United Classics

Thomas Morley: Madrigals and Canzonetta for 2-5 voices / Ensemble Amaryllis

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

In addition to his madrigals, Morley wrote instrumental music, including keyboard music and music for the broken consort, a uniquely English ensemble of two viols,...continue...

Handel: Messiah / NY Phil.; Westminster Choir. Bernstein

2 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Bernstein, Leonard
Ensemble: New York Philharmonic; Westminster Choir

Handel's Messiah has been recorded many times and in many settings with various ensembles, and yet never loses any of its strength. This historic recording...continue...
This version of Handel's 'Messiah' could quite possibly be feasible today only as a Bernstein reissue. The quest for authenticity has overtaken the performance and recording of early music, and even ...continue...

Leoncavallo: Pagliacci / Murgu, Izzo D'Amico, Otelli, Kolpa. Paternostro, Budapest Opera

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Paternostro, Roberto
Ensemble: Budapest Opera Orchestra

Around 1890, after seeing the success of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana, Leoncavalli decided to write an opera in response, in one act and composed in the...continue...

Beethoven: Complete Piano Concerto / Wilhelm Kempff, piano

3 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

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Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic

Wilhelm Kempff was one of the true poets amongst pianists. His Beethoven performances have been famous ever since he recorded them for the first time...continue...

Brahms: Zigeunerlieder and other choral works / Ellen Refstrup, piano; Susanne Skov & Irene Lewis, horn; Sofie Guillois, harp

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

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Ensemble: Trinitatis Kantori Chamber Choir

The first eleven Zigeunerlieder, in a well-chosen sequence must be understood as a story, says Brahms. The Zigeunerlieder can be seen as both the vocal...continue...

Baroque Lieder by Christoph Bernhard & Christian Herwich / Eckert, Wedemeier, Fuerst

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Mertens, Klaus
Ensemble: Hamburger Ratsmusik

Christoph Bernhard was one of the first composers seriously involved in composing lieder. His pupil Christian Herwig followed this tradition, and together, they created a...continue...

Verdi: Il Trovatore / Encinas, Fiorillo, Romanko, Stoyanov. Spanjaard

2 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Spanjaard, Ed
Ensemble: Netherlands Ballet Orchestra

Il trovatore, an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Salvadore Cammarano, based on the play El Trovador (1836) by...continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Rockwell Blake, Enzo Dara; Luciana Serra, Bruno Pola. Bruno Campanella

3 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Campanella, Bruno
Ensemble: Orchestra del Teatro regio di Torino

This recording, made in the early 1990s with Rockwell Blake as a frivolous and dynamic Barbiere, has a wonderful chamber music feel to it. Campanella...continue...

Angelo Notari: The First New Music, 1613 / Rooley, Consort of Musicke

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-03-26

Conductors: Rooley, Anthony
Ensemble: Consort of Musicke

Despite living to the age of 97, we know relatively little about Notari's life. At the beginning of the 17th century he settled in England...continue...

Piano music of Clara & Robert Schumann / Christina Bjorkoe, piano

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Clara Wieck Schumann: Variations on a Theme by Robert Schumann, for piano in F sharp minor, Op. 20; Preludes and Fugues (3) for piano, Op. 16; Romanze in g-moll, Op. 21 no 3; Robert Schumann: Fantasi...
Performers: Bjorkoe, Christina

This disc celebrates the piano music of Robert and Clara Schumann. Robert said that the Fantasy in C, particularly the 1st movement, 'is probably the...continue...

George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthems / Willcocks

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: George Frederick Handel: Coronation Anthem; Coronation Anthems (4); Alleluia; The King Shall Rejoice, coronation anthem no 2 for chorus & orchestra, HWV 260; Organ Concerto in B flat, Op.7/1, HWV 306
Performers: Voskuilen, Rien
Conductors: Willcocks, David
Ensemble: ; Stadsknappenkoor Elburg

Such was Handel's reputation at the time of George II's coronation, that the King-to-be himself requested that he write the anthems for the occasion. This...continue...
Recording information: Grote Kerk, Vollenhove, The Netherlands (09/1996)....continue...

The Copenhagen Chamber Ensemble plays Roman, Scheibe, Telemann, Boismortier & Vivaldi

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johan Helmich Roman: Drottningholm Music; Johann Adolph Scheibe: Sinfonia à 4 in A major; Georg Philipp Telemann: Quartet for flute, oboe, violin & continuo in G major (Tafelmusik I/2), TWV 43; ...
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Ensemble: Copenhagen Chamber Ensemble

The Copenhagen Chamber Ensemble, founded in 1978, consists of a group of friends and alumni from the Copenhagen Choir School, who have each pursued careers...continue...

Motets of the Bach Family - J.C. Bach; J.S. Bach; J.M. Bach; J.L. Bach / Liz Kenny, Helen Gough, Keri Dexter

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Johann Christoph Bach: Lieber Herr Gott, motet for 8 voices; Es ist nun aus mit meinem Leben; Ich lasse dich nicht, motet for 8 voices; Fürchte dich nicht, motet for 5 voices; Johann Bach: Unser...
Performers: Bailey, Simon [Photography]; Brown, Jonathan; Byrne, William; Chambers, Mark; Darwent, Robert; Dexter, Keri; Dixon, Chris; Dobell, Mark; Geraghty, Anthony; Gough, Helen; Jones, Angharad Gruffydd; Ken...
Conductors: Brown, Timothy
Ensemble: ; Choir of Clare College Cambridge

For more than 150 years the Bach family had an impressive musical reputation, notably thanks to the genius of J.S. Bach. Yet, behind the towering...continue...
Recording information: St Bartholomew's Church, Orford, Suffolk (04/20/1995-04/21/1995)....continue...

Mascagni: Cavalleria Rusticana / Murgu, Pasino, Otelli, Bollingino, Thazan

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Conductors: Paternostro, Robert
Ensemble: Budapest Opera Chorus; Budapest Opera Orchestra

Cavalleria Rusticana tells the tale of Turiddu, who is still in love with his former sweetheart Lola. When Lola's husband Alfio hears of the affair...continue...

Baroque Soirée - works by Locatelli, Scarlatti, Barsanti, Vivaldi, Naudot / Rachel Podger; Ashley Solomon; Daniel Yeadon; Neal Peres Da Costa

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Pietro Antonio Locatelli: Sonata for 2 violins (or flutes) & continuo in E major, Op. 5/3; Domenico Scarlatti: Sonata for Harpsichord in D major, K 313/L 192; Sonata for Harpsichord in D minor, K 294...
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Ensemble: Florilegium (Ensemble, UK)

Exploring specially selected chamber works from the Baroque period, this disc features not only the internationally acclaimed Florilegium, a group of Baroque specialists from the...continue...
Recording information: Forde Abbey, Dorset (06/1995)....continue...

Duets for Mandolin & Guitar by H. Rung; F. Rung; S. Degen; F. Henriques / Tove Flensborg, mandolin; Kristian Buhl-Mortensen, guitar

1 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Works: Henrik Rung: Andantino, for mandolin & guitar; Andante in A minor, for mandolin & guitar; Andante lento, for mandolin & guitar; Allegro agitato, for mandolin & guitar; Frederik Rung: Andante con moto...
Performers: Buhl-Mortensen, Kristian; Flensborg, Tove

This disc comprises Danish music from the Romantic period. The first six pieces are by father and son Heinrik and Frederick Rung. Composer Søffren Degen...continue...
Recording information: Studio Ellegaard (2007)....continue...

Verdi: La Traviata / Bonfadelli, Ombuena, Dong-Kyu, Kulikova, Roja, Cauli, Boccardo

2 CD / United Classics / 2013-02-26

Conductors: Spanjaard, Edward
Ensemble: Netherlands Ballet Orchestra; Opera in Ahoy Chorus

In United Classics' critically acclaimed production of one of Giuseppe Verdi's best-loved operas, La Traviata, the role of Violetta is sung by Italian soprano Stefania...continue...