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CATALOGUE NR: 2172792  (barcode: 5099921727924)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.02
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: Relax - The World's Most Beautiful Music
TRACKS: Sabine Meyer / Staatskapelle Dresden / Hans Vonk - Clarinet Concerto in A K622 : II Adagio (Mozart). Yehudi Menuhin / Camerata Lysy Gstaad / Alberto Lysy - The Four Seasons - Concerto No.4 in F minor 'Winter' : II Largo (Vivaldi). National Youth Choir of Great Britain / Paul Beniston / London Philharmonic / Karl Jenkins - The Armed Man - A Mass for Peace : Agnus Dei (Karl Jenkins). Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner - Adagio in G minor - extract (Albinoni realised Giazotto). Hugh Bean / New Philharmonia / Sir Adrian Boult - The Lark Ascending - opening (Vaughan Williams). James Galway / Fritz Helmis / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Flute & Harp Concerto in C K299 : II Andantino - extract (Mozart). London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Adrian Boult - Enigma Variations : Nimrod (Elgar). Dame Moura Lympany - Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor op.27/2 'Moonlight' : I Adagio sostenuto - extract (Beethoven). Tasmin Little / Piers Lane - Romance from the film The Gadfly (Shostakovich). London Philharmonic / Sir Adrian Boult - Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis - opening (Vaughan Williams). Jacqueline du Pre / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli - Cello Concerto in E minor op.85 : III Adagio (Elgar). Cecile Ousset / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle - Piano Concerto No.2 in C minor : II Adagio sostenuto - opening (Rachmaninov). London Philharmonic Choir & Orchestra / Franz Welser-Most - Requiem : Lacrimosa (Mozart ed. Beyer). Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch - Symphony No.7 in A op.92 : II Allegretto - opening (Beethoven). Cecile Ousset / London Symphony Orchestra / Sir Neville Marriner - Piano Concerto in A minor : II Adagio (Grieg). Lucia Popp / London Philharmonic / Klaus Tennstedt - Vier letzte Lieder : Beim Schlafengehen - conclusion (Struass). Andre Previn / London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn - Rhapsody in Blue : extract (Gershwin arr. Grofe). Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo (Mascagni). Stephen Hough / Halle Orchestra / Bryden Thomson - Piano Concerto No.21 in C K467 : II Andante - extract (Mozart). Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Symphony No.6 in F op.68 'Pastoral' : Allegretto - Shepherds' Hymn after the Storm (Beethoven). Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner - Canon in D (Pachelbel). Timothy Beasley-Murray / Gerald Finlay / Choir of King's College Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury - Miserere mei Deus (Allegri). Martha Argerich / Montreal Symphony Orchestra / Charles Dutoit - Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor op.11 : II Romance - Larghetto - opening (Chopin). Ennio Morricone and his Orchestra - Gabriel's Oboe from the film The Mission (Morricone). Choir of King's College Cambridge / New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir David Willcocks - Requiem op.48 : In Paradisum (Faure). Yehudi Menuhin / Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind - Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor op.26 : II Adagio - opening (Bruch). Oslo Philharmonic / Mariss Jansons - Symphony No.9 'From the New World' : II Largo - opening (Dvorak). Julia Thornton / National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah - Emperor Concerto op.73 : II Adagio (Beethoven trans. Craig Leon). Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner - Peer Gynt Incidental Music op.23 : Morning (Grieg). Yehudi Menuhin / Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz - Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 : II Andante - extract (Mendelssohn). Stockholm Radio Chorus / Stockholm Chamber Choir / Berliner Philharmoniker / Riccardo Muti - Ave verum corpus K618 (Mozart). Cecile Ousset / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini : Variation 18 (Rachmaninov). Julian Bream / Peter Walden / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle - Concierto de Aranjuez : II Adagio (Rodrigo). Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Scheherazade : The Story of the Kalender Prince - opening (Rimsky-Korsakov). New Philharmonia Orchestra / Sir John Barbirolli - Symphony No.5 in C sharp minor : IV Adagietto - conclusion (Mahler). Janice Watson / Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra / David Hill - Carmina Burana : In trutina (Orff).

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CATALOGUE NR: 5629702  (barcode: 0724356297029)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 07-Jun-2004

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Live from the Lugano Festival
TRACKS: Piano Trio No.23 in G (Haydn). Six Morceaux for four hands op.11 (Rachmaninov). Cello Sonata in A op.36 (Grieg). Piano Trio No.1 in D op.32 (Arensky). Paganini Variations for two pianos (Lutoslawski). Piano Quintet in F (Franck). Two Tangos for two pianos (Piazzolla). Improvvisazione sopra un tempe dal primo concerto per pianoforte e orchestra di LV Beethoven (Piazzolla). Oblivion (Piazzolla). La Cumparsita (Matos-Rodriguez / Bossa. Musica della tradizione zigana ungherese e rumena.
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich   Renaud Capucon   Lilya Zilberstein   Gabriela Montero

- Oct-2004 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 2375682  (barcode: 5099923756823)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.09
RELEASE DATE: 19-Jan-2009

COMPOSER: Antonio Bazzini  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: 100 Best Encores
TRACKS: CD1 Violin Encores - Maxin Vengerov / Vag Papian - La Ronde des lutins - Scherzo fantastique op.25 (Bazzini). Nigel Kennedy - Violin Sonata in C BWV1005 : Allegro assai (JS Bach). Yehudi Menuhin / Hephzibah Menuhin - Sonata No.5 in F 'Spring' op.24 : Rondo Allegro ma non troppo (Beethoven). Michael Rabin - Caprice No.24 in A minor op.1 No.24 (Paganini). Gidon Kremer / Andrei Gavrilov - Andante and Variations for violin and piano (Rossini). Tasmin Little / John Lenehan - La Gitana - Zigeunerlied (Kreisler). Kyung Wha Chung / Itamar Golan - Meditation - Thais (Massenet). Dmitry Sitkovetsky / Pavel Gililov - Sabre Dance - Gayaneh (Khachaturian). Augustin Dumay / Jean-Philippe Collard - Berceuse op.16 (Faure). Tasmin Little / Piers Lane - Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor (Brahms arr. Joachim). Maxim Vengerov / Ian Brown - Polonaise brillante No.1 in D op.4 (Wieniawski). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Valse-Scherzo op.34 (Tchaikovsky). Tasmin Little / Piers Lane - Romance - The Gadfly (Shostakovich). Maxim Vengerov / Ian Brown - Introduction and Tarantella op.43 (Sarasate). Kyung Wha Chung / Itamar Golan - Ave Maria (Schubert arr. Wilhelmj ed. Heifetz). Nigel Kennedy / Kroke - Czardas (Monti arr. Kennedy & Kroke). CD2 Piano Encores - Dmitri Alexeev - Grand Valse brillante in E flat op.18 (Chopin). Dame Moura Lympany - Piano Sonata No.14 op.27 No.2 'Moonlight' : Adagio sostenuto (Beethoven). Gabriela Montero - Saraband - Improvisation (Handel). John Ogdon - La campanella No.3 of Six Grand Etudes after Paganini (Liszt arr. Busoni). Alexis Weissenberg - Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (JS Bach trans. Hess). Daniel Adni - Fantaisie-Impromptu in C sharp minor op.66 (Chopin). Dame Moura Lympany - Traumerei - Kinderszenen op.15 (Schumann). Martha Argerich - Polonaise in A flat op.53 'Heroique' (Chopin). Maurizio Pollini - Nocturne in F sharp op.15 No.2 (Chopin). John Ogdon - Prelude in C sharp minor op.3 No.2 (Rachmaninov). Dame Moura Lympany - Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Children's Corner Suite (Debussy). Aldo Ciccolini - Gymnopedie No.1 - Lent et douloureux (Satie). Leif Ove Andsnes - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Lyric Pieces Book VIII op.65 No.6 (Grieg). Alicia de Larrocha - Granada - Suite espanola (Albeniz). Dame Moura Lympany - Fitual Fire Dance - El amor brujo (de Falla). Alexix Weissenberg - The Great Gate at Kiev - Pictures at an Exhibition (Mussorgsky). CD3 Solo Encores - Maurice Andre / Jane Parker-Smith - Trumpet Voluntary (Clarke). Julian Bliss / Julien Quentin - Solo de concours (Messager). Nash Ensemble - The Swan - Carnival of the Animals (Saint-Saens). Alison Balsom - Badinerie - Orchestral Suite No.2 BWV1067 (JS Bach arr. Balsom). Bozo Paradzik / Ulrich Rademacher - Tarantella op.9 No.2 (Gliere). Ole Edvard Antonsen / Wolfgang Sawallisch - Concert Etude (Goedicke). James Crabb & Geir Draugsvoll - Tango (Stravinsky arr. Crabb & Draugsvoll). Leon Gossens / Gerald Moore - Siciliano - Cantata BWV29 (JS Bach trans. Powell). Markus Klinko - Scherzetto - Six Harp Pieces (Ibert). Jean-Marie / Pierre Pontier - Sonata for alto saxophone & piano op.19 : Avec gaite (Creston). Manuel Barrueco - Choros No.1 in E minor (Villa-Lobos). Emmanuel Pahud / Eric Le Sage - Sonata for flute and piano : Presto giocoso (Poulenc). Michael Thompson / Philip Fowke - Alla caccia (Abbott). Colin Currie & Sam Walton - Alborada del gracioso (Ravel ed. & arr. Savery / Friis & Leth). Emannuel Pahud / Paul Meyer - Choros No.2 for Flute and Clarinet (Villa-Lobos). Ian Bousfield / Alison Proctor - The Blue Bells of Scotland (Pryor). Wayne Marshall at the organ of Coventry Cathedral - Toccata (Symphony No.5 op.42 (Widor). CD4 Orchestral Encores - Radio France Philharmonic / Paavo Jarvi - Polonaise - Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky). London Philharmonic / Andrew Litton - Festival Overture op.96 (Shostakovich). London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green - Simple Symphony op.4 : Playful Pizzicato (Britten). Royal Philharmonic / Rudolf Kempe - Dance of the Comedians - The Bartered Bride (Smetana). Copenhagen Symphony Orchestra / Lavard Friisholm - Copenhagen Steam Railway Galop (Lumbye). Bayerisches Staatsorchester / Wolfgang Sawallisch - Ruslan and Ludmilla : Overture (Glinka). Royal Philharmonic / Beecham - Joyeuse Marche (Chabrier). Oslo Philharmonic / Mariss Jansons - Slavonic Dance No.15 in C op.72 No.7 (Dvorak). Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Marche hongroise - La Damnation de Faust (Berlioz). London Philharmonic / Klaus Tennstedt - Lieutenant Kije Suite op.60 : Troika (Prokofiev). Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan - Espana (Chabrier). Weiner Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe - Leichtes Blut Polka op.319 (Strauss II). London Symphony Orchestra / Andre Previn - Candide : Overture (Bernstein). Radio France Philharmonic / Paavo Jarvi - Tahiti Trot - Tea for Two (Youmans arr. Shostakovich). Lakis Karnezis / iOslo Philharmonic / Mariss Jansons - Zorba Suite : Finale (Theodorakis). City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle - Flourish with Fireworks (Knussen). CD5 Song Encores - Barbara Hendricks / Michel Dalberto - Les Filles de Cadix - de Musset (Delibes). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Gerald Moore - Danny Boy (Trad). Jonathan Lemalu / Roger Vignoles - Rollicum-rorum No.6 of Earth and Air and Rain (Finzi). Victoria de los Angeles / Gerald Moore - Clavelitos! - Cadenas (Valverde). Jose Van Dam / Jean-Philippe Collard - Danse macabre - Cazalis (Saint-Saens). Sarah Brightman / Geoffrey Parsons - Sweet Polly Oliver (Trad arr. Britten). Dame Felicity Lott / Ann Murray - Duetto buffo di due gatti - Cats' Duet (Rossini). Thomas Hampson / Jay Ungar / Molly Mason / David Alpher / Michael Parloff - Jeanie with the light brown hair (Foster). Barbara Hendricks / Dmitri Alexeev - Swing low sweet chariot (Trad). Lawrence Brownlee / Martin Katz - La danza (Rossini). Christine Rice / Roger Vignoles - L'Invitation au voyage - Baudelaire (Duparc). Thomas Hampson / Geoffrey Parsons - La Barque legere - Naudet (Meyerbeer). Janet Baker / Geoffrey Parsons - An Sylvia D547 (Schubert). Ian Bostridge / Leif Ove Andsnes - Horch horch die Lerch - Standchen D889 (Schubert). Galina Vishnevskaya / Mstislav Rostropovich - Wedding Song - Russian Folksongs op.104 (Prokofiev). Margaret Price / James Lockhart - O lieb' so lang du lieben kannst! (Liszt). Victoria de los Angeles / Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Gerald Moore - La regata veneziana - Serate musicali No.9 (Rossini). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Gerald Moore - Abschied No.7 of Schwanengesang D957 (Schubert). Victoria de los Angeles / Alicia de Larrocha - Zapateado - La tarantula e un bicho mu malo (Gimenez). CD6 Opera Encores - Orchestra of St Luke's / Roger Norrington - Largo al factotum - Il barbiere di Siviglia (Rossini). June Anderson / Alfredo Kraus / Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris / Michelangelo Veltri - Sempre libera - La traviata (Verdi). June Anderson / Alfredo Kraus / Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris / Michelangelo Veltri - Verrano a te - Lucia di Lammermoor (Donizetti). Alfredo Kraus / Orchestre du Theatre National de l'Opera de Paris / Michelangelo Veltri - Salut! demeure chaste et pure - Faust (Gounod). Amanda Roocroft / London Philharmonic / Franz Welser-Most - Song to the Moon - Rusalka (Dvorak). John Mark Ainsley / London Philharmonic / Andrew Davis - Where'er you walk - Semele (Handel). Dame Felicity Lott / London Philharmonic / Franz Welser-Most - J'ai deux amants - L'amour masque (Messager). Ian Bostridge / London Philharmonic / Franz Welser-Most - Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon - Die Zauberflote (Mozart). Olaf Bar / London Philharmonic / Franz Welser-Most - Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja - Die Zauberflote (Mozart). Barbara Hendricks / London Philharmonic / Andrew Davis - Ich weiss es selber nicht...Meine Lippen sie kussen so heiss - Giuditta (Lehar). Placido Domingo / Juliet Oppenheimer / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / John Barker - Noche madrilena - Romanza La Chulapona (Moreno Torroba). Cheryl Studer / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / John Barker - Klange der Heimat - Die Fledermaus (Strauss II). Natalie Dessay / London Philharmonic / Andrew Davis - Glitter and be gay - Candide (Bernstein). Roberto Alagna / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / Asher Fisch - Tu ca nun chiagne (de Curtis). Angela Gheorghiu / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / Asher Fisch - Muszica (Grigorius). Placido Domingo / Cheryl Studer / Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / John Barker - Libiamo ne'lieti calici Brindisi - La traviata (Verdi).

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CATALOGUE NR: 5577732  (barcode: 0724355777324)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19
RELEASE DATE: 03-May-2004

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra in C op.56 (Beethoven). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor op.54 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
CONDUCTOR: Alexandre Rabinovitch
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich   Renaud Capucon   Mischa Maisky  

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'the great cello melody which opens the slow movement is the more moving for its restraint, with the most delicate tonal shading, while the outer movements have a rare vitatlity.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6983532  (barcode: 5099969835322)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 12.77
RELEASE DATE: 05-Oct-2009

COMPOSER: Giacomo Puccini  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Classical 2010
TRACKS: Angela Gheorghiu / Jonas Kaufmann / Enkelejda Shkosa / Fabio Capitanucci / Gregory Bonfatti / Raymond Aceto / Orchestra dell' Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia Roma / Antonio Pappano - Madama Butterfly : Act 2 - Part 1 - Un bel di vedremo (Puccini). Joyce DiDonato / Christophe Rousset / Les Talents Lyriques - Serse : Act III Scene 11 - Crude furie (Handel). Nigel Kennedy / English Chamber Orchestra - Concerto No.3 in F major op.8 No.3 RV293 'L'autumno' : Allegro (Vivaldi). Emmanuelle Haim / Natalie Dessay / Neil Brough / Le Concert d'Astree - Cantata 'Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen' BWV51 : Chorale: Sei Lob und Preis mit Ehren - V Finale: Alleluja! (JS Bach). L'Arpeggiata / Christina Pluhar / Philippe Jaroussky - Ohime ch'io cado (Monteverdi). Jeremie Rhorer / Diana Damrau / Le Cercle De L'Harmonie - No che non sei capace K419 (Mozart). David Fray / Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Keyboard concerto in F minor BWV1056 : Adagio (JS Bach). Cheryl Studer / Dolora Zajick / Luciano Pavarotti / Samuel Ramey / Coro e Orchestra del Teatro alla Scala Milano - Messa da Requiem : Sequenza / Ingemisco. Han-Na Chang / Christopher Warren-Green / London Chamber Orchestra - Cello Concerto in B minor RV424 : Allegro non molto (Vivaldi). Les Talens Lyriques / Christophe Rousset - Les Palatins : Acte I Scene 1 - Air d'Argie: Triste sejour. Libera / Fiona Pears / City of Prague Philharmonic - Ave Maria. Karl Jenkins / Carmine Lauri / David Alberman / London Symphony Orchestra - Allegretto from Palladio for String Orchestra. Emmanuel Pahud / Trevor Pinnock - Sonata for Flute & Harpsichord in E flat BVW1031 : Siciliano (JS Bach). Kate Royal / Edward Gardner / English National Opera Orchestra / Crouch End Festival Chorus - Monsieur Beaucaire: Philomel. Julian Lloyd Webber / John Lenehan - Oblivion. Max Emanuel Cencic / I Barocchisti / Diego Fasolis - Faramondo HMV39 : Scene VI: Aria Rival ti sono (Handel). Martha Argerich / Gidon Kremer - Schon Rosmarin. Ian Bostridge / Antonio Pappano - Schwanengesang D957 : Standchen (Schubert). Alison Balsom / Thomas Klug / Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen - Concerto in E flat for Trumpet & Orchestra Hob.VIIe:I : Finale. Allegro (Haydn). Renaud Capucon / Antoine Tamestit / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Louis Langree - Sinfonia Concertante for Violin Viola & Orchestra K364 in E flat major : Presto (Mozart). Emmanuelle Haim / Rolando Villazon / Le Concert d'Astree - D'Hipparco e di Climene ospiti miei. Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise / Maria Callas / Georges Pretre - Orphee et Eurydice : J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (Gluck). Montserrat Caballe / Placido Domingo / Fiorenza Cossotto / Nicolai Ghiaurov - Aida : Se quel guerrier io fossi!....Celeste Aida (Verdi). Sarah Brightman - Attesa. Richard Armstrong / Angela Gheorghiu / Roberto Alagna - La Belle Helene : Au mont Ida trois deesses (Offenbach). Philippe Jaroussky / Jerome Ducros - A Chloris. Ingrid Fliter - Waltz No.11 in G flat major op.70 No.1 (Chopin). Evelino Pido / Natalie Dessay / Carlo Colombara / Francesco Meli / Sara Mingardo - La Sonnambula : Act 2 - Scene 1 - Vedi o madre.… e afflitto e mesto (Bellini). Piotr Anderszewski - Piano Sonata No.31 in A flat major op.110 : Allegro molto (Beethoven). Artemis Qt / Jacques Ammon - Fuga y Misterio for Piano Quintet : Movido - Lento. Simon Rattle / Berliner Philharmoniker - Prince Igor : Polovetsian Dances (Borodin). Gautier Capucon - Variation op.18 de la Rapsodie sur un theme de Paganini op.43 (transcription pour violoncello et piano). Evgeny Kissin / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis - Piano Concerto No.4 in G op.58 : Andante con moto - extract (Beethoven). Choir of King's College Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury - Messiah HWV56 : For unto us a child is born - chorus: Andante allegro (Handel). Fritz Kreisler / Franz Rupp - Caprice viennois op.2. Leif Ove Andsnes - Pictures at an Exhibition : Promenade - The Gnome (Mussorgsky). David Daniels / Harry Bicket / English Concert - Mass in B minor BWV232 : Qui sedes ad dextram Patris. Simon Trpceski - Arabesque No.1. Garry Walker / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Lucy Crowe / Apollo Singers - Memory Takes My Hand : North. Angela Gheorghiu / Jonas Kaufmann - Madama Butterfly : Vogliatemi bene un bene piccolino (Puccini).

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CATALOGUE NR: 6983172  (barcode: 5099969831720)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 17 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 38.99

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: 19th Century Masterpieces
TRACKS: Sviatoslav Richter / Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Piano Concerto No.3 in C minor op.37 (Beethoven). Otto Klemperer - Symphony No. 5 in C minor op.67 (Beethoven). Sabine Meyer / Herbert Blomstedt - Clarinet Concerto No.2 in E flat major op.74 J118 (von Weber). Neville Marriner - Les Abencerages : Overture (Cherubini). Carlo Maria Giulini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia : Overture (Rossini). Sarah Chang - Concerto No.1 in D for Violin and Orchestra op.6 MS21 (Paganini). Alban Berg Qt / Georg Hortnagel - Piano Quintet in A major D667 Trout (Schubert). Maria Tipo - Batti Batti Introduction Andante Grazioso Allegretto Et Coda D'apres Don Giovanni De Mozart. Stephen Kovacevich - Piano Sonata No.32 in C minor op.111 (Beethoven). Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Symphony No.8 in B minor D759 'Unfinished' (Schubert). Melos Ensemble - Double Quartet No.1 in D minor op.65 (Spohr). Maurice Andre / Das Zurcher Kammerorchester / Edmond de Stoutz - Introduction Theme and Variations in F major op.102 (Hummel). Philharmonia Orchestra / Wolfgang Sawallisch - Oberon J306 : Overture (von Weber). London Mozart Players / Harry Blech - Sinfonia a Gran Orquesta in D. Orchestra della Radiotelevisione Italiana Roma / Gianandrea Gavazzeni - Il Pirata : Sinfonia (Bellini). Martha Argerich / Charles Dutoit / Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal - Piano Concerto No.2 in F minor op.21 (Chopin). Daniel Adni - Songs without Words : Andante con moto in E major op.19 No.1 / Andante espressivo in A minor op.19 No.2 / Molto allegro in A major op.19 No.3 'Jagerlied' / Moderato in A major op.19 No.4 / Agitato in F sharp minor op.19 No.5 / Andante sostenuto in G minor op.19 No.6 'Venetian Gondola Song' (Mendelssohn). Thomas Beecham / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise - Symphonie fantastique op.14 (Berlioz). Leif Ove Andsnes / Bergen Philharmonic / Dmitri Kitayenko - Piano Concerto No.2 in A S125 (Liszt). Philharmonia Orchestra / Constantin Silvestri - Ruslan and Ludmilla : Overture (Glinka). Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra - Der Fliegende Hollander : Overture (Wagner). Christian Zacharias - Piano Quintet in E flat major op.44 (Schumann). Sarah Chang / Mariss Jansons / Berliner Philharmoniker - Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 (Mendelssohn). Royal Philharmonic / Ulf Bjorlin - Symphony No.3 in C 'Sinfonie singuliere' (Berwald). Nelson Goerner - Barcarolle in F sharp minor op.60 (Chopin). Staatskapelle Dresden / Wolfgang Sawallisch - Symphony No.2 in C major op.61 (Schumann). Wiener Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe - Radetzky March op.228 (Strauss I). Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra - Lohengrin : Prelude Act I (Wagner). Georges Cziffra - Sonate En Si Mineur. Thomas Beecham / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise - Symphony in C (Bizet). New Philharmonia Orchestra / Charles Mackerras - Faust - Ballet Music : Les Nubiennes / Danse antique / Variations de Cleopatre / Variations du miroir / Danse de Phryne. Stephen Kovacevich / London Philharmonic / Wolfgang Sawallisch - Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor op.15 (Brahms). Leif Ove Andsnes - Mephisto Waltz No.1 Der Tanz in der Dorfschenk aus Lenaus Faust S514 (Liszt). Leonard Pennario - The Union. Leonard Pennario - Battle Cry Of Freedom - Grand Caprice de Concert. La Gallina - The Hen Danse Cubaine. Marguerite - Grand Valse Brillante (Gottschalk). Jean-Philippe Collard / Royal Philharmonic / Andre Previn - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra No.2 in G minor op.22 (Saint-Saens). Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture (Tchaikovsky). Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra - Siegfried Idyll (Wagner). Aida : Gloria all Egitto / Marcia trionfale / Ballabile / Vieni o guerriero vindice (Verdi). Leif Ove Andsnes / Mariss Jansons / Berliner Philharmoniker - Piano Concerto in A minor op.16 (Grieg). Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Libor Pesek - Ma vlast : Vltava B111 (Smetana). Boris Christoff / Ana Alexieva / Chorus of the National Opera of Sofia - Boris Godunov : Prologue Scene 2: Coronation Scene (Mussorgsky). English Chamber Orchestra / Charles Mackerras - Serenade in E B52 op.22 (Dvorak). Barbara Hendricks / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson - Requiem op.48 (Faure). Sarah Chang / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis - Violin Concerto in D op.35 (Tchaikovsky). Fernando Germani - Symphony No.5 in F minor op.42/1 : Toccata (Widor). Willi Boskovsky / Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester - Rosen aus dem Suden - Walzer op.388 (Strauss). Han-Na Chang / London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich - Kol Nidrei op.47 (Bruch). Otto Klemperer / Philharmonia Orchestra - Parsifal : Prelude (Wagner). Alexis Weissenberg / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Symphonic Variations (Franck). Elisabeth Schwarzkopf / Geoffrey Parsons - Morike Lieder : Verborgenheit / Lebe wohl (Wolf). Staatskapelle Dresden / Rudolf Kempe - Don Juan op.20 (Richard Strauss). Aldo Ciccolini - Six Gnossiennes : No.1 Lent / No.2 Avec etonnement / No.3 Lent (Satie). Staatskapelle Dresden / Eugen Jochum - Symphony No.9 in D minor (Bruckner ed. Nowak). Lucia Popp / London Philharmonic / Klaus Tennstedt - Symphony No.4 in G (Mahler). Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy - Four Legends from the Kalevala - Lemminkainen Suite op.22 : The Swan of Tuonela (Sibelius). Gianni Lazzari / Mirella Freni / Nicolai Gedda / Thomas Schippers / Coro del Teatro dell'Opera Roma - La boheme : Che gelida manina! / Si Mi chiamano Mimi / Ehi! Rodolfo! / O soave fanciulla o dolce viso (Puccini). Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson - L'Apprenti sorcier - The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas). Galina Vishnevskaya / London Philharmonic / Mstislav Rostropovich - The Tsar's Bride : Marfa's Scene & Aria: In Novgorod (Rimsky-Korsakov). London Symphony Orchestra / Adrian Boult - Variations on an Original Theme 'Enigma' op.36 (Elgar). Artemis Qt /Thomas Kakuska / Valentin Erben - Verklarte Nacht op.4 (Schonberg).

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CATALOGUE NR: 5568152  (barcode: 0724355681522)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 01-Nov-1999

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Sonata No.9 in A 'Kreutzer' (Beethoven). Sonata in A (Franck).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich   Itzhak Perlman    

- Penguin Guide 3 star 'ensemble is not always immaculate, and audience noises intrude, but this playing could not be more vital, with the first movement fiery and dramatic, the slow movement warmly expressive, and the finale sparkily volatile'

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CATALOGUE NR: 6279252  (barcode: 5099962792523)
RECORD LABEL: EMI Essential Series
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.49
RELEASE DATE: 05-Jul-2010

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: Essential Piano
TRACKS: Stephen Kovacevich - Waltz No.1 in E flat op.18 (Chopin). Moura Lympany - Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight' op.27/2 : Adagio sostenuto excerpt (Beethoven arr. Norman Bates). Daniel Adni - Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor op.66. Michel Beroff - Danses Hongroises Pour Piano a 4 Mains : No.5 En Fa Diese Mineur. Moura Lympany - Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune (Debussy). Ingrid Fliter - Waltz in D flat op.64 No.1 'Minute' (Chopin). Aldo Ciccolini - Six Gnossiennes : No.1 Lent (Satie). Andrei Gavrilov - Piano Sonata No.11 in A K331 : Rondo alla turca Allegretto (Mozart). Moura Lympany - Kinderszenen op.15 : No.7 Traumerei (Schumann). John Ogdon - Prelude in C sharp minor Lento op.3 No.2. Stephen Kovacevich - Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor op.13 'Pathetique' : Adagio cantabile (Beethoven). Andor Foldes - Impromptus D899 : Impromptu No.4. Garrick Ohlsson - Nocturne No.2 in E flat major op.9 No.2. Cecile Ousset - Pavane pour une infante defunte (Ravel). Daniel Adni - Polonaise No.3 in A 'Military' op.40 No.1. Martha Argerich - Polonaise No.6 in A flat 'Heroic' op.53. Moura Lympany - 25 Bagatelles : No.25 in A minor WoO59 Fur Elise (Beethoven). Moura Lympany - Waltz in A flat major op.39/15. Moura Lympany - Trois Gymnopedies : Lent et douloureux (Satie). Garrick Ohlsson - Preludes op.28 : Prelude No.15 in D flat major Sostenuto 'Raindrop'. Christian Zacharias - Piano Sonata No.16 in C K545 : Allegro (Mozart). Jacques Fevrier - Marche Militaire No.1 En Re Majeur Pour Piano a 4 Mains D733 (Schubert). Mikhail Pletnev - Piano Sonata No.2 in B flat minor op.35 : Marche funebre Lento (Chopin). John Ogdon - Etudes d'execution transcendante d'apres Paganini S140 : La campanella (Liszt). Bruno Rigutto - Dolly Suite op.56 : Berceuse. Moura Lympany - Golliwogg's Cake Walk from Children's Corner (Debussy). Moura Lympany - Minuet in G WoO10 No.2. Leif Ove Andsnes - Lyric Pieces Book VIII op.65 : No.6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Grieg). Daniel Adni - Songs without Words : Andante grazioso in A major op.62 No.6 'Fruhlingslied'. Moura Lympany - La fille aux cheveux de lin from Preludes Book I. Andrei Gavrilov - Etude in C minor op.25/12 (Chopin). Mikhail Pletnev - The Seasons op.37b : Fevrier - Carnaval (Tchaikovsky). Mikhail Pletnev - The Seasons op.37b : Novembre Course en Troïka (Tchaikovsky). Andrei Gavrilov - Tristesse' op.10/3. Alexis Weissenberg - Pictures at an Exhibition - No.10 The Great Gate of Kiev (Mussorgsky).

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: over 2 hours of essential piano melodies

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CATALOGUE NR: 4575472  (barcode: 5099945754722)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.95
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
TITLE: 50 Best Relaxing Classics
TRACKS: Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner - Serenade in G 'Eine kleine Nachtmusik' : II Romance Andante (Mozart). James Galway / Fritz Helmis / Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Flute & Harp Concerto : II Andantino extract (Mozart). Margaret Marshall - Cosi fan tutte : Soave sia il vento (Mozart). Andrei Gavrilov - Piano Sonata No.11 K331 : I Andante grazioso Theme (Mozart). John Aler - Cosi fan tutte : Un'aura amorosa (Mozart). Annie Fischer - Piano Concerto No.20 K466 : II Romance extract (Mozart). London Philharmonic / Bernard Haitink - Le nozze di Figaro : Canzonetta sull'aria (Mozart). Sabine Meyer - Clarinet Quintet : II Larghetto (Mozart). Stockholm Chamber Choir - Ave verum corpus (Mozart). London Philharmonic Wind Ensemble - Serenade No.10 K361 'Gran Partita' : III Adagio (Mozart). Moura Lympany - Piano Sonata No.14 'Moonlight' : Adagio sostenuto extract (Beethoven). Moura Lympany - Minuet in G (Beethoven). Julia Thornton - Piano Concerto No.5 'Emperor' : II Adagio (Beethoven trans. Craig Leon). Stephen Kovacevich - Piano Sonata No.8 'Pathetique' : II Adagio cantabile (Beethoven). Moura Lympany - Fur Elise (Beethoven). Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Symphony No.6 'Pastoral' : V Allegretto Shepherds' Hymn after the Storm (Beethoven). Orchestre National de France / Seiji Ozawa - Carmen : Entr'acte to Act III (Bizet). Hans Kalafusz - Thais : Meditation (Massenet). Winchester Cathedral Choir - Cantique de Jean Racine (Faure). Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment - Nocturne A Midsummer Night's Dream (Mendelssohn). Choir of King's College Cambridge : Requiem : In Paradisum (Faure). Han-Na Chang - Carnival of the Animals : The Swan (Saint-Saens). Jacqueline du Pre - Cello Concerto : III Adagio (Elgar). Yehudi Menuhin - Violin Concerto No.1 : II Adagio opening (Bruch). Academy of St Martin in the Fields - Peer Gynt : Morning (Grieg). Gareth Morris - Pavane (Faure). Yehudi Menuhin - Violin Concerto : II Andante extract (Mendelssohn). Mady Mesple - Lakme : Dome epais Flower Duet (Delibes). Oslo Philharmonic - Symphony No.9 'From the New World' : II Largo opening (Dvorak). Orchestre Symphonique et Choeurs de l'Opera National du Theatre Royal de la Monnai - Les Contes d'Hoffmann : Belle nuit Barcarolle (Offenbach). London Symphony Orchestra - Nimrod 'Enigma' Variations (Elgar). Lucia Popp - Rusalka : Song to the Moon (Dvorak). Philharmonia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Cavalleria rusticana : Intermezzo (Mascagni). Cecile Ousset - Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini : Variation 18 (Rachmaninov). Jean-Philippe Collard / Bruno Rigutto - Berceuse Dolly Suite (Faure). John Ogdon - Nocturne No.2 in E flat op.9 No.2 (Chopin). John Ogdon - Liebestraum No.3 in A flat (Liszt). Peter Donohoe - Berceuse in D flat op.57 (Chopin). Cecile Ousset - Piano Concerto in A minor : II Adagio (Grieg). Moura Lympany - Kinderszenen : Traumerei (Schumann). John Ogdon - Etude in E 'Tristesse' op.10 No.3 (Chopin). Moura Lympany - Waltz No.15 in A flat (Brahms). Martha Argerich - Piano Concerto No.1 in E minor : II Romance Larghetto opening (Chopin). Moura Lympany - Preludes Book I : La Fille aux cheveux de lin (Debussy). Dmitri Alexeev - Prelude No.15 in D flat 'Raindrop' (Chopin). John Bayless - Caruso (Dalla). Anne Queffelec - Gymnopedie No.1 (Satie). Anne Queffelec - Gnossienne No.1 (Satie). Moura Lympany - Clair de lune (Debussy). Dmitri Alexeev - Piano Concerto No.2 : II Andante (Shostakovich).

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CATALOGUE NR: 4575402  (barcode: 5099945754029)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 6.95
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: 50 Best Piano
TRACKS: Mikhail Pletnev - Nocturne in C sharp minor op.posth. (Chopin). Andre Watts - 12 Transcendental Studies : La Campanella (Liszt). Mikhail Pletnev - Piano Sonata No.14 in C sharp minor op.27 No.2 'Moonlight' : I Adagio sostenuto (Beethoven). Stanislav Bunin - Etude op.10 No.3: Lento ma non troppo (Chopin). Moura Lympany - Piano Sonata in A K331 : III Rondo alla turca Allegro (Mozart). Moura Lympany - Preludes Book 1 : La Fille aux cheveux de lin (Debussy). Stephen Kovacevich - Moment musical D780 No.3 : Allegro (Schubert). John Ogdon - Waltz in D flat op.64 No.1 (Chopin). Michael Nyman - The Piano : The heart asks pleasure first (Nyman). Alexis Weissenberg - 'Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring' from Cantata BWV147 (JS Bach). Martha Argerich - Polonaise in A flat op.53 'Heroïque' (Chopin). Jean-Bernard Pommier - Fur Elise (Beethoven). Jean-Bernard Pommier : Fruhlingslied op.62 No.6 (Mendelssohn). Stanislav Bunin - Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor op.66 (Chopin). Stanislav Bunin - Rondo in D K485 (Mozart). Aldo Ciccolini : Arabesque No.1 (Debussy). Cecile Ousset - Pavane pour une infante defunte (Ravel). Christian Zacharias - Piano Concerto No.26 in D K537 'Coronation' : I Allegro extract (Mozart). Alexis Weissenberg - Grande Valse brillante in E flat op.18 (Chopin). Aalborg Symphony Orchestre / Wayne Marshall - Rhapsody in Blue extract (Gershwin). Aldo Ciccolini - La Belle excentrique : I Grande Ritournelle (Satie). Stanislav Bunin - Etude op.10 No.5 in G flat (Chopin). Martha Argerich - Fantasiestucke op.12 : Aufschwung (Schumann). Helmut Roloff - Rondo capriccioso in E op.14 (Mendelssohn). John Ogdon - Piano Sonata No.21 in C op.53 'Waldstein' : I Allegro extract (Beethoven). Andre Watts - Annees de pelerinage : Troisieme annee Italie : Les Jeux d'eau a la Villa d'Este (Liszt). Martha Argerich - Gaspard de la nuit : I Ondine (Ravel). Cecile Ousset - Impromptu No.2 in F minor op.31 (Faure). Aldo Ciccolini - Le Piccadilly (Satie). Thierry de Brunhoff - Invitation to the Dance in D flat op.65 (Weber). Christian Zacharias - Piano Sonata in C K545 : I Allegro (Mozart). Alexis Weissenberg - Piano Concerto No.3 in D minor op.30 : III Allegro ma non tanto extrait (Rachmaninov). Aalborg Symphony Orchestra/ Wayne Marshall - I Got Rhythm variations for piano and orchestra (Gershwin). Aldo Ciccolini - Gymnopedie No.1 (Satie). Aldo Ciccolini - Gnossienne No.1 (Satie). Aldo Ciccolini - Reverie (Debussy). Andre Watts - Un sospiro (Liszt). Stephen Hough - Piano Concerto No.21 in C K467 : II Andante (Mozart). Stephen Kovacevich - Piano Sonata No.8 in C minor op.13 'Pathetique' : II Adagio cantabile (Beethoven). Moura Lympany - Tango op.165 No.2 (Albeniz). Tzimon Barto - Consolation No.3 in D flat (Liszt). Daniel Adni - Song without Words No.1 in E op.19 No.1 (Mendelssohn). John Ogdon - Prelude in A op.28 No.7 (Chopin). Maria Tipo - Goldberg Variations BWV988 : Aria (Bach). Moura Lympany - Waldszenen op.82 : Vogel als Prophet (Schumann). Cecile Ousset - Estampes : II Pagodes (Debussy). Alexis Weissenberg - Nocturne in D flat op.9 No.2 (Scriabin). Aldo Ciccolini - Nocturne in D flat op.27 No.2 (Chopin). Dmitri Alexeev - Piano Concerto No.2 in F op.102 : II Adagio (Shostakovich). Peter Donohoe - Berceuse in D flat op.57 (Chopin).

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CATALOGUE NR: 3584722  (barcode: 0094635847222)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 05-Jun-2006

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Live Chamber Music from the Lugano Festival 2005
TRACKS: CD1 Angelich / Renaud Capucon / Gautier Capucon - Piano Trio No.2 in C minor op.66 (Mendelssohn). Argerich / Renaud Capucon / Gautier Capucon / Chen - Piano Quartet in D (Beethoven). Argerich / Anderszewski - Sonata for 2 pianos K545 (Mozart/Grieg). CD2 Maisky / Tiempo - Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor op.19 (Rachmaninov). Argerich / Montero from 2003 Festiva) - Suite No.2 for 2 pianos op.17 (Rachmaninov). Lechner / Tiempo - Danze andaluse for 2 pianos (Infante). CD3 Argerich / Leschenko - Variations on a Theme by Haydn 'St Antoni Chorale' op.56b (Brahms). Zilberstein / Schwarzberg / Hall / Romanoff-Schwarzberg / Dobrins - Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor op.34 (Brahms). Vallina / Argerich - 3 Romancos argentinos for 2 pianos (Guastavino).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich   Piotr Anderszewski   Nicholas Angelich   Mischa Maisky

- Proms-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 5183332  (barcode: 5099951833329)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 03-Mar-2008

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Martha Argerich & Friends
TRACKS: Martha Argerich / Renaud Capucon / Mischa Maisky - Trio No.5 in D major for piano violin and cello op.70/1 'Ghost' (Beethoven). Martha Argerich / Lilya Zilberstein - Fantasie fur eine Orgelwalze (Busoni / Mozart). Martha Argerich / Gabriela Montero - Andante and Variations in B flat for two pianos op.46 (Robert Schumann). Martha Argerich - Kinderszenen op.5 : Von fremden Landern und Menschen / Kuriose Geschichte / Hasche-Mann / Bittendes Kind / Gluckes genug / Wichtige Begebenheit / Traumerei / Am Kamin / Ritter vom Steckenpferd / Fast zu ernst / Furchtenmachen / Kind und Einschlummern / Der Dichter spricht (Robert Schumann). Karin Lechner / Alissa Margulis / Lida Chen / Mark Dobrinsk - Quartet in D major WoO36 No.2 for violin viola violoncello and piano (Beethoven). Martha Argerich / Alexander Mogilevsky - Ma mere l'oye suite for piano four hand : Pavane de la Belle au bois dormante / Petit Poucet / Laideronnette Imperatrice des pagodes / Les entretiens de la Belle et de la Bete / Le jardin feerique (Ravel). Alexander Mogilevsky / Lucy Hall / Alissa Margulis / Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg / Mark Drobinsky / Enrico Fagone - Grand Sextet for piano two violins viola cello and double bass (Glinka). Alissa Margulis / Francesdco Piemontese - Theme et variations pour Violon et Piano (Olivier Messiaen). Sergio Tiempo / Karin Lechner - Daphnis et Chloe Suite No.2 (Ravel transcribed for two pianos by Lucien Garban). Renaud Capucon / Martha Argerich - Sonata No.1 for violin and piano Sz75 (Bartok). Nicholas Angelich / Dora Schwarzberg / Lucy Hall / Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg / Jorge Bosso - Quintet No.1 in C minor for piano two violins viola and violoncello op.1 (Ernst von Dohnanyi). Martha Argerich / Mauricio Vallina - Variations on a theme of Paganini (Witold Lutoslawski).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: live from the Lugano Festival 2007 - May-2008 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 5190032  (barcode: 5099951900328)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.45
RELEASE DATE: 07-Apr-2008

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Classics for my Baby
TRACKS: Peter Donohoe - Berceuse (Chopin). Sinfonia Varsovia / Jean-Bernard Pommier - Piano Concerto No.21 in C major K467 : Andante (Mozart). Piotr Anderszewski - Partita No.1 in B flat major : Gigue (JS Bach). London Symphony Orchestra / Barry Wordsworth - A Midsummer night's dream : Scherzo (Mendelssohn). London Classical Players / Roger Norrington - Symphony No.8 in F major op.93 : Allegro scherzando (Beethoven). Nicholas Angelich - Intermezzo in E flat major op.117 No.3 (Brahms). Gundula Janowitz / Academy of London / Richard Stamp - Morgen op.27 No.4 (Richard Strauss). Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson - Idylle (Emmanuel Chabrier). Michel Debost / Jacques Fevrier - Sonata for Flute and Piano : Cantilena (Poulenc). Renaud Capucon / Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Daniel Harding - Meditation de Thais (Massenet). Jean Bernard Pommier / Anne Queffelec pianos / City of London Sinfonia / Richard Hickox - Concerto for 2 Pianos & Orchestra : Larghetto (Poulenc). Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Marek Janowski - Siegfried Idyll (Wagner). Jean-Philippe Collard / Bruno Rigutto - Berceuse from Dolly (Faure). Mischa Maisky / Martha Argerich - Minstrels from Preludes Book 1 (Debussy arr. Maisky). London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green - Facades (Glass). Northern Sinfonia / Jean-Bernard Pommier - Petite suite : En bateau / Cortege / Menuet (Debussy arr. Busser). London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green - Eine kleine Nachtmusik : Allegro (Mozart). Samuel Coles / Naoko Yoshino / English Chamber Orchestra / Yehudi Menuhin - Concerto for Flute and Harp K299 : Andantino (Mozart). Francois-Rene Duchable - Consolation No.3 (Liszt). Orchestra of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden / Lamberto Gardelli - Madama Butterfly : Humming Chorus (Puccini). Kun Woo Paik - Clair de lune from Suite bergamasque (Debussy). Andreas Schmidt / Catherine Pierard / London Classical Players / Roger Norrington - Die Zauberflote : Pa-pa-pa-pa-Papagena! (Mozart). Anne Sofie von Otter / Barbara Bonney / Symphonie-Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks / Jeffrey Tate - Hansel und Gretel : Abends will ich schlafen gehn (Humperdinck). Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France / Paavo Jarvi - The Nutracker : Flower waltz (Tchaïkovsky). Aldo Ciccolini - Traumerei from Kinderszenen op.15 (Schumann). Royal Liverpool Philharmonic / Sir Charles Mackerras - Pictures from an Exhibition : Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks (Mussorgsky orch. Ravel). Northern Sinfonia / Jean-Bernard Pommier - Le Jardin feerique from Ma Mere l'Oye (Ravel). London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green - String Serenade in E major op.22 : Tempo di valse (Dvorak). Elena Duran / Bournemouth Sinfonietta / Eric Fenby - La Calinda from Koanga (Delius arr. Fenby).

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CATALOGUE NR: 0940142  (barcode: 5099909401426)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 8 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.49
RELEASE DATE: 09-May-2011

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Martha Argerich Edition - Chamber Music
TRACKS: Violin Sonata No.9 in A 'Kreutzer' op.47 (Beethoven). Violin Sonata in A. Piano Quartet No.3 in C Major WoO36 (Beethoven). Piano Trio in B flat major op.11. Piano Trio No.5 in D Major op.70 No.1 'Ghost' (Beethoven). Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C op.3 (Chopin). Violin Sonata No.1 in A Minor op.105 (Schumann). Violin Sonata No.2 in D Minor op.121 (Schumann). Fantasiestucke op.73 (Schumann). Marchenbilder op.113 (Schumann). Piano Quintet in Eb Major op.44 (Schumann). Piano Quartet in E Flat Major op.47 (Schumann). Andante and Variations in B Flat Major op.46 (Schumann). Piano Trio in G Major HobXV:25 (Haydn). Piano Trio No.1 in D Minor op.49 (Mendelssohn). Phantasiestucke op.88 (Schumann). Cello Sonata. Preludes (arr. Maisky: cello & piano) : Minstrels. Cello Sonata in A major (Franck). Violin Sonata No.1 Sz75 (Bartok). Contrasts for Violin Clarinet & Piano Sz111 (Bartok). Quintet for Piano & Strings in G Minor op.57 (Shostakovich). Trio for Piano Violin & Cello No.2 in E Minor op.67 (Shostakovich). Concertino for Piano 2 Violins Viola Clarinet Horn and Bassoon (Janacek). Piano Quintet in E Flat Major op.44 (Schumann). Violin Sonata No.2 in D minor op.121 (Schumann). Fantasiestucke op.73 (Schumann).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich      

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CATALOGUE NR: 0940312  (barcode: 5099909403123)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.50
RELEASE DATE: 09-May-2011

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Martha Argerich Edition - Concertos
TRACKS: Piano Concerto No.1 in E Minor op.11 (Chopin). Piano Concerto No.2 in F Minor op.21 (Chopin). Piano Concerto No.1 in D Flat op.10 (Prokofiev). Piano Concerto No.3 Sz119 (Bartok). Piano Concerto No.3 in C op.26 (Prokofiev). Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra in C Major op.56 'Triple Concerto' (Beethoven). Piano Concerto in A Minor op.54 (Schumann). Concerto for Piano Trumpet & Strings in C Minor op.35 (Shostakovich). Noches en los jardines de Espana : En la Generalife / Danza lejana / En los jardines de la Sierra de Cordoba (de Falla). Fantasia Elvetica (Pletnev).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich      

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CATALOGUE NR: 6447012  (barcode: 5099964470122)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
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RELEASE DATE: 21-May-2012

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Martha Argerich and Friends
TRACKS: Sonata for violin & piano No.8 in G major op.30/3 (Beethoven). Sonata in F major K497 for four hands piano (Mozart). Trio in C major HobXV:27 (Haydn). Fantasiestucke op.73 (Schumann). Concerto pathetique in E minor for 2 Pianos. Trio elegiaque No.2 in D minor op.9 (Rachmaninov). Moscow Cheryomushki Suite op.105 (Shostakovich). La Valse. Piano Concerto in G major (Ravel). Quintet in G minor op.34 (Brahms).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich   Lilya Zilberstein   Gautier Capucon   Sergio Tiempo

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Live at the Lugano Festival 2011

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