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Holst: Works / Imogen Holst, William Bennett, Peter Graeme

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Gustav Holst: Songs (2) Without Words for chamber orchestra, Op. 22, H. 88; A Fugal Concerto, for flute, oboe & string orchestra, Op. 40/2, H. 152; The Golden Goose, choral ballet, Op. 45/1, H. 163; ...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Bennett, William; Graeme, Peter; Hurwitz, Emanuel; Sillito, Kenneth
Conductors: Holst, Imogen
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Imogen Holst (1907-1984), the composer's daughter, was a fine musician herself, an excellent conductor and naturally a persuasive exponent of her father's works. "Another splendid...continue...

Mozart 250 - A Celebration

4 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-02-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Quintet for 2 violins, 2 violas & cello no 6 in E flat major ("String ...
Performers: Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Cho-Liang, Lin; Cieslewicz, Philipp; Clevenger, Dale; De Larrocha, Alicia; Flagello, Ezio [Bass Vocals]; Galway, James [Flute...
Conductors: Davis, Colin; Szell, George; Bruno, Weil; Lockhart, James; Brico, Antonia; Leppard, Raymond; Kubelik, Rafael; Faerber, Jörg; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Kuhn, Gustav; Zukerman, Pinchas; Maazel, Lori...
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra Winds; Cleveland Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; London Symp...

J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos / Somary, ECO

2 Super Audio CD / Artemis / 2004-10-19

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: Adeney, Richard; Ballardie, Quintin; Beers, Adrian; Black, Neil; Brown, James; Gunes, Rusen; Halstead, Anthony; Hegedus, Olga; Lasker-Wallfisch), Anita Lasker (aka Anita; Lester, Harold; Miller, Tess...
Conductors: Somary, Johannes
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

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Isaac Stern - My First 79 Years

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-10-19

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for violin & piano no 7 in C minor ("Eroica"), Op. 30/2; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Trio for Piano and Strings no 5 in D major, Op. 70 no 1 "Ghost"; Johannes...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Hess, Myra; Istomin, Eugene; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Oistrakh, David; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Rose, Leonard; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Spaeter, Matthias; Stern, Isaac; Zakin, Alexander; Zuk...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Bernstein, Leonard; Katims, Milton; Barenboim, Daniel; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra

Bach: St John Passion / Britten, Pears, Howell, Harper et al

2 CD / Decca / 1995-06-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Aronowitz, Cecil; Ballardie, Quintin; Beers, Adrian; Brown, James; Burgess, Russell; Farrell, Timothy; Gatt, Martin; Graeme, Peter; Harper, Heather; Heath, Kenneth [Cello]; Hill, Jen...
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"Britten characteristically refuses to follow any set tradition, whether baroque, Victorian or whatever, and, with greater extremes of tempo than is common (often strikingly fast),...continue...

Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Mozart: Violin Concertos 1-5

3 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-05-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 1 in B flat major, K 207; Concerto for Violin no 2 in D major, K 211; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K 216; Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271...
Performers: Black, Neil; Stern, Isaac; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Szell, George; Schneider, Alexander; Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Cleveland Orchestra members; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra

The Best of Grieg

2 CD / Philips / 1993-10-12

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 16; Lyric Suite for Orchestra, Op. 54; From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Lyric Pieces (8) for piano, Book 1, Op. 1...
Performers: Ballardie, Quintin; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Kocsis, Zoltan; Kovacevich, Stephen
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra

Stephen Kovacevich's performance of Griegs piano concerto reaches beyond the technically immaculate to a degree of spontaneity and poetry rarely matched in other recordings, and...continue...

Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante, Concertone / Lin, Laredo

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-01-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Adagio for Piano in B minor, K 540; Concertone for 2 Violins in C major, K 190 (186E)
Performers: Black, Neil; Cho-Liang, Lin; Laredo, Jaime; Tunnell, Charles
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra