Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb

Handel - The Masterworks

30 CD / Decca Import / 2009-04-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Handel - Bourée; Water Music Suite no 2 in D major, HWV 349; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; The Water Music; Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Concerto Grosso ...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Ainsley, John Mark; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Bennett, William; Birchall, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Bostridge, Ian; Connah, Trevo...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George; Jones, Granville; Hogwood, Christopher; ; Cleobury, Stephen; Preston, Simon; Gardiner, John Eliot; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; McCreesh, Paul; Minkowski, Marc
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; King's College Choi...

Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death with this impressive 30-CD box set of the composer's most celebrated works. Featured conductors include Sir Neville Marriner,...continue...

Pastoral Classics - Music for a Summer's Day

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2006-07-25

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Les saisons, Op. 37b; Percy Grainger: Work(s); Shepherd's Hey; Country Gardens; Herbert Howells: Dances (...
Performers: Fleming, Colin; Kanga, Skaila [Harp]; McCann, Phillip; Mordkovitch], Lydia; Ogden, Craig [Guitar]; Reilly, Tommy; Stephens, Alison
Conductors: Weller, Walter; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; del Mar, Norman; Godwin, Anthony; Rothstein, Jack [Violin]; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; ; Thompson, Bryden; Handley, Vernon; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; BBC National Orchestra of Wales; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Johann Strauss Orche...

Various artists including Craig, Ogden, Lydia Mordkovich, BBC Philharmonic, Ulster Orchestra, Tommy Reilly, and The Academy of St Martin in The fields ar eheard in...continue...

Bear Essentials - American Classcics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Aaron Copland: Fanfare for the common man; Concerto for Clarinet; Old American Songs, Set 1; John Adams: Short Ride in a Fast Machine, fanfare for orchestra; Duke Ellington: Do nothin' till you hear ...
Performers: Boer, Harmen de; Graham, Susan; Hilton, Janet; McNaught, Graeme; Shelley, Howard; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Dufallo, Richard; Mosko, Stephen; Järvi, Neeme; Hickox, Richard; Turovsky, Yuli; Jeanes, Major E. W.; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Stephens, D.S.; ; Slatkin, Leonard; Dausgaard, Thomas; Bamert, Matthi...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Blues & Royals Band; Center City Brass Quintet; Cranwell Royal Air Force College Band; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; I Musici de Montréal; N...

For Coffee Lovers

1 CD / Decca / 2004-07-13

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Cantata no 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht," (Coffee Cantata), BWV 211 (BC G48); Cantata no 212, "Mer hahn en neue Oberkeet," ...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Altobelli, Enzo; Ayo, Felix; Bennett, William; Bylsma, Anner; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Kirkby, Emma; Kremer, Gidon; Lester, Gabrie...
Conductors: Judd, James; Hogwood, Christopher; Marriner, Sir Neville;
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; I Musici; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Personnel: Felix Ayo, Kenneth Sillito (violin); Enzo Altobelli, Denis Vigay, Richard Lester , Julian Lloyd Webber, Anthony Pleeth (cello); William Bennett (flute); George Malcolm (harpsichord); Mari...continue...

Greatest Hits - Violin

1 CD / Decca / 2004-02-10

Works: Edouard Lalo: Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Liebesfreud; Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO ...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Bell, Joshua; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Coker, Paul; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hajdu, Istvan [Piano]; Loveday, Alan; Lush, Ernest; Milstein, Nathan; Mintz, Sh...
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Litton, Andrew;
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Roby Lakatos Ensemble; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Bear Essentials - Dining Classics

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2003-10-21

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for strings & continuo in D major, Op. 12/3, RV 124; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Australia, Soloists of; Barnert, Matthias; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Cantilena [Instrumental Ensemble]; City of Birmingham ...
Conductors: Shelley, Howard; ; Manze, Andrew; Thomas, Ronald [Violin]; Standage, Simon; Preston, Stephen; Hickox, Richard; Garforth, David; Shepherd, Adrian; Leppard, Raymond; Weller, Walter; Turovsky, Yuli; Bam...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Ambache Chamber Ensemble; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra; Cantilena; Collegium Musicum 90; Concerto Copenhagen; English Chamber Ensemble; English Cha...

Mozart - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A ...
Performers: Anda, Geza; Damm, Peter; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Uchida, Mitsuko
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Anda, Géza; Davis, Colin; Böhm, Karl; De Waart, Edo; Végh, Sándor
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; I Musici; London Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Wind Ensemble

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings....continue...

Schubert: Trout Quintet, etc / ASMF Chamber Ensemble

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2002-11-26

Works: Franz Schubert: "Trout" Quintet; Adagio and Rondo Concertante for Piano and Strings in F major, D 487
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Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb

Violin Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2001-03-20

Works: Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Max Bruch: Concerto for Violin no 1 in G minor, Op. 26; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Concerto for 2 ...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Brown, Iona; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Coker, Paul; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hajdu, Istvan [Piano]; Hasson, Maurice; Josefowicz, Leila; Juillet, Chantal; Kennedy...
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard; Kempe, Rudolf; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Zinman, David; Chailly, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Zukerman, Pinchas; ; Davis, Colin; Du...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Berlin RIAS Symphony Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony O...

Beethoven: Septet, Quintet in C / St. Martin in the Fields

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1999-06-22

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Quintet for Strings in C major, Op. 29; Septet in E flat major, Op. 20
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Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb

Somehow the Septet of Beethoven has a hard time escaping a certain element of 'corn' for this listener: Not so in this wonderful recording by...continue...

Brahms for Book Lovers

1 CD / / 1998-06-09

Works: Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in G major, Op. 78; Sonata for clarinet (or viola) & piano no 1 in F minor, Op. 120/1; Serenade for orchestra no 1 in D major, Op. 11; Sonata for Vio...
Performers: Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Haas, Werner [Piano]; Menuhin, Hephzibah; Pieterson, George; Sebok, Gyorgy; Stahr, Herbert
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Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Beaux Arts Trio; Members of the Beaux Arts Trio (Members); Members of the Berlin Philharmonic Octet (Members)

Mozart: Complete String Trios & Duos / Grumiaux Trio, et al

2 CD / Philips / 1996-06-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E flat major, K. 563; Duo for violin & viola no 1 in G major, K. 423; Duo for violin & viola no 2 in B flat major, K. 424; Trio for ...
Performers: Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Pelliccia, Arrigo
Conductors:
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Grumiaux Trio

Mozart for Mothers-to-Be

1 CD / Philips / 1996-04-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Work(s); Cassation in G major, K 63 "Final-Musik"; Quartet for Strings no 12 in B flat major, K. 172; Div for Winds and Strings no 2 in D major, K 131; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik...
Performers: Czako, Eva; Gerecz, Arpad; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Janzer, Georges; Lesueur, Max
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Gibson, Alexander, Sir
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields members; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Grumiaux Trio; New Philharmonia Orchestra

This classical music compilation geared for expecting mothers is appropriately lighthearted and sweet, and intended to produce a state of mind--and body--that is ideal for a developing baby and an enh...continue...

All of the World's Most Beautiful Melodies! / McCann, et al

5 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-10-17

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; Rusalka; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; Faust; Johannes Brahms: Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 49; Edward Cockram Purcell: Passing By; Giacomo Puccini: Madama ...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm; Lindley, Simon; McCann, Phillip; Newsome, Roy; Robertson, Ian
Conductors: Parkes, Major Peter; Langford, Gordon; Blackledge, Douglas; Newsome, Roy
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Black Dyke Band; Sellers Engineering Band

Glazunov: String Quintet; Tchaikovsky: Souvenir / ASMF

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1995-09-19

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"; Alexander Glazunov: Quintet for Strings in A major, Op. 39
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Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb

"...splendid playing, exquisite intonation, and an intelligent interpretation. Their approach has a great deal of urgency...rhythms are crisp, contrasts are sharp, and the counterpoint is...continue...

The Best of Boccherini

2 CD / Philips Import / 1993-08-17

Works: Franz Xaver Pokorny: Concerto for flute in D major, Op 27 (Formerly attributed to Luigi Boccherini); Luigi Boccherini: Menuett; Guitar quintet in D major, G 448; Quartet for Strings in D major, G. 16...
Performers: Gazzelloni, Severino; Gendron, Maurice; Romero, Pepe
Conductors: ; Casals, Pablo; Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; I Musici; Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Quartetto Italiano

More of the World's Most Beautiful Melodies / Phillip McCann

1 CD / Chandos Records / 1992-01-01

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; Scottish Traditional: Over the Sea to Skye (a.k.a. "The Skye Boat Song"); Haydn Wood: A Brown Bird Singing for voice & piano; Dermot Ma...
Performers: Hicks, Malcolm; McCann, Phillip
Conductors: Parkes, Major Peter; Langford, Gordon
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Chamber Ensemb; Black Dyke Band