Nelson, John

J.S. Bach: St Matthew Passion / Werner Gura, Stephen Morscheck, Lucy Crowe, Christine Rice, Nicolas Phan, Matthew Brook [2 DVD]

2 DVD Video / EuroArts / 2013-03-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Brook, Matthew; Crowe, Lucy; Gura, Werner; Morscheck, Stephen; Phan, Nicolas; Rice, Christine
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Schola Cantorum of Oxford

The monumental St. Matthew Passion recounts the dramatic story of the capture and crucifixion of Jesus Christ profoundly, lyrically, and contemplatively. Conducted by John Nelson,...continue...
Run Time: 229 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Essential Choral - Over 2 hours of uplifting classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Magnificat in D, BWV 243; Cantata no 140; Mass in B minor; George Frederick Han...
Performers: Barley, Peter; Bell, David [Organ]; Beniston, Paul; Bowley, John; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Garcia, Jose Luis; Harper, Heather; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Lott, Felici...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Willcocks, David; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; Welser-Möst, Franz; Neumann, Peter; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Muti, Riccardo; Tennstedt, Klaus; Pappano, Antonio;...

This collection of popular choral classics starts with some of the glories of the Baroque era by some of its greatest composers like Vivaldi, Handel...continue...

Mozart Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Serenade no 13 in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Divertimento no 1 in D major, K. 136; Serenade no 6 in D major, K. 239 'Serenata...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Argenta, Nancy; Ben-Nun, Efrat; Braley, Frank; Chase, Roger; Coles, Samuel; Damrau, Diana; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Fink, Marcos; Francis, Jeffrey; Garanca, Elina; Gens, V&e...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Warren-Green, Christopher; Nelson, John; Pletnev, Mikhail; Tetzlaff, Christian; Ambache, Diana; Jordan, Armin; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Norrington, Roger; Rhorer, Jérémie; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Hunt Cantata, BWV 208; Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Cantata...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

The Legend of Mozart: Opera Excerpts, Concertos, Symphonies, etc / Damrau, Dessay, Gens, Garanca

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-01-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio), opera, K. 384; Le nozze di Figaro; Così fan tutte, ...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Baltsa, Agnes; Ben-Nun, Efrat; Braley, Frank; Cachemaille, Gilles; Capuçon, Renaud; Coles, Samuel; Damrau, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Garanca, Elina; Gens, Véronique; ...
Conductors: Rhorer, Jérémie; Langrée, Louis; Bolton, Ivor; Muti, Riccardo; Harding, Daniel; Pletnev, Mikhail; Schiff, Heinrich; Nelson, John; ; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Menuhin, Yehudi; Corboz...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Le Concert d'Astrée; Sinfonia Varsovia

From The Magic flute to the Kyrie of his Requiem, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight...continue...

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Nelson/CO of Europe, Wilson, DeShong, etc. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Juxtapositions / 2011-10-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Blankestijn, Marieke; DeShong, Elizabeth; Schukoff, Nikolai; Sherratt, Brindley; Wilson, Tamara
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Gulbenkian Chorus, Lisbon

Soli Deo Gloria's DVD of Missa Solemnis shines a supreme light on this rarely performed choral masterpiece. Beethoven wrote that "music is the electrical soil...continue...
Run Time: 145 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Haydn: The Creation / Nelson, Milne, Gura, Rose, etc. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Juxtapositions / 2011-10-25

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation), oratorio, H. 21/2
Performers: Beyer, Jonathan; Crowe, Lucy; Gura, Werner; Milne, Lisa; Rose, Matthew
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Netherlands Radio Chamber Choir; Netherlands Radio Chamber Orchestra

Haydn undertook the composition of The Creation starting at age 65. It took him 1.5 years to complete the work. A deeply religious man, he...continue...
Run Time: 182 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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Bel Canto Arias: Donizetti & Rossini / Vivica Genaux, soprano

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-10-18

Works: Gioachino Rossini: La Cenerentola; L'italiana in Algeri; La donna del lago; Semiramide; Il barbiere di Siviglia; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucrezia Borgia; Alahor in Granata; Anna Bolena
Performers: Genaux, Vivica
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Recording information: Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris (2002-09-30_2002-09-30&2008-)....continue...

Mozart Best Loved Adagios / Menuhin, Pletnev, Dessay, Corbos, et al.

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21, K. 467; Concerto for Piano no 23, K. 488; Concerto for Clarinet K. 622; Concerto for flute & harp, K. 299; Sinfonia Concertante, for violin & viola,...
Performers: Capucon, Renaud; Coles, Samuel; Dessay, Natalie; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Meyer, Paul; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Tamesit, Antoine; Yoshino, Naoko
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Nelson, John; Menuhin, Yehudi; Langrée, Louis; Pletnev, Mikhail; Hill, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: ; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

Great Opera Duets / Various Artists

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucie de Lammermoor; Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orphee et Euredice; Jacques Offenbach: La Belle Hé...
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Auger, Arleen; Beuron, Yann; Blake, Rockwell; Blythe, Stephanie; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natali...
Conductors: Rizzi, Carlo; Pidò, Evelino; Nelson, John; Gardiner, John Eliot; Minkowski, Marc; Plasson, Michel; Pappano, Antonio; Harding, Daniel; Norrington, Roger; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Hickox, Richard; ;...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

Great Opera Duets is a 2-CD collection which traces the operatic and oratorio duet from its origins to the modern era - a program spanning...continue...

Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénedict / Susan Graham

2 CD / Erato / 2011-06-28

Works: Hector Berlioz: Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Orchestre de l'Opera de Lyon

a genuine competitor.. The first reason for this may seem an odd one. ... The longer stretches of talk heard in this new recording prove...continue...
Recording information: Auditorium Maurice Ravel, Lyon, France (03/1991)....continue...

Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; Wagner: Wesendonck; Mahler: Der Abschied

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-06-21

Works: Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde
Performers: Arrignon, Daniel; Catalanotti, Daniel; Estournet, Jean; Granjon, Jerome; Guijarro, Nicolas; Guyot, Michel; Lefebvre, Claude; Paoletti, Guillaume; Rudolph, Edkhard; Soufflard, Serge; Valckenaere, Alai...
Conductors: Nelson, John; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

The American mezzo Stephanie Blythe sings three works of high Romanticism, all depicting, in different ways, a sense of loneliness, abandonment and spiritual crisis. Brahms'...continue...
Recording information: Paroisse Notre-Dame du Liban, Paris, France (2003-07-17&2003-07-21_2003-)....continue...

Best Handel 50 / EMI

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Ariodante; Arianna in Creta; Radamisto; Orlando; Armino; Serse; Giulio Cesare; Teseo; Alcina; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 1 in F; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Wa...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Auger, Arleen; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Deshayes, Karine; Dessay, Natalie; DiDonato, Joyce; Genaux, Vivica; Gilchrist, Jane; Harrhy, Eiddwen; Jaroussky, Ph...
Conductors: Trevor, Kirk; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; ; Norrington, Roger; Rousset, Christophe; Hickox, Richard; Nelson, John; Briger, Alexander; Linde, Hans-Martin; McGegan, Nicholas; P...
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale

50 Best is a series of 3-CD sets which feature genres of music ranging from symphonies, concertos, and solo instrumental works to chamber music, songs,...continue...

Opera 2011 / EMI

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-04-19

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia; Stabat Mater; Antonio Caldara: L'Olimpiade; Thomas Arne: Rosamond; Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Madama Butterfly; La boh&egrav...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Callas, Maria; Capitanucci, Fabio Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Dian...
Conductors: Ono, Kazushi; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Labadie, Bernard; Pappano, Antonio; Kohn, Eugene; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Rhorer, Jérémie; Inkinen, Pietari; Barenboim, Daniel; Muti, Riccardo; Gardner, ...
Ensemble: ; Il Seminario Musicale; L'Arpeggiata

111 More Classic Tracks [Limited Edition]

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-11-09

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Dmitry Shostakovich: Symphony no 10 in E minor, Op. 93; Adagio and Allegretto (Elegy and Polka), for string quartet; Franz Liszt: Concert Etudes (2) for Piano, S 145; Fr...
Performers: Alarie, Pierrette; Ambrosini, Jean-Claude; Anda, Geza; Andre, Maurice; Antonietti, Jean; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Askenase, Stefan; Baldwin, Dalton; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Battle, Kat...
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Ancerl, Karel; Stadlmair, Hans; Nelson, John; Bernstein, Leonard; Blech, Leo; Böhm, Karl; Previn, Andre; Boulez, Pierre; Karajan, Herbert von; Marcon, Andrea; Pletnev, Mikhail; ...
Ensemble: ; Early Music Consort of London

111 More Classic Tracks carries on from where 111 Classic Tracks of 2009 left off. In another mesmerizing journey through the history of Deutsche Grammophon's...continue...

