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Icon - Fritz Kreisler plays Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Elgar, etc

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-04-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin in D major, K 271a (271i); Serenade no 7 in D major, K 250 (248b) "Haffner"; Work(s); Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sonata...
Performers: Kreisler, Fritz; Raucheisen, Michael; Rupp, Franz; Sandor, Arpad; Squire, Haddon
Conductors: Ronald, Landon; Blech, Leo; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Goossens, Eugene, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin State Opera Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra

A transcendent violinist, notable composer, and overall charming maverick, Fritz Kreisler was one of the great musical personalities of our time. This 10-CD set includes...continue...

Handel: Messiah (complete) / Apollo Chorus of Chicago, et al

2 CD / Clarion / 2009-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Bachman, David; Hite, William; Jette, Maria; Rieder, Robert; Strauss, Jeffrey; Trompeter, Craig; Udzynski, Eric; Yang, Thomas
Conductors: Alltop, Stephen
Ensemble: Orchestra

When the Apollo Chorus of Chicago sings, great choral works come alive. Founded in 1872 after the Great Chicago Fire, this powerful 150-voice chorus is...continue...

Silver Screen Serenade - John Williams, etc / Oaks Baker, Bestor, et al

1 CD / Deseret Book / 2008-09-30

Works: John Williams: Far and Away; Schindler's List; Memoirs of a Geisha; George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Ennio Morricone: The Mission; Nino Rota: Romeo and Juliet; John Morris: Young Frankenstein; ...
Performers: Baker, Jenny Oaks
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orchestra

Songs you Love - Love Songs - Songs from Sunny Italy / Merrill, Peerce, Tucker

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2008-05-13

Works: Ernesto de Curtis: Torna a Surriento; Non ti scordar di me; Emanuele Nutile: Mamma mia, che vo' sapè; Arturo Buzzi-Peccia: Lolita "Spanish Serenade"; Rodolfo Falvo: Dicitencello vuie; Cesare A...
Performers: Corigliano, John, Sr. [Violin]; Merrill, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; Peerce, Jan [Tenor Vocals]; Tucker, Richard [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Antonini, Alfredo; Case, Russ; Bass, Warner
Ensemble: Columbia Concert Orchestra; Orchestra; Russ Case Orchestra

Aksel Schiotz - Danish Tenor 1933-1946, Vol 1-10

11 CD / Danacord / 2008-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56; Acis and Galatea, HWV 49; Dietrich Buxtehude: Was mich auf dieser Welt betrübt, BuxWV 105; Aperite mihi portas justitiae, BuxWV 7; Johann Sebastian Bach...
Performers: Bentzon, Johan; Boesen, Axel; Bruun, Elsa Marie; Bruun, Else Marje; Colber, Else; Grauengaard, Jorn; Hansen, Blicher; Jensen, Folmer; Koppel, Hermann D.; Koppel, Julius; Kordt, Grete; Krebs, Harald; ...
Conductors: Wöldike, Mogens; Tango, Egisto; Hye-Knudsen, Johan; Thomsen, Aage Juhl;
Ensemble: Chorus; Copenhagen Boys Choir; Danish State Radio Orchestra; Orchestra; Royal Danish Orchestra; Royal Opera House Orchestra Copenhagen

Ten years ago Danacord released the complete recordings of the famed Danish tenor Aksel Schoitz. This production was a labor of love made possible through...continue...

Heifetz - it ain't necessarily so - Legendary Classic and Jazz Studio Takes

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-10-10

Works: Samuel Gardner: From the Canebrake, for violin & piano, Op. 5; Arthur Benjamin: Jamaican Rumba; Jascha Heifetz: Beau Soir, arrangement for violin & piano (after Debussy); Jeanie with the Light Brown ...
Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Crosby, Bing; Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: Camarata, Tutti; Young, Victor
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

"For almost all his career Heifetz recorded for Victor and RCA. From 1942, however, the American recording industry was in dispute with the musicians' union,...continue...

Beethoven, Schumann, Mendelssohn / Georges Enesco

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2005-09-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 9 in A major, Op. 47 "Kreutzer"; Robert Schumann: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in D minor, Op. 121; Felix Mendelssohn: Concerto for Violin in ...
Performers: Chailley-Richez, Celiny; Enescu, Georges
Conductors:
Ensemble: Orchestra

Classical Heartbreakers

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2004-01-13

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Co...
Performers: Abel, David [Violin]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bergonzi, Carlo; Boult, Adrian, Sir [Conductor]; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Chung, Myung-Wh...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sutherland, Iain; Barbirolli, John; Serafin, Tullio; Susskind, Walter; Prêtre, Georges; Ormandy, Eug...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London ...

Personnel: Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Lucia Popp, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter, Jeannine Collard (mezzo soprano); Carlo Bergonzi (tenor); Steve Mor...continue...

Bach: Violin Sonatas, Concerto for 2 Violins / Szigeti

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2003-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Sonata for Violin solo no 2 in A minor, BWV 1003; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Concerto for Harpsichord in F m...
Performers: Flesch, Carl; Szigeti, Joseph [Violin]
Conductors: Goehr, Walter
Ensemble: Orchestra

The Great Polish Bass in Opera & Song / Marian Nowakowski

1 CD / Pearl / 2001-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. ...
Performers: Leopold, Red; Nowakowski, Marian
Conductors: Green, Philip; Fistoulari, Anatole; Braithwaite, Warwick
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

Milhaud Conducts Milhaud - Suite Française, Concertino, etc

1 CD / Dutton Laboratories / 2001-08-01

Works: Darius Milhaud: Suite française (5), for orchestra, Op. 248b; Concerto, for piano & orchestra (or 3 or 2 pianos) no 1, Op. 127; Concertino de printemps, for violin & chamber orchestra (or piano)...
Performers: Astruc, Yvonne; Kaufman, Louis; Long, Marguerite; Sellick, Phyllis; Smith, Cyril
Conductors: Milhaud, Darius
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Orchestra; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra members; Paris National Orchestra

Legendary Treasures - Jascha Heifetz Collection Vol 2

1 CD / Doremi / 1997-09-01

Performers: Bay, Emanuel; Heifetz, Jascha
Conductors: ; Voorhees, Donald
Ensemble: Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra; Orchestra

John Williams Plays the Movies

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-04-01

Works: Seal: Kiss from a Rose; Bryan Adams: Robin Hood; Alex North: Unchained Melody; Reg Presley: Love Is All Around; Nino Rota: The Godfather; Henry Mancini: Breakfast at Tiffany's; Harold Arlen: Wizard o...
Performers: Barker, Guy; Dalton, Mitch; Findon, Andy; Gunning, Pollyanna; Power, Brendan; Sillito, Kenneth; Tibbels, Nicole; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Gunning, Christopher; Gray, Steve; Fontaine, Bruno; Williams, John [Composer]; Ingman, Nick
Ensemble: Orchestra

Prima Voce - McCormack & Kreisler in Recital

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 1996-11-01

Works: Beatrice Parkyns: Le portrait; Xavier Leroux: Le nil; Erno Balogh: Caprice antique; Benjamin Godard: Jocelyn, Op 100; Moritz Moszkowski: Serenade for Violin, Op. 15; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesfreud; Capr...
Performers: Falkenstein, George; Kreisler, Fritz; Lamson, Carl; McCormack, John; O'Brien, Vincent; Schneider, Edwin; Werrenrath, Reinald
Conductors: Rogers, Walter; Pasternack, Josef
Ensemble: Orchestra

An incomparable alliance of the legendary violinist and equally legendary tenor, with a mix of arias, songs, and violin solos. Over 69 minutes of music,...continue...

The Art of Nathan Milstein - Beethoven, Brahms, Dvorák, etc

6 CD / EMI Classics / 1993-07-24

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Concerto for Violin in A minor, Op. 82; Meditation for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 32; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Violin no 2 in G minor, Op. 63; Sonata for Violin and Pi...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Firkusny, Rudolf; Milstein, Nathan; Morini, Erica; Pommers, Leon; Shapiro, Harvey [Cello]
Conductors: Steinberg, William; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Fistoulari, Anatole; Leinsdorf, Erich; Irving, Robert
Ensemble: ; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

The Recorded Violin Vol 1 - History of the Violin on Record

3 CD / Pearl / 1991-01-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 1 in B minor, BWV 1002; Sonata for Violin solo no 1 in G minor, BWV 1001; Partita for Violin solo no 3 in E major, BWV 1006; Johannes Brahms: Hungari...
Performers: Auer, Leopold; Barmas, Issay; Bax, Arnold; Benoist, André; Blinder, Naum; Burmester, Willy; Carrodus, B.M.; Catterall, Arthur; Chemet, Renée; Craxton, Harold; Dessau, Bernhard; Dunn, Jo...
Conductors: Kark, F.; Galabert
Ensemble: ; Orchestra

Isaac Stern Collection - The Early Concerto Recordings Vol 2

3 CD / Sony Classical / 1990-08-14

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, for violin & orchestra in D minor, Op. 21; Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Pablo de Sarasate: Ziegeunerweisen; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for V...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Bruch, Max; Lalo, Edouard; Saint-Saens, Camille; Sibelius, Jean; Stern, Isaac; Wieniawski, Henryk
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Waxman, Franz; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Kurtz, Efrem
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Symphony of the Air

Personnel: Isaac Stern (violin)....continue...