London Voices

Verdi: Oberto / Samuel Ramey, Maria Guleghina, Violeta Urmana, Stuart Neill, Sara Fulgoni - Marriner

2 CD / Decca / 2012-09-11

Conductors: Marriner, Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St Martin in the Fields; London Voices

Reissued for the first time at mid price...continue...

The Greatest Film Scores of Dimitri Tiomkin - Rawhide, The Alamo, High Noon, Dial M for Murder et al. / London SO & London Voices

1 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2012-08-14

Works: Dimitri Tiomkin: Cyrano de Bergerac; The Alamo; The Old Man and the Sea; The Four Poster; Giant; The Fall of the Roman Empire; High Noon; Rawhide; The High and the Mighty; Wild is the Wind; The Sundo...
Performers: Kaufman, Whitey; Playfoot, Andrew
Conductors: Kaufman, Richard
Ensemble: ; London Voices

The Guardian, August 2012
This fine selection was recorded at the Barbican last year, and is played with terrific panache by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...
Recording information: Barbican, London (10/27/2011).

In addition to offering an impressive catalog of legendary classical recordings and many important soundtracks, the London Symphony Orchest...continue...

Best Puccini 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-01-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; Gianni Sch...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Bergonzi, Carlo; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Cassinelli, Ricardo; Ciofi...
Conductors: Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Bartoletti, Bruno; Matacic, Lovro von; Pappano, Antonio; Chung, Myung-Whun; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Rome Opera Teatro Reale Orchestra

In 2008, the world honors the 150th anniversary of the birth of Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924), one of the most popular composers of all time, and...continue...

Giacomo Puccini - The Operas / Bartoletti, Prêtre, Alagna, Bergonzi, Caballé, Callas, Corelli, Freni, et al

17 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-10-28

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Manon Lescaut; La bohème; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; La Fanciulla del West; La Rondine; Morire?, song for voice & piano; Le Villi; Il tabarro (The Cloak), opera; Suor Angelica; ...
Performers: Adani, Mariella; Alagna, Roberto; Andreolli, Florindo; Bacelli, Monica; Badioli, Carlo; Banks, Barry; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bertona, Silvia [Soprano Vocal]; Biccire, Patrizia; Björling, Jussi; Busher...
Conductors: Bartoletti, Bruno; Pappano, Antonio; Schippers, Thomas; Prêtre, Georges; Santini, Gabriele; Matacic, Lovro von; Molinari-Pradelli, France
Ensemble: ; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Rome Opera House Orchestra

All of Puccini's popular operas are represented in this 17-CD boxed set, as well as the less frequently heard titles 'La Rondine', 'La Fanciulla del...continue...

Pavarotti Forever

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; La bohème; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Giuseppe Verdi: La traviata; Aida, opera; Rigoletto; Il Trovatore; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; La Favorita; Friedri...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Bocelli, Andrea; Pavarotti, Luciano; Romano, David; Sinatra, Frank; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Mehta, Zubin; Karajan, Herbert von; Bonynge, Richard; Maazel, Lorin; Chailly, Riccardo; Magiera, Leone; de Fabritiis, Oliviero; Patanè, Giuseppe; Levine, James; Rescigno, Joseph; Downes, Edward;...
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Bologna Teatro Comunale Chorus; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Chorus; Metro...

For millions of people all over the world Luciano Pavarotti literally was Classical music. This outstanding collection of popular oprera arias and duets, sacred songs,...continue...
Released at the time of Luciano Pavarotti's death in 2007, Pavarotti Forever is a repackaged version of The Ultimate Collection, a double-disc best-of compilation originally released in 1997 that late...continue...

Welcome to the Voice

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2007-05-15

Works: Steve Nieve: Welcome to the Voice
Performers: Belton, Ian; Bonney, Barbara; Cassidy, Paul; Costello, Elvis; Fulgoni, Sara; Haveron, Andrew; Manfrino, Nathalie; Nieve, Steve; Quessada, Antoine; Ribot, Marc; Roocroft, Amanda; Rothenberg, Ned; Stin...
Conductors: Teodori, Muriel
Ensemble: Brodsky String Quartet; Le choeur des amis français ; London Voices

"The true salvation is the human voice." When these words are sung by Sting on the title track of Welcome to the Voice, we are...continue...

Paul McCartney: Ecce cor meum

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-09-26

Works: Paul McCartney: Ecce Cor Meum (Behold My Heart), oratorio
Performers: Carey, Colm; Law, Mark; McCartney, Paul; Royal, Kate; Theodore, David
Conductors: Greenaway, Gavin
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Boys of King's College Choir, Cambridge (Boys); Boys of Magdalen College Choir, Oxford (Boys); London Voices

McCartney instinctively did what many great classical composers have done before him: start with the music, and then look for a subject that fits. His...continue...
Ecce Cor Meum ("Behold My Heart" in Latin) is Paul McCartney's fourth album of classical music and his second oratorio, following Liverpool Oratorio of 1991. Like that piece, it was commissioned, in t...continue...

Bel Canto: Roberto Alagna

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Poliuto; La Favorita; Don Pasquale; Roberto Devereux; Dom Sébastien, roi du Portugal, opera; L' elisir d'amore, opera; La fille du régiment, opera; Vincenzo Bellini: ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Gheorghiu, Angela; Keohone, Paul; Masters, Rachel; Moore, Darren; Moore, Darren [Engineer]; Preece, Simon; Price, John; Price, John [Classical]
Conductors: Pidò, Evelino; Pidò, Evelino
Ensemble: London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Voices

"Roberto Alagna concentrates solely on the work of bel canto masters Donizetti and Bellini. These are composers who foreground vocal timbre and rely on highly...continue...
Selections recorded September and October 1999 at EMI Abbey Road Studio no. 1, London and May 2001 at Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London, England....continue...

Roberto Alagna - Nessun Dorma

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Umberto Giordano: Andrea Chénier, opera; La cena delle beffe; Fedora; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Riccardo Zandonai: Giulietta e Romeo; Ruggero Leoncavallo: La boh&e...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto
Conductors: Elder, Mark
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

"The selection is good, with a welcome admixture of rarities. One 'Neessun dorma' might be thought enough, but it was a good idea to finish...continue...

French Opera Arias

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-07-04

Works: François Bazin: Maître Pathelin; Jules Massenet: Le Cid; Luigi Cherubini: Les abencérages; Charles Gounod: Mireille; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: L' Amant jaloux (Les Fausses...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Ellis, James; Foster, Lucy; Fyfe, Elizabeth
Conductors: De Billy, Bertrand
Ensemble: London Voices; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Gramophone wrote of this album of French Opera Arias: "A fine recital by Alagna which finds him in good voice and exploiting a sensitive feeling...continue...
This disc received the 2001 Gramophone magazine award for "Best Recital Recording."...continue...

Simple Gifts

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2005-10-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Traditional Spiritual: Deep River; John Rutter: Lord bless you and keep you; Alan Murray: I'll Walk Beside You; Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mater; Christmas ...
Performers: Jones, Aled; Keenlyside, Simon; Terfel, Bryn; Williams, John [Guitar]
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices

This disc, entitled Simple Gifts presents Bryn Terfels favorite sacred, spiritual and inspirational songs, in new orchestral arrangements of Chris Hazell, including Deep River, John...continue...
This album received the 2007 Grammy Award for "Best Classical Crossover Album."...continue...

Roger Waters: Ca Ira / Terfel, Huang, Groves, et al

3 Super Audio CD / Sony Classical / 2005-09-27

Works: Roger Waters: Ça Ira (There Is Hope), opera
Performers: Bower, Jamie; Groves, Paul; Huang, Ying; Lo, Ismael; Nowack, David; Patterson, David; Russill, Helen; Terfel, Bryn; Waters, Roger
Conductors: Wentworth, Rick; Wentworth, Richard
Ensemble: Italia Conti Children's Choir; London Oratory Choir; London Voices; The Orchestra

Brought to life by the world-renowned talents of baritone Bryn Terfel, soprano Ying Huang and tenor Paul Groves, Waters, with collaborators Etienne and Nadine Roda-Gil,...continue...
As the primary creative force in Pink Floyd after the departure of Syd Barrett in 1968, Rogers Waters helped turn that band into one of the most successful rock acts of the '70s with his dramatic sens...continue...

Simply Christmas

2 CD / Decca / 2003-10-14

Works: John Francis Wade: Adeste fideles; Franz Xaver Gruber: Silent Night; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Henry John Gauntlett: Once in Royal David City; Lowell Mason: Jo...
Performers: Barter, Robin; Blades, James; Briggs, David [Organ]; Cleobury, Stephen; Corkhill, David; Domingo, Placido; Finucane, Tom; Haynes, Simon; Hughes, Christopher; Keenlyside, Simon; Kendall, William; Lamb...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Willcocks, David, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Stephen; Bonynge, Richard; Guest, George; Guadagno, Anton; Münchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Rudel, Julius; Davis, C...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; Chicago Symphony Chorus; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Clare College Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Finchley Children's Music Group members; Goldsborough Orchestra; Ki...

By Request / Renée Fleming

1 CD / Decca / 2003-09-16

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly (Madame Butterfly); Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), K. 492; Così fan t...
Performers: Calleja, Joseph; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; Fleming, Renée; Grusin, Dave; Levine, James; London Philharmonic Orchestra, The; London Symphony Orchestra; Mackerras, ...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Solti, Sir Georg; Summers, Patrick; Tate, Jeffrey; Levine, James
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra of St. Luke's

Personnel: Renée Fleming (soprano); Joseph Calleja (tenor); Lee Ritenour (guitar); Dave Grusin (piano).

Recording information: London, England (05/1994-05/2003); New York, NY (05/1994-05/...continue...

Frames for a Fairy Tale - Music composed by Alain Amouyal

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2003-07-01

Works: Alain Amouyal: Temptation; Dance; Hope; March; Liberation; Certainty
Performers: Alley, John; Montgomery, Susan
Conductors: Mann, Paul
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices

Goldsmith: Christus Apollo /Goldsmith, Hopkins, James, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2002-03-26

Works: Jerry Goldsmith: Music for Orchestra; Christus Apollo, cantata for narrator, mezzo-soprano, chorus & orchestra; Fireworks, A Celebration of Los Angeles, for orchestra
Performers: James, Eirian; London Symphony Orchestra
Conductors: Goldsmith, Jerry
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices

Film music composer Jerry Goldsmith flexed his muscles on this release, featuring three of his original compositions flawlessly played by the London Symphony Orchestra. The first track, "Music for Orc...continue...

Goldsmith: Christus Apollo /Goldsmith, Hopkins, James, et al

1 CD / Telarc / 2002-03-26

Works: Jerry Goldsmith: Music for Orchestra; Christus Apollo, cantata for narrator, mezzo-soprano, chorus & orchestra; Fireworks, A Celebration of Los Angeles, for orchestra
Performers: James, Eirian
Conductors: Goldsmith, Jerry
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices

Film music composer Jerry Goldsmith flexed his muscles on this release, featuring three of his original compositions flawlessly played by the London Symphony Orchestra. The first track, "Music for Orc...continue...

Ben Heppner - Airs Français / Myung-Whun Chung, London SO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2001-11-13

Works: Hector Berlioz: Les Troyens, opera, H. 133a; La damnation de Faust, Op. 24; Benvenuto Cellini, opera Op. 23; Béatrice et Bénédict, opera, H. 138; Fromental Halévy: La juive;...
Performers: Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Silverthorne, Paul
Conductors: Chung, Myung-Whun
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices

This first solo release from Ben Heppner on the DG label features grand, dramatic, and lyrically sweeping arias by the great French Romantics - Berlioz,...continue...

John Williams - Greatest Hits 1969-1999

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1999-11-02

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; E T; Superman; Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom; Sugarland Express; Jaws; Olympic Fanfare and Theme; Return of the Jedi; The Reivers; The Empire Strikes Back; Indiana Jo...
Performers: Ma, Yo-Yo; Morgan, Tommy; Morrison, Timothy; Parkening, Christopher; Parks, Dean; Perlman, Itzhak; Thielemans, Toots
Conductors: Williams, John [Composer]
Ensemble: American Boychoir; Boston Pops; Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; London Voices; Orchestra; Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; Skywalker Symphony Orchestra; Tanglewood Festival Chorus

Renée Fleming - The Beautiful Voice

1 CD / Decca / 1998-02-10

Works: Gustave Charpentier: Louise; Charles Gounod: Faust; Jules Massenet: Manon; Antonin Dvorák: Gypsy Songs, Op. 55; Friedrich von Flotow: Martha; Giacomo Puccini: La Rondine; Erich Wolfgang Korngold...
Performers: Ellis, Osian; Fleming, Renee; Greensmith, Clive [Cello]; Voices, London; Watson, Ian; Willey, Paul
Conductors: Tate, Jeffrey; Mackerras, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: ; London Voices

This disc received Grammy Award for "Best Classical Vocal Performance." It was also nominated for the Award for "Best Classical Album."

Sure, it takes guts for a soprano to call an album THE B...continue...

Mozart: Don Giovanni / Solti, Terfel, Fleming, Murray, et al

3 CD / Decca / 1997-09-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni
Performers: Constable, John [Keyboards]; Fleming, Renee; Groop, Monica; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Luperi, Mario; Murray, Ann; Pertusi, Michele; Scaltriti, Roberto; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: London Voices

Gramophone Magazine
It is as finely disciplined as any other Solti performance, the orchestral playing is excellent, and the rhythms are crisp, strong and tautly held....continue...

Lehár: The Land of Smiles

1 CD / Telarc / 1996-06-25

Works: Franz Lehár: The Land of Smiles
Performers: Atkinson, Lynton; Carl, Jeffrey; Gustafson, Nancy [Soprano Vocals]; Hadley, Jerry; Itami, Naomi
Conductors: Bonynge, Richard
Ensemble: English Chamber Orchestra; London Voices

This recording received a 1998 "Critic's Choice" award from Gramophone

magazine.

Hadley, Gutafson, Richard Bonynge/English Chamber Orchestra

Sung in English, this version of Leha...continue...

The Ultimate Christmas Album / Pavarotti, Te Kanawa, et al

1 CD / Decca / 1995-10-17

Works: Adolphe-Charles Adam: Minuit, Chrétiens "O holy night"; Traditional: The Twelve Days of Christmas; Good King Wenceslas; God rest ye merry, gentlemen; Deck the hall; I saw three ships; The firs...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Blades, James; Clark, Patricia; Corkhill, David; Kendall, William; Pavarotti, Luciano; Pearson, Leslie [keyboard]; Price, Leontyne; Scott, John [Organ]; Sutherland, Joan, Dame; Te Kan...
Conductors: Adler, Kurt Herbert; Bonynge, Richard; Karajan, Herbert von; Davis, Carl; Willcocks, David, Sir; Guest, George; Squibb, David
Ensemble: Ambrosian Chorus; Ambrosian Singers; Bach Choir; King's College Choir, Cambridge; London Festival Brass Ensemble; London Voices; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New Philharmonia Orchestra; New Philh...

Lloyd: John Socman (Highlights) / Lloyd, Philharmonia Orch

1 CD / Albany Records / 1994-11-01

Works: George Lloyd: John Socman, opera
Performers: Alder, Stephen; Booth, Thomas; George, Michael; Montague, Diana; Rivers, Malcolm; Sheffield, Philip; Watson, Janice; Wilson-Johnson, David; Winfield, John
Conductors: Lloyd, George
Ensemble: London Voices; Philharmonia Orchestra

Ute Lemper Sings Kurt Weill, Vol. 2

1 CD / HBDirect Import / 1993-04-05

Works: Kurt Weill: Happy End; Youkali; Marie Galante; Lady in the Dark
Performers: Cohen, Jeff [Piano]; Lemper, Ute
Conductors: Mauceri, John
Ensemble: Berlin RIAS Chamber Ensemble; Berlin RIAS Sinfonietta; London Voices