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The Best Classical Hits Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E "The Four Seasons", Spring; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Eisenberg, Matthias; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gutierrez, Horacio; Layton, Stephen; Menuhin, Yehudi; Morris, James; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Cleobury, Stephen; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Welser-Möst, Franz; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gö...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players

Holst: The Planets; John Williams: Star Wars Suite / Zubin Mehta - Los Angeles PO

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; John Williams: Star Wars Suite
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

Probably the most famous classical work by a British composer, The Planets was an instant success, admired as much for its originality of musical thought...continue...

Big Space Adventure! / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

This fun collection highlights all the wonders of our solar system through the powerful music of Gustav Holst's The Planets and Colin Matthew's Pluto, the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (03/15/2006-03/18/2006)....continue...

The Ultimate Last Night of the Proms / Elgar: Pomp & Circumstances Marches; Vaughn-Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Holst: The Planets - Jupiter

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2011-09-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Coronation Ode, Op. 44; Enigma Variations; Pomp and Circumstance Marches (5), Op. 39; Gustav Holst: The Planets; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Greensleeves; Frederick Delius: Piec...
Conductors: Cooke, Richard
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Henry Joseph Wood was born in London in 1869 and died in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, in 1944. He conducted his first Promenade Concert August 10,...continue...

Favorite Film Music / Music from Amadeus, JFK, Minority Report, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525; Concerto for two Pianos and Orchestra, K. 365 (316a); Concerto for Flute and Harp, K. 299 (297c); Ave verum corp...
Performers: Blaze, Robin; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Galway, James [Flute]; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Helmis, Fritz; Lupu, Radu; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Parkening, Christopher;...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Daniel, Paul; Muti, Riccardo; Davis, Colin; del Mar, Norman; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Lombard, Alain
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martins in the Fields; Berlin Philharmonic; London Symphony Orchestra

Elgar: Serenade for Strings; Delius: Aquarelle: Warlock: Capriol Suite

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2011-07-12

Works: Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Frederick Delius: Aquarelles (2), for strings (arr. by Fenby...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Barry Wordsworth is one of Britain's most popular conductors. Regarded as one of the world's leading ballet conductors, he has held the post of Music...continue...

Holst: The Planets, St. Paul's Suite / Handley, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2008-10-14

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

One of Britain;s best-known and popular conductors, Vernon Handley has been a constant champion of British music throughout his career. Here, he conducts the Royal...continue...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams, Holst: Choral Folksong Arrangements / Gibson, Royal PO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folksongs from the Eastern Counties (15); Loch Lomond, folk song for baritone & male chorus; John Dory, folk song for chorus; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Ward the Pirate, folk s...
Performers: Keyte, Christopher; Longfield, Susan; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]; Shaw, Geoffrey

This new release from EMI's British Composers Series commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams features the composer's choral folksongs performed...continue...

Christmas Time Is Here

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Kevin Norbury: Work(s); Steve Nelson: Frosty the Snowman; Hugh Martin / Ralph Blane: Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (for the film Meet Me in St. Louis); Erik Leidzen: The Herald Angels, for b...
Performers: Gramercy Brass; Johnson, Rich; Morden, Max
Conductors: Lambert, John Henry; Morden, Max
Ensemble: Faith Bell Ringers

Full performer name: Gramercy Brass/John Henry Lambert.

Gramercy Brass includes: Max Morden (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn, percussion); John Henry Lambert (trumpet, cornet, flugelhorn); Brad Sir...continue...

The Best Thunderous Classics

1 CD / Artemis / 2007-01-30

Works: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Comissiona, Sergiu; Fistoulari, Anatole; Boult, Adrian; Golschmann, Vladimir; Simonov, Yuri; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Mata, Eduardo
Ensemble: Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Dallas Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonic Promenade Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna State Opera Orchestra

Amazing Grace

1 CD / Pickwick / 2006-12-19

Works: Edward Miller: Hymn; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Welsh Traditional: Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night), folk song; Gustav Holst: I vow to thee, my country; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "He...

Holst: Orchestral Music / Pople, London Festival Orchestra

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Gustav Holst: St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118; Lyric Movement, for viola & chamber orchestra, H. 191; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; A Fugal Concerto, for flute, oboe & strin...
Performers: Beckett, Edward; Bolt, Rachel; Freyhan, Michael; Messiter, Malcolm
Conductors: Pople, Ross
Ensemble: London Festival Orchestra

English composer Gustav Holst (1874-1934) is universally loved for his popular orchestral suite 'The Planets', but much of his other estimable orchestral music is seldom...continue...

Sleepytime & Wakey Baby Classics You Love

2 CD / Traditions Alive / 2006-06-06

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsic...

50 Ultimate Classical Favorites

2 CD / Traditions Alive / 2005-08-23

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; John Philip Sousa: Sta...

Holst: The Planets / Leaper

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2005-08-09

Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian
Ensemble: Grand Canary Philharmonic Orchestra

Holst's suite 'The Planets' has long been one of the most popular orchestral works ever written and is familiar to even the beginning classical listener....continue...

Classical Music 101 - 101 Famous Classical Themes

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-28

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Goldberg Variations, BWV 9...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Ax, Emanuel; Baekkelund, Kjell; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Douglas, Barry [Piano/Conductor]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Hautz...
Conductors: Stratta; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Munch, Karl; Leinsdorf, Erich; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; Prêtre, Georges; Copland, Aaron; Kapp, Richard; Grüner-Hegge...
Ensemble: ; Lucerne Festival Strings; Philharmonia Virtuosi

Planets:holst

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-07-27

Works: Gustav Holst: The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Leaper, Adrian

Creepy Classics

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-04-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Samson et Dalila, Op. 47; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Ormandy, Eugene; Boulez, Pierre; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Szell, George

25 Ultimate Classics

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2003-03-11

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell; Richard Wagner: Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Franz Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies (19) for Piano, S 244; John Philip Sousa: Sta...
Performers: Angerer, Paul; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Bigg, Julian; Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra; Czech Symphony Orchestra; Faerber, Jorg; Flissler, Eileen; Glazer, Frank; Hucke, Helmut; Kraft, Walter; Kunzel,...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Semkov, Jerzy; Hollreiser, Heinrich; Kunzel, Erich; Scholz, Alfred; Johnson, Robert; Angerer, Paul; Bigg, Julian; Faerber, Jörg; Susskind, Walter; Perlea, Jonel; ; Zinman, Dav...
Ensemble: ; Gunter Kehr Quintet; New York Philomusica Winds

Personnel: Konrad Ragossnig (guitar); Elena Polonska (harp); Aaron Rosand (violin); Eileen Flissler (piano); Walter Kraft (organ)....continue...

For Your Life - For a Sunday Morning

1 CD / Decca / 2002-01-15

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Antonin Dvorák: Serenade for Strings; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D m...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Dart, Thurston; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra; Symphony, San Franci...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Marriner, Sir Neville; Hogwood, Christopher; Paray, Paul; Agoult, Raymond; Ansermet, Ernest; Davis, Colin; Boskovsky, Willi
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra; St. Paul Chamber Ensemble; Suisse...

This selection contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Thurston Dart (harpsichord).

Another volume in Decca's lifestyle classical music series, For a Sunday Morning collects liv...continue...

Eloquence - Holst: The Planets / Mehta, LA Philharmonic, etc

1 CD / Decca / 2001-04-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; John Williams: Close Encounters of the Third Kind, film score; Star Wars
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Los Angeles Master Chorale Women; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra

[From a comparative review with DGG 463 627] "These reissues are among the best recordings of Holst's masterpiece... This is Mehta's 1971 recording... [Mehta] captures...continue...

Lifestyles for Baby - Nursing

1 CD / Lifestyles / 2001-04-03

Works: Johann Strauss II: Kaiserwaltzer Waltz, Op. 437; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Gusta...

25 Thunderous Classics

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 2000-09-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture, Op. 49; Julius Fucik: Entry of the Gladiators (Einzug der Gladiatoren), ma...
Performers: Brewer, Edward; Carroll, Edward; Simon, Abbey
Conductors: Susskind, Walter; Munih, Marko; Kunzel, Erich; Slatkin, Leonard; Landau, Siegfried; Michalski, Carl; Semkov, Jerzy; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Nanut, Anton; ; Scholz, Alfred; Schippers, Thomas; Johano...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; New York Trumpet Ensemble

Classics for Baby - Nursing Time

1 CD / Columbia River Entertainment / 2000-04-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Edward Elgar: Sospiri; Edvard Grieg: Lyric Pieces (6), Book 5, Op. 54; Isaac Albéniz: Suite espa...

Poems to Music

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1999-10-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo a...
Performers: Haas, Douglas; Kehr, Gunter; Lautenbacher, Suzanne
Conductors: Nanut, Anton; Faerber, Jörg; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Mata, Eduardo; Susskind, Walter; Landau, Siegfried
Ensemble: ; Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Westchester Symphony Orchestra

Explore the Classics - Power

1 CD / Allegro Imports / 1998-03-31

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Johann Sebastian Bach: Fantasia and Fugue for Organ in G minor, BWV 542 "Great G minor"; Toccata and Fugue for Orga...
Performers: Anderson, Mark; Guillou, Jean; Pizarro, Artur
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Christophers, Harry; Mata, Eduardo; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Duke Quartet

25 Romantic Moods

1 CD / Traditions Alive / 1997-07-22

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Christian Sinding: Rustle of Spring (Frühlingsrauchen), for piano, Op. 32/3; Franz Schubert: Rosamunde Incide...
Performers: Glazer, Frank; Hampe, Konrad; Klien, Walter [Piano]; Rose, Jerome; Silfies, George; Simon, Abbey; Starke, Gerhard; Storck, Helga [Harp]; Tomsic, Dubravka
Conductors: Zinman, David; Maag, Peter; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Slatkin, Leonard; ; Abravanel, Maurice; Mata, Eduardo; Susskind, Walter
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Minnesota Orchestra; New York Camerata; Philharmonia Hungarica; Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra; St. Louis Symphony Orchestra; Utah Symphony Orchestra

Holst: The Planets; Walton: Façade / Bernstein, Ormandy

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-09-24

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; William Walton: Façade, for reciter & ensemble
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra

Inner Peace - Classics for the Spirit

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-11-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; George Frederick Handel: Largo; Johann Sebastian Bach: Conce...
Performers: Gabuniya, Nodar; Gluz, Vladislav; Kiskachi, Alexander; Malov, Oleg; Oshinakaev, Chanjafi; Taldynkina, Natalya; Tsessos, Marcos
Conductors: Altschuler, Vladimir; Korchin, Leo; Titov, Alexander; Gorkovenko, Stanislav; Mardjani, Jahni; Kahi, Vato
Ensemble: Georgian Festival Orchestra; New Classical Orchestra, St. Petersburg; Renaissance Chamber Orchestra; Russian Radio/TV Orchestra of St. Petersburg; St. Petersburg Philharmonic Chamber Orchestra

Holst: The Planets

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-05-31

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125
Conductors: Mardjani, Jahni
Ensemble: Georgian Festival Orchestra

Classics for the Occasion - Stargazing

1 CD / Valmark /

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Mlada
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra