Walker, Antony

The Classic 100: 20th Century

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-12-06

Works: Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32/H 125; George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 i...
Performers: Goodman, Isador; Grigoryan, Slava; Hall, Dimity; Kain, Timothy; Katchen, Julius; Lazaroff-Somssich, Alison; Li-Wei; Souter, Vanessa
Conductors: Braithwaite, Nicholas; Steinberg, William; Kertész, István; Walker, Antony; Thomas, Patrick; Kelly, Brett; Mester, Jorge; Otterloo, Willem Van; Northey, Benjamin; Porcelijn, David

Best of Teddy Tahu Rhodes

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Johann Sebastian Bach: Bist du bei mir, aria arranged for voice & continuo (after Gottfried Stölzel), BWV 508; St. Matthew Passion; Ich habe genug (It is enough...
Performers: Chong, Kristian; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Morgan, Alison; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Rudner, Ola; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Woods, Thomas; Noble, Guy

The Opera Show

2 CD / / 2011-09-27

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La Traviata; Un ballo in maschera (A Masked Ball); Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Gioachino Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri (The Italian Girl in Algiers); Tancredi; Il barbiere di Siviglia (Th...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Bartoli, Cecilia; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Burrows, Stuart; Campbell, Fiona; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cautoruccio, Paolo; Cossotto, Fiorenza; Do...
Conductors: Pritchard, John; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Frizza, Riccardo; Divall, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Varviso, Silvio; Armiliato, Marco; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Do...

What's in a Name?

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-09-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 ('Pastoral' Symphony); Symphony no 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 ('Eroica' Symphony); Sonata for Piano no 14 in C-sharp minor, Op. 27/2 ('Quasi una ...
Performers: Campbell, David; Campbell, Elizabeth; Champ, John; Cronin, Jacqueline; Illing, Rosamund; Kenny, Yvonne; Stanhope, David; Willems, Gerard
Conductors: Porcelijn, David; Marriner, Sir Neville; Caetani, Oleg; Solti, Sir Georg; Stanhope, David; Challender, Stuart; Karajan, Herbert von; Otaka, Tadaaki; Pinnock, Trevor; Yuasa, Takuo; Lang-Lessing, Sebas...
Ensemble: ; Seraphim Trio

Classics at the Movies

4 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-08-09

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; La Rondine; Tosca; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Davis, Catherine; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Gifford, Duncan; Goodman, Isador; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Hunter, Rita; Ivashkin...
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

Bravura Basses

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Arrigo Boito: Mefistofele; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction from the Seraglio); Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Le nozze di Fig...
Performers: Brannigan, Owen; Coad, Conal; East, Angela; Ghiaurov, Nicolai; Herford, Henry; Martin, Bruce; Myers, Raymond; Nimsgern, Siegmund; Pape, Rene; Parkin, David; Parsons, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Rob...
Conductors: de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Divall, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Solti, Sir Georg; Weigle, Sebastian; Cleobury, Stephen; Boult, Adrian; Gardiner, John Eliot; Greene, Andrew; Davis...

Terrific Tenors

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-07-26

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Rigoletto; Aida, opera; Macbeth; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo, re di Creta (Idomeneo, King of Crete); Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Manon Lescaut; Tosca; La bohè...
Performers: Best, Roy; Bjorling, Jussi; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Collins, Kenneth; Del Monaco, Mario; Di Stefano, Giuseppe; Domingo, Placido; Florez, Juan Diego; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Lanza, Mari...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Gardiner, John Eliot; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; López-Cobos, Jesús; Rizzi, Carlo; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Kubelik, Rafael; Davis, Colin; Rescigno, Nicola; Walker, Anto...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Seraphim / Soprano Sara Macliver

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2011-05-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Samson, HWV57; Theodora, HWV68; Thomas Arne: Cantata no 5; Antonio Vivaldi: Il Bajazet [Il Tamerlano], RV703; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV68 'Also hat Gott die Welt gel...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Davis, Catherine; Macliver, Sara; Smith, Stewart [Harpsichord]; Sullivan, Leanne; Vaughan, Laura; Yeadon, Daniel
Conductors: Weymark, Brett; Walker, Antony; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Rudner, Ola; Northey, Benjamin; Kelly, Brett

ABC Classics has done a stellar job of bringing Australian performers and composers to the attention of international audiences. This 2011 album features soprano Sara Macliver, a versatile singer who ...continue...

