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Mahler: Symphony No. 8 "Symphony of a Thousand" / Simon Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Recording information: Symphony Hall, Birmingham (06/2004)....continue...

Debussy: Jeux; Images; Music for "King Lear" / Rattle CBSO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Claude Debussy: Le roi Lear; Jeux; Images for Orchestra
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Before Sir Simon Rattle took over the helm of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he poured all his resources as the conjurer of Early Modern music...continue...
Recording information: Arts Centre, University of Warwick (02/1989)....continue...

Sibelius: Symphonies Nos. 1-7; Finlandia; tone poems / Sakari Oramo

4 CD / Erato / 2012-04-24

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 52; Finlandia, Op. 26; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63; Symphony no 5 in E flat major...
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Erato & Warner Classics proudly re-issues Sakari Oramo's critically acclaimed recordings of the complete Sibelius Symphonies with Tone Poems in a new 4-CD boxed set...continue...
Recording information: Birmingham Symphony Hall....continue...

Nielson: Symphonies 1-4 / Herbert Blomstedt; Simon Rattle

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Carl Nielsen: Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 7; Symphony no 2 in B minor, Op. 16 "The Four Temperaments"; Bohmisk-dansk folketone, FS 130; Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Sinfonia espansiva"; Symphony no 4, Op...
Conductors: Blomstedt, Herbert; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra

Carl Nielsen (1865-1931), the greatest composer to come out of Denmark, was an accomplished symphonist. He produced six very fine symphonies with which his name...continue...

Britten: Cello Symphony; Elgar: Cello Concerto / Truls Otterbech Mork

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 85; Benjamin Britten: Simple Symphony for Strings, Op. 4
Performers: Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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...

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

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...

Icon - Dame Janet Baker - The Beloved Mezzo Sings Mahler, Elgar, Berlioz, Chausson, etc

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Richard Strauss: Lieder (5), Op. 32; Lieder (4), Op. 36; Lieder (4), Op. 27; Lieder (3), Op. 43; Edward Elgar: Sea Pictures,...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Gauntlett, Ambrose; Isepp, Martin; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Spencer, Robert [Lute]; Whittaker, Douglas
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Leppard, Raymond; Menuhin, Yehudi; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

A new release in the recently-launched EMI Classics ICON Series, this 5-CD set is dedicated to Dame Janet Baker, long praised as one of the...continue...

EMI 20th Century Classics - Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Erwartung, etc / Rattle, Tate, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9; Chamber Symphony no 2, Op. 38; Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Erwartung, Op. 17; Variatio...
Performers: Bryn-Julson, Phyllis [Soprano Vocal]; Erben, Valentin; Kakuska, Thomas
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Tate, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra

EMI 20th Century Classics - Prokofiev: Symphony no 1 in D major "Classical", etc / Dutiot, Argerich, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Scythian Suite, Op. 20; Concerto for Piano no 1 in D flat major, Op. 10; Concerto for Violin no 1 in D major, Op. 19; Visions fugitives (20) for Piano, Op. 22; Symphony no 1 in D ma...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Beroff, Michel; Portal, Michel; Starker, Janos; Zimmermann, Frank Peter
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Maazel, Lorin; Kurtz, Efrem; Susskind, Walter; Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Debussy: Images, etc; Ravel / Simon Rattle, et al

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Le roi Lear; Jeux; Images for Orchestra; Pagodes, for piano, L. 100/1; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; La boîte à joujoux (The Toybox), balle...
Performers: Ewing, Maria; Gavrilov, Andrei; Ousset, Cecile
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Rattle is no more at home than when conducting masterpieces from the 20th-century repertoire, and in this set of 5 CDs he can be heard...continue...

Szymanowski: Symphonies 3 & 4, etc / Simon Rattle, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-04-01

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Songs (6) of a fairy-tale princess, Op. 31; Harnasie, Op. 55; Love Songs of Hafiz, songs (8) for tenor & orchestra, Op. 26, M28; Concerto for Violin no 1, Op. 35, M37; Concerto for...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Burden, Andrew; Connell, John; Garrison, Jon [Tenor Vocal]; Gierlach, Robert; Hampson, Thomas; Karneus, Katarina; Langridge, Philip; Milne, Lisa; Minkiewicz, Ryszard; Quivar, Flore...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus; City of Birmingham Symphony Youth Chorus

This 4-CD set contains all the Szymanowski recordings that Sir Simon Rattle made for EMI classics, including some of the composer's best known works -...continue...

Portrait

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-02-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K. 218; Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D min...
Performers: Hope, Daniel [Violin]
Conductors: ; Norrington, Roger; Oramo, Sakari; Watkins, Paul; Shostakovich, Maxim
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Beaux Arts Trio; Camerata Salzburg; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Daniel Hope (violin); Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar).

Recording information: 08/26/2003-11/02/2005....continue...

Sibelius: Symphonies no 1-7, etc / Simon Rattle

5 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-10-02

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 1 in E minor, Op. 39; Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 43; Symphony no 3 in C major, Op. 52; Symphony no 4 in A minor, Op. 63; Symphony...
Performers: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Rattle's Sibelius recordings are among the very best around and many of these performances have been singled out for individual critical praise, in many cases...continue...

Saint-Saens: Organ Symphony / Frémaux

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-03-20

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Carnival of the animals; Allegro appassionato for Cello and Piano in B minor, Op. 43; Symphony no 3 in C minor, Op. 78 "Organ"; Samson et D...
Performers: Kok, Felix; Lucas, Brenda; Moroney, Anthony; Ogdon, John; Robinson, Christopher [Choral Conductor]; Robinson, Hilary; Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Frémaux, Louis; Prêtre, Georges
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Paris Opéra Orchestra

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos no 1-4 / Nikolai Lugansky

3 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-03-20

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, etc / Barenboim, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-11-21

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht for String Orchestra, Op. 4; Pelleas und Melisande, symphonic poem, Op. 5; Chamber Symphony no 1 in E major, Op. 9; Johannes Brahms: Quartet for Piano and Stri...
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra

Szymanowski: Stabat Mater, Litany, Symphony no 3 / Simon Rattle, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-03

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Stabat mater, Op. 53; Litany to the Virgin Mary, Op. 59; Symphony no 3, Op. 27 "Song of the Night"
Performers: Connell, John; Garrison, Jon [Tenor Vocal]; Quivar, Florence [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Szmytka, Elzbieta
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Choir; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Best Piano 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano in C sharp minor (doubtful), KK Anh.Ia/6; Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16; Waltz for piano no 6 in D flat major ("Minute"), Op. 64/1, C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Béroff, Michel; Barto, Tzimon; Beroff, Michel; Brunhoff, Thierry de; Bunin, Stanislav; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Collard, Jean-P...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Marshall, Wayne; Bernstein, Leonard; Thompson, Bryden; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Szell, George; Matacic, Lovro von; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Dutoit, Charles;
Ensemble: ; Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; Members of the Borodin ...

This superb collection features the top piano music of all time. 'Best Piano 100' caters to every mood and includes music from Grieg to Gershwin,...continue...
No musical instrument is quite as versatile as the piano, and this set presents 100 examples of its impressive range in classical music. Beethoven's Fur Elise, Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue, Satie's Gym...continue...

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...

Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, etc / Oramo, Donohoe, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-05-23

Works: John Foulds: Dynamic Triptych, for piano & orchestra, Op. 88; April - England, version for orchestra (Impressions of Time and Place no 1), Op. 48/1; Music-Pictures Group III, for orchestra, Op. 33; T...
Performers: Donohoe, Peter
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

The music of John Foulds (1880-1939) is both highly charismatic and unusual. He has been described as a "quintessential eccentric" and as "England's answer to...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 5 / Oramo, City of Birmingham SO

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-11-08

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 5 in C sharp minor
Performers: Dutch, Elspeth; Holland, Jonathan
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Sakari Oramo and the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra re in the midst of an exploration of the works of Gustav Mahler. They bring their...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 8 / Rattle, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-04-12

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Banse, Juliane; Brewer, Christine; Henschel, Jane; Isokoski, Soile; Relyea, John; Remmert, Birgit; Villars, Jon; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Court, Shirley
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Written in a staggering burst of creative inspiration over eight weeks in 1906, the Eighth Symphony is considered to be Mahler's greatest triumph. In June...continue...

Tchaikovsky, Sibelius: Violin Concertos / Nigel Kennedy

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Jean Sibelius: Concerto for Violin in D minor, Op. 47
Performers: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]
Conductors: Kamu, , Okko; Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra

Foulds: Mirage, 3 Mantras, etc / Bickey, Oramo, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-01-25

Works: John Foulds: Three Mantras from Avatara, for orchestra, Op. 61b; Lyra Celtica, concerto for voice & orchestra, Op. 50; Apotheosis (Elegy), for violin & orchestra (Music Poem no 4), Op. 18; Mirage, fo...
Performers: Bickley, Susan; Hope, Daniel [Violin]
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

John Foulds has been described as a quintessential eccentric and as England's answer to Charles Ives. When he started composing, Foulds was a fairly typical...continue...

Rachmaninov: Piano Variations, etc / Lugansky, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-10-12

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Variations on a theme of Corelli, Op. 42; Variations on a Theme of Chopin, for piano, Op. 22
Performers: Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

This imaginative CD of all three of Rachmaninov's fiendishly-difficult large-scale variations complements Nikolai Lugansky's ongoing survey of Rachmaninov's piano music, including the piano concertos ...continue...

Grieg, Sibelius: Songs / Oramo, Mattila, et al

1 CD / Erato / 2004-05-25

Works: Jean Sibelius: Songs (5), Op. 38; Songs (5), Op. 37; Songs (7), Op. 17; Arioso, Op. 3; Runeberg Songs (7), Op. 13; Luonnotar, Op. 70; Maiden in the Tower; Belshazzar's Feast, Op. 51; Edvard Grieg: Pe...
Performers: Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

"Mattila's voice is quite large, smooth up and down its wide range, and it's crowned by a splendid, very secure high register that includes thrilling...continue...

Elgar, Barber: Cello Concertos / Gastinel, Brown, Birmingham

1 CD / Naïve / 2004-02-01

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Samuel Barber: Concerto for Cello in A minor, Op. 22
Performers: Gastinel, Anne
Conductors: Brown, Justin
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Both of these concertos carry an air of romanticism and nostalgia. This was Elgar's last orchestral masterpiece, written shortly after World War I destroyed the...continue...

Debussy: Jeux, Images, Musiques pour le Roi Lear / Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-01-13

Works: Claude Debussy: Le roi Lear; Jeux; Images for Orchestra
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

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...

Rachmaninov: Piano Concertos no 1 & 3 / Lugansky, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-11-04

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30
Performers: Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Holst: The Planets; Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem / Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-06-10

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Benjamin Britten: Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Schoenberg, Webern, Berg / Rattle, Augér, City of Birmingham

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-06-10

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (5) for orchestra, Op. 16; Anton Webern: Pieces (6) for orchestra, Op. 6; Alban Berg: Lulu-Suite, 5 symphonic pieces from the opera for soprano & orchestra ("Lulu-Symphonie")
Performers: Augér, Arleen
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Elgar: Violin Concerto; Vaughan Williams / Kennedy, Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-06-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Violin in B minor, Op. 61; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending
Performers: Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

"After a five-year sabbatical, the self-consciously antiestablishment Kennedy has returned to the classical music scene...if anything, the sheer technique of this performance eclipses that on...continue...

Mahler: Symphonie no 3, Lieder / Rattle, Keenlyside, CBSO

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-09-03

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 3 in D minor; Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Lieder und Gesänge, vol 3
Performers: Harrison, Philip; Keenlyside, Simon; Quirk, Jonathan
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Fauré: Requiem, etc / Frémaux, Burrowes, Rayner-Cook, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-08-13

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Ballade for Piano and Orchestra in F sharp major, Op. 19
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Burrowes, Norma; Cook, Brian Rayner; Ogdon, John
Conductors: Frémaux, Louis
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra Chorus

C'est ça la Vie, c'est ça l'Amour - Susan Graham

1 CD / Erato / 2002-04-02

Works: Moisés Simóns: Toi c'est moi, operetta; André Messager: L' Amour masqué, operetta; Fortunio, operetta; Coups de roulis, operetta; Passionément, operetta; Les P'tites Michu, o...
Performers: Graham, Susan
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

"If there were a 'Gramophone' Award for the most delicious record issued in 2002, then this would surely by it: Susan Graham in irresistibly ooh-la-la...continue...

Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 27 - Saint-Saëns / Oramo, Hough

2 CD / Hyperion / 2001-10-01

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 17; Concerto for Piano no 2 in G minor, Op. 22; Concerto for Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 29; Wedding Cake for Piano and String Or...
Performers: Hough, Stephen
Conductors: Oramo, Sakari
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

"...Few non-French pianists have managed to make the whole range of Saint-Saens's works their own. Where Hough succeeds is in both the depth of expression...continue...

Sibelius: Symphony no 5; Nielsen: Symphony no 4 / Rattle

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-05-01

Works: Jean Sibelius: Symphony no 5 in E flat major, Op. 82; Carl Nielsen: Pan and Syrinx, Op. 49; Symphony no 4, Op. 29 "Inextinguishable"
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

"Simon Rattle's account of the Fifth Symphony with the Philharmonia was to the 1980s what Karajan's Berlin account was to the 1960s. It collected numerous...continue...

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...

The Romantic Piano Concerto Vol 11 - Scharwenka / Hough

1 CD / Hyperion / 1995-09-01

Works: Franz Xaver Scharwenka: Concerto for piano & orchestra no 4 in F minor, Op. 82; Emil von Sauer: Concerto for piano & orhcestra, No 1 in E minor
Performers: Hough, Stephen
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

"Hough plays throughout with exhilarating momentum and dazzling technical address. I doubt whether any CD has so many double octave passages as this, but he...continue...