Groves, Charles, Sir

Essential British Classics - Over 2 hours of rousing classical anthems

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Coronation Anthem; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Jere...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Brightman, Sarah; du Pre, Jacqueline; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Graham, Susan; Haim, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Briger, Alexander; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Boult, Adrian; Cleobury, Stephen; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Trevor, Kirk; Jenkin...
Ensemble: ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

A Martha Argerich Celebration - Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1; Prokofiev: Piano Concerto No. 3 / Martha Argerich, piano [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2012-07-31

Works: Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Sergei Prokofiev: Concerto for Piano no 3 in C major, Op. 26
Performers: Argerich, Martha
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Previn, Andre
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orch

This remarkable DVD presents two unreleased performances filmed by BBC television in 1977: celebrated pianist Martha Argerich plays the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1, and...continue...
Run Time: 62 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: Austria
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50 Best British Classics [3 CDs]

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-05-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Messiah; Thomas Tallis: If ye love me; In manus tuas; John Goss: Hymn; Psalm 23; Charles Villiers Stanford: Beati quorum via; Hubert Parry: Dear Lord and F...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bayl, Benjamin; Bean, Hugh; Bell, David [Organ]; Brett, Oliver; Bullard, Thomas; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; du Pré, Jacqueline; Stevens, Peter; Willcocks, David...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Barbirolli, John; Boult, Adrian; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Groves, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Dunn, Vivi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

Glorious Majesty: Music For English Kings & Queens

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Alleluia; The King Shall Rejoice, coronation anthem no 2 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 260; Coronation Anthems (4); Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 7...
Performers: Addison, Susan; Bainbridge, Philip; Bayl, Benjamin; Blackadder, David; Blaze, Robin; Brookes, Oliver; Grier, Francis; Hogwood, Christopher; Hyde, Daniel; Lancelot, James; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Voca...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Munrow, David; Norrington, Roger; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Hickox, Richard; Groves, Charles, Sir; Frémaux, Louis; Birch, John; Segal, Uri
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Early Music Consort of London

Composer kings and musical monarchs from Henry VIII to Victoria and beyond have played a considerable part in shaping Britan's cultural legacy. Glorious Majesty is...continue...

Time Traveller: Wartime Britain

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: William Walton: Prelude and Fugue "Spitfire"; Henry V; Cecil Armstrong Gibbs: Dusk, for voice & piano; Richard Addinsell: Warsaw Concerto; Walter Kent: The White Cliffs of Dover; Kenneth J. Alford: C...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Bowlly, Al; Coward, Noel; Hess, Myra; Lynn, Vera
Conductors: Walton, William; Dunn, Vivian; Alwyn, Kenneth; Osborne, Tony; Marriner, Sir Neville; Groves, Charles, Sir; Gibbons, Carroll; Barbirolli, John; Wallace, J.L.; Noble, Ray; Kilbey, Reginald

Britain's Finest Hour - and six years of cataclysm, stoicism and heroism - are recalled by this richly varied collection of music associated with the...continue...

The Essential Delius: 150th Anniversary

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Frederick Delius: Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra; A Village Romeo and Juliet; A Song Before Sunrise; Koanga; Sleigh Ride; Fennimore and Gerda; Irmelin; Paris; In a Summer Garden, rhapsody for orchest...
Performers: Shirley-Quirk, John
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Barbirolli, John; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Groves, Charles, Sir

With the support and endorsement by the Delius Society, EMI Classics proudly presents a new collection of Frederick Delius's finest recordings with new remasters and...continue...

British Light Classics - works by Bayco, Coates, Curzon, Docker, Farnon, Grainger, Hartley, Ketelbey, Tomlinson et al. / Groves, Alwyn, Lanchbery et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Eric Coates: By the Sleepy Lagoon, valse serenade for orchestra; Calling All Workers, march for orchestra; The Merrymakers, a miniature overture; Knightsbridge March; Oxford Street, march for orchest...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Kilbey, Reginald; Lanchbery, John; Vinter, Gilbert; Groves, Charles, Sir; Dunn, Vivian, Sir; Alwyn, Kenneth; Williams, Charles; Torch, Sidney; Martin, Ray; Weldon, George; Co...

From the Sleepy Lagoon to the Dam Busters, from Knightsbridge in a Jaunting Car to a Monastery Garden: all the classic tracks collected here are...continue...

The British Composers Guide to Britain

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Eric Coates: Knightsbridge March; London Suite; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne (In London Town), concert overture, Op. 40; Severn Suite, Op. 87; Caractacus, Op. 35; Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Bri...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bayl, Benjamin; Bell, David [Organ]; Benson, Garth; Bostridge, Ian; Brannigan, Owen; Bullard, Thomas; Harvey, Frederi...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Barbirolli, John; del Mar, Norman; Ord, Boris; Previn, Andre; Layton, Stephen; Cleobury, Stephen; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Bishop, Christopher; Irving, Rober...
Ensemble: ; London Music Group; Polyphony (Vocal Ensemble)

This bright and breezy guide takes us in 50 stops from London, round Essex and East Anglia, up to Scotland, then - via Wales and...continue...

Essential Flute / Michel Debost, Hans-Martin Linda, Emmanuel Pahud, William Bennet, et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 428 "Il gardellino"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Sonata for Flute no 2 in E flat, BWV 1031; Orchestral Suite no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067; Parti...
Performers: Alley, John [Piano]; Ben-Tovim, Atarah; Bennett, William [Bass vocals]; Coles, Samuel; Davis, Phillipa; Debost, Michel; Edmund-Davies, Paul; Kovacevich, Stephen; Linde, Hans-Martin [Flute/Recorder]; ...
Conductors: Malcolm, George; Menuhin, Yehudi; Linde, Hans-Martin; Pahud, Emmanuel; Groves, Charles, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Nézet-Séguin, Yannick; Baudo, Serge; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Marriner, Sir Neville...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Barock Solisten; Linde Consort

The Guitarist

3 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-05-31

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Lute no 4 in E major, BWV 1006a; Partita no 2 in D minor, BWV 1004; Isaac Albéniz: Suite española, Op. 47; Cantos de España, Op. 232; Agustín Ba...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Kain, Timothy; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Rolla, János [Violin]; Tognetti, Richard; Frémaux, Louis; Groves, Charles, Sir

British Composers: A Celebration / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Edward Elgar: Wand of Youth Suite no 1, Op. 1a no 4; Symphony no 1 in A flat, Op. 55; Ave Maria, Op. 2 no 2; Quartet for Strings in E minor, Op. 83; Ave verum corpus, Op. 2 no 1; Falstaff; Dream Chil...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Bowen, John; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Wilfred; Dilkes, Neville; Donohoe, Pete...
Conductors: Collingwood, Lawrance; Willcocks, David; Boult, Adrian; Walton, William; Harding, Daniel; Robinson, Christopher; Wordsworth, Barry; Finzi, Christopher; Bliss, Sir Arthur; Goodall, Reginald; Davies, M...
Ensemble: ; Birmingham Contemporary Music Group; Britten String Quartet; London Music Group; The Band of the Royal Military School of Music Kne

Taking a panoramic view of British music between the ends of the 19th and 20th centuries, this fascinating collection features some 30 composers. From the...continue...

Rodrigo: Concierto De Aranjuez; Fantasia Para Un Gentilhomme

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2011-04-05

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Guitar Concerto, A. 501
Performers: Brown, James; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Barenboim, Daniel; Groves, Charles, Sir

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...

20th Century Classics: Holst - Brook Green Suite

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-10

Works: Gustav Holst: A Somerset Rhapsody, Op. 21 no 2/H 87; Brook Green Suite, for strings, H. 190; The Perfect Fool, Op. 39; The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; Suite no 2 in F; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Partridge, Ian [Tenor Vocals]
Conductors: del Mar, Norman; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Banks, Eric; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Groves, Charles, Sir; Holst, Imogen

First Symphonies: John Joubert, William Mathias

1 CD / Lyrita / 2010-07-13

Works: John Joubert: Symphony no 1, Op. 20; William Mathias: Symphony no 1, Op 31
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Groves, Charles, Sir

"This is an absolutely marvellous disc which is going to put a lot of collectors in a bit of a dilemma. If like me, you...continue...

Lyrita Box Set 2 (Box)

4 CD / Lyrita / 2010-01-12

Works: Gordon Jacob: Symphony no 1; Daniel Jones: Dance Fantasy for orchestra; John Joubert: Symphony no 1, Op. 20; Constant Lambert: Music for Orchestra; Walter Leigh: Concertino for Harpsichord/Piano and ...
Performers: Ogdon, John; Pinnock, Trevor
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Downes, Edward; Davison, Arthur; Boult, Adrian; Pritchard, John; del Mar, Norman; Herrmann, Bernard; Goossens, Eugene, Sir...

A box set celebrating Lyrita's 50-year devotion to British music!...continue...

Original Album Class / John Williams

5 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-11-10

Works: Isaac Albéniz: Suite española no 1, Op. 47; España, Op. 165; Cantos de España, Op. 232; Cantos de Espana, Op. 232; Gaspar Sanz: Canarios [I], for guitar (Instrucció...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Perlman, Itzhak; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Barenboim, Daniel

Welsh Dances / Groves, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2009-10-13

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Welsh Dances (4), Op. 15; Jack Straw Overture, Op. 35; Concerto Grosso no 2, Op. 46; Investiture Dances, for orchestra, Op. 66; Welsh Dances, Set 2, Op. 64; William Mathias: Celtic Da...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Davison, Arthur; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony; National Youth Orchestra of Wales; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

"This is not Hoddinott the dour and dissonant; this is Hoddinott the dance celebrant, whether in virile Chaucerian exuberance or in liquid poetry... Mathias was...continue...

Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, Choral Symphony, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Gustav Holst: The Hymn of Jesus, for 2 choruses, female semi-chorus & orchestra, Op. 37, H. 140; First Choral Symphony, Op. 41/H 155; The Wandering Scholar, opera, Op. 50, H. 176; At the Boar's Head,...
Performers: Burrowes, Norma; George, Michael; Hall, Peter; Johnson, David Wilson; Langdon, Michael; Langridge, Philip; Palmer, Felicity; Rippon, Michael; Ross, Elise; Suart, Richard; Tear, Robert; Tomlinson, John
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Bedford, Steuart; Atherton, David
Ensemble: English Opera Group Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Here we present a number of pathbreaking recordings from the 1970s and 1981. The first CD presents The Hymn of Jesus under Sir Charles Groves...continue...

Handel Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2009-03-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Water Music; MEDLEY; Handel - Bourée; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437; Dank Se...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Carroll, Edward; Gruberova, Edita; Hartman, Bonnie; Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Marsalis, Wynton; Soper, Lee; Taylor, Stephen W. [Oboe]; Timm, Joel; Wolff, Beverly
Conductors: Galway, James [Flute]; Ormandy, Eugene; Kapp, Richard; Carroll, Edward; Leppard, Raymond; Rudel, Julius; Groves, Charles, Sir; Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Washington Chamber Soloists

Gemini - Delius: Brigg Fair, Choral & Orchestral Miniatures / Barbirolli, Handley, Groves, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Frederick Delius: Pieces (2) for Small Orchestra; A Village Romeo and Juliet; Koanga; Sleigh Ride; Irmelin; Fennimore and Gerda; A Song Before Sunrise; Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; In a Summer G...
Performers: Shirley-Quirk, John; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Hickox, Richard; Handley, Vernon; Weldon, George; Barbirolli, John; Groves, Charles, Sir; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Northern Sinfonia of England; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Vaughan Williams - The Collector's Edition / Willcocks, Boult, Bean, Barbirolli, et al

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony no 1 "A sea symphony"; A London Symphony (Symphony no 2) (Original 1913 version); Symphony no 8 in D minor; Symphony no 3 for soprano or tenor & orchestra ("Pastoral"...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Allen, Thomas; Angas, Richard; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Aronowitz, Cecil; Asch, David van; Bainbridge, Elisabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balmain, Ian; Barlo...
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Silvestri, Constantin; Banks, Eric; Groves, Charles, Sir; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Hickox, Richard; O'Brien, Brendan; Davies, Meredith; Willcocks, Davi...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Madrigal Singers; London Music Group; London Philharmonic Orch...

This 30-CD budget boxed set contains all of the hits, as well as other gems such as 'A Sea Symphony', 'Fantasia on Christmas Carols', 'On...continue...

Elgar: Cello Concerto, Serenade for Strings; Tchaikovsky, Dvorak / Tortelier, Groves, et al

1 CD / Regis Records / 2008-06-08

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 85; Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Variations for Cello and Orchestra on a Rococo theme, Op. 33; Antonín Dv...
Performers: Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Williamson: Piano Sonata no 2, Sinfonia Concertante, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2008-02-12

Works: Malcolm Williamson: Santiago de Espada, overture for orchestra; Elevamini [Symphony no 1]; Sinfonia Concertante, for 3 trumpets, piano & strings; Sonata for Piano no 2
Performers: Jones, Martin [Piano]; Williamson, Malcolm
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Though Malcolm Williamson lived in London for fifty years, many of the titles and premiere venues of his works confirm that he was at heart...continue...

