Frémaux, Louis

50 Best Overtures [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; La scala di seta; Il Signor Bruschino; Tancredi; Overture to L'italiana in Algeri; Overture to Guillaume Tell; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro;...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Gardelli, Lamberto; Davis, Colin; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rodzinski, Artur; Lanchbery, John; Kempe, Rudolf; Serafi...

Morning Mood: Grieg, Bizet, Schubert, Mozart, Mendelssoh, Vivaldi, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-09-27

Works: Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt, Suite no 1, Op. 46; Frederick Delius: Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; George Frederick Handel:...
Performers: Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Hörtnagel, Georg; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Mutter, Anne-Sophie; Zacharias, Christian
Conductors: Berglund, Paavo; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frémaux, Louis; Boskovsky, Willi; Wand, Günter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang

Court of the Sun King / works by Lully, Couperin, Gilles, Grigny, Lalande, et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Erato / 2011-07-26

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Troisième Magnificat à 4 voix, motet for 4 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H. 79; Messe de minuit, for 5 voices, chorus, instruments & continuo, H...
Performers: Abdoun, Georges; Alain, Marie-Claire; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Arizcuren, Elias; Backensteiner, Anne-Marie; Beckensteiner, Anne-Marie; Bessac, Francine; Boulay, Laurence; Brodard, Michel; Ca...
Conductors: Martini, Louis; Paillard, Jean-François; Devos, Louis; Frémaux, Louis; Corboz, Michel; Boulay, Laurence; Caillard, Philippe; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Cabré, Josep; Caillat, Stép...
Ensemble: ; Chorale des Jeunesses Musicales de France; Ensemble Vocal Stéphane Caillat; Gulbenkian Orchestra; Jean-François Paillard Chamber Orchestra; Musica Polyphonica

The Court of the Sun King is a 10CD set celebrating both the glories of the French Baroque and the glories of the Erato catalogue....continue...

20th Century Classics: Ibert / Emmanuel Pahud; José van Dam; Louis Frémaux; Kent Nagano

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Jacques Ibert: Divertissement, for chamber orchestra; Pièces brèves (3) for Wind Quintet; Escales; Symphonie marine, for orchestra; Circus; Concerto for Flute; Ouverture de fête, f...
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Brain, Leonard; James, Cecil; Morris, Gareth; Pahud, Emmanuel; Van Dam, José; Waters, Stephen
Conductors: Frémaux, Louis; Stokowski, Leopold; Irving, Robert; Zinman, David; Martinon, Jean; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Orchestre National de l'ORTF; Sinfonia of London; Tonhalle Orchestra Zurich

Music for a Royal Wedding, 2011

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Samson; Solomon; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Andre, Maurice; Domingo, Placido; Hansen, Jorgen Ernst; Maurane, Camille
Conductors: Paillard, Jean-François; Leppard, Raymond; Higginbottom, Edward; Frémaux, Louis; Santi, Nello; Davis, Andrew; Faerber, Jörg;
Ensemble: ; Capricorn (Ensemble); Il Giardino Armonico

A compilation of the most famous and recognizable pieces of music from the wedding service of every British monarch, from Queen Victoria to our present...continue...

William Walton: Symphony No. 1; Violin Concerto / Accardo

1 CD / Musical Concepts / 2011-03-08

Works: William Walton: Symphony no 1 in B flat minor; Concerto for Violin
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors: Frémaux, Louis; Hickox, Richard

William Walton's landmark First Symphony surges with drama and wrath then closing with jubilation, as Frémaux and the Philharmonia Orchestra deliver the piece flawlessly, and...continue...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; The Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture; Ser...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer, Annie; Kok, Felix; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Lympany, M...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Tortelier, Paul; Ozawa, Seiji; Lysy, Alberto; Jansons, Mariss; Jacquillat,...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Lysy Gstaad

Each CD included in this 6-CD set from EMI Classics is inspired by the wonders of childhood. The first CD, CARNIVAL, includes works by Camille...continue...

Dance! The World's Favorite Ice-Skating Music

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-02-09

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Gayaneh; Spartacus; Ennio Morricone: The Mission; George Gershwin: Concerto in F; Rhapsody in Blue; John Williams: Schindler's List; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lak...
Performers: Bran, Tim; Chang, Sarah; Donohoe, Peter; Garello, Raul; Giaimo, Jose Alberto; Kalibi, Nabil; Lane, Piers; Little, Tasmin; Lockhart, Peter; Mrvica, Maksim; Ogdon, John; Ousset, Cécile; Pane, Ju...
Conductors: Kurtz, Efrem; Morricone, Ennio; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Sutherland, Iain; Lanchbery, John; Boskovsky, Willi; Temirkanov, Yuri; Irving, Robert; Dragon, Carmen; Jansons, Mariss; Federico, Leopoldo; Ozawa, ...
Ensemble: ; Virtuosi Saxoniae

This 2-CD set contains a wide selection of popular classical pieces used by ice skaters in their programs at major international competitions, including the World...continue...
EMI's Dance! The World's Favourite Ice-Skating Music is a splendid idea; one place where classical music remains a required element is in the world of figure skating. The music used in figure skating ...continue...

Romance of the Guitar / John Williams

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-05-02

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Andrew York: Sunburst; Agustin Barrios Mangore: Una limosna por el amor de Dios "El ultimo canto"; Isaac Albéniz: Cantos de España, Op. 232; Erik Sat...
Performers: Kain, Timothy; Pendrill, Christine; Rolla, János; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Goodchild, William; Williams, John [Guitar]; Rolla, János; Frémaux, Louis
Ensemble: Franz Liszt Academy Chamber Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

The Great Guitar Concertos / John Williams

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-03-28

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Trio Sonata for Violin, Lute and Basso Continuo in C major, RV 82; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar...
Performers: Pendrell, Christine; Pendrill, Christine; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Williams, John [Guitar]; Frémaux, Louis; Groves, Charles, Sir; Barenboim, Daniel; Previn, Andre
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra