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Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

Essential American Classics - Over 2 hours of America's best-loved classical music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Louis Moreau Gottschalk: Bamboula, danse des nègres for piano, Op. 2, D. 13 (RO 20); Stephen Foster: My Old Kentucky Home, for voice & piano; Beautiful dreamer; Edward MacDowell: To a Wild Rose;...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Barclay, John; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; Criswell, Kim; Gardner, Simon; Glaser, Matt; Goodchild, Mark; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Voc...
Conductors: Foley, Timothy; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Slatkin, Leonard; Slatkin, Felix; Richardson, Neil; McGlinn, John; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Bátiz, Enrique; Davies, Dennis R.; Paavo, Järvi; Warren-Green,...

Big Space Adventure! / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

This fun collection highlights all the wonders of our solar system through the powerful music of Gustav Holst's The Planets and Colin Matthew's Pluto, the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (03/15/2006-03/18/2006)....continue...

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

Adès: Tevot; Violin Concerto; Couperin Dances

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Thomas Adès: Tevot, for orchestra; Concerto for Violin ("Concentric Paths"); Studies (3) from Couperin, for orchestra; Powder Her Face, opera, Op. 14; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track
Performers: Marwood, Anthony
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Adès, Thomas; Daniel, Paul

EMI Classics presents the world premiere release of three of Thomas Ades' new works recorded live, partly conducted by the composer himself, and, in the...continue...

American Counterpoint

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-26

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; Conlon Nancarrow: Canons (3) for Ursula, for piano; John Cage: Three Dances, for 2 prepared amplified pianos
Performers: Adès, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]; Grierson, Ralph; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

BBC Music Magazine
Cage's Dances are scintillatingly played...Harmonielehre is magisterial
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British Music / Sir Simon Rattle

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations; Grania and Diarmid, Op. 42; Falstaff, symphonic study for orchestra in C minor, Op. 68; Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38; Pomp a...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Elms, Roderick; Hampson, Thomas; Harrell, Lynn; Heinen, Ulrich; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Mitchinson, John; Shirley-Qui...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Halsey, Simon;
Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Members of the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchest

This new 11CD box set in the Simon Rattle Edition contains many favorites from the English repertory including Elgar's Engma Variations and Violin Concerto, Walton's...continue...

Russian Music / Sir Simon Rattle

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Alexander Borodin: Symphony no 2 in B minor; Prince Igor; Unspecified: Untitled CD-ROM Track; Sergey Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Songs...
Performers: Gavrilov, Andrei; Kok, Felix; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Ousset, Cecile; Quasthoff, Thomas
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berliner Philharmoniker

This 8 CD set contains 20th century Russian masterpieces including Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto 2, Prokofiev's Symphony 5 and the 10th Symphony of Shostakovich as well...continue...

Best 100 20th Century Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-07-28

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Lieutenant Kij...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Auger, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bream...
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Previn, Andre; Kurtz, Efrem; Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Wit, Antoni; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Best Encores 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Violin solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1005; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Orchestral...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Alpher, David; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Argerich, Martha [P...
Conductors: ; Paavo, Järvi; Litton, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Kempe, Rudolf; Friisholm, Lavard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Karajan, Herbert von; Tennstedt, Klaus; ...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

Staud: Apeiron, Violent Incidents, Peras, etc / Rattle, Zagrosek, Vavic, Berlin PO, et al

1 CD / Kairos Music Production / 2008-11-01

Works: Johannes Maria Staud: Aperion; Incipit no 3 "Esquisse retouche no 2"; Towards a Brighter Hue; Violent Incidents "Homage à Bruce Naumann"; Peras
Performers: Dierksen, Uwe; Kovacic, Ernst; Vavic, Anika; Weiss, Marcus
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Zagrosek, Lothar; Roo, Kasper de
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Cologne West German Radio Orchestra; Windkraft Tirol

American Music - Adams, Gershwin, Bernstein, Ellington, Ives, Carter, etc / Sir Simon Rattle, London PO, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; The Chairman Dances; Tromba Lontana, fanfare for orchestra; Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Charles Ives: New England Holidays Symphony; George Gershwi...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Atkinson, Lynton; Baker, Gregg; Barclay, John; Barnell, Andrew; Barrett, Brent; Barrington, Coleman; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Braithwaite, Maureen; Carter, Regina [Violin]; C...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

American classical composers often get unfairly overshadowed by their European counterparts, and a great deal of powerful, groundbreaking new music has passed under the radar...continue...

