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Journey Around the World / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Anonymous, Mexican: La Cucaracha; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, Op. 47; Arthur Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba; Sergey Rachmaninov: Two Pieces, Op. 2; Alexander Borod...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Byzantine, Julian; Lympany, Moura; Montero, Gabriela; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Slatkin, Leonard; Robinson, Eric; Cluytens, André; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Barbirolli, John; Jansons, Mariss

Classical Music doesn't get much more exciting than this! With the help of wonderful music (some familiar, some new) this collection encourages children to experience...continue...

Classical 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-05

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Karl Jenkins: Gloria; Gioachino Rossini: Semiramide; Stabat Mater; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto ...
Performers: Adès, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Capu...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Müller, Eduardo; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Prizeman, Robert; ; Gergiev, Valery; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Serafin, Tullio; Nézet-Sé...
Ensemble: ; Quatuor Ebène ; Scottish Ensemble

With 40 tracks, and over 2½ hours of classical favorites, this double album features the best and most popular names in classical music, ranging from...continue...

Martha Argerich and Friends Live From Lugano Festival 2010

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-03-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A minor, Op. 105; Adagio and Allegro for Cello and Piano in A flat major, Op. 70; Frédéric Chopin: Rondo for 2 Pianos in C major, B 27/O...
Performers: Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bosso, Jorge; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Chen, Lida; Drobinsky, Marc; Edelmann, Sergei; Grassi, Danilo; Griguoli, Carlo Maria; Gurning, Alexander...
Conductors: Kaspszyk, Jacek

This eighth annual 3-CD set celebrates the musical fruits of a project in which young artists join seasoned performers, including Ms. Argerich, in the exploration...continue...
Recording information: Auditorio Stelio Molo, Lugano (06/2010)....continue...

Solatino / Gabriela Montero, piano

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: La comparsa, song for voice & piano (or orchestra); Y la negra bailaba; A la Antigua, for piano; Impromptu, for piano; Por Qué Te Vas?, for piano; Suite española; Gabriela ...
Performers: Montero, Gabriela

Venezuelan-born pianist, Gabriela Montero, releases her first recording exclusively devoted to works by Latin American composers, Solatino. As with her previous, hugely successful EMI Classics...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (11/05/2010-11/07/2010)....continue...

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Music for 2 Pianos - Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninov, Brahms, Prokofiev, Lutoslawski / Argerich, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sergey Rachmaninov: Suite for 2 Pianos no 2, Op. 17; Morceaux (6), for piano, 4 hands, Op. 11; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, O...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bronfman, Yefim [Piano]; Dina, Mirabela; Leschenko, Polina; Montero, Gabriela; Tomassi, Giorgia; Zilberstein, Lilya

Brahms: Sonata for 2 pianos in F minor, Op. 34b Martha Argerich (piano) & Lilya Zilbertstein (piano) Variations on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b...continue...

Martha Argerich and Friends - Live from the Lugano Festival 2007

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in D major, Op. 70 no 1 "Ghost"; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in D major, WoO 36/2; Ferruccio Busoni: Fantasie für eine Orgelwalze, ar...
Performers: Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bosso, Jorge; Capucon, Renaud; Chen, Lida; Drobinsky, Marc; Hall, Lucia; Lechner, Karin; Maisky, Mischa; Margulis, Alissa; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero...

No other pianist in the musical world nurtures and promotes emerging talent with the same level of personal commitment and belief as Martha Argerich. The...continue...

Baroque / Gabriela Montero

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Gabriela Montero: Improvisation on Sanz's Canarios, for piano; Improvisation on Vivaldi's Autumn, for piano; Improvisation on Pachelbel's Canon, for piano; Improvisation on Handel's Sarabande, for pi...
Performers: Montero, Gabriela

"In 'Baroque', a collection of improvisations on Baroque themes, Gabriela Montero combines musicality and technical skill with soul... This album has that elusive X factor...continue...
This album was nominated for the 2008 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album."

Personnel: Gabriela Montero (piano).

Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, Engla...continue...

Bach and Beyond / Gabriela Montero

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Gabriela Montero: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, for piano (after Bach's Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147); Presto, for piano (after Bach's Italian Concerto, BWV 971); Beyond Bach; Air in G, fo...
Performers: Montero, Gabriela

In this, her second recording, Gabriela Montero lends her unique improvisational skills to the work of Bach, taking well-known themes from this foremost of composers...continue...
Jazz musicians have been taking themes (and even large-scale compositions) of Johann Sebastian Bach and giving them jazz settings for years -- the Modern Jazz Quartet did so famously in the 1950s, and...continue...

Live from Lugano Festival 2005 - Martha Argerich and Friends

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-07-18

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 66; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 3 in C major, WoO 36/3; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 15 i...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Chen, Lida; Dobrinsky, Mark; Hall, Lucia; Lechner, Karin; Leschenko, Polina; Maisky, Mischa; Mont...

Throughout her career Martha Argerich has nurtured and promoted rising stars of the classical music world. Through her continued work with the Lugano Festival, Ms....continue...

Gabriela Montero - Piano Recital

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-09-13

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Moment musical in E flat minor, Op. 16/2; Prelude, Op. 32, no 5; Etudes-tableaux (9) for Piano, Op. 39; Alexander Scriabin: Preludes (7) for Piano, Op. 17; Preludes (5) for Piano,...
Performers: Montero, Gabriela

This disc surveys various facets of musical Romanticism, encompassing the central pillars of 19th-century piano writing, Spanish-speaking musical nationalists, and Russian composer/pianists who reinte...continue...