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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 Film Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K.626; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K.183; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K....
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bell, David [Organ]; Callas, Maria; Dimitrova, Ghena; Gavrilov, Andrei; Hough, Stephen; Koopman, Ton; Kraus, Alfredo [Tenor Vocals]; Little, Tasmin; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; ...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Abel, David [Violin]; Previn, Andre; Love, Geoff; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Ormandy, Eugene; Barbi...

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

The Best Classical Music in the Movies Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; Schindler's List; E.T.; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the...
Performers: Abel, David [Conductor]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Barrueco, Manuel; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Gieseking, Walter; Horner, James; Little, Tasmin; Lopardo, Frank; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, James; Mo...
Conductors: Love, Geoff; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Sutherland, Iain; Goodwin, Ron; Ormandy, Eugene; Lombard, Alain

Shostakovich: Cello Concerto no 1; Piano Concerto no 2; Violin Concerto no 1 / David Oistrakh, violin; Mstislav Rostropovich, cello; Leonard Bernstein, piano

1 Super Audio CD / Praga / 2012-09-12

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F major, Op. 102; Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Jones, Mason; Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Bernstein, Leonard; Mravinsky, Yevgeny
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonic Orchestra

Offered together for the first time, this new SACD remastering from Praga features historic recordings of three acclaimed concertos by Dmitri Shostakovich, performed by the...continue...

Shostakovich: Violin Concerto No. 1; Cello Concerto No. 1

1 CD / Regis Records / 2012-04-02

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107; Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77 (published as Op. 99)
Performers: Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mravinsky, Yevgeny

David Oistrakh and Mstislav Rostropovich perform concertos by Shostakovich with distinguished accompaniment given by the Leningrad Philharmonic and Philadelphia Orchestras respectively. Both performan...continue...

Essential Strings / Samuel Barber, Benjamin Britten, Edward Elgar and Edvard Grieg

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita no 3 in E, BWV 1006; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Johann Pachelbel: Canon in D; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerto grosso in G minor 'Christmas Concerto', Op. 6, no 8; Wol...
Performers: Armand, Georges; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Papian, Vag; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Stokowski, Leopold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Armand, Georges; Tate, Jeffrey; Menuhin, Yehudi; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; ; Brown, Iona; Hickox, Richard; Jansons, Mariss; Warren-Green, Christopher; Montgomery, K...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Cellists; Virtuosi

20th Century Classics: Bartok / Tabea Zimmermann, viola; Katia & Marielle Labéque

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Concerto for Viola, Sz 120; Concerto for 2 Pianos, Percussion and Orchestra, Sz 115; Sonata f...
Performers: Drouet, Jean-Pierre; Gualda, Sylvio; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Ormandy, Eugene; Shallon, David

David Bowie Narrates Prokofiev's "Peter and the Wolf"

1 CD / RCA Import / 2011-06-21

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Peter and the Wolf; Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a
Performers: Bowie, David
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene

Personnel: David Bowie (vocals, guitar, saxophone, keyboards).

Recording information: 1972-1977.

In 1982, David Bowie released In Bertolt Brecht's "Baal"; four years earlier, the prestig...continue...

Pure... Classical

4 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2011-06-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: The Well Tempered Clavier; Orchestral Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Brandenb...
Performers: De Larrocha, Alicia; De Maistre, Xavier; Donat, Zdislawa; Entremont, Philippe; Feltsman, Vladimir [Piano]; Gould, Glenn; Graffman, Gary; Hering, Jorg; Holzl, Barbara; Hyman, Dick; Newman, Anthony; Op...
Conductors: Spivakov, Vladimir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Salter, Robert; Ormandy, Eugene; ; Newman, Anthony; Levine, James; Leppard, Raymond; Davis, Colin; Stokowski, Leopold; Szell, George; Munch, Charles; Bruno, ...
Ensemble: ; Brandenburg Collegium; Moscow Virtuosi; Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra

Classic Album Collection

3 CD / HBDirect Import / 2010-11-23

Works: Leroy Robertson: The Lord's Prayer for chorus; Anonymous: Come, Come, Ye Saints, Mormon hymn; Johannes Brahms: Deutsche Requiem; James McGranahan: Oh, My Father; James McIntyre: How Great the Wisdom ...
Performers: Asper, Frank W.; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Cornwall, J. Spencer; Condie, Richard P.

Portrait: Maurice Ravel

10 CD / Membran Import / 2010-07-06

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Ma mère l'oye; Rapsodie espagnole; La valse; Le tombeau de Couperin; Valses nobles et sentimentales; Daphnis et Chloé; Concerto for Piano in G major; Conce...
Performers: Bobillier, Gisele; Bonneau, Jacqueline; Casadesus, Robert; Cuenod, Hugues; Danco, Suzanne; Delecluse, Ulysse; Gieseking, Walter; Heifetz, Jascha; Laskine, Lily; Long, Marguerite; Lovano, Lucien; Mich...
Conductors: Ravel, Maurice; Inghelbrecht, Désiré-Emile; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Markevitch, Igor; Cluytens, André; Gracis, Ettore; Ormandy, Eugene; Ansermet, Ernest; Lindenberg, Edouard

50 Best Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto no 1 in E 'La primavera'; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Double Concerto in D mi...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Eisenberg, Matthias; Ferras, Christian [Violin]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Gutierrez, Horacio; Harper, Heather; Harwood, Elizabeth [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew; Plasson, Michel; Ormandy...

The Music of America: Charles Ives

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2010-06-08

Works: Charles Ives: Symphony no 2, for orchestra, S. 2 (K. 1A2); From the Steeples and Mountains for Brass and Bells; Robert Browning Overture, for orchestra, S. 27 (K. 1B6); Variations for Organ on "Ameri...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Herseth, Adolph; Spector, Fred; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene

Essential Adagios

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Remo Giazotto: Adagio in C minor for strings & organ (previously attributed to Tomaso Albinoni); Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: ...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bean, Hugh; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Chang, Han-Na; du Pre, Jacqueline; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Isbin, S...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Vonk, Hans; Olah, Erno; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Susskind, Walter; Muti, Riccardo; Ormandy, Eugene; Lysy, Alberto; Accardo, Salvatore; Foster, Lawre...

Rachmaninov: Symphony No. 2, Stravinsky / Ormandy/Philadelphia Orchestra [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2010-01-26

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Firebird Suite; Sergei Rachmaninov: Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Eugene Ormandy's unbroken forty-two-year association with the Philadelphia Orchestra was unique in history. Famous for its rich and powerful "Philadelphia Sound", the orchestra was described...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Shostakovich: Violin Concerto / David Oistrakh, et al

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2009-11-25

Works: Arthur Bliss: Fanfare for the Lord Mayor of London, for brass & percussion, F. 65; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 2 in C sharp minor, Op. 129; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Vio...
Performers: Oistrakh, David
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Shostakovich, Maxim

David Oistrakh's 1967 performance of Shostakovich's Violin Concerto No. 2 with Eugene Ormandy conducting the LSO was the European Premiere of the work. This is...continue...
Recording information: Royal Festival Hall, London....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)

Barber: VLN Cto Op 14/Pno Cto Op 38/Orchestral

1 CD / Sony BMG Import / 2009-06-09

Works: Samuel Barber: Concerto for Violin Op. 14; Concerto for Piano, Op. 38; Adagio for Strings; Second Essay, for orchestra, Op. 17; The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5
Performers: Browning, John [Piano]; Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Szell, George; Ormandy, Eugene; Schippers, Thomas

Gershwin Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Porgy and Bess; Girl Crazy; I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise, song (from George White's Scandals of 1922); Strike up the Band; Sweet and Low-Down, song (from Tip-T...
Performers: Watts, André
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Ormandy, Eugene; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: ; Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

EMI 20th Century Classics - Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler", etc / Karajan, Ormandy, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphony "Mathis der Maler"; Symphonia serena; Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings, Op. 50; Der Schwanendreher; Symphonic Metamorphosis; Nobilissima visione, ballet suite for orchestra
Performers: Zimmermann, Tabea [Viola]
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Hindemith, Paul; Ormandy, Eugene; Shallon, David; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
An excellent two-disc mid-price Hindemith collection containing some pretty impressive performances.

The Philadelphia recordings are very fine: both ...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...

Eugene Ormandy

10 CD / Membran / 2007-08-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in ...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Feuermann, Emanuel; Frank, Corinne; Heifetz, Jascha; Levant, Oscar [Piano]; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rachmaninov, Sergei; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene

Appassionato / Yo-Yo Ma

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-01-09

Works: John Williams: Going To School, for cello & piano; César Franck: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, M 8; George Gershwin: Preludes (3) for piano; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F m...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Brunetti, Octavio; Casadesus, Gaby; D'Rivera, Paquito; Entremont, Philippe; Fan, Joel; Kahane, Jeffrey; Lubambo, Romero; Ma, Yo-Yo; Meyer, Edgar; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Stern, Isaac; S...
Conductors: Koopman, Ton; Ormandy, Eugene; Morricone, Ennio; Abbado, Claudio

This album represents the entire span of Ma's recording career, beginning with his first recording (Saint-Saens 'The Swan') and culminating with three new tracks by...continue...
Appassionato (2007), the follow-up album to the well-received Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone (2005), is a 15-track collection of love-themed material handpicked by the classical crossover cellist hims...continue...

Classical Cuisine - Spanish Spice

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Emmanuel Chabrier: España, rhapsody for orchestra (also vers. for 2 pianos); Manuel de Falla: Danza del molinero (from "El sombrero de tres picos"); El amor brujo; Claude Debussy: Ibéria,...
Performers: Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Bernstein, Leonard; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Cleveland Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra

Classical Cuisine - American Barbeque

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-12-05

Works: Aaron Copland: An Outdoor Overture, for orchestra or band; Morton Gould: American Salute; Samuel Barber: The School for Scandal, overture for orchestra, Op. 5; William Schuman: New England Triptych; ...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Copland, Aaron; Ormandy, Eugene; Schippers, Thomas; Kostelanetz, André; Bernstein, Leonard; Williams, John; Riesman, Michael; Schuller, Gunther
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Incredible Columbia All-Star Band; London Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble

100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Shostakovich: Symphony no 1, Cello Concerto / Ormandy, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-08-01

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 1 in F minor, Op. 10; Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Performers: Jones, Mason; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

The Essential Mormon Tabernacle Choir

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-05-23

Works: Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music; Oklahoma; Carousel; State Fair; John Barry: Born Free; Traditional: He's got the whole world in His hands; All through the night; Danny Boy "Londonderry Air"; Bat...
Performers: Alexander, John [tenor]; Amara, Lucine; Asper, Frank; Chookasian, Lili; Cundick, Robert; Longhurst, John; Macurdy, John; Merrill, Robert; Milnes, Sherrill; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Harris, Arthur; Condie, Richard P.; Ormandy, Eugene; Ottley, Jerold; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Clancy, Jim
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra; The Vocal Majority; Utah Symphony Orchestra

Bartok: Concerto for Orchestra, etc / Ormandy, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-08-30

Works: Béla Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Sonata for 2 Pianos and Percussion, Sz 110; Improvisations (8) on Hungarian Peasant Songs, Op. 20, Sz 74
Performers: Casadesus, Gaby; Casadesus, Jean-Claude [Conductor]; Casadesus, Robert; Drouet, Jean-Pierre; Rosen, Charles
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

This release features an acclaimed recording of the Concerto for Orchestra from Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra dazzles once again in this newly reastered...continue...

Barber: Adagio for Strings, etc / Schippers, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2005-08-30

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Summer Music, for wind quintet, Op. 31; Excursions (4) for Piano, Op. 20; Dover Beach, Op. 3; Quartet for Strings in B major, Op. 11; Vanessa, Op. 32; Toccata Festi...
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; ; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Woodwind Quintet

This unique collection of Samuel Barber's music features his 'Adagio for Strings' in both the orchestral and string quartet versions....continue...

Classical Music 101 - 101 Famous Classical Themes

1 CD / RCA Records / 2004-09-28

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Goldberg Variations, BWV 9...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Ax, Emanuel; Baekkelund, Kjell; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Domingo, Placido; Douglas, Barry [Piano/Conductor]; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Hautz...
Conductors: Stratta; Baumgartner, Rudolf; Stokowski, Leopold; Ormandy, Eugene; Munch, Karl; Leinsdorf, Erich; Mehta, Zubin; Fiedler, Arthur; Prêtre, Georges; Copland, Aaron; Kapp, Richard; Grüner-Hegge...
Ensemble: ; Lucerne Festival Strings; Philharmonia Virtuosi

Expanded Edition - Orff: Carmina Burina / Ormandy, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-02-24

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Catulli Carmina, scenic cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Blegen, Judith [Soprano Vocals]; Harsanyi, Janice; Kness, Richard; Petrak, Rudolf; Presnell, Harve
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra; Temple University Concert Choir

"...there is no more enjoyable analogue version. It has tremendous vigour, warmth and color and a genial, spontaneous enthusiasm that is irristible..." - Penguin Guide...continue...

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...

Orff: Carmina Burana / Ormandy, Harsanyi, Petrak, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-08-06

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana
Performers: Harsanyi, Janice; Petrak, Rudolf; Presnell, Harve
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Ives: Symphony no 1, Three Places in New England / Ormandy

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Charles Ives: Symphony no 1, for orchestra in D minor, S. 1 (K. 1A1); Orchestral Set no 1; Robert Browning Overture, for orchestra, S. 27 (K. 1B6)
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Stokowski, Leopold
Ensemble: American Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

The Most Fabulous Classical Christmas Album Ever!

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-09-26

Works: Traditional: The Angel Choir and the Trumpeter; Carol of the Bells; Fantasia on "I saw three ships"; Good King Wenceslas; O Tannenbaum; The Holly and the Ivy; We wish you a merry Christmas; What chil...
Performers: Arnold, Robert; Conant, Robert; Domingo, Placido; Ellis, Osian; Franchi, Sergio; Galway, James; Grady, John; Krips, Alfred; Lanza, Mario; Mitchell, Emily; Price, Leontyne; Valente, Benita
Conductors: ; Froschauer, Helmuth; Fiedler, Arthur; Gold, Marty; Galway, James; Gould, Morton; Callinicos, Constantin; Ormandy, Eugene; Korn, Michael; Harrer, Uwe Christian; Gillesberger, Hans
Ensemble: ; Alexander (New Age); Arthur Fiedler Chorus; Arthur Fiedler Orchestra; Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Concerto Soloists of Philadelphia; Henri Rene & His Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphi...

This selection contains both AAD and DDD recordings.

Christmastime is a season made for familiar traditions: food, decorations, and music. This collection of seasonal favorites is an anthology ...continue...

Menotti: The Medium, The Telephone, Amelia Al Ballo, etc

2 CD / Pearl / 2000-09-26

Works: Gian Carlo Menotti: The Medium; The Hero, for voice & piano; Work(s); Amelia Goes to the Ball; Sebastian; The Telephone (L'amour à trois), opera
Performers: Cotlow, Marilyn; Dame, Beverly; Keller, Evelyn; Mastice, Catherine; Powers, Marie; Rogier, Frank
Conductors: Balaban, Emanuel; Ormandy, Eugene; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Levin, Sylvan

Shostakovich: Symphony no 15, etc / Ormandy, Gilels, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 2000-01-11

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 15 in A major, Op. 141; Sonata for piano no 2 in B minor, Op. 61
Performers: Gilels, Emil
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

Feel the sound of this first-ever CD release in glorious 24/96 remastering. Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra had the honor of the first American...continue...

The Art of Eugene Ormandy

2 CD / Biddulph / 2000-01-01

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel; Sadko; Victor Herbert: Mademoiselle Modiste; Frantisek Drdla: Souvenir, for violin & piano, in D major; Antonin Dvorák: Humoresques (8) for Piano, Op. 1...
Performers: Axt, William; Ballew, Smith; Harrell, Mack; Kullman, Charles; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Ormandy, Eugene [Conductor/Violin]; Yeend, Frances
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Hollywood Bowl Symphony Orchestra; Minneapolis Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

Copland: El Salón México, Rodeo, etc / Ormandy, Mata, et al

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-12

Works: Aaron Copland: Appalachian Spring; Billy the Kid, ballet; Rodeo; El salón México
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mata, Eduardo
Ensemble: Dallas Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

Aaron Copland's "Billy the Kid", "Appalachian Spring" and "Rodeo" are perhaps three of the greatest dance pieces of the 20th century repertoire. In these excellent...continue...

Joy to the World / Ormandy, Philadelphia Orchestra, Chorus

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-10-01

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; William J. Kirkpatrick: Away in a manger; Katherine K. Davis: The Little Drummer Boy "Carol of the Drum"; Traditional: We wish you a merr...
Performers: De Lancie, John
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus

Copland - Greatest Hits

1 CD / RCA Records / 1999-07-26

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring; The Tender Land; Billy the Kid; Rodeo
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Copland, Aaron; Fiedler, Arthur
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

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...

HERITAGE Ravel: Complete Solo Piano Music /Robert Casadesus

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-06-16

Works: Maurice Ravel: Pavane pour une infante défunte; A la manière de. . . , for piano; Sonatine for Piano; Miroirs; Ma mère l'oye; Sites auriculaires; Jeux d'eau; Prélude for P...
Performers: Casadesus, Gaby; Casadesus, Robert
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

HERITAGE Shostakovich: Concertos / Oistrakh, Rostropovich

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1998-06-16

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Violin no 1 in A minor, Op. 77; Concerto for Cello no 1 in E flat major, Op. 107
Performers: Oistrakh, David; Rostropovich, Mstislav
Conductors: Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra

Sleighride! - Classic Christmas Favorites

1 CD / RCA Records / 1997-09-22

Works: Leroy Anderson: A Christmas Festival; Sleigh Ride; Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; Traditional: God rest ye merry, gentlemen; The Holly and the Ivy; Lully, lulla, thow littel tyne child "Coventry Car...
Performers: De Lancie, John; Domingo, Placido; Grady, John; Hirt, Al; Sonnleitner, Johannes
Conductors: Fiedler, Arthur; Ormandy, Eugene; Shaw, Robert; Froschauer, Helmuth; ; Kapp, Richard
Ensemble: Boston Pops; Canadian Brass; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra Chorus; Philharmonia Virtuosi; Robert Shaw Chorale; Vienna Boys' Choir; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Falla, Franck / Entremont, etc

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1997-03-04

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Manuel de Falla: Nights in the gardens of Spain; César Franck: Symphonic Variations for Piano and Orchestra, M 46; Gabriel Fauré: Ballade for Piano and Or...
Performers: Entremont, Philippe
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

American Archives Series - Dello Joio, Vincent / Ormandy

1 CD / Albany Records / 1997-03-01

Works: Norman Dello Joio: Air Power, suite from the film score for orchestra; John Vincent: Symphonic Poem after Descartes; Symphony in D major, a festival piece in 1 movement
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra

"This is the first disc of Albany's "American Archives Series"...John Vincent's one-movement symphony rises above the other works...These performances are flat-out gorgeous; what a beautiful...continue...

Kapell in Recital

1 CD / Arbiter / 1997-02-18

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Dmitry Shostakovich: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C minor, Op. 35; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Ferruccio Busoni: Four...
Performers: Kapell, William
Conductors: Barzin, Leon; Ormandy, Eugene

The Tsar - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1996-10-29

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan (Skazka o Tsare Saltane), musical pictures (suite) for orchestra, Op. 57; The Tsar's Bride; Snow Maiden; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Pictures at...
Performers: Karr, Gary; Rogers, Allen; Tourel, Jennie
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Tchakarov, Emil; Kostelanetz, André; Abbado, Claudio; Somary, Johannes; Davis, Andrew; Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Polish Radio Symphony Orchestra; Sofia National Opera Orchestra