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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...

Cage, Nancarrow: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: John Cage: Sonatas and Interludes for Prepared Piano; The Perilous Night, for prepared piano; Bacchanale for Prepared Piano; Robin Hartwell: Piano Piece no 2 (after John Cage), for piano; Matthew Fai...
Performers: Bates, Lulu; MacGregor, Joanna [Piano]; Singh, Talvin; Turnbull, Keith

American composer, philosopher, poet, theorist, artist and amateur mushroom collector, John Cage was a pioneering man, excited to explore new ideas, sounds and interests. A...continue...

A Mediterranean Christmas / Cohen, Boston Camerata, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Turkish Traditional: Taksîm Farahfaza, for oud & ensemble; Alfonso X: Cantiga de Santa María 51, A Madre de Deus; Cantiga de Santa María 100, Santa Maria, strela do dia; Cantiga de San...
Performers: Ayad, Hayet; Azema, Anne; Bares, Equidad; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Harley, Anne; Razgui, Boujemaa; Roustom, Kareem
Conductors: Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Sharq Ensemble

This CD is a natural follow-up to the Boston Cameratas popular Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque, American, and French Christmas CDs that are holiday best sellers. On...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...

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 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

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 Vivaldi Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Nulla in mundo pax sincera, RV 630; Ottone in Villa, RV 729; Orlando furioso, RV 728; Arsilda, Regina di Ponto, RV 700;...
Performers: Bertagnin, Glauco; Browne, Sandra; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fornaciari, Marco; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Mazzucato, Daniela; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Sasaki, Kazuki; Scalabrin, Fabrizio; Smi...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne

The Tchaikovsky Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams"; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"; Souvenir d'un lieu ...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Mehta, Zubin; Lazarev, Alexander; Sado, Yutaka; Krivine, Emmanuel

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: 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

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

Chess in Concert [2008 London Concert Cast] [Highlights]

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-06-16

Works: Stig Anderson: Chess, musical play
Performers: Anthony, Grant; Bedella, David; Cantabile; Cantabile Singers; Christian Lund; Colley, Christopher; Dixon, Ben [Musical Theater]; Ellis, Kerry; Evans, Mark [Vocals]; Graves, Tiffany; Groban, Josh; Har...
Conductors: Firman, David

2009 release containing 'highlights' from the performance. Starring multiplatinum artist Josh Groban, Tony-winning Idina Menzel (Wicked) and Tony nominated Adam Pascal (Rent), Chess In Concert...continue...
Personnel: Marti Pellow, Christian Lund, Andrew Playfoot, Mark Evans, David Bedella, Christopher Colley, Idina Menzel, Clarke Peters, Adam Pascal, Josh Groban, Kerry Ellis (vocals).

It might be...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...

John Adams: Hallelujah Junction - A Nonesuch Retrospective

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-10-07

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; Shaker Loops; Harmonium; Nixon in China; Chamber Symphony; Gnarly Buttons; Hoodoo Zephyr; Death of Klinghoffer; I was looking at the ceiling and then I saw the sky; Concert...
Performers: Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Hammons, Thomas; Kantonen, Seppo; Karvonen, Jari-Pekka; Kremer, Gidon; Kusama, Astri; Maddalena, James; McDonald, Audra; McElroy, Michael; Murto, Janne; Mutru, ...
Conductors: De Waart, Edo; Adams, John [Composer]; Nagano, Kent; Salonen, Esa-Pekka
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Theatre of Voices

"It doesn't hurt that Adams has an exclusive contract with Nonesuch to release the first recording of each work, and most of the performances here...continue...

On a Blue Evening with André Rieu

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-08-19

Works: E. de Ridder: Nie kniezen nie zeuren, for salon orchestra; André Rieu: Die lustige Witwe van den Bosch, for salon orchestra (after Lehar); Goede Tijden, medley for salon orchestra; Oeteldonks Ge...
Performers: Muggenheuvel, Peer vaan den; Rieu, Andre
Conductors: Rieu, André

The album, On a Blue Evening with Andre Rieu, is a rare gem of one of the many great works of one of the most...continue...
Personnel: André Rieu (violin).

