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Sacred Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum, H. 146; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Claudio Monteverdi: Beatus Vir (II), motet for 5 voices (from Seva morale e spirituale), SV 269...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Barley, Peter; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Connell, John; Covey-Crump, Rogers; Dawson, Lynne; Gens, Veronique; Hogman, Nils; K...
Conductors: Christie, William; Parrott, Andrew; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Herreweghe, Philippe; McCreesh, Paul; ; Norrington, Roger; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Tate, Jeffrey; Muti, Riccardo; Hickox, Richard; Prêtre, ...
Ensemble: ; Coppola e Il Suo Sestetto; Gabrieli Consort; Gabrieli Players; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Arts Florissants; London Classical Players; Schutz Consort; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players

Treasures is a new series of 3-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of Virgin Classics, presenting the best loved and key works of the classical...continue...

Essential Schubert / Over 2 hours of Schubert's most beautiful melodies

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-02-07

Works: Franz Schubert: Symphony no 8 in B minor 'Unfinished', D759; Symphony no 5 in B flat, D485; Piano Quintet in A 'Trout', D667; Ave Maria; Die schöne Müllerin, D795; String Quintet in C, D956...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bar, Olaf; Bostridge, Ian; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; Drake, Julius [Piano]; Eschenbach, Christoph [Piano/Conductor]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Frantz, Justus...
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo; Menuhin, Yehudi; ; Schmidt-Gaden, Gerhard; Heger, Robert; Sawallisch, Wolfgang
Ensemble: ; Chilingirian Quartet; Melos Ensemble of London

Franz Schubert was born in Vienna in 1797 and although he died at the early age of 31 he was a tremendously prolific composer. He...continue...

Bach: Magnificat; Masses BWV 233-236 / Schreier

2 CD / Newton Classics / 2011-04-26

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; Mass for 3 voices, chorus, 2 flutes, strings & continuo in A major, BWV 234 (BC E3); Mass for 3 voices, chorus, orchestra & continuo in F major, BWV 233 (BC E6); Ma...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bonney, Barbara; Remmert, Birgit; Trost, Rainer
Conductors: Schreier, Peter
Ensemble: RIAS Chamber Chorus

Bach's spectacular choral masterpiece, the Magnificat, remains one of his most popular works. It is accompanied by the Missae breves - Bach's quartet of short...continue...
Recording information: Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin (11/1993)....continue...

Schumann 200th Anniversary: Lieder

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2010-06-29

Works: Robert Schumann: Liederkreis, Op. 39; Dichterliebe, Op. 48; Liederkreis, 9 songs for voice & piano, Op. 24; Gedichte (12), Op. 35; Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42; Die Kartenlegerin ("Schlief die Mutte...
Performers: Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Banse, Juliane; Bar, Olaf; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Deutsch, Helmut; Fassbaender, Brigitte [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]; Forsberg, Bengt; Hampson, Tho...
Conductors: Klee, Bernhard

Schumann:

Liederkreis, Op. 39. Olaf Bar

Dichterliebe, Op. 48. Olaf Bar

Liederkreis, Op. 24. Olaf Bar

12 Gedichte, Op. 35. Olaf Bar

Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. ...continue...

Szymanowski: String Quartets 1 & 2 / Carmina Quartet

1 CD / Dal Segno / 2010-06-08

Works: Karol Szymanowski: Quartet for Strings no 1 in C major, Op. 37, M41; Quartet for Strings no 2, Op. 56, M64; Anton Webern: Langsamer Satz for String Quartet, M 78; Othmar Schoeck: Notturno, movements ...
Performers: Bar, Olaf
Conductors:
Ensemble: Carmina Quartet

Haydn: The Creation / Muti/Vienna PO, Popp, Araiza, Ramey, Vermillion [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2010-01-26

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Araiza, Francisco; Bar, Olaf; Popp, Lucia; Ramey, Samuel; Vermillion, Iris
Conductors: Muti, Riccardo
Ensemble: Konzertvereinigung Wiener Staatsoperchor; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Run Time: 120 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM Stereo,
Subtitles: German, English, French
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R. Strauss: Capriccio / Kiri Te Kanawa; Ulf Schirmer

2 CD / Decca Import / 2009-06-02

Works: Richard Strauss: Capriccio, Op 85
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Hagegard, Hakan; Halem, Victor von; Heilmann, Uwe; Herzer, Wolfgang; Hollweg, Werner [Tenor Vocals]; Schneider, Jorg; Te Kanawa, Kiri, Dame
Conductors: Schirmer, Ulf

Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella / Harnoncourt, Bar, Orgonasova, Muff [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Naxos (USA) / 2009-02-24

Works: Franz Schubert: Alfonso und Estrella, D 732
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Hampson, Thomas; Muff, Alfred; Orgonasova, Luba; Wottrich, Endrik
Conductors: Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Chamber Orchestra of Europe

An all-star cast, world-famous choir and orchestra conducted by the renowned Nikolaus Harnoncourt came together in May 1997 to celebrate the 200th Anniversary of Franz...continue...
Run Time: 140 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby 2.0, Dolby 5.0
Subtitles: English, German
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C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat / Hartmut Haenchen, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach: Magnificat, Wq 215/H 772; Sinfonia in G major, Wq 180/H 655; Sinfonia in G major, Wq 173/H 648
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bornemann, Barbara; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Schreier, Peter
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut
Ensemble: Berlin Radio Chorus; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra

Gloria in excelsis Deo - Vivaldi, Bach, Zelenka, etc / Güttler, et al

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: "Domine Deus" from Gloria RV 589, for Soprano, Trumpet and Continuo; Johann Heinrich Schmelzer: Sacro-profanus concentus musicus; Johann Adolf Hasse: Mass in G minor; Giuseppe Torell...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bischoff, Joachim; Eckoldt, Michael; Frenzel, Michael; Ginzel, Reinhart; Hruba-Freiberger, Venceslava; Ihle, Andrea; Kircheis, Friedrich; Klier, Gunter; Steger, Hans-Peter; Straumer, Rolan...
Conductors: Güttler, Ludwig
Ensemble: Trompetenensemble Mathias Schmutzler; Trompetensemble Ludwig Güttler ; Virtuosi Saxoniae

Pfitzner: Palestrina / Suitner, Schreier, Lorenz, Nossek

3 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Hans Pfitzner: Palestrina
Performers: Arndt, Joachim; Bar, Olaf; Bindszus, Peter; Garduhn, Henno; Gebhardt, Horst; Hubner, Fritz; Ketelsen, Hans-Joachim; Lang, Rosemarie; Leib, Gunther; Lorenz, Siegfried; Menzel, Peter; Nossek, Carola; P...
Conductors: Suitner, Otmar
Ensemble: Berlin Staatskapelle Orchestra

Dresden Classics - Heinichen, Vivaldi, Hasse, Fasch, Zelenka, Schütz

1 CD / Berlin Classics / 2008-07-08

Works: Johann David Heinichen: Concerto for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 bassoons, violin, 2 cellos, strings & continuo in F Major; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto per l'orchestra di Dresda, for violin, 2 oboes, 2 record...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bischoff, Joachim; Damm, Peter; Friedrich, Daniel; Guttler, Ludwig; Haupt, Eckart; Jahn, Gudrun; Klier, Gunter; Klier, Wolfgang; Kowalski, Jochen; Lorenz, Andreas; Milatz, Friedrich; Mulle...
Conductors: Güttler, Ludwig; Pommer, Max; Melkus, Eduard; Koch, Helmut; Gruss, Hans; Knothe, Dietrich
Ensemble: Berlin Chamber Orchestra; Capella Fidicinia Leipzig; Cappella Sagittariana; Ludwig Güttler Wind Ensemble ; Virtuosi Saxoniae

With its combination of chamber, vocal and orchestral works, this disc serves as an excellent sampling not only of the music of the Dresden Court...continue...

Janacek: From The House of the Dead / Boulez/Mahler Chamber Orch. [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Deutsche Grammophon / 2008-04-22

Works: Leos Janácek: From the House of the Dead
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Bar, Olaf; Chmelo, Vladimir; Galla, Ján; Margita, Stefan; Stoklossa, Eric; Straka, Peter; Sulzenko, Jiri; Zednik, Heinz
Conductors: Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: Arnold Schoenberg Choir; Mahler Chamber Orchestra

Janacek's rarely performed final opera 'From the House of the Dead' is brought to the stage by acclaimed director Patrice Chereau and legendary conductor Pierre...continue...
Picture Format: NTSC, Color
Country of Origin: USA
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The # 1 Opera Album Vol 2 / Bartoli, Pavarotti, Price, et al

2 CD / Decca / 2007-10-09

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto; Aida, opera; I vespri siciliani; Il Trovatore; La traviata; Luisa Miller; Giacomo Puccini: La bohème; Tosca; La Rondine; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Wolfgang Am...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bartoli, Cecilia; Battle, Kathleen; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Bergonzi, Carlo; Bjorling, Jussi; Bonney, Barbara; Caballe, Montserrat; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Cerquetti...
Conductors: Chailly, Riccardo; Sinopoli, Giuseppe; Solti, Sir Georg; Karajan, Herbert von; Leinsdorf, Erich; Östman, Arnold; Marriner, Sir Neville; Böhm, Karl; Molinari-Pradelli, France; Bonynge, Richa...

The #1 Opera Album II features the best-loved and most popular arias sung by an all-time roster of the greatest opera stars - including tracks...continue...

Gemini - Haydn: Die Schöpfung / Marriner, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2006-05-02

Works: Franz Joseph Haydn: The Creation, H 21 no 2
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, Barbara; Rootering, Jan-Hendrik; Wiens, Edith
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville
Ensemble: Stuttgart Radio Chorus

Mozart: Zaïde / Goodwin, Dawson, Blochwitz, Bär, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2004-04-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Zaide, K 344 (334b)
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Dawson, Lynne; Lippert, Herbert [Tenor Vocals]; Purves, Christopher
Conductors: Goodwin, Paul
Ensemble: Academy of Ancient Music

Note: This title is rare and is considered a collector’s item. It is priced according to its common market value. If the record label that...continue...

Kiri: A Portrait

2 CD / Decca / 2004-02-10

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Tosca; Manon Lescaut; Joseph Canteloube: Baïlèro; Chants d'Auvergne; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, ...
Performers: Ambrosian Singers Of London; Bar, Olaf; Bologna Teatro Comunale Orchestra; Bonynge, Richard; Bowers-Broadbent, Christopher; Carreras, Jose [Tenor Vocal]; Chailly, Riccardo; Chicago Symphony Orchestra...
Conductors: Barlow, Stephen; Tate, Jeffrey; Solti, Sir Georg; Fischer, György; Davis, Colin; Rudel, Julius; Dutoit, Charles; Rosem, Barry; Davis, Carl; Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Ricc...
Ensemble: ; Lynn Harrell and Instrumental Ensemble

Personnel: Olga Hegedus (cello); Mitsuko Uchida (piano); Chris Bowers Broadbent (organ)....continue...

The #1 Mozart Album

2 CD / Decca / 2003-07-01

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Sonata for Piano no 15 in C major ("Sonata semplice") K. 545; Sonata for Piano no 11 in A major, K 331 (300i); Symphony no 35 in D major, K 385 "Haffn...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Allen, Thomas; Anda, Geza; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Baltsa, Agnes; Bar, Olaf; Barenboim, Daniel [Conductor, Piano]; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bonney, B...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Levine, James; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Hogwood, Christopher; Anda, Géza; Solti, Sir Georg; Abbado, Claudio; ; Böhm, Karl; Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; English Baroque Soloists; Salzburg Mozarteum Camerata Academica; Winds of the London Symphony Orchestra (Winds)

This set contains both DDD and ADD recordings.

Personnel: Marge Marshall, Barbara Bonney, Barbara Hendricks , Eva Lind , Lucia Popp, Cheryl Studer, Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano); Agnes Baltsa, Anne ...continue...

Essential Mozart Opera

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-03-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro (The Marriage of Figaro), opera, K. 492; Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Idomeneo, rè di Creta, opera, K. 366; La Clemenza de Tito; ...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Bacquier, Gabriel; Bar, Olaf; Barham, Edmund; Berganza, Teresa [Mezzo Soprano Vocals]; Burrows, Stuart; Collins, Anne; Davies, Ryland; Gruberova, Edit...
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg; Marriner, Sir Neville; Davis, Colin; Kertész, István
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Bavarian Radio Chorus; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

Mozart - The Greatest Hits

2 CD / Decca / 2002-07-16

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Così fan tutte, K 588; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Symphony no 25 in G minor, K 183 (173dB); Gran Partita; Ave verum corpus; Symp...
Performers: Alaimo, Simone [Bass Baritone Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Anda, Geza; Araiza, Francisco [Tenor Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Baltsa, Agnes; Bar, Olaf; Constable, John [Keyboards]; Gilels, Elena; Grumiaux, Arthu...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Anda, Géza; De Waart, Edo; Solti, Sir Georg; Böhm, Karl; Davis, Colin
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chorus; Ambrosian Opera Chorus; London Symphony Orchestra; Netherlands Wind Ensemble; Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra; Vi...

Bach: Advent Cantatas / Gardiner, Monteverdi Choir, et al

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 2000-11-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 61, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland" BWV 61; Cantata no 36c, "Schwingt freudig euch empor" BWV 36c; Cantata no 62, "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland," BWV 62 (BC A2)
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Lang, Petra; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Schoeck: Notturno, Wanderung im Gebirge / Olaf Bär, et al

1 CD / Denon / 1999-01-01

Works: Othmar Schoeck: Notturno, movements (5) for voice & string quartet, Op. 47; Wanderung im Gebrige, Op. 45
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Deutsch, Helmut
Conductors:
Ensemble: Carmina Quartet

Mozart: Così fan tutte / Solti, Fleming, Von Otter, et al

3 CD / Decca / 1996-03-12

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Così fan tutte, K 588
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Fleming, Renee; Lopardo, Frank; Pertusi, Michele; Scarabelli, Adelina; Syrus, David; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Solti, Sir Georg
Ensemble: Chamber Orchestra of Europe

"Solti at his vivacious best, sweeping us irresistibly along with lightening flashes of wit but still reveling in the music's beauty and feeling. The Chamber...continue...

Bach: St Matthew Passion / Gardiner, Rolfe Johnson, et al

3 CD / Deutsche Grammophon Import / 1989-11-14

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Bonney, Barbara; Chance, Michael; Crook, Howard [Tenor Vocals]; Hauptmann, Cornelius [Bass Vocal]; Holton, Ruth; Monoyios, Ann; Rolfe Johnson, Anthony [Tenor Vocal]; Ross, Gilian; Schmidt,...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: London Oratory Junior Choir

"Singing and playing of this order deserve to win many friends and Gardiner's mature and evidently deeply felt account of the music is one which...continue...

Beethoven Masterpieces

5 CD / Capriccio / 1989-01-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 5 "Emperor"; Fantasia in C minor, Op. 80 "Choral Fantasy"; Concerto for Violin in D major, Op. 61; Romance for Violin and Orchestra no 1 in G major, Op. 40...
Performers: Bar, Olaf; Coburn, Pamela; Dikov, Anton [Piano]; Dubourg, Evelyne; Goldberg, Reiner; Henneberg, Matthias; Hokanson, Leonard; Jando, Jeno; Prey, Hermann [Baritone Vocals]; Puschkarova, Elvira; Rosel, ...
Conductors: Tabakov, Emil; Kegel, Herbert; Gyoriványi-Ráth, György; Scholz, Alfred; Pal, Tamas; Robev, Georgi; Kurz, Siegfried; Blomstedt, Herbert

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Gardiner, English Baroque Soloist

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 1987-11-09

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Bar, Olaf; Beznosiuk, Lisa; Blochwitz, Hans-Peter; Bury, Alison; Darke, Valerie; Holton, Ruth; Homburger, Maya; Mason, Timothy; Nicholson, Paul [Harpsichord, Organ]; Pringle, Katie; R...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: Members of the English Baroque Soloists (Members)