Dreams: Classical Music for a Good Night's Sleep

1 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2008-01-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune; Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Poèmes (7) de Banville; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Franz Schubert: Work(s); Franz Liszt: Es muss ein Wund...
Performers: Adorjan, Andras [Flute]; Afanassiev, Valery; Belkin, Boris; Beroff, Michel; Cenariu, Sigrid; Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Larrieu, Maxence; Mildonian, Susanna; Shinoz...
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; ; Stadlmair, Hans; Hirokami, Jun'ichi
Ensemble: ; Lunaire Ensemble

A Classical Christmas - Vivaldi, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, etc

3 CD / Metro Triples / 2007-11-06

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Concerto for Violin in E major, RV 270 "Il Riposo-Per il Natale"; Astor Piazzolla: Invierno porteño; George Fred...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Chiarappa, Carlo; Rilling, Helmuth; Rouvier, Jacques; Tropp, Vladimir; Vad, Knud
Conductors: ; Inbal, Eliahu; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Neumann, Václav; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; Accademia Bizantina; I Solisti Italiani

Elgar: The Collector's Edition

30 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Symphony no 1 in A flat major, Op. 55; Introduction and Allegro, for string quartet & string orchestra in G major, Op. 47; Symphony no 2 in E flat major, Op. 63; Elegy for Strings, Op. ...
Performers: Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Ben-Tovim, Atarah; Borg, Kim; Bramma, Harry; Cahill, Teresa; Case, John Carol; Chapman, Michael; Cook, Brian R...
Conductors: Barbirolli, John; Groves, Charles, Sir; Handley, Vernon; Boult, Adrian; Collingwood, Lawrance; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Robinson, Christopher; del Mar, Norman; Hal...
Ensemble: ; Allegri String Quartet

Following the releases of the Mozart, Beethoven, and Schubert Collector's Edition Boxed sets, EMI Classics is now proud to present the Elgar Collector's Edition. To...continue...

Jones: Symphonies No 4, 7, 8 / Groves, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-09-04

Works: Daniel Jones: Symphony no 4 "In Memory of Dylan Thomas"; Symphony no 7; Symphony no 8
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Thompson, Bryden
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Legendary performances on CD for the first time! Daniel Jones (1912-1993) was one of Wales's leading composers in the post-1945 era, and one of the...continue...

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Music for Strings in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-08-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Violin no 3 in G major, K. 216; Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E major, K 261; Concerto for Violin in D major (doubtful, "Concerto no...
Performers: Belkin, Boris; Chee-Yun; Eguchi, Akira; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Fukuda, Shin-ichi; Isbin, Sharon; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Kikuchi, Machiko; Ramirez, Alexander-Sergei
Conductors: López-Cobos, Jesús; ; Thompson, Bryden; Hager, Leopold; Groves, Charles, Sir; Hirokami, Jun'ichi
Ensemble: ; Danceries

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Classics for Kids in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-08-07

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonligh...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Chee-Yun; Gelber, Bruno-Leonardo; Grimaud, Helene; Larrieu, Maxence; Lifschitz, Constantin; Mildonian, Susanna; Rigutto, Bruno; Rouvier, Jacques; Schmidt, Annerose; Shinozaki, Ayako; ...
Conductors: Hansen, Jorgen Ernst; ; Groves, Charles, Sir; Krivine, Emmanuel; Bergel, Erich; Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Italiani; Lunaire Ensemble

Jones: Symphonies 6 & 9, etc / Groves, Thomson, et al

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-03-13

Works: Daniel Jones: Symphony no 6; Symphony no 9; The Country Beyond the Stars, for chorus
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Thompson, Bryden; Hose, Anthony
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Welsh National Opera Chorus

Daniel Jones (1912 -1993) was an outstanding composer from Wales. He was also a friend of the poet Dylan Thomas from childhood, and wrote a...continue...

