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

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

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

50 Best Songs from the Musicals [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Alain Boublil: I Dreamed a Dream, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Bring Him Home, song (for the musical Les Misérables); Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the mu...
Performers: Anderson, Moira; Barstow, Josephine; Bayless, Jean; Berry, Craig; Burns, Debralee [Vocals]; Burns, Karla; Chapman, Shirley; Cogan, Alma; Criswell, Kim; Dann, Roger; Deleon, Jack; Dent, Rebecca; Garre...
Conductors: Ellis, Philip; Gemignani, Paul; Lee, Simon; Lowe, Robert; Tunick, Jonathan; Love, Geoff; Davies, Gareth; McGlinn, John; Osborne, Tony; Matz, Peter; Fonteyn, Sam; Alwyn, Kenneth; Ainsworth, Alyn; Ratt...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Kurt Weill: Symphonies 1 & 2; Broadway Songs; Concerto for Violin & Winds / Hampson, Hadley, Zimmermann

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Kurt Weill: Symphony no 1 ("Berliner Symphonie"); Symphony no 2; Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; One Touch of Venus; Knickerbocker Holiday; The Firebrand of Florence; Love Life; Johnny ...
Performers: Adler, Stephen; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Carl, Jeffrey; Dee, Christopher; Dore, Michael; Edwards, Terry [Bass Vocal]; Fardell, Robert; Futral, Elizabeth [Soprano Vocals]; Green, Simon ...
Conductors: Bertini, Gary; Jansons, Mariss; McGlinn, John
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

The year 1933 marks a clear divide in the life and music of Kurt Weill (1900-1950). This was the year in which he fled Nazi...continue...
Recording information: Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); Philharmonie, Berlin (02/26/1997-03/01/1997); Lyndhurst Ha...continue...

Very Best of Thomas Hampson

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Le lazzarone ("Au bord des flots d'Azure"), cabaret song for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, bo; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume ...
Performers: Airizer, Csaba; Alagna, Roberto; Alpher, David; Barrard, Marc; Domingo, Placido; Guzelimian, Armen; Hampson, Thomas; Knowles, Greg; Mahe, Martine; Mason, Molly; Parloff, Michael; Parsons, Geoffrey; R...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Almeida, Antonio de; Pappano, Antonio; Armstrong, Richard; Davis, Andrew; Luisi, Fabio; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz

The Jerome Kern Treasury

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Jerome Kern: The Ragtime Restaurant, song (from "The Red Petticoat"); Babes in the Wood, song (from "Very Good, Eddie"); Drift with Me, song (from "Love o'Mike"); I'm So Busy, song (from "Have a Hear...
Performers: Dvorsky, George; Hampson, Thomas; Lehman, Jeanne; Luker, Rebecca; Milla, Lydia; Panaro, Hugh
Conductors: McGlinn, John

BBC Music Magazine
This is a bumper bag of the master Jerome Kern's greatest songs from the 1910s to the '40s and in their original orchestrations....continue...
These selections were performed with the original orchestrations by Frank Sadler and Robert Russell Bennett.

Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (11/03/1992-11/06/1992)....continue...

Bloch: Avodath Hakodesh; Bach: Cantata, BWV 140

1 CD / Helicon Records / 2011-01-11

Works: Ernest Bloch: Avodath Hakodesh (Sacred Service), for baritone, chorus & orchestra (or piano or organ); Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166)
Performers: Carmel, Dudu; Hager, Klaus; Hampson, Thomas; Kastoriano, Israel; Konovalov, Ilya; Or, Talia; Purcell, Douglas
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin

Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Divertimento; Songs; Symphony No. 3 - Kaddish 2

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Divertimento for Orchestra; 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue; Elegy for Mippy no 2; Symphony no 3 "Kaddish"; Chichester Psalms; To What You Said, for voice & piano
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bousfield, Ian; Colson, Kevin; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Gaines, Davis; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kaye, Judy; Masters, Rachel; Miller, Tracey; Richardson,...
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; McGlinn, John; Ericson, Eric

BBC Music Magazine
An hors d'oeuvre rather than an entree, but a fine introduction to Bernstein's music - original and utterly American
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Musqiue Francaise / Michel Plasson [37 CD]

37 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-11-22

Works: Hector Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique, Op. 14; Le carnaval romain (Roman Carnival Overture), ouverture catactéristique for orchestra, H.95 (Op. 9); Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Harold in Italy ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Amyel, Arlette; Armengaud, Jean-Pierre; Barto, Tzimon; Bismuth, David; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Chesis, Linda; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Collardot, Timothee; Cottens, Jacques; Dewar...
Conductors: Plasson, Michel

For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces...continue...

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

Kurt Weill: Symphony No. 2; The Seven Deadly Sins; Songs / Jansons, Rattle, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Kurt Weill: Symphony no 2; Concerto for Violin & wind orchestra, Op. 12; Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny (Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny), opera; Die sieben Todsünden (The Seven De...
Performers: Archer, Robyn; Caley, Ian; Constable, John; Hampson, Thomas; Rippon, Michael; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Ross, Elise; Tomlinson, John; Zimmermann, Frank Peter
Conductors: Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muldowney, Dominic; McGlinn, John
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta

British Music / Sir Simon Rattle

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

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

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

American Classics - Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun / John McGlinn, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-30

Works: Irving Berlin: Annie Get Your Gun
Performers: Bartlett, Peta; Criswell, Kim; Garrison, David; Graae, Jason; Hampson, Thomas; Keating, Paul; Long, Emma; Luker, Rebecca; Ogsten, Bruce; Potter, Kerry; Spencer, Hayley
Conductors: McGlinn, John;
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; London Sinfonietta

Tilson Thomas / San Francisco SO / A Celebration of Leonard Bernstein - Opening Night at Carnegie Hall, 2008 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / San Francisco Symphony / 2009-01-13

Works: Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; On the Town; Mass; A Quiet Place
Performers: Ebersole, Christine; Hampson, Thomas; Ma, Yo-Yo; Upshaw, Dawn
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

Music Director of the New York Philharmonic from 1958 to 1969 and Laureate Conductor from 1969 to 1990, Leonard Bernstein brought his own particular New...continue...
Run Time: 84 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround,
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Gemini - Korngold: Symphony, Violin Concerto, Arias, etc / Mattes, Kanawa, Hampson, Hoelscher, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Symphony in F sharp major, Op. 40; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Much Ado about Nothing, suite from the incidental music for chamber orchestra, Op. 11; Theme and Va...
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn; Hampson, Thomas; Hoelscher, Ulf; Margalit, Israela; Stepansky, Alan [Cello]
Conductors: Welser-Möst, Franz; Mattes, Willy; Rudel, Julius; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: ; Munich Radio Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

NOEL! - Voices of Christmas / Alagna, Dessay, Te Kanawa, Hampson, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Traditional: Petit Papa Noël; O Tannenbaum; Campana sobre campana; Il est né, le divin enfant; D'où viens-tu, bergère?; The Twelve Days of Christmas; Les anges dans nos camp...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; André, Maurice [trumpet]; Dessay, Natalie; Hampson, Thomas; Hendricks, Barbara; Petibon, Patricia; Philogene, Ruby; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Villazón, Rolando
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kings College Choir; Ladies' Quartet; Les Petits Chanteurs De Vienne; The Sixteen

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

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-16

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

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

Bernstein - The Best of all Possible Worlds

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-09-16

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Candide; Arias and Barcarolles; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Dance Episodes (3) from "On the Town", for orchestra; A Quiet Place, opera in 3 act...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Carrington, Simon; Gedda, Nicolai; Green, Adolph; Hadley, Jerry; Hampson, Thomas; Jones, Della; Ludgin, Chester; Ludwig, Christa; Ollmann, Kurt; Percy, Neil; Rostropov...
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

To commemorate the 90th anniversary of Leonard Bernstein's birth, and the 50th anniversary of his appointment as music director of the New York Philharmonic, Carnegie...continue...

40 Most Beautiful Christmas Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-11-13

Works: Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Gabriel's Message (Basque); In dulci jubilo (Piæ Cantiones); I Wonder As I Wander (American); This is the truth sen...
Performers: Bach, Gottfried; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; George, Michael; Hampson, Thomas; Harjanne, Jouko; Jo, Sumi; Lipovsek, Marjana; Ochs, Barbara; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame; Upshaw, Dawn [So...
Conductors: Stapleton, Robin; Higginbottom, Edward; Wolff, Hugh; ; Gardiner, John Eliot; Sutej, Vjekoslav; Schneider, Michael; Scimone, Claudio; Werner, Fritz; Glahe, Will; Cohen, Joel [Early Music]; Lazarev, Al...
Ensemble: ; Concentus Musicus Wien; I Solisti Veneti; Il Giardino Armonico; London Brass; Will Glahe Soloists

Personnel: Marjana Lipovsek , Plácido Domingo, José Carreras , Michael George, Thomas Hampson, Sumi Jo, Kiri Te Kanawa, Dawn Upshaw (vocals); Jouko Harjanne (trumpet); Gottfried Bach (forte...continue...

Bernstein / Wonderful Town / Berliner Philharmoniker; Sir Simon Rattle (Conductor) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2006-11-21

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Wonderful Town; Various Composers: Works
Performers: Aliberti, Lucia; Baltsa, Agnes; Barcellona, Daniela; Criswell, Kim; Emmerlich, Gunter; Hampson, Thomas; La Scola, Vincenzo; Marshall, Wayne; McDonald, Audra; Rydl, Kurt; Sasson, Deborah; Schwarzhaupt...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Sir Simon Rattle conducts here one of the most brilliant and entertaining scores of Leonard Bernstein: the musical 'Wonderful Town'. Rattle is joined here by...continue...
Run Time: 76 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1 Surround
Subtitles: English, German...continue...

Verboten und verbannt

1 CD / Orfeo / 2006-08-08

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: On Wings of Song; Altdeutsches Frühlingslied ("Der trübe Winter ist vorbei"), song for voice & piano, Op. 86/6; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Komm du schönes Fischermädche...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Rieger, Wolfram

I Hear America Singing

2 CD / Orfeo / 2006-08-02

Works: Spoken Word: Thomas Hampson provides commentary for the concert "I Hear America Singing"; Edward MacDowell: O Lovely Rose, for voice & piano, Op. 40/5; The Sea, Op. 47/7; Charles Martin Loeffler: Poe...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Martineau, Malcolm; Rieger, Wolfram

Dvorák und seine Zeit

2 CD / Orfeo / 2005-07-22

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Cypresses, B 11; Evening Songs (Vecerní písne) (4), for voice & piano, B. 61 (Op. 3); Songs (4) for voice & piano , B. 157 (Op. 82); Zigeunermelodien (7), Op. 55; Morav...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Breedt, Michelle; Hampson, Thomas; Rieger, Wolfram; Zeppenfeld, Georg

The Very Best of Thomas Hampson

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-04-26

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Le lazzarone ("Au bord des flots d'Azure"), cabaret song for voice & piano (Péchés de vieillesse, bo; Péchés de vieillesse, Volume ...
Performers: Airizer, Csaba; Alagna, Roberto; Alpher, David; Barrard, Marc; Domingo, Placido; Guzelimian, Armen; Hampson, Thomas; Knowles, Gregory [Percussion]; Mahe, Martine; Mason, Molly; Parloff, Michael; Pars...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; Plasson, Michel; Kohn, Eugene; Almeida, Antonio de; Pappano, Antonio; Armstrong, Richard; Davis, Andrew; Luisi, Fabio; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Welser-Möst, Franz

Ives - An American Journey / Tilson Thomas, San Francisco SO

1 CD / RCA Records / 2002-02-05

Works: Charles Ives: From the Steeples and Mountains for Brass and Bells; The Things our Fathers Loved; The Pond (Remembrance), for orchestra (and optional voice), S. 40 (K. 1C26); Memories; Charlie Rutlage...
Performers: Fischthal, Glenn; Hampson, Thomas; Thomas, Michael Tilson
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson
Ensemble: San Francisco Girls Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Chorus; San Francisco Symphony Orchestra

"This RCA disc of orchestral, vocal and choral items provides a fascinating tangential addendum... The vocal items are shared between the excellent San Francisco choirs...continue...

Thomas Hampson - A Portrait

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-10-30

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The Dead City); Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; Franz Lehár: O Vaterland, du machst bei Tag, for voice & piano (or orchestra) (from"Die lustige Witwe");...
Performers: Alpher, David; Criswell, Kim; Guzelimian, Armen; Hampson, Thomas; Mason, Molly; Parsons, Geoffrey; Ungar, Jay
Conductors: Luisi, Fabio; Welser-Möst, Franz; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Norrington, Roger; McGlinn, John; Gemignani, Paul

Ultima - Copland: Appalachian Spring, etc / Wolff, et al

2 CD / Teldec / 2001-04-17

Works: Aaron Copland: Music for the Theatre, suite for small orchestra; Latin American Sketches (3), for orchestra; Quiet City; Appalachian Spring, ballet for 13 instruments; Old American Songs, Set 1; Down...
Performers: Bordner, Gary; Hampson, Thomas; Tempel, Thomas; Upshaw, Dawn [Soprano Vocal]

Duruflé: Requiem, Messe "Cum jubilo", Motets /Plasson, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-02-01

Works: Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; Missa "Cum Jubilo", for baritone, baritone chorus, orchestra & organ, Op. 11; Motets (4) on Gregorian themes, Op. 10; Notre Père (2 versions), for chorus; for ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Hampson, Thomas; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Orféon Donostiarra; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

Simply the Best Night at the Opera / Algana, Bartoli, et al

2 CD / Erato / 1999-07-06

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Gianni Schicchi, opera; La bohème; Manon Lescaut; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, op...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Bastin, Jules; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cura, Jose; Daniel, Susan; Dessay, Natalie; Domingo, Placido; Dubosc, Catherine; Gheorghiu, Angela; ...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Nagano, Kent; Viotti, Marcello; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Rizzi, Carlo; Lombard, Alain; Scimone, Claudio; Lenárd, Ondrej; Conlon, James; Foster, Lawrence; Barenboim, Daniel; Leppar...

Christmas with Thomas Hampson / Hampson, Wolff, St. Paul CO

1 CD / Teldec / 1997-09-11

Works: Lowell Mason: Joy to the World; John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Traditional: In dulci jubilo; O du fröhliche; Macht hoch die T&u...
Performers: Hampson, Thomas
Conductors: Wolff, Hugh
Ensemble: St. Paul Chamber Orchestra

Warren: Singing Earth

1 CD / Cambria / 1995-01-01

Works: Elinor Remick Warren: Singing Earth, song cycle for voice & orchestra; Abram in Egypt for baritone, chorus & orchestra; The Harp Weaver, song; The Sleeping Beauty, song
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Nienstedt, Gerd; Venuti, Maria
Conductors: Ferden, Bruce

Ives, Griffes, MacDowell: Lieder / Thomas Hampson

1 CD / Teldec / 1992-01-28

Works: Charles Ives: Minnelied, song for voice & piano, S. 298 (K. 6B14a); Grass; Frühlingslied, song for voice & piano, S. 254 (K. 6B25); Du bist wie eine Blume; Rosamunde "J'attends, hélas"; E...
Performers: Guzelimian, Armen; Hampson, Thomas

Warren: The Legend of King Arthur

1 CD / Cambria / 1991-04-01

Works: Elinor Remick Warren: The Legend of King Arthur, for voice, chorus & orchestra ("A Choral Symphony")
Performers: Hampson, Thomas; Vincent, Lawrence
Conductors: Kawalla, Szymon