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The Very Best of Benjamin Britten [3 CDs]

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2013-02-05

Works: Benjamin Britten: The Young person's guide to the orchestra; Cello Symphony, Op. 68; Elegy for Viola solo; Peter Grimes; Passacaglia, for orchestra, Op. 33b (from "Peter Grimes"); Quartet for Strings...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Alley, John [Piano]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Blatchly, Mark; Booth, Claire; Bostridge, Ian; Coleman-Wright, Peter; Dean, Stafford; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Fullbrook, Charles; Gritton, Susan;...
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Knussen, Oliver; Brown, Iona; Warren-Green, Christopher; Paavo, Järvi; Hickox, Richard; Willcocks, David; Brunelle, Philip; Haitink, Bernard; Harding, Daniel
Ensemble: ; Aldeburgh Festival Ensemble; Endymion Ensemble

Since his death in 1976 many musicians have looked at Benjamin Britten's scores anew - not simply the repertory Britten never recorded, but the many...continue...

Ludwig van Beethoven Invents Jazz

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-11-15

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 32, Op. 111; Johannes Brahms: Sonata for Cello no 2, Op. 99; Modest Mussorgsky: Pictures at an Exhibition; Claude Debussy: Children's Corner; La plus que len...
Performers: Braley, Frank; Capucon, Renaud; Collins, Michael [Conductor/Clarinet]; de Peyer, Gervase; Ivaldi, Christian [Piano]; Lagerspetz, Juhani; Lee, Noel [Piano]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Nat, Yves; Pommie...
Conductors: Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Rattle, Simon, Sir; ; Zedda, Alberto; Klemperer, Otto; Marshall, Wayne; Järvi, Paavo; Metzmacher, Ingo
Ensemble: ; Melos Ensemble of London

Ludwig van Beethoven invented jazz. That statement might seem enough to provoke a paroxysm from a musicologist, but, with a passage in his final piano...continue...

Ballets Russes: Russian Dances and Ballets / Paavo Jarvi

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-10-18

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Eugene Onegin; The Nutcracker; Aram Khachaturian: Masquerade; Gayaneh; Dmitry Shostakovich: The Golden Age; Jazz Suite no 2; Tahiti Trot, Op. 16 "Tea for Two"; Sergey Proko...
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi
Ensemble: French Radio Philharmonic Orchestra

Recording information: Paris, Radio France, Auditorium Olivier Messiaen (2002-12-16_2002-12-21&2003-)....continue...

Liszt Rêve d'Amour / Paik, Duchâble, Hough, Rudy

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-08-23

Works: Franz Liszt: Liebesträume, notturno for piano no 3 in A flat major ("O Lieb, so lang du lieben kannst"), S. 541/; Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; La Campanella II, etude for piano in G sharp ...
Performers: Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Hough, Stephen; Paik, Kun-woo; Rudy, Mikhail

Liszt: Mephisto Waltz; Opera Transcriptions and Paraphrases

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2011-05-03

Works: Franz Liszt: Funerailles; Consolations (6) for Piano, S 172; Années de pèlerinage; Ballade, for piano no 2 (I) in B minor, S. 170a; Années de pèlerinage, deuxième année,...
Performers: Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]

Debussy: Estampes, Arabesques, Children's Corner, etc / Jean-Bernard Pommier

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-08-11

Works: Claude Debussy: Pour le piano, suite for piano, L. 95; Children's Corner; Estampes (3) for Piano; La plus que lente; Arabesques (2) for Piano; Page d'album; L'isle joyeuse
Performers: Pommier, Jean-Bernard

Zen Classics - Mozart, Debussy, etc / L. Maazel, P. Järvi, N. Dessay, et al

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-11-24

Works: Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Samuel Barber: Adagio for Strings; Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Johann Sebastian Bach: Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Wolfga...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Dessay, Natalie; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Dumay, Augustin [Violin]; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Isbin, Sharon; Isserlis, Steven; Janowitz, Gundula; Litton, Andrew; Mey...
Conductors: ; Saraste, Jukka-Pekka; Schoenwandt, Michael; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Maazel, Lorin; Janowski, Marek; Tchakarov, Emil; Paavo, Järvi; Kaljuste, Tönu; Rees, Jonathan; Parrott, Andrew; Nelson, Jo...
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berlin Symphony Orchestra; Brussels Théâtre de la Monnaie Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fr...

Virgin Classics presents 3 CDs of music designed to help you find inner peace and calm. From the soothing sounds of Satie's Gymnopedie to the...continue...

Satie: Gymnopedies, Sports et divertissements, etc / Anne Queffélec, Catherine Collard

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Erik Satie: Croquis et agaceries d'un gros bonhomme en bois (3 sketches and exasperations of a big wooden fellow; Descriptions automatiques, for piano; Les valses (3) distinguées du précieu...
Performers: Collard, Catherine; Queffelec, Anne

Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Pelléas et Mélisande Op 46, etc / Järvi, Stene, Mattei, Kringelborn, Paasikivi, Jonsson, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-27

Works: Jean Sibelius: Lemminkäinen Suite, Op. 22; Luonnotar, Op. 70; Maiden in the Tower; Pelléas et Mélisande, Op. 46; Kuolema
Performers: Jonsson, Lars-Erik; Kringelborn, Solveig; Lavotha, Elemér; Magee, Garry; Paasikivi, Lilli
Conductors: Paavo, Järvi

Capriccio - Mendelssohn, Schubert, Debussy, etc / Renaud Capuçon, Jérôme Ducros

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2008-05-13

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Auf Flügeln des Gesanges (On Wings of Song), song for voice & piano, Op. 34/2; Franz Schubert: Bagatelle for violin & piano, "Die Biene" Op.13/9; Ave Maria; Edward Elgar: La ...
Performers: Capucon, Renaud; Ducros, Jerome

In the wake of the great violinists of the past century - such as Heifetz, Milstein, Kreisler, Menuhin - Renaud Capucon, accompanied by French pianist...continue...

The Miracle of the Voice - Natalie Dessay

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2007-01-16

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Jacques Offenbach: Gaîté Parisienne; Gaîté Parisienne; Robinson Crusoé; Giacomo Meyerbeer: Le pardon de Ploërmel "Dinorah"; Jules Mass...
Performers: Bonaccorso, Rosario; Cassar, Yvan; Cavallier, Nicolas; Ceccarelli, Andre; Dessay, Natalie; Naouri, Laurent; Nougaro, Claude; Tezier, Ludovic
Conductors: Plasson, Michel; Fournillier, Patrick; Minkowski, Marc; Langrée, Louis; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Pappano, Antonio; Schoenwandt, Michael; Conlon, James; Rombi, Philippe; Davis...

From Baroque music to Stravinsky, this 2-CD compilation offers a comprehensive sample of Natalie Dessay's musicianship....continue...

Ravel: Bolero, Piano Concerto, etc / Litton, Pesek, et al

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2005-03-29

Works: Maurice Ravel: Boléro; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Alborada del Gracioso, for orchestra; La valse; Concerto for Piano in G major
Performers: Litton, Andrew
Conductors: Pesek, Libor; Litton, Andrew
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Philharmonia Orchestra

A Musical Journey Through Europe

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2004-01-04

Works: Paul Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), symphonic scherzo for orchestra; César Franck: Le Chasseur maudit (The Accursed Huntsman), symphonic poem (also arr. for piano, 4 hand...
Conductors: Pehlivanian, George
Ensemble: Monte Carlo Philharmonic Orchestra

Ravel: Piano Works / Anne Queffélec

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 1998-10-20

Works: Maurice Ravel: Le tombeau de Couperin; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Menuet antique; Miroirs; Jeux d'eau; Sonatine for Piano; Prélude for Piano in A minor; Sérénade gro...
Performers: Queffelec, Anne

"...What's most striking, to my ears, is the way [Anne Queffelec] achieves absolute clarity of texture without hardening her tone. These may be slightly cool,...continue...