Recording information: Net Casino te 'S-Hertogenbosch.

Includes auld lang syne (trad.) / ik ken munne mens nie vei by various composers.

Inclu...continue...

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...

Here's to the Heroes

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-05-13

Works: John Barry: Here's To The Heroes, song; Just To See Each Other Again, song; We Have All the Time in the World, song (for the film On Her Majesty's Secret Service); Places, song; You Only Live Twice, ...
Performers: Atkinson, Craig; Baker, Steven; Brown, Shannon; Calaiuta, Vinnie; Colaiuta, Vinnie; Graham, Drew; Hendry, Craig; Hickey, Matthew; Keary, Dave; Kettel, Gary; Kidd, David; Manicus, Michael; McLachlan, ...
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas

Special 2008 Edition Two CD set of the Ten Tenor's 2006 album Here's To The Heroes. The Ten Tenors are an Australian musical ensemble, with...continue...
Personnel: Craig Hendry (tenor, programming); Matthew Hickey, Craig Atkinson , Shannon Brown, Drew Graham, Liam McLachlan, Stewart Morris (tenor); Dominic Miller (guitar); Michael Manicus, Steven Bake...continue...

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...

Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / Harnoncourt, Murray, Yakar, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-02-26

Works: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas, Z 626
Performers: Esswood, Paul; Gardow, Helrun; Kostlinger, Josef; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Murray, Ann; Scharinger, Anton; Schmidt, Trudeliese; Vocals], Rachel Yakar [Soprano
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Vienna Concentus Musicus

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

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

Simply Callas - Ponchielli, Verdi, Wagner, etc

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-07-24

Works: Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; 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

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

Andriessen: Writing to Vermeer

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-04-11

Works: Louis Andriessen: Writing to Vermeer
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Duijkeren, Brenda van; Epen, Wendy van; Greve, Melanie; Hannigan, Barbara; Kistemaker, Jan; Makuuchi, Tomoko; Narucki, Susan; Niels, Marjolein; Noorduyn, Violet Serena; Schroevers, Ja...
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Schoenberg Ensemble

Writing To Vermeer is the sixth Nonesuch release from Louis Andriessen, the most highly regarded contemporary composer working in the Netherlands today, an influential and...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...

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...

Gidon Kremer - Happy Birthday / Kremerata Baltica

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-01-28

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Gogol Suite, for orchestra (music from "The Dead Souls Register;" orchestrated by G.Rozhdestvensky); Peter Heidrich: Happy Birthday Variations, for orchestra; Vato Kakhidze: Blitz F...
Performers: BALTICA, KREMERata; Kakhidze, Vato; Kremer, Gidon; Lortie, Louis; Muceniece, Lasma; Sudraba, Marta; Ulijona, Ula
Conductors: Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica

Personnel: Kremerata Baltica (vocals); Gidon Kremer (violin); Indre Andruskeviciute, Dzeraldas Bidva, Migle Diksaitiene, Eva Bindere (violin); Giedré Dirvanauskaité, Peteris Cirksis, Marta S...continue...

Pergolesi: Marian Vespers / Higginbottom, Daneman, Kiss, etc

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-01-28

Works: Giovanni Pergolesi: Marian Vespers, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra (reconstructed by Malcolm Bruno)
Performers: Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Daneman, Sophie; Higginbottom, Edward; Kiss, Noemi; McGillivray, Alison
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK)

This world premiere recording reveals a new masterwork by the 18-century Italian master Giovanni Battista Pergolesi, brilliantly reconstructed by musicologist Malcom Bruno from the composer's...continue...

