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Verdi: The Complete Works / Caballe, Carreras, Cotrubas, Domingo, Freni, Horne, Pavarotti, Sutherland, Abbado, Bonynge, Chailly, Karajan, Levine, Solti et al. [75 CD Limited Edition]

75 CD / Decca / 2013-03-05

On the 200th anniversary of Verdi's birth in 2013 Decca are proud to present the first ever complete collection of Verdi's entire compositional output: The...continue...

C.P.E. Bach: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 2 / Danny Driver, piano

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-11-13

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Sonata for keyboard in F sharp minor (Zweyte Forsetzung no 4), H. 37, Wq. 52/4; Sonata for keyboard in E major, H. 39, Wq. 62/5; Sonata for keyboard in C minor, H. 121, Wq....
Performers: Driver, Danny

English pianist Danny Driver presents a second volume of CPE Bach's startlingly original and inventive keyboard sonatas. This release spans the composer's career, taking the...continue...
Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, London (01/19/2012-01/21/2012)....continue...

Giovanni Gabrieli: Sacred Symphonies / Jeffrey Skidmore, Ex Cathedra

1 CD / Hyperion / 2012-11-13

Works: Giovanni Gabrieli: Vox Domini, motet for 10 voices; Symphoniae sacrae, Book 2; Sacrae symphoniae, Book 1; O Jesu mi dulcissime, motet for 8 voices (1597); Omnes gentes plaudite manibus; Maria virgo, ...
Performers: Boden, Samuel; Budd, Jeremy [Vocals]; Davidson, Grace; Skidmore, Greg; Venner, Matthew
Conductors: Skidmore, Jeffrey
Ensemble: Ex Cathedra Consort

Ex Cathedra's exuberant recordings of Baroque music from around the world have made them one of the best-loved ensembles of today. This latest release presents...continue...
Recording information: All Hallows' Church, Gospel Oak, London (05/27/2012-05/29/2012)....continue...

Allan Stephenson: Bass Concerto: Burlesque for double bass; Cello Concerto / Leon Bosch, double bass; Peter Martens, cello

1 CD / Meridian / 2012-11-13

Works: Allan Stephenson: Burlesque, for double bass & small orchestra; Concerto for Double Bass & small orchestra; Concerto for cello & orchestra
Performers: Bosch, Leon; Martens, Peter
Conductors: Stephenson, Allan
Ensemble: ; Cape Philharmonic Orchestra

Recording information: Hugo Lambrechts Music Centre, Cape Town (12/21/2010-12/23/2010)....continue...

Patric Standford: First Symphony (The Seasons); Cello Concerto; Prelude to a Fantasy / Raphael Wallfisch, cello

1 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-11-13

Works: Patric Standford: Symphony no 1 "The Seasons - An English Year"; Concerto for Cello; Prelude to a Fantasy, for orchestra ("The Naiades")
Performers: Wallfisch, Raphael [Cello]
Conductors: Lloyd-Jones, David
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Recording information: Henry Wood Hall, Glasgow (11/23/2011-11/24/2011)....continue...

Handel: Italian Duets / Susanna Rydén, Gemma Bertagnolli, Harmonices Mundi, Claudio Astronio

1 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Work(s); Italian Duets; Va, speme infida, duet for 2 sopranos & continuo, HWV 199; Amor gioje mi porge, for 2 soprano voices & continuo, HWV180; Toccata; Ahi nelle sorti uman...
Performers: Bertagnoli, Gemma [Soprano Vocal]; Ryden, Susanne
Conductors: Astronio, Claudio
Ensemble: Harmonices Mundi

The marvelously affecting Italian Duets have long remained favorites among Handel's oeuvre, distinct markers of the influences of the young Saxon's early trips to Rome...continue...
Recording information: Vereinshaus, Lengmoos, Süd-Tirol (07/26/2009-07/29/2009)....continue...

Itzhak Perlman: A Portrait [Deluxe Edition]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

tzhak Perlman radiates a generosity of spirit that is reflected in the richness of his interpretations and in the irresistible exuberance of his virtuosity. EMI...continue...

Libera - Song of Life: A Collection

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Robert Prizeman: Salva me, for chorus; Sanctus (based on Pachelbel's Canon); Ave verum; Voca Me; Ave Virgo, for boys' chorus, keyboards & ensemble (after Mozart's Clarinet Concerto); I am the day, fo...
Performers: Chadney, Anthony; Crawley, Ben; Cully, Tom; Day, Edward; Fontannaz, Daniel; Horncastle, Michael; Leadbeater, Stefan; Madine, Joshua; Moriarty, Samuel; Platt, Joseph; Robson, Christopher [Counter Teno...

Celebrate this holiday season with Song of Life, a collection of sacred and spiritual music from chart-topping choral group Libera. Featuring the group's distinctive sound...continue...

Bruckner: Symphonies Nos. 4-9 / Otto Klemperer

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

The collection of Bruckner Symphonies is a 6-CD set presenting 5 of Bruckner's symphonies - including the incomplete 9th symphony that was never finished due...continue...

Francis Poulenc: Complete works - 50th Anniversary Edition [20 CDs]

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

To mark the 50th anniversary of Francis Poulenc's death, EMI Classics is proud to release a luxurious 20-CD box set of the French composer at...continue...

Luigi Cherubini: Elisa / G. Tucci, G. Raimondi, M. Zanasi, P. Washington. Capuana

2 CD / Myto Records Import / 2012-11-04

Conductors: Capuana, Franco

First release on any format of this rare opera....continue...

Prima La Donna / Voigt, Modl, Rysanek, Welitsch

1 CD / ARS Productions Import / 2012-11-04

Works: Spoken Word: Martha Mödl, Leonie Rysanek, Ljuba Welitsch & Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in conversation with Thomas Voig

Four prima donnas open the gate to the palace of the great emotions: With sound panning, stir and eroticize. With words that fascinate, amuse and...continue...
Recording information: 1988-2005....continue...

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

A Seraphic Fire Christmas / Seraphic Fire, Patrick Dupré Quibley

1 CD / Seraphic Fire & Firebird / 2012-10-30

Works: Gregorian Chant: Pater noster; Ave Maria, gratia plena, offertory in mode 8 for the 4th Sunday in Advent; Verbum caro factum est, responsory in mode 8 (Liber Usualis no 390); Maurice Duruflé: ...
Performers: Duren, Rebecca [Sopravo Vocal]; Grohman, Bryon [Tenor Vocal]; McCargar, Thomas; Mueller, Kathryn; Quigley, Patrick Dupré; Wakim, Teresa [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Quigley, Patrick Dupré

Recording information: All Saints Episcopal Church, Fort Lauderdale, Florida (12/14/2009)....continue...

On a Cold Winter's Day - Early Christmas music and carols from the British Isles / Quadriga Consort

1 CD / Carpe Diem / 2012-10-30

Works: Christmas Traditional: Wassail Song ("Here We Come a-Wassailing"), carol (a.k.a. "Here We Come a-Caroling"); The Huron Indian Carol ("'Twas in the Moon of Wintertime"), carol (Quebecois); Wie schon l...
Performers: Newerkla, Nikolaus
Conductors:
Ensemble: Quadriga Consort

As the cold and bleak winter days descend upon us, the Quadriga Consort presents long forgotten carols and age-old tunes of the festive season. With...continue...
Recording information: Gertrudskirche, Gars am Kamp, Austria (05/03/2012-05/06/2012)....continue...

Telemann: Gott Zebaoth in deinem Namen: Cantatas Vol. 2 / Veronika Winter, Lena Susanne Norin, Jan Kobow, Ekkehard Abele

1 CD / CPO / 2012-10-30

Works: Georg Philipp Telemann: Weine nicht, siehe, er hat uberwunden, sacred cantata for chorus, 2 oboes, 3 trombones, timpani, str; Sie verachten das Gesetz des Herrn Zebaoth, sacred cantata for 3-part cho...
Performers: Kobow, Jan
Conductors: Max, Hermann
Ensemble: ; Rheinische Kantorei

The purpose of the Telemann Festival Days of Magdeburg is for international artists to perform works by Telemann including full-length, magnificent compositions such as operas,...continue...
Recording information: Johanniskirche Magdeburg, 18. Magdeburger-Telemann Fest (03/18/2006)....continue...

Zelenka Sonatas: 3 Trio Sonatas for two oboes, bassoon & continuo / Monica Huggett, violin

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Trio Sonata for 2 oboes, bassoon & continuo no 5 in F major, ZWV 181/5; Trio Sonata for oboe, violin, bassoon & continuo no 3 in B flat major, ZWV 181/3; Trio Sonata for 2 oboes, ...
Performers: Huggett, Monica
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Marsyas

Ensemble Marsyas' debut recording on Linn features three of the extraordinary trio sonatas by Jan Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745) for violin, two oboes, bassoon and continuo...continue...
Recording information: The National Centre For Early Music, York, North Yorksh (08/04/2011-08/06/2011)....continue...

Brian Byrne: Tales From The Walled City / Nicole Bendetti, Danielle de Niese. RTE Concert Orchestra

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-30

Works: Brian Byrne: Tales from the Walled City, for violin & orchestra; Shall I Compare Thee, song for soprano & orchestra; Saxophone Concerto; Lament for the Fallen, for violin & orchestra
Performers: Benedetti, Nicola; Hitchcock, Nigel; Niese, Danielle de
Conductors: Byrne, Brian
Ensemble: ; RTE Concert Orchestra

Acclaimed composer Brian Byrne puts together the brilliant symphonic suite with eight short movements written from the point of view of the great Walls of...continue...
Recording information: Cauldron Studios, Dublin, Ireland (2012); Studio 1, RTÉ Radio Centre, Dublin, Ireland (2012)....continue...

Nouveau Monde: Baroque Arias and Songs by Henry Purcell, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Marc-Antoine Charpentier and George Frideric Handel / Patricia Petibon, soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: José de Nebra: Vendado es amor, no es ciego; Henry Le Bailly: Yo soy la locura (Passacalle de La Folie); Anonymous: Cachua, improvisation on a melody recogida by Baltasar Martínez Compa...
Performers: Almada, Lincoln; Grare, Joël; Greenlaw, Kevin [Baritone vocal]; Hamon, Pierre; Mascardi, Evangelina; Petibon, Patricia; Rodriguez, Josias
Conductors: Marcon, Andrea
Ensemble: ; La Cetra

Admired for her remarkable creative imagination and exemplary musicianship, soprano Patricia Petibon, in her newest album for Deutsche Grammophon, offers a treasure-trove of fascinating Baroque...continue...
Recording information: Martinskirche in Basel, Switzerland (02/2012)....continue...

David Felicien: Le Souvenir / Quatuor Mosaiques. Coin, Dunki, Gabetta

1 CD / Laborie Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Félicien David: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1; Pensée, for piano; La caprice, for cello & piano; L'absence, for piano; Quartet for Strings no 3; Le souvenir, for cello & piano; Henri ...
Performers: Coin, Christophe; Dunki, Jean-Jacques
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Baroque de Limoges

Brahms: German Requeim, Op. 45 / Teresa Wakim, Paul Max. Serahic Fire. Justin Blackwell & Scott Allen Jarrett, pianists

1 CD / Seraphic Fire & Firebird / 2012-10-30

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Blackwell, Justin; Jarrett, Scott; Tipton, Paul Max; Wakim, Teresa [Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Quigley, Patrick Dupré
Ensemble: Serahic Fire

American Record Guide, March / April 2013
This is a lively performance with nimble changes of tempo and careful attention to dynamics. An advantage of this...continue...
Recording information: University of South Florida Concert Hall, Tampa, Fla. (06/01/2011-06/02/2011)....continue...

Elgar & Carter: Cello Concertos / Alisa Weilerstein, cello, Daniel Barenboim and Staatskapelle Berlin

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-30

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Elliott Carter: Concerto for Cello; Max Bruch: Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 47
Performers: Weilerstein, Alisa
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Staatskapelle Berlin

The much-anticipated album from the brilliant young American cellist marks one of the most exciting Decca Classics debuts in many years.

Double exciting is the

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Recording information: Studio 3, Philharmonie, Berlin....continue...

In the World of the Spirits: Christmas Classics for Wind Band by Reed, Holst, Broughton

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Claude T. Smith: Symphonic Prelude on "Adeste Fideles", for band; Alfred Reed: Greensleeves; Russian Christmas Music; Gustav Holst: Christmas Day, for chorus & orchestra, H. 109; In the bleak mid-win...
Conductors: Stewart, Scott A.
Ensemble: ; Emory Symphonic Winds

The Emory Symphonic Winds, comprised of members of the Emory Wind Ensemble and the Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony, are American leaders in the commissioning of...continue...
Recording information: Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emory University,....continue...

Giovanni Legrenzi: Il Sedecia / Riccardo Favero

1 CD / Dynamic / 2012-10-30

Works: Giovanni Legrenzi: Sonata for 2 violins & continuo, Op. 2/15 ("La Torriana"); Il Sedecia, oratorio in 2 parts for voice, chorus & orchestra; Sonata for 2 violins & continuo Op. 2/4 ("La Strasolda"); ...
Performers: Arrivabene, Andrea
Conductors: Favero, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Oficina Musicum Ensemble

This world premiere recording of Giovanni Legrenzi's oratory Il Sedecìa marks Dynamic's 3rd recording with Oficina Musicum Ensemble....continue...
Recording information: Church of Sant'Alessandro Martire - Massanzago (10/2010)....continue...

Alexander Maria Wagner: Symphony No. 1 "Kraftwerk"; Chromatic Fantasy; Prokofiev: Piano Sonata No. 7 / A.M. Wagner, piano

1 CD / Oehms / 2012-10-30

Works: Alexander Maria Wagner: Symphony no 1 "Kraftwerk"; Chromatic and Diatonic Fantasy for piano in D minor (after Bach); Sergey Prokofiev: Sonata for Piano no 7 in B flat major, Op. 83
Performers: Wagner, Alexander Maria
Conductors: Kornienko, Alexei
Ensemble: Sofia Philharmonic Orchestra

Alexander Maria Wagner attended the Music School of the cathedral choir, which he completed this year at the age of seventeen. Since 2007, he studied...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria (01/2010); Rittersaal im Herzogenschloá, Straubing (01/2010); Philharmonie Sofia, Sofia, Bulgaria (02/2012/04/2012); Rittersaal im Her...continue...

Handel: Rodelinda / Renée Fleming, Andreas Scholl, Joseph Kaiser, Stephanie Blythe. Harry Bicket, MET [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Decca / 2012-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda
Performers: Blythe, Stephanie; Davies, Iestyn; Fleming, Renee; Kaiser, Joseph; Linn, Moritz; Scholl, Andreas; Shenyang
Conductors: Bicket, Harry
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

Renee Fleming and Andreas Scholl lead a superb cast in Stephen Wadsworth's celebrated production of Handel's Rodelinda from the Metropolitan Opera - based on the...continue...

Romantique - Elina Garanca sings arias from Sapho, Dalila, Joan of Arc et al. / Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orléans); Charles Gounod: Sapho; Faust; La Reine de Saba; Nic...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Romantique is a knockout!

In Romantique, Elina Garanca makes a smashing return to the studio and puts her imprint upon the big Romantic repertory, brilliantly

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Recording information: Bologna, Salone Bolognini (03/2012)....continue...

Dvorák: Symphony No. 9 "From the New World"; Cello Concerto / Mario Brunello, cello. Pappano

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-22

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Symphony no 9 in E minor, Op. 95/B 178 "From the New World"; Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191
Performers: Brunello, Mario
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio
Ensemble: ; Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

EMI Classics presents a new recording of two of Dvorak's best loved works together on disc - the Symphony No. 9 in E minor "From...continue...
Recording information: Sala Stanta Cecilia, Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rom....continue...

The Lute Player and Other Songs / Theresia Bothe, vocals; Peter Croton, lutes, early-classical guitar, electric guitars, electric bass, vocals

1 CD / Centaur / 2012-10-17

Works: Peter Croton: The Lute Player, for voice & lute; Do I Dare, for voice & lute; Doubts, for voice & lute; Searching for Dalza, for voice & lute; Wandering Man, for voice & lute; Is it time to move on?,...
Performers: Baur, Samuel; Bothe, Theresia; Croton, Peter; Enderle, Chiara; Gierke, Karin von; Hayne, Darren

Recording information: Mid-Street Studios (2011); Ton-Art Digitalstudio, Basel, Switzerland (2011)....continue...

