London Classical Players

Brahms: A German Requiem; Mozart: Requiem / Norrington

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-04-23

Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: London Classical Players

Sir Roger Norrington's recording of Brahm's Requiem and Mozart's Requiem is the newest addition to the Veritas x2 series. Veritas x2 is a series from...continue...

Early Romantic Overtures by Berlioz, Mendelssohn, Weber, Schumann, Schubert, Wagner / Norrington

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-04-09

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Oberon, J 306; Felix Mendelssohn: Hebrides Overture, in B minor Op. 26 "Fingal's Cave"; Hector Berlioz: Les Francs Juges, Op. 3; Robert Schumann: Genoveva, Op. 81; Franz Schuber...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; London Classical Players

Roger Norrington was the first conductor to rediscover the original sound of the Romantic era. His recordings of famous overtures from Schubert to Wagner showed...continue...
Recording information: No. 1 Studio, Abbey Road, London (11/1988)....continue...

Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

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...

Meditation: Music of Silence / Massenet, Pachelbel, Vivaldi, Bach, Mozart

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-14

Works: Jules Massenet: Méditation, for violin & orchestra (or other arrangement) (from opera "Thaïs"); Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Gregorio All...
Performers: Asperen, Bob van; Daniels, David; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gens, Veronique; Kalafusz, Hans; Kirshbaum, Ralph; Lesne, Gerard; Murdoch, Jane; Rees, Jonathan; Scaramuzzino, Giovanni; See, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; Cleobury, Stephen; Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Il Seminario Musicale; London Classical Players; Melante Amsterdam; Schutz Consort; Scottish Ensemble; Taverner Players

Purcell: The Fairly Queen / Hunt, Pierard, Bickley, Crook, Padmore

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-11-15

Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: London Classical Players

Symphonicities / London Classical Players

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2010-07-13

Works: Sting: Next to You; Englishman In New York; Every Little Thing She Does Is Magic; I Hung My Head; You Will Be My Ain True Love, song; Roxanne; When We Dance; The End of the Game, song; I Burn For You...
Performers: Allen, Barbara [Harp]; Bello, Larry Di; Bonadio, Joe; Botti, Chris; Bufferd, Tracy; Cherney, Ed [Producer/Engineer]; Clark, Dick; Cossin, David; Finck, David; Garza, James De La; Heick, Aaron; Hynes,...
Conductors: Mathes, Rob; Mercurio, Steven;
Ensemble: ; London Classical Players; New York Chamber Consort

A companion CD to Sting's 2010 world tour, this album pairs the artist's greatest hits with new symphonic arrangements. Multiple conductors lend their help to the project, which also includes orchestr...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

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

The Best of Baroque

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-09-02

Works: Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Henry Purcell: Abdelazer, Z 570 "Moor's Revenge"; George Frederick Handel: Suite for Harpsichord in D minor, HWV 437; Co...
Performers: Beckett, Rachel; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Cavasanti, Lorenzo; Gens, Veronique; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Huggett, Monica; Kirshbaum, Ralph
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Briger, Alex; Cleobury, Stephen; Norrington, Roger; Christie, William; Reyne, Hugo; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Biondi, Fabio; Rees, Jonathan
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; Europa Galante; Il Seminario Musicale; King's College Choir, Cambridge; La Simphonie du Marais; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical ...

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...

Classics for My Baby - Chopin, Mozart, Bach, Debussy, Handel, Grieg, etc / Angelich, Menuhin, Argerich, Järvi, Anderszewski, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Frédéric Chopin: Berceuse for Piano in D flat major, B 154/Op. 57; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Serenade no 13 in G major, K 525 "Eine kleine Nac...
Performers: Anderszewski, Piotr; Angelich, Nicholas; Argerich, Martha; Bonney, Barbara; Capuçon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo; Coles, Samuel; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Debost, Michel; Donohoe, Peter; Duchable, F...
Conductors: Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Wordsworth, Barry; Norrington, Roger; Stamp, Richard; Plasson, Michel; Harding, Daniel; Hickox, Richard; Janowski, Marek; Warren-Green, Christopher; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Gardelli...
Ensemble: Academy of London; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Estonian National Symphony Orchestra; German Chamber Philharmonic Br...

Studies that the unborn child in its mother's womb is able to perceive exterior noises. That being the case, you might as well let your...continue...

Beethoven - The Five Piano Concertos / Roger Norrington, Melvyn Tan, London Classical Players

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Concerto for Piano no 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Conce...
Performers: Tan, Melvyn [Piano]
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: London Classical Players

Handel: Water Music, Royal Fireworks / Roger Norrington

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-07-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Water Music Suite no 1 in F major, HWV 348; Handel - Bourée
Performers: Harper, Celia; Toll, John
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: London Classical Players

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...

Schubert: Symphony no 4, 5, 6 & 8 / Norrington, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2003-11-04

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 4 in C minor, D 417 "Tragic"; Symphony no 6 in C major, D 589 "Little C Major"; Symphony no 5 in B flat major, D 485; Symphony no 8 in B minor, D 759 "Unfinished"; Die Zau...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: London Classical Players

Wedding Classics / Norrington, Parrott, Mackerras, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2002-03-12

Works: Henry Purcell: Indian Queen, Z 630; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Alessandro Marcello: Concerto for Oboe in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Danby, Nicholas; Frimmer, Monika; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Keyrouz, Marie, Sister; Still, Ray; Warren-Green, Christopher [Violin/Conductor]; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]; Weir...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Stamp, Richard; Norrington, Roger; Ledger, Philip, Sir; ; van Beek, Arie; Neumann, Peter; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hickox, Richard; Menuhin, Yehudi; Kuijke...
Ensemble: ; Aquarius; London Classical Players; Sonnerie; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

Beethoven: Symphonies no 1-9, Overtures / Norrington, London

5 CD / Virgin Classics / 2001-11-06

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 1 in C major, Op. 21; Symphony no 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"; Creatures of Prometheus, Op. 43; Symphony no 2 in D major, Op. 36; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op...
Performers: Kenny, Yvonne; Power, Patrick; Salomaa, Petteri; Walker, Sarah
Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: Heinrich Schütz Choir, London ; London Classical Players

Schubert: Symphonies 5 & 8 / Norrington, London Classical Players

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1993-01-12

Conductors: Norrington, Roger
Ensemble: London Classical Players