Mompou, Federico

Salzburg Festival 1981 - Songs by Massenet, Fauré, Tosti, Mompou, Turina, de Falla / José Carreras, tenor; Edoardo Muller, piano

1 CD / Orfeo / 2013-01-29

Works: Jules Massenet: Pensée d'automne; Elégie; Poème d'amour; Gabriel Fauré: Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Toujours, song for voice & piano (Poème d'un jour), Op. 21/2;...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Muller, Eduardo [Conductor]

Accompanied by Edoardo Müller, José Carreras' recital of 1981 takes us from the French song with piano by Massenet and Fauré to the canciones of...continue...
Recording information: Groáes Festspielhaus, Salzburg (08/16/1981)....continue...

José Carreras: Live Comeback Concerts - arias, songs, zarzuela arias by Grieg, Tosti, Toldra, Catala, Mompou, Vives, Puccini et al. / José Carreras, tenor

1 CD / Acanta / 2013-01-29

Works: Edvard Grieg: Jeg elsker dig! (I Love Thee!), song for voice & piano, Op. 5/3; Spoken Word: Jose Carreras welcomes his audience; Paolo Tosti: Romanze (3); Eduardo Toldrá: Canticel for voice & or...
Performers: Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Scalera, Vincenzo; Schneider, Ronald

Jose Carreras was known as part of the "big three" tenors of the twentieth century, among Placido Domingo and Luciano Pavarotti. This new disc presents...continue...

Frederic Mompou: Cançons & Danses / Marisa Martins, mezzosoprano; Mac McClure, piano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-11-13

Works: Federico Mompou: Cançó de l'àvia, for voice & piano; El testament d'Amèlia, folk song arrangement for voice & piano; Ballet; Ets l'infinit, for voice & piano; Et sento que vé...
Performers: Martins, Marisa; McClure, Mac

Recording information: Estudis Albert Moraleda (Llerona) (2009)....continue...

Tell Me the Truth About Love songs by Britten, Schumann, Boulanger, Chausson et al. / Amanda Roocroft, soprano; Joseph Middleton, piano

1 CD / Champs Hill Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Benjamin Britten: Tell me the Truth about Love, for voice & piano (Cabaret Songs); Early one morning, for voice & piano (Folk Songs, Vol. 5); Robert Schumann: Seit ich ihn gesehen, song for voice & p...
Performers: Middleton, Joseph [Piano]; Roocroft, Amanda

Charting the course of a love affair - in song - through the eyes of a young woman who begins by asking the universal question,...continue...
Recording information: Music Room, Champs Hill, West Sussex (08/19/2011-08/26/2011)....continue...

Federico Mompou: Preludes; Impresiones y danzas; Impresiones intimas / Olena Kushpler, piano

1 CD / Capriccio / 2012-09-25

Works: Federico Mompou: Preludes for piano (Nos. 5-10); Cançons i dansas, for piano, Set 2; Impresiones intimas (9)
Performers: Kushpler, Olena [Piano]

Ukranian pianist Olena Kushpler is considered to be 'a great story-teller'. Audiences and critics alike greet her performances regularly with warm enthusiasm and exceptional praise....continue...
Recording information: Siemensvilla Berlin (08/01/2011-08/03/2011)....continue...

Frederic Mompou: Impressions - works for piano / Mac McClure, piano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-09-11

Works: Federico Mompou: Impressions de muntanya, suite for piano; Dues Impressions, for piano; Dues cançons, for piano; L'ermita de La Garriga, for piano; Impressions sobre la vida d'un miner, for pian...
Performers: McClure, Mac

All recordings on this CD date from 1910 - 1920. Even at this early stage, we see many pieces that represent memories of walks, the...continue...
Recording information: Estudies Moraleda de Llerona (??/2009/03/2010)....continue...

Frédéric Mompou: Musica Callada, 1 - 28; Trois Variations / Javier Perianes, piano

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2012-07-10

Works: Federico Mompou: Musica callada, 28 pieces for piano in 4 books; Trois Variations, for piano
Performers: Perianes, Javier

This reissue in harmonia mundi's hmGold series features Javier Perianes performing Catalan composer Federico Mompou's piano suite Musica Callada (Silent Music). Most of the work's...continue...
Recording information: Estudio L'Auditorium de Anacrusi s.l., Jafre de Ter, Gi (06/30/2006-07/01/2006)....continue...

Federico Mompou: The Piano Music, Vol. 2 / Martin Jones, piano

3 CD / Nimbus Records / 2012-06-12

Works: Federico Mompou: Impressions de muntanya, suite for piano; Dues Impressions, for piano; Impressions sobre la vida d'un miner, for piano; Impressions de La Garriga, suite for piano; Five Impressions (...
Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano]

Recording information: Wyastone Leys, Monmouth, England (2011-06-23&2011-10-31_2011-).

Includes work(s) by Federico Mompou....continue...

Mompou: Spanish Songs & Dances / Alicia de Larrocha, piano

1 CD / Newton Classics / 2012-01-31

Works: Federico Mompou: Cançons i dansas, for piano (Nos. 1-12, 14); Preludes
Performers: De Larrocha, Alicia

Treasured by fellow composers; beloved of pianists; in many ways Federico Mompou is more analogous in his work to a poet than a crafter of...continue...

Moods: Relaxation, Dream, Lullabies / Surrounding Yourself with Classical Music

3 CD / Analekta / 2012-01-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D major; Suite in C minor; Sonata no 2 in A minor; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Quintet in A major, for bassett clarinet and strings...
Performers: Baril, Louise-Andree; Bessette, Louise; Booth, Jane; Boucher, Remi; Brock, Aaron; Dubeau, Angele; Ehnes, James [Violin]; Fiset, Marianne; Kay, Francine; Lapointe, Jean Francois; McMahon, Michael; Mil...
Conductors: Lamon, Jeanne; Talmi, Yoav; ; Patenaude, Gilbert; Hanson, George
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Caprice; La Pietà (Orchestra)

Arthur Rubinstein: The Complete Album Collection

144 CD / RCA Records / 2012-01-10

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Barcarolle for Piano in F sharp major, B 158/Op. 60; Waltz for piano no 2 in A flat major, Op. 34/1, CT. 208; Mazurka for piano no 35 in C minor, Op. 56/3, CT. 85; Concerto...
Performers: Courte, Robert; Dalley, John; Feuermann, Emanuel; Fournier, Pierre; Frezin, Adolphe; Heifetz, Jascha; Kochanski, Pawel; Mayes, Samuel; Piatigorsky, Gregor; Rubinstein, Artur [Piano]; Sandor, Arpad; S...
Conductors: Coates, Albert; Barbirolli, John; ; Ormandy, Eugene; Golschmann, Vladimir; Dorati, Antal; Mitropoulos, Dimitri; Steinberg, William; Toscanini, Arturo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Munch, Charles; Susskind, ...
Ensemble: ; Pro Arte Piano Quartet

From December on, "Arthur Rubinstein The Complete Album Collection" will be the world's biggest CD edition for a solo artist according to Guinness World Records

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Icon: Michael Rabin

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Slatkin, Felix

Released to commemorate the 40th Anniversary of Michael Rabin's death on 19th January 1972 this collection brings together his finest recordings on EMI Classics in...continue...

The Studio Recordings 1954-1960: Michael Rabin, violin

6 CD / Testament / 2011-12-13

Works: Niccolò Paganini: Concerto for Violin no 1 in E flat major (usually transposed to D major), Op. 6, MS 21; Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Moto perpetuo for Violin and Orchestra in C major,...
Performers: Pommers, Leon; Rabin, Michael
Conductors: Matacic, Lovro von; Galliera, Alceo; Boult, Adrian; Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Slatkin, Felix

The story of the amazing violinist Michael Rabin is complicated and ultimately tragic. When his career should have been reaching the height of his success,...continue...
Recording information: 1954-1960....continue...

The Liszt Legacy / Claudio Arrau, Alicia Larrocha, Raymond Lewenthal, Benno Moiseiwitsch and Egon Petri

10 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 29 in B flat major, Op. 106 "Hammerklavier"; Sonata for piano no 8 in C minor, Op. 13 "Pathetique"; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonli...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; De Larrocha, Alicia; Lewenthal, Raymond; Moiseiwitsch, Benno; Petri, Egon

The pièce de résistance of Deutsche Grammophon's Liszt 200th anniversary celebration is a 10-CD box that brings together five great piano virtuosos of the past...continue...

The Spanish Experience: works by Rodrigo, Granados, Tarrega, et al.

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Enriqué Granados: 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37; 6 Escenas románticas; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra;...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Haas, Monique; Heisser, Jean-Francois; Isbin, Sharon; Jennings, Joseph; Larmore, Jennifer; Lendle, Wolfgang; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]
Conductors: Serebrier, José; ; Jordan, Armin; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Lombard, Alain; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: ; Pro Cantione Antiqua

1 1/2 hours of colourful Spanish classics...continue...

Mompou: Piano Music, Vol. 6 / Jordi Masó, piano

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2011-06-28

Works: Federico Mompou: El plany del captaire (Gitanos), for piano; Les fàbriques prop de la platja, for piano; Record de platja, for piano; Barri de platja (Al mar), for piano; Camins de sorra, for pi...
Performers: Maso, Jordi

The music on this sixth album of the piano music of Frederic Mompou presents works recently discovered by Jordi Masó in the Biblioteca de Catalunya's...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Jafre, Spain (10/03/2009-10/04/2009)....continue...

Silent Music / Pianist Jenny Lin

1 CD / Steinway & Sons / 2011-04-26

Works: Federico Mompou: Musica callada, 28 pieces for piano in 4 books; Impresiones intimas
Performers: Lin, Jenny [Piano]

Catalan composer Federico Mompou (1893-1987) was a direct heir to the legacy of French impressionism and one of the greatest Spanish composers of the 20th...continue...

Reflections on Spain / Louise Bessette, piano

1 CD / Analekta / 2010-11-09

Works: Ernesto Lecuona: Andalucía, suite for piano (Suite Española); Federico Mompou: Paisajes; Isaac Albéniz: Op. 164; Joaquín Turina: Danzas gitanas, for piano, Set 1, Op. 55; Tomá...
Performers: Bessette, Louise

After devoting her previous recording to Olivier Messian, pianist Louise Bessette takes on a totally different musical journey, with a program of Spanish works. An...continue...
Recording information: Multi-Media Room (MMR), Schulich School of Music, McGil (06/14/2010-06/16/2010)....continue...

Mompou: Piano Music, Vol. 5

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2010-03-30

Works: Federico Mompou: Don Perlimpinada, ballet (in collaboration with Xavier Montsalvatge); Ballet, suite for piano; Glossa on "Au clair de la lune", for piano; Romança, for piano; Moderato expresivo...
Performers: Magaldi, Marisa Ruiz [Piano]; Maso, Jordi; Oliu, Marc [Violin]; Pich, Joan-Antoni [Cello]

This disc features piano works composed by Frederic Mompou between 1944 and 1955, not long after Mompou's return to Barcelona following a twenty-year stay in...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium, Jafre, Spain (07/28/2008-07/29/2008)....continue...

Essential Guitar

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-23

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Concierto madrigal for 2 Guitars; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Chôro no 1 for Guitar; Etudes (12) for Guitar, W...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bitetti, Ernesto; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Fisk, Eliot [Guitar]; Ghiglia, Oscar; Isbin, Sharon; Laniau, Pierre; Lieske, Wulfin; Mariotti, Deborah; Moreno, Alfonso...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Brown, Iona; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Bátiz, Enrique
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields

Hommage à Chopin

1 CD / Hyperion / 2010-02-09

Works: Mily Balakirev: Impromptu, for piano (after Chopin's Preludes in E flat minor and B major); Franz Bendel: Hommage à Chopin, for piano, Op. 111/1; Edvard Grieg: Studie, for piano ("Hommage à...
Performers: Plowright, Jonathan

Among the many recordings celebrating the 200th anniversary of Chopin's birth, this disc will stand out as an historic record of the composer's extraordinary influence...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk, England (07/30/2009-08/01/2009)....continue...

Songs & Arias

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ah, se in ciel, benigne stelle, K 538; Misera! dove son...Ah! non son io, K 369; Franz Schubert: Gretchen am Spinnrade, D 118; Robert Schumann: Lieder Album für die Juge...
Performers: Jansen, Rudolf [Piano]; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Schneider, Eric [Piano]
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut; Güttler, Ludwig; Creed, Marcus
Ensemble: ; Akademie für Alte Musik, Berlin ; Virtuosi Saxoniae

Christiane Oelze's radiantly bright and supple soprano has made her into a Mozart singer par excellence. Her love of opera is matched by her commitment...continue...

Complete EMI Recordings 1950-1991 (Box)

56 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-01-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Piano no 2 in F major, K. 280 (K. 189e); Sonata for Piano no 9 in D major, K. 311 (K. 284c); Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Piano Sonata, K. 332...
Performers: Bacquier, Gabriel; Benoit, Jean-Christophe; Bertin, Pierre; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Deschamps, Hubert; Druart, Henri; Falcucci, Joseph-Marie; Gedda, Nicolai; Laurence, Marie; Lepauw, Roger; Mesple, ...
Conductors: Cluytens, André; Silvestri, Constantin; Halffter, Ernesto; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Strauss, Paul; Baudo, Serge; Prêtre, Georges; Cambreling, Sylvain; Martinon, Jean; Jacquillat, Jean-Pierr...
Ensemble: ; Members of the Orchestre de Paris (Members); Soloists of the Lamoureux Concert Association Orch

This 56 CD collection contains numerous items which have become available for the first time (such as Mozart sonatas and Bach Inventions previously only released...continue...
Recording information: 1950-1991....continue...

Mompou: Piano Works / Paul Komen

2 CD / Globe / 2009-09-01

Works: Federico Mompou: Suburbis, suite for piano or orchestra; Cants Màgics, for piano; Pessebres, for piano; Paisajes, for piano; Preludes for piano (Nos. 1-4); Preludes for piano (Nos. 5-10); Impres...
Performers: Komen, Paul

Les Musiques de Picasso / Rafael Orozco, Alfred Cortot, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-07-28

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Asturias (Leyenda), instrumental arrangement after Suite española no 1, Op. 47/5; Enrique Morente: Buleria no 2; Erik Satie: Gnossienne for piano no 1; Gnossienne for piano n...
Performers: Azzolini, Sergio; Bacan, Ines; Bacan, Pedro; Bauer, Marc; Bayo, Maria; Bostridge, Ian; Brezynski, Daniel; Carbonell, Antionia; Cerutti, Michel; Chicharito; Claret, Lluis; Cortes, Paco; Cortot, Alfred...
Conductors: Colomer, Edmon; Sanderling, Stefan; Munch, Charles; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Kaltenbach, Jérôme
Ensemble: ; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Orchestre de la Société du Conservatoire Paris; Spanish National Youth Orchestra

Chopin: Preludes Op 28; Busoni, Mompou / Kaoru Bingham

1 CD / Meridian / 2009-05-12

Works: Ferruccio Busoni: Zehn Variationen über das Prelude von F. Chopin Op. 28/20 in C minor, K. 293 (Klavierübung II/1), Op; Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Federico ...
Performers: Bingham, Kaoru

Meridian Records is proud to announce the release of Kaoru Bingham's latest disc of piano works by Chopin, Busoni, and Mompou. Bingham casts Chopin's magnificent...continue...

Reference Gold - Las locas por amor - Debussy, Granados, etc / Oelze, Jensen

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2009-04-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Nuit d'étoiles ("Nuit d'étoiles, sous tes voiles"), song for voice & piano, L. 4; Fleur des blés ("Le long des blés que la brise fait onduler"), song for voice & p...
Performers: Jansen, Rudolf [Piano]; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]

Composers in Person

22 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Béla Bartók: Bagatelles (14) for Piano, Op. 6/Sz 38; Easy Pieces (10) for Piano, Sz 39; Romanian Dances (2) for Piano, Op. 8a/Sz 43; A Bit Drunk (Kicsit ázottan), burlesque for piano n...
Performers: Barrientos, Maria; Bartok, Bela; Benbow, Edwin; Benedetti, Fernand; Bernac, Pierre; Bonneau, Georges; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Cahuzac, Louis; Charmy, Roland; Croiza, Claire; C...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Hindemith, Paul; Khachaturian, Aram; Honegger, Arthur; Straram, Walther; Elgar, Edward, Sir; Coppola, Piero; Glazunov, Alexander; Villa-Lobos, Heitor; Pfitzner, Hans; Milhaud, ...
Ensemble: ; Percurama Percussion Ensemble

These 22 CDs offer a stunning range of modern composers performing their own works either on the piano, organ or violin, or else from behind...continue...

Mompou: Música callada Books 1-4 / Haskell Small

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-11-11

Works: Federico Mompou: Musica callada, 28 pieces for piano in 4 books
Performers: Small, Haskell

The unusual title Musica Callada, variously translated as Silent Music, Quiet Music, or Music that falls silent, comes from the writings of San Juan de...continue...

Eternal Piano - Satie, Debussy, Beethoven, Chopin, etc

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2008-10-28

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3), for piano (also orchestrated by Debussy); Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Ludwig van Beethoven: Work(s); Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Mo...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Glemser, Bernd [Piano]; Jando, Jeno; Kormendi, Klara; Maso, Jordi; Nagy, Peter [Piano]; Scherbakov, Konstantin [Piano]; Sebestyen, Janos; Steen-Nokleberg, Einar
Conductors:
Ensemble: Aurora Duo

The Spanish Piano

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2008-10-21

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, for piano, Op. 47, B. 7; Enriqué Granados: Valses (7) poeticos; Federico Mompou: Scènes d'enfants; Joaquín Turina: Danse de la séduct...
Performers: Dutra, Geisa

Icon - Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli - The Master Pianist Plays Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, etc

4 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 9/L 413; Sonata for Harpsichord in C minor, K 11/L 352; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Michelangeli, Arturo Benedetti
Conductors: Caracciolo, Franco; Gracis, Ettore; Stoutz, Edmond de
Ensemble: Alessandro Scarlatti Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra; Zurich Chamber Orchestra

Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920–1995) was regarded as one of the most commanding and individual piano virtuosi of the 20th century. This 4-CD set brings together...continue...

Goodwin: Para Entonces; Rodrigo, Falla, etc / Tintes-Schuermann, Munoz, Terwilliger, Goodwin

1 CD / MSR Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Manuel de Falla: El pan de Ronda; Oración de las madres que tienen a sus hijos en brazos; Eduardo Toldrá: Canciones (6), for voice & piano, Nos 1-6, complete; Joaquín Rodrigo: Resp&#...
Performers: Goodwin, Winifred; Munoz, Julio; Terwilliger, William; Tintes-Schuermann, Helen

This recording explores Spanish poetry in 20th-21st century song. Mezzo soprano Helen Tintes has selected songs based on composers whose music has most influenced Spanish...continue...

Best Guitar 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Partita for Lute in E major, BWV 1006a; Prelude, Fugue and Allegro for Lute in E flat major, BWV 998; Partita for Violin solo no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Cantata no 147, "Herz u...
Performers: Bailes, Anthony; Barrueco, Manuel; Bitetti, Ernesto; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Fisk, Eliot [Guitar]; Garibay, Minerva; Ghiglia, Oscar; Isbin, Sharon; Laniau,...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Bátiz, Enrique; Ros Marbà, Antoni; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Elmer; Lubbock, Jeremy
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra members; London Symphony Orchestra

This 6-CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favorite guitar classics, performed by some of the world's leading artists. Among them are guitarists Manuel...continue...

Chopin: Préludes / Alexandre Tharaud

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2008-03-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Preludes (24) for Piano, Op. 28; Trois nouvelles études, for piano, KK IIb/3, CT. 38-40 (B. 130); Prelude for piano no 25 in C sharp minor, Op. 45, CT. 190; Prelude fo...
Performers: Tharaud, Alexandre

"I like to play the cycle of 'Preludes' without interruption, with the same tension, a certain underlying fear even in the most serene preludes." Two...continue...

Essential Jose Carreras (International)

2 CD / Sony Classical Import / 2008-03-11

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chenier; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, op...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven

A beloved member of The Three Tenors, Spain's Jos Carreras has become one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

The Essential José Carreras

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2008-01-15

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Umberto Giordano: Fedora; Andrea Chénier, opera; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Turandot; Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; Jules Massenet: Werther; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria...
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Bogart, John-Paul; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Domingo, Placido; Gavanelli, Paolo; Hintermeier, Margaretha; Katz, Martin; Kerns, Robert [Baritone Vocals]; King, Sarah; Kovacs,...
Conductors: Domingo, Placido; Patanè, Giuseppe; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Maazel, Lorin; Caetani, Oleg; Tunick, Jonathan; Casas, Joan; Mercurio, Steven
Ensemble: ; Barcelona Teatro Liceu Orchestra; Hungarian State Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Tallis Chamber Choir; Vienna State Opera Chorus; Vienna State Opera Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

A beloved member of "The Three Tenors," Spain's Jose Carreras endures as one of the most passionate, popular and affecting singers of his time. Though...continue...

Spanish Classics - The Catalan Piano Album

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2007-10-30

Works: Federico Mompou: Cançons i dansas (14); Prelude for piano no 12; Ricardo Viñes: Homenajes (4) for piano, no 2, En Verlaine Mineur (A la mémoire de Gabriel Fauré); Homenajes (4) ...
Performers: Masó, Jordi

In the years before the Spanish Civil war, Catalonia was at the heart of Spanish music. The present release features a stylistically diverse mix of...continue...

Spanish Love Songs / Lieberson, Kaiser, et al

1 CD / Bridge / 2007-10-01

Works: Enriqué Granados: Colección de tonadillas; Descúbrase el pensamiento de mi secreto cuidado, song for soprano & piano (Canciones amatorias, no; Joan Lamote de Grignon: Larirà-Abril...
Performers: Barrett, Michael; Blier, Steven; Hunt Lieberson, Lorraine; Kaiser, Joseph

This memorable recording, performed at the Caramoor Festival, features the great mezzo Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, partnered by the young tenor, Joseph Kaiser, the Tamino in...continue...

The Magic Circle - Falla, José / Ismo Eskelinen

1 CD / Alba / 2007-06-01

Works: Antonio José: Sonata for Guitar; Manuel de Falla: Homenaje "Le tombeau de Claude Debussy"; El amor brujo; Joaquín Rodrigo: Invocación y Danza for Guitar "Hommage a M de Falla"; Feder...
Performers: Eskelinen, Ismo

Ismo Eskelinen's playing has riveted the attention of audiences and critics ever since 1989, when he won the International Scandinavian Guitar Festival as the youngest...continue...

DeBussy: Ste Bergamasque

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2007-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Poèmes (7) de Banville; Manuel de Falla: Piezas Españolas (4) for Piano; Federico Mompou: Prelude for Piano no 5; Variations sur une thème de Cho...
Performers: Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava

Recording information: Mad Cat Sound Recording Studios, Melbourne, Australia (01/2007)....continue...

Stephen Hough's Spanish Album

1 CD / Hyperion / 2007-01-09

Works: Antonio Soler: Sonata for Keyboard no 90 in F sharp major; Enriqué Granados: Valses (7) poeticos; Isaac Albéniz: Iberia Suite, Book 1; Iberia Suite, Book 2; Work(s); Federico Mompou: Impres...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Each composer's style suits Hough, whose breathtakingly agile technique, ravishing tone, and gift for characterization will massage your ears and melt your senses... his sultry,...continue...

Horizons - Leif Ove Andsnes

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Jean Sibelius: Pieces (13) for piano, Op. 76; Alexander Scriabin: Impromptus (2) for piano, Op. 14; Felix Mendelssohn: Songs without words, vol 3, Op. 38; Richard Strauss: Songs (6) for voice & piano...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove

Leif Ove Andsnes's new album, 'Horizons', on EMI Classics is full of dramatic and poetic moments that will inspire both new and committed listeners alike....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...

Chopin: Waltzes / Alexandre Tharaud

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2006-06-13

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Waltz for Piano in A minor, B 150; Waltz for piano no 7 in C sharp minor, Op. 64/2, CT. 213; Waltz for piano no 4 in F major, Op. 34/3, CT. 210; Waltz for piano no 8 in A f...
Performers: Tharaud, Alexandre

This new recording by Alexandre Tharaud follows in the tradition of his earlier CDs devoted to Rameau, Ravel and Bach. Once again the young French...continue...

Catalan Chistmas Carols / Cor Madrigal Vocal Ensemble

1 CD / La Ma De Guido / 2005-11-01

Works: Josep Vila i Casañas: El dimoni escaut; Vós sou la meva prendeta; Manuel Oltra: El rabadà; Del cel baixen; Canço de l'infant; Xavier Pastrana: El petit vailet; Cap a Betlem van do...
Conductors: Barrera, Mireia
Ensemble: Cor Madrigal

The Most Relaxing Guitar Album in the World...Ever!

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-10-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Sheep may safely graze (after Bach's The Hunt Cantata, BWV 208); Sonata for Violin solo no...
Performers: Barrueco, Manuel; Bitetti, Ernesto; Brandon, David; Browne, Geoffrey [eng horn]; Fisk, Eliot; Isbin, Sharon; Laniau, Pierre; Parkening, Christopher; Romero, Angel
Conductors: Foster, Lawrence; Lubbock, Jeremy; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Lausanne Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Reflets dans Chopin: Wojciech Kocyan Plays Liszt, Mompou, Schumann, Saya

1 CD / Dux (Poland) / 2005-09-27

Works: Robert Schumann: Variations on Chopin's Nocturne in G minor (Op. 15/3), for piano; Frédéric Chopin: Polish Songs (17), Op. 74; Federico Mompou: Variations sur une thème de Chopin, for ...
Performers: Kocyan, Wojciech

Mompou, Blancafort: Choral Music / Granados Chamber Choir

1 CD / La Ma De Guido / 2005-07-01

Works: Federico Mompou: Propis del temps d'avent; Cantar del Alma "St John of the Cross"; Cançons i dansas (14); Ball rodo; M Blancafort de Rosselló: El Crist de la Bona Mort; Salve estrella de la...
Performers: Malet, David [organ]
Conductors: Puig, Xavier
Ensemble: Enrique Granados Chamber Choir

The Stephen Hough Piano Collection

1 CD / Hyperion / 2005-06-14

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Ballade for Piano no 3 in A flat major, B 136/Op. 47; Federico Mompou: Paisajes, for piano; Ben Weber: Fantasia (Variations), for piano; Deng Yu-Hsien: Pining for the Sprin...
Performers: Hough, Stephen

"Hough is supremely and charismatically on top of it all. He possesses a mesmerising range of colours, knoww how to be intellectual without being cerebral,...continue...