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50 Best Sensual Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: James Horner: Titanic; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Concerto for Piano ...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bran, Tim; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Bumbry, Grace; Callas, Maria; Cortez, Viorica; Dalton, Mitchell; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Garello, Raul; Garrett...
Conductors: ; Jansons, Mariss; Foster, Lawrence; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Roth, François-Xavier; Goodwin, Ron; Thompson, Bryden; Plasson, Michel; Barry, John; Love, Geoff; Barbirolli, John; Fedotov, Viktor; Boul...
Ensemble: ; Ahn Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks of sensual music from the catalogues of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics performed by some of the world's finest...continue...

The Very Best of Mirella Freni

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La rondine; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Suor Angelica; Turandot; Pietro Mascagni: L'amico Fritz; Francesco Cil...
Performers: Corelli, Franco; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Malagu, Stefania; Vilma, Michele
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Schippers, Thomas; Magiera, Leone; Votto, Antonino; Lombard, Alain; Klemperer, Otto; Ferraris, Franco; Karajan, Herbert von

Mirella Freni was one of Herbert von Karajan's favorite signers; indeed, he is known to have commented that if he could have any voice in...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...

The Best Relaxing Classical Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Jules Massenet: Médit...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Kalafusz, Hans; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Millet, Danielle; Ogdon, John; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Boult, Adrian; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo;
Ensemble: ; Vienna String Sextet

Arabian Nights: Rimsky Korsakov, Tchaikovsky, Glasunov & Delibes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; The Golden Cockerel, suite; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, suite; Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, ballet; Léo Delibes: Lakmé, opera in three...
Performers: Carol, Norman; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Lanchbery, John; Matacic, Lovro von; Kurtz, Efrem; Lombard, Alain

Music Painters [5 CDs]

7 CD / Naïve / 2012-01-31

Works: Maurice Ravel: Une barque sur l'océan, for orchestra; Rêves, song for voice & piano; Daphnis et Chloé Suite no 1; Deux mélodies hébraïques (Two Hebraic Melodies); Conc...
Performers: Armstrong, Louis; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barreaux, Gerard; Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Bon, Maarten; Bostridge, Ian; Bruns, Peter; Cabasso, Laurent; Casals, Pablo; Cassard, Philippe; Ch...
Conductors: Krivine, Emmanuel; Robertson, David; Equilbey, Laurence; ; Grindenko, Anatoly; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Mihaylov, Zdravko; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Spering, Christoph; Jean, Kenneth; Halász, Michael;...
Ensemble: ; Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars; Duo Campion-Vachon; Ensemble Kasbek; Louis Armstrong & His Hot Five; Rare Fruits Council; Tempo Jazz Men; Végh Quartet

Baby to Be / Tender Classical Music for Your Unborn Baby

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D, BWV 1068; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade no ...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Donohoe, Peter; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Mehta, Zubin; Lanchbery, John; Muti, Riccardo; Welser-Möst, Franz; Santini, Gabriele

Baby to Be is a beautiful collection of tender Classical music for the unborn child. With serene Classical music from greats like Mozart, Brahms, Bach...continue...

Love Classics: Favorite Love Duets / Puccini, Verdi, Donizetti, Delibes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La Traviata; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gaetano Doniz...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Burles, Charles; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Gruberova, Edita; Kraus, Alfredo [Ten...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Rescigno, Nicola; Bartoletti, Bruno; Levine, James; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Now! Classical

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lavender; Robert Prizeman: Gloria, for chorus (after the 3rd movement of Saint-Saën's Symphony no 3); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bocelli, Andrea; Brightman, Sarah; Chang, Sarah; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jenkins, Katherine; Kissin, Evgeni; Korcia, Laurent; Li, Yundi [Piano]; Masri, Mark; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Daniell...
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Hess, Nigel; Prizeman, Robert; Herbert, Sally; Lombard, Alain; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Marriner, Sir Neville; Wendeberg, Michael

About half of the tracks on EMI's collection Now! Classical are devoted to popular and well-known classical selections and about half are crossover hits performed by crossover stars. The classical pie...continue...

50 Best Opera

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le Nozze di Figaro; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia; Giuseppe Verdi: Don ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bastin, Jules; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Blanc, Ernest; Caballe, Montserrat; Call...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

50 Best Relaxing Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Serenade in G "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Così fan tutte, K 588; Sonata for Piano no 11, K331; Concerto for Piano no 20, K466...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Farr, St...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Boult, Adrian; ; Olah, Erno; Ozawa, Seiji; Hill, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Slatkin, Leonard; Bar...
Ensemble: ; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble

Zen Voices

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Caballe, Montserrat; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Hallenberg, Ann; Hendricks, Barbara...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Equilbey, Laurence; Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, A...
Ensemble: ; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Kammer Ensemble de Paris; Nash Ensemble

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

Icon - Mirella Freni - Mascagni: L'amico Fritz, etc / Pavarotti, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Don Pasquale; L' elisi...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bruscantini, Sesto; Cappuccilli, Piero; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Garbi, Francesca; Gedda, Nicolai; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Malagu, St...
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto; Downes, Edward; Muti, Riccardo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Schippers, Thomas; Plasson, Michel; Lombard, Alain; Karajan, Herbert von; Ferraris, Franco; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Votto, A...

Like her frequent stage partner and friend Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni was also born in 1935, a native of Modena, Italy. Freni had a long...continue...

Courbet - les musiques - Chopin, etc / Sokolov, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Prelude for piano no 14 in E flat minor, Op. 28/14, CT. 179; Prelude for piano no 4 in E minor, Op. 28/4, CT. 169; Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Hector Berlioz: Symphoni...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Blumenthal, Daniel; Cabasso, Laurent; Engerer, Brigitte; Gastinel, Anne; Guy, François-Frederic; Heisser, Jean-François; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Hurel, Juliette; ...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Eschenbach, Christoph; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Lombard, Alain; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Orchestre de Paris; ORTF National Orchestra

Courbet's output displays an astonishing range of subjects, styles, and formats. It conveys a well-nigh revolutionary creative force which may recall that of the great...continue...

Best Relaxing Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (B...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Auger, Arleen; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayless, John [Composer/Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Beasley-Murray, Ti...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; ; Menuhin, Yehudi; Willcocks, David; Rees, Jonathan; Olah, Erno; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Foster, Lawrence; Karajan, Herbert von; Haitink, Bern...
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Il Seminario Musicale; London Philharmonic Orchestra Wind Ensemble; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Quartet of London; Scottish Ensemble

The first of this month's 'Best 100' series releases is the 'Best Relaxing Classics 100' album. Many people value classical music for the soothing melodies...continue...

Instant Classics - Bizet: Carmen

1 CD / Naïve / 2007-11-20

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera
Performers: Castets, Maryse; Leguerinel, Franck; Olmeda, Martine; Papis, Christian; Texier, Vincent le; Tregan, Thierry; Uria-Monzon, Beatrice
Conductors: Lombard, Alain

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Best Opera Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Be...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von; Barbirolli, John...

An impressive collection of the best-loved opera arias ever, sung by the world's greatest stars: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Maria Callas, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf,...continue...

Musiques à Orsay - Debussy, etc

1 CD / Naïve / 2005-10-18

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Maurice Ravel: Jeux d'eau; Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet; Claude Debussy: Les a...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bauer, Marc; Beroff, Michel; Bouquet, Carole; Brezynski, Daniel; Castets, Maryse; Desjardins, Dominique; Holzmair, Wolfgang; Kruysen, Bernard; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Paul; Moragu...
Conductors: Rosenthal, Manuel; Lombard, Alain; Equilbey, Laurence; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Accentus Chamber Choir; Bordeaux Aquitaine Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Frances Musee dOrsay is an historic building, in which all of the arts from the second half of the 19th century are represented. The works...continue...

100 Best Opera Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-07-19

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Così fan tutte, K 588; Gioachino Rossini: Il ba...
Performers: Adam, Theo; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baltsa, Agnes; Bastin, Jules; Behrens, Hildegard; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Sopr...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Böhm, Karl; Levine, James; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Serafin, Tullio; Mehta, Zubin; Ceccato, Aldo; Karajan, Herbert von;...

This six CD set contains the most important sections of key Operas through history. 100 Best Opera Classics is the companion to last years 100...continue...

The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-07-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Nabucco; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Il Trovatore; Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butter...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Allen, Thomas; Armstrong, Richard [Conductor]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barbirolli, John, Sir [Conductor]; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Berbié, Jane; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Blanc, Erne...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Armstrong, Richard; Schippers, Thomas; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Santini, Gabriele; Kohn, Eugene; Prêtre, Georges; Levine, James; Chung, Myung-Whun; ...
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Opera Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; National P...

This collection contains both stereo and monaural, and both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Nadine Sautereau, Montserrat Caballé, Maria Callas, Helga Dernesch , Mirella Freni, Edita Gru...continue...

The Most Relaxing Classical Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1999-03-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Caballe, Montserrat; Collard, Jeanine; du Pre, Jacqueline; Ellis, Osian; Ferrier, Kathleen; Galway, James [Flute]; Gavrilov, Andrei; Helmis, Fritz; Ho...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Frémaux, Louis; Thompson, Bryden; Lombard, Alain; Kurtz, Efrem; Kaspszyk, Jacek; Karajan, Herbert von; Lysy, Alberto; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra

Personnel: Jocelyn Pook (vocals, violin, viola, keyboards); Kathleen Ferrier, Melanie Pappenheim (vocals); Montserrat Caballé, Zofia Kilanowicz, Mady Mesplé (soprano); Jeannine Collard, Dani...continue...

The Best Classical Album in the World... Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 1996-04-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; John Williams: Schindler's List; Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Donohoe, Peter; du Pré, Jacqueline; Erdbeer, Johannes; Galway, James...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Sutherland, Iain; Karajan, Herbert von; Muti, Riccardo; Previn, Andre; Sanderling, Kurt; Myers, Stanley; Tennstedt, Klaus; Cu, Ismael Fernandez de la; ...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Benedictine Monks of Santo Domingo de Silos; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; King's College Choir of Cambridg...

This set includes both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

The Most Famous Opera Duets

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-04-16

Works: Georges Bizet: The Pearl Fishers, opera; Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Z...
Performers: Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Bonisolli, Franco; Brendel, Wolfgang; de los Angeles, Victoria; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Gedda, Nicolai; Grist, Reri [Soprano Vocals...
Conductors: Dervaux, Pierre; Barbirolli, John; Barenboim, Daniel; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Lombard, Alain; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Giulini, Carlo Maria; S...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; French National Radio Orchestra; Paris Opéra Comique Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Aria - A Passion for Opera

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-02-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Tosca; La Rondine; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, oper...
Performers: Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Corelli, Franco; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Gobbi, Tito; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle
Conductors: Prêtre, Georges; Matacic, Lovro von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; Rudel, Julius; Galliera, Alceo; Ferraris, Franco; Lombard, Alain; Serafin...
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Orchestra; Paris Opéra Comique Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra