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Best Of British / Addinsell, Arnold, Britten, Butterworth, et al.

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-28

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Greensleeves; Variants (5) of 'Dives and Lazarus'; Three Preludes Founded on Welsh Tunes; English Folk So...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Becu, Wim; Beniston, Paul; Carewe, Mary [Soprano Vocal]; Chambers, Colin; Cohen, Robert [Cello]; Finch, Catrin; Johnston, Guy [Cello]; ...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Rattle, Simon, Sir; del Mar, Norman; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Davison, Arthur; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Dilke...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi of England

Celebrate the United Kingdom's favorite classical music with this exclusive EMI Classics release - Best of British. Get your tea and crumpets ready as you...continue...

Handel: Salomo / Rögner, Schiml, Büchner, Polster, et al

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Brauns, Sigurd; Buchner, Eberhard; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Friedrich, Hartmut; Munch, Roland; Oertel, Helmut; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Suske, Sibylle; Termer, Helga; Vogt, Joachim; Werner, Regina; Z...
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz

Handel: Salomo / Rögner, Schiml, Büchner, Polster, et al

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Buchner, Eberhard; Bundschuh, Eva-Maria; Polster, Hermann-Christian; Suske, Sibylle; Termer, Helga; Vogt, Joachim; Werner, Regina
Conductors: Rögner, Heinz

Ultimate Baroque - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in E flat major, Op. 8 no 5/RV 253 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo i...
Performers: Bennett, William; Blum, Norbert; Bremsteller, Ulrich; Buccarella, Francesco; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Noiri, Shizuko; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Sirbu, Mariana; Tilston, Jeremy
Conductors: ; Munchinger, Karl; Leppard, Raymond; Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici

Handel: Solomon / Gardiner, Watkinson, Argenta, Hendricks

2 CD / Philips / 2006-09-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Jones, Della; Rodgers, Joan; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Varcoe, Stephen [Baritone Vocals]; Watkinson, Carolyn
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"This is among the very finest of all Handel oratorio recordings. With panache, Gardiner shows how authentic-sized forces can convey Handelian grandeur even with clean...continue...

Handel: Solomon / Martini, et al

2 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2006-07-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Schoch, Knut; Scholl, Elisabeth; Vieweg, Matthias; Wemyss, Nicola; Wolak, Ewa
Conductors: Martini, Joachim Carlos

Universally recognized as one of Handel's finest masterpieces, 'Solomon' is the most sensuous of his biblical oratorios. Magnificent, intricate choruses, seven of which are in...continue...

Gemini - Handel: Solomon, Love in Bath / Beecham, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-05-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Thomas Beecham: Love in Bath (Handel), suite for orchestra
Performers: Cameron, John; Hollweg, Ilse; Marshall, Lois; Morison, Elsie; Young, Alexander [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Beecham Choral Society; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"...Beecham's Handel recordings are dated. But to my mind this doesn't invalidate 'Solomon' as great listening, or as a hybrid composition of considerable worth. Let's...continue...

Handel: Solomon / McCreesh, Scholl, Gabrieli Consort

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1999-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Bickley, Susan; Dam-Jensen, Inger; Gritton, Susan; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Scholl, Andreas

This new recording of "Solomon" presents for the first time the full, uncut, original version. The title role is sung by countertenor Andreas Scholl, who...continue...

Favourite Classics / Ross Pople, London Festival Orchestra

1 CD / Hyperion / 1999-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Gabriel Fauré: Shylock, incidental music and suite for tenor & orchestra, Op. 57; Luigi Boccherini: Menuett; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Morceaux (6) for Piano, ...

'This is indeed a CD with the most popular tunes in the classic repertoire' (Interval)

'As a CD to lift the spirits ... it would be...continue...

The Complete Wedding Album - There is love

2 CD / Telarc / 1998-04-28

Works: André Campra: Idoménée; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 29, "Wir danken dir, Gott, wir danken dir" BWV 29; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174);...
Performers: Chertock, Michael; Donnely, Danny; Holt, Sean; Jensen, Richard [Percussion]; Kammen, Shira; Kondonassis, Yolanda [Harp]; Murray, Michael [Organ]; Romero, Angel [Guitar]; Silverstein, Joseph [Violin/C...
Conductors: Clark, Keith; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kunzel, Erich; Slatkin, Leonard; Shaw, Robert; Levi, Yoel