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Mozart: Requiem; Ave Verum / Riccardo Muti - Berlin PO, Waltraud Meier, James Morris

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-08-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Ave verum corpus
Performers: Pace, Patrizia; Sjokvist, Gustav
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart's Requiem is surrounded by mystery and myth: commissioned anonymously by a wealthy aristocrat through an enigmatic 'grey messenger', it was left incomplete when the...continue...
Recording information: Philharmonie, Berlin (02/14/1987-02/15/1987)....continue...

European Concert Volume 2: 1996 - 1999 / Haitink, Barenboim, Berlin PO [4 DVD]

4 DVD Video / Kultur International Films / 2010-03-30

Works: Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; Sergey Rachmaninov: Aleko; Ludwig van Beethoven: Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 2 in F major, Op. 50...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Barenboim, Daniel; Blacher, Kolja; Schäfer, Christine
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Barenboim, Daniel; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

In this second collection of European concerts, filmed on location in St. Petersburg, Versailles, Stockholm, and Kraków, the renowned Berlin Philharmonic continues its tradition of...continue...
Run Time: 380 min.
Region: 1
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9 anamorphic, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM,
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The Ligeti Project - Atmospheres, Chamber Concerto, etc / Nott, de Leeuw, Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, et al

5 CD / Teldec / 2008-05-20

Works: György Ligeti: Melodien, for orchestra (or chamber orchestra); Chamber Concerto, for 13 instruments; Piano Concerto; Mysteries of the Macabre, for soprano & ensemble, or trumpet & piano/ensemble...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Bernstein, Thomas; Bonnay, Max; Breyer, Simon; Cakar, Ozan; Ebrahim, Omar; Geringas, David; Hirst, Linda; Holliger, Heinz; Karolyi, Katalin; Leonard, Sarah; Mahni, Sybille; Ma...
Conductors: ; Leeuw, Reinbert de; Nott, Jonathan
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Schoenberg Ensemble

Beethoven: Missa Solemnis / Karajan/Berlin PO, Tomowa-Sintow, Baldani, Tappy, van Dam [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa solemnis in D major, Op. 123
Performers: Baldani, Ruza; Tappy, Eric; Tomowa-Sintow, Anna; Van Dam, Jose
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Singing Society

Conductor, director and artistic supervisor Herbert von Karajan leads the Berlin Philharmonic and the Vienna Singing Society in the 'Missa Solemnis' by Ludwig van Beethoven....continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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100 Best Film Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-08-29

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Divertimento for violin, viola & cello in E f...
Performers: Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baltsa, Agnes; Barrueco, Manuel; Beasley-Murray, Timothy; Bell, David [Organ]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Blanc, Ernest; Blaze, Robin; Bloch...
Conductors: Tennstedt, Klaus; Jansons, Mariss; Hickox, Richard; Abel, David [Violin]; Abel, David; Raine, Nic; Love, Geoff; Dervaux, Pierre; Muti, Riccardo; Bateman, Paul; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Cleobury, Stephen; ...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Bath Festival Orchestra; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Brussels National Opera Chorus; Brussels National Opera Orchestra; Came...

This collection features music from Hollywood blockbusters such as 'Harry Potter', 'Titanic', 'The Lord of the Rings', 'Death in Venice', 'American Beauty', and many others....continue...
There's no way to put all the great music that has appeared in over a century of films into one set, but this collection from EMI Classics collects enough famous pieces to make most cinephiles smile. ...continue...

Gemini - Schumann: Requiem, etc / Klee, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-05-02

Works: Robert Schumann: Der Rose Pilgerfahrt, Op. 112; Requiem for Mignon, Op. 98b; Mass for soloists, chorus & orchestra in C minor, Op. 147; Requiem, for chorus & orchestra, Op. 148
Performers: Altmeyer, Theo; Andonian, Andrea; Donath, Helen [Soprano Vocal]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Georg, Mechthild; Hamari, Julia [Contralto Vocals]; Lindner, Brigitte; Lovaas, Kari; Meyer,...
Conductors: Frühbeck de Burgos, Rafae; Klee, Bernhard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Düsseldorf Städtischer Musikvereins Chorus ; Düsseldorf Symphony Orchestra

BBC Music Magazine
Schumann's neglected choral output includes several worthwhile pieces, notably the charming, light-filled oratorio The Pilgrimage of the Rose, and the late and dark-toned...continue...

The Mozart Collection - Great Mass in C minor, Adagio, etc

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2006-02-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"; Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Perry, Janet; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Under Karajan, the talented Barbara Hendricks gives a near-perfect performances of the lovely "Laudamus te" [...] and brings a more than usually accomplished control of...continue...

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem Op. 45 [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2004-04-01

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Bonney, Barbara; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Swedish Radio Chorus

Brahms' famous 'German Requiem', is held by some to have been written in memory of Schumann and by others in memory of the composer's mother....continue...
Run Time: 79 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, French, English, Japanese, Spanish
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The Ligeti Project Vol 4 - Hamburgisches Konzert, etc

1 CD / Teldec Import / 2003-05-20

Works: György Ligeti: Hamburg Concerto, for horn & chamber orchestra with 4 obbligato natural horns; Double Concerto, for flute, oboe & orchestra; Ramifications, for 12 strings (or string orchestra); R...
Performers: Bernstein, Thomas; Breyer, Simon; Cakar, Ozan; Holliger, Heinz; Mahni, Sybille; Neunecker, Marie-Luise; Reisen, Margriet van; Stein, Caroline; Zoon, Jacques
Conductors: Leeuw, Reinbert de; Nott, Jonathan
Ensemble: ASKO Ensemble; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Schoenberg Ensemble

Abbado, Claudio: Verdi: Requiem [DVD]

1 DVD Video / EMI Classics / 2002-05-21

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem Mass
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Barcellona, Daniela; Gheorghiu, Angela; Konstantinov, Julian
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 89 min.
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: Germany
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Mozart: Requiem [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2000-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626
Performers: Harnisch, Rachel; Mattila, Karita; Schade, Michael; Terfel, Bryn
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Swedish Radio Chorus

Run Time: 90 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DD 5.1 Surround, LPCM Stereo
Country of Origin: Sweden
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Bach: Mass in B minor / Karajan, Janowitz, Ludwig, et al

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2000-03-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Mass in B minor, BWV 232
Performers: Brandis, Thomas [Violin]; Eliscu, Robert; Finke, Eberhard; Galway, James [Flute]; Janowitz, Gundula; Karcher, Heinrich; Piesk, Gunter; Prill, Gunter; Ridderbusch, Karl; Scholz, Rudolf; Schreier, Pete...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"Karajan conveys intensity, even religious fervour, and the very opening brings an impressive first entry of the choir on Kyrie...There is a strong sense of...continue...

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

Erna Berger - Mozart, Schubert, Bach

1 CD / Testament / 1999-07-01

Works: Franz Schubert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen ("Wenn auf dem höchsten Fels ich steh'"), for voice, clarinet (or cello) & p; Die Forelle ("In einem Bächlein helle"), song for voice & piano, D. 550...
Performers: Berger, Erna [Soprano vocals]; Ernst-Gunther Scherzer; Frantz, Ferdinand; Geuser, Heinrich; Wilhelm, Horst
Conductors: Forster, Karl
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

The All-Star Christmas Album / Battle, Brightman, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-10-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: Der Messias; Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Arcangelo Corelli: Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6; Jester Hairston: Mary's boy child; Felix Mendelssohn: Festgesang "Hark! The herald an...
Performers: Battle, Kathleen; Brightman, Sarah; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Davis, Carlene; Domingo, Placido; Forsberg, Bengt; Furlanetto, Ferruccio; Gardiner, John Eliot; Herrick, Christopher [Organ]; ...
Conductors: Pinnock, Trevor; Davis, Carl; Karajan, Herbert von; Ocejo, José Luis; Gardiner, John Eliot; Daniel, Paul; Maazel, Lorin; ; Minkowski, Marc; Loges, Karl-Heinz; Marin, Ion
Ensemble: ; Ambrosian Singers; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; English Chamber Orchestra; English Concert; English Northern Philharmonia; Les Musiciens du Louvre - Grenoble; London Sym...

Personnel: Ambrosian Singers (vocals); Paul Miles-Kingston (soprano, treble); Sarah Brightman, Kathleen Battle, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo soprano); Bryn Terfel (baritone, b...continue...

Mozart: Arias; Strauss: Orchestral Songs / Schäfer, Abbado

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1998-04-14

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Nehmt meinen Dank, ihr holden Gönner, aria for soprano & orchestra. K. 383; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a); Mia speranza adorata...Ah, non sai qual pena, K 416; Ch'io ...
Performers: Johannsen, Kay; Pires, Maria-Joao; Schafer, Christine
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

"...[Schafer's] unadorned, clear and imaginitive singing of all the Mozart arias demands and hold attention on this [disc]...Abbado and the Berlin Philharmonic support Schafer in...continue...

Mozart: Requiem, Exultate Jubilate / Consortium Musicum

1 CD / EMI Classics / 1997-01-21

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, K. 626; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a)
Performers: Crass, Franz; Dominguez, Oralia; Koth, Erika; Schreier, Peter; Zylis-Gara, Teresa
Conductors: Gönnenwein, Wolfgang; Klobucar, Berislav
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Consortium Musicum

Karajan Gold - Mozart: Grosse Mess C-Moll / Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1993-11-09

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Mass in C minor, K 427 (417a) "Great"
Performers: Bell, David [Organ]; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Luxon, Benjamin [Baritone Vocal]; Perry, Janet; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Wiener Singverein

Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem / Abbado, Studer, Schmidt

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1993-09-14

Works: Johannes Brahms: German Requiem, Op. 45
Performers: Schmidt, Andreas [Baritone Vocals]; Studer, Cheryl
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra

Brahms: Symphony no 4, etc / Abbado, Berlin PO

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1992-05-12

Works: Johannes Brahms: Variations on a Theme of Haydn for orchestra, Op. 56a "St. Anthony"; Nänie, for chorus, orchestra & harp ad lib, Op. 82; Symphony no 4 in E minor, Op. 98
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Steinberg, Michael
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra