Labèque, Katia

Magical Music Box / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Leopold Mozart: Toy Symphony; Gabriel Pierné: March of the Little Lead Soldiers, for orchestra/piano, Op. 14/6; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 4...
Performers: Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Strauss, Paul
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Lanchbery, John; Previn, Andre; Blomstedt, Herbert; Boult, Adrian; Frémaux, Louis; Temirkanov, Yuri; Jansons, Mariss

Bringing magic and music together in a fun, interactive collection this compilation encourages children to explore their imaginations, expand their minds with fun facts and...continue...

Dance Along / Classical Clubhouse

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-04-10

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20; The Nutcracker, Op. 71; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the Animals; Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; Antonio Vivaldi: The Four Se...
Performers: Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]
Conductors: Lanchbery, John; Mehta, Zubin; Marriner, Sir Neville; Karajan, Herbert von; Wordsworth, Barry; Muti, Riccardo; Jansons, Mariss; Temirkanov, Yuri; Rosenthal, Manuel; Foley, Timothy; Previn, Andre; Bos...

This collection encourages children to get up and moving! Featuring the best dance music in the Classical world this compilation will keep little ears occupied,...continue...

Il Tenore, The Tenor / Salvatore Licitra

2 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-02-07

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Turandot; Tosca; Madama Butterfly; Manon Lescaut; Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Giuseppe Verdi: Ernani; Macbeth; Il trovatore; Un ballo in maschera; Luisa Miller; Otello; Aida, ope...
Performers: Alvarez, Marcelo [Tenor Vocal]; Chegwidden, Davey; Frittoli, Barbara; Gavazzi, Ernesto; Hamilton, Mike; Jones, Warren; Labèque, Katia; Licitra, Salvatore; May, Daniel; Plazas, Mary; Wood, Nath...
Conductors: Brignoli, Roberto Rizzi; Rizzi, Carlo; Muti, Riccardo; May, Daniel; Armiliato, Marco

Messiaen Edition

18 CD / Erato / 2011-04-26

Works: Olivier Messiaen: Petites esquisses d'oiseaux (6), for piano, I/54; Preludes (8) for Piano; Études (4) de rhythme; La nativité du Seigneur; Le banquet céleste; Apparition de l'&e...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Alain, Marie-Claire; Barboteu, Georges; Chauvaut, Rene; Cotton, Roger [Tenor Vocalist]; Deplus, Guy; Dupin, Francois; Fernandez, Huguette; Guigui, Charley; Haniotis, Mario; Ja...
Conductors: Couraud, Marcel; Constant, Marius; Nagano, Kent; Boulez, Pierre
Ensemble: ; Groupe Instrumental a Percussion de Strasbourg; ORTF Ensemble "Ars Nova"

This 18-CD set offers a comprehensive overview of Messiaen's work in recordings made between 1963 and 2000. The performers include the composer himself, his wife...continue...

Labèque

6 CD / KML Records / 2011-01-11

Works: Maurice Ravel: Rapsodie espagnole; Ma mère l'oye; Menuet antique; Pavane pour une infante défunte; Prélude for Piano in A minor; Boléro; Igor Stravinsky: Concerto for 2 so...
Performers: Biscari, Thierry; Gimeno, Gustavo; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Martin, Mayte

This specially-priced collection of the Labèque sisters’ recordings for their own label, KML Records, offers the listener an excellent, wide-ranging survey of the duo’s prodigious...continue...

100 Best Children's Classics

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-01-11

Works: Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Flight of the Bumblebee; The Snow Maiden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Gioachino Rossini: Guillaume Tell Overture; Ser...
Performers: Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Buchbinder, Rudolf [Piano]; Ciccolini, Aldo [Piano]; de los Angeles, Victoria; Fischer, Annie; Kok, Felix; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Lympany, M...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Mehta, Zubin; Muti, Riccardo; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Tortelier, Paul; Ozawa, Seiji; Lysy, Alberto; Jansons, Mariss; Jacquillat,...
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields; Camerata Lysy Gstaad

Each CD included in this 6-CD set from EMI Classics is inspired by the wonders of childhood. The first CD, CARNIVAL, includes works by Camille...continue...

Bartók: Concertos, Miraculous Mandarin, etc / Rattle, Labèques, Chung, Donohoe, et al

4 CD / EMI Classics Import / 2008-09-16

Works: Béla Bartók: Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19/Sz 73; Concerto for Orchestra, Sz 116; Concerto for Piano no 1, Sz 83; Concerto for Piano no 2, Sz 95; Concerto for Piano no 3, Sz 119; Concerto for...
Performers: Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Donohoe, Peter; Drouet, Jean-Pierre; Gualdo, Sylvio; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; von Otter, Anne Sofie; White, Willard [Bass Vocals]
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir

Hungarian composer, pianist, musicologist Bela Bartok, though criminally neglected in his own time, has risen in stature and is now considered one of the greatest...continue...

Relaxing Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2006-09-12

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor, BWV 1043; Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (Hunt Cantata), BWV 208 (BC G1, G3); Orchestral Suite no 3 in D major, BWV 1068; Léo Delibes...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bennett, William; Berbié, Jane; Bolet, Jorge; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Brymer, Jack [Clarinet]; Hasson, Maurice; Kipnis, Igor [Harpsichord/Piano]; Kulka, Konstanty; Lab&eg...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Munchinger, Karl; Solti, Sir Georg; Dutoit, Charles; ; Karajan, Herbert von; Cleobury, Nicholas; Masur, Kurt; Jorda, Enrique
Ensemble: ; Capricorn (Ensemble); Du Brassus; I Musici; Lausanne Pro Arte

This CD includes a great selection of "soothing and relaxing" music as well as a great introduction to the classics....continue...

Gemini - Rossini: Stabat Mater, etc / Cleobury, Muti, et al

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2005-05-24

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe solennelle; Stabat mater
Performers: Baltsa, Agnes; Briggs, David; Gambill, Robert; Gedda, Nicolai; Howell, Gwynne; Kavrakos, Dimitri; Labèque, Katia; Labèque, Marielle [Piano]; Malfitano, Catherine [Soprano Vocals]; Popp,...
Conductors: Cleobury, Stephen; Muti, Riccardo