The Ultimate Most Relaxing Classical Music in the Universe

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-02-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Morceaux (2) for Piano, Op. 10; Swan Lake; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Orchestral Suite n...
Performers: Afanassiev, Valery; Gelber, Bruno-Leonardo; Grimaud, Helene; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Larrieu, Maxence; Lifschitz, Constantin; Mildonian, Susanna; Planes, Alain; Schmidt, Annerose; ...
Conductors: Hansen, Jorgen Ernst; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; Groves, Charles, Sir; ; López-Cobos, Jesús
Ensemble: ; Baroque Strings Zürich; Smetana Quartet

Hoddinott: Dives and Lazarus, Viola Concertino, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Dives and Lazarus, Op 39, cantata; Concertino for viola and small orchesta, Op 14; Nocturnes and Cadenzas for cello and orchestra, Op.62; Sinfonia Fidei for soprano, tenor, chorus & o...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Burrows, Stuart; Erdelyi, Csaba; Gomez, Jill; Palmer, Felicity; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Atherton, David; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Alun Hoddinott (b. 1929) has been called the greatest living Welsh composer. Essentially chromatic, his music often shows a dark Celtic intensity, manifested in his...continue...

Williams: Ballads for Orchestra, Fairest of Stars, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Grace Williams: Ballads for orchestra; Fairest of Stars, for soprano & orchestra; Symphony no 2
Performers: Price, Janet
Conductors: Handley, Vernon; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: BBC Welsh Symphony; London Symphony Orchestra

Grace Williams (1906-1977) may be considered one of the finest women composers of the twentieth century, but her work has been cruelly neglected. "The orchestral...continue...

Haydn, Mozart: Symphonies / Groves, English Sinfonia

1 CD / Regis Records / 2007-02-05

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony no 92 in G major, H 1 no 92 "Oxford"; Symphony no 104 in D major, H 1 no 104 "London"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 31 in D major, K 297 (300a) "Paris"
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English Sinfonia

Bedtime Serenades - Tranquil Classics for Perfect Sleep

2 CD / Savoy Label Group / 2007-01-30

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Prelude and Fugue in C minor, BWV 549; Maurice Ravel:...
Performers: Afanassiev, Valery; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Gelber, Bruno-Leonardo; Grimaud, Helene; Italiani, I Solisti; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques [Conductor/Violin]; Lifschitz, Constantin; Lucerne Festival Stri...
Conductors: Hansen, Jorgen Ernst; Groves, Charles, Sir; Judd, James; Baumgartner, Rudolf; López-Cobos, Jesús; Kubelik, Rafael; ; Kazandjiev, Vassil
Ensemble: Baroque Strings Zürich; Copenhagen Societas Musical Chamber Orchestra; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; I Solisti Italiani; Lucerne Festival Strings; Philharmonia Orchestra; Prague Chamber Orchestr...

Personnel: Bruno-Leonardo Gelber, Hélène Grimaud, Alain Planès (piano)....continue...

Grace Williams: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes, Sea Sketches

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-01-09

Works: Grace Williams: Fantasia on Welsh Nursery Tunes; Carillons for oboe & orchestra; Penillion; Concerto for trumpet & orchestra; Sea Sketches for string orchestra
Performers: Allan, Ray; Camden, Anthony; Snell, Howard
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Atherton, David
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Grace Williams, one of the finest women composers of the twentieth century, but her work has been cruelly neglected. A pupil of Egon Wellesz and...continue...

An Introduction to Felix Mendelssohn

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-09-19

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Capriccio brillant for piano and orchestra in B minor, ...
Conductors: Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Shelley, Howard; Groves, Charles, Sir; Weller, Walter
Ensemble: London Mozart Players; Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Mendelssohn's exhilarating 'Italian' Symphony is one of the warmest, most vivacious and melodic works in the repertoire and has understandably become a central work in...continue...

Coates, Moeran: Violin Concertos / Boult, Groves, et al

1 CD / Divine Art / 2006-06-01

Works: Spoken Word: Opening Announcement; Douglas Coates: Concerto for Violin in D major; E.J. Moeran: Concerto for Violin & orchestra
Performers: Campoli, Alfredo; Sauer, Colin
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Boult, Adrian
Ensemble: BBC Northern Symphony; BBC Symphony Orchestra

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The Art of Emma Johnson

5 CD / ASV / 2004-11-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Concerto for clarinet & orchestra no 1 in E flat major, ...
Performers: Back, Gordon; Boulton, Timothy; Hirsch, Rebecca; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet]; Martineau, Malcolm; Shulman, Andrew; Takacs-Nagy, Gabor
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Herbig, Günther; Groves, Charles, Sir; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Schwarz, Gerard; Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Du Pré - Dvorák: Cello Concerto; Ibert

1 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-10-19

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Concerto for Cello in B minor, Op. 104/B 191; Jacques Ibert: Concerto for cello & 10 wind instruments
Performers: du Pre, Jacqueline
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir; Krein, Michael
Ensemble: Michael Krein Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

"Like many of the BBC releases, this one documents a rather special event: a concert at the Royal Albert Hall in 1969 where Du Pre...continue...

Holst: The Planets, St. Paul's Suite / Groves, et al

1 CD / ASV / 2004-07-27

Works: Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; St. Paul's Suite for Strings, Op. 29 no 2/H 118
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir

Mozart: Clarinet Concerto, Clarinet Quintet / Emma Johnson

1 CD / ASV / 2004-06-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Carl Maria von Weber: Concertino for Clarinet in E flat major, J 109/Op. 26; Hein...
Performers: Boulton, Timothy; Hirsch, Rebecca; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet]; Shulman, Andrew; Takacs-Nagy, Gabor
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

British Composers - Delius: Koanga, Songs of High Hills

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-11-04

Works: Frederick Delius: Koanga, opera, RT i/4; A Song of the High Hills, for wordless chorus & orchestra, RT ii/6
Performers: Barry, Elaine; Bingham, Peter; Bowen, Miriam; Capp, Eleanor; Erwen, Keith; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Herincx, Raimund; Hill, Valerie; Holmes, Eugene; Lindsey, Claudia; Warrick-Smith, Pamela
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Baroque Masterpieces - Pachelbel, Albinoni, Bach, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-01-29

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Jean-Joseph Mouret: Sinfonies de Fanfares; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Christian Pezold: M...
Performers: Biggs, E. Power; Carroll, Edward; Johnson, Gilbert; Schwarz, Gerard; Soper, Lee
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Kapp, Richard; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Ormandy, Eugene; Garcia, Jose-Luis; Boulez, Pierre; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra; La Grande Écurie et la Chambre du Roy; Philadelphia Orchestra; Philharmonia Chamber Orchestra; Philharmonia Virtuosi of New York; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Elgar: Cello Concerto, etc; Britten / Boult, Groves, et al

1 CD / Unesco Classics / 2001-05-29

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello in E minor, Op. 85; Enigma Variations; Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra
Performers: Tortelier, Paul
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra

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The Essential Emma Johnson - In Concert & in Recital

2 CD / ASV / 2000-04-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Bernhard Henrik Crusell: Concerto for clarinet & orchestra no 2 in F minor, Op. 5; Heinrich Joseph Baermann: Adagio in D flat major f...
Performers: Back, Gordon; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet]; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Groves, Charles, Sir; Bolton, Ivor
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

"...To hear their clarinet music played as well as this would, I think, have delighted these composers greatly. It is also very likely indeed to...continue...

Weber: The Two Clarinet Concertos, etc / Emma Johnson, et al

1 CD / ASV / 1997-05-20

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Clarinet no 1 in F minor, J. 114 (Op. 73); Concerto for Clarinet no 2 in E flat major, J. 118 (Op. 74); Concertino for Clarinet in E flat major, J 109/Op. 26; Grand...
Performers: Back, Gordon; Johnson, Emma [Clarinet]
Conductors: Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Schwarz, Gerard; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra

Handel - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1994-08-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; The Water Music; Largo; Handel - Bourée; Suite for Harpsichord in E major, HWV 430; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437; Water Mu...
Performers: Gruberova, Edita; Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Klerk, Albert de; Marsalis, Wynton
Conductors: Leppard, Raymond; Boulez, Pierre; Ormandy, Eugene; Haenchen, Hartmut; Rieu, André; Groves, Charles, Sir; Condie, Richard P.
Ensemble: ; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Philadelphia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Finzi, Stanford: Clarinet Concertos / Emma Johnson

1 CD / ASV / 1993-12-07

Works: Gerald Finzi: Concerto for Clarinet & String Orchestra in C Minor, Op. 31; Bagatelles (5) for clarinet & piano, Op. 23; Charles Villiers Stanford: Concerto for Clarinet in A minor, Op. 80; Intermezzi...
Performers: Johnson, Emma [Clarinet]; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra