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Violin Lullabies - music of Brahms, Ysaye, Rebikov, Beach, Gershwin, de Falla, Sibelius, Ravel et al. / Rachel Barton Pine, violin; Matthew Hable, piano

1 CD / Cedille / 2013-04-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Eugène Ysaÿe: Rève d'enfant for violin & piano, Op 14; Vladimir Rebikov: Trois Morceaux, Op. 7; Amy Beach: Berceuse for violin & p...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Hagle, Matthew

The world's first lullabies were simple songs sung or hummed by parents cradling their infants and rocking them to sleep. After the birth of violinist...continue...
Recording information: Fay And Daniel Levin Performance Studio, WFMT, Chicago,....continue...

Spheres / Daniel Hope, violin, Jacques Ammon, Chie Peters, Juan Lucas Aisemberg and Christiane Starke

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2013-03-19

Works: Johann Paul von Westhoff: Sonate a violino solo; Ludovico Einaudi: I Giorni, for piano; Passaggio, for piano; Philip Glass: Echorus; Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Lera Auerbach...
Performers: Aisemberg, Juan Lucas; Ammon, Jacques; Carls, Jochen [Double Bass]; Hope, Daniel [Violin]; Peters, Chie [Violin]; Starke, Christiane [Cello]
Conductors: Halsey, Simon

The Times, 14th February 2013
Provocative? To a degree, though classical purists shouldn't shriek too loudly...Hope dances a path through a string of otherworldly new pieces,...continue...
Personnel: Daniel Hope (violin).

Recording information: Funkhaus Berlin, Nalepastraáe (06/2012-07/2012)....continue...

Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Violin Encores - Meditation; Salut d'Amour; Liebeslied et al. / Kyung Wha Chung; Joshua Bell; Nicola Benedetti

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); John Williams: Schindler's List; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Gadfly Suite; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Edward Elgar: Salut d'amour; Camille S...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Bell, Joshua; Benedetti, Nicola; Benson, Clifford; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Grynyuk, Alexei; Jansen, Janine; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mintz, Shlomo; Moll, Phi...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Wordsworth, Barry; Dutoit, Charles; Fischer, Iván;
Ensemble: ; Roby Lakatos Ensemble

This collection of popular encores celebrates the instrument's glittering brilliance and features some of the world's greatest violinists. It contains the intense lyricism of Massenet,...continue...

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...

Le Charme de la Vieille Europe - Music for violin & orchestra by Warlock, Saint-Saens; Faure; Hemsi et al. / Roberto Sawicki, violin

1 CD / Doron / 2012-09-06

Works: Peter Warlock: Capriol Suite, for full orchestra; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Déluge, op. 45; Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83; Gabriel Fauré: Shylock, op. 57; Ber...
Performers: Sawicki, Roberto
Conductors: Sawicki, Roberto
Ensemble: ; Orchestre de Lancy-Geneve

Steven Staryk: A Retrospective, Vol. 2 "Violin Gems" works by Schubert, Kreisler, Wieniawski, Ravel, Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Massenet, Faure, Bartok, and Sarasate

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-09-06

Works: Franz Schubert: Sonata, D. 385; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Schön Rosmarin, for violin & piano; Gypsy Caprice; Tambourin Chinois; Marguerite (Albumblatt) for violin & piano (transcr...
Performers: Bergman, Lisa; Corwin, Jane; Kotowska, Adela; Linzon, Robert; Parnell, Raymond; Philippe, Laurent; Staryk, Steven; Wood, Robin
Conductors: ; Gamley, Douglas; Staryk, Steven
Ensemble: ; Members of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Primas Stefan's Royal Tziganes

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Zino Francescatti, Violin: A Treasury of Studio Recordings 1931-1955 / Zino Francescatti, violin [3 CDs]

3 CD / Music & Arts / 2012-07-31

Works: Ernest Chausson: Concert for Piano, Violin and String Quartet in D major, Op. 21; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Préludes, Book 1; Maurice...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Casadesus, Robert; Faure, Maurice; Francescatti, Zino; Lanner, Max
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Cluytens, André

In late-1930s America the Great Depression raged on, affecting all parts of life, not least the arts. Whereas European violinists had once flocked to the...continue...

Mendelssohn: Trio no 1 in D Minor Op 49 / Reisenberg, Julliard String Quartet

2 CD / Romeo Records / 2012-07-18

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Sergey Rachmaninov: Sonata for cello & piano in G minor, Op. 19; Piano Pieces, Op. 10; Gabriel Fauré: Quartet for Piano and...
Performers: Carlyss, Earl; Krosnick, Joel; Mann, Robert [Violin]; Reisenberg, Nadia; Rhodes, Samuel [Viola]

Recorded live in concert, April 29th, 1980 at the Julliard Theater Nadia Reisenberg's first major American appearance was in 1922 as the featured pianist in...continue...

Gabriel Fauré: Piano Quartets nos 1 & 2, Opp. 15 & 45 / Le Sage: piano; Salque: cello; Berthaud: viola; Kashimoto: violin

1 CD / Alpha Productions / 2012-07-10

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 15; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 2 in G minor, Op. 45
Performers: Berthaud, Lise; Kashimoto, Daishin [Violin]; Le Sage, Eric; Salque, François

Between 1875 and his death in 1924, Fauré produced around 10 compositions that are among the jewels of the French chamber repertoire, written at a...continue...
Recording information: l'Auditorium MC2, Maison de la Culture de Grenoble (03/2011)....continue...

Encore!

1 CD / K2 HD Import / 2012-06-26

Works: Fritz Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro in the style of Pugnani; Marche Miniature Viennoise, for violin & piano; Apple Blossoms; Pablo de Sarasate: Spanish Dances (2) for Violin and Piano, Op. 21; Int...
Performers: McDonald, Robert; Midori

Best of Accentus - Choral works by Faure, Haydn, Brahms, Dusapin

5 CD / Naïve / 2012-06-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Johann Sebastian Bach: Komm, s&...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Costes, Pascale; Degout, Stephane; Engerer, Brigitte; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Isshiki, Kaoli; Lombard, Jean-Francois; Piau, Sa...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Accentus; Ars Nova Ensemble (Copenhagen)

Under its conductor, Laurence Equilbey, who founded accentus in 1991, the choir is committed to promoting the vocal arts as widely as possible, with more...continue...

Canciones de Cuna: works by Schumann, Schubert, Faure, Cambiasso et al. / Maria Isable Siewers, piano

1 CD / Acqua Records / 2012-04-24

Works: Robert Schumann: Albumblätter no 16 ("Schlummerlied") for piano, Op. 124/16; Franz Schubert: Lullaby; Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Manuel de Falla: P...
Performers: Anderi, Leonardo; Cambiasso, Silvia; Cappa, Goffredo; Ganz, Amiram; Pazur, Nicolas; Rosel, Christoph; Siewers, Maria Isabel; Smallman, Greg

Lullabies covers a wide spectrum of both time periods and cultures. The journey begins in the 16th century, with a Catalan lullaby "El Noi de...continue...
Recording information: Domovina, Prague, Czech Republic (2010); Estudio ION, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010); Estudio Rapp, Buenos Aires, Argentina (2010); Weston Parish Church, Weston, Hertfordshire, ...continue...

Canto Ergo Sum / Benjamin Isachsen, soprano; Magne Draagen, organ; Berit Cardas, violin

1 CD / Lawo Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: Ich halte treulich still, for voice & continuo (Schemelli Gesangbuch no 657), BWV 466; Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (af...
Performers: Cardas, Berit; Draagen, Magne H.

A unique opportunity to experience a gifted young person with a big heart for serious music! When the time came for Benjamin to find a...continue...
Recording information: Ullern Church, Oslo, Norway (2008-06-19_2006-06-20&2006-)....continue...

Moods: Relaxation, Dream, Lullabies / Surrounding Yourself with Classical Music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D major; Suite in C minor; Sonata no 2 in A minor; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in A major, for bassett clarinet and strings...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Booth, Jane; Boucher, Remi; Brock, Aaron; Dubeau, Angele; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Fiset, Marianne; Kay, Francine; Lapointe, Jean Francois; McMahon, Michael; Mil...
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne; Talmi, Yoav; ; Patenaude, Gilbert; Hanson, George
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Caprice; La Pietà (Orchestra)

Ciel de Paris

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-01-10

Works: Édith Piaf: La vie en rose, song; Yves Hubert Giraud: Sous le ciel de Paris (Under Paris Skies), song; Marguerite Monnot: Hymne à l'amour; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gabriel Fauré...
Performers: Belasco, Bill; Hurley, Jim; McKeehan, Doug; Muhawi, Jennifer

Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection

144 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Mazurka for piano no 35 in C minor, Op. 56/3, CT. 85; Concerto...
Performers: Courte, Robert; Dalley, John; Feuermann, Emanuel; Fournier, Pierre; Frezin, Adolphe; Heifetz, Jascha; Kochanski, Pawel; Mayes, Samuel; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arpad; S...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; ; Ormandy, Eugene; Golschmann, Vladimir; Dorati, Antal; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Steinberg, William; Toscanini, Arturo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Munch, Charles; Susskind, ...
Ensemble: ; Pro Arte Piano Quartet

From December on, "Arthur Rubinstein The Complete Album Collection" will be the world's biggest CD edition for a solo artist according to Guinness World Records

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Noel: Music for the Season by Charpentier, Fauré, Gounod, Poulenc, Langlais et al.

1 CD / Westminister Choir College / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: In Nativitatem Domini Nostri Jesu Christi Canticum; Christmas Traditional: Quelle est cette odeur agréable? (Whence is that goodly fragrance?) (French); Bring a Torch, ...
Performers: Aronson, Justine; Batsios, Alexandra; Carruth, Amy; Cowan, Ken; Cowan, Lisa; Davis, Trey; Edmonds, David [Percussion]; Gillespie, Fiona; Heijink, Hank; Jackson, Chris [Bass vocals]; Larmore, Jennifer...
Conductors: Miller, Joe
Ensemble: ; Westminster Choir

Praised by American Record Guide as the "gold standard for American academic choirs," the Westminster Choir has performed and recorded with virtually every major orchestra...continue...
Recording information: The Cathedral Church of Saint John the Divine and St. G (04/2010)....continue...

My First Classical Music Album / various artists

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-11-15

Works: Gioachino Rossini: William Tell Overture; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Spring; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchest...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Devoyon, Pascal [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Kang, Dong-Suk [Violin]; Nishizaki, Takako; Schuster, Jurgen; Thiollier, Francois-Joel [Piano]; Tichy, Georg
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Alsop, Marin; Dvorak, Jaroslav; Drahos, Béla; Rondin, Mats; Müller-Brühl, Helmut; Bogár, István; Lenárd, Ondrej; Jean, Kenne...

'Da-da-da-DAAAAH, Da-da-da-DAAAAH': listen to track 7 and see if you recognize that music! It's one of the most famous pieces of classical music ever written....continue...

Fauré: Complete Chamber Music for Strings and Piano / Angelich, Capucon, Dalberto, et. Al.

5 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-10-18

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A major, Op. 13; Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Romance for Violin and Piano in B flat major, Op. 28; Andante for Violin...
Performers: Angelich, Nicholas; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Dalberto, Michel; Merlin, Raphael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quatour Ebene

Fauré's chamber music is here performed by nine leading French-born musicians - violinist Renaud Capuçon and cellist Gautier Capuçon, the talented brothers who were featured...continue...

ASM35: The Complete Musician / Anne Sofie Mutter, violin [38 CDs / 2 DVDs]

40 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-10-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219; Sonata for Violin and Piano in E minor, K 304 (300c); Concerto for Violin...
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Borucinska, Krystyna; Giuranna, Bruno; Harrell, Lynn; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meneses, Antonio; Moll, Phillip; Muller-Schott, Daniel; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Orkis, Lambert [Keyboard...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Sacher, Paul; Lutoslawski, Witold; Ozawa, Seiji; Levine, James; Previn, Andre; Penderecki, Krzysztof; ; Masur, Kurt; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Gergiev, Valery; Krenz, Jan
Ensemble: ; Trondheim Soloists (Trondheimsolistene)

August 23rd, 2011 is Anne-Sophie Mutter's 35th anniversary on stage. DG fetes the violinist with this limited edition set of 38 CDs in original jacket...continue...

Music by Monti, Fauré, Ravel, Gershwin et al. / Katharine Gowers, violin; Charles Owen, piano

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Vittorio Monti: Czardas; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Maurice Ravel: Pièce en forme de Habañera; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Claude Debussy: Beau soir; ...
Performers: Gowers, Katherine; Owen, Charles

Faure: Requiem / Sunhae Im, Konrad Jarnot, Max Hanft - Peter Dijkstra

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-09-06

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, for chorus, FP 97
Performers: Fleckstein, Barbara; Giglberger, Daniel; Hanft, Max; Im, Sunhae; Jarnot, Konrad
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: ; Bavarian Radio Symphony Choir

Faure: Requiem Op.48, Pelleas Et Melisande Suite, Three Melodies, Etc.

1 CD / Scandinavian Classic / 2011-08-30

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Rêve d'amour, Op. 5 no 2; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Aurore, Op. 39 no 1; Pavane, Op. 50
Performers: Mertova, Nadezda; Spang-Hanssen, Ulrik; Zanasi, Furio; Zdvihal, Petr
Conductors: Bostock, Douglas
Ensemble: Chamber Philharmonic of Bohemia

Fauré: Requiem / John Rutter - Cambridge Singers

1 CD / Collegium / 2011-07-26

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Tantum ergo, for vocal soloists, 3-part women's chorus & organ in E major, Op. 65/2; Ave Maria, sacred song for mezzo-soprano (or baritone) & o...
Performers: Ashton, Caroline; Holton, Ruth; Scott, John; Stantage, Simon; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Rutter, John
Ensemble: Cambridge Singers

2010 sees the re-release at mid-price of John Rutter's Gramophone Award-winning 1984 recording of Faure's Requiem. The first-ever performance on disc of the work in...continue...
Recording information: Great Hall of University College School, London....continue...

Classical Album 2011

2 CD / Decca / 2011-06-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Franz Liszt: Liebestr...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bartoli, Cecilia; Benedetti, Nicola; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Domingo, Placido; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fisc...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo; Fischer, Adam; Levine, James; Abbado, Claudio; Chailly, Riccardo; Armiliato, Marco; Lanchbery, John; Fischer, Iván; Dutoit, Charles; Ahronovitch, Yuri; Mackerras, Charles, Sir;...
Ensemble: ; International Chamber Soloists

This stunning collection showcases the greatest stars of classical music with dazzling performances from Gustavo Dudamel, Cecilia Bartoli, Lang Lang and Anna Netrebko, to name...continue...

La Capricieuse / transcriptions for violin and accordian

1 CD / Tudor / 2011-04-26

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Violinkonzert no 2, Op. 7; Cantabile e Valtz in E major; Edward Elgar: La capricieuse, Op. 17; Edvard Grieg: Waltz, lyric piece for piano, Op. 12/2; Fritz Kreisler: The Rosary,...
Performers: Paetsch Neftel, Michaela; Pipczynski, Wieslaw

"Can the accordion replace the piano as an accompaniment to the violin? Absolutely! There are hardly any technical obstacles: virtuosic accordionists already adapt the trickiest...continue...
Recording information: Kunst- und Kulturzentrum, Kehrsatz, Bern (03/20/2009-03/22/2009)....continue...

50 Best Violin

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons), Concerto no 1 in E "La primavera" (Spring); Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Giuseppe Tartini: Sonata for Vi...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Gililo...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Tetzlaff, Christian; Pritchard, John; Boult, Adrian; Karajan, Herbert von; Kurtz, Efrem; Dervaux, Pierre; Domingo, Placido; Ozawa, Seiji; Bergl...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante

Rare French Works for Violin and Orchestra - Cantaloube, Faure, Guiroud, Lalo, Saint-Saens / Philippe Graffin, violin / Ulster Orchestra, Thierry Fischer

1 CD / Hyperion / 2011-03-08

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Concerto for Violin in D minor (fragment), Op. 14; Camille Saint-Saëns: Morceau de concert, for violin & orchestra in G major, Op. 62; Edouard Lalo: Fantaisie norveggienn...
Performers: Graffin, Philippe
Conductors: Fischer, Thierry
Ensemble: ; Ulster Orchestra

This is a collection of absolute gems. The one-movement Concerto by Fauré is the only movement to have survived from an original three-movement violin concerto,...continue...
Recording information: Ulster Hall, Belfast (05/31/2001-06/01/2001)....continue...

Beau Soir / violinist Janine Jansen

1 CD / Decca / 2011-02-22

Works: Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Beau soir; Clair de lune; Richard Dubugnon: La Minute Exquise, for violin & piano; Hypnos, for violin & piano; Retour à Montfort-Lamaury, ...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Jansen, Janine

For her first recital recording celebrated Dutch virtuoso Janine Jansen has chosen a program of French music performed with celebrated pianist Itamar Golan. The album,...continue...
Recording information: Teldex Studio, Berlin (05/14/2010-05/17/2010).

Evening, night, and morning seems to be the progression in the program music chosen by violinist Janine Jansen and pianist ...continue...

Essential Violin

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-02-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in A minor, BWV 1041; Concerto for two violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Violin in E, BWV 1042; Partita no 3 in ...
Performers: Barbizet, Pierre; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Haendel, Ida; Kogan, Leonid; Kremer, Gi...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Accardo, Salvatore; Menuhin, Yehudi; Oistrakh, David; Boult, Adrian; Domingo, Placido; Susskind, Walter; Kurtz, Efrem; Karajan, Herbert von; Kondrashin, Kirill; Erede, Alberto; Ozawa, ...
Ensemble: ; I Virtuosi Italiani

Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...continue...

Accentus / Concerto Köln

4 CD / Naïve / 2010-11-16

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Rückert Lieder (5); Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3; Die zwei blauen Augen, song for low voice & piano (or orchestra) (Lie...
Performers: Anorga, Solange; Breslick, Pavel; Champion, Romain; Degout, Stephane; Henry, Christophe; Hery, Luc; Maurer, Daniel; Piau, Sandrine; Saraf, Aurelie; Weisser, Johannes; Wieder-Atherton, Sonia
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln ; Maîtrise de Paris ; Monts du Reuil

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

Seasons ... Dreams / Anne Akiko Meyers

1 CD / E1 Music Entertainment / 2010-09-28

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Beau soir ("Lorsque au soleil couchant les rivières sont roses"), song for voice & piano, L. 6; Richard Wagner: Träume (Dreams) for viol...
Performers: Ceysson, Emmanuel; Meyers, Anne Akiko [Violin]; Uchida, Reiko

On her latest recording, violinist Anne Akiko Meyers takes us on a musical journey that begins in a hushed gentle dreamscape and ends with languorous...continue...

Brahms, Schumann, Franck, Lekeu: Violin Sonatas, etc / Christian Ferras, Pierre Barbizet

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2010-07-13

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Guillaume Lekeu: Sonata for cello & piano in G major; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Sonata for ...
Performers: Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Barbizet, Pierre; Ferras, Christian [Violin]

This set contains a selection of the recordings by the great French violinist focusing on his prowess as a chamber musician. Ferras was born in...continue...

Normandie et Impressionisme

2 CD / Skarbo / 2010-07-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Syrinx; Chansons de Bilitis, incidental music for narrator, 2 flutes, 2 harps & celesta, L. 96; Clair de lune; Sonata for Flute, Viola and Harp; Prélude à l'après...
Performers: Audibert, Florent; Blondel, Agathe; Dutreil, Melanie; Erbsloh, Christian; Falala, Jean-Christophe; Iglesia, Patrick Dussart de la; Lerber, Ursula von; Luzzati, Constance; Peters, Jane; Shahroudi, Kou...
Conductors: Leroux, Xavier

Recording information: l'Hémicycle de l'Hôtel du Département de Seine Maritime (02/04/2010-02/09/2010)....continue...

50 Best Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto no 1 in E 'La primavera'; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Double Concerto in D mi...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Eisenberg, Matthias; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Gutierrez, Horacio; Harper, Heather; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew; Plasson, Michel; Ormandy...

David Nadien Plays Franck, Debussy, Fauré, Rachmaninoff-Heifetz, Prokofiev

1 CD / Cembal d'amour / 2010-06-08

Works: César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Serge...
Performers: Bogin, Abba; Hancock, David [Piano]; Nadien, David; Ricci, Ruggiero

Destined to become a collectors' sought after recording, the legendary violinist David Nadien in the previously unreleased studio recordings & rare live performance with great...continue...

Romantic & Virtuoso Works

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2010-05-04

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A major, Op. 13; Karl Goldmark: Concerto in A minor, Op. 28; Fritz Kreisler: Recitativo and Scherzo-Caprice for Violin solo, Op. 6; Henryk Wi...
Performers: Pakhomov, Maxim; Zynszajn, Steven [Violin]

Recording information: Austrian Cultural Forum, New York City (07/2007)....continue...

Jascha Heifetz plays Fauré, Debussy, Saint-Saens

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2010-04-03

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A major, Op. 13; Claude Debussy: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G minor; Camille Saint-Saëns: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D minor,...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Heifetz, Jascha

The French repertoire for violin and piano could rely on an extraordinary and privileged performer: Jascha Heifetz. Unfortunately he restricted his interest and attention (as...continue...

Song of the Triumphant Love

2 CD / Ars Musici / 2010-03-30

Works: Pauline Viadot-Garcia: Sonatina for violin & piano in A minor; Iwan Turgenjew: Lied der triumphierenden Liebe; Pauline Viardot: Romance for violin & piano in D major; Ernest Chausson: Poème fo...
Performers: Imboden, Stephan; Schneider, Ulf [Violin]

Recording information: Rolf-Liebermann-Studio des NDR Hamburg.

Includes morceaux (6) for violin & piano by Pauline Viadot-Garcia....continue...

Best Violin 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in A major, Op. 2 no 2/RV 31; Fritz Kreisler: Sonata for Violin in G minor 'The De...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Barbizet, Pierre; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Chang, Sarah; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Domingo,...
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; ; Halstead, Anthony; Accardo, Salvatore; Pritchard, John; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Boult, Adrian; Kondrashin, Kirill; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Dervaux, Pierre; Previn...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Europa Galante; Hanover Band

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

Fauré: Requiem / David Hill, Simon Keenlyside, Nancy Argenta, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Pierre Villette: O salutaris hostia, for chorus, Op. 21; O magnum mysterium, Op 53; Jean Roger-Ducasse: Regina coeli laetare
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Burrows, Kenan; Farr, Stephen; Keenlyside, Simon; Studt, Richard
Conductors: Hill, David
Ensemble: Bournemouth Sinfonietta

Fauré, Brahms: Violin Sonatas / Greening-Valenzuela, Hsu

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-10-13

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in A major, Op. 13; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 100
Performers: Greening-Valenzuela, James; Hsu, Madeleine DeMory

Award-winning violinist James Greening-Valenzuela teams with French pianist Madeleine DeMory Hsu to present these two staples of violin literature and pleasurable listening....continue...

Best of Joshua Bell - The Decca Years

3 CD / Decca / 2009-09-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ("Turkish") K. 219; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 77; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/1; Gabr...
Performers: Bell, Joshua; Coker, Paul; Isserlis, Steven; Mustonen, Olli [Conductor/Piano]; Sanders, Samuel [Piano]; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Maag, Peter; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

This is the very 1st 'Best of Joshua Bell' album to ever be released! Highlighting the essential moments of Joshua Bell's career on Decca, this...continue...

Showpieces for Violin and Orchestra / Graffin, Menuhin

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Ernest Chausson: Poème for Violin and Orchestra in E flat major, Op. 25; Gabriel Fauré: Berceuse for Violin and Orchestra in D major, Op. 16; Henryk Wieniawski: Fantasy brillante on Gou...
Performers: Graffin, Philippe
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Violin Magic

1 CD / Supraphon Import / 2009-06-30

Works: Zdenek Fibich: At Twilight, Op. 39 "Summer Evening"; Václav Vackár: Remembering Zbiroh; Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; Claude Debussy: Beau soir; Johann Sebastian Ba...
Performers: Bouskova, Jana; Demeterova, Gabriela; Matlov, Tereza
Conductors: Chalupecky, Jan
Ensemble: Czech Philharmonic Collegium

Fauré, Ravel, Hersant: Piano Trios / Trio Cérès

1 CD / Oehms / 2009-06-30

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Trio for Piano and Strings in D minor, Op. 120; Maurice Ravel: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello in A minor; Philippe Hersant: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello
Performers: Boutin, Noemie; Dieudegard, Julien; Vitaud, Jonas
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Cérès

Sacred Classics

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2009-06-02

Works: Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; César Franck: Panis angelicus; Anonymous: Haily holy Queen; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Johannes Brahms: Gesänge (2) for Alto, Viola and Piano, Op. 91; A...
Performers: Fillmer, Les; Flaniken, Angie; Furuto, Bonnie; Gunter, Marsha; Kluz, Derek; Price, Adrianne; Rodgers, Melanie; Strickland, JoAnn