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For Your Delight / Eric Coates

1 CD / Delta (UK) / 2009-04-07

Works: Eric Coates: In Town Tonight, for pops orchestra (Foxtrot arrangement of 'Knightsbridge March'); By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Over to You, march; Symphonic Rhapsody on I Heard ...
Performers: Coates, Eric [Composer]; Fairfax, Lance
Conductors: Band, Teddy Joyce; Teddy, Joyce; Coates, Eric [Composer]; Lemoine, Lieut. A.
Ensemble: ; Columbia Light Symphony Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Concert Orchestra; Eric Jones Orchestra; HMV Light Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; New Symphony Orchestra of London; P...

2009 release. Now highly praised alongside Elgar, Delius and other select British `niche' composers, Eric Coates won world renown during his own lifetime. The son...continue...
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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

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

Hall of Fame Vol 1 - Rose, Ellis, Anderson, Farnon

1 CD / Guild / 2006-05-01

Works: David Rose: Holiday for Strings; Vivian Ellis: Coronation Scot; Leroy Anderson: Serenata; Robert Farnon: Portrait of a Flirt; Noel Coward: Words and Music; Jack Strachey: In Party Mood; George Melach...
Performers: Black, Stanley; Richardson, Clive
Conductors: Gould, Morton; Williams, Charles; Fiedler, Arthur; Farnon, Robert; Kostelanetz, André; Voss, Louis; Melachrino, George; Faith, Percy; Collins, Anthony; Robinson, Stanford; Riddle, Nelson; ; Ho...
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Boston Pops Orchestra; Camarata; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; David Rose Orchestra; Harry Horlick Orchestra; Kingsway Orchestra; London Promenade Orchestra; Marek ...

After so many wonderful releases in the Golden Age of Light Music series, it is now time for the awards season. To wit, this particular...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...

Expanded Edition - Humoresque / Isaac Stern

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-07-27

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Caprice Viennois; Joh...
Performers: Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Katims, Milton; Brieff, Frank
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

"Stern seems to enjoy playing a number of violinistic tricks here - portamento, vibrato, and sentimental phrasing... I suspect that he had fun making this...continue...

Expanded Edition - Copland conducts Copland

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-30

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring; Old American Songs, Set 1; Rodeo; Symphony no 3; Billy the Kid
Performers: Warfield, William [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Copland, Aaron
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"The composer directs with unrivaled insight throughout. The remastering for CD is done most skillfully, retaining the ambiance of the originals while achieving more refined...continue...

Expanded Edition - Gershwin, Grofé, etc / Bernstein, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-09-30

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris; Ferde Grofé: Grand Canyon Suite, for orchestra; Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Collins, Phil; Columbia Jazz Band; Corigliano, John; Corigliano, John, Sr. [Violin]; Goodman, Benny; New York Philharmonic
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Columbia Jazz Combo; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

"Bernstein's approach is inspirational, exceptionally flexible and completely spontaneous. The performance of 'An American in Paris' is vividly characterized, brash and episodic; an unashamedly Americ...continue...
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The Essential Igor Stravinsky

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2003-03-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Fireworks, Op. 4; Firebird; Pétrouchka; Le sacre du printemps; Suite no 1 for small Orchestra; Rag-time for 11 instruments; Histoire du soldat - Trois danses; Piano-Rag-Music,...
Performers: Albert, Adrienne; Anderson, Linda; Baker, Israel; Berberian, Cathy; Bressler, Charles; Cho-Liang, Lin; Craft, Robert [Conductor]; Entremont, Philippe; Garrard, Don; Goodman, Benny; Gramm, Donald; Hei...
Conductors: Thomas, Michael Tilson; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Stravinsky, Igor; ; Craft, Robert
Ensemble: C. B. C. Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Columbia Jazz Combo; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; London Sinfonietta; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

The Ultimate Classical Christmas Album of All Time

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-10-01

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Magnificat in D major, BWV 243; Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Felix Mend...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Blegen, Judith; Carolan, Lucy; Deutsch, Helmut; Domingo, Placido; Farrell, Eileen; Finucane, Tom; Hadda, Natanja; Horne, Marilyn; Kirchschlager, Angelika; Kirkby, Emma; Lagoya, Alexa...
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Mercurio, Steven; Rilling, Helmuth; Ottley, Jerold; Condie, Richard P.; ; Radu, Valentin; Parrott, Andrew; Bernstein, Leonard; Zukerman, Pinchas; Bernius, Frieder; Newman, Anthony; M...
Ensemble: Ama Deus Ensemble; Ambrosian Singers; American Boychoir; Canadian Brass; Chestnut Brass Company; Choral Guild of Atlanta Brass Ensemble; Christmas Concert Choir; Cleveland Orchestra Brass Ensemble; C...

Original Jacket Collection - Leonard Bernstein

10 CD / Sony Classical / 2001-12-04

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Leonard Bernstein: How a Great Symphony Was Written (Lecture); Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; On the Waterfront; Leonard ...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Sabinsky, Raymond
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

A Copland Celebration Vol 3 - Vocal & Choral Works

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-11-07

Works: Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; Old American Songs, for voice & piano, Book 2; Poems (12) of Emily Dickinson, song cycle for voice & piano (orchestrated 1970 as "Poems (8) of Emil; In the B...
Performers: Addison, Adele; Cassilly, Richard; Copland, Aaron; Fredericks, Richard; Hale, Robert; Muller, Mildred; Treigle, Norman; Turner, Claramae; Warfield, William [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Copland, Aaron
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Les Illuminataions, etc /Barbirolli, Pears, Britten

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, Op. 22
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Britten's only rival as an interpreter of his own music on record is Stravinsky, yet in his Aspen Award speech of 1964, he stated that...continue...

Pan-Americana - The Violin Artistry of Louis Kaufman

1 CD / Cambria / 1996-01-01

Works: Robert Russell Bennett: A Song Sonata; Concerto for Violin & orchestra; Robert Guyn McBride: Aria and Toccata in Swing, for violin & piano; William Grant Still: The Blues, for violin & piano (arrange...
Performers: Balsam, Artur; Kaufman, Annette; Kaufman, Louis; Saidenberg, Theodore
Conductors: Herrmann, Bernard
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Box III

12 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-12-19

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio sonata for flute, violin & continuo in G major, H. 590.5 (also attributed to JS Bach as BWV 103; Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Trio sonata for 2 flutes & continuo no 3 in A...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Istomin, Eugene; Katims, Milton; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Parnas, Leslie; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Ritter, John Steele; Rose, Leonard; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Schneider, Mischa; Spaeter, Ma...
Conductors: Katims, Milton; Brieff, Frank
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

More Greatest Hits / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-12-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Patrick Gilmore: When Johnny comes marching home; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 1...
Performers: Alexander, John [tenor]; Amara, Lucine; Asper, Frank; Chookasian, Lili; Cundick, Robert; Longhurst, John; Macurdy, John; Merrill, Robert; Milnes, Sherrill; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Condie, Richard P.; Ottley, Jerold; Clancy, Jim
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra; The Vocal Majority

Make A Joyful Noise / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-12-05

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2; Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 80, "Ei...
Conductors: Ottley, Jerold D.
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Isaac Stern - A Life In Music - Stravinsky, Rochberg

1 CD / Sony Classical Import / 1995-07-25

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for Violin in D major; George Rochberg: Concerto for Violin
Performers: Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor; Previn, Andre
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra

God Bless America / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-07-14

Works: Samuel Augustus Ward: America the Beautiful; David T. Shaw: Columbia, the gem of the ocean; Traditional: America "My country, 'tis of thee"; Down in the valley; Shenandoah; When I first came to this ...
Performers: Asper, Frank; Merrill, Robert; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Harris, Arthur; Condie, Richard P.; Ottley, Jerold
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra

Martinu, Khachaturian: Violin Concertos / Louis Kaufman

1 CD / Cambria / 1991-06-01

Works: Bohuslav Martinu: Concerto for Violin no 2, H 293; Aram Khachaturian: Concerto for Violin in D minor; Joseph Achron: Stimmungen (2), Op. 32; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Golden Cockerel; Traditional: Dan...
Performers: Kaufman, Louis; Ulanowsky, Paul
Conductors: Leconte, Jean-Michel; Rachmilovich, Jacques; Herrmann, Bernard
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; ORTF Philharmonic Orchestra; Santa Monica Orchestra

Bernstein Favorites - The 20th Century

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-05-07

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Appalachian Spring; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; George Gershwin: An American in Paris; Rhapsody in Blue; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana brasileira no 5...
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Corigliano, John, Sr. [Violin]; Davrath, Netania; Graffman, Gary; Nadien, David; Stern, Carl
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Leonard Bernstein - A Tribute

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1991-01-15

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Symphonic Dances from West Side Story; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor; Charles Ives: Contemplations (2)
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard; Vacchiano, William
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Recording information: 09/28/1960-06/11/1963.

Sony Classical's 1997 reissue of Leonard Bernstein's own early '60s recordings of his orchestral versions of some of his theater and film music was...continue...

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky - The Firebird, etc

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-04-19

Works: Igor Stravinsky: L'oiseau de feu (The Firebird), ballet in 2 scenes for orchestra; Scherzo à la russe; Scherzo fantastique, Op. 3; Fireworks, Op. 4
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: C. B. C. Symphony Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Stravinsky conducts Stravinsky - Petrushka, Le Sacre

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1988-03-01

Works: Igor Stravinsky: Petrushka, ballet (burlesque) in 4 scenes for orchestra (1947 version); Le sacre du printemps
Conductors: Stravinsky, Igor
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue/An American in Paris / Leonard Bernstein, piano

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-09-29

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; An American in Paris
Performers: Bernstein, Leonard
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

REVIEWS:

New York Times (Publisher) (7/30/00, p.30) - "...This is the one indispensable recording of this familiar work, with Bernstein both conducting and playing the piano, paired with an equ...continue...

Benny Goodman Collector's Edition

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1987-01-01

Works: Leonard Bernstein: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Aaron Copland: Concerto for Clarinet; Igor Stravinsky: Ebony Concerto; Morton Gould: Derivations; Béla Bartók: Contrasts for Violin, Clarine...
Performers: Bartók, Béla; Goodman, Benny; Szigeti, Joseph
Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard; Copland, Aaron; Stravinsky, Igor; Gould, Morton
Ensemble: Columbia Jazz Band; Columbia Symphony Orchestra