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The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Francoeur, Philidor: Festive and Ceremonial Music for Versailles

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Hugo Reyne: Generale de la garde francaise (after Lully & André Philidor); Appels de chasse; Anonymous, French: L'Assemblée; L'Ordonnance pour le fifre; André Danican Philidor: L...
Performers: Dumestre, Vincent; Pierlot, Philippe; Reyne, Hugo
Conductors: Reyne, Hugo

Songs from American / Patricia Petibon, American Boychoir

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; Old American Songs, Set 2; Samuel Barber: Mélodies passagères, Op. 27; Songs (4), Op. 13; James D'Angelo: The Loves of Krishna; The Dance of Kr...
Performers: American Boychoir; Bayl, Benjamin; D'Angelo, James; Goeman, Thomas; Harris, Timothy; Johnson, Matthew; Jr., Jonathon Luff; King, Catherine; Manoff, Susan; Miller, Justin Lee; Morse, Gregory; Petibon,...

The whimsically named FAST CATS AND MYSTERIOUS COWS is a joyous collection of American songs for both choir and solo voice. Some of America's finest composers are represented in this collection, inclu...continue...

The Best of Baroque

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Henry Purcell: Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge"; George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437; Co...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Cavasanti, Lorenzo; Gens, Veronique; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Huggett, Monica; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Briger, Alex; Cleobury, Stephen; Norrington, Roger; Christie, William; Reyne, Hugo; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Biondi, Fabio; Rees, Jonathan
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; Europa Galante; Il Seminario Musicale; King's College Choir, Cambridge; La Simphonie du Marais; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical ...

Handel: Delirio / Dessay, Haïm, Le Concert d'Astrée

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2006-01-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Il Delirio amoroso; Sorgi il dì, HWV 72 "Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo"; Mi palpita il cor, cantata, HWV 132
Performers: Beaugiraud, Patrick; Degand, Stephanie-Marie; Dessay, Natalie; Gaillard, Heloise; Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Sakai, Atsushi
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle

This album features Cantatas of George Frideric Handel that owe their writing to the young composer's sojourn to Italy; they are some of his most...continue...

Pachelbel's Canon and Other Baroque Favorites

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2005-01-11

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Laetatus sum, RV 607; Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Flute in G mino...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Bury, Alison; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Holloway, John; Krueger, Christopher; Lawrence-King, Andrew; See, Janet; Staff, David; Verbruggen, Marion
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew
Ensemble: Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

This collection is indeed a rich cross-section of Baroque music, and many of the works are indeed familiar. But equally noteworthy, this compilation showcases the...continue...

Scarlatti: Concerti & Sinfonie / Biondi, Europa Galante

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2002-05-07

Works: Alessandro Scarlatti: Clori, Dorino e Amore, serenata for 3 voices, chorus & instruments; Concerti grossi (6) ("VI Concertos in Seven Parts"); Sonata in A minor; Domenico Scarlatti: Sinfonia no 7 for...
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Colitto, Lorenzo; Köll, Margret; Naddeo, Maurizio; Negri, Raffaello; Zejfart, Petr
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: Europa Galante

"Fabio Biondi has by now established himself and his Europa Galante group as not only one of the most exciting and imaginative of today's period-style...continue...

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos / Huggett, Age of Enlightenment

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G m...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Timothy; Bury, Alison; Campbell, Richard; Cunningham, Sarah [Viola da gamba]; Dent, Susan; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Con...