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Essential Opera Divas - Over 2 hours of glorious operatic performances

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Aulide; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Ma...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Arroyo, Martina; Auger, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Regine; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [So...
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Rousset, Christophe; Muti, Riccardo; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Langrée, Louis; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Kla...

These two CDs present a veritable galaxy of opera divas - sopranos who have won countless hearts and thrilled millions of opera lovers with their...continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

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...

Essential Carols - Over 2 hours of timeless Christmas favorites

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The Holly and the Ivy (English); While...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Clarvis, Paul; Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kampen, Christopher van;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Rutter, John; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Handford, Maurice

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...

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album / Alexandre Tharaud, Barbara Hendricks, Samson Francois Alexis Weissenberg, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Heitor Villa-Lobos...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Barley, Peter; Francois, Samson; Garcia, José Luis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Ousset, Cécile; Tharaud, Al...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Labadie, Bernard; Bátiz, Enrique; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos; Les Violons du Roy

EMI Classics is proud to present Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, an exciting new release featuring 15 pieces of classical music personally...continue...
When E.L. James was writing her Twilight-slash-fic-turned-BSDM potboiler Fifty Shades of Grey, she apparently fueled her writing sessions by listening to tons of classical music. Once the book turned ...continue...

The Best Wedding Music Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's Ma...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hunt, Gordon [Oboe]; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Lundkvist, Erik; Parker-...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, George; Muti, Riccardo; Lehani, Fritz

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!"...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Carl Orff: Carmina Burana / Hendricks, Chance, Black, Welser-Most - London PO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Black, Jeffrey; Chance, Michael; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: London Philharmoniic Orchestra Chorus

No other 20th century work delights music-lovers as much as Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana". The opening number, "Oh Fortuna", is a huge classical hit in...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (11/1989)....continue...

Time Traveller: Weimar Germany

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Paul Hindemith: Kammermusik no 1 with Finale, for 12 solo instruments, Op. 24 no 1; Kammermusik no 2, for 12 solo instruments, Op. 36 no 1; Kurt Weill: Alabama Song, for voice & orchestra (from "Aufs...
Performers: Archer, Robyn; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Vogt, Lars
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Muldowney, Dominic; Klemperer, Otto; Welser-Möst, Franz; Metzmacher, Ingo; Bertini, Gary; Jansons, Mariss

Famed for its divine decadence, explosive politics, rampant inflation and feverish creativity. Germany's Weimar Republic - born in the wake of World War I -...continue...

Mozart: Requiem; Exsultate Jubilate / Donath, Ludwig, Tear, Lloyd, Hendricks

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Ludwig, Christa; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Philharmoni Orchestra

Gramophone Magazine
This is above all a lyrical performance, both chorally and, more particularly, in the solo music, the realisation of which gave me especial pleasure....continue...

Essential Schubert / Over 2 hours of Schubert's most beautiful melodies

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor 'Unfinished', D759; Symphony no 5 in B flat, D485; Piano Quintet in A 'Trout', D667; Ave Maria; Die schöne Müllerin, D795; String Quintet in C, D956...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Bostridge, Ian; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frantz, Justus...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Heger, Robert; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Chilingirian Quartet; Melos Ensemble of London

Franz Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797 and although he died at the early age of 31 he was a tremendously prolific composer. He...continue...

Essential Bernstein / Over 2 hours of dramatic American classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Fancy Free; On the Town; West Side Story; Facsimile; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Wonderful Town; Chichester Psalms; Divertimento for Orchestra; Mass; Symphony no 2 'The Age ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barley, Peter; Blair, Lionel; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gaines, Davis; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hubbard, Bruce; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lie...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Litton, Andrew; Love, Geoff; Slatkin, Leonard; McGlinn, John; Armstrong, Richard; Paavo, Järvi; Davis, Andrew; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Davies, Dennis R.; Ericson, E...

The American composer, conductor, pianist and educator Leonard Bernstein (1918 - 1990) was one of the most prodigiously talented and successful musicians in American history....continue...

Mozart Best Loved Adagios / Menuhin, Pletnev, Dessay, Corbos, et al.

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467; Concerto for Piano no 23, K. 488; Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Concerto for flute & harp, K. 299; Sinfonia Concertante, for violin & viola,...
Performers: Capucon, Renaud; Coles, Samuel; Dessay, Natalie; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Meyer, Paul; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Tamesit, Antoine; Yoshino, Naoko
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Nelson, John; Menuhin, Yehudi; Langrée, Louis; Pletnev, Mikhail; Hill, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: ; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

20th Century Classics: Korngold / Ulf Hoelscher, violin; Glenn Dicterow, violin; Barbara Hendricks, soprano, et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Symphony in F sharp major, Op. 40; Sonata for violin & piano in G major, Op. 6; Sechs einfache Lieder, Op. 9; Die tote Stadt, Op. 12; ...
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hoelscher, Ulf; Margalit, Israela
Conductors: Mattes, Willy; Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Duke Ellington

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Duke Ellington: Caravan; Le Sucrier Velours; The Mooche; Sultry Sunset; Minnehaha; Isfahan, song; Sonnet for Caesar; Star-Crossed Lovers, song; In a Mellotone; I let a song go out of my heart; Don't ...
Performers: Barclay, John; Beckett, Edward; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Brooks, Stuart; Downey, Alan; Eastop, Philip; Edwards, Terry [Bass Vocal]; Findon, Andrew; Harle, John; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano...
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Ensemble: Monty Alexander Trio

BBC Music Magazine
The Duke might have bridled at John Harle's arrangement of Ellington standards, but the saxophonist's virtuosity would have brought him to his feet.
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Ultimate Wedding Collection [EMI Classics]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 4, BWV 1068; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Cantata...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Bullard, Thomas; Dale, Laurence; Dawson, Lynne; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kilbey, Reginald; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Menuhin, Yehudi; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, Georg...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Players

All the music you need for your special day is available in this exclusive 2-CD set. The joy, grandeur and intimacy of this ceremony of...continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damra...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

50 Best Wedding

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Padre Giovanni Battista Martini: Toccata for trumpet & organ (or ensemble); Norwegian Traditional: Wedding March from Nordmose; ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Atherton, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ball, Michael; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Coburn, Pamela; Craig, Charles; Dess...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Karajan, Herbert von; Munrow, David; Parrott, Andrew; Menuhin, Yehudi; Stevens, Denis; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Hughes, Owain Arwel...

Unicef's Children First

1 CD / Unicef / 2011-01-11

Works: Carsten Johannes Morch: Children First, song; All of These Things You Are to Me, song; I Love You by Heart, song; Move by Love, song; Morning Song; Circus, song; You Are Not Alone, song; Song for a C...
Performers: Banderas, Antonio; Bjornvig, Thorkild; Bryce, Jamie; Caine, Rebecca; Dam-Jensen, Inger; Freeman, Lisa; Hal, Johnny van; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Ingman, Nick; Kafer, Wolfgang; Morch, Carst...
Conductors: Skipper, Svend; Klemens, Mario

When you buy this CD, you support the work of UNICEF to improve children's lives Featuring artists such as Antonio Banderas, Anne Sofie von Otter,...continue...

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Divertimento; Songs; Symphony No. 3 - Kaddish 2

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; Elegy for Mippy no 2; Symphony no 3 "Kaddish"; Chichester Psalms; To What You Said, for voice & piano
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bousfield, Ian; Colson, Kevin; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Gaines, Davis; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kaye, Judy; Masters, Rachel; Miller, Tracey; Richardson,...
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; McGlinn, John; Ericson, Eric

BBC Music Magazine
An hors d'oeuvre rather than an entree, but a fine introduction to Bernstein's music - original and utterly American
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Debussy: Songs; A Hommage to Jenny Tourel / Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Fêtes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set I, L. 80; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Gioachino Rossini: Péch&#...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Scheja, Staffan

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

Christmas Songs; When You Wish Upon A Star - Disney Songs

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: Les anges dans nos campagnes (French), carol (AKA Angels We Have Heard On High); Dormi, dormi, o bel bambino (Italy); Señora Doña Maria, h...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Holloway, Laurie
Conductors: Ericson, Eric; Tunick, Jonathan
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

Opera Arias / Barbara Hendricks

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; Claude Debussy: L'Enfant prodigue; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress; Francesco Cilèa: Adri...
Performers: Collerette, Hélène; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Olivier Messiaen, Radio France, Paris (2002-12-16_2002-12-21&2003-)....continue...

Bach: Cantatas; Barber; Copland / Schreier, Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 20...
Performers: Gerbeth, Klaus; Hardenberger, Hakan [Trumpet]; Haupt, Eckart; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jahn, Gudrun; Murphy, Maurice
Conductors: Schreier, Peter; Thomas, Michael Tilson

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

Essential Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Cantata no 147, "H...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Bramma, Harry; Bullard, Thomas; Dale, Laurence; Dawson, Lynne; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Goossens, Leon [Ob...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kilbey, Reginald; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Menuhin, Yehudi; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, Georg...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Liverpool Cathedral & Brass Ensemble; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Players

This program covers favorite pieces of liturgical music suitable for all types of religious wedding services, as well as secular works for non-religious occasions, including...continue...

50 Best Romantic Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Samson et Dalila; Romance for violin & orchestra in C major, Op. 48; Georges Bizet: Carment; Carmen, opera;...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Car...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Slatkin, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Plasson, Michel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Dervaux, Pierre; Ozawa, Seiji; Frémaux, Louis; Kara...

Barber Adagio (100th Anniversay)

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Medea's Medi...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baxtresser, Jeanne; Drucker, Stanley; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; LeClair, Judith; McCawley, Leon; Myers, Philip; Oliveira, Elmar; Robinson, Joseph; Vignoles, Roger [Piano]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Thomas, Michael Tilson

This 2-CD commemorative set marks the centenary of Samuel Barber's birth and gives a fairly rounded picture of the composer. Samuel Barber's music, masterfully crafted...continue...

American Classics - Foster, Griffes, Copland: Songs / Hampson, Ungar, Voight, Henricks, Zeger, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Stephen Foster: Introduction - Opening Solo Violin; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Hard times come again no more; The voice of bygone days; Work(s); Beautiful dreamer; That's what's the matter; S...
Performers: Alpher, David; Bargeron, Dave; Ecklund, Peter; Glaser, Matt; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kinsella, Arnie; Kirk, John; Mason, Molly; Rust, Mark; Stover, Evan; Trischka, Tony; ...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Barbara Hendricks is securely idiomatic in Copland's wonder-filled Emily Dickinson settings and in Barber's gently nostalgic Knoxville: Summer of 1915.
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Zen Classics - Mozart, Debussy, etc / L. Maazel, P. Järvi, N. Dessay, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Wolfga...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Isbin, Sharon; Isserlis, Steven; Janowitz, Gundula; Litton, Andrew; Mey...
Conductors: ; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Schoenwandt, Michael; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Maazel, Lorin; Janowski, Marek; Tchakarov, Emil; Paavo, Järvi; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rees, Jonathan; Parrott, Andrew; Nelson, Jo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fr...

Virgin Classics presents 3 CDs of music designed to help you find inner peace and calm. From the soothing sounds of Satie's Gymnopedie to the...continue...

The Legend of Sacred Music - From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Der Messias; Coronation Anthem; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; ...
Performers: Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dale, Laurence; Dami, Magali; Dubosc, Catherine; Gens, Veronique; Hantai, Jerome; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik
Conductors: Corboz, Michel; Hill, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Parrott, Andrew; Willcocks, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Herreweghe, Philippe; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Pitz, Wilhelm; Conlon, James...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Seminario Musicale; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight into the great...continue...

Mozart: Highlights from The Magic Flute, Così fan tutte

2 CD / Telarc / 2008-08-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Cachemaille, Gilles; Corbelli, Alessandro; Focile, Nuccia; Hadley, Jerry; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Lott, Felicity...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir

EMI American Classics - Samuel Barber / Michael Tilson-Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, Barbara Hendricks, Elmar Oliviera, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24; Concerto for Violin Op. 14; The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; Essay for Orchestra no 1, Op. 12; Medea's Medi...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Oliveira, Elmar
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Slatkin, Leonard

Samuel Barber (1910–1981) is best known today for his 'Adagio for Strings', which was originally written as the slow movement for an early string quartet,...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...

Schubert: Ave Maria, etc / Hendricks, Pöntinen

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2008-05-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Der König in Thule, D 367/Op. 5 no 5; Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Ave Maria
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Pöntinen, Roland

Barbara Hendricks pays a memorable homage to the melodic genius of Franz Schubert in a 20 minute CD of five Lieder including the celebrated Ave...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...

Wedding Classics

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2007-02-20

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; ...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Danby, Nicholas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Keyrouz, Marie, Sister; Rees, Jonathan; Rogg, Lionel
Conductors: Christie, William; ; van Beek, Arie; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Norrington, Roger; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hill, David; Paavo, Järvi; Ericson, Eric
Ensemble: ; Les Arts Florissants; Scottish Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Mozart: Die Zauberflöte highlights / Sir Charles Mackerras

1 CD / Telarc / 2006-01-24

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bernheimer, Julia; Dawson, John; Hadley, Jerry; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hornik, Gottfried; Ison, Daniel; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Miles, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Chorus; Scottish Chamber Orchestra

...the sound is outstanding both clean and rich. American Record Guide...continue...

Favorite Mozart Arias / Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2005-08-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Corbelli, Alessandro; Focile, Nuccia; Hadley, Jerry; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Scottish Chamber Orchestra

"A richly-varied selection of favorite aria..."...continue...

Gemini - Haydn: Masses / Neville Marriner, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-05-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in B flat major, H 22 no 13 "Schöpfungmesse"; Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Missa brevis St. Joannis de Deo, for soloists, chorus, organ & orchestra in B fl...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Holl, Robert; Lewis, Keith; Marshall, Margaret; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Salomaa, Petteri; Schellenberger, Dagmar; Scholze, Hansjürgen [Organ]; Schonknecht...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; Leipzig Radio Chorus

The Very Best of Barbara Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Apr...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Béroff, Michel; Dalberto, Michel; Fox, Eldon; Gothóni, Ralf; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lapu, Radu; Lundkvist, Erik; Pöntinen, Roland; Pires, Maria-Joao
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ericson, Eric; Gardiner, John Eliot; Bátiz, Enrique; Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos

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Opera - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Universal Classics / 2005-02-08

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Aida, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Mar...
Performers: Ahlin, Cvetka; Alagna, Roberto; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Brockhaus, Lilo; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Cotrubas, Ileana; Crespin, Regine; De...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Roberto; Pritchard, John; Marriner, Sir Neville; Solti, Sir Georg; Pidò, Evelino; Varviso, Silvio; Abbado, Claudio; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Downes, ...

Donizetti: La Favorita / Queler, Verrett, Kraus, Elvira, etc

2 CD / Gala / 2002-01-01

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorita
Performers: Elvira, Pablo; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Morris, James; Verrett, Shirley [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Queler, Eve
Ensemble: Opera Orchestra of New York

Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice / Vonk, Tourangeau, Malfitano, etc

2 CD / Gala / 2001-05-09

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Rodelinda; Giovanni Paisiello: La Molinara, opera; Peter Winter: Il Ratto di Proserpina; Charles Gounod: Le soir; Léo Delibes:...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Tourangeau, Huguette
Conductors: Vonk, Hans

Fauré: Requiem, Pelleas et Melisande, etc / Plasson, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-06-27

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Pavane, Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Masques et bergamasques, suite for orchestra, Op. 112
Performers: Chesis, Linda; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Nagle, Patricia; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Orféon Donostiarra ; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

Basic 100 Vol 60 - Orff: Carmina Burana / Mata, Aler, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-05-09

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Hagegard, Hakan; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
Conductors: Mata, Eduardo
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Orff: Carmina Burana / Welser-Möst, Hendricks, Black, Chance

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1990-09-29

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Black, Jeffrey; Black, Lynton; Chance, Michael; Daggett, Philip; Day-Lewis, Richard; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Preece, Simon; Roberts, Gareth; Whitehead, Laurence
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz; Parnell, Andrew; Rose, Barry

Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass / Prêtre, Hendricks

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1985-02-06

Works: Charles Gounod: Messe solennelle de Sainte Cécile
Performers: Dale, Laurence; Gil, Jean-Louis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; LaFont, Jean-Philippe
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Lanceron, Alain; Jouineau, Jacques