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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 Ultimate Collection: Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-11-27

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Traditional: I Vow To Thee My Country; Robert John Lange: Everyt...
Performers: Bradbury, Adrian; Jenkins, Katherine; Meirion, Rhys; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

Released shortly after the Welsh soprano turned 30, the Katherine Jenkins compilation The Ultimate Collection is a good summation of her recording career so far. In that sense, it tends to confirm the...continue...

Classical Album 2013

4 CD / Decca Import / 2012-11-27

Works: André Rieu: Strauss and Co., medley for violin & pops orchestra; Paul Mealor: Wherever You Are, song; Ubi caritas, for chorus; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song;...
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Bo, Alfie; Brustenghi, Alessandro, Friar; Calleja, Joseph; Domingo, Placido; Jenkins, Katherine; Jones, Aled; Karadaglic, Milos [Guitar]; Klass, Myleene; Lang Lang; Lulu; McElderry...
Conductors: Malone, Gareth; ; Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: ; Escala

The Best Relaxing Classical Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Jules Massenet: Médit...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Kalafusz, Hans; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Millet, Danielle; Ogdon, John; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Boult, Adrian; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo;
Ensemble: ; Vienna String Sextet

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album / Alexandre Tharaud, Barbara Hendricks, Samson Francois Alexis Weissenberg, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Heitor Villa-Lobos...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Barley, Peter; Francois, Samson; Garcia, José Luis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Ousset, Cécile; Tharaud, Al...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Labadie, Bernard; Bátiz, Enrique; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos; Les Violons du Roy

EMI Classics is proud to present Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, an exciting new release featuring 15 pieces of classical music personally...continue...
When E.L. James was writing her Twilight-slash-fic-turned-BSDM potboiler Fifty Shades of Grey, she apparently fueled her writing sessions by listening to tons of classical music. Once the book turned ...continue...

Opera Arias - Nessum Dorma; Casta Diva; O Mio Babbino Caro et al. / Pavarotti, Sutherland, Tebaldi

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Turandot; Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Nabucco; La traviata; Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffmann; Alfredo Catalani: ...
Performers: Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Corelli, Franco; Cross, Richard; Freni, Mirella; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Milnes, Sherrill; Pavarotti, Luciano; Popp, Lucia; Sutherland, Joan,...
Conductors: Gardelli, Lamberto; Bonynge, Richard; Cleva, Fausto; Varviso, Silvio; Kertész, István; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Lewis, Henry; Maazel, Lorin; Pritchard, John; Mehta, Zubin

Opera has it all - the radiant melodies, comic characters, rousing choruses and far-fetched plots. This stirring collection includes the most famous highlights from this...continue...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Hunt Cantata, BWV 208; Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Cantata...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

Famous Ballet Music - works by Adam, Delibes, Massenet, Khachaturian, Tchaikovsky

5 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; The Sleeping Beauty, suite, Op. 66a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh, suite; Spartacus, suite; Masquerade, suite; Léo D...
Performers: Cairns, Christine; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Bátiz, Enrique; Simonov, Yuri; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St Martin in the Fields; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

For lovers of ballet music, this superb 5-disc set is an attractive collection of famous ballet music, featuring such immortal ballets from Tchaikovsky, Adam, Khatchaturian,...continue...

Delibes: Lakme / Joel-Hornak, Matthews, di Toro, Bennett [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Opera Australia / 2012-04-24

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé
Performers: Bennett, Stephen; di Toro, Aldo; Matthews, Dominica; Matthews, Emma
Conductors: Joel-Hornak, Emmanuel
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Australian Opera Orchestra

Lakmé, Delibes greatest opera, is performed by Opera Australia in all its oriental glory. Starring the exquisite coloratura soprano Emma Matthews as the innocent girl...continue...
Run Time: 143 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish
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Delibes: Lakme / Joel-Hornak, Matthews, di Toro, Bennett [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Opera Australia / 2012-04-24

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé
Performers: Bennett, Stephen; di Toro, Aldo; Matthews, Dominica; Matthews, Emma
Conductors: Joel-Hornak, Emmanuel
Ensemble: Australian Opera Chorus; Australian Opera Orchestra

Lakmé, Delibes greatest opera, is performed by Opera Australia in all its oriental glory. Starring the exquisite coloratura soprano Emma Matthews as the innocent girl...continue...
Run Time: 143 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Subtitles: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish
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Arabian Nights: Rimsky Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Glasunov & Delibes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; The Golden Cockerel, suite; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, suite; Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, ballet; Léo Delibes: Lakmé, opera in three...
Performers: Carol, Norman; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Lanchbery, John; Matacic, Lovro von; Kurtz, Efrem; Lombard, Alain

Baby to Be / Tender Classical Music for Your Unborn Baby

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no ...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Donohoe, Peter; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Lanchbery, John; Muti, Riccardo; Welser-Möst, Franz; Santini, Gabriele

Baby to Be is a beautiful collection of tender Classical music for the unborn child. With serene Classical music from greats like Mozart, Brahms, Bach...continue...

Delibes: Lakmé [Highlights] / Natalie Dessay, Kunde, van Dam

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-13

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Unspecified: [Untitled CD-ROM Track]
Performers: Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Kunde, Gregory; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse

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Natalie Dessay is certainly a star in the title role and yet she never fails to remember that Delibes's heroine must be a fragile...continue...
Recording information: Halle-aux-grains, Toulouse (06/24/1997-07/02/1997)....continue...

Classics at the Movies

4 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-08-09

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Davis, Catherine; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Gifford, Duncan; Goodman, Isador; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Hunter, Rita; Ivashkin...
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Moonlight Classics / Beethoven, Debussy, Dvorak, Ravel, Vivaldi

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Edvard Grieg: Piano Concerto, Op. 16; Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orche...
Performers: Campanella, Bruno [Conductor]; Dessay, Natalie; Gedda, Nicolai; Haidan, Delphine; Maurer, Sonia; Menuhin, Yehudi; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Popp, Lucia; Richter, Sviatoslav; Scaramuzzino, ...
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Paavo, Järvi; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Kurtz, Efrem; Plasson, Michel; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Soltesz, Stefan; Vonk, Hans

Opera Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Turandot; La rondine; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Serse; Ruggero Leoncavallo:...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bocelli, Andrea; Caballe, Montserrat; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cotrubas, Ileana; Delgad...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Noseda, Gianandrea; Mehta, Zubin; Hogwood, Christopher; Pappano, Antonio; Solti, Sir Georg; Bonynge, Richard; Santi, Nello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Norrington, Roger; Stapleton, Robin;...

This magnificent collection features the some of the greatest opera stars of all time: Cecilia Bartoli, Anna Netrebko, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Andrea Bocelli Luciano...continue...

50 Best Wedding

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Padre Giovanni Battista Martini: Toccata for trumpet & organ (or ensemble); Norwegian Traditional: Wedding March from Nordmose; ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Atherton, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ball, Michael; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Coburn, Pamela; Craig, Charles; Dess...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Karajan, Herbert von; Munrow, David; Parrott, Andrew; Menuhin, Yehudi; Stevens, Denis; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Hughes, Owain Arwel...

Delibes: Sylvia Ballet Music; Lakmé; Le Roi s'amuse; Coppélia

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2011-04-12

Works: Léo Delibes: Sylvia; Lakmé; Le Roi S'amuse; Coppélia
Performers: Cairns, Christine; Watson, Lillian
Conductors: Davis, Carl

Carl Davis is a musician in the American tradition; born in New York, he composes, conducts, and does anything else that may be necessary to...continue...

From the Heart: The Best of Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / / 2011-04-05

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Cinema Paradiso; Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir&o...
Performers: Banbury, James; Bold, M.; Franglen, Simon; Guillio; Jenkins, Katherine; Meirion, Rhys; Paracelli, John; Scott, Keith; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: King, Robert; Allwood, Ralph; O'Grady, Jenny

Sweetest Love

1 CD / Decca Import / 2011-03-22

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Harold Arlen: Somewhere Over the Rainbow (for the film The Wizard of Oz); Morgan Pochin: Sweetest Love, song (after Bach's Air on the G String); Absence, song (after Sat...
Performers: Arcadian Ensemble; Czech Film Orchestra; Jenkins, Katherine; Philharmonia Orchestra; Prague Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphonia; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Inglis, Anthony; Dodd, Nicholas

Recording information: BBC Friday Night Is Music Night....continue...

Now! Classical

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lavender; Robert Prizeman: Gloria, for chorus (after the 3rd movement of Saint-Saën's Symphony no 3); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bocelli, Andrea; Brightman, Sarah; Chang, Sarah; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jenkins, Katherine; Kissin, Evgeni; Korcia, Laurent; Li, Yundi [Piano]; Masri, Mark; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Daniell...
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Hess, Nigel; Prizeman, Robert; Herbert, Sally; Lombard, Alain; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Marriner, Sir Neville; Wendeberg, Michael

About half of the tracks on EMI's collection Now! Classical are devoted to popular and well-known classical selections and about half are crossover hits performed by crossover stars. The classical pie...continue...

The Wedding Collection

2 CD / Classic FM Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Hubert Parry: Lady Radnor's Suite; Jerusalem; Char...
Performers: Ball, Andrew; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Drury, Elizabeth; Fleming, Renée; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hurford, Peter; Jenkins, Katherin...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul; Hawes, Patrick; Hickox, Richard; Hancock, Gerre; Fancourt, Daisy; Lole, Simon; Vivian, James; Brüggen, Frans; Rose, Barry; Darlington, Stephen; Karajan, Herbert von; Sinopoli, Gi...
Ensemble: ; Gabrieli Consort

Classic Australian Performances / Sutherland, Bonynge

2 CD / Decca Import / 2010-11-16

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; La Fille du Régiment; Lucia di Lammermoor; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Francis Poulenc: Dialogues of the Carmelites; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, op...
Performers: Allman, Robert; Baigildin, Sergei; Begg, Heather; Bermingham, Jennifer; Black, Jeffrey; Brynnel, Monique; Collins, Kenneth; Dawes, Christopher; Donald, Robin; Donnelly, Malcolm; Elkins, Margreta; Ewe...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard

Recording information: Sydney Opera House....continue...

4 CD Originals: Cecilai Bartoli

4 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2010-10-05

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588; Le nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Davidde penitente, K469; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Gioachino Rossini: L'Italiana in Algeri; La donna del...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Chung, Myung-Whun [Conductor/Piano]; Levine, James
Conductors: Fischer, György; Patanè, Giuseppe

Essential Opera

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Il trovatore; La traviata; Rigoletto; Nabucco; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siv...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berbie, Jane; Bergonzi, Carlo; Berry, Walter; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Daniels, Da...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Dervaux, Pierre; Plasson, Michel; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Prêtre, Georges; Barbirolli, John; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Soltesz, Stefan; Bicke...

Opera today is more popular than ever before. Opera companies play to packed houses, while a new generation of exciting young opera singers appeal to...continue...

Ultimate Collection - Katherine Jenkins

1 CD / Decca / 2010-08-03

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Leonard Cohen: Hallelujah; Dolly Parton: I Will Always Love You; Traditional: I Vow To Thee My Country; Robert John Lange: Everyt...
Performers: Bradbury, Adrian; Jenkins, Katherine; Pailthorpe, Emily; Parricelli, John; Scott, Keith; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Dodd, Nicholas; Inglis, Anthony;
Ensemble: ; Arcadian Ensemble

2009 collection from the world's favorite mezzo-soprano. From the crossovers of Cohen's 'Hallelujah' to the straight operatic conventions of Puccini's 'O Mio Babbino Caro', Jenkins...continue...
Released shortly after the Welsh soprano turned 30, the Katherine Jenkins compilation The Ultimate Collection is a good summation of her recording career so far. In that sense, it tends to confirm the...continue...

A Portrait Of Conchita Supervia, Vol. 1

4 CD / Gala / 2010-07-08

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La cenerentola; Il barbieri di Siviglia; L'italiana in Algeri; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Adieu de l'hôtesse arabe; Juan Man&ea...
Performers: Appoloni, Anita; Baracchi, Aristide; Bettoni, Vincenzo; Ederle, Nino; Ferraris, Ines; Gil, Maria; Mannarini, Ida; Manurita, Giovanni; Marques, Antonio; Marshall, Frank; Redondo, Marcus; Scattola, Car...
Conductors: Albergoni, Angelo; Acevedo, Emilio; Martinez, Modesto; Gennai, Leopoldo Emanuele; Capdevila, Antonio; Cloez, Gustave

50 Best Romantic Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Samson et Dalila; Romance for violin & orchestra in C major, Op. 48; Georges Bizet: Carment; Carmen, opera;...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Car...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Slatkin, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Plasson, Michel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Dervaux, Pierre; Ozawa, Seiji; Frémaux, Louis; Kara...

50 Best Relaxing Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in G "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Così fan tutte, K 588; Sonata for Piano no 11, K331; Concerto for Piano no 20, K466...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Farr, St...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Boult, Adrian; ; Olah, Erno; Ozawa, Seiji; Hill, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Slatkin, Leonard; Bar...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Léo Delibes: Lakmé

2 CD / Bella Voce Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera
Performers: Allen, Betty; Bacquier, Gabriel; Cioni, Renato; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Makas, Maxine; Maraslian, Alicia; Moral, Luciano del; Opthof, Cornelis; Pierce, Jacqueline; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Toura...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Rescigno, Nicola

Tears On Toast: Opera's Greatest Tragedies & Triumphs

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-02-23

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Rigoletto; Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Turandot; The Girl of the Golden West; Charles Gounod: Faust; ...
Performers: Aragall, Giacomo; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Barker, Cheryl; Bartoli, Cecilia; Begg, Heather; Crook, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Dobson, John; Domingo, Placido; Egerton, Francis; Elvin, William; Fowle...
Conductors: Fritzsch, Johannes; Noseda, Gianandrea; Bonynge, Richard; Summers, Patrick; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Divall, Richard; Cohen, Brad; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hogwood, Christopher; Karajan, Herbert vo...

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

Best 100 - Wedding

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D, B.W.V. 1068.; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Wachet auf, ruft uns ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Atherton, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Bayco, Frederic; Bilgram, Hedwig; Bo, Alfie; Bra...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; Kilbey, Reginald; ; Barbirolli, John; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Karajan, Herbert von; Munrow, David; Menuhin, Yehudi; Stevens, ...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players; Consortium Musicum; Ensemble Berlin; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Nash Ensemble

The latest in EMI Classics' wildly successful 'Best 100 series', this 6-CDs-for-the-price-of-1 set offers the finest wedding music compilation ever assembled. From the grandest ceremony...continue...

Serenade [CD/DVD]

1 CD / Universal Music Import / 2009-05-19

Works: Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Curly Putnam: Green, Green Grass Of Home, ...
Performers: Jenkins, Katherine

2009 issue UK 'Deluxe Edition' 2-disc album set - For the first time as a CD & DVD package, Katherine Jenkins performs songs from her...continue...
Katherine Jenkins, the Welsh soprano and multiple Classical Brits winner, released her fourth album aimed at a pop crossover market, and for the second consecutive time saw an album soar into the Top ...continue...

Ultimate Classical Dreams - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pietro Mascagni: Cava...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Berbie, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Boskovsky, Willi; Breitenbach, Gunther; Brown, Iona; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Fassbaender, Brigitte [M...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick; Zinman, David; Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Munchinger, Karl; Tate, Jeffrey; Davis, Colin; Malcolm, George; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, Is...
Ensemble: ; Borodin Quartet; Weller Quartet

Operamania (Box Set)

5 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-03

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; La Rondine; La Fanciulla del West; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera;...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Aragall, Giacomo; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastianini, Ettore; Battle, Kathleen; Berbie, Jane; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Ca...
Conductors: Patanè, Franco; Lewis, Henry; Serafin, Tullio; Santi, Nello; Erede, Alberto; Bonynge, Richard; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, István; Varviso, Silvio; Solti, Si...

From The Heart

1 CD / Decca / 2009-02-17

Works: Ennio Morricone: Nella fantasia, for voice & orchestra; Cinema Paradiso; Robert John Lange: Everything I Do (I Do It for You) (Italian version; Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partir&o...
Performers: Allwood, Ralph; Banbury, James; Bold, M.; David Rowland [Choir Director, Harpsichord]; Franglen, Simon; Guillio; Jenkins, Katherine; King's Consort Choir; King, Robert; Meirion, Rhys; National Youth ...

Katherine Jenkins' album 'From The Heart - The Best Of Katherine Jenkins' was only released in China in 2007. It is a compilation CD of...continue...
Personnel: Katherine Jenkins (mezzo soprano); Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Rhys Meirion (tenor); James Banbury (keyboards, percussion); Simon Franglen (keyboards, programming)....continue...

Classics at the Movies/Various

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-01-27

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 ac...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Goodman, Isador; Kameneva, Vera; Kenny, Yvonne; Sheldon, Jane; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

The Opera Gala - Live From Baden Baden / Netrebko, Garanca, Vargas [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-11-24

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigolett...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas and...continue...

TV Commercial Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for Clarinet in A major,...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Best, Roy; Brennan, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Fowles, Glenys; Janes, Fiona; Kameneva, Vera; Macliver, Sara; Montgomery, Belinda; Morgan, Alison; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Greene, Andrew; Dommett, Leonard; Anderson, Richard; Stanhope, David; Stenz, Markus; Divall, Richard; Milton, Nicholas; Rizzi, Carlo; Pi...

Was a tv ad for pasta sauce your introduction to italian opera? Did mozart first grab your attention when his music was used to sell...continue...

Opera - The Greatest Moments Ever

1 CD / Petrol Records / 2008-07-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck...
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Begg, Heather; Brennan, David; Buchanan, Isobel; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; James, Fio...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Arnold, Geoffrey; Guidarini, Marco; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Walker, Antony; Rizzi, Carlo; Albert, Werner Andreas; Martin, André
Ensemble: ; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Symphony Orchestra; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Sinfonia Australis; Tasmanian Sympho...

Music for Driving [RCA]

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-05-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; George Fr...
Performers: Bachmann, Maria; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Chen, Evelyn; Clark, James; Domingo, Placido; Garrett, Lesley [Soprano Vocal]; Hattori, Joji; Hudson, John; Marwood, Anthony; Philogene, Ruby; Watson, Jani...
Conductors: Wand, Günter; Ermler, Mark; McGegan, Nicholas; Morricone, Ennio; Robinson, Peter; Paillard, Jean-François; Hattori, Joji; Davis, Carl; Leppard, Raymond; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Slatkin, Leona...
Ensemble: ; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Ensemble

A Night at the Opera: The Greatest Arias & Duets

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-05-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pe...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Buchanan, Isobel; Fowles, Glenys; Halloran, Antoinette; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Hunter, Rita; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Pringle, John; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-...
Conductors: Divall, Richard; Dyer, Paul; Milton, Nicholas; Bonynge, Richard; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Guidarini, Marco; Woods, Thomas; Walker, Antony; Measham, David; Franks, Dobbs; Mould, Stephen; Kamirski, Wlo...

Sing along to a selection of some of opera's greatest hits. Warm up your voice with handel's sublime 'lascia ch'io pianga', luxuriate in the tuneful...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Arias - Luciano Pavarotti, Maria Callas, Plácido Domingo, Bryn Terfel, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-25

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; The Pearl Fishers, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: L' ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Borodina, Olga; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cuberli, Lella; Cura, Jose; Domingo, Placido; Gallardo-Dom?s, Cri...
Conductors: Santi, Nello; Maazel, Lorin; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; López-Cobos, Jesús; Christie, William; Barenboim, Daniel; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Colin; Nagano, Kent; Le...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti

Two CD collection featuring the finest voices in Opera performing the most beautiful arias by the classic composers. An aria is a self-contained piece for...continue...

The Opera Gala - Live from Baden-Baden

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-01-22

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigolett...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The new faces of opera present opera favorites in a glamorous live concert recording: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas and the highly acclaimed young...continue...

Best Relaxing Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (B...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Auger, Arleen; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Ti...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; ; Menuhin, Yehudi; Willcocks, David; Rees, Jonathan; Olah, Erno; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Foster, Lawrence; Karajan, Herbert von; Haitink, Bern...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Il Seminario Musicale; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Quartet of London; Scottish Ensemble

The first of this month's 'Best 100' series releases is the 'Best Relaxing Classics 100' album. Many people value classical music for the soothing melodies...continue...

100 Best Romantic Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics. Performed by some of the world?s leading artists. Among them are the...continue...

Best Romantic Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

The second of this month's 'Best 100' releases is the 'Best Romantic Classics 100'. A fantastic present for Valentine's Day, this 6-CD album sets the...continue...

The Opera Gala - Live From Baden-Baden / Netrebko, Garanca, Vargas, Tezier [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-01-08

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Don Carlos; Rigolett...
Performers: Garanca, Elina; Netrebko, Anna; Tezier, Ludovic; Vargas, Ramon
Conductors: Armiliato, Marco
Ensemble: Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

Deutsche Grammophon proudly presents the new faces of the opera world in a glamorous new live concert DVD: Anna Netrebko, Elina Garanca, Ramon Vargas and...continue...
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