The World of the Castrati: The Voice of Angels

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-11-09

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: L'Orfeo; George Frederick Handel: La Resurrezione; Giulio Cesare; Ariodante; Alcina; Serse; Admeto, re di Tessaglia; Fernando, re di Castiglia; Faramondo; Antonio Caldara: La Pass...
Performers: Baldi, Antonio; Bedini, Domenico; Blythe, Stephanie; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Cafarelli; Carestini, Giovanni; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Cicognani, Giuseppe; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daniels, David; Des...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Hickox, Richard; Rousset, Christophe; Christie, William; Bolton, Ivor; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Curtis, Alan; Fasolis, Diego; Bicket, Har...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of...continue...

The Art of Susan Graham

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-10-26

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Paride ed Elena; Iphigénie en Tauride; Orphée et Eurydice; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze de Figaro; La clemenza di Tito; Le nozze di Figaro; Idomeneo; Lucio S...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick;
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants

Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream / DiDonato

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-10-25

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Ruy Blas Overture, Op. 95
Conductors: Nelson, John

Recording information: Alfortville, Maison de l'Orchestre National d'lle-de-Fr (12/13/2001-12/16/2001)....continue...

50 Best Adagios

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute Op. 10 'La notte'; Concerto no ...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Auger, Arleen; Cole, Maggie; Coles, Samuel; Daniels, David; Fischer, Annie; Gens, Veronique; Isserlis, Steven; Kirshbaum, Ralph; Litton, Andrew; Meyer, Paul; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet];...
Conductors: Watson, Ian; Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Asperen, Bob van; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Kuijken, Sigiswald; ; Norrington, Roger; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rozhdestvensky, G...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Seminario Musicale; London Classical Players; Melante Amsterdam; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

50 Best Baroque

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Solomon; Messiah; Water Music; Jeremiah Clarke: Prince of Denmark's March; John Dowland: Lachrimae or Seaven Teares; Henry Purcell: Abdelazar, or The Moor'...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Bussi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; d'Auvergne, Orchestre; Danby...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Auriacombe, Louis; Christophers, Harry; Sav...
Ensemble: ; Capella Agostino Steffani; Circa 1500; Europa Galante; Fretwork; Il Seminario Musicale; Melante Amsterdam; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Opera 2010

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago; Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda; Orlando finto pazz...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Ciofi, Patrizia; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Diana; Daniels,...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Müller, Eduardo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Muti, Riccardo; Langrée, Louis; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Bicket, Harry; Bateman, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Harding...

Following the enormous success of the album 'Opera 2009', EMI Classics releases Opera 2010. With 40 tracks, and over 21/2 hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Zen Voices

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2010-05-18

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine, Op. 11; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Wolfgang Amadeus M...
Performers: Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Caballe, Montserrat; Cornwell, Joseph; Daniels, David; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Gens, Veronique; Hallenberg, Ann; Hendricks, Barbara...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard; Equilbey, Laurence; Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Guadagno, Anton; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gardelli, Lamberto; Litton, A...
Ensemble: ; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Ensemble Matheus; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Kammer Ensemble de Paris; Nash Ensemble

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

Handel Anniversary Edition 1759-2009 - Arias & Duets / Dessay, Daniels, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Rodelinda; Dietro l'orme fuggaci, HWV 105 "Armida abbandonata"; Rinaldo; Ariodante; Sorgi il dì, HWV 72 "Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo"; Admeto, Rè di Tessag...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Banditelli, Gloria; Bonitatibus, Anna; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daneman, Sophie; Daniels, David; Dawson, Lynne; Dessay, Natalie; DiD...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; ; Curtis, Alan; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Hickox, Richard; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Kraemer, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Basses Réunies ; Raglan Baroque Players

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death, Virgin Classics is releasing a 2-CD collection of his finest arias and duets. This generous selection includes...continue...

