor Vocal]; Alberto Albertini [Bass/Baritone Vocal]; Amadini, Maria; Barbieri, Fedora; Benzi, Armando; Callas, Maria; Caruso, Mariano; Gandolfo, Ede Marietti; Marietti, Ines; M...
Conductors: Basile, Arturo; Votto, Antonino; Santini, Gabriele
Ensemble: Italian Radio Symphony Orchestra Turin

The Beethoven Box Set / Harnoncourt, CO of Europe

14 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-01-09

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93; Symphony no 2 in...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Boesch, Florian; Fontane, Robert; Hagen, Clemens; Haid, Maria; Holl, Robert; Kremer, Gidon; Luna, Ricardo; Margiono, Charlotte; Mei, Eva; Orgonasova, Luba; Prentice, Geoffrey;...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 / Barenboim, Divan Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-12-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Denoke, Angela; Fritz, Burkhard; Meier, Waltraud; Pape, René
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: West-Eastern Divan Orchestra

Wagner: Tristan und Isolde / Runnicles, Brewer, et al

4 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde
Performers: Brewer, Christine; Daniel, Boaz; Ginty, Eugene; Holt, Jared; Le Brocq, Mark; Lemalu, Jonathan; Peckova, Dagmar; Rose, Peter de; Treleaven, John
Conductors: Runnicles, Donald
Ensemble: Apollo Voices

Mendelssohn: Symphonies, Piano Concertos, etc / Masur, et al

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-06-20

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 11; Symphony no 5 in D major, Op. 107 "Reformation"; Symphony no 2 in B flat major, Op. 52 "Lobgesang"; Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; S...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Eberle, Friedhelm; Katsaris, Cyprien; Oertel, Christiane; Schonheit, Michael; Schreier, Peter; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Masur, Kurt
Ensemble: Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra

This newly reissued 5-CD budget boxed set offers critically acclaimed recordings of Mendelssohn's major orchestral music by Kurt Masur and the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra featuring...continue...

Sound in Spirit / Chanticleer

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Jan Gilbert: NightChants, theatrical vocal work; Nectarie Vlahul: Axion estin os alethos makarizein; Joseph Jennings: Sound in Spirit, for vocal ensemble; Beata, for vocal ensemble (after Gregorian C...
Performers: Alatorre, Eric; Antin, Jesse; Barnett, Steve [Choral Music]; Bischoff, John; Brenner, Eric S.; Chanticleer; Hostetter, Dylan; Howell, Ian; Jennings, Joseph; Johns, Ben; Lichtenauer, Michael; Maguire,...

Chanticleer has a repertoire spanning ten centuries from Gregorian chant, Renaissance polyphony, Romantic art song, Jazz, spirituals, contemporary and world music. Founded in 1978, they...continue...

How Sweet the Sound / Flunder, Chanticleer

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-09-14

Works: L.V. McCollum: Jesus Hits like an Atom Bomb; Rev. William Herbert Brewster: Surely God Is Able; John Newton: Amazing Grace; Joseph Jennings: Soon One Mornin' Medley; Poor Pilgrim Medley; Be Still and...
Performers: Alber, Matthew; Baum, Kevin; Chanticleer; Flunder, Bishop Yvette A.; Flunder, Yvette; Fritzsche, Christopher; Jennings, Joseph; Lichtenauer, Michael

Personnel: Kevin Baum (tenor); David Marshall, Eric Alatorre, Mark Sullivan (baritone, bass voice); Joseph Jennings (piano).

Recording information: St. Inatiums Church, San Francisco, CA (06/20...continue...

Artist Portrait - José Cura

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-03-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Otello; Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Pietro Mascagni: Cav...
Performers: Bitetti, Ernesto; Borodina, Olga; Cura, Jose; Delgado, Eduardo
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Cura, Jose; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

West Side Story [1993 Studio Recording]

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-09-23

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story
Performers: Ball, Michael; Benson, Lindsay; Bonney, Barbara; Busher, Andrew; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Chessor, Derek; Curtis, Nick [Vocals]; Davies, Marian; Dore, Michael; Gibson, Lee; Gilbert, Brenda-Jean;...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry

Recording information: Angel Studios, Islington, London, England (01/1993)....continue...

Simply the Best - Classical Passion - Music for Lovers

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-05-20

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Sergey Rachmanino...
Performers: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Borodina, Olga; Brodsky Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; Cura, Jose; Katsaris, Cyprien; Klocker, Dieter; Legrand, Michel; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Little, Tasmin; London Symphony Or...
Conductors: Janowski, Marek; Wolff, Hugh; Shostakovich, Maxim; Domingo, Placido; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Davis, Colin; Davis, Andrew; Foster, Lawrence; Lenárd, Ondrej; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Zehetm...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Bremen; London Symphony Orchestra; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Salzburg Mozarteum Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Orches...

Personnel: José Cura (tenor); Thomas Zehetmair (violin); Dieter Klöcker (clarinet); Güher Pekinel , Süher Pekinel , Michel Legrand, Cyprien Katsaris, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai ...continue...

Glass: Symphony no 5 / Davies, Martinez, Graves, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-10-03

Works: Philip Glass: Symphony no 5 "Choral"
Performers: Dohmen, Albert; Graves, Denyce; Martinez, Ana Maria; Olinsky, Frank; Owens, Eric [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Schade, Michael
Conductors: Davies, Dennis R.
Ensemble: Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra

Andriessen: Rosa - The Death of a Composer

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-05-16

Works: Louis Andriessen: Rosa
Performers: Andriessen, Louis; Angel, Marie; Gillett, Christopher; Kralingen, Miranda van
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

Right from the first notes of the overture, "Rosa" has an urgency you won't find in most new operas. We hear a tenor saxophone, sounding...continue...
REVIEWS:

New York Times (Publisher) (7/9/00, p.23) - "...[Andriessen's] music is as strongly pulsed, short-phrased and repetitive as Philip Glass's, but it comes out of a sourer and darker harm...continue...

Andriessen: De Materie / De Leeuw, Schoenberg Ensemble

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1996-09-24

Works: Louis Andriessen: De Materie, opera
Performers: Doing, James; Narucki, Susan
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: Schoenberg Ensemble

"De Materie (Matter) is a four-part musical-theatre work written 1984-88 by Dutch composer Louis Andriessen...Much of this music is based on blocks of repetitive chordal...continue...