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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...

Essential Carols - Over 2 hours of timeless Christmas favorites

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O come, o come, Emmanuel (Veni, veni, Emmanuel), carol; The Holly and the Ivy (English); While...
Performers: Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Clarvis, Paul; Grier, Francis; Hare, Ian; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Kampen, Christopher van;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Rutter, John; Hughes, Owain Arwel; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Handford, Maurice

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Classics for Your Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-06-05

Works: Richard Wagner: Lohengrin; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite no 2; Hunt Cantata, BWV 208; Toccata & Fugue in D minor; Cantata...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Briggs, David; Capucon, Renaud; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Dessay, Natalie; Haidan, Delphine; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Krueger, Christopher; Labeque, Katia; Labeque, Marielle...
Conductors: Haitink, Bernard; Parrott, Andrew; Marriner, Sir Neville; Cleobury, Stephen; Fischer, György; Paavo, Järvi; Muti, Riccardo; Ericson, Eric; Nelson, John; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Christie, Wi...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Arts Florissants; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Choosing the right music for your wedding is one of the most important decisions a bride and groom have to make before getting married. It...continue...

Schubert: Winterreise / Barbara Hendricks, soprano; Love Derwinger, piano

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2011-11-08

Works: Franz Schubert: Winterreise, D 911/Op. 89
Performers: Derwinger, Love; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]

The Winterreise is considered the absolute masterpiece of Lieder cycles. At the high point of German romanticism, one year before his death, Schubert offers a...continue...
Recording information: Église Évangélique Saint-Pierre (Paris, France) (04/26/2010-05/01/2010)....continue...

20th Century Classics: Korngold / Ulf Hoelscher, violin; Glenn Dicterow, violin; Barbara Hendricks, soprano, et al.

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-12

Works: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 35; Symphony in F sharp major, Op. 40; Sonata for violin & piano in G major, Op. 6; Sechs einfache Lieder, Op. 9; Die tote Stadt, Op. 12; ...
Performers: Dicterow, Glenn; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Hoelscher, Ulf; Margalit, Israela
Conductors: Mattes, Willy; Welser-Möst, Franz
Ensemble: Philadelphia Orchestra; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra

Duke Ellington

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Duke Ellington: Caravan; Le Sucrier Velours; The Mooche; Sultry Sunset; Minnehaha; Isfahan, song; Sonnet for Caesar; Star-Crossed Lovers, song; In a Mellotone; I let a song go out of my heart; Don't ...
Performers: Barclay, John; Beckett, Edward; Bennett, Richard Rodney [Composer]; Brooks, Stuart; Downey, Alan; Eastop, Philip; Edwards, Terry [Bass Vocal]; Findon, Andrew; Harle, John; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano...
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Ensemble: Monty Alexander Trio

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The Duke might have bridled at John Harle's arrangement of Ellington standards, but the saxophonist's virtuosity would have brought him to his feet.
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Ultimate Wedding Collection [EMI Classics]

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-05-17

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208, BWV 208; Orchestral Suite no 4, BWV 1068; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Bramma, Harry; Brown, Ian [Piano]; Bullard, Thomas; Dale, Laurence; Dawson, Lynne; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kilbey, Reginald; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Menuhin, Yehudi; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, Georg...
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Players

All the music you need for your special day is available in this exclusive 2-CD set. The joy, grandeur and intimacy of this ceremony of...continue...

Shout For Joy: Spiritual Christmas / Hendricks

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2010-11-09

Works: Christmas Traditional: Mary Had a Baby; Quittez pasteurs (O come away ye shepherds) (French); What Child Is This? (Greensleeves); Sussex Carol ("On Christmas Night"); Coventry Carol (2); Ding Dong! M...
Performers: Bersgtrom, Mats; Gafvert, Bjorn; Hellstrom, Agneta; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Norberg, Ulf; Pettersson, Harald; Riedel, Georg [Double Bass]; Tenstam, Ulrika
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Ensemble: Drottingholms Barockensemble

Fifteen years after EMI's Barbara Hendricks Sings Christmas - one of the soprano's best sellers - Barbara presents a Christmas album focused on sacred music....continue...
Recording information: Engelbrektskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden (09/02/2010); Hjorthagens kyrka, Stockholm, Sweden (09/02/2010); Engelbrektskyrkan, Stockholm, Sweden (2010-09-01&2010-09-03_2010-); Hjortha...continue...

Christmas Songs; When You Wish Upon A Star - Disney Songs

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Franz Gruber: Silent Night; Christmas Traditional: Les anges dans nos campagnes (French), carol (AKA Angels We Have Heard On High); Dormi, dormi, o bel bambino (Italy); Señora Doña Maria, h...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Holloway, Laurie
Conductors: Ericson, Eric; Tunick, Jonathan
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

Debussy: Songs; A Hommage to Jenny Tourel / Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-09-14

Works: Claude Debussy: Ariettes oubliées; Fêtes galantes (3), song cycle for voice & piano, Set I, L. 80; Poèmes (5) de Baudelaire; Chansons (3) de Bilitis; Gioachino Rossini: Péch&#...
Performers: Beroff, Michel; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Scheja, Staffan

Barbara Hendricks' voice - particularly suited to Mozart, Debussy, Faure, and the lighter roles of Puccini and Richard Strauss - has a warm, crystalline quality...continue...

Essential Wedding

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-08-24

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 208; Suite no 3, BWV 1068; Cantata BWV 156; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Claude Debussy: Arabesques (2) for Piano; Dmitry Shostakovich:...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bayco, Frederic; Bo, Alfie; Bramma, Harry; Bullard, Thomas; Dale, Laurence; Dawson, Lynne; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Goossens, Leon [Ob...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; ; Kilbey, Reginald; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Menuhin, Yehudi; Lysy, Alberto; Faerber, Jörg; Ericson, Eric; Fischer, Georg...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players; Camerata Lysy Gstaad; Liverpool Cathedral & Brass Ensemble; Nash Ensemble; Taverner Players

This program covers favorite pieces of liturgical music suitable for all types of religious wedding services, as well as secular works for non-religious occasions, including...continue...

50 Best Romantic Classics

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Jacques Offenbach: Les Contes d'Hoffman; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le Carnaval des animaux; Samson et Dalila; Romance for violin & orchestra in C major, Op. 48; Georges Bizet: Carment; Carmen, opera;...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Byzantine, Julian; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Car...
Conductors: Cambreling, Sylvain; Slatkin, Leonard; Prêtre, Georges; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Plasson, Michel; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Willcocks, David; Dervaux, Pierre; Ozawa, Seiji; Frémaux, Louis; Kara...

Schubert: Die Schone Mullerin [Bonus DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arte Verum / 2010-05-11

Works: Franz Schubert: Die schöne Müllerin, D 795/Op. 25
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Pöntinen, Roland

Traditionally sung by male voices, 'Die schone Mullerin' is one of the masterpieces of the Viennese composer. This special edition includes a bonus DVD of...continue...
Recording information: Royal Academy Hall of Music, Stockholm, Sweden (03/13/2003-03/18/2003)....continue...

Lieder & Volkslieder - Beethoven/Hendricks/DeRwinger/Bergqvist

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2009-09-08

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Maigesang, song for voice & piano, Op. 52/4; Marmotte, Op. 52 no 7; Sehnsucht (Nur wer die Sehnsucht kennt), WoO 134; Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, Op. 75; S...
Performers: Bergqvist, Christian; Derwinger, Love; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Winland, Leo

With these 28 Lieder and Folk Songs - veritable little masterpieces of tenderness, humor, emotion, and poetry - Barbara Hendricks reminds us that Beethoven was...continue...

Best 100 - Wedding

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-06-16

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Suite in D, B.W.V. 1068.; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd!" BWV 208; Cantata no 156, "Ich steh' mit einem Fuss im Grabe" BWV 156; Wachet auf, ruft uns ...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Atherton, Elizabeth; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Ball, Michael; Balsom, Alison; Bayco, Frederic; Bilgram, Hedwig; Bo, Alfie; Bra...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Parrott, Andrew; Kilbey, Reginald; ; Barbirolli, John; Cleobury, Stephen; Willcocks, David; Montgomery, Kenneth; Karajan, Herbert von; Munrow, David; Menuhin, Yehudi; Stevens, ...
Ensemble: ; Cambridge Classical Players; Consortium Musicum; Ensemble Berlin; Members of the Vienna String Sextet (Members); Nash Ensemble

The latest in EMI Classics' wildly successful 'Best 100 series', this 6-CDs-for-the-price-of-1 set offers the finest wedding music compilation ever assembled. From the grandest ceremony...continue...

Poulenc: Tel jour telle nuit, Mélodies / Hendricks, Derwinger

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2008-09-09

Works: Francis Poulenc: Trois poèmes de Louise de Vilmorin, for voice & piano, FP 91; Fiançailles pour rire; Airs chantés, song cycle for voice & piano, FP 46; C ("J'ai traversé les pont...
Performers: Derwinger, Love; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]

"The many and sometimes manic moods of Francis Poulenc are particularly prevalent in his songs, and Hendricks seems right at home with them. His innate...continue...

Best Adagios 100 - Mozart, Mahler, Albinoni, Pachelbel, etc / Menuhin, Ove Andsnes, Norman, et al

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-07-22

Works: Tomaso Albinoni: Adagio for Organ and Strings in G minor; Johann Pachelbel: Canon and Gigue for 3 Violins and Basso Continuo in D major; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Flut...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Braley, Frank; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Cole, Maggie; Coles, Samuel; Daniels, David; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Dumay, Augustin [Vi...
Conductors: Watson, Ian; Parrott, Andrew; Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Asperen, Bob van; ; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Kuijken, Sigiswald; Norrington, Roger; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rozhdestvensky, G...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Vocal et Instrumental de Lausanne; Il Seminario Musicale; London Academy; London Classical Players; Melante Amsterdam; Nash Ensemble; Scottish Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; ...

This 6-CD set offers listeners the greatest classical slow movements ever composed, including the haunting Albinoni Adagio in G minor, Pachelbel’s beloved Canon in D,...continue...

Negro Spirituals

1 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-07-01

Works: Traditional Spiritual: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child; Plenty Good Room; Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen; Git on Board, L'il Chillen, spiritual; Oh! What a Beautiful City, spiritual; His...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]

Schubert: Ave Maria, etc / Hendricks, Pöntinen

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2008-05-13

Works: Franz Schubert: Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Der König in Thule, D 367/Op. 5 no 5; Gesänge (4) aus Wilhelm Meister, D 877/Op. 62; Ave Maria
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Pöntinen, Roland

Barbara Hendricks pays a memorable homage to the melodic genius of Franz Schubert in a 20 minute CD of five Lieder including the celebrated Ave...continue...

Schumann: Lieder / Hendricks, Pöntinen

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2008-03-11

Works: Robert Schumann: Myrthen, Op. 25; Mein schöner Stern, ich bitte dich, for tenor & piano (Minnespiel), Op. 101/4; Lied der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling I ("Mutter! Mutter! Glaube nicht!"), s...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Pöntinen, Roland

This is the first Schumann recording by Barbara Hendricks after 25 years of work with this repertory. At the heart of the romantic era and...continue...

Best Romantic Classics 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

The second of this month's 'Best 100' releases is the 'Best Romantic Classics 100'. A fantastic present for Valentine's Day, this 6-CD album sets the...continue...

100 Best Romantic Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-01-15

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23; Romeo & Juliet; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Sergey Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet; D...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Barrueco, Manuel; Bean, Hugh; Bergonzi, Carlo; Beroff, Michel; Bream, Julian [Guitar]; Br...
Conductors: Previn, Andre; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Kurtz, Efrem; Maksymiuk, Jerzy; Temirkanov, Yuri; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Lanchbery, John; Ozawa, Seiji; Thompson, Bryden; Marriner, ...

This 6 CD set contains an unrivalled collection of 100 favourite romantic classics. Performed by some of the world?s leading artists. Among them are the...continue...

Endless Pleasure - Handel, Purcell: Arias / Hendricks, et al

1 CD / Arte Verum / 2008-01-08

Works: Henry Purcell: Music for a while; King Arthur, or The British Worthy, Z 628; Fairy Queen, Z 629; Don Quixote, Z 578; Lord, what is man?, Z 192; Ah! Belinda I am pressed with torment (from "Dido and A...
Performers: Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]
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Ensemble: Drottningholm Baroque Ensemble

"Barbara Hendricks' fascinating recital brings together some of the best-known songs and arias by the two great composers of vocal music in England in the...continue...

Best 100 Carols

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2007-11-06

Works: Christmas Traditional: The First Nowell (English); Up! Good Christian Folk, and Listen (Piae cantiones); O Little Town of Bethlehem; Personent hodie (On this day Earth shall ring) (Piae Cantiones); O...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Andrew Davis [Conductor/Organ]; Bell, David [Organ]; Bickenbach, Christfried; Blandford, Jeremy; Byram-Wigfield, Timothy [Organ]; Charlesworth, Stephen; Chilcott, Bob; Clarvis, Paul;...
Conductors: Ledger, Philip, Sir; Willcocks, David; Rutter, John; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Ericson, Eric; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Alexander, Geoffrey; Tunick, Jonathan; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Hughes, O...
Ensemble: ; Abbey Road Ensemble; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players

2007 release in the Best Classics 100 series, 100 Best Carols is the perfect Christmas release-- six CDs of the most famous carols, all time...continue...

The Very Best of Barbara Hendricks

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-04-26

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Alfredo Catalani: La Wally; Francesco Cilèa: Adriana Lecouvreur; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48; Apr...
Performers: Alexeev, Dmitri; Beroff, Michel; Dalberto, Michel; Fox, Eldon; Gothoni, Ralf; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lapu, Radu; Lundkvist, Erik; Pires, Maria-Joao; Pontinen, Roland
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi; Plasson, Michel; Marriner, Sir Neville; Ericson, Eric; Gardiner, John Eliot; Bátiz, Enrique; Foster, Lawrence
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos

Details TBA. EMI. 2005....continue...