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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...

John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Britten: Cello Suite No. 3 / Steven Isserlis, cello

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Thrinos, for cello solo; Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87
Performers: Isserlis, Steven
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Described by the composer as 'an ikon in sound', The Protecting Veil exemplifies John Tavener's use of music to explore the spiritual and religious aspects...continue...

Russian Archives: Mstislav Rostropovitch plays Russian cello concertos / Glazunov, Khachaturian, Miaskovsky and Prokofiev

3 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2011-10-25

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony-Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor, Op. 125; Nikolay Myaskovsky: Concerto for Cello in C minor, Op. 66; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchest...
Performers: Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Svetlanov, Evgeny

One of the interesting facts surrounding the incredible number of great Russian musicians born in the Soviet area, is that the overwhelming majority of them...continue...

50 Best Adagios

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute Op. 10 'La notte'; Concerto no ...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Auger, Arleen; Cole, Maggie; Coles, Samuel; Daniels, David; Fischer, Annie; Gens, Veronique; Isserlis, Steven; Kirshbaum, Ralph; Litton, Andrew; Meyer, Paul; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Watson, Ian; Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Asperen, Bob van; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Kuijken, Sigiswald; ; Norrington, Roger; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rozhdestvensky, G...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Seminario Musicale; London Classical Players; Melante Amsterdam; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Essential Cello

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Cello Concarto in B minor, RV 424; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Cello no 1 in C; Luigi Boccherini: Sonata n...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Cole, Maggie; Dedyukhin, Alexander; du Pré, Jacquel...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Chung, Myung-Whun; Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Macal, Zdenek; Plasson, Michel; Handley, Ver...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Nash Ensemble

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Concerto for Harpsichord in F mi...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

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

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-07-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

20th Century Classics - Tavener: The Protecting Veil, Choral Music, etc / Hill, Isserlis, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; The Last Sleep of the Virgin; Angels; Annunciation; Lament of the Mother of God; Thunder Entered Her; Hymns of Paradise; God is with us
Performers: Cruft, Benedict; Dunnett, David; Isserlis, Steven; Kendall, William; Kiernan, Patrick; Kostecki, Boguslav; Kringelborn, Solveig; Rakowski, Maciej; Shave, Jacqueline; Simcock, Iain; Sweeney, Donald; W...
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; ; Hill, David; Dunnett, David
Ensemble: ; Chilingirian Quartet; Winchester Cathedral Choir

"EMI's release of this two-disc tribute to John Tavener is a collection of his greatest hits taken from performances in their archives. British cellist Steven...continue...

Anders Eliasson: Symphony No. 1; Concerto for Bassoon and Strings; Ostacoli

1 CD / Caprice Records / 2008-12-23

Works: Anders Eliasson: Concerto for bassoon and string orchestra; Symphony no 1; Ostacoli for chamber orchestra
Performers: Sönstevold, Knut [Bassoon]
Conductors: Kangas, Juha; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady

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...

Zen Classics - Mozart, Debussy, etc / L. Maazel, P. Järvi, N. Dessay, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Wolfga...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Isbin, Sharon; Isserlis, Steven; Janowitz, Gundula; Litton, Andrew; Mey...
Conductors: ; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Schoenwandt, Michael; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Maazel, Lorin; Janowski, Marek; Tchakarov, Emil; Paavo, Järvi; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rees, Jonathan; Parrott, Andrew; Nelson, Jo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fr...

Virgin Classics presents 3 CDs of music designed to help you find inner peace and calm. From the soothing sounds of Satie's Gymnopedie to the...continue...

Best Adagios 100 - Mozart, Mahler, Albinoni, Pachelbel, etc / Menuhin, Ove Andsnes, Norman, et al

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flut...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Braley, Frank; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Cole, Maggie; Coles, Samuel; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Dumay, Augustin [Vi...
Conductors: Watson, Ian; Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Asperen, Bob van; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Norrington, Roger; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rozhdestvensky, G...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; London Academy; London Classical Players; Melante Amsterdam; Nash Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; ...

This 6-CD set offers listeners the greatest classical slow movements ever composed, including the haunting Albinoni Adagio in G minor, Pachelbel’s beloved Canon in D,...continue...

Schnittke: Concerto for Viola, Concerto for Cello no 1 / Bashmet, Gutman, Rozhdestvensky, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-06-08

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto for Viola; Concerto for Cello no 1
Performers: Bashmet, Yuri; Gutman, Natalia
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra

Tischenko: Concerto for Violin & Piano Op 144, etc

1 CD / Fuga Libera / 2008-01-08

Works: Boris Tishchenko: Concerto for violin, piano & string orchestra; Dante-Symphony no 3 ("Hell Circles 7-9"), Op. 123/4
Performers: Postnikova, Viktoria; Rozhdestvensky, Alexander
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: ; Moscow Symphony Orchestra

Live performance conducted by the great Gennady Rozhdestvensky. Tishchenko was the favorite pupil of Shostakovich and a major figure in St. Petersburg musical life, but...continue...

Boris Tischenko: Symphony no 6 / Rozhdestvensky, et al

1 CD / Northern Flowers / 2008-01-01

Works: Boris Tishchenko: Symphony for no 6, Op. 105
Performers: Rubin, Elena; Yuzvenko, Valentina
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: USSR Ministry of Culture State Symphony Orchestra

Although Tischenko is probably the most important living student of Shostakovich and whose early works showed a definite influence of the teacher, this remarkable Russian...continue...

Taverner: The Protecting Veil, etc; Britten / Isserlis

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2006-09-12

Works: John Tavener: The Protecting Veil; Thrinos, for cello solo; Benjamin Britten: Suite for solo cello no 3, Op. 87
Performers: Isserlis, Steven
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Prokofiev: Symphony no 5, etc; Britten / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2006-07-25

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony no 5 in B flat major, Op. 100; Pieces (10) for Piano from "Romeo and Juliet", Op. 75; Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Recorded Sound: Announcem...
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra

This release of Prokofiev Symphony No.5 completes the three BBC stereo broadcasts made from the Proms in 971 which featured Tchaikovsky Symphony No.4 (BBC CD...continue...

Best of Sir John Tavener

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: John Tavener: Funeral Ikos, for chorus; The Lamb "Little Lamb, who made thee?"; A Hymn to the Mother of God; The Protecting Veil; Angels; Lament of the Mother of God; Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis, fo...
Performers: Dunnett, David; Isserlis, Steven
Conductors: Backhouse, Jeremy; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Hill, David; Cleobury, Stephen

Kagan Edition - Gubaidulina: Concerto for Violin, etc

1 CD / Live Classics / 2004-07-04

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Sonata for Violin and Cello "Freue Dich"; Concerto for Violin "Offertorium"
Performers: Gutman, Natalia; Kagan, Oleg
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Kagan Edition Vol 30 - Gubaidulina, et al / Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / Live Classics / 2003-03-01

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Sonata for violin & chamber orchestra; Concerto for Violin no 3
Performers: Kagan, Oleg
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Nikolaevsky, Yuri
Ensemble: Moscow Chamber Orchestra; Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra

Artyomov: Concert of the 13, Awakening, etc / Baley, et al

1 CD / Boheme / 2001-09-01

Works: Vyacheslav Artiomov: Concert of the 13; Awakening; Morning Songs; A Garland of Recitations
Performers: Besiadinskaya, Iana; Grindenko, Tatiana; Komoliatov, Nikolai; Krysa, Oleh; Liubimov, Anatoly; Meschaninov, Piotr; Mikhailov, Lev; Pakulichev, Vladimir; Popov, Valeri; Schichmurzayeva, Zarius
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Baley, Virko
Ensemble: Moscow Philharmonic Orchestra; Russian State Symphony Orchestra

Schnittke: Symphony no 1 / Rozhdestvensky, Russian State SO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-04-23

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Symphony no 1
Performers: Grindenko, Tatjana; Lubimov, Alexei [Piano]
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Russian State Symphony Orchestra

"The piece is scored for a vast orchestra and evinces some of the most disjunctively unorthodox sonorities yet explored with the medium...all portions of the...continue...

Schnittke: Symphony no 8, etc / Rozhdestvensky, Stockholm PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-04-18

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Concerto Grosso no 6 for piano, violin & string orchestra; Symphony no 8
Performers: Postnikova, Viktoria; Rozhdestvensky, Sasha
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Royal Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra

Gubaidulina: Symphony 'Stimmen...Verstummen'/ Rozhdestvensky

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-07-01

Works: Sofia Gubaidulina: Stimmen ... Verstummen, symphony in 12 movements; Steps (Stufen), for orchestra (3 versions)
Conductors: Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: Stockholm Philharmonic Orchestra