EMI American Classics - John Adams / Sir Simon Rattle, Christopher Warren-Green, London Chamber Orchestra, City of Birmingham SO, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: John Adams: Grand Pianola Music; Shaker Loops; The Chairman Dances; Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra
Conductors: Wilson, Ransom; Warren-Green, Christopher; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Chamber Orchestra

Although John Adams' musical roots were in minimalism he has, like most other composers from that school, developed an orchestral and harmonic style that uses...continue...

Holst: The Planets / Rattle

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-12-25

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer; Kaija Saariaho: Asteroid 4179; Matthias Pintscher: Towards Osiris; Mark-Anthony Turnage: Ceres; Brett Dean: Komarov's Fall...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (03/15/2006-03/18/2006)....continue...

Holst: The Planets / Rattle, Berliner Philharmoniker

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Colin Matthews: Pluto, the Renewer; Kaija Saariaho: Asteroid 4179; Matthias Pintscher: Towards Osiris; Mark-Anthony Turnage: Ceres; Brett Dean: Komarov's Fall...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Chorus

A high-profile release of the Holst masterpiece 'The Planets' is long overdue, the Berlin Philharmonic having last recorded it with the legendary Herbert von Karajan...continue...

Holt: Boots of Lead, Feet of Clay, etc / Rattle, Brabbins

1 CD / NMC Classics / 2005-01-06

Works: Simon Holt: Kites, for chamber ensemble; Feet of Clay, for solo cello; eco-pavan, for piano & ensemble; Boots of Lead, for mezzo-soprano & ensemble; Lilith
Performers: Barnell, Andrew; Bradley, Christopher; Cookhorn, Margaret; Ellis, James; Heard, Robert; Heinen, Ulrich; Hind, Rolf; Johnston, Robert; Leaver, Richard; Lilley, Colin; Limbrick, Simon; Manasse, Robert;...
Conductors: Brabbins, Martyn; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group

Americana - Adams, Bernstein, Ellington, et al / Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-03-09

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Story of my life; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy and Bess; Felix Bernard: The Dardanella Blues, song; Walter Donaldson: Makin' Whoopee; Lindsay ...
Performers: Allen, Geri; Blackwell, Harolyn [Soprano Vocals]; Carter, Regina [Violin]; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City Of Caterpillar; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; Donohoe, Peter; Evans, Da...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; London Sinfonietta

This new compilation represents over 75 minutes of the very best of Simon Rattle's recordings of American music presented in his unique, exciting and dynamic...continue...
Personnel: Regina Carter (violin); Michael Collins (clarinet); Bobby Ray Watson (alto saxophone); Joe Lovano, Joshua Redman (tenor saxophone); Clark Terry (trumpet); Geri Allen, Peter Donohoe (piano...continue...

Adès: Asyla, These Premises Are Alarmed, etc / Rattle, etc

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-06-03

Works: Thomas Adès: Asyla, for orchestra, Op. 17; Concerto Conciso, for piano & chamber orchestra, Op. 18; These Premises Are Alarmed, for orchestra, Op. 16; Chamber Symphony, Op. 2; . . . but all shal...
Performers: Ades, Thomas [Conductor/Composer]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Adès, Thomas
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
This CD includes the Chamber Symphony, the work that first aroused interest in Adès's work when he was 18, set alongside Asyla,...continue...

Adams: Harmonielehre, etc / Rattle, City of Birmingham SO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1994-04-16

Works: John Adams: Harmonielehre; The Chairman Dances; Tromba Lontana, fanfare for orchestra; Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra
Performers: Holland, Jonathan; Warren, Wesley
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra