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The Complete Beethoven: Symphonies; Concertos; Overtures

12 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2013-04-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 3 in E flat major,...
Performers: Davies, Julian [Tenor]; Fontanals-Simmons, Marta; Gadd, Stephen; Hoare, Peter [; Jandó, Jenö; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Kliegel, Maria; McCawley, Leon; Nishizaki, Takako; Rutter, Claire; ...
Conductors: Drahos, Béla; Wordsworth, Barry; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Jean, Kenneth

Triumphing over deafness and turbulent political times, Ludwig van Beethoven singlehandedly changed the course of music history , laying down the foundations for the Romantic...continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italia...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; Apollon Musagète; Symphonies of Wind Intruments / Rattle, Berlin PO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Apollon musagète, ballet in 2 scenes for string orchestra
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The Rite of Spring, original French title, Le sacre du printemps, is a 1913 ballet with music by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. After the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin....continue...

Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

The Ballet Classics - Works by Delibes, Delvedez, Minkus, Adam / Opéra National de Paris, Ganio, Letestu, Martinez, Pujol, Le Riche [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Léon Minkus: Paquita, ballet; Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Paris National Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Run Time: 345 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Italian, Spanish
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Laugh with Classical Music - Vieuxtemps; Rimsky-Korsakov / Orbelian, Moscow CO; Italian Saxophone Quartet, John Aler, Donald George

1 CD / Delos / 2013-03-26

Works: Henri Vieuxtemps: Souvenir d'Amérique; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Wolseley Charles: The Green-Eyed Dragon, for voice & piano; Dmitry Shostakovich: Ballet Suite no 1; The...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; George, Donald; Gershon, Grant; Khakhamov, Dmitry; Mauro, Lucy; Sergeev, Oleg
Conductors: Orbelian, Constantine;
Ensemble: ; Italian Saxophone Quartet; Moscow Chamber Orchestra

"Laugh with classical music? Well, I never!" No doubt that's what far too many soberly dignified classical music fans might say upon learning of this...continue...

Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring; The Firebrid / Tugan Sokhiev

2 CD / Naïve / 2013-03-26

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), concert suite for orchestra no 2; Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Sokhiev, Tugan
Ensemble: ; Orchestra National du Capitole De Toulouse

This fine recording is dedicated to one of the major music works of the 20th century, Stravinsky's Rite of Spring, which will turn 100 years...continue...
Recording information: La Halle Aux Grains, Toulouse, France (09/2011)....continue...

Adolphe Adam: Giselle, ballet / Ferri, Murru, Vanadia, Seabra. La Scala Ballet & Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-02-26

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Performers: Ferri, Alessandra; Murru, Massimo; Seabra, Isabel; Vanadia, Maurizio
Conductors: Conelly, Paul
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

Run Time: 116 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
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Paris Méchanique - works by L. Anderson; Francaix; Joplin; Milhaud; Poulenc; Morricone; Satie et al / Michael Riessler, Pierre Charial, Sabine Meyer Trio

1 CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le Chèvre-Pied, ballet; Jean Françaix: Danses Exotiques (8) for 2 pianos; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 clarinets, FP 7; Michael Riessler: I Venti, for clar...
Performers: Charial, Pierre; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Riessler, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Di Clarone

"Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works." -Audiophile...continue...
Includes work(s): introduction mécanique / le flaneur des d by various composers....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...