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Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez / Carlos Bonell, guitar; Charles Dutoit - Montreal SO

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-24

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre, for guitar & orchestra; Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos")
Performers: Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez is performed and recorded more than all the other guitar concertos put together, and the outer movements are full of Spanish...continue...

The Young Martha Argerich, Vol. 2 - Chopin, Ravel, Liszt / Live 1957/59

1 CD / Italian Discographic Institute / 2011-12-03

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (3) for Piano, S 144
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]
Conductors: Martin, Louis; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne; Orchestre de la Suisse Romande

French Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Prelude to the Te Deum; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Arthur Honegger: Pacific 231, symphonic movement for orchestra (Mouvement symphoniqu...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Amar, Genevieve; Baumont, Olivier; Demarquette, Henri; Domingo, Placido; Engerer, Brigitte; Fontaine, Robert; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Hadley, Jerry; Jo, Sumi; Larmore, J...
Conductors: Devos, Louis; Dutoit, Charles; Sado, Yutaka; Runnicles, Donald; Jordan, Armin; Nagano, Kent; Janowski, Marek; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boulez, Pierre; Carella, Giuliano; Jennings, Joseph; Barenboim, Dan...
Ensemble: ; Chanticleer; Ensemble InterContemporain

1 1/2 hours of French sparkle and wit...continue...

The Decca Sound / Highlights from the 50 CD Special Editon [5 CDs]

5 CD / Decca / 2011-11-15

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Giacomo Puccini: La fanciulla del West; Turandot; Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony no 3 in A minor, Op. 56 "Scottish"; O...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Auger, Arleen; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bell, Joshua; Bonney, Barbara; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Caballe, Montserrat; Carlin, Mario; Carreras, J...
Conductors: Argenta, Ataúlfo; Capuana, Franco; Maag, Peter; Martinon, Jean; Kertész, István; Willcocks, David; Ansermet, Ernest; Karajan, Herbert von; Monteux, Pierre; Britten, Benjamin; Fistoular...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Matrix Ensemble; Melos Ensemble of London; New London Consort; Vienna Octet

Includes tracks from all 50 CDs in The Decca Sound box. 55 years of recording celebrating the glorious Decca Sound from the early days of...continue...

Stravinsky: The Complete Ballets & Symphonies / Ashkenazy, Chailly, Dutoit et al.

7 CD / Decca / 2011-10-18

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Les Noces III (The Wedding), ballet in 4 tableaux for vocal soloists, chorus, 4 pianos & percussion; Movements (5), ...
Performers: Banens, J.; Blakeslee, D. [tuba]; Blokker, C.; Boiko, Galina; Brink, Ruud Van Den; Decroos, Jean; Hakii, Ken; Leer-Studebaker, Julia van; Ludha, Ludovit; Maruna, Margarita; Masseurs, Peter; Mustonen,...
Conductors: ; Dutoit, Charles; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chailly, Riccardo; Bychkov, Semyon; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Piano Circus

A unique collection of all Stravinsky's ballets and symphonies in superb digital recordings under the direction of five of today's most celebrated conductors; two other...continue...

Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Vol. 6: 1990-2000

14 CD / RCO Live / 2011-10-11

Works: Béla Bartók: Bluebeard's Castle, Op. 11/Sz 48; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastor...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barainsky, Claudia; Brautigam, Ronald; Hamelin, Marc-André [Piano]; Komlosi, Ildiko; Kovacs, Kolos; Laurendeau, Jean; Masseurs, Peter; Murray, Ann; Shelton, Lucy [Sop...
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Tennstedt, Klaus; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Berglund, Paavo; Chailly, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles; Solti, Sir Georg; Previn, Andre; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Jansons, Mariss; Haitink, B...
Ensemble: Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a recorded history of six decades of performances by the Concertgebouw Orchestra, taken from broadcasts contained in...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...

Martha Argerich Edition: Concertos

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-07

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10; Con...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Capucon, Renaud; Maisky, Mischa; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Vedernikov, Alexander; Pletnev, Mikhail

‘It was nearly impossible not to be swept along with the tide,’ wrote Musical America of Martha Argerich, ‘[She] tore into the score with a...continue...

The Sound of Martha Argerich

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-07

Works: Robert Schumann: Concerto for Piano in A minor, Op. 54; Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Piano Quintet in E flat major, Op. 44; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Concer...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Drobinsky, Marc; Giuffredi, Corrado; Godel, Vincent; Hall, Lucia; Maisky, Mischa; Margulis, Alissa; Marton, Cristina; Mogile...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Dutoit, Charles

The term "living legend" is genuinely apt to Martha Argerich, whose dazzling amalgam of virtuosity, insight, eclecticism, generosity and mystery makes her a pianist of...continue...

James Galway / Great Flute Concerto Edition

12 CD / RCA Records / 2011-05-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in A major, BWV 1032; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto"; Concerto for Oboe in G minor, BWV 1056...
Performers: Duetschler, Ursula; Galway, James [Flute]; Galway, Jeanne; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Proud, Malcolm; Robles, Marisa [Harp]; Vassalo, Eduardo; Wolters, Rainer
Conductors: Faerber, Jörg; Galway, James [Flute]; Prieur, Andre; Scimone, Claudio; Marriner, Sir Neville; Iwaki, Hiroyuki; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; I Solisti di Zagreb; I Solisti Veneti; London Mozart Players

Igor Stravinsky: Famous Ballets / Dutoit

4 CD / Newton Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Symphonies of Wind Instruments; Pétrouchka; Chant du rossignol (Song of the Nightingale), symphonic poem for orchestra; Etudes (4) for orchestra; L'oise...
Performers: Chompson, James; Early, Robert; Hutchins, Timothy; Maiste, Armas; Wean, Ellis
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

The three great Stravinsky ballets are complemented by other major works in performances under the baton of Charles Dutoit, recognized as one of the greatest...continue...
Recording information: L'Église de St-Eustache, Montreal....continue...

Ultimate Classical Dreams - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2009-04-21

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pietro Mascagni: Cava...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Berbie, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Boskovsky, Willi; Breitenbach, Gunther; Brown, Iona; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Fassbaender, Brigitte [M...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick; Zinman, David; Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Munchinger, Karl; Tate, Jeffrey; Davis, Colin; Malcolm, George; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, Is...
Ensemble: ; Borodin Quartet; Weller Quartet

Flute Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2009-04-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in F minor, BWV 1056; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Andante for ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Bennett, William; Bourdin, Roger [Flute]; Challan, Annie; Dohn, Robert; Ellis, Osian; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Grant, Michael; Griminelli, Andre...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Malcolm, George; Munchinger, Karl; Britten, Benjamin; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; Grumiaux Trio; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

From one of the most popular and successful classical music series, this release features famous flute repertoire - Mozart, Bach, and Vivaldi Concertos and the...continue...

For Mother - A Classical Bouquet

4 CD / Decca Import / 2009-03-10

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; Symphony no 2 in E ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Cohen, Franklin; Curzon, Clifford; Dichter, Misha; Goossens, Marie; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Har...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Khachaturian, Aram; Solti, Sir Georg; Segal, Uri; Agoult, Raymond; Kempe, Rudolf; Gavazzeni, Giana...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

In time for Mother's Day comes this new box-set, a bouquet of classical gems for every mother's music library. This 4-CD set includes a wide-range...continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Flute Concertos / Michiko Takahashi, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

14 CD / RCO Live / 2009-03-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98; Anton Webern: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 10; Im Sommerwind, idyll for orchestra; Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 5, Op. 50; Luigi Dallapiccola: Commiat...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Brendel, Alfred; Devos, Lode; Dorow, Dorothy; Hargan, Alison; Herbers, Werner; Kilduff, Barbara; Kim, Yong-Hee; Lewis, Keith; Meel, Nico van der; Olof, Theo; Oosterkamp, Wou...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Kondrashin, Kirill; Vis, Lucas; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard; De Waart, Edo; Sanderling, Kurt; Vonk, Hans; Davis, Colin; Järvi, Neeme; Dorati, Antal; Cerha, Friedrich; B...

The Anthology of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra is a transcription in sound of the concert-giving history of the Concertgebouw Orchestra, based upon radio recordings from...continue...

