Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]

Pachelbel: Canon; Albinoni: Adagio; works by Bach, Handel, Purcell & Vivaldi / Orpheus CO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Water Music Suite no 2, HWV 349; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Suite no 3 in...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Bartlett, Eric; Brewer, Edward; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Holliger, Heinz; Kremer, Gidon; Meyer, Wolfgang [Organ]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Petri, Michala; Preston, Simon...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Kubelik, Rafael; Wijnkoop, Alexander van; Abbado, Claudio; Brown, Iona; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Füri, Thomas; ; Rose, Barry
Ensemble: ; I Musici; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

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Holliger brings a wonderful sense of poetry and lyricism to the music, wistful, and elegiac in slow movements, athletic and sprightly in faster ones. Guaranteed...continue...

100 Best Soprano Arias

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

20th Century Classics / Marriner

10 CD / Decca / 2011-05-24

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Pulcinella, suite for orchestra; Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra; Capriccio, for piano & orchestra; Richard Strauss: Metamorphosen for 23 solo Strings,...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Connah, Trevor; Ellis, Osian; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Holland, James; Laird, Michael; Loveday, Alan; Nicklin, Celia; Ogdon, John; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Pritchard, Eric;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Over a period of 40 years Marriner and The Academy made over 300 recordings but it is the association with DECCA / ARGO that was...continue...

50 Best Violin

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), Concerto no 1 in E "La primavera" (Spring); Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Vi...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gililo...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Tetzlaff, Christian; Pritchard, John; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Kurtz, Efrem; Dervaux, Pierre; Domingo, Placido; Ozawa, Seiji; Bergl...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante

Essential Violin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Violin in E, BWV 1042; Partita no 3 in ...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Haendel, Ida; Kogan, Leonid; Kremer, Gi...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Accardo, Salvatore; Menuhin, Yehudi; Oistrakh, David; Boult, Adrian; Domingo, Placido; Susskind, Walter; Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Kondrashin, Kirill; Erede, Alberto; Ozawa, ...
Ensemble: ; I Virtuosi Italiani

Essential Vivaldi

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 428 "Il gardel...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Brown, Rachel; Butterfield, Adrian; Chang, Han-Na; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Ciofi, Patrizia; D'Arcangelo, Ildebran...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Brown, Iona; Tognetti, Richard; Warren-Green, Christopher; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Auriacombe, Louis; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Halstead, Anthony; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [V...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Il Complesso Barocco; Teatro Lírico (Ensemble); Virtuosi of England

Essential Adagios

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Remo Giazotto: Adagio in C minor for strings & organ (previously attributed to Tomaso Albinoni); Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: ...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Chang, Han-Na; du Pre, Jacqueline; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Isbin, S...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Olah, Erno; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Susskind, Walter; Muti, Riccardo; Ormandy, Eugene; Lysy, Alberto; Accardo, Salvatore; Foster, Lawre...

Essential Bach

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Orchestra...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Asperen, Bob van; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Debost, Michel; Egarr, Richard; Goossens, Leon [Oboe]; Hurford, Peter; Koopman, Ton; L...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Tortelier, Paul; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Menuhin, Yehudi; Accardo, Salvatore; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Consortium Musicum

Best Violin 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Fritz Kreisler: Sonata for Violin in G minor 'The De...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Barbizet, Pierre; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Domingo,...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Kondrashin, Kirill; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Previn...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Europa Galante; Hanover Band

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite violin classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Ultimate Handel - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2007-06-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée; Concerti grossi (6), Op. 3; Concerto Grosso i...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Black, Neil; Brett, Charles; Brown, James; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Elwes, John; Fisher, Gillian; Gatt, Martin; Harper,...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Leppard, Raymond; Schroder, Jaap; Hill, David; Marriner, Sir Neville

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 6 / Tomlinson

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: George Frederick Handel: As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 38...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Shore, Andrew; Tomlinson, John; Williams, Helen [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Parry, David; Daniel, Paul
Ensemble: ; Leeds Parish Church Chorus

"John Tomlinson is one of the finest singing actors on the opera scene today. He is unsurpassed in Wagner, but here he dispays his versatility...continue...

Handel: Messiah (Complete)

2 CD / Philips Import / 2001-01-02

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Downes, Ralph; Harper, Heather; Lang, William; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Shirley-Quirk, John; Wakefield, John
Conductors: Davis, Colin

Musically, the star of this show is soprano Heather Harper. She recorded this at age 33 with profound devotion to Handel, fine ornamentation, flawless technique...continue...

Opera in English - Great Operatic Arias Vol 5 / Kenny, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-08-22

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. 383; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; King A...
Performers: Banks, Barry; Jones, Della; Kenny, Yvonne; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]
Conductors: Parry, David

"...the Australian soprano is in fine voice throughout, with the clearest English diction since her fellow-antipodean Joan Hammond, a smooth legato and ringing top notes...Barry...continue...