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Mozart: Don Giovanni / George London, Ludwig Weber, Hilde Zadek, et al

3 CD / Preiser / 2009-10-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Don Giovanni; Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Per questa bella mano, K 612; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584
Performers: Berry, Walter; Jurinac, Sena; London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Neikrug, George; Sciutti, Graziella [Soprano Vocals]; Simoneau, Leopold [Tenor Vocals]; Wachter, Eberhard; Weber, Ludwig [Bass Vocal]; Z...
Conductors: Moralt, Rudolf; Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Vienna Symphony Orchestra

This historic recording of Don Giovanni was originally issued on Philips in 1955. Included as bonus tracks is George London singing Mozart arias. No libretto...continue...

The Essential Mormon Tabernacle Choir

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2006-05-23

Works: Richard Rodgers: The Sound of Music; Oklahoma; Carousel; State Fair; John Barry: Born Free; Traditional: He's got the whole world in His hands; All through the night; Danny Boy "Londonderry Air"; Bat...
Performers: Alexander, John [tenor]; Amara, Lucine; Asper, Frank; Chookasian, Lili; Cundick, Robert; Longhurst, John; Macurdy, John; Merrill, Robert; Milnes, Sherrill; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Harris, Arthur; Condie, Richard P.; Ormandy, Eugene; Ottley, Jerold; Thomas, Michael Tilson; Clancy, Jim
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra; The Vocal Majority; Utah Symphony Orchestra

George London - 1953

1 CD / Preiser / 2004-09-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Mentre ti lascio, o figlia, K 513; Per questa bella mano, K 612; Rivolgete a lui lo sguardo, K 584; Giuseppe Verdi...
Performers: London, George [Baritone Vocal]; Neikrug, George; Varnay, Astrid
Conductors: Walter, Bruno; Weigert, Herman
Ensemble: ; Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Expanded Edition - Humoresque / Isaac Stern

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2004-07-27

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6, no 6; George Gershwin: Porgy and Bess; Fritz Kreisler: Liebesleid; Caprice Viennois; Joh...
Performers: Stern, Isaac
Conductors: Katims, Milton; Brieff, Frank
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

"Stern seems to enjoy playing a number of violinistic tricks here - portamento, vibrato, and sentimental phrasing... I suspect that he had fun making this...continue...

A Copland Celebration Vol 3 - Vocal & Choral Works

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2000-11-07

Works: Aaron Copland: Old American Songs, Set 1; Old American Songs, for voice & piano, Book 2; Poems (12) of Emily Dickinson, song cycle for voice & piano (orchestrated 1970 as "Poems (8) of Emil; In the B...
Performers: Addison, Adele; Cassilly, Richard; Copland, Aaron; Fredericks, Richard; Hale, Robert; Muller, Mildred; Treigle, Norman; Turner, Claramae; Warfield, William [Baritone Vocals]
Conductors: Copland, Aaron
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

Britten: Les Illuminataions, etc /Barbirolli, Pears, Britten

1 CD / NMC Classics / 1998-08-21

Works: Benjamin Britten: Les illuminations, Op. 18; Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, Op. 22
Performers: Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Britten, Benjamin; Barbirolli, John, Sir
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

Britten's only rival as an interpreter of his own music on record is Stravinsky, yet in his Aspen Award speech of 1964, he stated that...continue...

Isaac Stern - A Life in Music - Box III

12 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-12-19

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Trio sonata for flute, violin & continuo in G major, H. 590.5 (also attributed to JS Bach as BWV 103; Wilhelm Friedemann Bach: Trio sonata for 2 flutes & continuo no 3 in A...
Performers: Ax, Emanuel; Istomin, Eugene; Katims, Milton; Laredo, Jaime; Ma, Yo-Yo; Parnas, Leslie; Rampal, Jean-Pierre; Ritter, John Steele; Rose, Leonard; Rostropovich, Mstislav; Schneider, Mischa; Spaeter, Ma...
Conductors: Katims, Milton; Brieff, Frank
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra

More Greatest Hits / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-12-05

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Il trovatore; Franz Schubert: Ellens Gesang III, D 839/Op. 52 no 6 "Ave Maria"; Patrick Gilmore: When Johnny comes marching home; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 9 in D minor, Op. 1...
Performers: Alexander, John [tenor]; Amara, Lucine; Asper, Frank; Chookasian, Lili; Cundick, Robert; Longhurst, John; Macurdy, John; Merrill, Robert; Milnes, Sherrill; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Condie, Richard P.; Ottley, Jerold; Clancy, Jim
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra; The Vocal Majority

Bruno Walter Edition - Mahler: Symphonies 1 & 2, etc

2 CD / Sony Classical / 1995-01-24

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
Performers: Cundari, Emilia; Muller, Mildred
Conductors: Walter, Bruno
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic

God Bless America / Mormon Tabernacle Choir

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-07-14

Works: Samuel Augustus Ward: America the Beautiful; David T. Shaw: Columbia, the gem of the ocean; Traditional: America "My country, 'tis of thee"; Down in the valley; Shenandoah; When I first came to this ...
Performers: Asper, Frank; Merrill, Robert; Schreiner, Alexander
Conductors: Ormandy, Eugene; Harris, Arthur; Condie, Richard P.; Ottley, Jerold
Ensemble: Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Mormon Tabernacle Choir; Philadelphia Orchestra

Dinner Classics - Romance

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1992-04-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Chrysanthemums, elegy for string quartet; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Antonín Dvorák: Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22; Robert Schumann: Kinderszenen, Op. 15; ...
Performers: Druian, Raphael; Entremont, Philippe; Zukerman, Pinchas
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André; Ormandy, Eugene; Lane, Louis; Mehta, Zubin; Szell, George
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; Cleveland Pops Orchestra; Cleveland Sinfonietta; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Israel Philharmonic Orchestra; Philadelphia Orchestra

Opera Without Words - Arias for Orchestra

1 CD / Sony Classical / 1989-12-05

Works: Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Georges Bizet: Les pêcheurs de perles; Ca...
Conductors: Kostelanetz, André
Ensemble: André Kostelanetz Orchestra; Columbia Symphony Orchestra; New York Philharmonic