Mozart: Symphonies / Nelson, Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

2 CD / Naïve / 2009-03-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 31 in D major, K 297 (300a) "Paris"; Symphony no 39 in E flat major, K 543; Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Symphony no 41 in C major, K 551 "Jupiter"
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Paris Orchestral Ensemble

"This is a really fine set of Mozart symphonies, performed in the period style but without a trace of the doctrinaire attitude of so many...continue...

Best Concertos 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Pyotr Il'...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Asperen, Bob van; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Broadway, Kenneth; Bury, Alison; Bylsma, Anner; Capuçon, Gautier; Capu&ccedi...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Foster, Lawrence; Vonk, Hans; Plasson, Michel; Cziffra, György; Jansons, Mariss; Kitayenko, Dmitri; Davis, Andrew; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Litton, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; ...
Ensemble: Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Ambache Chamber Orchestra; Auvergne Orchestra; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Philha...

The latest release in from the top-selling 'BEST 100' series by EMI Classics contains excerpts from the most famous concertos of all time. Each of...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

Zen Classics - Mozart, Debussy, etc / L. Maazel, P. Järvi, N. Dessay, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Wolfga...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Isbin, Sharon; Isserlis, Steven; Janowitz, Gundula; Litton, Andrew; Mey...
Conductors: ; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Schoenwandt, Michael; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Maazel, Lorin; Janowski, Marek; Tchakarov, Emil; Paavo, Järvi; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rees, Jonathan; Parrott, Andrew; Nelson, Jo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fr...

Virgin Classics presents 3 CDs of music designed to help you find inner peace and calm. From the soothing sounds of Satie's Gymnopedie to the...continue...

The Legend of Sacred Music - From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Sacred Pieces (4), for chorus & orchestra; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; George Frederick Handel: Dixit Dominus; Der Messias; Coronation Anthem; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; ...
Performers: Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Cotrubas, Ileana; Dale, Laurence; Dami, Magali; Dubosc, Catherine; Gens, Veronique; Hantai, Jerome; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik
Conductors: Corboz, Michel; Hill, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Parrott, Andrew; Willcocks, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Herreweghe, Philippe; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Pitz, Wilhelm; Conlon, James...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Il Seminario Musicale; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

From Allegri's Miserere to Barber's Agnus Dei, this new compilation offers, on 2 CDs for the price of 1, a thorough insight into the great...continue...

Mozart for Kids

1 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony (Cassation), for toys, 2 oboes, 2 horns & strings in G major (formerly K. 63); Concerto for Trumpet in D major; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic F...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Bonner, Tessa; Guerrier, David; Leleux, Francois; Lonquich, Alexander; Marion, Alain [Flute]; Mey, Guy de; Pierard, Catherine; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Schmidt, Andreas [Barito...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques
Ensemble: Auvergne Orchestra; London Classical Players; Paris Orchestral Ensemble; Philharmonia Orchestra

Best Adagios 100 - Mozart, Mahler, Albinoni, Pachelbel, etc / Menuhin, Ove Andsnes, Norman, et al

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flut...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Braley, Frank; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Cole, Maggie; Coles, Samuel; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Dumay, Augustin [Vi...
Conductors: Watson, Ian; Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Asperen, Bob van; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Norrington, Roger; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rozhdestvensky, G...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; London Academy; London Classical Players; Melante Amsterdam; Nash Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; ...

This 6-CD set offers listeners the greatest classical slow movements ever composed, including the haunting Albinoni Adagio in G minor, Pachelbel’s beloved Canon in D,...continue...

Ses Plus Beaux Chefs-D'oeuvre

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2008-06-03

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto for 2 Violins i...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Busi, Marcello; Cole, Maggie; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerome; Hantai, Marc; Holloway, Joh...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Rees, Jonathan; Huggett, Monica; Asperen, Bob van; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Herreweghe, Philippe; ; Nelson, John; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Corboz, Michel
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Melante Amsterdam; Scottish Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Chopin: Concertos pour Piano / Berezovsky, Nelson, et al

1 CD / Mirare / 2008-03-11

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Concerto for Piano no 1 in E minor, B 53/Op. 11; Concerto for Piano no 2 in F minor, B 43/Op. 21
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Paris Orchestral Ensemble

Moscow-born Boris Berezovsky has earned a remarkable reputation both as the most powerful of virtuoso pianists and as a musician of unique insight and sensitivity....continue...

Unforgettable - Music from Movies

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; Wolfgang Amad...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bruns, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Kraus, Michael [Tenor/Baritone Vocal]; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Marin-Degor, Sophie; Monteyrol, Laurence; Ottensamer, Ernst; Ra...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Mund, Uwe; Lombard, Alain; Morandi, Pier G.; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Halász, Michael; Teutsch, Karol; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Nelson, John; Yabl...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Vienna Mozart Academy

Music from the films Apocalypse Now, Fantasia, Shine, Pretty Woman, Platoon, Out of Africa, Farinelli, Chariots of Fire and many more are here, with unforgettable...continue...
Personnel: Derek Lee Ragin (vocals); Laurence Monteyrol (soprano); Norbert Kraft (guitar); Fazil Say, Idil Biret, Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Susan Graham - Portrait

1 CD / Erato / 2007-10-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Ned Rorem: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening, for voice & piano; Early in the ...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Martineau, Malcolm
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Christie, William; Nagano, Kent; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Abel, Yves

The Essential Wynton Marsalis

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2007-07-10

Works: Jeremiah Clarke: Suite in D major; Ode on Union of King and Parliament; Jean Joseph Mouret: Suite de Symphonies no 1; Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; John Stanley: Trumpet Voluntary for Organ; Ma...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Bennett, William [flute]; Black, Neil; Burr, Jon; Cho-Liang, Lin; Hurst, Robert Leslie III; Koch, Philip; Marsalis, Wynton; Newman, Anthony; O'Connor, Mark [Violin]; Riley, Herlin; ...
Conductors: Newman, Anthony; Leppard, Raymond; Nelson, John; Salonen, Esa-Pekka; Hunsberger, Donald; ; Marsalis, Wynton
Ensemble: Eastman Wind Ensemble; English Chamber Orchestra; Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; Mark O'Connor's Hot Swing Trio; Orchestra of St. Luke's; Philharmonia Orchestra

The name Wynton Marsalis has become almost a metaphor for music in our time, be it visionary jazz or beautifully wrought performances of classical works...continue...

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

Best Bach 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-02-06

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe...
Performers: Amsterdam, Melante; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bernardini, Alfredo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Boothby, Richard [Viola da Gamba]; Bostridge, Ian; Bury, A...
Conductors: Herreweghe, Philippe; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, John; Schreier, Peter; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Rees, Jonathan
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum; Europa Galante; La Petite Bande; Scottish Ensemble; Sonnerie; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; Taverner Consort

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Bach 100, features 6 CDs of one of the greatest composers of all time, including...continue...

Tenor

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-01-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Le Villi; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Messa di Gloria; Giuseppe Verdi: Il Trovatore; Don Carlos; Requiem Mass; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor...
Performers: Airizer, Czaba; Alagna, Roberto; Alain, Marie-Claire; Dessay, Natalie; Facini, Enrico; Fissore, Enrico; Gheorghiu, Angela; Hampson, Thomas; Mula-Tchako, Inva; Quemener, Yann-Armel; Vaduva, Leontina; ...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Pidò, Evelino; Plasson, Michel; Armstrong, Richard; Nelson, John; Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: ; Maitrise de Ste.-Marie d'Antony; Paris Opera Children's Chorus

In this compilation the incomparable tenor Roberto Alagna sings with some of the world's greatest artists including Natalie Dessay, Thomas Hampson, Claudio Abbado, Angel Gheorghiu,...continue...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthems (4); Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Dixit Dominus, HWV 232; Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Alcina, HWV 34; Jeremiah ...
Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Andre, Maurice; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Auger, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Blyt...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Pau...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of London; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Ag...

Best Baroque 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-06-26

Performers: André, Maurice [trumpet]; Argenta, Nancy; Asperen, Bob van; Augér, Arleen; Banchini, Chiara; Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark; Blythe, Stephanie; Boothby, Richard; Bowman, James; Brosse, ...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; ; Parrott, Andrew; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Leonhardt, Gustav; Norrington, Roger; Nelson, John; Rooley, Anthony; Rees, Jonathan; McCreesh, Paul; Kraemer, Nicholas; S...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of London; Boston Early Music Festival Choir; Boston Early Music Festival Orchestra; Capella Agostino Steffani; Choir of the Age of Enlightenment; City of London Bar...

EMI's collection 100 Best Baroque includes a generous 460 minutes of some of the most familiar works or movements from works written during the Baroque era. There is a good mix of genres, including wo...continue...

Polski nowoczesny / Louisville Orchestra

1 CD / First Edition / 2006-04-18

Works: Witold Lutoslawski: Fanfare for Louisville, for orchestra; Krzysztof Penderecki: De Natura Sonoris II, for orchestra; Stanislaw Skrowaczewski: Music at Night, for orchestra; Andrzej Panufnik: Nocturn...
Conductors: Smith, Lawrence Leighton; Mester, Jorge; Nelson, John; Whitney, Robert
Ensemble: Louisville Orchestra

Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini / Nelson, Kunde, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2005-01-11

Works: Hector Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23
Performers: Ciofi, Patrizia; Delaigue, Renaud; DiDonato, Joyce; Huchet, Eric; Kunde, Gregory; Lapointe, Jean Francois; Mauillon, Marc; Naouri, Laurent; Nedelec, Ronan; Nemtanu, Sarah [Violin]; Salha, Eric
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: French National Radio Chorus

Virgin Classics presents a new recording of Berlioz's gigantic operatic work 'Benvenuto Cellini', recorded at La Maison de Radio France in 2003 in parallel to...continue...

Artist Portrait - Susan Graham

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride; Ned Rorem: Stopping by Wood...
Performers: Graham, Susan
Conductors: Bicket, Harry; Christie, William; Martineau, Malcolm; Nelson, John; Summers, Patrick; Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Ensemble Oriol; Les Arts Florissants; Lyon Opera Chorus; Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment; San Francisco Opera Chorus; San Francisco Opera Orchestra

"The American mezzo-soprano Susan Graham has for the better part of a decade impressed audiences with her creamy singing and chiseled characterizations." - The New...continue...

Classic Battle: A Portrait

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-04-02

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare, HWV 17; Der Messias; Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne, HWV 74; Chilean Traditional: Dormi, Jesu; Traditional: La Can...
Performers: Baptista, Cyro; Barron, Kenny; Battle, Kathleen; Carter, James [Sax]; Chestnut, Cyrus; Lubambo, Romero; Marsalis, Wynton; Norman, Jessye; Parkening, Christopher; Vangelis; Washington, Grover, Jr.
Conductors: Nelson, John; Sadin, Robert; Previn, Andre; Maazel, Lorin

Personnel includes: Kathleen Battle, Jessye Norman (vocals); John Nelson, Blake Neely, Robert Sadin, Andre Previn, Lorin Maazel (conductor); Marlon Graves, Romero Lubambo, Christopher Parkening (guita...continue...

The #1 Choral Album - Beethoven, Handel, Verdi, Bizet, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2002-03-12

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; Requiem Mass; Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Tannhäuser; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, ...
Performers: Braun, Victor; Burrowes, Norma; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Doughty, Stephen; Goodman, Roy; Morris, James; Norman, Jessye; Schunk, Robert; Sotin, Hans; Terfel, Bry...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Willcocks, David; Thomas, Kurt; Cleobury, Stephen; Guest, George; Davis, Colin; Dutoit, Charles; Nelson, John; Farncombe, Charles; Daniel, Paul; Munchinger, Ka...

Handel, Bach: Arias / Stephanie Blythe, John Nelson, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-11-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Hercules; Semele; Giulio Cesare; Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Saint John Passion, BWV 245; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Daniels, David; Haim, Emmanuelle [Condcutor/Harpsichord]; Hantai, Jerome; Isepp, Martin
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Paris Orchestral Ensemble

Berlioz: Te Deum / Alagna, Alain, Nelson, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2001-04-10

Works: Hector Berlioz: Te Deum, Op. 22
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Alain, Marie-Claire
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Paris Opera Children's Chorus

"Berlioz's grandest choral work is presented here with remarkable conviction...The only solo movement is firmly delivered by Alagna...Nelson's tempi are sharp...and he achieves admirably incisive...continue...

Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato / Nelson, etc

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2000-11-07

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato (Pastoral Ode), oratorio, HWV 55
Performers: Bostridge, Ian; Brandes, Christine; Dawson, Lynne; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Nelson, John
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

"L'Allegro" was composed in early 1740, when Handel was simultaneously working on Italian opera, toying with the English ode and developing his work in oratorio...continue...