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 Pré, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon;...
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...

Liszt: Piano Concerto No. 1; Concerto pathétique; Ravel: Piano Concerto in G

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Franz Liszt: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E flat major, S 124; Concerto pathétique (I & II), for 2 pianos, S. 258 (LW C18); Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Freire, Nelson [Piano]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

Ravel: Boléro; La Valse; Rapsodie espagnole; Dahpnis et Chloé; Pavane

1 CD / Decca Import / 2008-06-03

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Rapsodie espagnole; Daphnis et Chloé; pavane; La valse
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

Japanese only SHM-CD (Super High Material CD - playable on all CD players) pressing. Universal. 2008....continue...

Security Police: Classical Tunes

2 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2008-04-08

Works: Franz Liszt: Totentanz for Piano, S 525; Episodes from Lenau's Faust, S 110; Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Johannes Brahms: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 83; Dmitry Sh...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gilels, Emil; Kozlowska, Joanna
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Abbado, Claudio; Haitink, Bernard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Maazel, Lorin; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; Dorati, Antal; Richter, Karl; Willcocks, David; Karajan, Herbert von; G...

Ultimate Classical Relaxation - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-03-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Liebster Jesu, wir sind hier, BWV 731; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Concerto for oboe, violin, strings & continuo in F major (recons...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Black, Neil; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Alfred; Brown, Iona; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; De Larrocha, Alicia; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Goo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Munchinger, Karl; Stokowski, Leopold; Agoult, Raymond; Schiff, Andras; Dart, Thurston; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boskovsky, Willi; Brown, Iona; ; Karajan, Herbert von; Maazel, Lorin...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Phil...

One of four 'Ultimate' releases for February 2008, this superb 5CD set 'Ultimate Classic Collection' features many popular favourites. The set includes two CDs devoted...continue...

Poulenc: Orchestral and Choral Works / Dutoit

5 CD / Decca / 2007-05-15

Works: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Piano; Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor; Sinfonietta, for chamber orchestra, FP 141; Concerto Champêtre for Har...
Performers: Balet, B.; Bauer, Marc; Binder, Florence; Carbonare, Alessandro; Coman, Teodor; Coueffe, Yves; Decker, Laurent; Deferne, Sylviane; Fourquet, Jacques; Fustin, Claude; Gantiez, Andre; Goudenhooft, Andr...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles

"Charles Dutoit's five disc set of the orchestral works, the concerted works, the sacred choral works and the vocal works with orchestral accompaniment by Poulenc...continue...

The Originals - Saint-Saëns, Poulenc / Hurford, Dutoit

1 CD / Decca Import / 2007-02-13

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor
Performers: Hurford, Peter
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"The Organ Concerto, recorded in St Alban's Cathedral, is successful; Peter Hurford's mastery in Bach serves him well in its more darkly baroque aspects, but...continue...

The Art of Charles Dutoit

6 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Hector Berlioz: Les Francs-Juges, opera, H. 23a (fragments); Franz von Suppé: Die leichte Kavallerie; Camille Saint-Sa...
Performers: Barnes, James Earl; Hutchins, Timothy; Iacurto, Emilio; Maiste, Armas; Roberts, Richard; Roge, Pascal; Thomson, James
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: French National Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

"To understand Dutoit's gift, you have only to watch him lead an orchestra. Animated by the music, his conducting technique is perhaps the most graceful...continue...

Ultimate Classics - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Der Messias; MEDLEY; Tolomeo, HWV 25; Franz Schubert: Ave Maria; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 208, "W...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Blyth, Bruce; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Boskovsky, Willi; Burrows, Stuart; Farnes, Richard; Flood, David; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Gruenberg, Erich; Howarth, Elgar; Jo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Munchinger, Karl; Morris, Wyn; Gamba, Piero; Serafin, Tullio; Karajan, Herbert von; Previn, Andre; Gardelli, Lamberto; Solti, Sir Georg; Anserm...
Ensemble: ; Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Decca's Ultimate Classics is a five-CD box set that presents the best-known pieces of classical music in a straightforward, no-frills program. Most of the selections are quite famous, taken from large...continue...

Relaxing Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Léo Del...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Berbié, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Hasson, Maurice; Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Kulka, Konstanty; Lab&eg...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; ; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Nicholas; Masur, Kurt; Jorda, Enrique
Ensemble: ; Capricorn (Ensemble); Du Brassus; I Musici; Lausanne Pro Arte

This CD includes a great selection of "soothing and relaxing" music as well as a great introduction to the classics....continue...

Honegger: Symphonies 1-5 / Dutoit, Bavarian Radio SO

2 CD / Apex / 2006-08-22

Works: Arthur Honegger: Symphony no 1 in C major, H. 75; Symphony no 2, for strings & trumpet ad lib in D major, H. 153; Symphony no 5 in D major ("Di Tre Re"), H. 202; Symphony no 3 ("Liturgique"), H. 186;...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps, Le Roi Des Etoiles, Petrushka

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-13

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Le sacre du printemps; Le roi des étoiles; Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version)
Performers: Vasary, Tamas
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Dutoit, Charles

Collection Du Millenaire....continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Works, Concertos, etc / Roge, Dutoit

4 CD / Decca / 2006-07-04

Works: Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé; Pavane pour une infante défunte; La valse; Concerto for Piano in G major; Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Menuet antique; Concer...
Performers: Alliot-Lugaz, Colette; Beaupre, Odette; Carlson, Claudine; Dubosc, Catherine; Gautier, Georges; Henry, Didier; Hutchins, Timothy; Lefort, Marie-Francoise; Roge, Pascal; Sarrazin, Lionel; Zirbel, John
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

This 4 CD budget set draws together Ravel's principal orchestral works, including Daphines et Chloe, La Valse, Ma Mere l'oye, Une barque sur l'ocean, Rapsodie...continue...

Peaceful Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2006-07-04

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Piet...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Kocsis, Zoltan; LaGoya, Alexandre; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Sillito, Kenneth; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Stein, Horst; Chailly, Riccardo; Tate, Jeffrey; Malcolm, George; Bonynge, Richard; Haitink, Bernard; Agoult, Raymond; ...

This is the latest release in the popular "Adagio Series": a great selection of soothing and relaxing music as well as a great introduction to...continue...

Essential Choral Classics

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-06-13

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Felix Mendelssohn: Hear my prayer; Elijah, Op. 70; César Franck: Panis angelicus...
Performers: Brown, Wilfred; Burrowes, Norma; Freni, Mirella; Goodman, Roy; Harper, Heather; Hussain, Alastair; Kollo, Rene [Tenor Vocal]; Krause, Tom; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Morris, James; Norman, Jess...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Willcocks, David; Daniel, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen; Gandolfi, Romano; Ottley, Jerold D.; Britten, Benjamin; Solti, Sir Georg; Preston, Simon; Marriner, Sir Neville; Guest, George; Hai...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Cambridge University Music Society; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chr...

This 2-CD set Includes more than 21/2 hours of the greatest 'hits' of the chorus. Performances are by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, Kings College Choir...continue...

Lover's Adagio

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Har...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Hasson, Maurice; Hurford, Peter; Jansen, Janine; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Krebbers, Herman; LaGoya, Alexandre; Ort...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dutoit, Charles; Karajan, Herbert von; Sillito, Kenneth; Khachaturian, Aram; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Bonynge, Richard; Kondrashin, Kirill;...

2 CD set. This is a great collection for lovers of classical music. Decca. 2006....continue...

The Classical Album 2005 [US Version]

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: En Aranjuez con tu amor; Agustín Lara: Granada; Derek Strange / Bond: Viva! (after Vivaldi); Maori Traditional: Pokare Kare Ana; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Die Afrikanerin; Ludovic...
Performers: Banbury, James; Bocelli, Andrea; Calleja, Joseph; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Einaudi, Ludovico; Ferrier, Kathleen; Fleming, Renee; Florez, Juan Diego; Freire, Nelson [Piano]; Gar...
Conductors: Maazel, Lorin; ; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Banbury, James; Norrington, Roger; Scholes, Peter; Rudel, Julius; Cleobury, Nicholas; Horner, James; Solti, Sir Georg; Musumarra, Romano; Giulini, Carlo Maria...
Ensemble: ; Bond (String Quartet); Czech Film Orchestra; Duel; Duel Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra (Chamber orchestra); Florence Maggio Musicale Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony O...

The greatest artists of today on this 2-on-1CD includes Andrea Bocelli, Sarah Brightman, Luciano Pavarotti,Hayley Westenra, Russell Watson, Renée Fleming, Bond, José Carreras, Bryn Terfe...continue...

Harp Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; George Frederick Handel: Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/H...
Performers: Challan, Annie; Ellis, Osian; Henson-Conant, Deborah; Hermanjat, Jean-Claude; Holliger, Heinz; Holliger, Ursula; Jellinek, Hubert; Jucker, Rama; Kremer, Gidon; Michel, Catherine [Harp]; Pepin, Andre;...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; ; Couraud, Marcel; Almeida, Antonio de; Bonynge, Richard; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Antiqua Musica; I Musici; London Symphony Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Works By Ravel & Chopin

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 2005-05-16

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Martin, Louis

Swedish Works for Flute / Gerard Schaub, et al

1 CD / Intim Records / 2004-11-22

Works: Hilding Hallnäs: Västkustlegender; Lyric Suite for Flute and Piano; Dialogues (3) for Guitar and Flute; Sven-Eric Johanson: Sonata for Flute solo; Sixten Eckerberg: Duo for Flute and Cello;...
Performers: Johnson, Per-Olof; Schaub, Gerard; Sjostrom, Gunnar; Vecchi, Guido
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra

Gershwin Without Words / Black, Fennell, Williams, Dutoit

1 CD / Decca / 2004-04-13

Works: George Gershwin: Girl Crazy; Lady, be Good; Goldwyn Follies; A Foggy Day (in London Town), song (from A Damsel in Distress, film); Funny Face; Oh, Kay!, musical; Of Thee I Sing; Show Girl, musical; P...
Performers: All-Stars, James Williams; Black, Stanley; Boston Pops; Dutoit, Charles; Fennell, Frederick [Conductor]
Conductors: Williams, John; Fennell, Frederick; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Orchestra

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Stanley Black (piano).

As the title suggests, Decca's Gershwin Without Words features instrumental performances of some of...continue...

The Very Best of Relaxing Classics

1 CD / Decca / 2003-08-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34;...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Anda, Geza; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Davidovich, Bella; English Chamber Orchestra; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Haselbock, M...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Järvi, Neeme; Munchinger, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Mauceri, John; Dutoit, Charles; Marriner, Sir Neville; Agoult, Raymond; ; Malcolm, George; Judd, James; Anda, Géza
Ensemble: ; I Musici

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Carlos Bonnell, Eduardo Fernandez , Göran Söllscher (guitar); Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Heinz Holliger (oboe); G...continue...

Evening Adagios - Over 2 1/2 Hours of Peaceful Evening Music

2 CD / Decca / 2002-07-16

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma)...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boskovsky, Willi; Breitenbach, Gunther; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Curzon, Clifford; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Forsberg, ...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick; Zinman, David; Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Munchinger, Karl; Tate, Jeffrey; David, Colin; ; Malcolm, George; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, Is...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

The #1 Classical Album

2 CD / Decca / 2002-05-14

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Gioachino Rossini: Guglielmo Tell; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Eduardo di Capua: O sole mio; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Domingo, Placido; Haselbock, Martin; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Loveday, Alan; Ortiz, Cristina; Pavarotti, Luciano; Schiff, Andr...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Chailly, Riccardo; Karajan, Herbert von; Chiaramello, Giancarlo; Munchinger, Karl; Végh, Sándor; Boskovsky, Willi; Kempe, Rudolf; Tate, Jeffrey; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Radio Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philhar...

The #1 Choral Album - Beethoven, Handel, Verdi, Bizet, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-03-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Braun, Victor; Burrowes, Norma; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Doughty, Stephen; Goodman, Roy; Morris, James; Norman, Jessye; Schunk, Robert; Sotin, Hans; Terfel, Bry...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Willcocks, David; Thomas, Kurt; Cleobury, Stephen; Guest, George; Davis, Colin; Dutoit, Charles; Nelson, John; Farncombe, Charles; Daniel, Paul; Munchinger, Ka...

Dreaming Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2002-01-01

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; Franz Liszt: Liebesträume for Piano, S 541; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Piet...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bolet, Jorge; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Kocsis, Zoltan; LaGoya, Alexandre; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Popp...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Sillito, Kenneth; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Stein, Horst; Chailly, Riccardo; Tate, Jeffrey; Malcolm, George; Bonynge, Richard; Haitink, Bernard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Agoult, Raymond; ...

Piazzolla: Tangazo / Charles Dutoit, Montreal SO

1 CD / Decca / 2001-11-13

Works: Astor Piazzolla: Tangazo; Adios nonino; Milonga del Angel; Concerto for Bandoneon and Guitar; Enrico IV; Movimientos tanguisticos porteños (3); Danza criolla
Performers: Binelli, Daniel; Isaac, Eduardo; Pellerin, Louise
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

"...Piazzolla's tango-based compositions are as remarkable for their variety of character as Chopin's Mazurkas or Faure's Barcarolles - and, at their best, they're every bit...continue...

Romantic Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2000-06-13

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Erik Satie: Gymnop&...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Cohen, Franklin; Goossens, Marie; Harrell, Lynn; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Lupu, Radu; Ortiz, Cristina; Rogé, Pascal; Si...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Khachaturian, Aram; Solti, Sir Georg; Segal, Uri; Agoult, Raymond; Kempe, Rudolf; Gavazzeni, Giana...
Ensemble: ; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra; Royal...

Ravel: Boléro, La valse, Pavane, etc / Dutoit, Montreal SO

2 CD / Decca / 1999-11-09

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Miroirs; Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Menuet antiq...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

Prokofiev, Bartók: Piano Concertos / Argerich, Dutoit, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1998-10-06

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

"Martha Argerich's return to the studios in two concertos she has not previously recorded is an uplifting moment...Her entire reading [of the Prokofiev Concerto] is...continue...

Perrin: Symphony no 3, etc / Gohl, Desarzens, Dutoit, et al

1 CD / Musiques Suisses / 1998-08-21

Works: Jean Perrin: Symphony no 3, Op. 24; Lieder (3) for voice & orchestra, Op. 25; Concerto Grosso for piano & orchestra, Op 6b; Quartet for strings
Performers: Perrin, Jean
Conductors: Balissat, Jean; Desarzens, Victor; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; Swiss Italian Orchestra; Zurich Beromünster Orchestra

Poulenc: Organ Concerto, Concert Champêtre, etc

2 CD / Decca Import / 1997-10-14

Works: Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Piano; Sextet for wind quintet & piano in C major, FP 100; Sonata for 2 pianos, FP 156; Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G mi...
Performers: Bourgue, Maurice; Cazalet, Andre; Eden, Bracha; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Greenberg, Sylvia; Malcolm, George; Portal, Michel; Roge, Pascal; Tamir, Alexander; Wallez, Amaury
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Comissiona, Sergiu; ; López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Lausanne Pro Arte Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Harp Concertos / Robles, Ellis

2 CD / Decca / 1997-09-16

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; François-Adrien Boieldieu: Harp Concerto in C major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Jellinek, Hubert; Robles, Marisa [Harp]; Tripp, Werner
Conductors: ; Münchinger, Karl; Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Ravel: Piano Concertos; Honegger, Françaix / Thibaudet

1 CD / Decca / 1997-08-12

Works: Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano left hand; Concerto for Piano in G major; Arthur Honegger: Concertino, for piano & orchestra, H. 55; Jean Françaix: Concertino for piano & orchestra
Performers: Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Montreal Symphony Orchestra

"With taut control of his superb orchestra, Dutoit builds a steady, powerful introduction in the opening of the Concerto for the Left Hand, with wonderfully...continue...

Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez, Fantasia Para Un Gentilhombre

1 CD / Decca Import / 1995-09-04

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre, for guitar & orchestra; Isaac Albéniz: Rapsodia española, Op. 70; Joaquín Turina: ...
Performers: Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; De Larrocha, Alicia
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae