Johnson, Graham [Piano] > Rossini, Gioachino

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Hyperion Schubert Edition - Songs by Schubert's Friends

3 CD / Hyperion / 2006-04-11

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Der Greis, part song for 4 voices & keyboard, H. 25c/5; Johann Friedrich Reichardt: Sehnsucht, for 2 voices & piano; Rastlose Liebe, for voice & piano (1st setting) (Lyrische Gedi...
Performers: Comberti, Sebastian; Doufexis, Stella; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gritton, Susan; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Murray, Ann; Padmore, Mark [Tenor Vocals]; Thorsen, Marianne

These three generously filled discs were included as a 'bonus' in Hyperion's landmark forty-disc boxed set 'The Complete Songs by Franz Schubert,' released in November...continue...

Souvenirs de Venise / Songmakers' Almanac

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-11-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Les soirées musicales; Ludwig van Beethoven: Songs (23) of Various Nationality for voice & piano trio, WoO 158a; Franz Schubert: Der Gondelfahrer, D 808; Felix Mendelssohn: ...
Performers: Brooks, Brian; D'Alton, Hugo; Jackson, Richard; Johnson, Graham [Piano]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Murray, Ann; Pearson, Justin [Vocals, Bass Guitar]; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]

"This fizzing multilingual Venetian 'Souvenir' slips down as gratefully as Prosecco and a hot day. Hahn's Venezia is a delicious epilogue." -Paul Riley, BBC Music...continue...