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Classical 2013 / DiDonato, Rattle, Frag, Jaroussky, Lim, Balsom, Pahud, Villazon

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-19

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Giacomo Puccini: La Bohème; Ludwig van Beethoven: Sonata for Piano no 14 in C sharp minor, Op. 27/2 "Moonlight"; Sonata for Violin no 8 in G major, Op. 30/3; Fide...
Performers: Anderson, Ronald Kinloch; Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Baborak, Radek; Balsom, Alison; Bostridge, Ian; Brunello, Mario; Callas, Maria; Capucon, Gautier; Capucon, Renaud; Coates, Sam; Dalberto, Michel; D...
Conductors: Rattle, Simon, Sir; Armiliato, Marco; Summers, Patrick; Jensen, Eivind Gullberg; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe; Pinnock, Trevor; Wilson, John; Jenkins, Karl [Composer]; Petrenko, Vasily; Aadland, Eivind; ...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Matheus; Les Violons du Roy; tenThing (Brass Ensemble); The English Concert

With 45 tracks, and over 2.5 hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical...continue...

Music For Paradise: The Best Of Hildegard Von Bingen / Sequentia

1 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-11-19

Works: Hildegard von Bingen: O Jerusalem aure civitas; O rubor sanguinis; O tu suavissima, response; O quam mirabilis, antiphon; Caritas abundat in omnia; O vis eternitatis; O beata infantia, antiphon for S...
Performers: Dellal, Pamela; Grant, Stephen; Guttry, Paul; Hargis, Ellen; Heumannskamper, Franz-Josef [Vocals]; Knutson, Lydia; Mayer, Nancy; McSweeney, Mark; Mentzel, Eric; Monahan, Laurie [Mezzo-Soprano Vocals]...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Sequentia (Early music ensemble)

Canonized by Pope Benedict in May 2012, St. Hildegard von Bingen, abbess, visionary, healer, singer, poet and composer, left two precious manuscripts filled with spiritual...continue...

Frederic Mompou: Cançons & Danses / Marisa Martins, mezzosoprano; Mac McClure, piano

1 CD / Columna Musica / 2012-11-13

Works: Federico Mompou: Cançó de l'àvia, for voice & piano; El testament d'Amèlia, folk song arrangement for voice & piano; Ballet; Ets l'infinit, for voice & piano; Et sento que vé...
Performers: Martins, Marisa; McClure, Mac

Recording information: Estudis Albert Moraleda (Llerona) (2009)....continue...

Erk Norby: The Rainbow Snake - Orchestral Songs and Symphonic Works / Bo Holten, Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Aarhus University Choir

1 CD / Dacapo / 2012-11-13

Works: Erik Norby: Regnbueslangen (The Rainbow Snake), symphonic poem after an Indian tale; Rilke Lieder, for voice & piano (or orchestra); Edvard Munch Trilogy, for chorus & orchestra
Performers: Fischer, Hanne
Conductors: Holten, Bo
Ensemble: ; Aalborg Symphony Orchestra; Aarhus University Choir

Expedition Audio - Music that deserves to be heard
... all of this music is colored by a post-romantic sound, with influences of Schoenberg, Berg and...continue...
Recording information: Aalborg Hallen (05/14/2011-05/17/2011)....continue...

Edita Gruberova Edition Vol 1 - The Queen of Belcanto - Arias by Donizetti and Bellini

1 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-11-13

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor; Anna Bolena; Vincenzo Bellini: La sonnambula, opera; I Puritani, opera
Performers: Banditelli, Gloria; Bros, Jose; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Gruberova, Edita; Kim, Ettore; Scandiuzzi, Roberto; Schneiderman, Helene; Ziegler, Delores
Conductors: Haider, Friedrich; Boncompagni, Elio; Viotti, Marcello; Luisi, Fabio
Ensemble: Failoni Chamber Orchestra; Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra

Edita Gruberova, leading diva of bel canto singing, has selected several of her favorite arias centered on an archetype of the bel canto era: the...continue...

Gustav Mahler: Symphonie No. 8 / Markus Stenz, Guerzenich Orchestra Cologne

1 Super Audio CD / Oehms / 2012-11-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 8 in E flat major
Performers: Boylan, Orla; Groissböck, Günther; Haveman, Barbara; Jovanovich, Brandon; Lang, Petra; Muller-Brachmann, Hanno; Oelze, Christiane [Soprano Vocal]; Palimina, Anna
Conductors: Stenz, Markus
Ensemble: Guerzenich Orchester Koeln

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Markus Stenz continues his Mahler symphony cycle with this superlative performance of Symphony No. 8... All of the soloists are just about perfect, the chorus...continue...
Recording information: Cybele AV Studio Duesseldorf (09/23/2011-09/27/2011)....continue...

Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate / Han Gunter Nocker, Martha Modl, Horst Hiestermann. Ensemble Modern, Friedemann Layer [DVD]

1 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-11-13

Works: Aribert Reimann: Die Gespenstersonate
Performers: Hiestermann, Horst; Modl, Martha; Nöcker, Hans Günther
Conductors: Layer, Friedemann
Ensemble: Ensemble Modern

In September 1984, as part of the Berlin Festival Week, the Deutsche Oper Berlin staged the world premiere of German composer Aribert Reimann's opera "Die...continue...
Run Time: 88 min.
Region: Germany
Picture Format: NTSC, 4:3, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo,
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Italian
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Mahler: Symphonies 1-9 / Valery Gergiev, London Symphony Orchestra

10 Super Audio CD / LSO Live (London SO) / 2012-11-13

Works: Gustav Mahler: Symphony no 1 in D major "Titan"; Symphony no 10 in F sharp minor/major; Symphony no 2 in C minor "Resurrection"; Symphony no 3 in D minor; Symphony no 4 in G major; Symphony no 5 in C...
Performers: Bulycheva, Zlata; Dudinova, Liudmila; Markov, Alexey; Nikitin, Evgeny; Paasikivi, Lilli; Semishkur, Sergey; Tynan, Ailish; Yastrebova, Viktoria
Conductors: Gergiev, Valery
Ensemble: London Symphony Orchestra

Valery Gergiev's performances and recordings of Mahler's symphonies with the London Symphony Orchestra have garnered international acclaim. They have performed the works in Europe, North...continue...

Salvatore Sciarrino: Macbeth, opera / Otto Katzameier, Anna Radziejewska, Richard Zook, Sonia Turchetta, Thomas Mehnert

2 CD / Col Legno / 2012-11-13

Works: Salvatore Sciarrino: Macbeth, opera
Performers: Katzameier, Otto; Mehnert, Thomas; Radziejewska, Anna; Turchetta, Sonia; Zook, Richard
Conductors: Christ, Evan
Ensemble: Klangforum Wien

Personnel: Edwin Pfanzagl (programming).

Recording information: Kollegienkirche, Salzburg, Austria (08/04/2011-08/05/2011)....continue...

Musicals: The Premier Collection

3 CD / USM Media / 2012-11-06

Works: Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Music of the Night, song (for the musical The Phantom of the Opera); Jesus Christ Superstar; Another Suitcase in Another Hall, song (for the musical Evita); Don't Cry for Me ...
Performers: Ahmad, Irfan; Ampil, Joanna; Andrews, Julie; Astaire, Fred; Atkinson, Aimie; Ball, Michael; Barrowman, John; Bickley, Graham; Bo, Alfie; Bonney, Barbara; Bowman, Simon; Brightman, Sarah; Clark, Petul...
Conductors: Yates, Martin; Edwards, John O.; Barna, Craig; McLeod, Callum; Brooker, Stephen; Kelly, Julian; Greenwood, Andrew; Firman, David
Ensemble: ; NSO Ensemble

A Late Quartet - Music by Angelo Badalamenti [Original Soundtrack]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-11-06

Works: Angelo Badalamenti: A Late Quartet, film score; Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die Tote Stadt; Cristian Puig: Bulerias del encuntreno, song; Ludwig van Beethoven: Quartet for Strings no 14 in C sharp minor...
Performers: Forsberg, Bengt; Forsberg, Ulf; Lidstrom, Mats; Lysell, Kjell; Puig, Cristian; Sparf, Nils-Erik [Violin/Viola]; von Otter, Anne Sofie
Conductors: Grace, Jeff; LoDuca, Joseph

Drama Queens / Joyce Didonato, soprano; Il Complesso Barocco, Alan Curtis

1 CD / Virgin Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Giuseppe Maria Orlandini: Berenice; Giovanni Porta: Ifigenia in Aulide; George Frederick Handel: Alcina; Giulio Cesare in Egitto; Alessandro; Reinhard Keiser: Fredegunda; Octavia; Johann Adolf Hasse:...
Performers: DiDonato, Joyce
Conductors: Curtis, Alan
Ensemble: Il Complesso Barocco

Grammy® Award winner Joyce DiDonato joins conductor Alan Curtis and Il complesso barocco for Drama Queens, an electrifying program of royal arias the 1rom 7th...continue...
Recording information: Villa San Fermo, Lonigo, Italy (07/16/2012-07/22/2012)....continue...

The Essential Wagner - highlights from the great operas performed by the artists of EMI Classics

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-11-06

Works: Richard Wagner: The Flying Dutchman; Tannhäuser; Lohengrin; Das Rheingold; Die Walküre; Die Die Walküre; Siegfried; Götterdämmerung; Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg; Tris...
Performers: Behrens, Hildegard; Dernesch, Helga [Soprano]; Fischer-Dieskau, Dietrich; Gedda, Nicolai; Goldberg, Reiner; Gorr, Rita; Haage, Peter; Heppner, Ben [Tenor Vocals]; Jerusalem, Siegfried; Lipovsek, Marj...
Conductors: Boult, Adrian; Heger, Robert; Ludwig, Leopold; Jansons, Mariss; Tennstedt, Klaus; Konwitschny, Franz; Schneider, Peter; Cluytens, André; Bender, Heinrich; Haitink, Bernard; Sawallisch, Wolfgang;...

The operas of Richard Wagner have never been more popular than they are today, and performances of his Ring cycle continue to fill opera houses...continue...

Ruggero Leoncavallo: Mameli / Antonio De Palma, Natalia Margarit, Lorenzo Battagion, Barbara Vivian

1 CD / Bongiovanni / 2012-11-04

Works: Ruggero Leoncavallo: Goffredo Mameli, operetta
Performers: Battagion, Lorenzo; Grassi, Luciano; Margarit, Natalia; Palma, Antonio De; Vessella, Giampaolo; Vivian, Barbara
Conductors: Frontalini, Silvano
Ensemble: Orchestra Filarmonica, Ucraina di Donetsk

Recording information: Palazzetto Comunale di Sondalo (SO) (10/14/2011)....continue...

Wolfgang Rihm (b.1952): Die Hamletmaschine / Live recording, 1987

2 CD / Wergo / 2012-11-01

Works: Wolfgang Rihm: Die Hamletmaschine, music drama
Performers: Borst, Martina; Fugiss, Carmen; Kösters, Johannes M.; Schnaut, Gabriele; Sonntag, Ulrike; Wolfgang Rihm
Conductors: Schneider, Peter
Ensemble: National Theater Opera Chorus Mannheim; National Theater Orchestra, Mannheim

Art Song Collection - Anniversary Series / Beethoven, Britten, Gurney, Hawes, Poulenc, et al.

1 CD / Signum UK / 2012-11-01

Works: Ralph Vaughan Williams: On Wenlock Edge the wood's in trouble, song for tenor, piano & string quartet (or tenor & orchestra); Ludwig van Beethoven: Sechs Gesänge mit Begleitung des Pianoforte, O...
Performers: Ainsley, John Mark; Asti, Eugene; Bickley, Susan; Burnside, Iain [Piano]; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Crawford-Phillips, Simon; Evans, Rebecca; Filsell, Jeremy [Keyboard]; Glynn, Christo...
Conductors:
Ensemble: Dante Quartet

2012 marks the 15th anniversary of the first release from the leading independent classical label Signum Records. Beginning life as an early music specialist (with...continue...

Schoenberg: Klavierstucke; Piano Suite; Piano Concerto; Fantasy; Ode to Napoleon Buonaparte; Lieder / Glenn Gould, piano

4 CD / Sony Classical / 2012-10-30

Works: Arnold Schoenberg: Pieces (3) for piano, Op. 11; Pieces (5) for piano, Op. 23; Little Pieces (6) for piano, Op. 19; Suite for piano, Op. 25; Pieces (2) for piano, Op. 33; Piano Concerto, Op. 42; Fant...
Performers: Baker, Israel; Faull, Ellen; Gould, Glenn; Gramm, Donald; Vanni, Helen
Conductors: Craft, Robert;
Ensemble: ; CBC Symphony Orchestra; Juilliard String Quartet

Sony Classical celebrates Glenn Gould's 80th Anniversary with The Glenn Gould Collection, the complete Glenn Gould CD collection in 20 volumes, each available separately. They include...continue...

Martha Argerich: Lugano Concertos / Gabriela Montero, Karin Merle, Susan Roberts and Helene Schneidermann [4 CDs]

4 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-30

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Concerto for Piano no 1 in C major, Op. 15; Concerto for Piano no 2 in B flat major, Op. 19; Francis Poulenc: Concerto for 2 Pianos in D minor; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto...
Performers: Argerich, Martha [Piano]; Gulda, Paul; Gulda, Rico; Gurning, Alexander; Merle, Karin; Mogilevsky, Alexander; Montero, Gabriela; Norman, Daniel; Roberts, Susan; Sakai, Akane [Piano]; Schneiderman, Hel...
Conductors: Rabinovitch, Alexandre; Capilla, Erasmo; Vedernikov, Alexander; Dutoit, Charles; Chmura, Gabriel; Marin, Ion; Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; Lugano Percussion Group

Since 2002 Martha Argerich's Progetto at the Lugano's Festival has brought together many notable artists for memorable concerts of chamber and orchestral music. This deluxe...continue...

Songs by Franz Schurbert "Jahreszeiten" / Michelle Breedt; Nina Schumann

1 CD / TwoPianists / 2012-10-30

Works: Franz Schubert: An die Natur, D 372; Morgenlied, D 685/Op. 4 no 2; Lilla an die Morgenröte ("Wie schön bist du"), song for voice & piano, D. 273; Blumenlied, D 431; Der Schmetterling, D 633...
Performers: Breedt, Michelle; Schumann, Nina

Jahreszeiten is a rich and colorful treat for the senses. Michelle Breedt is no stranger to the international stages, having appeared in numerous productions at...continue...
Recording information: Endler Hall, Stellenbosch University, South Africa (01/04/2012-01/08/2012)....continue...

Elizabeth Vercoe: Kleemation and Other Works / Rosemary Platt, piano; Peter Bloom, flute; Mary Jane Rupert, piano; Sharon Mabry, mz

1 CD / Navona / 2012-10-30

Works: Elizabeth Vercoe: Kleemation, for flute & piano; Fantasy for piano; Irreveries from Sappho, for voice & piano; Herstory II; To Music, for solo flute; Despite Our Differences no 1, for piano trio
Performers: Anderson, Dean; Bloom, Peter H.; Charlston, Elsa; Hodgkinson, Randall; Kaderavek, Karen; Mabry, Sharon; Paraschos, Christine [Piano]; Platt, Rosemary; Rupert, Mary Jane; Scheer, Joseph; Stagnitta, Na...
Conductors: Pittman, Richard; Antoniou, Theodor
Ensemble: ALEA III; Boston Musica Viva

This debut release features 6 works for small ensemble and solo instruments. The title piece, Kleemation, draws its inspiration from 5 drawings by Swiss artist...continue...

Christmas Carols Vol. 2 - beautiful German carols sung by leading concert and opera singers, choirs and children

1 CD / Carus / 2012-10-30

Works: Christmas Traditional: Joseph, lieber Joseph mein (Joseph, Dearest Joseph Mine), carol (German); Zu Bethlehem geboren, carol (German); Maria durch ein Dornwald ging, carol (Blest Mary Wanders through...
Performers: Busch, Christine; Elsner, Leonhard; Elsner, Paulina; Friedrich, Lukas; Frisch, Vincent [Vocals]; Fritzsch, Thomas [Cello]; Gees, Michael; Grimm, Johannes; Henschel, Dietrich; Johannsen, Kay; Lielbard...
Conductors: Bernius, Frieder; Johannsen, Kay; Creed, Marcus; Biller, Georg Christoph; Alber, Michael; Schuck, Stefan
Ensemble: ; Ensemble 94; Kammerchor Stuttgart

Exclusive Collection of Christmas Carols Many renowned German-speaking singers - amongst others, Jonas Kaufmann, Angelika Kirchschlager and Christoph Prégardien - and ensembles have recorded th...continue...

The American Spirit: Roots & Transformations - Thomson, Boyer, Lokumbe, Ives, Harris [5 CDs]

5 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2012-10-30

Works: Peter Boyer: Ellis Island; Charles Ives: Lincoln, the Great Commoner, for chorus & orchestra, S. 184 (K. 5B5); Vincent Persichetti: A Lincoln Address, Op. 124; Roy Harris: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Mi...
Performers: Chandler Eteme, Janice; Deas, Kevin; Gardner, Taylor [vocals]; LaMarchina, Anthony; Mabry, Sharon; Steele, Jevetta; Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn; Wiesmeyer, Roger
Conductors: Boyer, Peter; Slatkin, Leonard; Gil-Ordóñez, Angel; Wilkins, Thomas
Ensemble: ; Post-Classical Ensemble

These four Naxos American Classics releases selected for this Americana collection... focus on some of the defining moments of that history. First... a panorama of...continue...

Bach: Christmas Oratorio / Peter Dijkstra. The Academy for Ancient Music

4 CD / BR Klassik / 2012-10-30

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248; Wieland Schmid: Werkenführung von Wieland Schmid, for chorus
Performers: Hanft, Max; Harnish, Rachel [Soprano Vocal]; Heidenriech, Gert [Vocals]; Immler, Christian; Philippin, Sonja [Soprano Vocal]; Schloffer, Friedrich; Schmitt, Maximilian [Tenor Vocal]; Vondung, Anke; W...
Conductors: Dijkstra, Peter
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Symphony Chorus

After the success of his introduction to the St. Matthew Passion, author Wieland Schmid takes us on a journey through the Christmas Oratorio with thrilling...continue...
Recording information: Herkulessaal der Residenz, München (12/11/2010-12/12/2010)....continue...

Giovanni Pacini: L'Ultimo Giorno Pompei / Raul Gimenez, Iano Tamar, Nicolas Rivenq, Gregory Bonfatti et al.

2 CD / Dynamic / 2012-10-30

Works: Giovanni Pacini: L'Ultimo Giorno di Pompei, opera
Performers: Alekperov, Emil; Bonfatti, Gregory; Giménez, Raúl [Tenor Vocals]; Lee, Sonia; Novaro, Riccardo; Rivenq, Nicolas; Sidorova, Svetlana [Vocals]; Tamar, Iano
Conductors: Carella, Giuliano
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Teatro Bellini of Cantania

This sole available recording of Pacini's masterpiece L'Ultimo giorno di Pompei, unfolding quickly and tightly with exciting solo passages over a carefully written orchestral support,...continue...
Recording information: Martina Franca, Palazzo Ducale, Italy (08/24/1996)....continue...

Vivaldi: Sacred Music / Sandrine Piau, Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Philippe Jaroussky. Concerto et al. [6 CDs]

6 CD / Naïve / 2012-10-30

Works: Antonio Vivaldi: Concerto for Double Orchestra in F major, RV 584; Domine ad adjuvandum me festina (Psalm 69), for soprano, double chorus, 2 oboes, double strings & co; Ascende laeta, RV 635; Dixit D...
Performers: Bertagnolli, Gemma; Dantone, Ottavio; Ferreira, Mauro Lopes; Herrmann, Anke; Invernizzi, Roberta; Jaroussky, Philippe; Moi, Francesco; Montanari, Stefano; Piau, Sandrine; Piccinini, Monica; Polverell...
Conductors: Alessandrini, Rinaldo; Marchi, Alessandro de; Dantone, Ottavio; Spinosi, Jean-Christophe
Ensemble: Academia Montis Regalis; Accademia Bizantina; Concerto Italiano; Ensemble Matheus

For Christmas, a Naive boxed set that gathers the finest sacred works composed by Antonio Vivaldi and performed by some of the most recognized artists...continue...
Recording information: Abbaye de Saint-Michel, Thiérache (03/2009); Chiesa di S. Bernardino, Auditorium B. Manenti, Crema, (03/2009); Istituto di Musica Antica Academia Montis Regalis, Mond (03/2...continue...

Rossini: Il Barbiere di Siviglia / Chernov, Gruberova, Florez, Serra, Ellero d'Artegna Weikert - Munich Radio SO

3 CD / Nightingale Classics / 2012-10-30

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Il barbiere di Siviglia
Performers: Anderson, Brother James; Brembeck, Christian; Chernov, Vladimir; d'Artegna, Francesco Ellero; Flórez, Juan Diego; Gruberova, Edita; Laghezza, Rosa; Serra, Eric
Conductors: Weikert, Ralf
Ensemble: Bavarian Radio Male Choir; Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra

"Juan Diego Florez and Vladimir Chernov are outstanding as Almaviva and Figaro. Enric Serra sounds appropriately like the old man looking for a young wife......continue...

Romantique - Elina Garanca sings arias from Sapho, Dalila, Joan of Arc et al. / Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Deutsche Grammophon / 2012-10-22

Works: Gaetano Donizetti: La Favorite; Camille Saint-Saëns: Samson et Dalila; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Orleanskaya deva (The Maid of Orléans); Charles Gounod: Sapho; Faust; La Reine de Saba; Nic...
Performers: Garanca, Elina
Conductors: Abel, Yves
Ensemble: ; Filarmonica del Teatro Comunale di Bologna

Romantique is a knockout!

In Romantique, Elina Garanca makes a smashing return to the studio and puts her imprint upon the big Romantic repertory, brilliantly

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Recording information: Bologna, Salone Bolognini (03/2012)....continue...

Essential British Classics - Over 2 hours of rousing classical anthems

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: George Frederick Handel: Solomon; Sarabande; Water Music Suite no 2 in D; Messiah; Music for the Royal Fireworks; Coronation Anthem; Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas; Funeral Music for Queen Mary; Jere...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Andre, Maurice; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Bean, Hugh; Beniston, Paul; Brightman, Sarah; du Pre, Jacqueline; Gibson, Simon; Gilchrist, Jane; Graham, Susan; Haim, ...
Conductors: Marriner, Sir Neville; Briger, Alexander; Mackerras, Charles, Sir; Haïm, Emmanuelle; Boult, Adrian; Cleobury, Stephen; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Barbirolli, John; Handley, Vernon; Trevor, Kirk; Jenkin...
Ensemble: ; Le Concert d'Astrée ; Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Essential Encores - Over 2 hours of great classical showpieces

2 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-10-09

Works: Antonio Bazzini: La ronde des lutins, Op. 25; Niccolò Paganini: Caprices (24) for Violin solo, Op. 1; Fritz Kreisler: La Gitana; Jules Massenet: Meditation (from "Thaïs"); Aram Khachaturian...
Performers: Adni, Daniel [Piano]; Alagna, Roberto; Alexeev, Dmitri; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Antonsen, Ole Edvard; Baker, Janet, Dame [Mezzo-soprano Vocal]; Balsom, Alison; Barrueco, Manuel; Bostridge, Ian; Brightman,...
Conductors: ; Sawallisch, Wolfgang; Kempe, Rudolf; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Jansons, Mariss; Litton, Andrew; Karajan, Herbert von; Paavo, Järvi; Fisch, Asher; Barker, John
Ensemble: ; Nash Ensemble; Virtuosi

Essential Classics is a series of 2-CD sets drawn from the catalogs of EMI Classics and Virgin Classics. Presenting the bestloved and most popular works...continue...

Twenty-Five Years! - Marais, Charpentier, Handel, Purcell et al. / Le Concert Spirituel, Hervé Niquet

2 CD / Glossa / 2012-10-06

Works: Pierre Bouteiller: Missa pro defunctis; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Missa Assumpta est Maria; Messe de Monsieur de Mauroy; Messe à huit voix; Te Deum à huit voix; George Frederick Handel: Mus...
Performers: Bayodi, Hanna; Christoyannis, Tassis; Cornwell, Joseph; d'Oustrac, Stéphanie; Duthoit, Marie Louise; Fernandes, Joao; Gens, Véronique; Harvey, Peter Harvey; Mechaly, Galle; Mercer, Shan...
Conductors: Niquet, Hervé
Ensemble: Le Concert Spirituel Orchestra

26 years ago, Hervé Niquet recalls having become so incensed with the disparaging remarks directed at French music and the Lamentations of Jean Gilles in...continue...

Mission / Cecilia Bartoli, Philippe Jaroussky, Agostino Steffani [Deluxe hardcover limited edition]

1 CD / Decca / 2012-10-02

Works: Agostino Steffani: Alarico il Baltha, cioè L'audace re de' Gothi; Servio Tullio; Niobe, regina di Tebe; Tassilone; Work(s); La superbia d'Alessandro; Alarco il Baltha; La libertà contenta; ...
Performers: Bartoli, Cecilia; Conte, Rosario; Jaroussky, Philippe
Conductors: Fasolis, Diego
Ensemble: ; I Barocchisti

Autumn 2012 marks the release of Mission, a sensational release from the world's best-selling classical artist Cecilia Bartoli and a project with international politics, religious...continue...
Recording information: Auditorio Stelio Molo, Radio Svizzerea Italia, Lugano, (11/2011-03/2012)....continue...

Xavier Montsalvatge: Orchestral Works / Ruby Hughes, soprano; Clara Mouriz, mezzo-soprano

1 CD / Chandos Records / 2012-09-25

Works: Xavier Montsalvatge: Partita, for orchestra; Canciones negras (5); Calidoscopi, for 2 pianos; Simfonia de Rèquiem, for soprano & orchestra
Performers: Hughes, Ruby; Mouriz, Clara
Conductors: Mena, Juanjo
Ensemble: ; BBC Philharmonic Orchestra

Montsalvatge was one on the most influential musical figures in Catalan music during the late the 20th century. He explored virtually every musical form, but...continue...
Recording information: MediaCity UK, Salford (12/08/2011-12/09/2011)....continue...

Francesco Cavalli: La Didone / Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Sabata, Xavier; Sanchez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

One of the first operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the...continue...

Francesco Cavalli: La Didone / Anna Bonitatibus, Kresimir Spicer, Xavier Sabata. William Christie, Les Arts Florissants [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: Pier Fancesco Cavalli: La Didone
Performers: Bonitatibus, Anna; Sabata, Xavier; Sanchez, Ana Maria
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

One of the first operas deserving of the name, Didone is our first surviving musical version of the famous episode in Virgil's Aeneid where the...continue...
Run Time: 176 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [DVD]

1 DVD Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Christie, William
Ensemble: Les Arts Florissants

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): Dolby Digital 2.0, DTS Surround
Subtitles: English, German, French
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Handel: Rinaldo / Sonia Prina, Anett Fritsch, Brenda Rae, Luca Pisaroni, Varduhi Abrahamyan. Ottavio Dantone, Orch. of the Age of Enlightenment [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / BBC Opus Arte / 2012-09-25

Works: George Frederick Handel: Rinaldo
Performers: Abrahamyan, Varduhi; Fritsch, Anett; Mead, Tim; Pisaroni, Luca; Prina, Sonia; Rae, Brenda
Conductors: Dantone, Ottavio
Ensemble: Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment

Skin-tight rubber and lacrosse sticks bring contemporary chic to this timeless fantasy of warriors and witches in Robert Carsen's fun-filled transformation of Handel's first London...continue...
Run Time: 190 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): LPCM 2.0, DTS HD Master Audio
Subtitles: English, German, French
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The Heartfelt Voice - Heinz Hoppe, tenor [4 CDs]

4 CD / Acanta / 2012-09-25

Works: Werner Bochmann: Heimat, deine Sterne, song for voice & piano; Abends in der Taverne, song; Robert Stolz: Vor meinem Vaterhaus steht eine Linde; Karl Blume: Grün ist die Heide, song (from the fi...
Performers: Bak, Valerie; Bartos, Rita; Hallstein, Ingeborg [Soprano Vocals]; Hansen, Max; Hofmann, Willi; Hoppe, Heinz; Langel, Willy [Vocals]; Litz, Gisela; Owen, Chloe; Rothenberger, Anneliese; Schlemm, Anny;...
Conductors: Becht, Erich; Stolz, Robert; Marszalek, Franz; Stephan, Wilhelm; Schandert, Manfred; Muller-Lampertz, Richard; Cremer, Curt; Schmidt-Boelcke, Werner; Burkhardt, Paul; Erede, Alberto; Martin, Wolfgang...

Heinz Hoppe was been the incarnation of the "olk singer": that rare species of singer possessing the necessary vocal qualities to pursue a career in...continue...

Rossini: Sigismondo / Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Concetti, Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa. Michele Mariotti, Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO [DVD]

2 DVD Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sigismondo
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Concetti, Andrea; Peretyatko, Olga; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna Chorus; Teatro Comunale di Bologna Symphony Orchestra

Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. The work, centered on a...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DD 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian...continue...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [DVD]

1 DVD Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish
Cou...continue...

Baroque Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Claudio Monteverdi: Orfeo; L' Incoronazione di Poppea; George Frederick Handel: Serse; Solomon, HWV 67; Messiah, HWV 56; Dixit Dominus; Concerto for Harp in B flat major, Op. 4 no 6/HWV 294; Water Mu...
Performers: Andre, Maurice; Auger, Arleen; Bianchini, Chiara [Violin]; Brosse, Jean-Patrice; Caens, Thierry; Daniels, David; Deletre, Bernard; Desrochers, Isabelle; Goodwin, Paul [Oboe, Conductor]; Hantai, Jerom...
Conductors: Haïm, Emmanuelle; Norrington, Roger; Parrott, Andrew; Hickox, Richard; Reyne, Hugo; ; Christie, William; Mandrin, Emmanuel; Malgoire, Jean-Claude; Niquet, Hervé; Cohën-Akenine, Patri...
Ensemble: ; Concerto Köln; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris; Les Folies Françoises; Taverner Consort; Taverner Players; Trio Sonnerie

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...

Verdi: Un giorno di regno / Guido Lonconsolo, Andrea Porta, Ann Caterina Antonacci, Allessandra Marianelli, Ivan Magri. Donato Renzetti, Teatro Regio di Parma Orch. & Chorus [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / C Major Video / 2012-09-25

Works: Giuseppe Verdi: Un giorno di regno (Il finto Stanislao)
Performers: Antonacci, Anna Caterina; Bordogna, Paolo; Loconsolo, Guido; Magri, Ivan; Marianelli, Alessandra; Porta, Andrea
Conductors: Renzetti, Donato
Ensemble: Teatro Regio di Parma Chorus; Teatro Regio di Parma Orchestra

On the occasion of the 200th birthday of Giuseppe Verdi, Teatro Regio de Parma and Unitel Classica have joined forces to create a truly unique...continue...
Run Time: 129 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, German, French...continue...

Mozart Treasures

3 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Symphony no 40 in G minor, K 550; Serenade no 13 in G major, K. 525 "Eine kleine Nachtmusik"; Divertimento no 1 in D major, K. 136; Serenade no 6 in D major, K. 239 'Serenata...
Performers: Ambache, Diana; Argenta, Nancy; Ben-Nun, Efrat; Braley, Frank; Chase, Roger; Coles, Samuel; Damrau, Diana; Desderi, Claudio; Dessay, Natalie; Fink, Marcos; Francis, Jeffrey; Garanca, Elina; Gens, V&e...
Conductors: Menuhin, Yehudi; Warren-Green, Christopher; Nelson, John; Pletnev, Mikhail; Tetzlaff, Christian; Ambache, Diana; Jordan, Armin; Kantorow, Jean-Jacques; Norrington, Roger; Rhorer, Jérémie; M...
Ensemble: ; Ensemble Orchestral de Paris

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...

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...

Robert Schumann: Complete Secular Choral Works / Studio Vocale Karlsruhe

4 CD / Brilliant Classics / 2012-09-25

Works: Robert Schumann: Songs (3) for solo voices & piano, Op. 29; Part songs (4/5) for mixed voices, Op. 59; Lieder (6), Op. 33; Part songs (5) for mixed voices, Op. 55; Beim Abschied zu singen, for chorus...
Performers: Chung, Locky; Hoppe, Gesa; Lampert, Christian; Lampert, Daniel; Schneider, Gundula; Witoschynskyj, Ira Maria
Conductors: Pfaff, Werner; Engelbrecht, Bernd
Ensemble: ; Renner Ensembles Regensburg

During Schumann's troubled life, the composer came relatively late to writing choral music. Inspired by nature and poetry, his secular choral works reveal a fascinating...continue...
Recording information: Baden-Baden & Regensburg....continue...

Rossini: Sigismondo / Daniela Barcellona, Andrea Concetti, Olga Peretyatko, Antonino Siragusa. Michele Mariotti, Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO [Blu-Ray]

1 Blu-Ray Video / Arthaus DVD / 2012-09-25

Works: Gioachino Rossini: Sigismondo
Performers: Barcellona, Daniela; Concetti, Andrea; Peretyatko, Olga; Siragusa, Antonino
Conductors: Mariotti, Michele
Ensemble: Teatro Comunale di Bologna SO

Early Rossini has a youthful, buoyant vibrancy about it, even in the dark swirls of drammi per musica like Sigismondo. The work, centered on a...continue...
Run Time: 183 min.
Region: 0
Picture Format: Blu-Ray, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): PCM Stereo, DTS HD Master Audio 5.1
Subtitles: English, French, German...continue...

The Best Relaxing Classical Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Georges Bizet: Carmen, opera; Camille Saint-Saëns: Carnival of the animals; Frédéric Chopin: Nocturne for piano no 2 in E flat major, Op. 9/2, CT. 109; Jules Massenet: Médit...
Performers: Chang, Han-Na; Collard, Jean-Phillipe; Kalafusz, Hans; Kovacevich, Stephen; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Meyer, Sabine [Clarinet]; Millet, Danielle; Ogdon, John; Rigutto, Bruno
Conductors: Ozawa, Seiji; Slatkin, Leonard; Marriner, Sir Neville; Lombard, Alain; Boult, Adrian; Willcocks, David; Muti, Riccardo;
Ensemble: ; Vienna String Sextet

The Best Classical Music in the Movies Ever!

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: John Williams: Star Wars; Schindler's List; E.T.; Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake; Edvard Grieg: Peer Gynt Suite no 1; Stanley Myers: The Deer Hunter; James Horner: My Heart Will Go On (from the...
Performers: Abel, David [Conductor]; Andsnes, Leif Ove; Barrueco, Manuel; Carreras, José [Tenor Vocal]; Gieseking, Walter; Horner, James; Little, Tasmin; Lopardo, Frank; Meier, Waltraud; Morris, James; Mo...
Conductors: Love, Geoff; Previn, Andre; Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Muti, Riccardo; Sutherland, Iain; Goodwin, Ron; Ormandy, Eugene; Lombard, Alain

Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album / Alexandre Tharaud, Barbara Hendricks, Samson Francois Alexis Weissenberg, et al.

1 CD / EMI Classics / 2012-09-18

Works: Léo Delibes: Lakmé; Johann Sebastian Bach: Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 974; Goldberg Variations, BWV 988; Cantata no 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben" BWV 147; Heitor Villa-Lobos...
Performers: Augér, Arleen; Barley, Peter; Francois, Samson; Garcia, José Luis; Hendricks, Barbara [Soprano Vocal]; Lympany, Moura; Mesple, Mady; Millet, Danielle; Ousset, Cécile; Tharaud, Al...
Conductors: Lombard, Alain; Labadie, Bernard; Bátiz, Enrique; Muti, Riccardo; Marriner, Sir Neville; Rattle, Simon, Sir; Boult, Adrian; Tortelier, Yan Pascal; Cleobury, Stephen
Ensemble: ; Cellos of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra (Cellos; Les Violons du Roy

EMI Classics is proud to present Fifty Shades of Grey - The Classical Album, an exciting new release featuring 15 pieces of classical music personally...continue...
When E.L. James was writing her Twilight-slash-fic-turned-BSDM potboiler Fifty Shades of Grey, she apparently fueled her writing sessions by listening to tons of classical music. Once the book turned ...continue...

György Ligeti: Requiem; Apparitions; San Francisco Polyphony / Barbara Hannigan, Susan Parry

1 CD / Budapest Music / 2012-09-11

Works: György Ligeti: Requiem, for soprano, mezzo-soprano, 2 choruses & orchestra; Apparitions, for orchestra; San Francisco Polyphony, for orchestra
Performers: Hannigan, Barbara; Parry, Susan
Conductors: Eötvös, Peter
Ensemble: ; WDR Symphony Orchestra Koln

From his youth, György Ligeti was attracted by the idea of composing a requiem. He made the first sketches while still in Hungary in 1953....continue...
Recording information: Kölner Philharmonie....continue...

J.S. Bach: St. John Passion / Gerlinde Samann; Marie Kuikjen, Petra Noskajova, Patrizia Hardt - Sigiswald Kuijken

2 Super Audio CD / Challenge Classics / 2012-09-11

Works: Johann Sebastian Bach: Saint John Passion, BWV 245
Performers: Genz, Christoph; Hamann, Jens; Kuijken, Marie; Samann, Gerlinde; Schoch, Knut; Testolin, Walter
Conductors: Kuijken, Sigiswald
Ensemble: La Petite Bande

After profound research of the material - during Bach's lifetime there were four different performances - Kuijken and La Petite Bande made their own version...continue...
Recording information: Academiezaal, St. Truiden (B) (04/17/2011-04/20/2011)....continue...