Philharmonia Chorus

Karolju - Christmas Music from Rouse, Lutoslawski, Rodrigo

1 CD / RCA Records / 2007-11-06

Works: Christopher Rouse: Karolju; Witold Lutoslawski: Polish Christmas Carols (20); Joaquín Rodrigo: Retablo de navidad, for soprano, bass, chorus & orchestra
Performers: Doyle, Julia; Stephany, Anna
Conductors: Zinman, David
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus

Maria Callas - Opera Highlights - Bellini, Bizet, Verdi, etc

8 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-08-28

Works: Vincenzo Bellini: Norma, opera; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Madama Butterfly; Tosca; Giuseppe Verdi: Aida, opera; La travi...
Performers: Badioli, Carlo; Barbieri, Fedora; Bastianini, Ettore; Berbié, Jane; Borriello, Mario; Calabrese, Franco; Cales, Claude; Callas, Maria; Cappuccilli, Piero; Casellato, Renzo; Caselli, Dario; Cor...
Conductors: Serafin, Tullio; Prêtre, Georges; Votto, Antonino; Karajan, Herbert von; De Sabata, Victor; Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: ; Milan Teatro alla Scala Chorus; Milan Teatro alla Scala Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

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Grand Prix - Rossini: Stabat Mater / Giulini, Ricciarelli, Philharmonia

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2007-03-13

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Stabat mater
Performers: Gonzalez, Dalmacio; Raimondi, Ruggero; Ricciarelli, Katia; Valentini-Terrani, Lucia [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus

"Giulini takes a refined and dedicated view" - Penguin Guide to Compact Discs "The recording and finesse of the playing are exemplary."-The Times...continue...

Hoddinott: Dives and Lazarus, Viola Concertino, etc

1 CD / Lyrita / 2007-02-13

Works: Alun Hoddinott: Dives and Lazarus, Op 39, cantata; Concertino for viola and small orchesta, Op 14; Nocturnes and Cadenzas for cello and orchestra, Op.62; Sinfonia Fidei for soprano, tenor, chorus & o...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Burrows, Stuart; Erdelyi, Csaba; Gomez, Jill; Palmer, Felicity; Welsh, Moray
Conductors: Atherton, David; Groves, Charles, Sir
Ensemble: New Philharmonia Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Alun Hoddinott (b. 1929) has been called the greatest living Welsh composer. Essentially chromatic, his music often shows a dark Celtic intensity, manifested in his...continue...

Wagner, Brahms, Mahler, Beethoven / Ludwig, Klemperer

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-10-03

Works: Richard Wagner: Wesendonck Lieder; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72; Gustav Mahler: Des Knaben Wunderhorn; Rückert...
Performers: Ludwig, Christa
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

100 Best Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; MEDLEY; Sarabande; Coronation Anthem; Der Messias; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Johann Sebastian Bach: Toccata and...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barley, Peter; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Barbirolli, John; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Boskovsky, Willi; Davis, Andrew [Bassist]; Davis, Andrew;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Ambrosian Singers; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Beecham Choral Society; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Ber...

100 of the world's best loved classical music recordings featuring the most well-known composers: Mozart, Bizet, Verdi, and Handel, performed by legends such as Yehudi...continue...
Looking to build a classical music library? Want a collection of just "the hits" from the best-known composers? This collection provides hours of definitive classical music as performed by ensembles s...continue...

Best Classics 100 Vol 2

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Lohengrin; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: ...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andre, Maurice; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bennett, Mark [Trumpet]; Bennett, William; Brown, Iona; Byzantine, Julian; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; ...
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Jansons, Mariss; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Bernstein, Leonard; Temirkanov, Yuri; Prêtre, Georges; Karajan, Her...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Bavarian State Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Boston Symphony ...

Hadley, Sainton / Bamert, Archer, Richardson, et al

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2005-05-24

Works: Philip Sainton: The Island, tone poem for orchestra; Nadir, tone poem for orchestra; The Dream of the Marionette, ballet; Patrick Hadley: The Trees So High, symphonic ballad for baritone, chorus & or...
Performers: Archer, Neill; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Richardson, Stephen [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Wilson-Johnson, David
Conductors: Bamert, Matthias
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

"...the music conveys a wistful, often disturbing intensity unusual for an English work of the period... this is headily evocative stuff, and Anglophiles everywhere will...continue...

Mahler: Symphony no 2; Mozart / Klemperer, Baker, et al

2 CD / Testament / 2005-03-08

Works: Recorded Sound: Applause; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 29 in A major, K 201 (186a); Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Harper, Heather
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Mahler's second symphony, like Beethoven's 'Eroica', has become one of Otto Klemperer's performing talismans: a constant source of inspiration, a constant success for him in...continue...

Callas Edition - Rossini: Barber of Seville - Highlights

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2005-03-01

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Callas, Maria; Carturan, Gabriella; Gobbi, Tito; Ollendorf, Fritz; Zaccaria, Nicola [Bass Vocal]
Conductors: Galliera, Alceo
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

Giulini- Verdi: Requiem, etc / Giulini, Bumbry, Kónya, et al

2 CD / BBC Legends / 2004-06-29

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: La forza del destino; Requiem Mass; Spoken Word: Carlo Maria Giulini in conversation with Michael Oliver
Performers: Arie, Raffaele; Bumbry, Grace; Konya, Sandor; Ligabue, Ilva
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

This performance which took place in April, 1964 is held by many of Guilini's admirers as being the greatest performance he ever gave of this...continue...

Lehár: The Merry Widow

1 CD / Opera D'Oro / 2004-03-02

Works: Franz Lehár: The Merry Widow
Performers: Gedda, Nicolai; Kraus, Otakar; Kunz, Erich; Kurty, Hella; Loose, Emmy; Mattoni, André von; Niessner, Anton; Schmidinger, Josef; Schwarzkopf, Elisabeth
Conductors: ; Ackermann, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra

"The stellar vocal soloists are, then and now, names to conjure with even the smaller roles are well and knowledgeably cast Schwarzkopf shows her seductive...continue...
The mono recording of this work with Elisabeth Schwarzkopf in the lead role, in the full bloom of her youth, is a special treat, a brilliant, fully realized version of the work that, even more helpful...continue...

Mahler - The Complete Recordings / Sinopoli, Philharmonia

15 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2002-05-14

Works: Gustav Mahler: Das klagende Lied, cantata for soloists, chorus & orchestra; Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Lieder eines fahrenden...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Blasi, Angela Maria; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Goldberg, Reiner; Gruberova, Edita; Jo, Sumi; Lewis, Keith; Meier, Waltraud; Plowright, Rosalind; Sotin, Hans; Studer...
Conductors: Sinopoli, Giuseppe
Ensemble: Dresden Staatskapelle; New London Children's Choir; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra; Shinyukai Choir

Music for you - What does your world sound like?

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-05-07

Works: Erik Satie: Gymnopédies (3) for Piano; Miles Davis: Flamenco Sketches; Johannes Brahms: Pieces (6) for Piano, Op. 118; Howard Skempton: Well, Well, Cornelius; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem ...
Performers: Adderley, Julian "Cannonball"; Ax, Emanuel; Brubeck, Dave; Chambers, Paul; Cobb, Jimmy; Coltrane, John; Davis, Miles; Evans, Bill [Piano]; Groethuysen, Andreas; Ma, Yo-Yo; Perahia, Murray; Shimada, R...
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; ; Riesman, Michael; Williams, John [Guitar]
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Philharmonia Chorus; Philharmonia Orchestra; Philip Glass Ensemble; Tal & Groethuysen Duo

Music for you - Mozart: Requiem / Carlo Maria Giulini, et al

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2002-05-07

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626
Performers: Dawson, Lynne; Estes, Simon [Bass Baritone Vocals]; Lewis, Keith
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus

Mozart: Requiem, Exsultate Jubilate / Giulini, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2000-01-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a)
Performers: Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Koth, Erika; Lloyd, Robert [Bass Voice]; Ludwig, Christa; Tear, Robert
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Klobucar, Berislav
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus

Beethoven: Symphony no 9 "Choral" / Klemperer, et al

1 CD / Testament / 1999-11-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Kmentt, Waldemar; Lovberg, Aase Nordmo
Conductors: Klemperer, Otto
Ensemble: Philharmonia Chorus

"This [disc]...is...so good, in fact, that I am tempted to say that if this were the only recording by Klemperer to have survived, future critics...continue...

Dies Irae - The Essential Choral Collection

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1997-09-16

Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Baniewicz, Wiera; Jones, Della; Mathis, Edith; Reichenberg, David; Robson, Nigel; Sporsen, Torgny; Steele-Perkins, Crispian; Sutherland, Joan, Dame
Conductors: Giulini, Carlo Maria; Abbado, Claudio; Böhm, Karl; Preston, Simon; Kubelik, Rafael; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Ozawa, Seiji; Pinnock, Trevor; Richter, Karl; Markevitch, Igor; Wordsworth, Barry; Mehta, ...
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Ambrosian Singers; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; BBC Concert Orchestra; Berlin Deutsche Oper Chorus; Berlin Deutsche Oper Orchestra; Berlin Philhar...

3 Legendary Tenors / Caruso, Gigli, McCormack

1 CD / RCA Records / 1996-07-16

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; La traviata; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Gaetano Donizetti: L' elisir d'amore, opera; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Matt...
Performers: Caruso, Enrico; Gigli, Beniamino; Gluck, Alma; Kreisler, Fritz; Leoncavallo, Ruggero; McCormack, John [Tenor Vocal]; Schneider, Edwin
Conductors: Rogers, Walter B.; Bourdon, Rosario; Pasternack, Josef A.; Shilkret, Nathaniel; Setti, Giulio; Robinson, Stanford
Ensemble: Metropolitan Opera Orchestra; Orchestra; Philharmonia Chorus