Ballet > Post Romantic Period

Shazam!

1 CD / Mark Custom Recording / 2013-06-25

Works: Greg Danner: Shazam!, for brass quintet; Sky Scenes, for brass ensemble; Scherzo, for band; George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Charles Ives: Variations for Organ on "America"; Erik Satie: Sports et di...
Performers: Brass Arts Quintet

Personnel: Chris McCormick (trumpet); R. Winston Morris (tuba).

Recording information: Nashville Public Radio Studio, WPLN, Nashville, TN (01/02/2002-01/27/2002)....continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian
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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet / Bonelli, Cuthbertson, Campbell, Gartside, Trzensimiech, Rihristov. Barry Wordsworth [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2013-04-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet
Performers: Bonelli, Federico; Campbell, Alexander; Cuthbertson, Laura; Gartside, Bennet; Hristov, Valeri; Trzensimiech, Dawid
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry
Ensemble: Royal Opera House Chorus; Royal Opera House Orchestra

MacMillan's first full-evening ballet has become one of the Royal Ballet's signature works. Although the company has performed Romeo and Juliet over 400 times each...continue...
Run Time: 158 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM 2.0, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italia...continue...

Vladimir Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca / Ashkenazy, Perlman, Harrell, Fistoulari, Solti, Kondrashin et al. [Limited Edition]

50 CD / Decca / 2013-04-02

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Concerto for Piano no 3 in D minor, Op. 30; Concerto for Piano no 1 in F sharp minor, Op. 1; Concerto for Piano no 4 in G minor, Op. 40...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Ashkenazy, Vovka; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Belkin, Boris; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Cash, Teresa [Soprano Vocal]; Civil, Alan; Cohen, Franklin; Cooke, Terry; Corkhill...
Conductors: Kondrashin, Kirill; Fistoulari, Anatole; Maazel, Lorin; Segal, Uri; Zinman, David; Kertész, István; Previn, Andre; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Barenboim, Daniel; Schmidt-Isserstedt, Hans; Solti, S...

Decca Classics releases Ashkenazy: 50 Years on Decca on April 2, 2013, a limited edition box-set comprised of 50 CDs to celebrate the labels remarkable...continue...

The Ballet Classics - Works by Delibes, Delvedez, Minkus, Adam / Opéra National de Paris, Ganio, Letestu, Martinez, Pujol, Le Riche [3 DVD]

3 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2013-03-26

Works: Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Léon Minkus: Paquita, ballet; Adolphe Adam: Giselle
Conductors:
Ensemble: Paris National Opera and Ballet Orchestra

Run Time: 345 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: German, English, Italian, Spanish
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Paris Méchanique - works by L. Anderson; Francaix; Joplin; Milhaud; Poulenc; Morricone; Satie et al / Michael Riessler, Pierre Charial, Sabine Meyer Trio

1 CD / Marsyas / 2013-02-26

Works: Gabriel Pierné: Cydalise et le Chèvre-Pied, ballet; Jean Françaix: Danses Exotiques (8) for 2 pianos; Francis Poulenc: Sonata for 2 clarinets, FP 7; Michael Riessler: I Venti, for clar...
Performers: Charial, Pierre; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Riessler, Michael
Conductors:
Ensemble: Trio Di Clarone

"Stellar clarinet player Sabine Meyer has never been heard in a similar program and instrumentation. A program of fun and tuneful short works." -Audiophile...continue...
Includes work(s): introduction mécanique / le flaneur des d by various composers....continue...

50 Best London Symphony Orchestra

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 8 in F, Op. 93; Die Geschöpfe des Prometheus, Op. 4; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Sergey Prokofiev: Symphony ...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; de Peyer, Gervase; Isserlis, Steven; Loriod, Jeanne; Preston, Simon [Conductor/Composer]; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]; Sitkovetsky, Dmitry
Conductors: Jochum, Eugen; Previn, Andre; Boult, Adrian; Gardelli, Lamberto; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Khachaturian, Aram; Hickox, Richard; Davis, Colin; Barbirolli, John

This 3-CD set contains 50 tracks from the catalogues of EMI Records, EMI Classics and Virgin Classics of recordings by the London Symphony Orchestra under...continue...

Günther Raphael, Vol. 4: Orchestral Works / Kegel; Stokowski, Schuricht, Reihardt

1 CD / Querstand / 2013-02-12

Works: Günter Raphael: Smetana Suite, for orchestra, Op. 40; Jabonah, ballet suite for orchestra, Op. 66; Sinfonia breve, for orchestra in D major, Op. 67; Zoologica, for orchestra, Op. 83
Conductors: Kegel, Herbert; Stokowski, Leopold; Schuricht, Carl; Reinhardt, Rolf
Ensemble: Rundfunk-Sinfonieorchester Berlin; Sinfonieorchester des NDR; Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart

A continuation of the Günter Raphael Edition, created to present the works of one of the most important - yet little-known - German composers of...continue...

Conductor Jean Fournet in Prague - Includes works by Franck, Debussy, Falla

3 CD / Supraphon / 2013-02-07

Works: César Franck: Rédemption; Les Eolides, M 43; Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hands), M. 44; Les Djinns, symphonic poem for piano & orchest...
Performers: Maxian, Frantisek
Conductors: Fournet, Jean
Ensemble: ; Czech Philharmonic Orchestra; Prague Symphony Orchestra

In the past century, Jean Fournet (1913 - 2008), a "gentle perfectionist", as some of the critics characterized him, was one of the leading champions...continue...
Recording information: Rudolfinum, Prague....continue...

Essential 20th Century Classics - Over 2 hours of captivating modern classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2013-01-22

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Aram Khachaturian: Spartacus; Edward Elgar: Concerto for Cello; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini; C...
Performers: Beniston, Paul; Bloch, Nikolaj; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Currie, Colin; Devos, Louis; Donohoe, Peter; du Pre, Jacqueline; Fischer-Dieskau, Manuel; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Hendricks, Bar...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Temirkanov, Yuri; Barbirolli, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Prêtre, Georges; Penderecki, Krzysztof; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Kaljuste, Tönu; Metzmacher, Ingo; B...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Modern (Frankfurt)

Essential 20th Century Classics is a 2-CD set featuring a collection of important works written between 1901 and 2000. This period is sometimes thought of...continue...

The Sons of the Morning - Piano music of Vaughan Williams and Ivor Gurney / Iain Burnside, piano

1 CD / Albion / 2013-01-08

Works: Ivor Gurney: Five Preludes for piano; Chorale Prelude on Rockingham, for piano; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lake in the Mountains, for piano (from the film score "The 49th Parallel"); Hymn tune Prelu...
Performers: Burnside, Iain [Piano]

Albion Records presents the world première recording of Job - A Masque for Dancing in an arrangement for solo piano by Vally Lasker, written to...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Suffolk (01/18/2012-01/20/2012)....continue...

Richard Strauss: The Legend of Joseph, ballet Pantomine, Op. 63 / Heger

1 CD / Acanta / 2012-11-13

Works: Richard Strauss: Josephslegende, Op. 63
Conductors: Heger, Robert
Ensemble: Bavarian State Opera Orchestra

Richard Strauss' rarely recorded Josephs-Legende was in its time a daring and compelling theatrical experiment- a combination of ballet and stage play. This recording is...continue...
Recording information: 1952....continue...

Welte Mignon Mystery, Vol. 19: Alexander Glazunov & Artur Lemba today playing their 1910 interpretations

1 CD / Tacet / 2012-11-13

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Prelude for piano in D flat Major, Op. 49/1; Pieces (3) for piano, Op. 25; Sonate Nr. 1 b-Moll, op. 74; Raymonda, Op. 57; Ruses d'amour (Pastorale Watteau), ballet, op. 61; Les Sa...

The ability to refine the sound of piano rolls has increased in quality greatly. Thanks to this innovation and the research of restorer and collector...continue...
Recording information: 2012....continue...

Elgar: The Longed-for Light - Elgar's Music in Wartime / Susan Gritton, soprano; BBC Concert Orch., Wilson

1 CD / SOMM / 2012-11-13

Works: Edward Elgar: Polonia, Op. 76; Carillon, Op. 75; Sospiri; Une voix dans le désert, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 77; Carissima; Le drapeau belge, for reciter & orchestra, Op. 79; Rosemary ("Tha...
Performers: Gritton, Susan
Conductors: Wilson, John

Recording information: Watford Colosseum (02/13/2012-02/15/2012)....continue...

Debussy: Complete Works for Piano, Collector's Edition / Jean-Efflam Bavouzet, piano [5 CDs]

5 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-10-30

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes (24) for piano, Books I & II, L.117, 123; Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon; Ballade (slave), for piano (or piano, 4 hands), L. 70; Valse romantique, fo...
Performers: Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam

Selling for the price of three CDs, Jean-Efflam Bavouzet's vivid interpretations of Debussy's complete works for piano are available for the first time in a...continue...
Recording information: Potton Hall, Dunwich, Suffolk....continue...

Cor!: Works for cor Anglais & Piano by Messiaen, Ravel, Rubbra, Bozza, Hindemith et al. / Alison Teal, cor Anglais; Elizabeth Birley, piano

1 CD / The Classics Label / 2012-10-09

Works: Manuel de Falla: El amor brujo; Robert Valentine: Sonata for trumpet & organ, No 10 in C; Olivier Messiaen: Vocalise-Etude for Clarinet and Piano; Michael Berkeley: Snake for oboe solo; Maurice Ravel...
Performers: Burley, Elizabeth

This disc includes a beautiful recording of the cor anglais and piano performing Manuel de Falla's "Ritual Fire Dance." Alison Teale pushes both her instrument...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth, UK (07/2010)....continue...

Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57 (complete ballet) / Evgeny Svetlanov: conductor

2 CD / Melodiya / 2012-10-09

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57
Performers: Dulova, Vera; Kalinovsky, Sergei [Violin]; Usachev, Oleg [Trumpet]
Conductors: Svetlanov, Evgeny
Ensemble: Orchestra of the USSR State Academic Bolshoi Theatre

In the spring of 1896, Alexander Glazunov received a commission from Ivan Vsevolozhsky, the director of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatre, to compose the score...continue...
Recording information: 1961....continue...

Russian Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; In the steppes of central Asia; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Scheherazade; Russian Easter Festival Overture, Op. 36; Flight of the Bumblebee; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on t...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Capuçon, Gautier; Dessay, Natalie; Isserlis, Steven; Pletnev, Mikhail [Piano, Conductor]; Pommier, Jean-Bernard; Thibaudet, Jean-Yves [Piano]; Truls Mork, Truls Otterbech
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Cluytens, André; Jordan, Armin; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Gergiev, Valery; Gardiner, John Eliot; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Litton, Andrew; Pletnev, Mikhai...

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...

The Best Classical Hits Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto in E "The Four Seasons", Spring; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 5 in C minor, Op. 67; Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 125 "Choral"; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 1812 Overture...
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Eisenberg, Matthias; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gutierrez, Horacio; Layton, Stephen; Menuhin, Yehudi; Morris, James; Wayne Marshall [Piano/Organ]
Conductors: Lysy, Alberto; Sanderling, Kurt; Jansons, Mariss; Cleobury, Stephen; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Welser-Möst, Franz; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Gö...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players

Prokofiev: Cinderella / Ballet of the Lyon Nationial Opera, Francoise Joullié, Dominique Lainé, Jayne Plaisted (dancers) [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-08-28

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Cinderella
Conductors: Kreisberg, Yakov
Ensemble: Lyon National Opera Orchestra

Maguy Marin's staging of Prokofiev's Cinderella was an unparalleled success throughout its world tour, propelled by a choreographic vision so extraordinarily original and magical that...continue...
Run Time: 87 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Country of Origin: Germany
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Albert Roussel: Promenade Sentimentale, Complete Piano Music / Emanuele Torquati, piano

2 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Albert Roussel: Des heures passent, suite for piano, Op. 1; Résurrection, symphonic prelude for orchestra, Op. 4 ("Symphonic Poem after Tolstoy"); Rustiques, suite for piano, Op. 5; Petit canon ...
Performers: Torquati, Emanuele

Poised at the aft edge of the Romantic era and inculcated to a varied set of influences, French composer Albert Roussel was ideally placed to...continue...
Recording information: Teatro Comunale F. Marchetti, Camerino, Italy (01/23/2012-01/25/2012)....continue...

Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 (highlights) / Andrew Mogrelia, National SO of Ukraine

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-08-28

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew
Ensemble: ; National Symphony Orchestra of Ukraine

"Living people can dance, the dying cannot", Prokofiev wrote to explain the problems he faced when writing music for the ballet Romeo and Juliet. His...continue...
Recording information: Concert Hall of Ukrainian Radio (09/02/1994-09/12/1994)....continue...

Debussy: Jeux; Images; Music for "King Lear" / Rattle CBSO

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-08-28

Works: Claude Debussy: Le roi Lear; Jeux; Images for Orchestra
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir
Ensemble: ; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Before Sir Simon Rattle took over the helm of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, he poured all his resources as the conjurer of Early Modern music...continue...
Recording information: Arts Centre, University of Warwick (02/1989)....continue...

Historic Russian Archives: David Oistrakh - Chamber Music Edition

10 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-07-31

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, K 306 (300l); Variations (12) on "La bergère Célimene," for violin & piano in G major, K. 359 (K. 374a); Sergey Rachmani...
Performers: Badura-Skoda, Paul; Bauer, Frida; Goldenweiser, Alexander [Composer]; Knushevitsky, Svyatoslav; Kollegorskaya, Inna; Makarov, Abram; Oborin, Lev; Oistrakh, David; Oistrakh, Igor [Violin]; Richter, Sv...

The reissue of this unique collection of chamber music masterpieces, ranging from Baroque to 20-century, played by the legendary David Oistrakh, with his luminous, sonorous

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Neeme Jarvi - Highlights from a remarkable 30-year recording career

2 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-07-31

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Slavonic Dances (8) for Orchestra, Op. 72/B 147; Johan Halvorsen: La Mélancolie, for string orchestra (after Ole Bull's "Lament"); Entry March of ...
Performers: Berman, Boris; Finnie, Linda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Kaptain, Laurence; Lott, Felicity [Soprano Vocal]; Madozzi, Melina; Mishura, Irina; Murphy, Suzanne
Conductors: Järvi, Neeme

This year, we celebrate the thirty-year conducting career of Neeme Järvi with Chandos Records, as well as the conductor's own seventy-fifth birthday.

We mark the occasion

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Claude Debussy: La Mer; Afternoon of a faun; Three Nocturnes; Jeux / Charles Dutoit

1 CD / Decca / 2012-07-31

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; La mer; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Jeux
Performers: Hutchins, Timothy
Conductors: Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: ; Montreal Symphony Orchestra

La Mer was not met with immediate success when it was first heard in October 1905 but subsequent generations of musicians have recognized it for...continue...
Recording information: Église Saint-Eustache, Montreal, Canada....continue...

Harriet Cohen - The Complete Solo Stufio Recordings

3 CD / Appian Publications & Recordings / 2012-07-10

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Harpsichord in D minor, BWV 1052; Prelude and Fugue in C major, BWV 846 (The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1); Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1, BWV 846-869; Prelude an...
Performers: Cohen, Harriet
Conductors: Wood, Henry J.; Susskind, Walter; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir; Mathieson, Muir; Bath, Hubert

Certainly the most glamorous of the Matthay students, Harriet Cohen was also the most extrovert and to the general public was known as a socialite...continue...

Glazunov: Complete Symphonies, plus concertos & suites / Jose Serebrier [8 CDs]

8 CD / Warner Classics / 2012-06-26

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 33; Symphony no 9 in D major (incomplete; one movement; orchestrated by G. Yudin); Symphony no 2 in F sharp minor, Op. 16; Symphony no 1 in E major (...
Performers: Barton Pine, Rachel [Violin]; Chisson, Marc; Romanovsky, Alexander [Piano]; Serov, Alexey; Yang, Wen-Sinn
Conductors: Serebrier, José
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra; Russian National Orchestra

Maestro José Serebrier's acclaimed Glazunov symphony & concerto cycle is now available as an 8CD capbox. The completion of this series was a personal triumph...continue...

The Olympic Experience

1 CD / Warner Bros. Import / 2012-06-19

Works: Richard Strauss: Also sprach Zarathustra; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Edward Elgar: Cockaigne Overture; Modest Mussorgsky: Night on the Bare Mountain; Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Henry ...
Performers: Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Chance, Michael; Domingo, Placido
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Martini, Louis; Davis, Andrew; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Santi, Nello; Gardiner, John Eliot; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Mehta, Zubin; Mravinsky, Yevgeny; Leppard, Raymond; Harnoncourt,...
Ensemble: ; English Baroque Soloists

Debussy: Orchestral Works - La Mer; Nocturnes; Jeux; Images; Primtemps, Berceuse héroique et al.

2 Super Audio CD / Chandos Records / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Images for Orchestra; Jeux; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun), for orchestra, L. 86; Mar...
Performers: Bryan, Katherine [Flute]; MacKintosh, Katherine
Conductors: Denève, Stéphane
Ensemble: ; Royal Scottish National Orchestra

Recognized internationally as a conductor of the highest calibre, Stéphane Denève took up the post of Music Director of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra in...continue...
Recording information: Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow (2011-10-10_2011-10-12&2012-)....continue...

Treasures of The Russian Ballet / Leningrad Kirov Ballet & Bolshoi Ballet [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-05-29

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Tale of the Stone Flower, Op. 118; Cinderella, Op. 87 - Ballet Suite; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh (excerpts); L&#...
Performers: Fadeyechev, Nicolai; Lavrovsky, Mikhail; Liepa, Maris; Maximova, Ekaterina; Plisetskaya, Maya; Sizova, Alla; Soloviev, Yuri; Struchkova, Raisa; Timofeyeva, Nina; Ulanova, Galina; Vasiliev, Vladimir
Conductors: Hajibeyov, Niyazi; Faier, Yuri; Zhuraitis, Algis
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Royal Opera House Covent Garden Orchestra

Russia's two great ballet companies, the Bolshoi Ballet and the Kirov Ballet (now the Mariinsky) undertook their first major post-war tours in the early 1960s,...continue...
Run Time: 81 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, B&W
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Debussy: Piano Music, Vol. 1 / Michael Korstick, piano

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Préludes, Book 1; Les soirs illuminés par l'ardeur du charbon; Khamma, ballet, L. 125; Intermède, for piano; Toomai des éléphants, prelude for piano (comple...
Performers: Korstick, Michael

This is the first volume of Michael Korstick's recording of the complete piano works of Claude Debussy. The featured work is the well known first...continue...
Recording information: Kammermusikstudio SWR, Stuttgart (02/21/2011-02/24/2011)....continue...

Charles Koechlin: Magicien Orchestrateur / works by Debussy, Fauré, Schubert, Chabrier et al.

1 CD / Hanssler Classic / 2012-05-29

Works: Claude Debussy: Khamma, ballet, L. 125; Charles Koechlin: Sur les flots lointains, symphonic poem on a song by C. Urner, Op. 130; Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Franz...
Performers: Hoelscher, Florian
Conductors: Holliger, Heinz
Ensemble: ; SWR Radio Symphony Orchestra Stuttgart

Hänssler presents the latest release in the acclaimed series of Charles Koechlin's orchestral works. Koechlin is considered one of the most prominent 20th century French...continue...

Pierre Boulez Conducts Ravel & Debussy

6 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-08

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps, symphonic suite for chorus, piano & orchestra, L. 61; Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Premiè...
Performers: Cohen, Franklin; Hagley, Alison [Soprano Vocals]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; Wellbaum, Lisa; Zimerman, Krystian
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre

"In Ma mere, he is among the master magicians: subtleties of nuance and timing now abound; here is playing of a wholly different order of...continue...

Plucked String Theory

1 CD / CD Baby Independants / 2012-05-08

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, Op. 64; Manuel Ponce: 6 Preludes; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin in C major, RV 425; Fernando Sor: Douze Etudes, Op. 6; John Dowland: Lachrimae; The Frog Gal...
Performers: Large, Duane

Recording information: Silvertone Studios, Ardmore, PA (09/2011-03/2012)....continue...

The Debussy Edition [18 CDs]

18 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-05-01

Works: Claude Debussy: Nocturnes (3) for Orchestra; Première Rhapsodie for Clarinet and Orchestra; Jeux; La mer; Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Images for Orchestra; Printemps,...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Badings, Vera; Borkh, Inge; Cassard, Philippe; Christ, Wolfram [Viola]; Cohen, Franklin; Danco, Suzanne; Dietschy, Veronique; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Ericourt, Daniel; Ewi...
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre; Gibson, Alexander, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Beinum, Eduard Van; Chailly, Riccardo; Tetu, Bernard; Abbado, Claudio; Ansermet, Ernest; Gardiner, John Eliot; Lindenberg, Edouard; Fistoular...

Following our successful Mahler and Chopin editions, this is a joint Deutsche Grammophon/Decca Classics unlimited edition with benchmark Deutsche Grammophon and Decca Classics recordings....continue...

Great Ballet - Adam, Delibes, Tchaikovsky Glazunov et al. [10 CDs]

10 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-04-24

Works: Adolphe Adam: Giselle; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Alexander Glazunov: The Seasons, Op. 67; Raymonda; Ar...
Conductors: Mogrelia, Andrew; Yablonsky, Dmitry; Lenárd, Ondrej; Anissimov, Alexander; Anichanov, André; Kuchar, Theodore; Jun, Märkl,; Rahbari, Alexander; Craft, Robert

The Great Classics series from Naxos is the perfect introduction to myriad genres of classical music. Comprising both complete and compiled selections from the greatest...continue...

Minkus: La Bayadere / Coleman, Zakharova, Bolle [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Léon Minkus: La Bayadere, ballet
Performers: Bolle, Roberto; Brusson, Isabelle; Hewison, Bryan; Zakharova, Svetlana
Conductors: Coleman, David
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

In their series of classical ballet productions from La Scala, Arthaus releases a DVD recording of La Bayadére in the choreography by Natalia Makarova. The...continue...
Run Time: 126 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1, DTS 5.1
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Glazunov: Raymonda / Jurowski, Novikova, Vogel [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57
Performers: Novikova, Olesia; Vogel, Friedemann; Zeni, Mick
Conductors: Jurowski, Michail
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The last great work from the glorious era of the Imperial ballets has never before been performed by the La Scala ballet. Based on a...continue...

Ballet: Opera National de Paris / Balanchine, Neumeier & Nureyev [6 DVD]

6 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-04-24

Works: Gabriel Fauré: Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 80; Igor Stravinsky: Capriccio for Piano and Orchestra; Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 3 in D major, Op. 29 "Polish"; Swan Lake, Op. 20;...
Performers: Bullion, Stephane; Denard, Michael; Dupont, Aurelie; Gilbert, Dorothee; Gillot, Marie-Agnes; Letestu, Agnes; Martinez, Jose; Osta, Clairemarie; Phavorin, Stephane; Pujol, Laetitia; Romoli, Wilfried
Conductors: Connelly, Paul; Schmidtsdorff, Michael; Kessels, Koen; Pahn, Vello
Ensemble: Paris National Opera Ballet; Paris National Opera Orchestra; Paris Opera Ballet; Paris Opera Orchestra

Bringing together four seminal works, this attractive collection offers a perfect introduction to the world's oldest national ballet company. Jewels, an alluring, abstract ballet, a...continue...
Run Time: 673 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
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Glazunov: Raymonda / Jurowski, Novikova, Vogel [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-04-24

Works: Alexander Glazunov: Raymonda, Op. 57
Performers: Novikova, Olesia; Vogel, Friedemann; Zeni, Mick
Conductors: Jurowski, Michail
Ensemble: Teatro alla Scala Ballet; Teatro alla Scala Orchestra

The last great work from the glorious era of the Imperial ballets has never before been performed by the La Scala ballet. Based on a...continue...
Run Time: 154 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1
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Magical Music Box / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony; Gabriel Pierné: March of the Little Lead Soldiers, for orchestra/piano, Op. 14/6; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 4...
Performers: Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Strauss, Paul
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Lanchbery, John; Previn, Andre; Blomstedt, Herbert; Boult, Adrian; Frémaux, Louis; Temirkanov, Yuri; Jansons, Mariss

Bringing magic and music together in a fun, interactive collection this compilation encourages children to explore their imaginations, expand their minds with fun facts and...continue...

My First Ballet Album / Halasz - Slovak PO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-03-27

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; The Sleeping Beauty; The Nutcracker; Igor Stravinsky: The Firebird; Petrushka; Léo Delibes: Coppélia; Sylvia; Aaron Copland: Rodeo; Darius Milhaud: The...
Conductors: Halász, Michael; Rahbari, Alexander; Mogrelia, Andrew; Gunzenhauser, Stephen; Lenerd, Ondrej; Casadesus, Jean-Claude; Kuchar, Theodore; Anichanov, André; Craft, Robert; Lyndon-Gee, Christop...

A bird dancing, an ox on a roof, flowers doing a waltz, a swan twirling about... what world is this? This is the magical world...continue...

Nureyev's Don Quixote / The Australian Ballet [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Kultur International Films / 2012-03-27

Works: Léon Minkus: Don Quixote, ballet
Performers: Aldous, Lucette; Powell, Ray
Conductors: Lanchberry, John
Ensemble: Victoria State Orchestra

Rudolf Nureyev and Robert Helpmann are thrilling in this Australian Ballet production. Also starring Lucette Aldous, Ray Powell and Francis Croese. Shown in wide screen,...continue...
Run Time: 122 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo, Dolby 5.1
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Yuri Temirkanov at the BBC Proms: Berlioz & Tchaikovsky [DVD]

1 DVD Video / ICA Classics / 2012-03-27

Works: Hector Berlioz: Le corsaire Overture, Op. 21; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Manfred Symphony, Op. 58; The Nutcracker; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations, Op. 36, no 9; Sergei Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet Su...
Conductors: Temirkanov, Yuri
Ensemble: St. Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra

Representing the first visit to the Proms by the St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, this exhilarating and refreshing concert from 1992 sees the orchestra on top...continue...
Run Time: 72 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
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Argerich, Kremer, Maisky: The Complete Duo Recordings

13 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-03-20

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Violin and Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 12 no 1; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 2 in A major, Op. 12; Sonata for Violin and Piano no 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 no 3; Son...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Kremer, Gidon; Maisky, Mischa

Martha Argerich's associations with violinist Gidon Kremer and cellist Mischa Maisky are surely among the pianist’s most substantial and musically rewarding collaborations. The present collectio...continue...

Hermann Scherchen: Enregistrements "Live" Inedits

2 CD / Tahra / 2012-03-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Rondo for Violin and Strings in A major, D 438; Maurice Ravel: Ma mere l'Oye; Arnold Schoenberg: A Survivor from Warsaw, Op. 46; George Frederick Handel: The Water Music; Ludwig van B...
Performers: Berry, Walter; Danco, Suzanne; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hellmann, Claudia; Koth, Erica; Lins, Heniz Maria; Lippmann, Ursula; Rialland, Louis; Schech, Marianne; Spoerri, Lore; Traxel, Josef
Conductors: Scherchen, Hermann

To celebrate the 120th anniversary of the birth of the great German conductor Hermann Scherchen, Tahra assembled this collection, which includes only previously unissued recordings...continue...

The Very Best of Victoria de Los Angeles

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-03-13

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; La bohème; Suor Angelica; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Alfredo...
Performers: Björling, Jussi; De Larrocha, Alicia; de los Angeles, Victoria; Monte, Carlo del; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Soriano, Gonzalo
Conductors: Santini, Gabriele; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Serafin, Tullio; Morelli, Giuseppe; Cellini, Renato; Gui, Vittorio; Susskind, Walter; Fistoulari, Anatole; Monteux, Pierre; Cluytens, André; Frühbec...

Much of her charm and ease of communication derived from her Spanish background. The dark-hued good looks married to the warm, Mediterranean tints in her...continue...

Mercury Living Presence Collection [51 CDs]

51 CD / Decca / 2012-03-06

Works: Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an exhibition; Night on the Bare Mountain; Béla Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta, Sz 106; Hungarian Sketches, for orchestra, Sz. 97; Romanian...
Performers: Bachauer, Gina; Belov, Rudolf; Fischer, Irwin; Glenecke, Thomas; Graham, Allan; Hood, Boyde [Trumpet]; Janis, Byron; Koves, Toni; London Symphony Orchestra; Menuhin, Yehudi; Metzenger, Edward; Miquel...
Conductors: Kubelik, Rafael; Hanson, Howard; Dorati, Antal; Fennell, Frederick; Paray, Paul; Skrowaczewski, Stanislaw; ; Menges, Herbert; Kondrashin, Kirill; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gnutov, Vitaly; Alessandro, ...
Ensemble: ; Battery B, 2nd New Jersey Light Artillery; Eastman Wind Ensemble

Mercury Living Presence is special in many ways - an American company, from the heyday of classical recording in the U.S. that reproduced some of...continue...
Includes work(s) by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky....continue...

Latest & Greatest TV Themes

3 CD / USM Media / 2012-03-06

Works: Douglas J. Cuomo: Sex and the City; Tommy Scott: Female of the Species; Simon Cowell: The X Factor, theme from the television series; Jonathan Cain: Don't Stop Believin', song; Matthew Gerrard: The B...
Performers: Academy Students, The; Ayres, Mark; City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, The; Finnerty, Muireann; Hardcastle, Paul; Hunte, Diane; James, Bob; L'Orchestra Cinematique; Lewis, A.J.; London Music Work...
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Ensemble: London Music Works