Gary Brooker / Keith Reid

Now! Classical

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-02-08

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La Boheme; Nigel Hess: Ladies in Lavender; Robert Prizeman: Gloria, for chorus (after the 3rd movement of Saint-Saën's Symphony no 3); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Pian...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bocelli, Andrea; Brightman, Sarah; Chang, Sarah; Gheorghiu, Angela; Jenkins, Katherine; Kissin, Evgeni; Korcia, Laurent; Li, Yundi [Piano]; Masri, Mark; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Daniell...
Conductors: Armstrong, Richard; Hess, Nigel; Prizeman, Robert; Herbert, Sally; Lombard, Alain; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Marriner, Sir Neville; Wendeberg, Michael

About half of the tracks on EMI's collection Now! Classical are devoted to popular and well-known classical selections and about half are crossover hits performed by crossover stars. The classical pie...continue...

Passione

1 CD / Columbia/Legacy / 2009-05-05

Works: Ewan MacColl: The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face; Angelo La Bionda: Sei con me (There for Me), song; Nino Rota: A Time for Us (Love Theme from the film Romeo and Juliet); Romano Musumarra: Il canto;...
Performers: Czech National Symphony Orchestra; Jahoda, Milos; Janson, Henrik; Larossi; Ljung, Peter; Ohlsson, Jeanette; Olsson, Jeanette; Potts, Paul; Quiz; Romdhane, Andreas; Swedish Radio Choir; Von Hofsten, A...
Conductors: Chalupecky, Jan; Janson, Henrik; Janson, Uli; Brauner, Tomas

The widely-beloved Paul Potts became a household name overnight after his inspiring victory in the "Britain's Got Talent" TV competition in 2007. The clip of...continue...
Personnel: Paul Potts (tenor); Hayley Westenra (soprano); Henrik Janson (guitar); Milos Jahoda (cello); Peter Ljung (piano, keyboards); Josef Larossi, Andreas "Quiz" Romdhane (programming); Jeanette ...continue...

New York Memories

1 CD / Universal Classics Import / 2007-08-14

Works: Paul Anka: My Way; Nino Rota: The Godfather, film score; Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Phantom of the Opera, film score; Requiem; Amigos Para Siempre; Evita; Gary Brooker / Keith Reid: A Whiter Shade of P...
Performers: Bennett, Gary; Berpols, Mireille; Bolle, Nathalie; Colen, Pierre; Cordewener, Arthur; Cremers, Freya; Custers, Linda; Derwahl, Tanja; Detry, Stephanie; Diakoff, Nadejda; Diederen, Roger; Engel, Laura...

2007 release from the famed violinist joined by Gary Bennet and Laura Engel on vocals. For many, New York remains a city filled with wonder,...continue...
Personnel: André Rieu (vocals, violin); Laura Engel (vocals); Carla Maffioletti (soprano); Gary Bennett (tenor); Boris Goldenblank, Els Mercken, Kremi Mineva, Diana Morsinkhof, Frank Steijns, Lin...continue...