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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

100 Best Soprano Arias

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

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata BWV 51; "Hunt" Cantata BWV 208; George Frederick Handel: Messiah; Joshua; Rinaldo; Alcina; Serse; Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno; Antonio Vivaldi: Bajazet; Henry...
Performers: Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Argenta, Nancy; Augér, Arleen; Behrens, Hildegard; Bella, Benito di; Caballé, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Ciofi, Patrizia; Crespin, Régine; Croisie...
Conductors: Huggett, Monica; Schreier, Peter; Parrott, Andrew; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Fischer, Georg; Trevor, Kirk; Hickox, Richard; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Barbirolli, John; Rousset, Ch...
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Les Talens Lyriques; Sonnerie; Taverner Players

Opera 2010

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2010-06-29

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Turandot; Charles Gounod: Roméo et Juliette; Gioachino Rossini: La donna del lago; Antonio Vivaldi: Griselda; Orlando finto pazz...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Brightman, Sarah; Callas, Maria; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Ciofi, Patrizia; Corelli, Franco; Damrau, Diana; Daniels,...
Conductors: Pappano, Antonio; Ettinger, Dan; Müller, Eduardo; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Muti, Riccardo; Langrée, Louis; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Bicket, Harry; Bateman, Paul; Pidò, Evelino; Harding...

Following the enormous success of the album 'Opera 2009', EMI Classics releases Opera 2010. With 40 tracks, and over 21/2 hours of operatic arias and...continue...

Best Cello 100 / Various

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-07-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite for solo cello no 1 in G major, BWV 1007; Suite for Cello solo no 3 in C major, BWV 1009; Suite for Cello solo no 5 in C minor, BWV 1011; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Ce...
Performers: Aveling, Valda; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Braley, Frank; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Carrington, Simon; Casals, Pablo; Chang, Han-Na; Clein, Natalie; Cohen, Rob...
Conductors: Zukerman, Pinchas; Warren-Green, Christopher; Barbirolli, John; Brown, Iona; Linde, Hans-Martin; Kangas, Juha; Masur, Kurt; Tortelier, Paul; Jansons, Mariss; Pesek, Libor; Davis, Andrew; Chung, Myung...
Ensemble: ; 12 Cellists of the Berlin Philharmonic; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle; English Chamber Orchestra; French National Orchestra; Gustav Mahl...

Best Tenor Arias 100

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2009-02-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; MEDLEY; Semele; As When the Dove Laments Her Love (Handel); Giulio Cesare; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Idomeneo; Die Entführung aus dem Serail (The Abduction f...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Blake, Rockwell; Bostridge, Ian; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Corelli, Fr...
Conductors: Davis, Andrew; Müller-Kray, Hans; Bicket, Harry; Kohn, Eugene; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Klobucar, Berislav; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Böhm, Karl; Muti, Riccardo; Ferraris, Franco; Rudel, Julius; S...

100 Best Series offers an impressive assortment of well-known and beloved classical repertoire featuring performances by great artists from Menuhin to Kennedy, Callas to Te...continue...

Classical 2009 [Barnes & Noble exclusive] / Brightman, Pavarotti, Callas, Villazón, Domingo, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-11-25

Works: Francesco Sartori: Time to Say Goodbye (Con te partirò), song; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Nicholas Brodszky: Be my love; Ennio Morricone: Il ...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bo, Alfie; Brightman, Sarah; Bronder, Peter; Callas, Maria; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Chang, Sarah; Cle...
Conductors: Reed, Michael; Kennedy, Nigel [Violin]; Jojic, Boris; Nemcová, Miriam; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Karajan, Herbert von; Gavazzeni, Gianandrea; Gardner, Edward; Prizeman, Robert; Handley, Vernon; D...
Ensemble: ; Academy of Ancient Music (UK); EMO Ensemble; G-String; German Chamber Philharmonic, Bremen; Le Concert d'Astrée ; London Musici; The English Concert

Classical 2009 gathers the biggest names in classical music on two specially priced CDs. Legends from Maria Callas and Luciano Pavarotti to Andrés Segovia and...continue...

Elections Classiques 2007 - Coffret 50 Airs Prefer

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-08-05

Works: Franz Schubert: Trio pour Piano, Violon et Violoncelle no 2 en mi bémol majeur D. 929; Ave Maria; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphonie no 9 en ré mineur Op. 125 -; Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emper...
Performers: Asperen, Bob van; Bonney, Barbara; Braley, Frank; Bruscantini, Sesto; Callas, Maria; Cals, Isabelle; Capuçon, Gautier; Capuçon, Renaud; Cavallier, Nicolas; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Dessa...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Vonk, Hans; Serafin, Tullio; Barenboim, Daniel; Harding, Daniel; Marin, Ion; Willcocks, David; Karajan, Herbert von; Klemperer, Otto; Munch, Charles; Paavo, Jä...

Mozart: Airs sacrés

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-06-03

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Grabmusik, K. 42; Vesperae de Dominica, K. 321; Messe en ut mineur, K. 427; Motet, K. 165; Litaniae Lauretanae, K. 195; Davidde penitente, K. 469; Vesperae solennes de confes...
Performers: Caswell, Edward; Fowler-Watt, Andrew; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Sillman, Justin
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville

Bach 100 Best

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe...

Trumpet & Organ

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Sonata da camera, for violin & continuo no 2 in A minor, T. So 41 (Op. posth.); Johann Sebastian Bach: Par...

100 Best Bach

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 82, "Ich habe...

Orff: Carmina Burana

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Carl Orff: Carmina burana

Ram Dam: Les titres les plus explosifs de la musique

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass; Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Cinderella; Carl Orff: Carmina burana; Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Masquerade; Richard Wagner: Die Wa...

100 Best Classics, Vol. 2

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-03-04

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: ...

Debut - Hyunah Yu - Bach, Mozart: Arias

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2007-01-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 32 "Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen" BWV 32; Cantata no 202, "Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten" ("Wedding Cantata") BWV 202; Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244; Cantata...
Performers: Borovka, Vladislav; Fiser, Jan; Klecka, Pavel; Pospisil, Lukas; Sevcik, Jiri; St'astny, Frantisek; Yu, Hyunah
Conductors: Sato, Shuntaro

"As a calling-card for a young singer entering the profession, Hyunah Yu's ambitious recital shows enough genuine quality to justify EMI's obvious faith in this...continue...

Bach: Oratorio de Noël; Oratorio de Pâques; Oratorio de l'Anscension; Messe en si mineur [Box Set]

5 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-09-07

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Easter Oratorio, BWV 249; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"; Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Ahnsjo, Claes-Hakan; Altmeyer, Theo; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Hill, Martyn; Holl, Robert...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Jochum, Eugen

Encore - Lloyd Webber - Unexpected Songs

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2006-07-18

Works: Pam Chowhan: Star of the County Down / Lady D'Arbanville, for ensemble; Astor Piazzolla: Enrico IV; Michael William Balfe: I Dreamt I Dwelt in Marble Halls, aria (from "The Bohemian Girl"); Fréd...
Performers: Ball, Michael; Chowhan, Pamela; Finch, Catrin; Hannigan, Steafan; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Lockett, Pete [Percussion]

Widely regarded as one of the most creative musicians of his generation, Julian Lloyd Webber has collaborated with an extraordinary array of musicians from Yehudi...continue...
Personnel: Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Michael Ball (vocals); Steafan Hannigan (whistling, flute, Uilleann pipe); Catrin Finch (harp); Pam Chowhan (piano, keyboards); John Lenehan (piano); Peter Loc...continue...

Handel: Messiah (Complete)

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

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: King's College Choir, Cambridge

Gemini - Poulenc: Sacred and Secular Works

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-08-10

Works: Francis Poulenc: Exultate Deo; Litanies à la vierge noire de Rocamadour; Quatre motets pour un temps de pénitence, for chorus, FP 97; Salve Regina; Laudes de Saint Antoine de Padoue (4), ...
Performers: Alain, Marie-Claire
Conductors: Alldis, John
Ensemble: Groupe Vocal de France

Saint-Saëns: Violin Concerto, etc / Dumay, Rosenthal, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-05-04

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Concerto for Violin no 3 in B minor, Op. 61; Havanaise, for violin & piano (or orchestra) in E major, Op. 83; Havanaise for Violin and Orchestra in E major, Op. 83; Le D...
Performers: Dumay, Augustin [Violin]
Conductors: Yazaki, Hikotaro
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

"Don't walk, Run! And get this super-budget-priced album in EMI's 'Encore' series. This is the most amazing 'Havanaise' I've ever heard. Dumay can push a...continue...

Bach: Cantata no 82; Brahms / Hans Hotter

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Johannes Brahms: Serious Songs (4), Op. 121; Feldeinsamkeit, Op. 86/2; Songs (5) for voice & piano, Op. 105; Sonntag; Songs (5) for voic...
Performers: Hotter, Hans; Jones, Geraint; Moore, Gerald [Piano]; Sutcliffe, Sidney
Conductors: Bernard, Anthony
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra

The Best of the Academy / Neville Marriner, ASMF

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2004-02-03

Works: Franz von Suppé: Leichte Kavallerie (Light Cavalry), overture to the operetta; Edvard Grieg: Elegiac Melodies (2) for piano, 4 hands, Op. 34; From Holberg's Time, Op. 40; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaiko...
Performers: Bennett, William; Davies, Paul; Sillito, Kenneth; Vigay, Denis
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields

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...

Handel: Messiah / Sargent, Morison, Thomas, Lewis, Milligan

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-08-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias
Performers: Chadwick, Eric; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Milligan, James; Morison, Elsie
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: Huddersfield Choral Society

Mendelssohn: Elijah / Sargent, Morison, Thomas, Lewis, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-08-05

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Cameron, John; Jarvis, Caleb; Lewis, Richard [Tenor Vocal]; Morison, Elsie
Conductors: Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: Huddersfield Choral Society

The Very Best of Jessye Norman

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2003-04-22

Works: Richard Wagner: Tannhäuser; The Flying Dutchman; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Wesendonck Lieder; Franz Schubert: Dem Unendlichen, D 291; Der Winterabend, D 938; Auflösung, D 807; Joha...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alliot-Lugaz, Colette; Bacquier, Gabriel; Baldwin, Dalton; Burles, Charles; Carreras, Nicole; Debost, Michel; Duesing, Dale; Fontanarosa, Renaud; Gage, Irwin; LaFont, Jean-P...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Cambreling, Sylvain; Muti, Riccardo; Plasson, Michel
Ensemble: Ambrosian Opera Chorus; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra; Toulouse Capitole Orchestra

Handel: Oratorio Arias / Daniels, Nelson, Paris Ensemble

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-09-17

Works: George Frederick Handel: Belshazzar, HWV 61; Semele; Theodora; Saul; Jephtha; Der Messias
Performers: Daniels, David; Marincola, Federico
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

"If you want some lovely countertenor singing of Handel's English arias, this is a feast. The Paris orchestra plays in 'historically informed' style, under Nelson's...continue...

British Composers - Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem, etc

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-04-02

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region, for chorus & orchestra; Dona nobis pacem; Fantasia (quasi variazione) on the Old 104th Psalm, for piano, chorus & orchestra; Magnificat for female c...
Performers: Adler, Larry; Armstrong, Sheila [Soprano Vocal]; Case, John Carol; Gritton, Eric; Hyde-Smith, Christopher; Katin, Peter; Pougnet, Jean
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Davies, Meredith; Sargent, Malcolm, Sir
Ensemble: ; BBC Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Choir; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Orchestra Nova; Philharmonia Orchestra

Joaquin Rodrigo - 100 Anos - Cántico / Calcraft, et al

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2002-01-08

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Ausencias de Dulcinea; Música para un códice salmantino, cantata for bass, chorus & orchestra; Himnos de los neófitos de Qumrán, for 3 sopranos, male chorus ...
Performers: Bimson, John; Clifton-Griffith, Natalie; Kennedy, Nicki; Martín, Jaime; Pratschke, Sinéad; Quinn, Gerard; Smart, Alison
Conductors: Calcraft, Raymond
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Elias / Conlon, Schmidt, Rost, Kallisch, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2001-10-30

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Champagne, Salvatore; Collis, Andrew; Dietzel, Johannes; Fleischmann, Thomas; Lugert, David; Obata, Machiko; Rost, Andrea [Soprano Vocals]; Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Van der Walt, Deon
Conductors: Conlon, James
Ensemble: Düsseldorf Städtischer Musikvereins Chorus

Bach: Cantatas / Huggett, Argenta, Ensemble Sonnerie

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-04-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 82, "Ich habe genug" BWV 82; Cantata no 199 "Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut" BWV 199; Cantata no 51, "Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen," BWV 51; Cantata no 84, "Ich bin ve...
Performers: Argenta, Nancy
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sonnerie

Bach: Magnificat, etc / Parrott, Tavener Consort & Players

2 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2000-04-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; Lobet Gott in seinen Reichen, BWV 11 "Ascension Oratorio"; Cantata no 50, "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft" (incomplete), BWV 50; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; E...
Performers: Charlesworth, Stephen; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Daniels, Charles; Grant, Simon [Bass Vocal]; Jochens, Wilfried; Kirkby, Emma; Kooy, Peter [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Thomas, David [Bass Vocal]; Tubb...
Conductors: Parrott, Andrew;
Ensemble: Taverner Choir, Consort & Players