CBS Masterworks

Igor Butman: Magic Land [Digipak] *

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 2007-11-20

Tracks: Bu-Ra-Ti-No; Amazing Far; Friends Song; Water Skis; Song of Little Lion and Turtle; Lullaby of Mommy Bear; Summer Song; Golden Sun Ray; Chunga-Changa; Lullaby
Artists: Igor Butman

Personnel: Igor Butman (soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone); Randy Brecker (trumpet); Chick Corea (piano); Stefon Harris (vibraphone); John Patitucci (bass guitar); Jack DeJohnette (drums)....continue...

Andreas Vollenweider: White Winds

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 2006-01-10

Tracks: The White Winds: The White Boat (First View): The White Winds / White Boat (First View); Hall of the Stairs: Hall of the Mosaics (Meeting You): Hall Of The Stairs / Hall Of Tha Mosiacs (Meeting You);...
Artists: Andreas Vollenweider

Includes bonus tracks and videos for 'White Winds' (excerpt from Montreux Jazz Festival appearance) and 'Introducing Vox' (Interviews, studio work)

The early albums by Swiss harpist Andreas Vol...continue...

Inti-Illimani/John Williams (Guitar)/Paco Peña: Leyenda

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1990-09-25

Tracks: Preludio y Festejo; Sensemaya; Farruca / Huajra; Cronicas de una Ausencia; Alondras; Juanito Laguna Remonta un Barrilete; David Of The White Rock / La Fiesta De La Tirana; Candidos; Tarantella / Cann...
Artists: Inti-Illimani/John Williams (Guitar)/Paco Peña

Additional personnel: John Williams (classical guitar); Paco Pena (flamenco guitar).

Inti-illimani's assortment of wind, string and percussion instruments, in collaboration with the two master ...continue...

Various Artists: CBS Masterworks Dinner Classics: Sunday Brunch, Vol. 2

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1990-09-25

Tracks: Suite for Orchestra no 2 in B minor, BWV 1067: Badinerie; Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba; Concerto for Violin in F major, Op. 8 no 3/RV 293 "L'autunno": 3rd movement, Allegro; Suite d...
Artists: Various Artists

This disc includes recipes by Martha Stewart....continue...

Canadian Brass: English Renaissance Music

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1990-03-27

Tracks: Galliard(s); Almain "The Honiesuckle"; First Set of Madrigals and Mottets: The silver swanne; Coranto "Heigh ho Holiday"; Galliard "Lullaby"; Oft have I vowde; lady Oriana, The; Canzonets or Little S...
Artists: Canadian Brass

André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra: Opera without Words

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-12-05

Tracks: Cavalleria Rusticana: Intermezzo; La Bohème: Che gelida manina; La Bohème: Si, mi chiamano Mimì; La Bohème: O soave fanciulla; La Bohème: Sono andati? Fingevo di dormire; Gia...
Artists: André Kostelanetz & His Orchestra

Various Artists: Fright Night: Music That Goes Bump in the Night

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-10-03

Tracks: Night on the Bare Mountain; Danse macabre in G minor, Op. 40; Peer Gynt Suite no 1, Op. 46: no 4, Hall of the mountain king; Marche funèbre d'une marionette; L'apprenti sorcier; Toccata and Fugu...
Artists: Various Artists

Canadian Brass: Champions

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-07-25

Tracks: Winner's Circle; Honky Cat; C'Etait Toi; Scarborough Fair; Maxwell's Silver Hammer; Fantasy; We Are the Champions; Living For the City; Bit of Whimsey, A; Whiter Shade of Pale, A; Video Brass
Artists: Canadian Brass

Various Artists: Dinner Classics: The Italian Album

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-07-11

Tracks: La Bohème: Quando m'en vo' soletta "Musetta's Waltz" - (Italian); Tosca: Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore; Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro - (Italian); La traviata: Act 1 Prelude - (Italian); Aid...
Artists: Various Artists

The Dinner Classics series from CBS flavors your main course with the rich tones of classical music. And while this edition of the set focuses on Italian food and composers, the music's universal appe...continue...

Various Artists: Dinner Classics: The Japanese Album

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-07-11

Tracks: Sakura-Sakura; Chin-Chin-Chidori; Yamanakabushi; Toryanse; Chidori no kyoku; Defune; Ohara bushi; Shimabara No Komoriuta; Imayoh; Imayoh; Lullaby from the Chugoku Area; Rain Falls on Jogashima; Haru ...
Artists: Various Artists

The Japanese Album, part of CBS Records' Dinner Classics series, is a collection of traditional Japanese melodies performed on flute, violin, and cello. Featured soloists include flutist Jean-Pierre R...continue...

Richard Clayderman: Concerto Royal Philharmonic

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-06-13

Tracks: Concerto for Piano no 1 in B flat minor, Op. 23: Excerpt(s) - (studio); Concerto for Piano no 21 in C major, K 467: Excerpt(s) - (studio); Cornish Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra: Excerpt(s) - (stud...
Artists: Richard Clayderman

Maureen McGovern: Naughty Baby

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-04-25

Tracks: Applause; Stiff Upper Lip; Things Are Looking Up; Beginner's Luck, (I've Got); How Long Has This Been Going On?; By Strauss; Naughty Baby; Love Walked In; Embraceable You; Corner of Heaven With You, ...
Artists: Maureen McGovern

McGovern as sophisticated pop singer, effectively handling an album of Gershwin material. Includes "Of Thee I Sing," the theme from a show in which she starred in 1987. ~ William Ruhlmann...continue...

John Williams (Guitar): Spanish Guitar Favourites

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-03-28

Tracks: Danzas (12) españolas for Piano, Op. 37: no 5, Andaluza; Homenaje "Le tombeau de Claude Debussy"; Suite española, Op. 47: no 3, Sevilla; Recuerdos de la Alhambra; Fandanguillo for Guitar, O...
Artists: John Williams (Guitar)

John Williams (Guitar): Great Guitar Concertos

2 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-03-28

Tracks: Chamber Concerto for Lute and 2 Violins in D major, RV 93; Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar; Fantasía para un gentilhombre; Concerto for Guitar no 1 in D major, Op. 99; Trio Sonata for Violin, L...
Artists: John Williams (Guitar)

Canadian Brass: Gabrieli, Monteverdi: Antiphonal Music

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-03-28

Tracks: Vespro della Beata Vergine: Deus in adjutorium; Vespro della Beata Vergine: Nisi Dominus a 10; Vespro della Beata Vergine: Ave maris stella; Vespro della Beata Vergine: Lauda Jerusalem a 7; Vespro de...
Artists: Canadian Brass

Mandy Patinkin: Mandy Patinkin

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-01-31

Tracks: Over the Rainbow; Coffee in a Cardboard Cup; Pretty Lady; Brother, Can You Spare a Dime; Love, Unrequited, Robs Me of My Rest; No More; Me and My Shadow; No One Is Alone; Sonny Boy; Rock-a-Bye Your B...
Artists: Mandy Patinkin

Patinkin has reserves of emotion that seem boundless on this tour de force collection mainly given over to show songs. Employing a vocal range that begins in a clear high tenor and plunges to a gruff ...continue...

Mormon Tabernacle Choir: When You Wish Upon a Star: A Tribute to Walt Disney

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1989-01-17

Tracks: When You Wish Upon A Star / Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee; Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf; Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes, A; Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo; You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!; Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah; L...
Artists: Mormon Tabernacle Choir

Full Title: When You Wish Upon A Star: A Tribute To Walt Disney.

Jerold Ottley conducts the Columbia Symphony.

Engineers: Lynn Robinson, Ray Loveless, Sydney Davis, David Bytheway and Me...continue...

Canadian Brass: Mozart Album

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1988-11-22

Tracks: Adagio and Fugue for Strings in C minor, K 546; Adagio and Allegro for Mechanical Organ in F minor, K 594; Ave verum corpus in D major, K 618; Exsultate jubilate, K 165 (158a): Alleluia; Sonata for P...
Artists: Canadian Brass

Original Soundtrack: Baroque Favorites from "Kramer vs. Kramer"

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1988-10-18

Tracks: Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi; Adagio - Purcell; Allegro - Purcell; Gordian Knot Untied, The (Rondeau Minuet) - Purcell; Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi; Largo - Antonio Vivaldi; Allegro - Antonio Vivaldi; All...
Artists: Original Soundtrack

Contains previously released CBS Masterworks recordings of Baroque favorites from "Kramer Vs. Kramer".

The spars code is ADD and DDD.

Producers: Roy Emerson, Leroy Parkins, Frank H. Deck...continue...

Cleo Laine: That Old Feeling

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1988-08-02

Tracks: That Old Feeling; Tenderly; I've Got a Crush on You; Once in a While; Imagination; It Never Entered My Mind; Ain't Misbehavin'; I Didn't Know About You; I Never Went Away; It's Not Easy (To Say I Lov...
Artists: Cleo Laine

More elaborate, mid-'80s session that accents Cleo Laine's interpretative abilities. It showcases both her immaculate technique and her ability to build and create moods, pace songs, and embellish lyr...continue...

Claude Bolling: Bolling's Greatest Hits

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1988-06-14

Tracks: Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio no 1: 1st movement, Baroque and Blue; Suite for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio no 1: 2nd movement, Sentimentale; Suite for Violin and Jazz Piano Trio: Ragtime; Suite fo...
Artists: Claude Bolling

CBS attempts to summarize Claude Bolling's voluminous output of classical/jazz suites with Bolling's Greatest Hits, a single disc of excerpts from eight of them. All of the CBS issues up to 1987 excep...continue...

George Gershwin: Classic Gershwin

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-10-13

Tracks: Rhapsody in Blue; American in Paris, An; Preludes (3) for Piano; Funny Face: He loves and she loves; Of Thee I Sing: Love is sweeping the country; Land of the Gay Caballero; Strike up the Band: Strik...
Artists: George Gershwin

Columbia's 1987 Gershwin tribute album brandished the word "Classic" in the title with good reason, as Leonard Bernstein leads the New York Philharmonic in a reading of "An American in Paris" and Zubi...continue...

Oscar Levant (Piano): Levant Plays Gershwin

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-10-13

Tracks: Rhapsody in Blue; Rhapsody for Piano and Orchestra no 2 "Rhapsody in Rivets"; Concerto for Piano in F major; Variations on "I got rhythm" for Piano and Orchestra; Preludes (3) for Piano
Artists: Oscar Levant (Piano)

Oscar Levant recorded for Columbia Records for a bit less than two decades, leaving behind several albums' worth of material, some of which went into release as late as the early '60s. This collection...continue...

Sarah Vaughan: Brazilian Romance

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-09-08

Tracks: Make This City Ours Tonight; Romance; Love and Passion (With Milton Nascimento); So Many Stars; Photograph; Nothing Will Be as It Was; It's Simple; Obsession; Wanting More; Your Smile
Artists: Sarah Vaughan

Personnel includes: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); Ernie Watts (alto saxophone); Marcio Montarroyos (flugelhorn); Hubert Laws (flute); Tom Scott (lyricon); George Duke (keyboards); Dan Huff, Dori Caymmi (gui...continue...

Canadian Brass: Basin Street

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-05-05

Tracks: Sweet Georgia Brown; Amazing Grace; Muskrat Ramble; St. Louis Blues; Sheik of Araby; Beale Street Blues; Strummin' With George; Basin Street Blues; South Rampart Street Parade; Glory Look Away; Royal...
Artists: Canadian Brass

Plácido Domingo: Adoro

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-02-03

Tracks: Adoro; Un Viejo Amor; Serenata Tapatia; Adios Mariquita Linda; La Negra Noche; Las Mananitas a la Virgen; El Triste; Rayando el Sol; Noche Plateada; China; Maria Bonita
Artists: Plácido Domingo

Engineers: Antonio Reyes, Jose Luis Ramirez, Heriberto Reyes.

Includes liner notes by Jacobo Morett Esteves....continue...

Plácido Domingo: Perhaps Love

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-01-01

Tracks: He Couldn't Love You More; Sometimes a Day Goes By - (from "Woman Of The Year"); Annie's Song; Time After Time - (from "It Happened In Brooklyn"); To Love; Perhaps Love; Now While I Still Remember Ho...
Artists: Plácido Domingo

Arranged and conducted by Lee Holdridge....continue...

Plácido Domingo: My Life for a Song

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-01-01

Tracks: I Couldn't Live Without You For a Day; Besame Mucho; I Don't Talk to Strangers; Follow Me; My Life For a Song; Remembering; Blue Moon / Moon River; Autumn Leaves; There Will Be Love; Songs of Summer,...
Artists: Plácido Domingo

Michael Tilson Thomas/Sarah Vaughan: Gershwin Live!

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-01-01

Tracks: Overture: Porgy and Bess Medley: Summertime / It Ain't Necessarily So / I Loves You, Porgy; But Not For Me / Love Is Here To Stay / Embraceable You / Someone To Watch Over Me; Sweet and Low-Down; Fas...
Artists: Michael Tilson Thomas/Sarah Vaughan

Personnel includes: Sarah Vaughan (vocals); George Gaffney (piano); Andy Simkins (bass); Harold Jones (drums); Michael Tilson-Thomas, Los Angeles Philharmonic.

Sassy and conductor Michael Tilso...continue...

Benny Goodman: Benny Goodman Collector's Edition

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1987-01-01

Tracks: Prelude, Fugue and Riffs; Concerto for Clarinet; Ebony Concerto; Derivations; Contrasts for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Sz 111
Artists: Benny Goodman

Some wonderful sessions. Part of Masterpieces series. ~ Ron Wynn...continue...

Eugene Ormandy (Conductor/Violin): Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker (Highlights) *

1 CD / CBS Masterworks / 1984-10-30

Tracks: Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 1a, Act 1 - Miniature Overture; Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 2, Act 1 - March of the Wooden Soldiers; Nutcracker, Op. 71: no 9, Act 1 - Waltz of the Snowflakes; Nutcracker, Op. 71: n...
Artists: Eugene Ormandy (Conductor/Violin)

Eugene Ormandy and the Philadelphia Orchestra perform a splendid version of the Christmastime classic, with excerpts featured here. Tracks include "Journey Through the Snow," "The Old Woman Who Lived ...continue...