Bach Bachianas: Music by the Bach Family / Magdalena Kozena, Reinhard Goebel, Musica Antiqua Koln et al.

5 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-16

Works: Johann Michael Bach: Ach, bleib bei uns, Herr Jesu Christ, vocal concerto, for 4 voices & instruments; Auf, lasst uns den Herren loben, for alto, strings & continuo; Es ist ein grosser Gewinn, aria, ...
Performers: Berben, Leon; Cordier, David; Elliot, Paul [Tenor Vocal]; Fiedler, Joachim; Goebel, Reinhard [Conductor]; Hill, Robert [Harpsichord, Piano]; Kozena, Magdalena; Meens, Hein; Schardt, Stephan; Schopper...
Conductors: Goebel, Reinhard
Ensemble: Musica Antiqua Köln

Reinhard Goebel and Musica Antiqua Koln's recordings of J.S. Bach are classics of the Early music movement. Equally revelatory is their championing of the music...continue...
Recording information: DeutschlandRadio Köln, Sendesaal (01/1986); Immanuelskirche, Wuppertal, Germany (01/1986); Melanchthonkirche, Köln-Zollstock, Germany (01/1986); DeutschlandRadio K...continue...

Verdi: Macbeth / Sherrill Milnes, Fiorenza Cossotto, José Carreras, Ruggero Raimondi. Muti

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; New Philharmonia Orchestra

With an unrivaled catalogue of over 450 complete opera recordings produced over the last 60 years - and an illustrious succession of artists that today...continue...

Spanish Nights / Pepe Romero, guitar

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: Federico Moreno Torroba: Sonatina for guitar; Nocturno for guitar in A minor; Joaquín Rodrigo: Piezas (3) españolas, for guitar; Celedonio Romero: Suite madrileña for guitar no 1...
Performers: Romero, Pepe

The guitar legend Pepe Romero is back with his first solo album for Deutsche Grammophon.

His Philipies recording of RODRIGO: Concierto de Aranjuez; Fatasia para un

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Recording information: Bavaria Musikstudios, Munich (12/2010)....continue...

Vivaldi: 6 Concerti Op. 10; Sonata al Santa Sepolcro "Venetian Dreams" / Matthias Maute, recorder

1 CD / Bridge / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for Strings in E flat major, RV 130 "S...
Performers: Maute, Matthias
Conductors: Schwarz, Jorg-Michael;
Ensemble: Rebel Ensemble

This recording features Vivaldi's six immensely entertaining recorder concerti, Op. 10, in performances of stunning panache and virtuosity. Praised by the Los Angeles Times for...continue...
Recording information: St. John's Lutheran Church, Stamford, CT (01/04/2012-01/08/2012)....continue...

Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia / Julia Lehzneva, Vivica Genaux, Ann Hallenberg, Romina Basso. Biondi

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: L'Oracolo in Messenia, opera (mostly lost), RV 726
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Conductors: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]
Ensemble: Europa Galante

L'Oracolo in Messenia, an opera written by Vivaldi for Vienna in 1740, was reconstructed by Faio Biondi in 2011 in a triumphant open to the...continue...
Personnel: Nancy Glor (vocals).

Recording information: Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna (01/13/2012-01/15/2012)....continue...

Handel: Ode for St Cecilia's Day; Concerto Grosso, Op. 6/7 / Mary Bevan, soprano; Ed Lyon, tenor, Ludus Baroque

1 CD / Delphian Records / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: A Song for St Cecilia's Day, HWV 76; Concerto Grosso in B flat major, Op.6/7, HWV 325; Look Down, Harmonious Saint, cantata for tenor, strings & continuo, HWV 124
Performers: Lyon, Ed [Tenor vocals]
Conductors: Neville-Towle, Richard
Ensemble: Ludus Baroque

Following the widespread critical acclaim of their debut recording Alexander's Feast, Ludus Baroque brings their celebrated verve to Handel's Song for St. Cecilia's Day. Coupled...continue...
Recording information: Canongate Kirk, Edinburgh (08/08/2011-08/10/2011)....continue...

Rimsky-Korsakov: The Golden Cockerel Suite; May Night Overture; Tchaikovsky; Borodin; Glinka; Liadov / Markevitch

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (The Golden Cockerel; Zolotoy petushok), concert suite for orchestra; May Night; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Francesca da Rimini, Op. 32; Alexander Borodin: In the...
Conductors: Markevitch, Igor
Ensemble: ; Orchestre Lamoureux

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Markevitch's performances are excellent, with subtlety as well as pungency in The Golden Cockerel, dashing rhythmic precision in Russian and Ludmilla and a charmingly Weber-ish...continue...

Allegri: Miserere; Tallis: Lamentations of Jeremiah & other Renaissance masterpieces

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Lotti: Crucifixus; Orlande de Lassus: Timor et tremor; Jacob Obrecht: Salve regina; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; Giovanni Pierlui...
Conductors: Christophers, Harry; McCreesh, Paul; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Choir of King s College Cambridge; Gabrieli Consort; The Sixteen

From the heavenly stratospheric of Allegri's Miserere to the Elizabethan splendor of William Byrd and Thomas Tallis, this outstanding collection celebrates the vocal magnificence of...continue...

Chopin: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 / Tamas Vasary; Ivo Pogorelich, pianists

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-09

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Pogorelich, Ivo [Piano]; Vásáry, Tamás
Conductors: Semkov, Jerzy; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic; Chicago Symphony Orchestra

Iconic recordings from the most legendary classical artists in history. The Virtuoso Series brings back many of these cherished titles back into the forefront at...continue...

Albinoni, Marcello, Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos / Heinz Holliger, oboe; I Musici

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; Concerto à cinque, for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo no 3 in F major, Op. 9/3 (T. 9/3; Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; ...
Performers: Bourgue, Maurice; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Holliger, Heinz
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Albinoni played a major role in establishing the concerto form, with two fast movements framing a slow middle movement, and his exquisite oboe concertos are...continue...

Verdi: Opera Choruses / Chicago Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Solti

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; I Lombardi; Macbeth; I Masnadieri; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Un ballo in maschera; Don Carlo; Aida, opera; Otello; Requiem Mass
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: ; Chicago Symphony Orchestra Chorus

Verdi was one of the greatest of all opera composers and many his rousing choruses are justly famous to those who have never seen an...continue...

Zelenka: Motets / Potter, Capriccio Barockorchester

1 CD / New Pan / 2012-10-06

Works: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Barbara dira effera, motet for alto, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, 2 violins, viola & continuo in F major, ZW; Alma Redemptoris Mater, antiphon for alto, 2 flutes, 2 violins, viola ad lib....
Performers: Potter, Alex
Conductors: Kiefer, Dominik
Ensemble: ; Capriccio Barockorchester

Jan Dismas Zelenka is a significant but frequently neglected eighteenth century composer who received his musical training in Prague and was active from around 1710...continue...

The Best of the King's Singers - Music by Kodaly, Gibbons, Byrd, Sibelius, Whitacre, Bennett, Lennon, et al. / King's Singers

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-10-06

Works: Cyrillus Kreek: Taaveti laulud; William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Civitas sancti tui; Carlo Gesualdo: In monte oliveti, tenebrae lesson for 6 voices, W. 7/9; Arvo Pärt: Bogoroditse Devo; John ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: King's Singers

As part of Signum's 15th anniversary year we are delighted to release this celebratory collection of The Best of 'The King's Singers' - a 2-CD...continue...

Jan Dismas Zelenka: Missa Nativitatis Domini, Magnificat, O Magnum Mysterium / Musica Florea

1 CD / Supraphon / 2012-10-06

Works: Jan Dismas Zelenka: Magnificat for soprano, chorus, instruments & continuo in C major, ZWV 107; O magnum mysterium, motet for alto, 2 flutes ad lib., 2 violins, viola & continuo in E major, ZWV 17; M...
Performers: Brezina, Jaroslav; Kral, Tomas; Mihalcova, Stanislava; Nosek, Jaromir; Sojkova, Barbora; Svoboda, Cenek
Conductors: Stryncl, Marek
Ensemble: Musica Florea

Recorded at the Church of Saints Simon and Jude, Prague, December 7 - 8, 2011. Following on from the previous two titles (Sepolcri, SU 4068-2;...continue...

Mission / Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Agostino Steffani [Deluxe hardcover limited edition]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-02

Works: Agostino Steffani: Alarico il Baltha, cioè L'audace re de' Gothi; Servio Tullio; Niobe, regina di Tebe; Tassilone; Work(s); La superbia d'Alessandro; Alarco il Baltha; La libertà contenta; ...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Conte, Rosario; Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti

Autumn 2012 marks the release of Mission, a sensational release from the world's best-selling classical artist Cecilia Bartoli and a project with international politics, religious...continue...
Recording information: Auditorio Stelio Molo, Radio Svizzerea Italia, Lugano, (11/2011-03/2012)....continue...

Chopin: Piano Concerto No. 2; Sonata No. 3; Etude No. 3, Op. 10 / Lang Lang, piano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-02

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21; Sonata for Piano no 3 in B minor, Op. 58; Etude for piano no 3 in E major, Op. 10/3, CT. 16
Performers: Lang Lang
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin
Ensemble: Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Lalo, Magnard, Ravel: Cello Sonatas / Valentin Radutiu, cello; Per Rundberg, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-09-25

Works: Edouard Lalo: Sonata for cello & piano in A minor; Albéric Magnard: Sonata for cello & piano in A major, Op. 20; Maurice Ravel: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G major
Performers: Radutiu, Valentin; Rundberg, Per

For his debut recording for Hänssler Classic, Raditiu has chosen a program of French rarities and oddities, spanning Romantic, Impressionist and Post-Impressionist literature....continue...
Recording information: August Everding Saal, Munich, Germany (04/16/2012-04/19/2012)....continue...

Verdi: Nabucco / Leo Nucci, Bruno Ribeiro, Giorgio Surian, Dimitra Theodossiou, Anna Maria Chiuri. Michele Mariotti. Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco
Performers: Chiuri, Anna Maria; Nucci, Leo; Ribeiro, Bruno; Surian, Giorgio; Theodossiou, Dimitra
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 147 min.
Region: A,B,C
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, Ge...continue...

Still liegt die Winternacht - Advent and Christmas songs for male choir from fire centuries / DieMeistersinger

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-09-25

Works: John Francis Wade: O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste fideles); Clémence de Grandval: Es ist ein Ros entsprungen; Christmas Traditional: O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; Zu B...
Conductors: Breuninger, Klaus
Ensemble: ; DieMeistersinger

Founded in 1998 with members from the world-famous Gachinger Kantorei, Stuttgart's celebrated men's choir "Die Meistersinger" have devoted themselves to rescuing the rich repository of...continue...
Recording information: Kloster Bronnbach, Germany (12/04/2011)....continue...

The Super Audio Collection, Vol. 6 from Linn Records

1 Super Audio CD / Linn Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Jerome Moross: Lazy Afternoon; Steve Reich: Electric Counterpoint (version for percussion); William Byrd: Browning a 5, for instrumental consort ("The Leaves Bee Greene"); George Frederick Handel: Es...
Performers: Gilchrist, James [Tenor Vocal]; Kato, Kuniko; Martin, Claire [Vocals]; Tunnicliffe, Richard; Wallisch, Gottlieb
Conductors:
Ensemble: Avison Ensemble; Cappella Nova; Dunedin Consort; Magnificat (UK); Phantasm (Viol Consort); Retrospect Trio; Scottish Chamber Orchestra; The Prince Consort (Vocal Ensemble)

The sixth volume in the perpetually popular Linn Sampler series features an appealing selection of tracks from its catalogue of award-winning artists. From soloists like...continue...

Gustavo Dudamel Discoveries / highlights from works by Beethoven, Mahler, Bernstein, Bruckner, Revueltas et al. [CD & DVD]

2 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-09-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anton Bruckner: Symphony no 9 in D minor, WAB 109; Dmit...
Conductors: Dudamel, Gustavo
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic; Gothernburg Symphony Orchestra; Simon Bolivar Symphony Orchestra of Venezuela; Vienna Philharmonic

Discoveries, Grammy award winner Gustavo Dudamel's first 'Best of album, features favorites from Beethoven to Bernstein and several Dudamel tracks never before released on CD...continue...