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Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings; Souvenir de Florence / Camerata de Lausanne

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-05-28

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Sextet for Strings in D major, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
Conductors: Amoyal, Pierre
Ensemble: Camerata de Lausanne

"Tchaikovsky's Serenade is one of the most exciting pieces a chamber orchestra can perform. The composer's genius is evident here not only in his incredibly...continue...

Haydn: String Quartets Opp. 20, 64, 76 & 103 / Endellion String Quartet

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2013-01-29

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Quartet for Strings in B flat major, Op. 76 no 4/H 3 no 78 "Sunrise"; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 20 no 4/H 3 no 34; Quartet for Strings in D major, Op. 64 no 5/H 3 no 63 ...
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Ensemble: Endellion String Quartet

This sample of Haydn quartets includes supreme examples of his quartet oeuvre, ranging from an early example of his mature work in the form to...continue...
Recording information: Wyastone Concert Hall, Monmouth (07/19/2012-07/22/2012).

Includes work(s) by Franz Joseph Haydn....continue...

Russian Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Mikhail Glinka: Ruslan et Lyudmila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Symphony no 5 in E minor, Op. 64; Pique Dame (The Queen of Spades); Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Anatol Lyadov: Preludes Op. 39; Nikolay M...
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Kniazev, Alexander; Krainev, Vladimir; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Markovich, Aleksandr; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Rostropovich, Mstisl...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Masur, Kurt; Lazarev, Alexander; Sado, Yutaka; Inbal, Eliahu; Kitaenko, Dimitri; ; Serebrier, José
Ensemble: ; Beaux Arts Trio

1 1/2 hours of Russian romance and tragedy...continue...

The Spanish Experience: works by Rodrigo, Granados, Tarrega, et al.

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Joaquín Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Enriqué Granados: 12 Danzas españolas, Op. 37; 6 Escenas románticas; Francisco Tárrega: Recuerdos de la Alhambra;...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Haas, Monique; Heisser, Jean-Francois; Isbin, Sharon; Jennings, Joseph; Larmore, Jennifer; Lendle, Wolfgang; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Staier, Andreas [Keyboard]
Conductors: Serebrier, José; ; Jordan, Armin; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Lombard, Alain; Nagano, Kent
Ensemble: ; Pro Cantione Antiqua

1 1/2 hours of colourful Spanish classics...continue...

Il Giardino Armonico play Bach, Biber, Corelli, Locke, Monteverdi, Rossi, Vivaldi

11 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-05-31

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Il ritorno d'Ulisse in Patria; Dario Castello: Ciaccona; Sonata quarta, for 2 instruments & continuo no 4 in A minor (Sonata Concertate I/4); Sonate concertate in stil moderno Boo...
Performers: Dantone, Ottavio; Onofri, Enrico; Pianca, Luca
Conductors: Antonini, Giovanni
Ensemble: Il Giardino Armonico; Innsbruck Trumpet Consort

"Il Giardino Armonico's performances burst with freshness and prove how exciting original instruments can be" (USA Today). The career of Il Giardino Armonico, the award...continue...

Dvorak Experience / Warner Classics

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Antonin Dvorák: Carnival Overture, Op. 92; Concerto for Cello in B minor, B. 191, Op. 104; Symphony no 9 in E minor, B. 178, Op. 95 "From the New World"; Trio for Piano and Strings no 4 in E min...
Performers: Fontenay, Trio; Noras, Arto; Schiff, Andras; Urbanova, Eva
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Oramo, Sakari; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Lenárd, Ondrej; Belohlávek, Jirí

Twenty of the greatest tracks from the composer of the New World Symphony....continue...

Schubert Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Franz Schubert: Fischerweise, D 881; Piano Quintet in A major, D667 "The Trout"; Der Jüngling an der Quelle, D 300; Allegro for Piano 4 hands in A minor, D 947/Op. 144 "Lebensstürme"; Nacht...
Performers: Arad, Atar; Bartolomey, Franz; Baumann, Jorg; Bonney, Barbara; Chamonin, Jocelyne; Cooper, Imogen; Djupsjöbacka, Gustav; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Flieder, Raphael; Gil, Jean-Louis; Höll, ...
Conductors: ; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Guschlbauer, Theodor
Ensemble: ; Wien Haydn Trio

Mozart Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro; Symphony no 29 in A major, K201; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K467 "Elvira Madigan"; Sonata for Piano in A minor, K310; Quartet for Strings no 20 ...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Engel, Karl; Equiluz, Kurt [Tenor Vocal]; Gruberova, Edita; Holl, Robert; Kam, Sharon; Magnus, Elisabeth von; Margiono, Charlotte; Protschka, Josef; Rodgers, Joan; Vocals], Rachel Ya...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Koopman, Ton; Hager, Leopold; Leppard, Raymond; Faerber, Jörg; Riedel, Kurt

The Tchaikovsky Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Symphony no 1 in G minor, Op. 13 "Winter Daydreams"; Symphony no 2 in C minor, Op. 17 "Little Russian"; Souvenir d'un lieu ...
Performers: Golan, Itamar [Piano]; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Mattila, Karita [Soprano Vocals]; Repin, Vadim [Violin]; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]; Vishnevskaya, Galina
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Svetlanov, Evgeny; Mehta, Zubin; Lazarev, Alexander; Sado, Yutaka; Krivine, Emmanuel

The Debussy Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2011-02-22

Works: Claude Debussy: Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune; Children's Corner; Syrinx; La fille aux cheveux de lin; Quartet for Strings in G minor; Préludes, Book 1; Pelléas e...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Graham, Susan; Haas, Monique; Jouvet, Philippe; Martineau, Malcolm; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Tappy, Eric; Vocals], Rachel Yakar [Soprano
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Jordan, Armin; Conlon, James

Brahms Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-11-16

Works: Johannes Brahms: Hungarian Dance for piano, 4 hands, in G minor, WoO 1/5; Rhapsodies (2) for Piano, Op. 79; 4 Songs for women's chorus, two horns and harp, Op. 17; Variations on a Theme of Haydn for ...
Performers: Amoyal, Pierre; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Dalberto, Michel; Demarquette, Henri; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Grimaud, Hélène; Hampson, Thomas; Keiding, Jakob; Leonska...
Conductors: Héja, Domonkos; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Kuivanen, Juha; Caro, Pedro Halffter; Previn, Andre; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus

The Daniel Hope Collection

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-23

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin in D minor, BWV 1052; Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for piano, violin & orchestra in D major (reconst. by W...

Mozart: Divertimenti for Wind Instruments

5 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Gran Partita; Serenade no 11 for winds in E flat major, K. 375; Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in A major, K 581; Divertimento for wind ensemble in E flat major (doubtful),...

Mozart 250th Anniversary Edition: Chamber Works [16 CD]

16 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-03-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in G major, K 496; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in B flat major, K 502; Quartet for Piano and Strings no 1 in G minor, K 478; Trio for Pian...

Elliott Carter - A Nonesuch Restrospective

4 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Elliott Carter: Sonata for Piano; Three Poems of Robert Frost; The Minotaur; Elegy for String Quartet; Sonata for Cello and Piano; Quartet for Strings no 1; Sonata for Flute, Oboe, Cello and Harpsich...
Performers: DeGaetani, Jan; Jacobs, Paul; Krosnick, Joel; Sollberger, Harvey
Conductors: ; Schwarz, Gerard
Ensemble: Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra; New York Chamber Symphony

The Mendelssohn Experience

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2009-01-27

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Symphony no 4 in A major, Op. 90 "Italian"; Concerto for Piano no 1 in G minor, Op. 25; Octet for strings in E flat major, Op. 20; Symphony no 5 in D maj...
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; D'Arco, Annie; Katsaris, Cyprien; Parsons, Geoffrey; Vengerov, Maxim [Violin]
Conductors: Masur, Kurt; Leppard, Raymond; Jordan, Armin; ; Higginbottom, Edward
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio; English Chamber Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Leipzig Radio Chorus; New College Choir, Oxford; Suisse Romande Orchestra

Schubert - Complete Secular Choral Works / Ortner, Lippert, Schiff, Moser, Staier, et al

7 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Gesang der Geister über den Wassern, D 714b/Op 167; An die Sonne, D 439; Wehmut, D 825/Op. 64 no 1; Im Gegenwärtigen Vergangenes, D 710; Das Leben ist ein Traum, D 269; Das ...
Performers: Bartolomey, Franz; Czerny, Carl; Endrödy, Sandor; Flechl, Elisabeth; Flieder, Raphael; Gasciarrino, Michel; Holl, Robert; Ijichi, Hiroyuki; Künne, Thomas; Keldorfer, Viktor; Kirchschlager, ...
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Ensemble: Wiener Concert-Verein

The Haydn Experience / Buchbinder, Harnoncourt, Koopman, Eder Quartet, et al

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: Mass in D minor, H 22 no 11 "Nelsonmesse"; Symphony no 94 in G major, H 1 no 94 "Surprise"; Quartet for Strings in C major, Op. 76 no 3/H 3 no 77 "Emperor"; Symphony no 8 in G maj...
Performers: Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Entremont, Philippe; Gruberova, Edita; Holl, Robert; Lodeon, Frederic; Nakariakov, Sergei [Trumpet]; Protschka, Josef
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; López-Cobos, Jesús; Entremont, Philippe; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Koopman, Ton
Ensemble: ; Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra; Arnold Schoenberg; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Chamber Orchestra; Vienna Concentus Musicus; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

40 Most Beautiful Summer Classics - Mozart, Vivaldi, Debussy, etc

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-06-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Felix Mendelssohn: A Midsummer Night's Dream; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The lark ascending; Heitor Villa-Lobos: Bachiana ...
Performers: Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Bayo, María; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Graham, Susan; Höll, Hartmut; Heisser, Jean-Fran&cc...
Conductors: Scimone, Claudio; Masur, Kurt; Davis, Andrew; Krivine, Emmanuel; Bühl, Gregor; Parry, David; Nagano, Kent; López-Cobos, Jesús; Gardiner, John Eliot; Serebrier, José; Lombard...
Ensemble: ; I Solisti Veneti; Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra; Lyon National Orchestra; Lyon Opera Orchestra; Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra; New York Philharmonic; Strasbourg Philharmonic Orchestra

Mendelssohn: Piano Trios 1 & 2

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-03-11

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major (1820); Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in C minor, Op. 66

Portrait

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-02-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for Violin no 2 in E major, BWV 1042; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 4 in D major, K. 218; Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D min...
Performers: Hope, Daniel [Violin]
Conductors: ; Norrington, Roger; Oramo, Sakari; Watkins, Paul; Shostakovich, Maxim
Ensemble: BBC Symphony Orchestra; Beaux Arts Trio; Camerata Salzburg; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra

Personnel: Daniel Hope (violin); Gaurav Mazumdar (sitar).

Recording information: 08/26/2003-11/02/2005....continue...

Music at the Court of Mannheim / Harnoncourt, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2008-02-26

Works: Johann Christian Bach: Quintet for flute (or violin), oboe (or violin), violin, viola & cello in D major, Op. 11/6, CW B75; Ignaz Holzbauer: Quintet for flute, violin, viola, cello & harpsichord in B...
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Concentus Musicus Wien

Jobim: Jardim abandonado, etc / Sergio and Odair Assad

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2007-09-18

Works: Antonio Carlos Jobim: Trem para Codisburgo; Cora coraçao; Jardim abandonado; Milagres e palhaços; Darius Milhaud: Scaramouche, Op. 165b; Claude Debussy: Suite bergamasque; Clarice Assad...
Performers: Assad, Odair; Assad, Sérgio

Bedtime Beats - The Secret to Sleep

2 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-09-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Maurice Ravel: Concerto for Piano in G major; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on G...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Clement, Alain; Crossland, Jill; Engel, Karl; Isbin, Sharon; Kniazev, Alexander; Laskine, Lily; Leister, Karl; Leonskaja, Elisabeth; Lugansky, Nikolai [Piano]; Pires, Maria-Jo...
Conductors: Griffiths, Howard; Lombard, Alain; Davis, Andrew; Sado, Yutaka; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Nagano, Kent; ; Zehetmair, Thomas; Jordan, Armin; Scimone, Claudio; Corboz, Michel; Orbelian, Constantine; Hager...
Ensemble: ; Berliner Solisten; Berne Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Ensemble Instrumental; Helsinki Strings; I Solisti Veneti; Lamoureux Concerts Association Orchestra; Lausanne Chamber Orche...

Personnel: Alain Clement (bass voice); Sharon Isbin (guitar); Karl Ludwig Leiter (clarinet); Karl Engel, Jill Crossland, Pierre-Laurent Aimard, Lily Laskine, Elisabeth Leonskaja, Nikolai Lugansky , Ma...continue...

Shostakovich: Piano Trios, etc / Rodgers, Beaux Arts Trio

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2006-01-10

Works: Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in C minor, Op. 8; Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67; Suite of Romances (7) for soprano & piano trio, Op. 127
Performers: Rodgers, Joan
Conductors:
Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio

"Since its founding 50 years ago, the Beaux Arts Trio has become the gold standard for trios throughout the world." - The Washington Post "The...continue...

Rachmaninov, Shostakovich: Trios / Berezovsky, et al

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2005-02-15

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Trio élégiaque, for piano & strings in D minor, Op. 9; Dmitry Shostakovich: Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Performers: Berezovsky, Boris [Piano]; Kniazev, Alexander; Makhtin, Dmitri

In 1989, Dmitri Makhtin was awarded first prize at the Russian National Competition for young violinists and subsequently won the Premio Paganini and the Montreal...continue...

Mendelssohn, Dvorak: Piano Trios / Beaux Arts Trio

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-09-14

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Trio for Piano and Strings no 1 in D minor, Op. 49; Antonin Dvorák: Trio for Piano and Strings no 4 in E minor, Op. 90/B 166 "Dumky"
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Ensemble: Beaux Arts Trio

In 2004-05 the legendary Beaux Arts Trio celebrates its 50th Anniversary Season. Here, in its debut recording for Warner Classics, the Trio recreates its very...continue...

Artist Portrait - András Schiff

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2004-08-10

Works: Robert Schumann: Arabeske for piano in C major, Op. 18; Nachtstück no 3 (Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit), for piaon in B flat major, Op. 23/3; Béla Bartók: Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 1...
Performers: Höbarth, Erich; Kulhan, Jaroslav; Panocha, Jiri; Perényi, Miklós [Cello]; Schiff, Andras; Schmid, Elmar; Sehmoutka, Miroslav; Shiokawa, Yuuko; Várjon, Dénes
Conductors: Fischer, Iván; Holliger, Heinz; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Budapest Festival Orchestra; Dresden Staatskapelle

"Schiff's playing can be either delicate as porcelain or bold as brass; he can tease, storm, sing or hold his listeners captive with a rapt...continue...

Gidon Kremer - Happy Birthday / Kremerata Baltica

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2003-01-28

Works: Alfred Schnittke: Gogol Suite, for orchestra (music from "The Dead Souls Register;" orchestrated by G.Rozhdestvensky); Peter Heidrich: Happy Birthday Variations, for orchestra; Vato Kakhidze: Blitz F...
Performers: BALTICA, KREMERata; Kakhidze, Vato; Kremer, Gidon; Lortie, Louis; Muceniece, Lasma; Sudraba, Marta; Ulijona, Ula
Conductors: Kremer, Gidon
Ensemble: Kremerata Baltica

Personnel: Kremerata Baltica (vocals); Gidon Kremer (violin); Indre Andruskeviciute, Dzeraldas Bidva, Migle Diksaitiene, Eva Bindere (violin); Giedré Dirvanauskaité, Peteris Cirksis, Marta S...continue...

Artists Portrait: Vadim Repin

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2002-11-11

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Franz Schubert: Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, D 574/Op. 162; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Violin no 5 in A major ...

Caravan

1 CD / Warner Classics / 2000-04-18

Works: Aleksandra Vrebalov: Pannonia Boundless, for string quartet; Carlos Paredes: Cançao Verdes Anos; Romance no 1; Rahul Dev Burman: Aaj Ki Raat (from the film Anamika); Enrique Rangel: La Muerte Ch...
Performers: Culp, Jennifer; Dutt, Hank; Gheorghe, Anghel "Caliu"; Harrington, David; Hussain, Zakir; Jones, Martyn; Kalhor, Kayhan; Kaspar, Souhail; Kronos Quartet; Lautaru, Constantin; Lautaru, Constantin "Cost...
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet; Taraf de Haïdouks

Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Kayhan Kalhor (kamancha); Hank Dutt (viola); Jennifer Culp (cello); Ali Jihad Racy (nay); Martyn Jones (drums); Zakir Hussain (tabla).

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Released 1985-1995 / Kronos Quartet

2 CD / Warner Classics / 1995-10-24

Works: Dumisani Maraire: Mai Nozipo, for ngoma, hosho & string quartet ("Mother Nozipo"); Astor Piazzolla: Five Tango Sensations, for bandoneón & string quartet (abridgement and arrangement of Sette ...
Performers: Caballero, Larry; John Taylor [Engineer/Editor]; Kronos Quartet; Manning, Patty
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Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

"Kronos is a quality act...There are no proper insert-notes on the music but, to be quite honest, the chosen selections are so vivid, so powerfully...continue...
Personnel: John Taylor And Orchestra (vocals); David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello); Dumisani Maraire (hosho, ngoma)....continue...

Ostertag: All The Rage / Kronos Quartet

1 CD / Warner Classics / 1993-10-26

Works: Bob Ostertag: All the Rage, for string quartet
Performers: Dutt, Hank; Gupton, Eric; Harrington, David; Jeanrenaud, Joan; Ostertag, Bob; Sherba, John [Violin]
Conductors:
Ensemble: Kronos Quartet

Personnel: David Harrington, John Sherba (violin); Hank Dutt (viola); Joan Jeanrenaud (cello).

Recording information: Master Sound Astoria Studios, Astoria, NY (04/1993).

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