The Top 20 Christmas Carols

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-12-07

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Adolphe Adam: Cantique de Noël for voice & orchestra ("Minuit, Chrétiens," "O Holy Night"); Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald angels sing"; John ...
Performers: Blades, James; Bradley, Jonathan; Cleobury, Stephen [Organ/Conductor]; Corkhill, David [Conductor]; Drury, David; Kenny, Yvonne; Lang, Genevieve; McMahon, Paul; Miller, David [Piano]; Riley, Catherin...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Sexton, Timothy; Willcocks, David; Leighton-Jones, Michael; Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, David; Guest, George; Dyer, Paul

Messiah: The Dream Cast [Australia]

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-11-30

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; Price, Leontyne; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Terfel, Bryn; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; McCreesh, Paul; Hogwood, Christopher; Pinnock, Trevor; Minkowski, Marc; Walker, Antony; Kaminski, Vladimir; Dutoit, Charles; Gardiner, John Eliot; Boult, Adrian; Mackerras, Charles...

Relaxing Classics: The Healing Power of the Voice

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-26

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Zaide; Henry Purcell: Oedipus; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Cantata no 208; Cantata no 170; Cantata BWV...
Performers: Anderson, Richard; Bradley, Jonathan; Campbell, Fiona; Greene, Andrew; Kenny, Yvonne; Kerrigan, Annalisa; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Macliver, Sara; Martineau, Malcolm; McMahon, Paul; Montgomery, Belinda; ...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Noble, Guy; Kelly, Brett; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Stanhope, Paul; Milton, Nicholas; Chu, Philip;
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Ensemble Battistin

The Essential Trumpet: Bright, Bold & Beautiful

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-10-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Gioachino Rossini: The Barber of Seville; Franz Joseph Haydn: Concerto for Trumpet in E flat major, H 7e no 1; Georg Philipp Telemann: Musique héroïque; George ...
Performers: Drury, David; Foster, John [Trumpet]; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Johnston, Kevin; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Levy, Yoram; Payne, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sheldon, Jane; Skillington, Mark; Sullivan, ...
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Forestier, Jean-Louis; Halász, Michael; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Mann, Paul; Porcelijn, David; Walker, Antony; Measham, David; Northey, Benjamin; Hopkins, John; Serebrier, Jos...

Rule Britannia

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-28

Works: George Frederick Handel: Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Coronation Anthem; Messiah, HWV 56; Samson, HWV 57; Solomon, HWV 67; Gustav Holst: The Planets, Op. 32; Ronald Binge: The Watermill; E...
Performers: Bradley, Jonathan; Carreras, Nicole; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Goodman, Isador; Hall, Dimity; Kenny, Yvonne; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Macliver, Sara; Payne, Geoffrey; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu
Conductors: Abbott, Graham; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Summerbell, Mark; Taddei, Marc; Northey, Benjamin; Measham, David; Leighton-Jones, Michael; Johnson, Craig; Stanhope, David; Walker, Antony; Swierczewski, Miche...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

Mozart: Requiem; Exsultate Jubilate

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-28

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus; Sancta Maria, mater Dei, gradual for chorus & orchestra, K. 273; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a)
Performers: Macliver, Sara
Conductors: Walker, Antony

International Record Review
A tremendously vivacious and life-affirming performance of Exsultate, jubilate provides a dramatic contrast [with the Requiem]. There's some enchanting orchestra ...continue...
Recording information: Eugene Goossens Hall of the Australian Broadcasting Cor....continue...

The Perfect Evening: France

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-21

Works: Joseph Canteloube: Songs of the Auvergne; Claude Debussy: L'isle joyeuse; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Camille Saint-Saëns: Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello no 1 in F major, Op. 18; Gabrie...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Australian Trio; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Macliver, Sara; Tsunoda, Miki; Woodward, Roger
Conductors: Kelly, Brett; Stanhope, David; ; Walker, Antony; Bamert, Matthias; Hopkins, John; Rosen, Albert
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Battistin

Joyous Classics for Spring Cleaning

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-09-14

Works: Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanshchina; Sorochintsï Fair; Pictures at an Exhibition; Percy Grainger: Handel in the Strand; Nathaniel Gow: Work(s); Andrea Falconieri: Fi...
Performers: Grigoryan, Slava; Kain, Timothy; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Taylor, Virginia
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Verbitsky, Vladimir; Ponkin, Vladimir; Challender, Stuart; Lehmann, Wilfred; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom

Singing For Love

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Gaetano Donizetti: L'eleisir d'amore (The Elixir of Love); George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Semele; Arthur Somervell: Silent Worship ("Did You Not Hear My Lady"), for vo...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Fraser, Stuart; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kenny, Yvonne; Noble, Guy; Pryor, Shefali; Smith, Wilma
Conductors: Greene, Andrew; Guidarini, Marco; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Noble, Guy
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

Essential Violin

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin no 2 in A major, Op. 100; Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in D minor, WoO 1/2; F.A.E. Sonata Movement.; Pablo de Sarasate: Pl...
Performers: Almonte, Caroline; Anthony, Adele; Brown, Barbara; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Hall, Dimity; Kimber, Beryl; Michaels, Geoffrey; Olding, Dene; Olding, Max; Parsons, Geoffrey; Tognetti, Richard; Tsunoda, Miki...
Conductors: Lancaster, Geoffrey; Walker, Antony; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Challender, Stuart; Halstead, Anthony; Volmer, Arvo
Ensemble: ; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players

Musical Handyman

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-08-17

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and Fugue for Organ in D minor, BWV 565; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjez; Georges ...
Performers: Duck-Chong, Jenny; Dudman, Michael; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Morgan, Alison; Munro, Ian; Olding, Dene; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne; Schaupp, Karin; Spina, Rosario La; Tedeschi, Si...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Northey, Benjamin; Woods, Thomas; Dommett, Leonard; Measham, David; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Challender, Stuart; Swierczewski, Michel; Nicholls, Christopher; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope,...

Stillness: Music of Calm in a Changing World

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-07-13

Works: John Tavener: Song for Athene; Lament for Jerusalem; Song of Angel; Ross Edwards: Veni Creator Spiritus (Come, O Creator Spirit); Dance Mantras, for voices and drum; Yanada, for oboe; Symphony no 1 '...
Performers: Cislowska, Tamara Anna; Cleworth, Ian; Doherty, Diana; Doyle, Matthew; Franklin, Jim; Kenny, Yvonne; Lacey, Genevieve; Leske, Clemens; Lukin, Brendon; Maer, Sally; McDonald, Anna; McGuire, Marshall; ...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Mills, Richard; Woods, Thomas; Rudner, Ola; ; Weymark, Brett; Williams, Lyn; Yuasa, Takuo; Stanhope, David; Fürst, Jànos; Porcelijn, David
Ensemble: ; Cantillation; Synergy

Bach: Arias

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-06-22

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata, Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben, BWV 8; Cantata, Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir, BWV 73; Cantata, Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot, BWV 39; Cantata, Wachet a...
Performers: Barry, Kirsten; Costa, Neal Peres da; Helyard, Erin; Macliver, Sara; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Smith, Stewart [Drums]
Conductors: Weymark, Brett; Walker, Antony

Recording information: Eugene Goossens Hall, Australian Broadcasting Corporati....continue...

Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David & Jonathan

2 CD / ABC Classics / 2010-05-07

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: David et Jonathas, tragédie en musique, H. 490
Conductors: Walker, Antony

2009 release of this production performed on period instruments. This beautiful and engaging French Baroque opera brings to life the Biblical story of a friendship...continue...
Recording information: City Recital Hall Angel Place, Sydney, New South Wales, (2008-12-03&2008-12-06_2008-)....continue...

Early Music Up Late

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-04-06

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto in B flat major for Violin, 2 Oboes, Strings and Basso Continuo; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël, H9; Wolfgang ...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Baird, Julianne; Beznosiuk, Pavlo; Bindi, Jean-Louis; Bott, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Carmignola, Giuliano; Chateauneuf, Paula; Cordier, David; Costa, Neal Peres da; Dollman, Ben...
Conductors: Dyer, Paul; Minkowski, Marc; Hogwood, Christopher; Rifkin, Joshua; ; Goebel, Reinhard; Brüggen, Frans; Marcon, Andrea; Peelman, Roland; Walker, Antony; Pinnock, Trevor
Ensemble: ; Bach Ensemble; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble of the Classic Era; Gabrieli Consort; Musica Antiqua Köln ; The English Concert; The Song Company

Glanville-Hicks: Songs / Peelman, Walker, McGuire, et al

1 CD / Tall Poppies Import / 2010-03-16

Works: Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Profiles from China, songs for voice & piano; Frolic, for voice & piano; Rest, for voice & piano; Come Sleep, for voice & piano; Mimic Heaven, 5 songs by A.E. Housman for voice...
Performers: English, Gerald; McGuire, Marshall
Conductors: Walker, Antony
Ensemble: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra

Cardio Classics, Vol. 2

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2010-01-19

Works: Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Seasons; Concerto Alla rustica; Concerto in F major for strings, RV141; Recorder Concerto in C major, RV443; Magnificat; R...
Performers: Andersson, Tommie; Doherty, Diana; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Edwards, Jane; Foster, John [Trumpet]; Kenny, Yvonne; Kent, Linda; Lacey, Genevieve; O'Donnell, John; Parle, Nicholas; Rathbone, Hele...
Conductors: Dyer, Paul; Walker, Antony; ; Rosen, Albert
Ensemble: ; Chacona; Ensemble Battistin; Guitar Trek

Start your 2010 resolutions afresh with this great new CD of high-energy classics! Australia's finest artists will inspire you to new feats of fitness and...continue...

Amazing Grace: The Great Songs of Inspiration

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-11-17

Works: Richard Rodgers: Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', song (for the musical Oklahoma!); Carousel; Climb Ev'ry Mountain; Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story; G. S. Scofield: Battle Hymn of the Republic; Giuli...
Performers: Best, Roy; Bibeau, Maxime; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Connelli, Judi; Drury, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Forsyth, Nicole; Goto, Aiko; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Johnston, Suzanne; Kenny, Yv...
Conductors: Noble, Guy; Silverstein, Joseph; Williams, Lyn; Weymark, Brett; Challender, Stuart; Hill, David; Rose, Barry; ; McPhee, George; Greene, Andrew; Marin, Ion; Walker, Antony; Rieu, André
Ensemble: ; Army Reserve Pipes & Drums; Australian Federal Police Pipes and Drums & Friend; Cantillation; Ensemble Cymru

Life is Beautiful with ABC Classic FM, Vol. 6

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-10-06

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 35, KV 385 'Haffner'; The Impressario, KV 486; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, KV 467 'Elvira Madigan'; Modest Mussorgsky: P...
Performers: Champ, John; Goldsworthy, Anna; Gould, Tony; Grigoryan, Slava; Helyard, Erin; Kameneva, Vera; Macliver, Sara; Payne, Geoffrey; Quinn, Rosemary [Cello]; Russell, Sally-Anne; Stanhope, David; Strutt, C...
Conductors: Divall, Richard; Caetani, Oleg; Stenz, Markus; Heinze, Sir Bernard; Hopkins, John; Walker, Antony; Leighton-Jones, Michael; ; De Waart, Edo; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Stanhope, David; Dyer, Paul; Mills, ...
Ensemble: ; Australian Trio; Cantillation; Ensemble Battistin; Ensemble Sirius; Ludovico's Band; Saffire (Guitar Quartet)

Commuter Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-08-25

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 2; Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Bryllupsdag på Troldhaugen (Wedding Day at Troldhaugen), lyric piece for piano, Op. 65/6; George Fr...
Performers: Cominati, Roberto; Doherty, Diana; Dyer, Paul; Grigoryan, Slava; Harvey, Michael Kieran; Hunt, Rosanne; Jiang, Lin; Kent, Linda; Kimmorley, Sharolyn; Kolomiitseva, Marina; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Macliv...
Conductors: Northey, Benjamin; Steinberg, Pinchas; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Ronly-Riklis, Shalom; Divall, Richard; Serebrier, José; O'Leary, Mark; ; Weymark, Brett; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Stanhope, Dav...
Ensemble: ; Guitar Trek; Macquarie Trio

Winter Solstice: Beautiful Music for Solitude and Reflection

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-06-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 2, Op. 55; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Franz Liszt: Transcendental Etudes (12) for Piano, S 139; Benj...
Performers: Biber, Kristy; Drury, David; Gifford, Duncan; Gilby, Barbara Jane; Grigoryan, Slava; Kenny, Yvonne; Kenyon, Clare; Macliver, Sara; McCallum, Stephanie; McGuire, Marshall; Sheldon, Jane; Spina, Rosari...
Conductors: Stanhope, David; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Lehmann, Wilfred; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Mould, Stephen; Westlake, Nigel; Rudner, Ola; Caetani, Oleg;
Ensemble: ; Guitar Trek

Wrap yourself in music this winter! Composers across the ages have been inspired by this season of fresh stillness, dancing snowflakes, mighty storms and sleeping...continue...

Handel: The Top 40 Greatest Hits

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-05-12

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Coronation Anthem; MEDLEY; Der Messias; Giulio Cesare; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Laudate Pueri Dominum, psalm, for soprano, chorus & orchestra in...
Performers: Dollman, Ben; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Hey, Jamie; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Kenny, Yvonne; Kirkby, Emma; Macliver, Sara; McMahon, Paul; Moon, Lucinda; O'Donnell, John; Payne, Geo...
Conductors: Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Dyer, Paul; Abbott, Graham; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Milton, Nicholas; Northey, Benjamin
Ensemble: ; Sirius String Quartet

Where'er you walk, zadok the priest, let the bright seraphim, arrival of the queen of sheba, handel's famous largo. all your favourites from messiah and...continue...

Life is Beautiful, Vol. 5

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-05-12

Works: Edvard Grieg: From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Ludwig van Beethoven: Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Romeo & Juliet...
Performers: Boersma, Kees; Chen, John; Forsyth, Nicole; Giles, Alice; Grigoryan, Leonard; Grigoryan, Slava; Hall, Dimity; Harrold, Leigh; Hodgson, Rosemary; Hunter, Rita; Kenny, Yvonne; Lacey, Genevieve; Lewis, ...
Conductors: Steinberg, Pinchas; Stanhope, David; Mortzing, William; Northey, Benjamin; Measham, David; Williams, Stephen; Lancaster, Geoffrey; Dommett, Leonard; Albert, Werner Andreas; Franks, Dobbs; Walker, Ant...
Ensemble: ; Tasmanian Symphony Chamber Players; The Australian Classical Wind Band

Life is beautiful with abc classic fm! Here we offer volume 5 of this runaway success with three bonus tracks, previously unreleased. This is music...continue...

Australian Composer Series, Vol. 3 [Box Set]

5 CD / ABC Classics / 2009-04-07

Works: Malcolm Williamson: Our Man in Havana, suite for orchestra; Sinfonia Concertante, for 3 trumpets, piano & strings; Santiago de Espada, overture for orchestra; Sinfonietta, for orchestra; Epitaphs for...
Performers: Abercromby, Duncan; Almonte, Caroline; English, Gerald; Grigoryan, Leonard; Kennedy, Erica; Lang, Genevieve; Lazaroff-Somssich, Alison; Moore, Lisa [Pianist]; Paulsen, Sue-Ellen; Quaife, Merlyn; Ried...
Conductors: Mills, Richard; Franks, Dobbs; Young, Kenneth; Walker, Antony; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian

"Five of the great names of Australian music are featured in this new release from ABC Classics. Richard Meale's music traces a path from avant-garde...continue...

Life is Beautiful, Vol. 2: Music for a Relaxing Weekend

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-01-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Concerto in D minor after Alessandro Marcello, BWV 974; Modest Mussorgsky: Khovanschina; Emmanuel Chabrier: Suite pastorale, for ...
Performers: Baldwin, Anthony; Bollard, David; Champ, John; Curtis, Paul; Pereira, David; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Stanhope, David; Measham, David; Hadari, Omri; Walker, Antony; Pikler, Robert; Bamert, Matthias; McBride, David S.; Serebrier, José; Divall, Richard

Classics at the Movies/Various

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2009-01-27

Works: George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue; Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 ac...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Goodman, Isador; Kameneva, Vera; Kenny, Yvonne; Sheldon, Jane; Westlake, Donald
Conductors: Thomas, Patrick; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Motzing, William; Measham, David; Walker, Antony; Challender, Stuart; Hogwood, Christopher; Pikler, Robert; Mester, Jorge; Bonynge, Richard; Stanhope, David; W...
Ensemble: ; Cantillation

An Australian Christmas

1 CD / ABC Classics / 2008-11-25

Works: William Garrett James: Australian Christmas Carols, for voice, chorus & orchestra; Ross Edwards: Carols (5) from Quaem Quaeritis, for chorus; Elliott Gyger: Ring Out, Wild Bells, for chorus; Stephen ...
Performers: Baker, Matthew; Boyd, Robert; Brewer, Gary; Cleworth, Ian; Cooke, Ann; Hudson, Lionel; Kutra, Maria; Lagos, Rebecca; Miller, David [Piano]; Nixon, Brian; Rey, Catherine
Conductors: Walker, Antony

TV Commercial Classics

2 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-11-04

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for Clarinet in A major,...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Best, Roy; Brennan, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Fowles, Glenys; Janes, Fiona; Kameneva, Vera; Macliver, Sara; Montgomery, Belinda; Morgan, Alison; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-Anne...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Bonynge, Richard; Rudner, Ola; Measham, David; Greene, Andrew; Dommett, Leonard; Anderson, Richard; Stanhope, David; Stenz, Markus; Divall, Richard; Milton, Nicholas; Rizzi, Carlo; Pi...

Was a tv ad for pasta sauce your introduction to italian opera? Did mozart first grab your attention when his music was used to sell...continue...

Mozart: Idomeneo / Walker, Tucker, Campbell, Grimson, et al

3 CD / ABC Classics / 2008-09-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo
Performers: Campbell, Fiona; Chu, Philip; Frederic, Didier; Greco, David; Grimson, Martene; McMahon, Paul; Mills, Penelope; Shea, Natalie; Thomson, Nicole; Tucker, Mark; Weymark, Brett
Conductors: Walker, Antony
Ensemble: Cantillation

3 CD Set. Pinchgut opera's performances each year in the intimate surrounds of sydney's city recital hall angel place have become a highlight in the...continue...

Serenity: Beautiful Choral Music [Box Set]

5 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-07-29

Works: Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Josquin Desprez: Ave Maria... virgo serena, motet for 4 parts; William Byrd: Ave verum corpus; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; Guillaume Dufay: Nuper rosarum flores, isorhythmi...
Performers: Black, Richard; Bone, Corin; Costa, Neal Peres da; Donnelly, Mark; Drury, David; Duck-Chong, Jenny; Everingham, Craig; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; Harvey, Ray; Lang, Genevieve; Macliver, Sara; McMaho...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett; Stanhope, Paul
Ensemble: ; Sirius String Quartet

With reviews describing cantillation as 'heaven on a stick' and 'an elegant and highly responsive group of singers' you cannot go past this ultimate collection...continue...

Classical - The Greatest Moments Ever

1 CD / Petrol Records / 2008-07-28

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker, Op. 71; Luigi Boccherini: Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola and 2 Cellos in E major, Op. 11 no 5/G 275; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony n...
Performers: Kenny, Yvonne; McCallum, Stephanie
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Albert, Werner Andreas; Stanhope, David; Tognetti, Richard; Measham, David; Ponkin, Vladimir; Dommett, Leonard; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Challender, Stuart; Thomas, Patrick
Ensemble: ; Australian Chamber Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Sydney Philharmonic Choir; Sydney Symphony Orchestra; Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra; West Australian Sympho...

Opera - The Greatest Moments Ever

1 CD / Petrol Records / 2008-07-28

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Don Giovanni; Così fan tutte, K 588; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Christoph Willibald Gluck...
Performers: Barker, Cheryl; Begg, Heather; Brennan, David; Buchanan, Isobel; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Elms, Lauris; Fowles, Glenys; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Horne, Marilyn [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; James, Fio...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Arnold, Geoffrey; Guidarini, Marco; Kamirski, Wlodzimierz; Walker, Antony; Rizzi, Carlo; Albert, Werner Andreas; Martin, André
Ensemble: ; Australian Opera and Ballet Orchestra; Australian Symphony Orchestra; Elizabethan Sydney Orchestra; Melbourne Symphony Orchestra; Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Sinfonia Australis; Tasmanian Sympho...

Beethoven - The Greatest Moments Ever

1 CD / Petrol Records / 2008-07-28

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Symphony no 7 in A major, Op. 92; Sonata...
Performers: Olding, Dene; Olding, Max; Stanhope, David; Willems, Gerard
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Otterloo, Willem Van; Lehmann, Wilfred
Ensemble: Queensland Symphony Orchestra; Sinfonia Australis; Sydney Philharmonic Choir; Sydney Symphony Orchestra

A Night at the Opera: The Greatest Arias & Duets

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-05-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Don Giovanni; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Georges Bizet: The Pe...
Performers: Begg, Heather; Buchanan, Isobel; Fowles, Glenys; Halloran, Antoinette; Hobson, David [Singer/Composer]; Hunter, Rita; Kenny, Yvonne; Macliver, Sara; Pringle, John; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Russell, Sally-...
Conductors: Divall, Richard; Dyer, Paul; Milton, Nicholas; Bonynge, Richard; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Guidarini, Marco; Woods, Thomas; Walker, Antony; Measham, David; Franks, Dobbs; Mould, Stephen; Kamirski, Wlo...

Sing along to a selection of some of opera's greatest hits. Warm up your voice with handel's sublime 'lascia ch'io pianga', luxuriate in the tuneful...continue...

Classic 100 - Your 100 Favourite Classical Masterpieces

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-01-29

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Concerto for Piano no 23 in A major, K 488; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, ...
Performers: Allen, Jamie; Brennan, David; Buchanan, Isobel; Campbell, Elizabeth; Campbell, Fiona; Drury, David; Dudman, Michael; Elkins, Margreta; Elms, Lauris; English, Helen; Gershwin, George; Gieseking, Walte...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Halstead, Anthony; Otterloo, Willem Van; Woods, Thomas; Weymark, Brett; Fürst, Jànos; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; ; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Kelly, Brett; Stanhope, David; Fredma...
Ensemble: ; Macquarie Trio

The original collection which started the classic 100 phenomenon is back. Since its run-away success in 2002 the classic 100 concept has grown ever more...continue...

Handel: Messiah / Walker, Macliver, Sherman, McMahon, et al

2 CD / HBDirect Import / 2008-01-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah, HWV 56
Performers: Field, Christopher; Macliver, Sara; McMahon, Paul; Rhodes, Teddy Tahu; Sherman, Alexandra
Conductors: Walker, Antony
Ensemble: Cantillation; Orchestra of the Antipodes

Throughout each year, and especially at Christmas time, thousands of people enjoy the experience of hearing Handel's most famous work, Messiah. It not only tells...continue...

Prayer for Peace: Sacred Choral Music in the Modern Age

1 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2008-01-29

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; John Tavener: Song for Athene; Sergey Rachmaninov: Ave Maria; James MacMillan: Christus vincit, for treble, chorus & organ; Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!; Arvo P...
Performers: McMahon, Paul; Sheldon, Jane
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Weymark, Brett

The Classic 100 Concerto [Box Set]

8 CD / ABC Classics Import / 2007-11-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Concerto for Piano, Violin and Cello in C major, Op. 56 "T...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Anthony, Adele; Auber, Stefan; Baerg, Irmgard; Balsam, Artur; Bargy, Roy; Barton, William; Belkin, Boris; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Brown, Iona; Cazal, Olivier; Collins, Geoffrey; Cominati...
Conductors: Walker, Antony; Fürst, Jànos; Halstead, Anthony; Lang-Lessing, Sebastian; Braithwaite, Nicholas; Dyer, Paul; Kelly, Brett; Bonynge, Richard; Tchivzhel, Edvard; Hogwood, Christopher; Stanhop...
Ensemble: ; Australian Chamber Orchestra; I Musici

What is the one concerto you cannot live without? This question was asked of the australian public through a poll by abc classic fm and...continue...

Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus

2 CD / ABC Classics / 2007-01-31

Works: Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus
Performers: Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Allan, Miriam; Bennett, Stephen; Bone, Corin; Fraser, Anna; Greco, David; McCusker, Kathryn; Mills, Penelope; Walker, Daniel; Whelan, Paul; Whiteley, Damian
Conductors: Walker, Antony

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...this live recording reminds us that this richly endowed and noble work must seek advocacy and exposure wherever it can. The most compelling reason...continue...

Glanville-Hicks: Songs / Peelman, Walker, McGuire, et al

1 CD / Tall Poppies / 2001-09-01

Works: Peggy Glanville-Hicks: Sonata for Harp; Profiles from China; Last Poems; Frolic; 13 Ways of Looking at a Blackbird; Rest; Letters from Morocco; Come Sleep
Performers: English, Gerald; McGuire, Marshall; Peelman, Roland
Conductors: Walker, Antony
Ensemble: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra