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50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

The Very Best of Elisabeth Schwarzkopf

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Ridente la calma, K 152 (210a); Carl Maria von Weber: Der Freischütz...
Performers: Fischer, Edwin [Piano]; Gieseking, Walter; Grummer, Elisabeth; Jackson, Harold; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo; Pritchard, John; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Susskind, Walter; Schmidt, Heinrich; Karajan, Herbert von; Matacic, Lovro von; Gellhorn, Peter; Szell, George; Ackermann, Otto

Multi-award winning opera singer Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, praised for the 'pristine beauty of her lyric soprano' voice by The Guardian, was revered in opera houses worldwide...continue...

Johann Sebastian Bach: H-Moll Messe

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Höffgen, Marga [Contralto Vocals]; Rehfuss, Heinz; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von

Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, England (11/05/1952/11/07/1952); Musikvereinssaal, Vienna, Austria (11/05/1952/11/07/1952); EMI Abbey Road Studio No. 1, London, England (19...continue...

Wiener Opernball Classics

2 CD / ZYX Records / 2013-02-05

Works: Johann Strauss II: Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410; Das Spitzentuch der Königin; Geschichten aus dem Wienerwald; Bei uns z'Haus (With Us at Home), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 36...
Performers: Kunz, Erich; Menuhin, Yehudi; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Krauss, Clemens; Fricsay, Ferenc; Ackermann, Otto; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Toscanini, Arturo; Rodzinsky, Artur; Walter, Bruno; Siebert, Herbert

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...

Verdi: Opera Highlights / Bergonzi, Caballé, Carreras, Cossotto, Domingo, Freni, Gobbi, Kraus, Milnes, Price et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; Macbeth; Un Ballo in maschera; La Forza del destino; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Falstaff
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Arroyo, Martina; Barbieri, Fedora; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bonisolli, Franco; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Casoni, Bianca Maria; Cossott...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Rudel, Julius; Karajan, Herbert von; Gardelli, Lamberto; Giulini, Carlo Maria

2013 will herald the start of Giuseppe Verdi's bicentennial year. To celebrate the occasion, EMI Classics presents the ultimate Verdi opera collection, Verdi: Opera Highlights....continue...

Brahms: Symphonies; Overtures; German Requiem / Otto Klemperer

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations for 2 Pianos on a theme by Haydn, Op. 56b "St Anthony"; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 73; Symphony no 3 in F major, Op. 90; Academic Fest...
Performers: Downes, Ralph; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Ludwig, Christa; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of Otto Klemperer's death, EMI Classics pays tribute to the incomparable conductor with the release of an extensive edition of...continue...

Gustav Klimt: - Music of his Era from the Belle Epoque at the turn of the 19th century - works by Berg, Brahms, Wolf, Webern, Sieher et al.

1 CD / Preiser / 2012-12-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sinfonie no 9; Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder; Franz Lehár: Vilja-Lied ("Es lebt eine Vilja") (from "Die lustige Witwe"); Johannes Brahms: Sonate für Klarinette ...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Foggin, Myers; Harvey, Kathryn [Vocals]; Hongen, Elisabeth; Hotter, Hans; Kommerell, Heidi; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Ritterbusch, Sabine; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth; Thurston, Fr...
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Goehr, Walter; Klemperer, Otto; Karajan, Herbert von; Scherchen, Hermann; Heger, Robert; Fricsay, Ferenc

This is a compilation of music that was performed at the turn of the 19th century, the Belle Epoque in which Gustav Klimt flourished....continue...

This is Glenn Gould: The Story of a Genius

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-11-06

Works: Spoken Word: This is Glenn Gould (from The Idea of North); Johann Sebastian Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Aria Variata in a, BWV 989 "In the Italian Style"; Sonata no 2 in D major, for viola da...
Performers: Gould, Glenn; Laredo, Jaime; Rose, Leonard; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: Golschmann, Vladimir; Susskind, Walter

This is Glenn Gould - Story of a Genius; the title says it all and gives a perfect introduction to the life, music and style...continue...

Glenn Gould plays Strauss: Ophelia Lieder; Enoch Arden; Piano Sonata; 5 Pieces / Glenn Gould, piano; Elisabeth Schwarzkof, soprano

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-10-30

Works: Richard Strauss: Songs (3) for voice & piano (after Shakespeare's "Hamlet;" "Ophelia Lieder"), Op. 67/1-3 (TrV 238/1-; Enoch Arden, Op. 38; Sonata for Piano in B minor, Op. 5; Pieces (5) for Piano, O...
Performers: Gould, Glenn; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth

Sony Classical celebrates Glenn Gould's 80th Anniversary with The Glenn Gould Collection, the complete Glenn Gould CD collection in 20 volumes, each available separately. They include...continue...