I Musici

Vivaldi: Le Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) / I Musici

1 CD / Dynamic / 2013-05-28

Conductors: Anselmi, Antonio
Ensemble: I Musici

The event of "I Musici" is something extraordinary. It's the oldest (or if you prefer most long-lived) chamber group still active. They opened the way...continue...

Albinoni, Marcello, Vivaldi: Oboe Concertos / Heinz Holliger, oboe; I Musici

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-09

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; Concerto à cinque, for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo no 3 in F major, Op. 9/3 (T. 9/3; Concertos à cinque (12), Op. 9; ...
Performers: Bourgue, Maurice; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Holliger, Heinz
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Albinoni played a major role in establishing the concerto form, with two fast movements framing a slow middle movement, and his exquisite oboe concertos are...continue...

Pachelbel: Canon; Albinoni: Adagio; works by Bach, Handel, Purcell & Vivaldi / Orpheus CO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-07-24

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon, HWV 67; Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351; Water Music Suite no 2, HWV 349; Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Suite no 3 in...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Bartlett, Eric; Brewer, Edward; Gallois, Patrick [Flute/Conductor]; Holliger, Heinz; Kremer, Gidon; Meyer, Wolfgang [Organ]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Petri, Michala; Preston, Simon...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Kubelik, Rafael; Wijnkoop, Alexander van; Abbado, Claudio; Brown, Iona; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Füri, Thomas; ; Rose, Barry
Ensemble: ; I Musici; Orpheus Chamber Orchestra

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Holliger brings a wonderful sense of poetry and lyricism to the music, wistful, and elegiac in slow movements, athletic and sprightly in faster ones. Guaranteed...continue...

Concerts & Follies in Pergolesi's Time

1 CD / Master Music / 2012-03-20

Works: Francesco Geminiani: Concerto Grosso, for 2 violins, strings & continuo no 12 in D minor ("La Follia"; after Corelli Op.; Giovanni Pergolesi: Concerto for Violin in B flat major; Antonio Vivaldi: Con...
Performers: Anselmi, Antonio; Bosna, Pietro; Paternoster, Vito; Serino, Marco
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Recording information: Casa di Spiritualità S. Teresa - Padri Carmelitani Scal (08/12/2009-08/14/2009)....continue...

Vivaldi: Il Cimento dell'Armonia e dell'Inventione, Op. 8 / I Musici, Felix Ayo, violin

2 CD / Widescreen / 2012-02-05

Conductors: Ayo, Felix
Ensemble: I Musici

The legend of Antonia Vivaldi recording begins very late, only in the late fifties, and started with this edition signed by I Musici and recorded...continue...

Rossini: Sonatas for Strings Nos. 1-6

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sonata a quattro no 1 in G major; Sonata a quattro no 2 in A major; Sonata a quattro no 3 in C major; Sonata a quattro no 4 in B flat major; Sonata a quattro no 5 in E flat major; ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Rossini's Six String Sonatas, scored for two violins, cello and double bass, date from 1804, and were all composed in three days - the composer...continue...
Recording information: La Tour-de-Peilz, Switzerland....continue...

Handel: Concerti Grossi, Op. 6 / I Musici

3 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-01-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerti Grossi (12), Op. 6, HWV 319-330
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Ensemble: I Musici

Despite suffering a series of operatic disasters and a severe stroke, Handel managed to compose all twelve of the Op.6 concertos in October 1739. These...continue...
Recording information: 08/1987-08/1989....continue...

Concertos: Bach, Vivaldi / I Musici

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2010-07-27

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for Flute, Violin and Harpsichord in A minor, BWV 1044 "Triple Concerto"; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings ...
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

"Ah, baroque music played the way it ought to be!- with smallish, but not anemic, ensemble of modern string instruments bound together by a crisp,...continue...

50 Classical Music Favorites

3 CD / Decca / 2010-06-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F; Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147; Suite no 3 in D; Toccata & Fugue in D minor, BWV 565; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G min...
Performers: Agostini, Federico; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Arrau, Claudio; Black, Neil; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Colandrea, Italo; Copley, Michael [Recorder/Flute]; Davidovich, Bella; Freire, ...
Conductors: ; Brüggen, Frans; Davis, Colin; Masur, Kurt; Varviso, Silvio; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Marriner, Sir Neville; Zinman, David; Schreier, Peter; Bychkov, Semyon; Szell, George; Bauer-T...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

Ultimate Classical Guitar - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2008-08-26

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Concierto serenata for Harp; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425; Concerto for Flute ...
Performers: Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; LaGoya, Alexandre; Michel, Catherine [Harp]; Paris, Massimo; Romero, Angel [Guitar]; Romero, Celedonio; Romero, Pepe
Conductors: Almeida, Antonio de; ; Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; I Musici; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

The #1 Guitar Album - Segovia, Romero, Bream, Lagoya, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2008-01-08

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for solo cello no 6 in D major, BWV 1012; Prelude for Lute in C minor, BWV 999...
Performers: Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Erquiaga, Steve; LaGoya, Alexandre; Miller, Dominic; Peña, Paco; Presti, Ida; Romero, Pepe; Söllscher, Göran; Segovia, Andrés; Williams, John [Guitar];...
Conductors: ; Sillito, Kenneth; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rondin, Mats
Ensemble: ; I Musici; Members of the Gothenberg Symphony Orchestra (Memb

The '#1 Guitar Album' features the best-loved and most popular works for guitar - the world’s most popular instrument! Featuring a "who’s who" of the...continue...
The list of distinguished artists on Decca's The #1 Guitar Album reads like a Who's-Who of classical guitarists, and this 2008 double-disc compilation matches that roster with a highly varied program ...continue...

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...

The #1 Baroque Album

2 CD / Decca Import / 2007-11-13

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Handel - Bourée; Rinaldo; Der Messias; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; MEDLEY; The Water Music; Coronation Anthem; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gig...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Adeney, Richard; Bennett, William; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brown, Iona; Carmirelli, Pina; Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Cuckston, Alan...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Munchinger, Karl; Preston, Simon; Brown, Iona; Hogwood, Christopher; Cleobury, Stephen; Malcolm, George; Bicket, Harry; ; Solti, Sir Georg; Rousset, Christophe; Leppard, Raymon...
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; King's College Choir, Cambridge; Les talens l...

'The #1 Baroque Album' features the best-loved and most popular works by Bach, Handel, Vivaldi, Pachelbel and many others. This disc features performances of Renee...continue...

Originals - Albinoni: 12 Concerti Op 7/ Holliger, Bourgue, I Musici

2 CD / Philips / 2007-03-13

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 7 (T. 7); Sonata (Sinfonie) à cinque, for violin, 2 violas & continuo no 6 in G minor, Op. 2/11...
Performers: Agostini, Federico; Bourgue, Maurice; Buccarella, Claudio [Violin]; Capponi, Claudio; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Holliger, Heinz; Paris, Massimo; Strano, Francesco; Thunemann, Klaus; Vicari, Luciano
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

"Albinoni's Op. 7 consists of four each of solo oboe concertos, double oboe concertos and concertos for strings and continuo. This recording by Heinz Holliger,...continue...

Ultimate Baroque - The Essential Masterpieces

5 CD / Decca / 2006-11-14

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in E flat major, Op. 8 no 5/RV 253 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo i...
Performers: Bennett, William; Blum, Norbert; Bremsteller, Ulrich; Buccarella, Francesco; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Noiri, Shizuko; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Sirbu, Mariana; Tilston, Jeremy
Conductors: ; Munchinger, Karl; Leppard, Raymond; Marriner, Sir Neville; Malcolm, George
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici

Relaxing Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" (Hunt) BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Léo Del...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Berbié, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Hasson, Maurice; Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Kulka, Konstanty; Lab&eg...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; ; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Nicholas; Masur, Kurt; Jorda, Enrique
Ensemble: ; Capricorn (Ensemble); Du Brassus; I Musici; Lausanne Pro Arte

This CD includes a great selection of "soothing and relaxing" music as well as a great introduction to the classics....continue...

Masters of the Oboe

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2006-06-13

Works: Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Oboe in C major, K 314 (285d); Quartet for Oboe and Strings in F major, K 370 (368b); Richard Strauss: Concert...
Performers: Black, Neil; Bourgue, Maurice; Brown, Iona; Elhorst, Hans; Gomberg, Ralph; Holliger, Heinz; Koch, Lothar; Koenen, Rolf; Mack, John; Nicklin, Celia; Schellenberger, HansJorg [Oboe/Conductor]; Shingles...
Conductors: ; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Karajan, Herbert von; Marriner, Sir Neville; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: ; I Musici

This '2 for 1' set is the eighth title in the acclaimed 'Masters of' series. 'Masters of the Oboe' includes performances by Heinz Holliger, Hansjorg...continue...

Harp Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2005-09-13

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; George Frederick Handel: Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/H...
Performers: Challan, Annie; Ellis, Osian; Henson-Conant, Deborah; Hermanjat, Jean-Claude; Holliger, Heinz; Holliger, Ursula; Jellinek, Hubert; Jucker, Rama; Kremer, Gidon; Michel, Catherine [Harp]; Pepin, Andre;...
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles; ; Couraud, Marcel; Almeida, Antonio de; Bonynge, Richard; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Antiqua Musica; I Musici; London Symphony Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

Vivaldi: Flute Concertos / Gazzelloni, I Musici

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flute in F major, Op. 10 no 1/RV 433 "La tempesta di mare"; Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte"; Concerto for Flute in D major, RV 429; Concerto...
Performers: Gazzelloni, Severino
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Super Audio CD Sampler - RQR

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Pathétique Symphony, Op. 74; Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 4 in G major, Op. 58; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K. 412/514...
Performers: Chorzempa, Daniel [Organ]; Civil, Alan; Gazzelloni, Severino; Gedda, Nicolai; Haas, Werner [Piano]; Kovacevich, Stephen; Pieterson, George
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Davis, Colin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Schroder, Jaap; ; Inbal, Eliahu; Varviso, Silvio; Evetz, Eugen; Krips, Josef; De Waart, Edo
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Concerto Amsterdam; Dresden State Opera Orchestra; Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; I Musici; Orchestre de P...

Vivaldi: 8 Concerti per violino / Accardo, I Musici

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in C major, Op. 7/2, RV 188; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in G minor, Op. 7/3, RV 326; Concerto for Violin, strings & continuo in A...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Works for Oboe and Flute / Holliger, Nicolet

1 Super Audio CD / PentaTone Classics / 2005-06-01

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Concerto for Oboe in E flat major; Bernhard Molique: Concertino for oboe & orchestra in G minor; Ignaz Moscheles: Concertante for flute, oboe & orchestra in F major; Julius Rietz: K...
Performers: Holliger, Heinz; Nicolet, Aurele
Conductors: Inbal, Eliahu;
Ensemble: Frankfurt Radio Symphony Orchestra; I Musici

Beethoven Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2005-05-10

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Symphony no 6 in F ma...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Backhaus, Wilhelm; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Civil, Alan; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; McDonagh, Terence; Perlman, Itzhak; Starker, Janos; Szeryng, Henryk; Waterhous...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Solti, Sir Georg; Inbal, Eliahu; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans;
Ensemble: ; Beaux Arts Trio; Berlin Philharmonic Octet; I Musici; Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

The Art of Pepe Romero

2 CD / Philips / 2005-03-08

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pequeñas piezas (3) for guitar; Concierto para una fiesta for Guitar; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Etudes (12) for Guitar, W 235; Prelúd...
Performers: Romero, Celin; Romero, Pepe
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville;
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; I Musici

Baroque Flute Concertos: Loeillet, Sammartini, Tartini, Quantz, Vivaldi

1 CD / Philips Import / 2005-01-01

Works: Jacques Loeillet: Concerto for flute, strings & continuo in D; Johann Joachim Quantz: Concerto for flute & orchestra in G; Giuseppe Tartini: Concerto for Flute in G major (Gimo 294; doubtful); Antoni...
Performers: Gazzelloni, Severino; Nicolet, Aurèle; Petri, Michala; Rampal, Jean-Pierre
Conductors: Roussel, Jacques; ; Brown, Iona
Ensemble: ; I Musici

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...

The #1 Beethoven Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Minuets (6) for piano (or orchestra), WoO 10; Ruins of Athens, Op. 113; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sha...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Backhaus, Wilhelm; Beaux Arts Trio; Burrows, Stuart; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Gilels, Emil; I Musici; Italiano, Quartetto; Kovacevich, Stephen; Leipzi...
Conductors: Monteux, Pierre; ; Fennell, Frederick; Barenboim, Daniel; Dorati, Antal; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Kubelik, Rafael
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Eastman-Rochester Pops; I Musici; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Stephen Kovacevich; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Pilar Lorengar (soprano); Yvonne Minton (mezzo soprano); Stuart Burrows (tenor); Martti Talvela (bass voice); Itzhak Perlman, Pi...continue...

The Very Best of Relaxing Classics

1 CD / Decca / 2003-08-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34;...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Anda, Geza; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Davidovich, Bella; English Chamber Orchestra; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Haselbock, M...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Järvi, Neeme; Munchinger, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Mauceri, John; Dutoit, Charles; Marriner, Sir Neville; Agoult, Raymond; ; Malcolm, George; Judd, James; Anda, Géza
Ensemble: ; I Musici

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Carlos Bonnell, Eduardo Fernandez , Göran Söllscher (guitar); Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Heinz Holliger (oboe); G...continue...

Midnight Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-05-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no...
Performers: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Cleveland Orchestra; Coker, Paul; English Chamber Orchestra; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Gillespie, Rhondda; Hollig...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Dutoit, Charles; ; Patanè, Giuseppe; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Malcolm, George; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonynge, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Borodin Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; I Salonisti; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Phi...

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Marisa Robles (harp); Joshua Bell, Nigel Kennedy (violin); Miklós Perényi , Janos Starker (cello); Heinz Holliger (ob...continue...

Beethoven - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Bagatelle for piano in A minor ("Für Elise"), WoO 59; Minuets (6) for piano...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Burrows, Stuart; Gilels, Emil; Lorengar, Pilar; Minton, Yvonne [Soprano Vocals]; Mintz, Shlomo; Talvela, Martti; Ugorski, Anatol [Piano]
Conductors: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; ; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Klee, Bernhard; Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Octet; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; I Musici; Philharmonia Orchestra

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

Greatest Hits - Pachelbel and other Baroque Favorites

1 CD / Decca / 2003-02-11

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Partie á 4, for violin, 2 violas & violone (or continuo) in G major, T. 339; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and ...
Performers: Friedrich, Reinhold [Trumpet]; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Hardenberger, Håkan [Trumpet]; Haskil, Clara; Holliger, Heinz; Hurford, Peter; Jones, Philip; Läubin, Bernhard; Läubin, Hannes; L...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Goebel, Reinhard; ; Minkowski, Marc; Negri, Vittorio; Howarth, Elgar
Ensemble: ; Dresden Staatskapelle; I Musici; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; Musica Antiqua Köln

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

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...

The #1 Bach Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-01-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Overture in the French Manner, partita for keyboard in B minor (Clavier-Übung II/2), BWV 831;...
Performers: Adeney, Richard; Andre, Maurice; Ayo, Felix; Brendel, Alfred; Curley, Carlo; Daines, Francis; Dart, Thurston; Gazzelloni, Severino; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Holliger, Heinz; Hurwitz, Emanuel; Koopm...
Conductors: ; Marriner, Sir Neville; Goebel, Reinhard; Pinnock, Trevor; Britten, Benjamin; Hogwood, Christopher; Munchinger, Karl; Rose, Barry; Gérecz, Arpad; Richter, Karl; Chailly, Riccardo; Gardiner, Joh...
Ensemble: ; Camerata Bern; I Musici; Les Solistes Romandes; The English Concert

For Your Life - For Your Soul

1 CD / Decca / 2002-08-27

Works: Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Charles Gounod: Ave Maria; George Frederick Handel: Largo; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Camille Saint-Saëns: ...
Performers: Brewer, Edward; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Goossens, Marie; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hajdu, Istvan [Piano]; Haselbock, Martin; Holliger, Heinz; Otto, Lisa [Soprano Vocal]; Silberstein, Jascha; Wolfgang...
Conductors: Zinman, David; Wordsworth, Barry; Arndt, Günther; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Levine, James; Dutoit, Charles; ; Hickox, Richard; Munchinger, Karl
Ensemble: ; I Musici

This selection contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Marie Goosens (harp); Arthur Grumiaux (violin); Heinz Holliger, Randy Wolfgang (oboe).

Another volume in Decca's lifestyl...continue...

Evening Adagios - Over 2 1/2 Hours of Peaceful Evening Music

2 CD / Decca / 2002-07-16

Works: Claude Debussy: Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma)...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Boskovsky, Willi; Breitenbach, Gunther; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Curzon, Clifford; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Forsberg, ...
Conductors: Fennell, Frederick; Zinman, David; Dutoit, Charles; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Marriner, Sir Neville; Munchinger, Karl; Tate, Jeffrey; David, Colin; ; Malcolm, George; Chailly, Riccardo; Kertész, Is...
Ensemble: ; I Musici

Baroque Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2002-02-12

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins ...
Performers: Accardo, Salvatore [Violin/Conductor]; Ayo, Felix; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Black, Neil; Bonney, Barbara; Brown, Iona; Castagnone, Riccardo; Connah, Trevor; Dart, Thurston; Fernandez...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; ; Malcolm, George; Marriner, Sir Neville; Dyer, Paul; Brown, Iona; Agoult, Raymond; Schiff, Andras; Norrington, Roger; Hogwood, Christopher; Leppard, Raymond; Lewis, Anthony
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music (UK); Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Australian Brandenburg Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; Engl...

Over 2-and-a-half hours of the most peaceful & relaxing pieces of baroque music including Pachelbel's Canon, Vivaldi's Four Seasons (excerpts), Albinoni's Adagio, Handel's Largo, Bach's...continue...
The 17th-century musician and writer Thomas Mace described in 1676 how listeners were "drawn into raptures and contemplations by...musick's divine language, to quietness, joy, and peace; absolute tran...continue...

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Pina Carmirelli, I Musici

1 CD / Philips Import / 2001-12-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"
Performers: Carmirelli, Pina
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Eloquence - Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 4-6, etc /I Musici

1 CD / Philips Import / 2001-04-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 4 in G major, BWV 1049; Brandenburg Concerto no 5 in D major, BWV 1050; Brandenburg Concerto no 6 in B flat major, BWV 1051; Concerto for Oboe and Violi...
Performers: Ayo, Felix; Bruggen, Frans [Conductor]; Driehuys, Leo; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Larrieu, Maxence; Michelucci, Roberto; Scholz, Janos; Wingerden, Jeanette Van
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Eloquence - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, etc / I Musici, et al

1 CD / Philips / 2001-03-27

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate"; Autumn (The Four Seasons); Concerto for Violin in F major...
Performers: Michelucci, Roberto
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

Eloquence - Movie Classics - Music From Famous Films

1 CD / Philips / 2001-03-27

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Concerto for Clarinet in A major, K 622; Requiem in D minor, K 6...
Performers: Brymer, Jack; Civil, Alan; Domingo, Placido; Grumiaux, Arthur; Hajdu, István; Magaloff, Nikita; Marshall, Margaret; McNair, Sylvia; Shicoff, Neil
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Haitink, Bernard; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Davis, Colin, Sir; Mauceri, John; Monteux, Pierre; Prêtre, Georges; Gergiev, Valery; Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Negri, Vittorio
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Staatskapelle Chorus; Boston Symphony Orchest...

Adagios for After Hours - The Relaxing Way to End your day

1 CD / Philips / 2000-10-10

Works: Claude Debussy: Petite suite for Piano 4 hands; Clair de lune (Suite bergamasque); Poèmes (7) de Banville; Erik Satie: Gymnopedie for piano no 1; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (...
Performers: Arrau, Claudio; Holliger, Heinz; Kocsis, Zoltan; Leister, Karl; Romero, Celin; Uchida, Mitsuko
Conductors: Paray, Paul; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ansermet, Ernest; Serafin, Tullio; Haitink, Bernard; Brown, Iona; Tate, Jeffrey; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Leppard, Raymond
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Detroit Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Santa Cecilia Academy Rome Orchestra; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Baroque for Beauty Sleep

1 CD / Philips / 1998-10-20

Works: Ottorino Respighi: Ancient Airs and Dances, Set 3; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Double Vi...
Performers: Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocal]; Ayo, Felix; Gazzelloni, Severino; Graf, Maria [Harp]; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Holliger, Heinz; LaGoya, Alexandre; Pellegrino, Pasquale; Petri, Michala; Presti, Ida; ...
Conductors: ; Hoof, H. Van; Brown, Iona; Judd, James; Negri, Vittorio
Ensemble: ; English Chamber Orchestra (Chamber orchestra); I Musici

Favourite Harp Concertos

2 CD / Philips / 1998-03-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Flute & Harp, K. 299 in C major; Ernst Eichner: Concerto for harp and orchestra i...
Performers: Barwahser, Hubert; Challan, Annie; Ellis, Osian; Holliger, Ursula; Michel, Catherine [Harp]; Pepin, Andre
Conductors: ; David, Colin; Couraud, Marcel; Almeida, Antonio de
Ensemble: ; Antiqua Musica; I Musici; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra

Albinoni: Complete Concertos Op 9, Adagio / I Musici

2 CD / Philips / 1997-08-12

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Concerti à cinque (12), for 2 oboes, 2 violins, viola, cello & continuo, Op. 9 (T. 9); Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor
Performers: Ayo, Felix; Bourgue, Maurice; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Holliger, Heinz
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

The Best of Handel / Marriner, Schröder, Gardiner, et al

2 CD / Philips / 1996-04-09

Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo Soprano]; Chorzempa, Daniel; Gallion, Peter; Gendron, Maurice; Hermanjat, Jean-Claude; Heynis, Aafje; Holliger, Heinz; Holliger, Ursula; Lagoya, Alexandre; Pépin, And...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; ; Gardiner, John Eliot; Leppard, Raymond; Gillesberger, Hans; Davis, Colin, Sir; Schröder, Jaap; Maazel, Lorin; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Berlin Radio Symphony Orchestra; Concerto Amsterdam; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; Lo...

Baroque at Bathtime

1 CD / Philips / 1995-08-15

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 428 "Il gardel...
Performers: Brown, Iona; Gazzelloni, Severino; Holliger, Heinz; I Musici; LaGoya, Alexandre; Presti, Ida; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Romero, Angel [Guitar]; Romero, Celin; Romero, Pepe; Zamfir, Gheorghe [Pan Flute]
Conductors: Brown, Iona; Negri, Vittorio; Marriner, Sir Neville; Roussel, Jacques; Leppard, Raymond; Judd, James
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra (Chamber orchestra); I Musici; Members of the Dresden Staatskapelle (Members); Musica Antiqua

Bach: Brandenburg Concertos, Violin Concertos / I Musici

2 CD / Philips / 1993-08-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no 1 in F major, BWV 1046; Brandenburg Concerto no 2 in F major, BWV 1047; Brandenburg Concerto no 3 in G major, BWV 1048; Concerto for Violin no 2 in E ma...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Ayo, Felix; Bourgue, Maurice; Brüggen, Frans [Conductor]; Garatti, Maria Teresa; Gazzelloni, Severino; Haucke, Gerd; Holliger, Heinz; Kull, Hans; Larrieu, Maxence; Michelucci, Ro...
Conductors:
Ensemble: I Musici

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. 1...
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

Mozart in the Morning

2 CD / Philips / 1992-09-15

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Symphony no 28 in C major, K 200 (189k); Concerto for Horn no 4 in E flat major, K 495; So...
Performers: Damm, Peter; Grafenauer, Irena [Flute]; Laird, Michael; Uchida, Mitsuko
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville;
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; I Musici; Netherlands Wind Ensemble; Orlando Quartet