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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 Number 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 Number 14 in C sharp minor Opus 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 Opus 85 : III Adagio (Elgar). Cecile Ousset / City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra / Sir Simon Rattle - Piano Concerto Number 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 Number 7 in A Opus 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 Number 21 in C K467 : II Andante - extract (Mozart). Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Symphony Number 6 in F Opus 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 Number 1 in E minor Opus 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 Opus 48 : In Paradisum (Faure). Yehudi Menuhin / Philharmonia Orchestra / Walter Susskind - Violin Concerto Number 1 in G minor Opus 26 : II Adagio - opening (Bruch). Oslo Philharmonic / Mariss Jansons - Symphony Number 9 'From the New World' : II Largo - opening (Dvorak). Julia Thornton / National Radio Orchestra of the Netherlands / Erno Olah - Emperor Concerto Opus 73 : II Adagio (Beethoven trans. Craig Leon). Academy of St Martin in the Fields / Sir Neville Marriner - Peer Gynt Incidental Music Opus 23 : Morning (Grieg). Yehudi Menuhin / Philharmonia Orchestra / Efrem Kurtz - Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 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 Number 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 Number 23 in G (Haydn). Six Morceaux for four hands Opus 11 (Rachmaninov). Cello Sonata in A Opus 36 (Grieg). Piano Trio Number 1 in D Opus 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 Opus 25 (Bazzini). Nigel Kennedy - Violin Sonata in C BWV1005 : Allegro assai (JS Bach). Yehudi Menuhin / Hephzibah Menuhin - Sonata Number 5 in F 'Spring' Opus 24 : Rondo Allegro ma non troppo (Beethoven). Michael Rabin - Caprice Number 24 in A minor Opus 1 Number 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 Opus 16 (Faure). Tasmin Little / Piers Lane - Hungarian Dance Number 5 in G minor (Brahms arr. Joachim). Maxim Vengerov / Ian Brown - Polonaise brillante Number 1 in D Opus 4 (Wieniawski). David Oistrakh / Vladimir Yampolsky - Valse-Scherzo Opus 34 (Tchaikovsky). Tasmin Little / Piers Lane - Romance - The Gadfly (Shostakovich). Maxim Vengerov / Ian Brown - Introduction and Tarantella Opus 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 Opus 18 (Chopin). Dame Moura Lympany - Piano Sonata Number 14 Opus 27 Number 2 'Moonlight' : Adagio sostenuto (Beethoven). Gabriela Montero - Saraband - Improvisation (Handel). John Ogdon - La campanella Number 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 Opus 66 (Chopin). Dame Moura Lympany - Traumerei - Kinderszenen Opus 15 (Schumann). Martha Argerich - Polonaise in A flat Opus 53 'Heroique' (Chopin). Maurizio Pollini - Nocturne in F sharp Opus 15 Number 2 (Chopin). John Ogdon - Prelude in C sharp minor Opus 3 Number 2 (Rachmaninov). Dame Moura Lympany - Golliwogg's Cakewalk - Children's Corner Suite (Debussy). Aldo Ciccolini - Gymnopedie Number 1 - Lent et douloureux (Satie). Leif Ove Andsnes - Wedding Day at Troldhaugen - Lyric Pieces Book VIII Opus 65 Number 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 Number 2 BWV1067 (JS Bach arr. Balsom). Bozo Paradzik / Ulrich Rademacher - Tarantella Opus 9 Number 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 Opus 19 : Avec gaite (Creston). Manuel Barrueco - Choros Number 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 Number 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 Number 5 Opus 42 (Widor). CD4 Orchestral Encores - Radio France Philharmonic / Paavo Jarvi - Polonaise - Eugene Onegin (Tchaikovsky). London Philharmonic / Andrew Litton - Festival Overture Opus 96 (Shostakovich). London Chamber Orchestra / Christopher Warren-Green - Simple Symphony Opus 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 Number 15 in C Opus 72 Number 7 (Dvorak). Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Marche hongroise - La Damnation de Faust (Berlioz). London Philharmonic / Klaus Tennstedt - Lieutenant Kije Suite Opus 60 : Troika (Prokofiev). Philharmonia Orchestra / Herbert von Karajan - Espana (Chabrier). Weiner Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe - Leichtes Blut Polka Opus 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 Number 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 Opus 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 Number 9 (Rossini). Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau / Gerald Moore - Abschied Number 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 Opus 56 (Beethoven). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor Opus 54 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana
CONDUCTOR: Alexandre Rabinovitch
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich   Renaud Capucon   Mischa Maisky  

- Jul-2004 5 star BBC Music Mag. - 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 £ 12.50
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 Number 3 in F major Opus 8 Number 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 Number 11 in G flat major Opus 70 Number 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 Number 31 in A flat major Opus 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 Opus 18 de la Rapsodie sur un theme de Paganini Opus 43 (transcription pour violoncello et piano). Evgeny Kissin / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis - Piano Concerto Number 4 in G Opus 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 Opus 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 Number 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 Number 3 in C minor Opus 37 (Beethoven). Otto Klemperer - Symphony Number 5 in C minor Opus 67 (Beethoven). Sabine Meyer / Herbert Blomstedt - Clarinet Concerto Number 2 in E flat major Opus 74 J118 (von Weber). Neville Marriner - Les Abencerages : Overture (Cherubini). Carlo Maria Giulini - Il Barbiere di Siviglia : Overture (Rossini). Sarah Chang - Concerto Number 1 in D for Violin and Orchestra Opus 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 Number 32 in C minor Opus 111 (Beethoven). Berliner Philharmoniker / Herbert von Karajan - Symphony Number 8 in B minor D759 'Unfinished' (Schubert). Melos Ensemble - Double Quartet Number 1 in D minor Opus 65 (Spohr). Maurice Andre / Das Zurcher Kammerorchester / Edmond de Stoutz - Introduction Theme and Variations in F major Opus 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 Number 2 in F minor Opus 21 (Chopin). Daniel Adni - Songs without Words : Andante con moto in E major Opus 19 Number 1 / Andante espressivo in A minor Opus 19 Number 2 / Molto allegro in A major Opus 19 Number 3 'Jagerlied' / Moderato in A major Opus 19 Number 4 / Agitato in F sharp minor Opus 19 Number 5 / Andante sostenuto in G minor Opus 19 Number 6 'Venetian Gondola Song' (Mendelssohn). Thomas Beecham / Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Francaise - Symphonie fantastique Opus 14 (Berlioz). Leif Ove Andsnes / Bergen Philharmonic / Dmitri Kitayenko - Piano Concerto Number 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 Opus 44 (Schumann). Sarah Chang / Mariss Jansons / Berliner Philharmoniker - Violin Concerto in E minor Opus 64 (Mendelssohn). Royal Philharmonic / Ulf Bjorlin - Symphony Number 3 in C 'Sinfonie singuliere' (Berwald). Nelson Goerner - Barcarolle in F sharp minor Opus 60 (Chopin). Staatskapelle Dresden / Wolfgang Sawallisch - Symphony Number 2 in C major Opus 61 (Schumann). Wiener Philharmoniker / Rudolf Kempe - Radetzky March Opus 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 Number 1 in D minor Opus 15 (Brahms). Leif Ove Andsnes - Mephisto Waltz Number 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 Number 2 in G minor Opus 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 Opus 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 Opus 22 (Dvorak). Barbara Hendricks / Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse / Michel Plasson - Requiem Opus 48 (Faure). Sarah Chang / London Symphony Orchestra / Colin Davis - Violin Concerto in D Opus 35 (Tchaikovsky). Fernando Germani - Symphony Number 5 in F minor Opus 42/1 : Toccata (Widor). Willi Boskovsky / Wiener Johann Strauss-Orchester - Rosen aus dem Suden - Walzer Opus 388 (Strauss). Han-Na Chang / London Symphony Orchestra / Mstislav Rostropovich - Kol Nidrei Opus 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 Opus 20 (Richard Strauss). Aldo Ciccolini - Six Gnossiennes : Number 1 Lent / Number 2 Avec etonnement / Number 3 Lent (Satie). Staatskapelle Dresden / Eugen Jochum - Symphony Number 9 in D minor (Bruckner ed. Nowak). Lucia Popp / London Philharmonic / Klaus Tennstedt - Symphony Number 4 in G (Mahler). Philadelphia Orchestra / Eugene Ormandy - Four Legends from the Kalevala - Lemminkainen Suite Opus 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' Opus 36 (Elgar). Artemis Qt /Thomas Kakuska / Valentin Erben - Verklarte Nacht Opus 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 Number 9 in A 'Kreutzer' (Beethoven). Sonata in A (Franck).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich   Itzhak Perlman    

- Feb-2000 4 Star star BBC Music Mag. - 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 Number 1 in E flat Opus 18 (Chopin). Moura Lympany - Piano Sonata Number 14 in C sharp minor 'Moonlight' Opus 27/2 : Adagio sostenuto excerpt (Beethoven arr. Norman Bates). Daniel Adni - Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Opus 66. Michel Beroff - Danses Hongroises Pour Piano a 4 Mains : Number 5 En Fa Diese Mineur. Moura Lympany - Suite bergamasque - Clair de lune (Debussy). Ingrid Fliter - Waltz in D flat Opus 64 Number 1 'Minute' (Chopin). Aldo Ciccolini - Six Gnossiennes : Number 1 Lent (Satie). Andrei Gavrilov - Piano Sonata Number 11 in A K331 : Rondo alla turca Allegretto (Mozart). Moura Lympany - Kinderszenen Opus 15 : Number 7 Traumerei (Schumann). John Ogdon - Prelude in C sharp minor Lento Opus 3 Number 2. Stephen Kovacevich - Piano Sonata Number 8 in C minor Opus 13 'Pathetique' : Adagio cantabile (Beethoven). Andor Foldes - Impromptus D899 : Impromptu Number 4. Garrick Ohlsson - Nocturne Number 2 in E flat major Opus 9 Number 2. Cecile Ousset - Pavane pour une infante defunte (Ravel). Daniel Adni - Polonaise Number 3 in A 'Military' Opus 40 Number 1. Martha Argerich - Polonaise Number 6 in A flat 'Heroic' Opus 53. Moura Lympany - 25 Bagatelles : Number 25 in A minor WoO59 Fur Elise (Beethoven). Moura Lympany - Waltz in A flat major Opus 39/15. Moura Lympany - Trois Gymnopedies : Lent et douloureux (Satie). Garrick Ohlsson - Preludes Opus 28 : Prelude Number 15 in D flat major Sostenuto 'Raindrop'. Christian Zacharias - Piano Sonata Number 16 in C K545 : Allegro (Mozart). Jacques Fevrier - Marche Militaire Number 1 En Re Majeur Pour Piano a 4 Mains D733 (Schubert). Mikhail Pletnev - Piano Sonata Number 2 in B flat minor Opus 35 : Marche funebre Lento (Chopin). John Ogdon - Etudes d'execution transcendante d'apres Paganini S140 : La campanella (Liszt). Bruno Rigutto - Dolly Suite Opus 56 : Berceuse. Moura Lympany - Golliwogg's Cake Walk from Children's Corner (Debussy). Moura Lympany - Minuet in G WoO10 Number 2. Leif Ove Andsnes - Lyric Pieces Book VIII Opus 65 : Number 6 Wedding Day at Troldhaugen (Grieg). Daniel Adni - Songs without Words : Andante grazioso in A major Opus 62 Number 6 'Fruhlingslied'. Moura Lympany - La fille aux cheveux de lin from Preludes Book I. Andrei Gavrilov - Etude in C minor Opus 25/12 (Chopin). Mikhail Pletnev - The Seasons Opus 37b : Fevrier - Carnaval (Tchaikovsky). Mikhail Pletnev - The Seasons Opus 37b : Novembre Course en Troïka (Tchaikovsky). Andrei Gavrilov - Tristesse' Opus 10/3. Alexis Weissenberg - Pictures at an Exhibition - Number 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 £ 7.19
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 Number 11 K331 : I Andante grazioso Theme (Mozart). John Aler - Cosi fan tutte : Un'aura amorosa (Mozart). Annie Fischer - Piano Concerto Number 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 Number 10 K361 'Gran Partita' : III Adagio (Mozart). Moura Lympany - Piano Sonata Number 14 'Moonlight' : Adagio sostenuto extract (Beethoven). Moura Lympany - Minuet in G (Beethoven). Julia Thornton - Piano Concerto Number 5 'Emperor' : II Adagio (Beethoven trans. Craig Leon). Stephen Kovacevich - Piano Sonata Number 8 'Pathetique' : II Adagio cantabile (Beethoven). Moura Lympany - Fur Elise (Beethoven). Philadelphia Orchestra / Riccardo Muti - Symphony Number 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 Number 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 Number 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 Number 2 in E flat Opus 9 Number 2 (Chopin). John Ogdon - Liebestraum Number 3 in A flat (Liszt). Peter Donohoe - Berceuse in D flat Opus 57 (Chopin). Cecile Ousset - Piano Concerto in A minor : II Adagio (Grieg). Moura Lympany - Kinderszenen : Traumerei (Schumann). John Ogdon - Etude in E 'Tristesse' Opus 10 Number 3 (Chopin). Moura Lympany - Waltz Number 15 in A flat (Brahms). Martha Argerich - Piano Concerto Number 1 in E minor : II Romance Larghetto opening (Chopin). Moura Lympany - Preludes Book I : La Fille aux cheveux de lin (Debussy). Dmitri Alexeev - Prelude Number 15 in D flat 'Raindrop' (Chopin). John Bayless - Caruso (Dalla). Anne Queffelec - Gymnopedie Number 1 (Satie). Anne Queffelec - Gnossienne Number 1 (Satie). Moura Lympany - Clair de lune (Debussy). Dmitri Alexeev - Piano Concerto Number 2 : II Andante (Shostakovich).

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CATALOGUE NR: 4575402  (barcode: 5099945754029)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.19
RELEASE DATE: 01-Mar-2010

COMPOSER: Frederic Chopin
TITLE: 50 Best Piano
TRACKS: Mikhail Pletnev - Nocturne in C sharp minor Opus posth. (Chopin). Andre Watts - 12 Transcendental Studies : La Campanella (Liszt). Mikhail Pletnev - Piano Sonata Number 14 in C sharp minor Opus 27 Number 2 'Moonlight' : I Adagio sostenuto (Beethoven). Stanislav Bunin - Etude Opus 10 Number 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 Number 3 : Allegro (Schubert). John Ogdon - Waltz in D flat Opus 64 Number 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 Opus 53 'Heroïque' (Chopin). Jean-Bernard Pommier - Fur Elise (Beethoven). Jean-Bernard Pommier : Fruhlingslied Opus 62 Number 6 (Mendelssohn). Stanislav Bunin - Fantaisie-impromptu in C sharp minor Opus 66 (Chopin). Stanislav Bunin - Rondo in D K485 (Mozart). Aldo Ciccolini : Arabesque Number 1 (Debussy). Cecile Ousset - Pavane pour une infante defunte (Ravel). Christian Zacharias - Piano Concerto Number 26 in D K537 'Coronation' : I Allegro extract (Mozart). Alexis Weissenberg - Grande Valse brillante in E flat Opus 18 (Chopin). Aalborg Symphony Orchestre / Wayne Marshall - Rhapsody in Blue extract (Gershwin). Aldo Ciccolini - La Belle excentrique : I Grande Ritournelle (Satie). Stanislav Bunin - Etude Opus 10 Number 5 in G flat (Chopin). Martha Argerich - Fantasiestucke Opus 12 : Aufschwung (Schumann). Helmut Roloff - Rondo capriccioso in E Opus 14 (Mendelssohn). John Ogdon - Piano Sonata Number 21 in C Opus 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 Number 2 in F minor Opus 31 (Faure). Aldo Ciccolini - Le Piccadilly (Satie). Thierry de Brunhoff - Invitation to the Dance in D flat Opus 65 (Weber). Christian Zacharias - Piano Sonata in C K545 : I Allegro (Mozart). Alexis Weissenberg - Piano Concerto Number 3 in D minor Opus 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 Number 1 (Satie). Aldo Ciccolini - Gnossienne Number 1 (Satie). Aldo Ciccolini - Reverie (Debussy). Andre Watts - Un sospiro (Liszt). Stephen Hough - Piano Concerto Number 21 in C K467 : II Andante (Mozart). Stephen Kovacevich - Piano Sonata Number 8 in C minor Opus 13 'Pathetique' : II Adagio cantabile (Beethoven). Moura Lympany - Tango Opus 165 Number 2 (Albeniz). Tzimon Barto - Consolation Number 3 in D flat (Liszt). Daniel Adni - Song without Words Number 1 in E Opus 19 Number 1 (Mendelssohn). John Ogdon - Prelude in A Opus 28 Number 7 (Chopin). Maria Tipo - Goldberg Variations BWV988 : Aria (Bach). Moura Lympany - Waldszenen Opus 82 : Vogel als Prophet (Schumann). Cecile Ousset - Estampes : II Pagodes (Debussy). Alexis Weissenberg - Nocturne in D flat Opus 9 Number 2 (Scriabin). Aldo Ciccolini - Nocturne in D flat Opus 27 Number 2 (Chopin). Dmitri Alexeev - Piano Concerto Number 2 in F Opus 102 : II Adagio (Shostakovich). Peter Donohoe - Berceuse in D flat Opus 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 Number 2 in C minor Opus 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 Opus 19 (Rachmaninov). Argerich / Montero from 2003 Festiva) - Suite Number 2 for 2 pianos Opus 17 (Rachmaninov). Lechner / Tiempo - Danze andaluse for 2 pianos (Infante). CD3 Argerich / Leschenko - Variations on a Theme by Haydn 'St Antoni Chorale' Opus 56b (Brahms). Zilberstein / Schwarzberg / Hall / Romanoff-Schwarzberg / Dobrins - Quintet for Piano and Strings in F minor Opus 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 Number 5 in D major for piano violin and cello Opus 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 Opus 46 (Robert Schumann). Martha Argerich - Kinderszenen Opus 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 Number 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 Number 2 (Ravel transcribed for two pianos by Lucien Garban). Renaud Capucon / Martha Argerich - Sonata Number 1 for violin and piano Sz75 (Bartok). Nicholas Angelich / Dora Schwarzberg / Lucy Hall / Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg / Jorge Bosso - Quintet Number 1 in C minor for piano two violins viola and violoncello Opus 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 Number 21 in C major K467 : Andante (Mozart). Piotr Anderszewski - Partita Number 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 Number 8 in F major Opus 93 : Allegro scherzando (Beethoven). Nicholas Angelich - Intermezzo in E flat major Opus 117 Number 3 (Brahms). Gundula Janowitz / Academy of London / Richard Stamp - Morgen Opus 27 Number 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 Number 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 Opus 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 Opus 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 Number 9 in A 'Kreutzer' Opus 47 (Beethoven). Violin Sonata in A. Piano Quartet Number 3 in C Major WoO36 (Beethoven). Piano Trio in B flat major Opus 11. Piano Trio Number 5 in D Major Opus 70 Number 1 'Ghost' (Beethoven). Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C Opus 3 (Chopin). Violin Sonata Number 1 in A Minor Opus 105 (Schumann). Violin Sonata Number 2 in D Minor Opus 121 (Schumann). Fantasiestucke Opus 73 (Schumann). Marchenbilder Opus 113 (Schumann). Piano Quintet in Eb Major Opus 44 (Schumann). Piano Quartet in E Flat Major Opus 47 (Schumann). Andante and Variations in B Flat Major Opus 46 (Schumann). Piano Trio in G Major HobXV:25 (Haydn). Piano Trio Number 1 in D Minor Opus 49 (Mendelssohn). Phantasiestucke Opus 88 (Schumann). Cello Sonata. Preludes (arr. Maisky: cello & piano) : Minstrels. Cello Sonata in A major (Franck). Violin Sonata Number 1 Sz75 (Bartok). Contrasts for Violin Clarinet & Piano Sz111 (Bartok). Quintet for Piano & Strings in G Minor Opus 57 (Shostakovich). Trio for Piano Violin & Cello Number 2 in E Minor Opus 67 (Shostakovich). Concertino for Piano 2 Violins Viola Clarinet Horn and Bassoon (Janacek). Piano Quintet in E Flat Major Opus 44 (Schumann). Violin Sonata Number 2 in D minor Opus 121 (Schumann). Fantasiestucke Opus 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 Number 1 in E Minor Opus 11 (Chopin). Piano Concerto Number 2 in F Minor Opus 21 (Chopin). Piano Concerto Number 1 in D Flat Opus 10 (Prokofiev). Piano Concerto Number 3 Sz119 (Bartok). Piano Concerto Number 3 in C Opus 26 (Prokofiev). Concerto for Violin Cello Piano and Orchestra in C Major Opus 56 'Triple Concerto' (Beethoven). Piano Concerto in A Minor Opus 54 (Schumann). Concerto for Piano Trumpet & Strings in C Minor Opus 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 £ 16.49
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 Number 8 in G major Opus 30/3 (Beethoven). Sonata in F major K497 for four hands piano (Mozart). Trio in C major HobXV:27 (Haydn). Fantasiestucke Opus 73 (Schumann). Concerto pathetique in E minor for 2 Pianos. Trio elegiaque Number 2 in D minor Opus 9 (Rachmaninov). Moscow Cheryomushki Suite Opus 105 (Shostakovich). La Valse. Piano Concerto in G major (Ravel). Quintet in G minor Opus 34 (Brahms).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich   Lilya Zilberstein   Gautier Capucon   Sergio Tiempo

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Live at the Lugano Festival 2011 - Aug-2012 IRR Outstanding Recording 'This is a box of delights filled with some marvellous performances and some rare repertoire. An absolutely engrossing set, which is recommended with all possible enthusiasm.'

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CATALOGUE NR: 9584402  (barcode: 5099995844022)
RECORD LABEL: Virgin
FORMAT: 3 CD Set  DURATION: 236 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.99
RELEASE DATE: 08-Jul-2013

COMPOSER: Felix Mendelssohn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Le violon roi
TRACKS: CD1: CONCERTOS - Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in E minor opus 64 : Allegro molto appassionato (FELIX MENDELSSOHN). Rotterdam Philharmonic / Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D opus 35 : Romance : Andante (ERICH KORNGOLD). Vienna Philharmonic / Daniel Harding - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D opus 77 : Allegro giocoso ma non troppo vivace (JOHANNES BRAHMS). Mahler Chamber Orchestra / Daniel Harding - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D minor : Langsam (ROBERT SCHUMANN). Rotterdam Philharmonic / Yannick Nezet-Seguin - Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D opus 61 : Rondo: Allegro (LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN). Martha Argerich / Mischa Maisky / Orchestra della Svizzera italiana / Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky - Triple Concerto for piano violin and cello in C opus 56 : Largo (LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN). Gautier Capucon / Gustav Mahler Jugendorchester / Myung-Whun Chung - Double concerto for violin and cello in A minor opus 102 : Vivace non troppo (JOHANNES BRAHMS). Antoine Tamestit / Scottish Chamber Orchestra / Louis Langree - Sinfonia concertante for violin viola and orchestra in E flat K364 : Andante. Concerto for Violin and Orchestra Number 1 in B flat K207 (cadenza : Robert Levin) : Presto (WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART).

CD2: CHAMBER MUSIC - Nicholas Angelich / Gerard Causse / Gautier Capucon - Piano quartet Number 1 in G minor opus 25 : Rondo alla Zingarese - Presto. Nicholas Angelich - Sonata for violin and piano Number 2 in A opus 100 : Allegretto grazioso - quasi andante (JOHANNES BRAHMS). Martha Argerich / Mischa Maisky - Ghost piano trio in D opus 70 Number 1 : Largo assai ed espressivo. Frank Braley - Sonata Number 5 for violin and piano Spring in F opus 24 : Allegro. Martha Argerich - Sonata Number 8 for violin and piano in G opus 30 Number 3 : Allegro vivace (LUDWIG VAN BEETHOVEN). Martha Argerich - Sonata Number 1 for violin and piano in A minor opus 105 : Mit leidenschaftlichem Ausdruck. Martha Argerich- Sonata Number 2 for violin and piano in D minor opus 121 : Sehr lebhaft (ROBERT SCHUMANN). Gerard Causse / Gautier Capucon / Alois Posch / Frank Braley - Trout piano quintet in A D667 : Tema con variazioni (FRANZ SCHUBERT). Michel Dalberto - Sonata Number 1 for violin and piano in A opus 13 : Allegro quasi presto (GABRIEL FAURE). Frank Braley- Sonata for violin and piano : Perpetuum mobile (MAURICE RAVEL). Martha Argerich / Gautier Capucon - Piano trio Number 1 in D minor opus 49 : Scherzo: Leggiero e vivace (FELIX MENDELSSOHN). Gautier Capucon / Frank Braley - Piano trio Number 2 in E flat D929 : Andante con moto (FRANZ SCHUBERT).

CD3: ENCORES - Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Daniel Harding - Meditation from Thais (JULES MASSENET). Jerome Ducros - Suite Bergamasque : Clair de lune (CLAUDE DEBUSSY). Gautier Capucon - Passacaglia after Handel Suite Number 7 in G minor (JOHANN HALVORSEN). Jerome Ducros - Orfeo ed Euridice : Dance of the blessed spirits (CHRISTOPH VON GLUCK arr. Fritz Kreisler). Jerome Ducros - Humoresque in B flat opus 101 Number 7 (ANTONIN DVORAK trans. Jascha Heifetz). Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Daniel Harding - Tzigane concert rhapsody for violin and orchestra (MAURICE RAVEL). Jerome Ducros- Liebesleid (FRITZ KREISLER). Gautier Capucon / Aude Capucon - Miniature Viennese march : Tempo di marcia (FRITZ KREISLER). Jerome Ducros- Hora staccato (GRIGORAS DINICU arr. Jascha Heifetz). Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Daniel Harding - Introduction and rondo capriccioso in A minor opus 28 (CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS). Die tote Stadt : Marietta's Lied zur Laute (ERICH KORNGOLD). Jerome Ducros - Un poco triste opus 17 Number 3 (JOSEF SUK). Michel Dalberto - Berceuse opus 16 (GABRIEL FAURE). Jerome Ducros - Much ado about nothing opus 11 : Gartenszene (ERICH KORNGOLD). Jerome Ducros - Sentimental Waltz in F minor opus 51 Number 6 (PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY). Die Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen / Daniel Harding - Danse macabre symphonic poem opus 40. Esther Hoppe / Beatrice Muthelet / Gautier Capucon / Frank Braley / Michel Dalberto / Emmanuel Pahud / Paul Meyer / Janne Saksala / Florent Jodelet - Carnival of the Animals a zoological fantasy for 2 pianos 2 violins viola cello double bass flute clarinet harmonica & xylophone : Number 14 Final - Molto allegro (CAMILLE SAINT-SAENS).
ARTISTS: Renaud Capucon      

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CATALOGUE NR: 9844412  (barcode: 5099998444120)
RECORD LABEL: EMI
FORMAT: 5 CD Set  DURATION: 326 minutes
PRICE: including VAT £ 16.49
RELEASE DATE: 01-Jul-2013

COMPOSER: Robert Schumann  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Martha Argerich - 5 Classic Albums
TRACKS: CD1: LIVE FROM THE CONCERTGEBOUW 1978/1979 - Fantasiestucke opus 12 (Robert Schumann). Sonatine. Gaspard de la nuit (Maurice Ravel).

CD2: LIVE FROM THE CONCERTGEBOUW 1978/1979 - Partita Number 2 in C Minor BWV826 (Johann Sebastian Bach). Nocturne Number 13 in C Minor opus 48 Number 1. Scherzo Number 3 in C Sharp Minor opus 39 (Frederic Chopin). Sonata Sz80 (Bela Bartok). Danzas argentinas opus 2 : Danza del viejo boyero - Dance of the Old Cowherd / Danza de la moza donosa - Dance of the Delightful Young Girl / Danza del gaucho matrero - Dance of the Artful Herdsman (Alberto Ginastera). Piano Sonata Number 7 in B Flat opus 83 (Sergei Prokofiev). Keyboard Sonata in D Minor Kk141 L422 (Domenico Scarlatti). English Suite Number 2 in A Minor BWV807 : Bourree (Johann Sebastian Bach).

CD3: Martha Argerich / Renaud Capucon / Mischa Maisky / Orchestra della Svizzera Italiana / Alexandre Rabinovitch-Barakovsky - Triple Concerto for Violin Cello & Piano in C opus 56 (Beethoven). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A Minor opus 54 (Schumann).

CD4: Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal / Charles Dutoit - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Number 1 in E Minor opus 11. Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Number 2 in F Minor opus 21 (Frederic Chopin).

CD5: Orchestre Symphonique De Montreal / Charles Dutoit - Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Number 1 in D Flat opus 10 (Sergei Prokofiev). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Number 3 Sz119 (Bela Bartok ). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra Number 3 in C opus 26 (Sergei Prokofiev).
ARTISTS: Martha Argerich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1979-2003

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