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At Home with Friends

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-09-29

Works: George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; John Dowland: Come Again; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Ennio Morricone: Cinema Paradiso; Traditional: Para Ti; Richard Rodgers: My Funny Valentine; I'll Take Manhattan...
Performers: Abt-Greenfield, Meryl; Bell, Joshua; Blinn, David; Botti, Chris; Bush, Sam; Chatterjee, Samir; Chenoweth, Kristin; Childs, Billy; Denk, Jeremy; Eggar, Dave [Piano]; Erdody, Stephen; Finck, David; Gro...
Conductors: Redford, J.A.C.;
Ensemble: ; Tiempo Libre

The concept of 'At Home With Friends' was inspired by Bell's long-time practice of holding "musical soirees" at his New York residence - eclectic gatherings...continue...
Personnel: Joshua Bell (violin); Frankie Moreno, Regina Spektor (vocals, piano); Josh Groban, Kristin Chenoweth, Sting (vocals); Nathan Gunn (baritone); Sam Bush, Mike Marshall (guitar, mandolin); Ro...continue...

R. Strauss: Enoch Arden / Emanuel Ax, Patrick Stewart

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-08-28

Works: Richard Strauss: Enoch Arden, Op. 38; Pieces (5) for Piano, Op. 3
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Stewart, Patrick

Based on Tennyson's poem of love and sacrifice, Enoch Arden tells the sale of a young Scottish sailor who leaves his family to make his...continue...

The Phantom of the Opera

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-11-23

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phantom of the Opera, film score; N/A: Down Once More
Performers: Bain, Imogen; Brooke, Paul; Butler, Gerard; Callow, Simon; Cannon, Jesika; Casson, Lucy; Chopping, Oliver; Driver, Minnie; Ellis, Jonathan D.; Ellison, Jennifer; Fleet, James; Hinds, Ciaran; Hounsom,...
Conductors: Lee, Simon

Soundtrack to the long awaited film adaptation of the blockbuster stage musical....continue...
Personnel: Margaret Preece, Minnie Driver (vocals).

Recording information: EMI Abbey Road Studios, London, England; Skratch at The Palace; Skratch Studios, Surrey, England; the Hit Factory, NY;...continue...

The Phantom of the Opera [Original Motion Picture Soundtrack] [Special Edition]

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-11-23

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phantom of the Opera, film score
Performers: Bain, Imogen; Batt, Mike; Brooke, Paul; Butler, Gerard; Callow, Simon; Cannon, Jesika; Casson, Lucy; Chopping, Oliver; Driver, Minnie; Ellis, Jonathan D.; Ellison, Jennifer; Fleet, James; Hinds, Ciar...
Conductors: Lee, Simon

Expanded edition includes a bonus disc with 11 tracks....continue...

A Total Embrace: The Composer

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-09

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Symphony no 1 "Jeremiah"; Serenade for Violin and Orchestra "after Plato's Symposium"; Symphony no 2 "Age of Anxiety"; I Hate Music, cycle of "5 kid songs" for s...
Performers: Adrian, Max; Alexander, Cris [Broadway]; Bernstein, Leonard; Calin, Mickey; Chaplin, Sydney; Chorus; Comden, Betty; Cook, Barbara [pop vcl]; Cooper, Marilyn; Ensemble; Entremont, Philippe; Girls, Sha...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Chorus; Columbia Jazz Band; Columbia Wind Ensemble; Ensemble; New York City Ballet Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

Personnel: Leonard Bernstein (piano); Nancy Williams (mezzo soprano); Isaac Stern (violin); Benny Goodman (clarinet); Philippe Entremont (piano).

Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) was not only a br...continue...

Listen to the Storyteller - Marsalis, Meyer, Doyle

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-09-07

Works: Wynton Marsalis: The Fiddler and the Dancing Witch; Edgar Meyer: The Lesson of the Land; Patrick Doyle: The Face in the Lake
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Douglas, Jerry; Greene, Graham; Marsalis, Wynton; Meyer, Edgar; Winslet, Kate
Conductors: Sadin, Robert; Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: Orchestra of St. Luke's

Bernstein Century - Kaddish, Chichester Psalms

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-07-14

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Symphony no 3 ("Kaddish"), for soprano, speakers, choruses & orchestra; Chichester Psalms
Performers: Montealegre, Felicia; Tourel, Jennie
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Camerata Singers; Columbus Boychoir; New York Philharmonic

Glenn Gould Edition - Hindemith, Krenek, Strauss

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-06-27

Works: Paul Hindemith: Das Marienleben, song cycle for soprano & piano, Op. 27; Richard Strauss: Songs (3) for voice & piano (after Shakespeare's "Hamlet;" "Ophelia Lieder"), Op. 67/1-3 (TrV 238/1-; Beim Sc...
Performers: Gould, Glenn; Marshall, Lois; Rideout, Patricia; Roslak, Roxolana

Songs from the Trilogy

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-08-22

Works: Philip Glass: MEDLEY; Akhnaten; Einstein on the Beach
Performers: Andoniadis, George; Childs, Lucinda; Cummings, Claudia; Esswood, Paul; Gibson, Jon [Avant-Garde]; Glass, Philip; Hiskey, Iris; Johnson, Samuel [Reggae]; Landry, Richard; Liss, Rhonda; McFarland, Robe...
Conductors: Keene, Christopher; Davies, Dennis R.; Riesman, Michael
Ensemble: New York City Opera Chorus; New York City Opera Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Stuttgart State Opera Chorus; Stuttgart State Opera Orchestra; Stuttgart State Orchestra

Personnel: Philip Glass (organ); Iris Hiskey, Claudia Cummings, Sheryl Woods (soprano); Paul Esswood, Douglas Perry (tenor); Paul Zukofsky (violin); Richard Landry (bass clarinet); Jon Gibson (sopra...continue...