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100 Best Choruses

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2011-10-11

Works: George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 140; Henry Purcell: Come ye sons of art away (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary); Christoph Willibald Gl...
Performers: Barrard, Marc; Bracht, Roland; Caballe, Montserrat; Cappuccilli, Piero; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Erwen, Keith; Frese, Siegfried Rudolf; Harper, Heather; Hollweg, Wern...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Marriner, Sir Neville; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Munrow, David; Gardiner, John Eliot; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Willcocks, David; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Vienna Philharmon...
Ensemble: ; Dunedin Consort; Orféon Donostiarra ; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

The Very Best of Janet Baker

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah; On Wings of Song; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Gesänge (2) for Alto, Viola and ...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Hugh, Timothy; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Previn, Andre...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; Academy Of St Martin In The Fields; Choir Of King's College, Cambridge; English Chamber Orchestra; Hallé Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

Icon: Nicolai Gedda

11 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 189, "Meine Seele rühmt und priest" (by Melchior Hoffmann), BWV 189; Cantata no 55, "Ich armer Mensch, ich Sündenknecht," BWV 55; Cantata no 160, "Ich weis...
Performers: Blanc, Ernest; Callas, Maria; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Clark, Raymond; Downes, Ralph; Dupré, Desmond; Eyron, Jan; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Halverson, Alan [Organ]; Malcolm, George; Mall...
Conductors: ; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Klemperer, Otto; Wangenheim, Volker; Heger, Robert; Bender, Heinrich; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Galliera, Alceo; Froment, Louis de; Dervaux, Pierre...
Ensemble: ; Balalaika-Ensemble Tschaika; Schola Cantorum Basiliensis Orchestra

Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda was a famous opera singer and recitalist. Having made some two hundred recordings, Gedda is said to be the most widely...continue...

Icon - Lucia Popp - Mozart, Handel, Schubert, Dvorak, et al

7 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rodelinda; MEDLEY; Ottone; Giulio Cesare; Joshua; Der Messias; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Laudate Dominum; Vesperae de Dominica, K 321; Il r&e...
Performers: Briggs, David; Gage, Irwin; Labeque, Katia; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Fischer, Georg; Bickenbach, Christfried; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Slatkin, Leonard; Krips, Josef; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Tennstedt, Klaus; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae;...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; Graunke Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra; Philha...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

20th-Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music

16 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Concerto for Piano no 2 in C minor, Op. 18; Claude Debussy: La mer; Frederick Delius: Brigg Fair - An English Rhapsody; Gustav Mahler: Das Lied von der Erde; Arnold Schoenberg: Pi...
Performers: Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bashmet, Yuri [Conductor/Viola]; Chang, Sarah; Devos, Louis; du Pre, Jacqueline; Harrell, Lynn; Isserlis, Steven; Kilanowisz, Zofia; Kremer, Gidon; Little...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Dutoit, Charles; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haitink, Bernard; Berglund, Paavo; Frühbeck de Burgos...
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Helsinki Philharmo...

The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition, the first disc beginning with a work from...continue...

100 Best Sacred Works

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-04-03

Works: Gregorian Chant: Sub tuum praesidium, antiphon in mode 7; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; John Dunstable: Veni Sancte Spiritus, isorhythmic motet for 4 voices, MB 32; Thomas Tallis: In manus tuas; Spem i...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Argenta, Nancy; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Bayco, Frederic; Beasley-Murray...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wulstan, David; Stevens, Denis; Willcocks, David; Guest, George; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Jochum, Eugen; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Nelson, ...
Ensemble: ; Clerkes of Oxenford; Collegium Cartusianum; Consortium Musicum; Maîtrise d'Antony ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble; Royal Military School of Music Band; String & Brass Ensemble; The Hilliard Ens...

The newest title in the Best Classics 100 series, Best Sacred Classics 100, features 6 CDs, each containing an average of 16-17 tracks. 6 CDs...continue...

Gemini - Mendelssohn: Elijah / Baker, Gedda, Fischer-Dieskau

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-02-15

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Jones, Gwyneth, Dame [Soprano Vocal]; Woolf, Simon
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae

Hallelujah - 35 Great Sacred Choruses

2 CD / EMI Distribution (USA) / 2004-03-23

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Laudate Dominum; ...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Bayl, Benjamin; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Dale, Laurence; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Gedda, Nicolai; Grier, Francis; Hayes, Nicholas; King, Andrew [Tenor]; Lancelot, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Muti, Riccardo; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Wangenheim, Volker; Willcocks, David; Handford, Maurice; Tennstedt, Klaus; Cleobury, Stephen; Forster, Karl...
Ensemble: ; Wallace Collection (Brass Ensemble)

This selection features both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Gerald Finley (cantor); Michael Cockerham, Doris Soffel (alto); Andrew King (tenor); Timothy Beasley-Murray (treble); Keith Lew...continue...

Musiques Maçonniques

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

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Masonic Funeral Music in C minor, K 477 (479a); Die ihr des unermesslichen Weltalls Schöpfer ehrt, K 619; Adagio for 2 cl...
Performers: Badorek, Wilfried; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Brouwenstijn, Gre; Causse, Gerard [Viola]; Charbonnier, Marcelle; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Cluytens, Andre; Cordier, Robert; Cotte, Roger; Cot...
Conductors: Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Norrington, Roger; Klöcker, Dieter; Cotte, Roger; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Cluytens, André
Ensemble: ; Consortium Musicum

This set contains both ADD and DDD recordings.

Personnel: Gérard Caussé (alto); Bernard Cottret (baryton); Helena Polonska (harp); Georges Tessler, Augustin Dumay (violone); Robert ...continue...

The Very Best of Lucia Popp

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-09-02

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Rusalka; Bedrich Smetana: Bartered Bride, B 143/T 93; Dalibor, B 133/T 96; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Richard Strauss: Four Last Songs, AV 150; Lieder (8...
Performers: Briggs, David; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle [Piano]; Pearson, Leslie [Keyboard]; Popp, Lucia; Sawallisch, Wolfgang [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Soltesz, Stefan; Marriner, Sir Neville; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Tennstedt, Klaus; Fischer, Georg; Krips, Josef; Slatkin, Leonard; Klemperer, Otto; Haitink, Bernard; Cleobury, Stephen

Sacred Classics - Bach, Fauré, Franck, Handel, Mozart, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2003-08-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Coronation Anthem; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Johann Sebastian Ba...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gambill, Robert; Hamari, Julia [...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Cluytens, André; Muti, Riccardo; Willcocks, David; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Klemperer, Otto; Barbirolli, John; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Karajan, Herbert von; Gön...

The Very Best of Janet Baker

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2002-04-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70; On Wings of Song; Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53; Gesänge (2)...
Performers: Aronowitz, Cecil; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Hugh, Timothy; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Parsons, Geoffrey; Previn, Andre [Conductor/Piano]
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Boult, Adrian; Barbirolli, John; Previn, Andre; Ledger, Philip, Sir
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; English Chamber Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra

"And it really is the very best. [Janet Baker's] early Schubert with Gerald Moore, together with the single example of her Mahler, reveal a deep...continue...