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Elgar: Violin Concerto; Introduction and Allegro / Nigel Kennedy, violin; Handley

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Edward Elgar: Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61
Performers: Cameron, Alexander; Gilbert, Russell; Gunes, Rusen; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Manning, Peter
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra

EMI Classics relaunches the popular EMI Master Series: The definitive series of great classical music from a trove of the most notable and revered classical...continue...
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Essential Cello

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concarto in B minor, RV 424; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C; Luigi Boccherini: Sonata n...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Cole, Maggie; Dedyukhin, Alexander; du Pré, Jacquel...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Chung, Myung-Whun; Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Macal, Zdenek; Plasson, Michel; Handley, Ver...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Nash Ensemble

Lyrita Box Set (Box)

4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12

Works: William Alwyn: Magic Island, symphonic prelude for orchestra; Malcolm Arnold: English Dances Set 2, for orchestra, Op. 33; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Gran...
Performers: Binns, Malcolm; Pyatt, David [Horn]; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Alwyn, William; Arnold, Malcolm, Sir; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Wordsworth, Barry; Boult, Adrian; Fredman, Myer; Berkeley, Lennox; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Handley, Vernon; Joly, Simon; Davison, Arthur

A box set celebrating Lyrita's 50-year devotion to British music!...continue...

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Concerto for Harpsichord in F mi...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

This 6-CD set contains a fine collection of 100 favorite cello classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are giants of...continue...

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-07-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

Classical 2009 [Barnes & Noble exclusive] / Brightman, Pavarotti, Callas, Villazón, Domingo, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-11-25

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Ennio Morricone: Il ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Bronder, Peter; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chang, Sarah; Cle...
Conductors: Reed, Michael; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Jojic, Boris; Nemcová, Miriam; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardner, Edward; Prizeman, Robert; Handley, Vernon; D...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); EMO Ensemble; G-String; German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen; Le Concert d'Astrée ; London Musici; The English Concert

Classical 2009 gathers the biggest names in classical music on two specially priced CDs. Legends from Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti to Andrés Segovia and...continue...

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Busch: Cello Concerto, Piano Concerto / Wallfisch

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-02-12

Works: William Busch: Concerto for Cello; Piano Concerto
Performers: Lane, Piers; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"My first impression of William Busch the composer was of sinewy toughness, the piece I heard at Morley College in wartime was his 'Nicholas Variations...continue...

Elgar: Cello Concerto, etc / Clein, Handley, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-05

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; In moonlight; La capricieuse, Op. 17; Romance, for bassoon & orchestra (also arr. for cello & piano), Op. 62; Salut d'amour; Chanson de matin, Op. 15 no 2; Sospiri
Performers: Clein, Natalie
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Natalie Clein's latest recording in this Elgar 150th-anniversary year is a fittingly all-Elgar program featuring the mighty 'Cello Concerto' together with a selection of miniatures...continue...

Bantock: Orchestral Music [Box Set]

6 CD / Hyperion / 2007-10-09

Works: Granville Bantock: A Celtic Symphony, for string orchestra & 6 harps; The Witch of Atlas (Tone Poem for Orchestra, no 5); The Sea Reivers, Hebridean Sea Poem, no 2; Hebridean Symphony; Pagan Symphony...
Performers: Begley, Kim; Bickley, Susan; Jowitt, Roy; Lloyd Webber, Julian
Conductors: Handley, Vernon

"The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra performs magnificently from beginning to end, coupling elegance, eloquence, passion, and power with Hyperion's fastidious sound in a way that compels...continue...

Finzi: Cello Concerto, Clarinet Concerto/Ma, Denman, Handley

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-06-12

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 31; Concerto for cello & orchestra in A Minor, Op 40
Performers: Denman, John; Ma, Yo-Yo
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra

"Before he lost interest in classical music, at the very beginning of his career, Yo-Yo Ma made this outstanding recording of Finzi's magnificent Cello Concerto....continue...

Classics - Finzi: Violin and Cello Concertos

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2007-02-13

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for cello & orchestra in A Minor, Op 40; Prelude for String Orchestra in F minor, Op. 25; Romance for String Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 11; Concerto for Small Orchestra and...
Performers: Little, Tasmin; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Hickox, Richard
Ensemble: City of London Sinfonia; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Finzi's Cello Concerto is arguably his greatest work, another just ambitious but deeply moving, written under the stress of knowing he was terminally ill. It...continue...

Rubbra: Symphonies 6 & 8, Solioquy / Saram, Del Mar, Handley

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-01-09

Works: Edmund Rubbra: Symphony no 6, Op 80; Symphony no 8, Op 132 (Hommage à Teihard de Chardin); Soliloquy, Op. 57
Performers: de Saram, Rohan
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra

Edmund Rubbra was a talented British composer whose music has taken its time reaching a worldwide audience. His eleven symphonies have all attracted favorable attention....continue...

Simpson: The Complete Symphonies

7 CD / Hyperion / 2006-11-14

Works: Robert Simpson: Symphony no 1; Symphony no 8; Symphony no 2; Symphony no 4; Symphony no 3; Symphony no 5; Symphony no 6; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 9; Discussion on the 9th Symphony by Robert Simpson...
Performers: Koos, Joseph; Simpson, Robert [Composer]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Taylor, Matthew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

‘One of the outstanding recording projects of our time this Hyperion series deserves to stand as a monument while other more superficially glamorous ventures rise...continue...

Bliss: A Colour Symphony, etc / Handley, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-09-21

Works: Arthur Bliss: A Colour Symphony, for orchestra, Op. 24, F. 106; The Enchantress, scena for alto voice & orchestra, Op. 71, F. 157; Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op. 120, F. 107
Performers: Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Wallfisch, Leo
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

These recordings of Sir Arthur Bliss's orchestral works, conducted by the great champion of British music, Vernon Handley, were exceedingly popular when first released. "The...continue...

Stanford: Six Irish Rhapsodies, etc / Handley, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-01-20

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 1 in D minor, Op. 78; Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 2 in F minor, Op. 84 ("The Lament for the Son of Ossian"); Irish Rhapsody for orchestr...
Performers: Fingerhut, Margaret; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

"This series has proved to be quite popular owing to the superb quality of Stanford's compositional skills and the brilliance of the Ulster Orchestra's performances...continue...

Finzi, Leighton: Cello Concertos / Wallfisch, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-09-25

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for cello & orchestra in A Minor, Op 40; Kenneth Leighton: Concerto for cello & orchestra, Op 31
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

"Raphael Wallfisch has always made me happy, with his full tone and obvious flair. One wonders if anyone could do better in these two concertos....continue...

Stanford: Symphony no 7, etc / Handley, Ulster Orchestra

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1991-01-01

Works: Charles Villiers Stanford: Symphony, No 7 in D minor, Op. 124; Irish Rhapsody for orchestra No 3, Op. 137; Concert Piece for organ & orchestra, Op.181
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]; Weir, Gillian
Conductors: Handley, Vernon
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra