Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Brahms - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2004-02-10

Works: Johannes Brahms: Versunken ("Es brausen der Liebe Wogen"), song for voice & piano, Op. 86/5; Hungarian Dances (21) for orchestra, WoO 1; Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op. 68; Songs (5) for voice & piano,...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Lenehan, John [Piano]; Lloyd Webber, Julian; Milstein, Nathan; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors: Abbado, Claudio; Fischer, Iván; Giulini, Carlo Maria; Jochum, Eugen; Haitink, Bernard
Ensemble: ; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra

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Heavenly Adagios

2 CD / Decca / 2003-11-04

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174); Cantata no 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme," BWV 140 (BC A166); Cantata no 208, "Was mir behagt," (H...
Performers: Agoult, Raymond; Berbié, Jane; Bonynge, Richard; Brown, Iona; Caracciolo, Franco; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; Chorus, Vienna State Opera; Davis, Colin, Sir [Conductor]; Dutoit, Charles; Gergie...
Conductors: Munchinger, Karl; Bonynge, Richard; Dutoit, Charles; Agoult, Raymond; Karajan, Herbert von; Solti, Sir Georg; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Judd, James; Page, Neil; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rogé, Pasca...
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Chicago Symphony Orchestra; English Sinfonia; Kirov Theater Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Naples Rossini Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; New...

Personnel: Anthony Way (treble); Marie Goosens, Marisa Robles (harp); Michael Kennedy, Iona Brown (violin); Julian Lloyd Webber, Miklós Perényi (cello); Pascal Rogé (piano)....continue...

Essential Violin - Over 2 1/2 hours of glorious melodies

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-09-09

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera"; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno"; Jules Massenet: Thaïs; Niccolò Paganini: Conce...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Bonynge, Richard; Chailly, Riccardo; Chung, Kyung-Wha [Violin]; Cleveland Orchestra; Coker, Paul; Dutoit, Charles; Fujikawa, Mayumi; Grumiaux, Arthur [Violin]; Hait...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Bonynge, Richard; Litton, Andrew; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Chailly, Riccardo; Haitink, Bernard; Previn, Andre; Weller, Walter; Dutoit, Charles
Ensemble: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Or...

Personnel: Paul Coker, Ernest Lush, Phillip Moll (piano)....continue...

The Very Best of Relaxing Classics

1 CD / Decca / 2003-08-12

Works: Giacomo Puccini: Gianni Schicchi, opera; Madama Butterfly; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalleria rusticana, opera (melodramma) in 1 act; Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini; Songs (14), Op. 34;...
Performers: Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, The; Anda, Geza; BBC Concert Orchestra; Bonell, Carlos [Guitar]; Davidovich, Bella; English Chamber Orchestra; Fernandez, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Haselbock, M...
Conductors: Wordsworth, Barry; Järvi, Neeme; Munchinger, Karl; Karajan, Herbert von; Mauceri, John; Dutoit, Charles; Marriner, Sir Neville; Agoult, Raymond; ; Malcolm, George; Judd, James; Anda, Géza
Ensemble: ; I Musici

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Personnel: Carlos Bonnell, Eduardo Fernandez , Göran Söllscher (guitar); Julian Lloyd Webber (cello); Heinz Holliger (oboe); G...continue...

Midnight Adagios

2 CD / Decca Import / 2003-05-13

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Eine Kleine Nachtmusik; Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Concerto for Piano no...
Performers: Accademia di Santa Cecilia Orchestra; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bell, Joshua; Cleveland Orchestra; Coker, Paul; English Chamber Orchestra; Fernández, Eduardo [Classical Guitar]; Gillespie, Rhondda;...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Dutoit, Charles; ; Patanè, Giuseppe; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Malcolm, George; Tate, Jeffrey; Bonynge, Richard; Hogwood, Christopher; Chailly, Riccardo
Ensemble: ; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Borodin Quartet; Cleveland Orchestra; English Chamber Orchestra; I Musici; I Salonisti; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Montreal Symphony Orchestra; National Phi...

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Personnel: Marisa Robles (harp); Joshua Bell, Nigel Kennedy (violin); Miklós Perényi , Janos Starker (cello); Heinz Holliger (ob...continue...

Rachmaninoff - Greatest Hits

1 CD / Decca / 2003-04-08

Works: Sergey Rachmaninov: Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini, Op. 43; Morceaux de fantaisies (5), Op. 3; Preludes (10) for Piano, Op. 23; Symphony no 2 in E minor, Op. 27; Suite for 2 Pianos no 2, Op. 17; Con...
Performers: Arkadiev, Mikhail; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Berman, Lazar; Boshniakovich, Oleg; Cleveland Orchestra; Gergiev, Valery; Hvorostovsky, Dmitri; Karcykowski, Ryszard; Krause, To...
Conductors: Ahronovitch, Yuri; Gergiev, Valery; Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Maazel, Lorin; Korniev, Nikolai
Ensemble: Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Cleveland Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Mariinsky (Kirov) Theater Orchestra; Royal Concertgebouw Chorus; Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra; St. Petersburg Chamber C...

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My Ballerina Album - Favorite Ballet Scenes and Melodies

2 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2002-11-12

Works: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Sleeping Beauty Suite, Op. 66a; Léo Delibes: Sylvia; Coppélia; Frédéric Chopin: Les sylphides, ba...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra; Boston Pops; Boston Symphony Orchestra; Economou, Nicolas; La Scala Orchestra; London Symphony Orchestra; Luisada, Jean-Marc; Music, Academy o...
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Fistoulari, Anatole; Järvi, Neeme; Lanchbery, John; Fiedler, Arthur; Chailly, Riccardo; Abbado, Claudio; Dorati, Antal; Ozawa, Seiji; Pletnev, Mikhail; Rostropovich, Mstisl...

Personnel: Michel Schwalbé (violin); Nicolas Economou, Martha Argerich , Jean-Marc Luisada (piano)....continue...

The Radiant Voice of Barbara Bonney

1 CD / Decca / 2001-07-24

Works: John Dowland: Come Again; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aenaeas; Johann Sebastian Bach: Cantata no 211, "Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht," (Coffee Cantata), BWV 211 (BC G48); Giovanni Pergolesi: Stabat Mat...
Performers: Ashkenazy, Vladimir; Bonney, Barbara; Graham, Susan; Heringman, Jacob [Lute]; Knudsen, Sato; Martineau, Malcolm; Music, Academy of Ancient; Pappano, Antonio [Conductor]; Phillips, Daniel [Organ]; Pre...
Conductors: Hogwood, Christopher; Leonhardt, Gustav; Rousset, Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Östman, Arnold; Ferro, Gabriele; Järvi, Neeme; Eschenbach, Christoph; Chailly, Riccardo; Previn, Andre; Page, ...

Personnel: Anthony Way (treble); Jacob Heringman (lute); André Previn , Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano).

Recording information: Grotezaal, Concertgebouw, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (11/1986-02...continue...

Baby Dance - A Toddler's Jump on the Classics

1 CD / Erato / 1994-09-06

Works: Aram Khachaturian: Gayaneh; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48; Nutcracker Suite, Op. 71a; Jean-Philippe Rameau: Dardanus; Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Mandolin in C ...
Performers: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Cleveland Orchestra; Duchable, Francois-Rene [Piano]; Heisser, Jean-Francois; InterContemporain, Ensemble; Koo...
Conductors: Lazarev, Alexander; Rozhdestvensky, Gennady; Gardiner, John Eliot; Scimone, Claudio; Dohnányi, Christoph von; Boulez, Pierre; Guschlbauer, Theodor; Harnoncourt, Nikolaus; Leppard, Raymond; Lomba...
Ensemble: ; Bamberg Symphony Orchestra; Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra; Bolshoi Theatre Orchestra; Bournemouth Sinfonietta; Chamber Orchestra of Europe; Cleveland Orchestra; English Baroque Soloists; Ensemble Inte...

Personnel: Ugo Orlandi (mandolin); Maria Joao Pires (piano)....continue...