Ragin, Derek Lee

Nueva Espana: Close Encounters in the New World, 1590-1690 / Boston Camerata

1 CD / Apex / 2011-07-26

Works: Alonso Lobo: Cum audisset Joannes; Juan Pérez Bocanegra: Hanacpachap cussicuinin (For the joy of the highest realms), for chorus; Pedro Bermudez: Deus in adjutorium / Domine ad adjuvandum; Tom&#...
Performers: Azema, Anne; Dietrich, Sherri; Duguay, Richard; Fitch, Frances Conover; Fulton, Cheryl Ann; Hanchard, Dana; McCabe, Daniel; Ragin, Derek Lee; Thompson, Alison [Vocals]
Conductors: ; Jodry, Frederick; Cohen, Joel
Ensemble: Boston Camerata; Boston Shawm and Sackbut Ensemble

This excellent recording by the Boston Camerata showcases music from the new world as played on period instruments. Inspired and influence by various cultures of...continue...
Recording information: Lasalette Shrine, Ipswich, MA (07/1992).

Europe meets the New World in this first major recording of a bit of rediscovered music from the 16th and 17th centuries. Nueva E...continue...

Most Relaxing Classics / Cziffra, Meyer, Plasson, Lawrence-King

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-07-26

Works: Carl Maria von Weber: Concerto for Clarinet no 2; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for lute and two violins in D; François Couperin: Les Baricades mistérieuses, for harpsichord (Pièces ...
Performers: Bailes, Anthony; Cziffra, György; Duchable, Francois-René [Piano]; Freni, Mirella; Gedda, Nicolai; Lawrence-King, Andrew; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Ragin,...
Conductors: Vonk, Hans; ; Gelmetti, Gianluigi; Parrott, Andrew; Plasson, Michel; Downes, Edward; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Wallberg, Heinz
Ensemble: ; Danske Strings

Dirk Brossé: A Portrait in Music

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2011-03-29

Works: Dirk Brossé: Millennium Overture, for orchestra; Principals, for orchestra; El Golpe Fatal, for orchestra; Music in Mycology, for orchestra; Artesia, Symphony no 1; La Soledad de Améric...
Performers: Abdulrasol, Osama; Abraham, Marta; Blumenthal, Daniel; Boerdam, Maike; Brossé, Dirk; Cleymans, Jelle; Craeynest, Stefaan; Debruyne, Frank; DeCaluwe, Dirk; Diaz, Carlos; Ferschtman, Liza; Fran&...
Conductors: Brossé, Dirk; Terby, Fernand; Smeets, Max; DeCaluwe, Dirk;
Ensemble: ; Arco Baleno; Trio Dor

EMI Classics celebrates the 50th birthday of Flemish Belgian composer and conductor Dirk Brossé with this magnificent 6-CD box set. This collection gives a great...continue...

Remembrance of Things Past

1 CD / Guild / 2010-09-14

Works: John Dowland: Preludium, P 98; Firste Booke of Songes; Second Booke of Songes; Say love if ever thou ditst find, D 58; Third and Last Booke of Songes; Second Booke of Songes or Ayres; Lachrimae or Se...
Performers: Bothe, Theresia; Croton, Peter; Ragin, Derek Lee

Theresia Bothe and Peter Croton have been performing together since 2003. They are joined on this recording of songs by John Dowland by counterenor Derek...continue...
Recording information: Basel City Studios, Switzerland (05/19/2009-05/21/2009)....continue...

Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet Music / John Eliot Gardiner

6 CD / Warner Classics / 2010-07-20

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Alcina; Terpsichore; Il pastor fido
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Davies, Maldwyn; Findlay, Jane; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Ragin, Derek Lee; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene; Sm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Bext Adagio Voices 100

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-10-06

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Songs (14), Op. 34; Ave Maria; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50; Requiem, Op. 48; Ave Verum, Op. 65; Après un rêve, Op. 7 no 1; Cantique de J...
Performers: Allen, Thomas; Auger, Arleen; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Boufil, Paul; Bouillat, Jean-Louis; Butt, John [Organ, Conductor]; Caballe, Montserrat; Callas, Maria; Collot, Delphine; Cornwe...
Conductors: Schoenwandt, Michael; Hill, David; Barenboim, Daniel; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Haitink, Bernard; Ledger, Philip, Sir; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Ferro, Gabriele; Paavo, Järvi; Guadagno, Anton; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Capella Bavariae; Cellos ensemble of the Orchestre de Paris; Consort of Musicke; Ensemble instrumental de Genève ; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; La Orfanelle della Pieta; Le Concert d'As...

This 6-CD set covers many of the most popular melodic works composed for the human voice and is programmed for a relaxed listening experience. This...continue...

Britten Recital

1 CD / EtCetera Records / 2009-09-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Purcell Realizations from Harmonia Sacra; Purcell Realizations from Orpheus Britannicus; The Queen's Epicedium, for soprano or tenor & piano (Purcell Realization); Tit for Tat; A Ne...
Performers: Drake, Julius [Piano]; Ragin, Derek Lee

Handel Anniversary Edition 1759-2009 - Arias & Duets / Dessay, Daniels, et al

2 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-05-05

Works: George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Rodelinda; Dietro l'orme fuggaci, HWV 105 "Armida abbandonata"; Rinaldo; Ariodante; Sorgi il dì, HWV 72 "Aci, Galatea, e Polifemo"; Admeto, Rè di Tessag...
Performers: Abete, Antonio; Agnew, Paul [Tenor Vocals]; Auger, Arleen; Banditelli, Gloria; Bonitatibus, Anna; Bostridge, Ian; Ciofi, Patrizia; Daneman, Sophie; Daniels, David; Dawson, Lynne; Dessay, Natalie; DiD...
Conductors: Norrington, Roger; ; Curtis, Alan; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Nelson, John; Hickox, Richard; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Kraemer, Nicholas
Ensemble: ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; Les Basses Réunies ; Raglan Baroque Players

To commemorate the 250th anniversary of Handel's death, Virgin Classics is releasing a 2-CD collection of his finest arias and duets. This generous selection includes...continue...

The Record of Singing Vol 5 - From the LP to the Digital Era

10 CD / EMI Classics / 2009-03-10

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Die Walküre; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tristan und Isolde, opera, WWV 90; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die tote Stadt (The...
Performers: Alagna, Roberto; Aler, John [Tenor Vocal]; Allen, Thomas; Alva, Luigi [Tenor Vocals]; Ameling, Elly [Soprano Vocals]; Anderson, June [Soprano Vocal]; Andre, Maurice; Angelici, Martha; Argenta, Nancy;...
Conductors: Ludwig, Leopold; Konwitschny, Franz; Dobroven, Issay; Weigert, Herman; Prêtre, Georges; Cluytens, André; Furtwängler, Wilhelm; Karajan, Herbert von; Kempe, Rudolf; Susskind, Walter; Bl...
Ensemble: ; Collegium Vocale (Ghent); Consort of Musicke; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Fretwork; Hespèrion XX ; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; La Grande Écurie et ...

EMI Classics is proud to present two 10-CD boxed sets of 'The Record of Singing'. Together this collection offers a breath-taking overview of the past...continue...

Altus - From Castrato to Countertenor

3 CD / Virgin Classics / 2009-02-24

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Giustino, RV 717; Amen; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Longe mala umbrae terrores in G minor, RV 629; Pianti, sospiri, RV 676; George Frederick Handel: MEDLEY; Der Messias; Work(s)...
Performers: Asawa, Brian; Blake, Rockwell; Bowman, James [Countertenor Vocal]; Brett, Charles; Cencic, Max Emanuel; Chance, Michael; Daniels, David; Deller, Alfred; Dupré, Desmond; Esswood, Paul; Gens, V&...
Conductors: Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Lesne, Gérard; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Corboz, Michel; Linde, Hans-Martin; Parrott, Andrew; Curtis, Alan; Christie, William; Herreweghe, Philippe; Ledger, Philip, Sir...
Ensemble: Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; City of London Sinfonia; Collegium Vocale; English Chamber Orchestra; Ensemble Artaserse; Ensemble Instrumental de Lausanne; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Europa Galan...

The male voice hits an all-time high with this new collection from Virgin Classics. Starting as far back as 1902 with the last of the...continue...

Les Grandes Eaux Musicales de Versailles / Rousset, Les Talens Lyriques, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 2008-11-25

Works: Jean-Baptiste Lully: Roland; Persée, LWV 60; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Naïs; Zaïs; Acanthe et Céphise, ou La sympathie, opera; Henry Desmarest: Vénus et Adonis; Christoph Willi...
Performers: Alexiev, Evgueniy; Andersen, Ditte; Auvity, Cyril; Essade, Marie-Helene; Gillot, Delphine; Gonzales-Toro, Emiliano; Haller, Salome; Lenormand, Marie; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rostand,...
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les Talens Lyriques

Farinelli, Il Castrato - Broschi, Handel, Porpora, etc / Rousset, Malas-Godlewska, Ragin, et al

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-10-28

Works: Riccardo Broschi: Son qual nave; Se al labbro mio non credi; Idaspe; Nicolo Porpora: Polifemo; Johann Adolf Hasse: Artaserse; Cleofide; George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; Amadigi di Gaula, HWV ...
Performers: Bayo, María; Kuijken, Wieland; Lepore, Carlo; Malas-Godlewska, Ewa; Mellon, Agnès; Piau, Sandrine; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rousset, Christophe
Conductors: Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Les talens lyriques

Handel: Operas - Flavio, Giulio Cesare, Rinaldo / René Jacobs, et al

10 CD / Harmonia Mundi Import / 2008-10-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo; Flavio, Rè di Longobardi, opera, HWV 16; Giulio Cesare; Tanti strali al sen mi scocci, duet for soprano, alto & continuo, HWV 197; Sento là che ristret...
Performers: Banchini, Chiara; Dumaux, Christophe; Fagotto, Gian Paolo; Figueiredo, Nicolau de; Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Gall, Jeffrey; Genaux, Vivica; Hogman, Christina; Kalna, Inga; Lallouette, Oli...
Conductors: Jacobs, René;
Ensemble: ; Concerto Vocale

Die Welt der Kastraten / Kowalski, Köhler, Ragin, et al

1 CD / Capriccio / 2008-04-08

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo, HWV 7; The choice of Hercules, HWV 69; Serse, HWV 40; Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Johann Adolf Hasse: La conversione di Sant'Agostino; Cleofide; Cl...
Performers: Cordier, David; Jacobs, René; Köhler, Axel; Kowalski, Jochen; Nirouët, Jean; Popken, Ralf; Ragin, Derek Lee; Van der Sluis, Mieke; Visse, Dominique; Wessel, Kai; Zaepffel, Alain
Conductors: Haenchen, Hartmut; Creed, Marcus; ; Christie, William; Max, Hermann; Pommer, Max; Linde, Hans-Martin
Ensemble: Academy for Ancient Music Berlin; C.P.E. Bach Chamber Orchestra; Cappella Coloniensis; Das Kleine Konzert; Lautten Compagney; Leipzig New Bach Collegium Musicum

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...

Unforgettable - Music from Movies

2 CD / Naïve / 2008-02-26

Works: Richard Strauss: Also Sprach Zarathustra; Lieder (5), Op. 41; Richard Wagner: Die Walküre; Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco; La forza del destino; La traviata; Wolfgang Amad...
Performers: Biret, Idil; Bruns, Peter; Jando, Jeno; Kraft, Norbert [Producer/Guitar]; Kraus, Michael [Tenor/Baritone Vocal]; Mallas-Godlewska, Ewa; Marin-Degor, Sophie; Monteyrol, Laurence; Ottensamer, Ernst; Ra...
Conductors: Kosler, Zdenek; Mund, Uwe; Lombard, Alain; Morandi, Pier G.; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Halász, Michael; Teutsch, Karol; Lenárd, Ondrej; Bramall, Anthony; Rahbari, Alexander; Nelson, John; Yabl...
Ensemble: ; Les Talens Lyriques; Vienna Mozart Academy

Music from the films Apocalypse Now, Fantasia, Shine, Pretty Woman, Platoon, Out of Africa, Farinelli, Chariots of Fire and many more are here, with unforgettable...continue...
Personnel: Derek Lee Ragin (vocals); Laurence Monteyrol (soprano); Norbert Kraft (guitar); Fazil Say, Idil Biret, Jenö Jandó (piano)....continue...

Best 100 Vivaldi

6 CD / EMI Classics / 2008-02-12

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in F major, RV 551; Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor, Op. 3 no 10...
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Ciofi, Patrizia; Comparato, Marina; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Daniels, David; Genaux, Vivica; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Lisi, Leonardo de; McFadden, Claron; Place, Aliso...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Parrott, Andrew; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Medlam, Charles; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; London Baroque; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; Teatro Lírico (Ensemble)

Following the success of the previous 'Best Mozart 100' and 'Best Beethoven 100', EMI classics is proud to offer the latest composer to get the...continue...

George Frideric Handel: L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Ballet Music / Gardiner

6 CD / Erato / 2007-10-22

Works: George Frederick Handel: L'Allegro il Penseroso ed il Moderato; Tamerlano; Alcina; Terpsichore; Il pastor fido
Performers: Argenta, Nancy; Chance, Michael; Davies, Maldwyn; Findlay, Jane; Ginn, Michael; Hill, Martyn; Kwella, Patrizia; McLaughlin, Marie [Soprano Vocals]; Ragin, Derek Lee; Robson, Nigel; Schirrer, Rene; Sm...
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot

Vivaldi: 100 Chefs d'Ouvre

6 CD / Virgin Classics Import / 2007-09-25

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for 3 violins, strings & continuo in F major, RV 551; Concerto for 4 Violins and Cello in B minor, Op. 3 no 10...
Performers: Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; Ciofi, Patrizia; Comparato, Marina; D'Arcangelo, Ildebrando; Daniels, David; Genaux, Vivica; Labelle, Dominique; LeBlanc, Suzie [Soprano Vocals]; Lisi, Leonardo de; McFadden, ...
Conductors: Warren-Green, Christopher; Biondi, Fabio [Violin]; ; Parrott, Andrew; Stubbs, Stephen [Lute]; Medlam, Charles; Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: ; Europa Galante; Il Complesso Barocco; Il Seminario Musicale; London Baroque; Taverner Choir, Consort & Players; Teatro Lírico (Ensemble)

Originals - Handel: Saul / Gardiner, Miles, Dawson, Ragin, Ainsley

3 CD / Philips / 2007-08-14

Works: George Frederick Handel: Saul; Recorded Sound: Applause
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Brown, Donna; Dawson, Lynne; Holton, Ruth; Mackie, Neil; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Oberst, Simon; Ragin, Derek Lee; Salmon, Philip; Savage, Richard; Slane, Philip
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

Handel: Agrippina / Gardiner, Jones, Miles, Ragin, et al

3 CD / Philips / 2007-04-10

Works: George Frederick Handel: Agrippina
Performers: Brown, Donna; Chance, Michael; Clarkson, Julian; Jones, Della; Kenny, Jonathan Peter; Miles, Alastair [Bass Vocals]; Mosley, George; Ragin, Derek Lee; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Gardiner, John Eliot
Ensemble: English Baroque Soloists

"Della Jones gives a masterful performance in the title role. John Eliot Gardiner has not recorded many Handel operas, nor directed many in the theatre....continue...

Mélancolie

2 CD / Naïve / 2006-02-21

Works: Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Gabriel Fauré: Elégie for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 24; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), K. 620; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major...
Performers: Aimard, Pierre-Laurent; Anorga, Solange; Bavouzet, Jean-Efflam; Bayo, Maria; Cabasso, Laurent; Chiama, Jean-Francois; Christie, Nan; Eloir, Cecile; Gastinel, Anne; Greacen, Timothy; Hill, Martyn; Kaz...
Conductors: Equilbey, Laurence; Krivine, Emmanuel; Von der Goltz, Gottfried; Gardiner, John Eliot; Antonini, Giovanni; Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Griffiths, Howard; Spering, Christoph; Robertson, David; Sempe, Skip;...
Ensemble: ; Accentus Chamber Choir; Chorus Musicus; Concerto Italiano; Das Neue Orchester; English Baroque Soloists; Il Giardino Armonico; Les talens lyriques; Lyon National Orchestra; Orlando Gibbons Viol Ens...

The English Song Series 9 - Britten

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-01-18

Works: Benjamin Britten: Canticle I; Canticle II, Op. 51 "Abraham and Isaac"; The Heart of the Matter, for tenor, narrator, horn & piano; Canticle III, Op. 55 "Still Falls the Rain"; Canticle IV; Canticle V
Performers: Bedford, Steuart; Ellis, Osian; Finley, Gerald [Bass-Baritone Vocals]; Langridge, Philip; Lloyd, Frank [horn]; Ragin, Derek Lee

Britten's five 'Canticles' are marvelously vivid, intensely dramatic works. Although they were not designed to be performed together - they span virtually his whole career,...continue...

Giya Kancheli: Diplipito, Valse Boston

1 CD / ECM Import / 2004-06-29

Works: Giya Kancheli: Diplipito, for violoncello, countertenor & orchestra; Valse Boston, for piano & strings
Performers: Davies, Dennis Russell; Demenga, Thomas; Ragin, Derek Lee
Conductors: Davies, Dennis Russell

Handel: Giulio Cesare / Jacobs, Larmore, Schlick, et al

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2003-01-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jacobs, Rene; Lallouette, Olivier; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"This set recommends itself as the most magnificently sung recording of a Handel opera ever made." -International Opera Collector...continue...

Handel: Giulio Cesare (Excerpts) / Jacobs, Larmore, et al

1 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 2001-06-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Jacobs, Rene; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Zanasi, Furio
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"If this isn't the greatest of all baroque operas, indeed the greatest opera before Mozart, then I really don't know what is. There have been...continue...

Händel: Cantatas, Sonatas / Ragin, Ensemble Divita

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1998-08-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Lungi da me, pensier tiranno, cantata for alto & continuo, HWV 125b; Sonata for Oboe and Basso Continuo in F major "Hautb. Solo del Sr. Hendel"; Siete rose ruggiadose, cantat...
Performers: Ragin, Derek Lee
Conductors:
Ensemble: Ensemble Divitia Cologne

Italian Lute Songs / Derek Lee Ragin, Peter Croton

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1997-08-31

Works: Sigismondo d'India: Crud'Amarilli (from "Libro Primo de Madrigali a Cinque Voci); Le musiche, book 1; Girolamo Frescobaldi: Arie musicali Bk.1 no 15, Se l'aura spira, in 3 sections for solo voice; Pr...
Performers: Croton, Peter; Ragin, Derek Lee

Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit - Spirituals / Derek Lee Ragin

1 CD / Channel Classics / 1997-07-01

Works: Traditional: Ole time religion; Witness; Steal away to Jesus; Little David, play on your harp; Deep river; Sometimes I feel like a motherless child; Live a humble; Nobody knows the trouble I've seen;...
Performers: Hogan, Moses; Ragin, Derek Lee
Conductors:
Ensemble: New World Vocal Ensemble

La musique au temps des Castrats - Gluck, Vivaldi, et al

1 CD / Naïve / 1994-11-01

Works: Christoph Willibald Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice; Antonio Vivaldi: Montezuma, RV 723; Dixit Dominus in D; Nisi Dominus in G minor, RV 608; Gregorio Allegri: De ore prudentis; Repleti sunt omnes; Marc-Ant...
Performers: Bowman, James; Cabré, Josep; Elves, John; Lesne, Gérard; Malas-Godlewska, Ewa; Ragin, Derek Lee; Visse, Dominique
Conductors: Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Fabre-Garrus, Bernard; Savall, Jordi; Rousset, Christophe
Ensemble: Ensemble a Sei Voci; La Grande Ecurie et la Chambre du Roy; Le Concert des Nations; Les talens lyriques; Namur Chamber Choir

Handel. Giulio Cesare. Concerto Koln, R.jacobs

4 CD / Harmonia Mundi / 1991-11-01

Works: George Frederick Handel: Giulio Cesare
Performers: Fink, Bernarda [Mezzo-Soprano Vocal]; Lallouette, Olivier; Larmore, Jennifer; Ragin, Derek Lee; Rorholm, Marianne; Schlick, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Visse, Dominique [Countertenor Vocal]; Zanasi, Fur...
Conductors: Jacobs, René

"An excellent cast in one of Handel's greatest operas." -BBC Music...continue...