Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]

50 Best Organ Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, chorale prelude for organ (Schübler Chorale no 1), BWV 645 (BC K22; Prelude and Fugue for...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bayco, Frederic; Bunney, Herrick [Chorus Master]; Cook, Melville [Organ]; Duruflé, Maurice; Durufle-Chevalier, Marie-Madeleine; Eisenberg, Matthias; Germani, Fernando; Gil, Jea...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Bedford, Steuart; Plasson, Michel

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of some of the most popular compositions of organ music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics....continue...

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Christmas at King's College, Cambridge

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2012-10-16

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Robert Lucas Pearsall: In Dulci Jubilo for soloists & chorus; Christmas Traditional: Blessed Be That Maid Marie (English); God Rest You Me...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir Cambridge

Recording information: King's College Chapel, Cambridge, England....continue...

Orlando Gibbons: Tudor Church Music / Choir of King's College, Cambridge

1 CD / Heritage Masters / 2012-05-04

Works: Orlando Gibbons: Veni Creator ("Come, Holy Ghost"), song (from "The Hymns and Songs of the Church"); First preces and psalm (145) for Evensong on Whitsunday, for voices; Short Service (First Service)...
Performers: McLean, Hugh; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; Choir of King's College Cambridge; Jacobean Consort of Viols

The world-renowned choir of King's College Cambridge and its iconic director, Sir David Willcocks, give performances of the church music of Orlando Gibbons, a composer...continue...

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Augér, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballé, Montserrat; Carlin, Mari...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos / Peter Schreier - CPE Bach CO

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051; Concerto for 3 Violins in D...
Performers: Bourgue, Maurice; Eschenburg, Ulrike; Gerbeth, Klaus; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Haupt, Eckart; Holjewilken, Uwe; Jahn, Gudrun; Kirbach, Klaus; Pank, Renate; Pank, Sieg...
Conductors: Schreier, Peter

These sprightly, rhythmically driven modern performances are soaked in Leipzig's long...continue...

Essential Organ / Marcel Dupre, Maurice Durufle, Felix Mendelssohn, Camille Saint-Saens

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Fugue for organ in G major, BWV 577 (BC J61); George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto no 13 in F 'The Cuckoo & the Nightingale'; Organ Conc...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Bayco, Frederic; Eisenberg, Matthias; Fox, Virgil [Organ]; Germani, Fernando; Jacob, Werner; Kynaston, Nicholas; Lukas, Viktor; Parker-Smith, Jane; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Armand, Georges; Plasson, Michel

Seiji Ozawa Anniversary Edition [11 CDs]

11 CD / Decca / 2010-09-14

Works: Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Roméo et Juliette, Symphonie dramatique, ...
Performers: Arimori, Hiroshi; Croft, Dwayne; Firth, Everett; Honeck, Rainer; Kobayashi, Mariko; Nicolet, Aurele; Pinnock, Trevor; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Scholz, Rudolf; Yasue, Sawako; Yoshino, Naoko
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

In honor of internationally acclaimed Maestro Seiji Ozawa's 75th Birthday, this 11-CD set presents Seiji Ozawa in a wide variety of symphonic repertory in collaboration...continue...

Essential Handel

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Serse; Water Music Suite no 1 in F; Organ Concerto no 13 in F "The Cuckoo and the Nightingale"; Sarabande; Water Piece, suite for trumpet, strings & continuo in D ma...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Aveling, Valda; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bostridge, Ian; Coburn, Pamela; Dickinson, John [trumpet]; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Herincx, Raimund; Jones, Dell...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bicket, Harry; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Armand, Georges; Briger, Alexander; Faerber, Jörg; Hughes, Owain Arwel; McGegan, Nicholas; Menuhin, Yehudi; Auriacombe, Louis; Barb...

Included are many familiar pieces from the enormous output of George Frideric Handel, one of the greatest composers of the Baroque era. They range from...continue...

Got Rot Tunbridge Wells [Soundtrack] / Sir Charles Mackerras, Emma Kirkby, et al

1 CD / United States Of Distribution / 2009-09-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Coronation Anthem; The Water Music; Israel in Egypt, oratorio, HWV 54; MEDLEY; Der Messias; Jephtha; Judas Maccabaeus, HWV 63; Organ Concerto Op. 7, n...
Performers: Anderson, Lynn; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Dalton, Andrew; Gavrilov, Andrei; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Howarth, Judith; Masterson, Valerie; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Ro...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

Taken from the soundtrack of the film 'God Rot Tunbridge Wells', this unforgettable collection of Handel's "hits" was rightly praised at the time for making...continue...

The Christmas Spirit

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-10-23

Works: Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Christmas Traditional: Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); The Holly and the Ivy (English); Work(s); Good King Wen...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Blades, James; Bowen, John; Briggs, David; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Pavarotti, Luciano; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; P...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Rutter, John; Adler, Kurt Herbert; Jones, Philip; Guest, George; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David; Munchinger, Karl; Boult, Adrian; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonyng...
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir of Cambridge

Essential Hymns

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-10-09

Works: John Goss: Hymn; John Stainer: Love Divine, all loves excelling; Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Tune; William Henry Monk: Abide with me; All things bright and beautiful; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and ...
Performers: Anderson, Alexander; Bowen, John; Brown, Wilfred; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Farnes, Richard; How, Martin; MacDonald, Charles; Mackie, Neil; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Roberts, Roland...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Morris, Wyn; Dakers, Lionel; Hill, David; McPhee, George; Willcocks, David; Layton, Stephen; Guest, George; Smart, Charles; Vinden, Maurice; Gardiner, John Eliot; War...

Essential Hymns - 50 Best Loved Hymns of All Time

2 CD / Decca / 2006-07-04

Works: John Goss: Hymn; John Stainer: Love Divine, all loves excelling; Come, thou long-expected Jesus (Tune; William Henry Monk: Abide with me; All things bright and beautiful; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and ...
Performers: Anderson, Alexander; Blyth, Bruce; Bowen, John; Brown, Wilfred; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Farnes, Richard; How, Martin; MacDonald, Charles; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Roberts, Roland...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Rutter, John; Morris, Wyn; Dakers, Lionel; Hill, David; Willcocks, David; Layton, Stephen; Guest, George; Smart, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Warburton, John; Page, Neil

"Essential Hymns" features the voices of the Choirs of King's College Cambridge, Choir of St. John's College Cambridge, the Choir of Winchester Cathedral, John Rutter's...continue...

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca / 2005-10-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); I Saw Three Ships, carol; Ding Dong! Merrily on High (French); King Jesus Hath A Garde...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

Personnel: Hervey Alan (bass baritone); Andrew Creswell Davis , Simon Preston (organ)....continue...

Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2005-08-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks (adapted from Handel); I Saw Three Ships, carol; ...
Performers: Alan, Hervey; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Willcocks, David

This release is a jam-packed long-playing double CD of the most popular Christmas songs of all-time from the critically acclaimed Kings College Choir of Cambridge....continue...

Trio - Handel: Complete Organ Concertos / Preston, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-06-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/1, HWV 289; Organ Concerto in B flat major, Op.4/2, HWV 290; Organ Concerto in G minor, Op.4/3, HWV 291; Concertos (6) for Organ, Op. 4; Conce...
Performers: Holliger, Ursula; Mitchell, Alastair; Pinnock, Trevor; Pleeth, Anthony [Cello]; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Standage, Simon; Warnock, Felix; Webb, Richard
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor

"...performances and sound are admirably fresh." -The Penguin Guide...continue...

The #1 Christmas Album / Domingo, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2001-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David's City, carol; Christmas Traditi...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David; Chester Cathedral Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Clare College Choir & Orchestra, Cambridge; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Cond...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Guadagno, Anton; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, Colin; ; Music], John Scott [Choral; Boskovsky, Willi; Maazel, ...
Ensemble: ; Members of Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Personnel: Douglas Gamley (conch shell).

Recording information: 1958-1996....continue...

Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass / Willcocks, King's College Choir

1 CD / Decca / 2000-03-14

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Brown, Wilfred; Dart, Thurston; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Krause, Tom; Langdon, John; Lord, Roger; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Stahlman, Sylvia; Vaughan, Elizab...
Conductors: Willcocks, David

"This is an issue of outstanding interest and importance...a performance which sends shivers down the spine" -Gramophone. Yes indeed! And the sound on this 1962...continue...

Great Choral Classics from King's - Allegri, Tallis, et al

2 CD / Decca / 1998-06-09

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Thomas Tallis: Spem in alium; Sancte Deus, sancte fortis; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" fr...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baines, Francis; Dart, Thurston; Goodman, Roy; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Langdon, John; Lord, Roger; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Richards, Bernard; Vaughan, Eli...
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; Jacobean Consort of Viols

Poulenc: Gloria In G Major, Organ Concerto, Etc.

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1995-08-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor; Concerto Champêtre for Harpsichord
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Firth, Everett; Pinnock, Trevor; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji

Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3; Dukas / Levine, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-09-14

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra
Performers: Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Levine, James