Nuevo / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2002-04-09

Works: Severiano Briseño: El sinaloense; Agustín Lara: Se me hizo fácil; Juan Garcia Esquivel: Mini skirt; Traditional: El Llorar (Crying); Alberto Dominguez: Perfidia; Silvestre Revueltas:...
Performers: Albarran, Ruben; Bringas, Alfredo; Conte, Luis; Culp, Jennifer; De Real, Emmanuel; Dutt, Hank; Flores, Alejandro; Florinda, Dona; Gallardo, Ricardo; Garcia, Carlos [leaf]; Gomez Bolanos, Roberto; Gom...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Café Tacuba ; Kronos Quartet; Tambuco

"Nuevo" is something of a near-hallucinatory journey in sound. A bawdy song from Mazatlan, a romantic standard of the 60's, "space-age bachelor pad music" of...continue...
This album was nominated for the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Classical

Crossover Album.

Personnel: Rominko Mendez Xik, Efrén Vargas, Carmen Gomez Oso (vocals); Rita Cantalagua, Josel...continue...

Libera

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-02-15

Works: Robert Prizeman: Salva me, for chorus; Sanctus (based on Pachelbel's Canon); Agnus Dei; Libera, for chorus; Mysterium, for synthesizer; Jubilate; Beata Lux; Dies Irae; Te Lucis (Based on Canon by Tal...
Performers: Barron, Alex; Libera
Conductors:
Ensemble: Liberace

Selection recorded at Gateway Studios, London England and Music Place Studios.

Soaring classical vocals, ancient liturgical texts and a hip-hop beat make Libera's self-titled debut album a fasc...continue...

Piazzolla: El Tango, etc / Gigon Kremer, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1997-08-19

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Revirado; Pachouli; Preludio para el año 3001 (Rinasceró); El tango; Decaríssimo; Che Tango Che; Milonga for Three; Michelangelo 70; Leonid Desyatnikov: My Happi...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio; Glorvigen, Per Arne; Kremer, Gidon; Milva; Posch, Alois; Sakharov, Vadim; Veloso, Caetano
Conductors:
Ensemble: Astor Quartet

Released 1985-1995 / Kronos Quartet

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-10-24

Works: Dumisani Maraire: Mai Nozipo, for ngoma, hosho & string quartet ("Mother Nozipo"); Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette ...
Performers: Caballero, Larry; John Taylor [Engineer/Editor]; Kronos Quartet; Manning, Patty
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

"Kronos is a quality act...There are no proper insert-notes on the music but, to be quite honest, the chosen selections are so vivid, so powerfully...continue...
Personnel: John Taylor And Orchestra (vocals); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello); Dumisani Maraire (hosho, ngoma)....continue...

Andriessen: De Stijl, M is for Man Music Mozart / De Leeuw

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1994-08-09

Works: Louis Andriessen: De Stijl; M is for Man, Music, Mozart, for voice & orchestra
Performers: Seriese, Astrid; Thoma, Gertrude
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de; Hempel, Jurgen
Ensemble: ; Schoenberg Ensemble

Ostertag: All The Rage / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1993-10-26

Works: Bob Ostertag: All the Rage, for string quartet
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Gupton, Eric; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Ostertag, Bob; Sherba, John [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello).

Recording information: Master Sound Astoria Studios, Astoria, NY (04/1993).

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Robert Ashley: Improvement

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1992-11-17

Works: Robert Ashley: Improvement, opera
Performers: Ashley, Robert; Barbara, Joan La; Buckner, Thomas [Baritone Vocals]; Erbe, Tom; Hamilton, Tom; Klein, Adam; Neuburg, Amy X

The Four Sections/Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1991-01-22

Works: Steve Reich: The Four Sections; Music for Mallet Instruments, Voices and Organ, for 3 female voices, 3 marimbas, 3 glockenspiels, vi
Performers: Ambush, Pamela Wood; Armstrong, Rebecca; Becker, Bob [Percussion]; Clayton, Jay; Ferchen, Timothy; Hartenberger, Russ; Kvistad, Garry; London Symphony Orchestra; Niemann, Edmund; Preiss, James; Reich...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: ; Steve Reich & Musicians

Personnel: Steve Reich (marimba); Nurit Tillis (piano, organ); Edmund Niemann (piano); James Preiss (vibraphone, percussion); Bob Becker , Russ Hartenberger (marimba, percussion); Timothy Ferchen (mar...continue...