Modern Period > Tortelier, Yan Pascal

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album / Alexandre Tharaud, Barbara Hendricks, Samson Francois Alexis Weissenberg, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Heitor Villa-Lobos...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Barley, Peter; Francois, Samson; Garcia, José Luis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Ousset, Cécile; Tharaud, Al...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Labadie, Bernard; Bátiz, Enrique; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos; Les Violons du Roy

EMI Classics is proud to present Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, an exciting new release featuring 15 pieces of classical music personally...continue...
When E.L. James was writing her Twilight-slash-fic-turned-BSDM potboiler Fifty Shades of Grey, she apparently fueled her writing sessions by listening to tons of classical music. Once the book turned ...continue...

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet plays works by Ravel, Debussy & Massenet

1 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2010-11-16

Works: Claude Debussy: Fantaisie for piano & orchestra, L. 73; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Concerto for Piano left hand; Jules Massenet: Impromptus (2) for piano; Toccata for piano in B fl...
Performers: Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal

Jean-Efflam Bavouzet performs French repertoire on this his second disc of concertos for Chandos. His recording of the Bartok Piano Concertos was released in September...continue...

The Art of Susan Graham

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Iphigénie en Tauride; Orphée et Eurydice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze de Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio S...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants

Zen Voices

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

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

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

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

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

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; Augér, Arleen; Barrueco, Manuel; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]...
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 Relaxing Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147...
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...

Bear Essentials - American Classcics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Concerto for Clarinet; Old American Songs, Set 1; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Duke Ellington: Do nothin' till you hear ...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Graham, Susan; Hilton, Janet; McNaught, Graeme; Shelley, Howard; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Dufallo, Richard; Mosko, Stephen; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; Turovsky, Yuli; Jeanes, Major E. W.; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Stephens, D.S.; ; Slatkin, Leonard; Dausgaard, Thomas; Bamert, Matthi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Blues & Royals Band; Center City Brass Quintet; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; I Musici de Montréal; N...

Poèmes de l'amour - Debussy, Chausson, Ravel / Graham, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-03-29

Works: Ernest Chausson: Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19; Maurice Ravel: Shéhérazade, poems (3) for soprano (or tenor) & orchestra (or piano); Claude Debussy: Poèmes (5) de ...
Performers: Graham, Susan
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra

Graham's unique charm is composed of her thrilling voice, an engaging and acting ability and her tall graceful stature. Her smooth lyric voice has an...continue...

Peace - Pure Classical Calm

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-01-25

Works: Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man; Howard Shore: The Lord of the Rings; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Erik Satie: Gnossienne for piano no 1; Michael Ny...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Ambache, Diana; Auger, Arleen; Beniston, Paul; Bury, Alison; Cole, Maggie; Farr, Stephen; Galway, James [Flute]; Helmis, Fritz; Isbin, Sharon; Izzy; Johnson, Guy; Paik, Kun-woo; Plet...
Conductors: Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Raine, Nic; Olah, Erno; Hill, David; Nyman, Michael [Piano]; Tortelier, Paul; Ledger, Philip, Sir; ; Foster, Lawrence; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Warren-Green, Christopher; Ha...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; Nash Ensemble

Ravel: Orchestral Music / Tortelier, Ulster Orchestra

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2004-10-19

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Tzigane; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro; Valses nobles et senti...
Performers: Blake, Christopher; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fleming, Colin; Masters, Rachel; Miller, Charles; Roberts, Stephen; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Belfast Philharmonic Society Chorus; Ulster Orchestra

"...for those who above all simply with to luxuriate in some of the most spellbinding scores in existence, Torelier's set could well prove to be...continue...

Art of Classics - Beliebte Orchesterwerke

3 CD / Intercord / 2003-11-18

Works: Bedrich Smetana: Má vlast; Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Antonín Dvorák: Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22; Jean Sibelius: Finlandia, Op. 26...
Conductors: Swarowsky, Hans; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Köhler, Siegfried; Wich, Günther; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Hungarica; Stuttgart Chamber Orchestra; Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra

The Kiss - Music for Love & Passion

1 CD / Intercord / 2003-09-30

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Richard Wagner: Tristan und Isolde; Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Fantasy-Impromptu for piano in C sharp minor, Op....
Performers: Demus, Jorg [Piano]; Favre, Christian; Keller, Roland
Conductors: Forrester, Thomas R.; Gielen, Michael; Mersson, Boris; Warren, George Randolph; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Bünte, Carl-August
Ensemble: ; Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Festival Orchestra; Southwest German Radio Symphony Orchestra

The Kiss Music for Love and Passion and Another Kiss More Music for Love and Passion are timeless collections of romantic music chosen by The...continue...

Hindemith: Symphonic Metamorphosis, etc / Kavakos, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-05-22

Works: Paul Hindemith: Konzertmusik for Brass and Strings, Op. 50; Concerto for Violin & orchestra; Symphonic Metamorphosis
Performers: Kavakos, Leonidas
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Although Hindemith's Symphonic Metamorphoses is still fairly well represented in the catalog, versions of his fabulous Concert Music for Strings and Brass have been removed...continue...

Historical -Hommage à Paul Tortelier -Performer and Composer

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2001-01-23

Works: Paul Tortelier: Concerto for 2 cellos & orchestra ("Double Concerto"); Suite for cello solo in D; Offrande for strings; Your Grey-Blue Eyes for violin & orchestra
Performers: Cobb, Timothy; Eichenauer, Ulrich; Florey, Karin-Regina; Frank, Pamela; Noras, Arto; Rivinius, Gustav; Tortelier, Maude-Martin; Tortelier, Paul; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Dutilleux: Complete Orchestral Works / Tortelier, BBC

4 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Symphony no 1, for orchestra; Symphony no 2; L'arbre des songes, concerto for violin & orchestra; Sonnets de Jean Cassou (3), for voice & piano or orchestra; Timbres, espace, mouveme...
Performers: Addinall, Patrick; Argiros, Marios; Burrowes, Edward; Cervenka, Edward; Charlier, Olivier; Chasey, Robert; Chatwin, David; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Dintinger, Paul; Dixon, Peter; Fisher, J...
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"For all his splashy harmonic sensuality and colorful timbral ingenuity, Dutilleux is still fundamentally a classicist. His music really belongs in a straight line following...continue...

Ravel: Orchestral Music - Bolero, etc / Tortelier, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2000-11-28

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Miroirs; Don Quichotte à Dulcinée; Tzigane; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Boléro
Performers: Miller, Charles; Roberts, Stephen; Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra

Boulanger: Faust et Hélène, etc / Tortelier, Dawson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-08-17

Works: Lili Boulanger: Psalm 24 for chorus, orchestra & organ; Faust et Hélène, cantata; D'un soir triste, for string trio (or cello) & piano (or orchestra); D'un matin de printemps, for violin (o...
Performers: Bottone, Bonaventura; Dawson, Lynne; Howard, Jason; MacKenzie, Neil; Murray, Ann
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus

"...[Lili Boulanger's] completed works display a precocious maturity providing a tantalising clue as to what might have been. Boulanger's psalm settings, two of which are...continue...

Messiaen: Turangalîla-symphonie /Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-09-15

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Turangalîla-Symphonie
Performers: Hartmann-Claverie, Valerie; Shelley, Howard
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Hindemith: Sancta Susanna, etc / Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1998-06-16

Works: Paul Hindemith: Sancta Susanna, opera in 1 act, Op. 21; Das Nusch-Nuschi, ballet opera for marionettes in 1 act, Op. 20; Tuttifäntchen, suite from the incidental music for violin & orchestra; So...
Performers: Bullock, Susan; Gunson, Ameral; Jones, Della
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Leeds Festival Chorus

"It's hard to imagine a wider variety of music written by one composer over a span of five years than we hear on this disc,...continue...

Dutilleux: Tout un monde lointain, etc / Tortelier, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-11-18

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Métaboles, for orchestra; Tout un monde lointain. . ., concerto for cello & orchestra; Mystère de l'instant, for string orchestra, cimbalom & percussion
Performers: Cervenka, Edward; Pergamenschikow, Boris
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"...there is one particularly strong reason to get this third volume in Yan-Pascal Tortelier's perusal of Dutilleux's orchestral music: the version offered here of Mystere...continue...

Hindemith: Pittsburgh Symphony, etc / Tortelier, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1997-05-20

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphonic Dances, for orchestra; Rag Time, for orchestra (or piano 4 hands), Op. 20; Pittsburgh Symphony, for orchestra
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Dutilleux: L'arbre de songes, etc / Tortelier, Charlier

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-09-24

Works: Henri Dutilleux: L'arbre des songes, concerto for violin & orchestra; J'ai rêvé que je vous portais entre mes bras, for voice & piano or orchestra (Sonnets de Jean Cassou; Il n'y avait que ...
Performers: Charlier, Olivier; Davies, Neal [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Hill, Martyn
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is a spectacular release. If Chandos offered nothing more here than some of the richest, warmest, fullest orchestral sound you'll hear on a CD...this...continue...

Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra, etc / Tortelier, BBC PO

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1996-03-19

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Concerto for Orchestra; Funeral Music; Mi-Parti
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

"There is a palpable commitment from both orchestra and conductor, for the disc had me on the edge of my seat. The sound on this...continue...

Poulenc: Gloria, Stabat Mater / Tortelier, Watson, et al

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-05-23

Works: Francis Poulenc: Gloria in G major; Stabat Mater, for soprano, chorus & orchestra, FP 148
Performers: Watson, Janice
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Singers

Gramophone Classical Music Guide
We are immediately struck, at the start of the Gloria, by the radiantly warm but clean orchestral sonority: only later does an...continue...

Poulenc: Organ Concerto; Widor, Guilmant / Tracey, Tortelier

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1994-04-01

Works: Alexandre Guilmant: Sonata for Organ no 1 in D minor, Op. 42; Charles-Marie Widor: Fifth Organ Symphony in F, Op. 42/1; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor
Performers: Tracey, Ian
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Hindemith: Symphonia Serena, etc / Tortelier, BBC Phil

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-11-01

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphonia serena; Symphony, "Die Harmonie der Welt" (The Music of the Spheres)
Performers: Fisher, Janet; Maxwell, Tania; Orton, Andrew; Simons, Dennis
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Dutilleux: Symphonies 1 & 2 / Tortelier, BBC Philharmonic

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1993-09-01

Works: Henri Dutilleux: Symphony no 1, for orchestra; Symphony no 2
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Hindemith: Cello Concerto, Four Temperaments / Tortelier

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-10-01

Works: Paul Hindemith: Concerto for Cello; Theme with Four Variations. The Four Temperaments, ballet for piano & strings
Performers: Chasey, Robert; Dixon, Peter; Fisher, Janet; Shelley, Howard; Simons, Dennis; Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Hindemith: Symphony in E Flat, etc / Tortelier, BBC Phil

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-05-01

Works: Paul Hindemith: Symphony in E flat major, for orchestra; Nobilissima visione, ballet suite for orchestra; Neues vom Tage
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Milhaud: Le Boeuf sur le Toit; Poulenc, Ibert / Tortelier

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-02-01

Works: Francis Poulenc: Les biches, suite for orchestra (from the ballet), FP 36; Jacques Ibert: Divertissement, for chamber orchestra; Darius Milhaud: Le boeuf sur le toit, Op. 58; La création du mo...
Performers: Holmes, Tim; Schumann, Paul
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal
Ensemble: Ulster Orchestra