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Trumpet & Organ - works by Charpentier, Albinoni, Handel, Bach, Schubert, Clarke, Stanley, Purcell, Krebs et al. / Maurice André, trumpet

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Sonata for Violin in A minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Ca...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Bilgram, Hedwig; Mitterhofer, Alfred; Parker-Smith, Jane

For a half-century he had the reputation of the trumpet soloist: Maurice André, who died in 2012. The best examples of his radiant tone are...continue...

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...

Air: Best of Bach / van Asperen, Marriner, Menuhin, Savall

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

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; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Suite for Orchestra ...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Asperen, Bob van; Egarr, Richard; Hurford, Peter; Malcolm, George; Menuhin, Yehudi; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Savall, Jordi; Suk, Josef
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Tortelier, Paul; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Menuhin, Yehudi; Jochum, Eugen; Accardo, Salvatore
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martins in the Fields; London Symphony Orchestra

Thomas Adès: America - A Prophecy

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Thomas Adès: America (a prophecy), for soprano & large orchestra (optional large chorus), Op. 19; The Fayrfax Carol; Fool's Rhymes, for chorus, harp, prepared piano, organ & percussion, Op. 5; J...
Performers: Benjafield, Richard; Bickley, Susan; Blaze, Robin; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Maltman, Christopher; McFadden, Claron; Poster, Tom; Watkins, Huw; Webb, Hugh
Conductors: Adès, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Composers Ensemble

The music of Thomas Adès taps into the spirit of our restless times with unquiet brilliance and an uncompromising vigour evident throughout this survey of...continue...

Hiraeth / Great Voices of Wales

1 CD / Delta (UK) / 2011-03-01

Works: Anonymous: Let All the World in Every Corner Sing; Welsh Traditional: Hiraeth (Longing); Hyder, folk song; Charles Gounod: The St. Cecilia Mass; Thomas Morley: My bonny lasse she smyleth, madrigal fo...
Performers: Ashton, Wyn; Evans, Rebecca; Jones, Garfield; Jones, Mair Wyn; Morriston Orpheus Choir; Williams, Alun Tregellis

Choral Festival / Great Voices of Wales

1 CD / Delta (UK) / 2011-03-01

Works: Joseph Parry: Dies irae; Curtis Mann: Let it Be Me; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Christmas Traditional: Rise Up, Shepherd; Johann Strauss II: Casanova; Richard Rodgers: Carousel; Welsh Traditional: ...
Performers: Adrian, Enid; Ashton, Wyn; Evans, Rebecca; Jones, Mair Wyn; Morriston Orpheus Choir; Williams, Alun Tregellis

Recording information: Brangwyn Hall, Guildhall, Swansea, Glamorgan, Wales.

Includes cadwyn o emyn donau cymreig, medley for chorus by various composers....continue...

Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; The Seasons

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2011-01-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; The Seasons, Op. 37a
Performers: O'Hora, Ronan [Piano]
Conductors: Judd, James

Born in Manchester in 1964, Ronan O’Hora studied with Professor Ryszard Bakst at the Royal Northern College of Music, where he won several awards. He...continue...

Christmas in the Valleys

1 CD / Delta (UK) / 2009-10-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: The Holly and the Ivy (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (English); Deck the Halls (Welsh); Away in a Manger; The First Nowell (English); Ding Dong! Merrily on High (Fren...
Performers: Reese, Arthur

2009 holiday collection of digitally remastered yuletide recordings. Christmas In The Valleys features 20 tracks including cuts from the Rhos Orpheus Male Choir, the Cwmbach...continue...

Little Music Lovers - Lullabies

1 CD / Decca / 2009-09-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (8) for voice & piano, Op. 59; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Lullaby; Stephen Foster: Beautiful dreamer; Jeannie with the light brown hair; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 5...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jones, Della; Popp, Lucia; Price, Leontyne; Su...
Conductors: Magiera, Leone; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Carl; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Bonynge, Richard

Sweet Was the Song: English Music for Christmas

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-03-10

Works: Christmas Traditional: There Is No Rose of Such Virtue (English); I Wonder As I Wander (American); Coventry Carol (2); Herbert Howells: Carol-Anthems (3) for Chorus; Here is the little door; Benjamin...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Folksong Arrangements for Voice & Piano / Tear, Ledger, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Folksongs from the Eastern Counties (15); Geordie, folk song for voice & piano (Folksongs from the Eastern Counties no 14); English Folksongs (6); Traditional English Carols (...
Performers: Bean, Hugh; Ibbott, Daphne; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Stewart, Jean; Tear, Robert

Appearing here for the first time on CD is RobertTear’s 1976 LP of solo folksong arrangements with piano, now coupled with the 1963World Record Club...continue...

Christmas Wishes / Auréole

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Angels We Have Heard on High; El Cant dels ocells (Carol of the Birds), carol (Catalan); Coventry Carol (2); The Holly and the Ivy (English); God Rest You Merry, Gentlemen (Eng...
Performers: Aureole; Gilbert, Laura; Shames, Stacey

Personnel: Stacey Shames (harp); Mary Hammann (viola); Laura Gilbert (flute).

Recording information: SUNY Purchase College Performing Arts Center....continue...

Christmas Escapes

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Les anges dans nos campagnes (French), carol (AKA Angels We Have Heard On High); Nowell, Nowell, Tidings True, carol ("Nowell, Nowell, Nowell, this is the salutation"); Hayl Ma...
Performers: Aureole; Gramercy Brass; Hesperus; Lamoreaux, Rosa; Lionheart; St. Thomas Men and Boy's Choir Of Men & Boys
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aureole Trio; Hesperus; Lionheart

Traditional Christmas holiday music, mixed between choir and brass versions. Perfect for getting into the traditional holiday spirit....continue...

The Gifts of Christmas / Heidi Grant Murphy, et al

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Long Ago in Bethlehem (Moravian); Little Jesus Sweetly Sleep; The Two Shepherd Boys; Es ist ein Ros entsprungen (Lo, How A Rose E'er Blooming) (Alte...
Performers: Clark, Richard Auldon; Murphy, Heidi Grant; Murphy, Kevin

Merry Christmas - Carols / Vienna Choir Boys

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Traditional: Maria durch ein' Dornwald ging; Heissa Buama; Il est né, le divin enfant; The Huron carol; Les anges dans nos campagnes; The first nowell; Deck ...
Performers: Wirth, Gerald
Conductors: Wirth, Gerald; Golino, Lucio
Ensemble: Vienna Ambassade Orchestra; Vienna Boys' Choir

"Of all the albums I have, this is the one I play over and over again. There is something really unique about this choir, their...continue...

Christmas Voices & Bells

1 CD / Passport / 2007-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: O Tannenbaum (O Christmas Tree) (German); The First Nowell (English); Ihr Kinderlein kommet (O Come Little Children), carol (German); The Bird on the Christmas Tree; En Clara V...
Performers: Woods, Boys Choir of the Vienna

Carol of the Bells - Carols for Handbells and Organ

1 CD / Intersound / 2007-10-09

Works: Traditional: Christmas Carol(s); Carol of the Bells; Un flambeau, Jeannette, Isabelle; Angels from the realms of glory; The first nowell; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Richard Storrs Will...
Conductors:
Ensemble: First Baptist Bells

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...

Tydings Trew - Medieval English Carols and Motets/ Lionheart

1 CD / Koch International / 2007-10-09

Works: Anonymous: A solis ortus cardine; Nowell, nowell, tidings true; Hail Mary, full of grace; Venter tuus, o puella; Facta est cum angelo; Benedicite omnia opera; Ecce quod natura; A my dere sonne; Nowel...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Lionheart

Lionheart is one of America's leading ensembles in vocal chamber music. Acclaimed for its 'smoothly blended and impeccable balanced sound', Lionheart is best known for...continue...

Classical Meditation

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-09-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Frédéric Chopin: Mazurka for piano no 6 in A minor, Op. 7/2, CT. 57; Joaquín Rodrigo:...
Performers: Balint, Janos; Biret, Idil; Camden, Anthony; Jando, Jeno; Kevehazi, Jeno; Kiss, Jozsef [Oboe]; Kormendi, Klara; Kovacs, Bela [Clarinet]; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Mercz, Nora; Nishizaki, Taka...
Conductors: Oberfrank, Géza; Ward, Nicholas; Drahos, Béla; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Georgiadis, John; Antal, Mátyás
Ensemble: ; Capella Istropolitana; London Virtuosi

Christmas in the Aire

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Joy to the World (theme by Handel); Messiah/Hallelujah Chorus; Christmas Traditional: Deck the Halls (Welsh); Jolly Old St. Nicholas (American); The Holly and the Ivy (Englis...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers; Biggs, E. Power; Boston Pops; Elgart, Larry; Elgart, Les; Elgart, Les & Larry; Faith, Percy & His Orchestra; Fox, Virgil [Organ]; Hugo & Luigi Children's Chorus; Kaye, Sammy & His ...
Conductors: ; Kaye, Sammy; Smith, Gregg; Kostelanetz, André; Ormandy, Eugene; Melachrino, George; Liberace, George; Faith, Percy; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Boston Pops Orchestra; George Liberace Orchestra; George Melachrino Orchestra; Mitch Miller & His Orchestra; Mitch Miller & the Sing-Along Gang; New York Brass and...

Christmas Choirs [Allegro]

1 CD / Lifestyles / 2006-09-12

Works: Christmas Traditional: Carol-Noel; I Saw Three Ships, carol; Infant Holy, Infant Lowly (W zlobie lezy); Gabriel's Message (Basque); Jesous Ahatonhia (Jesus He Is Born), carol (Canadian); A la nanita ...
Performers: Various Artists

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...

Christmas in Old Austria / Clemencic, Clemencic Consort

1 CD / Arte Nova / 2006-08-08

Works: Anonymous, Austrian: Psalmus instrumentaliter, for ensemble; Weyhnachtgsang no 1, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648); Mittit ad Virginem, hymn (Geistliche Nachtigall, Vienna, pub. 1648);...
Performers: Clemencic, Rene; Kummer, Eberhard; Landauer, Bernhard; Pitzl, Pierre; Reithofer, Wolfgang
Conductors: Clemencic, René

The feast of Christmas in Old Austria was more colorful, more vivid, and for the most part more pious than it is today. Christmas matins...continue...

Best of the Swingle Singers

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-01-24

Works: Henry Mancini: Peter Gunn; Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2, BWV 870-893; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Suite f...
Conductors:
Ensemble: The Swingle Singers

Enfants Classiques - Le Meilleur de Bach

1 CD / Children's Group / 2005-11-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Minuet in G major, BWV Anhung 114; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816; Concerto for Harpsichord i...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Chang, Hae-Won; Gray, Emily; Jablokov, Alexander; Jandó, Jenö; Nishizaki, Takako; Pi-hsien, Chen; Rübsam, Wolfgang; Rautasalo, Jukka; Sebestyén, János; S...
Conductors: Dvorák, Jaroslav; Oberfrank, Géza; Stankovsky, Robert; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Dohnányi, Oliver; Babiak, Walter
Ensemble: Camerata Cassovia; Capella Istropolitana; Cologne Chamber Orchestra; Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Studio Arts Orchestra; Toronto Boys' Choir

Classical Kids - The Best of Bach

1 CD / Children's Group / 2004-10-19

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; French Suite no 5 in G major, BWV 816; Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Sonata for flute ...
Performers: Alanko, Petri; Chang, Hae-Won; Gray, Emily; Jablokov, Alexander; Jandó, Jenö; Nishizaki, Takako; Pi-hsien, Chen; Rautasalo, Jukka; Sebestyen, Janos; Stokes, Christopher
Conductors: Dvorak, Jaroslav; Oberfrank, Géza; Stankovsky, Robert; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Dohnányi, Oliver von; Babiak, Walter
Ensemble: ; Camerata Cassovia; Capella Istropolitana; Toronto Boys' Choir

Christmas Favorites / Arthur Fiedler, Boston Pops

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-09-09

Works: John Frederic Coots: Santa Claus is comin' to town; Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Album pour enfants, Op. 39; Johnny Marks: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer; Felix Bernard: Win...
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops

Angels of Christmas / Vienna Boys Choir, Ambrosian Singers

1 CD / RCA Records / 2003-09-09

Works: Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas; Wassail Song; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Good Christian men, rejoice; The first nowell; Greensleeves; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Caro...
Performers: Petri, Michala
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Augustana Choir; Hugo & Luigi Children's Chorus; Living Voices; Philadelphia Singers; Ralph Hunter Choir; The Anita Kerr Singers; Vienna Boys' Choir; Voices of Walter Schumann; Wes...

Silent Night - Hayman, Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2000-01-01

Works: Richard Hayman: A Christmas Songfest Sing-along; Christmas Traditional: O du fröhliche, o du selige, gnadenbringende Weihnachtszeit, carol (tune "O Sanctissima"); What Child Is This? (Greensleev...
Conductors: Hayman, Richard

Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker Highlights / Lanchbery, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1999-10-19

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Conductors: Lanchbery, John
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

Tchaikovskys magical score for The Nutcracker has been a Christmastime favorite, and this digital recording makes the most of the scores charm and grace. Veteran...continue...

Bach at Bedtime

1 CD / Philips / 1995-10-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto for Oboe d'Amore in A major, BWV 1055; Suite ...
Performers: Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Greger, Andreas; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Holliger, Heinz; Krebbers, Herman; Malcolm, George; Petri, Michala; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Romero, Pepe; Sebok, Gyorgy; Selin, Eli...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Leppard, Raymond; Brown, Iona; Schreier, Peter; Jochum, Eugen; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gérecz, Arpad; Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra (Chamber orchestra); Les Solistes Romandes; Stuttgart ...

A Child is Born - A Chant Christmas / Gethsemane Abbey Monks

1 CD / RCA Records / 1995-09-08

Works: Anonymous: Conditor alme siderum; Rorate caeli desuper; Alleluia Veni, Domine; Christmas Vesper(s); Christmas Midnight Mass; Gregorian Chant(s) for Christmas
Conductors:
Ensemble: Monks of Gethsamani Abbey

Bach for Breakfast

1 CD / Philips / 1995-06-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto for Oboe in D minor, BWV 1059; Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord ...
Performers: Bernard, Andre [Trumpet]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Geringas, David; Graf, Maria [Harp]; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Holliger, Heinz; LaGoya, Alexandre; Petri, Michala; Presti, Ida; Romero, Pepe; Szeryng, He...
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Brown, Iona; Marriner, Sir Neville; Judd, James

Great Choral Music

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-02-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Cantata no 191, "Gloria in excelsis Deo" BWV 191; Cantata no 122, "Das neugeborne Kindelein" BWV 122; Wolfgan...
Performers: Titov, Alexander [Conductor]
Conductors: Titov, Alexander

Ave Maria - Bach/Gounod, Mozart, Schubert, Bruckner, Brahms

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1988-05-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria for 7 a cappella Voices in F major, ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa; Freni, Mirella; Otto, Lisa; Stader, Maria; Streich, Rita; Topper, Hertha
Conductors: Richter, Karl; Arndt, Günther; Gracis, Ettore; Kubelik, Rafael; Gaebel, Kurt; Wenzinger, August; Fricsay, Ferenc
Ensemble: Alessandro Scarlatti Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Handel Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Gunter Arndt Choir; Munich Bach Choir; Munich Bach Orc...