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CATALOGUE NR: 3920312
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 10-Sep-2007

TITLE: Red Army Ensemble
TRACKS: Song of Youth. A birch tree in a field did stand. Far Away. You are always beautiful. Kalinka. Along Peter's Street. Bandura - sung in Ukrainian. Soldiers' Chorus from The Decembrists. Beautiful Moonlit Night. Kamarinskaya. Annie Laurie. Black Eyebrows - sung in Ukrainian. Ukrainian Poem. Oh no John! - sung in English. Song of the Plains. Snowflakes. Song of the Volga Boatmen. Nut-Brown Maiden. The Little Bells. If I had a hammer . It's a long way to Tipperary. God Save the Queen - Soviet Army Chorus version sung in English.
CONDUCTOR: Boris Alexandrov
ARTISTS: Soviet Army Chorus   Soviet Army Band    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1956 and 1963

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CATALOGUE NR: 2126982
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Alberto Franchetti  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Opera Arias and Songs
TRACKS: Germania : Studenti udite (Alberto Franchetti). Rigoletto : Questa o quella (Verdi). Aida : Celeste Aida (Verdi). Manon : O dolce incanto (Jules Massenet). Lucia di Lammermoor : Una furtiva lagrima (Donizetti). Mefistofele : Giunto sul passo estremo (Arrigo Boito). Germania : Ah vieni qui… No non chiuder gli occhi (Franchetti). Mefistofele : Dai campi dai prati (Boito). Tosca : E lucevan le stelle (Verdi). Iris : Apri la tua finestra (Mascagni). Fedora : Amor ti vieta (Giordano). La Gioconda : Cielo e mar! (Amilcare Ponchielli). Pagliacci : Recitar!… Vesti la giubba (Leoncavallo). Cavalleria rusticana : Siciliana - O LolaLuigi (Mascagni). Non t'amo piu (Denza). La mia canzone (Tosti). Adriana Lecouvreur : No, piu nobile (Cilea). Luna fedel (Redento Zardo). Un bacio ancora (Rocco Trimarchi). Les Pecheurs de perles : Mi par d'udir ancor (Bizet). Mattinata (Leoncavallo). Les Huguenots : Qui sotto il ciel (Meyerbeer). Tu non mi vuoi piu bene (Antonio Pini-Corsi).
ARTISTS: Enrico Caruso      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1902-1904 - the new remastering by Abbey Road 78 expert Andrew Walter improves greatly on the recording's previous appearance on EMI References

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CATALOGUE NR: 5668952
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 05-Oct-1998

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Piano Concerto (Dvorak). Wanderer Fantasie (Schubert).
ORCHESTRA: Bayern Radio Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Carlos Kleiber
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'the Schubert is something very special.. ..the athletic playing, overpowering in effect.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5675932
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 03-Sep-2001

COMPOSER: Antonin Dvorak  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Cello Concerto (Dvorak). Cello Concerto No.1 (Saint-Saens).
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Carlo Maria Giulini
ARTISTS: Mstislav Rostropovich      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'Rostropovich, the master cellist, has a deep understanding of the Dvorak Concerto. Here his playing is coloured by the grace of Giulini's interpretation and by the beautifully accompaniment.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 1/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 2127142
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 3 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 22.99
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Antonio Puccini
TITLE: Il Trittico - complete
TRACKS: Tito Gobbi / Giacinto Prandelli / Piero De Palma / Plinio Clabassi / Margaret Mas / Miriam Pirazzini / Renato Ercolani / Piero De Palma / Silvia Bertona / Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma / Vincenzo Bellezza - Il tabarro. Victoria De Los Angeles / Fedora Barbieri / Mina Doro / Corinna Vozza / Mina Doro / Lidia Marimpietri / Santa Chissari / Anna Marcangeli / Lidia Marimpietri / Orchestra E Coro Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma / Tullio Serafin - Suor Angelica. Tito Gobbi / Victoria De Los Angeles / Anna Maria Canali / Carlo Del Monte / Adelio Zagonara / Lidia Marimpietri / Claudio Cornoldi / Sturno Meletti / Paolo Montarsolo / Fernando Valentini / Giuliana Raymondi / Alfredo Mariotti / Virgilio Stoco / Paolo Caroli / Orchestra Del Teatro Dell'Opera Di Roma / Gabriele Santini - Gianni Schicchi.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1955-1958 in Mono apart from Gianni Schicchi which was recorded in Stereo / the recordings have been newly transferred and remastered to ART standard at Abbey Road Studios - Jul-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 5669872
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 15-Feb-1999

COMPOSER: Antonio Vivaldi
TRACKS: Magnificat in G minor RV611 (ed. Malipiero). Gloria in D RV589.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Riccardo Muti
ARTISTS: Teresa Berganza   Lucia Valentini    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'enjoyable performances, well recorded' Gramophone

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CATALOGUE NR: 3615702
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 07-Aug-2006

COMPOSER: Aram Khachaturian  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Violin Concerto in D minor (Khachaturian). Suite de concert op.28 (Taneyev).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Aram Khachaturian and Nicolai Malko
ARTISTS: David Oistrakh      

- Nov-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 4768422
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 05-Sep-2005

COMPOSER: Arrigo Boito  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Lyric and Coloratura Arias
TRACKS: arias by : Boito / Catalani / Cherubini / Cilea / Delibes / Giordano / Meyerbeer / Rossini / Spontini / Verdi.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra and La Scala Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Tullio Serafin
ARTISTS: Maria Callas      

- Feb-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5679882
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 03-Feb-2003

COMPOSER: Carl Maria von Weber
TRACKS: Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No.1 in F minor J114 op.73. Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra No.2 in E flat J118 op.74. Concertino for Clarinet and Orchestra in E flat J109 op.26. Quintet for Clarinet and Strings in B flat J182 op.34.
ORCHESTRA: Staatskapelle Dresden and Wurtt Kammerorchester Heilbronn
CONDUCTOR: Herbert Blomstedt and Jorg Faerber
ARTISTS: Sabine Meyer      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1984-85

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CATALOGUE NR: 5668992
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 05-Oct-1998

COMPOSER: Carl Orff
TITLE: Carmina Burana
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andre Previn
ARTISTS: Thomas Allen   Sheila Armstrong   Gerald English  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'a vividly characterised performance.. ..this version has everything in its favour, not least the most spectacular recording quality.' Gramophone - Penguin Guide 4 star 'the chorus sings vigorously, the menoften using an aptly rough tone; and the resilience of Previn's rhythm's, finely sprung, brings out a strain not just of geniality but of real wit. This is a performance which swaggers along and makes you smile'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5675502
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 05-Feb-2001

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: String Quartet in G minor op.10 (Debussy). String Quartet in F (Ravel). 3 Pieces. Concertino. Double Canon (Stravinsky).
ARTISTS: Alban Berg Qt      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Only superlatives come to mind when describing the Alban Berg Quartett's form in these immaculate and challenging performances. Gramophone - Apr-2001 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 3919672
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 10-Sep-2007

COMPOSER: Claude Debussy
TRACKS: Images. Nocturnes. Prelude a l'apres-midi d'un faune.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andre Previn
ARTISTS: Peter Lloyd      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1979 and 1983 - Nocturnes

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CATALOGUE NR: 2126852
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 14.50
RELEASE DATE: 08-Sep-2008

COMPOSER: Claudio Monteverdi
TITLE: Vespro della Beata Vergine
TRACKS: Selva morale e spirituale : excerpts.
CONDUCTOR: Andrew Parrott
ARTISTS: Taverner Consort   Taverner Players    

- Mar-2009 5 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: 3458082
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 06-Mar-2006

COMPOSER: Darius Milhaud
TRACKS: La Creation du Monde op.81a. Le Boeuf sur le Toit - The Bull on the Roof op.58. Saudades do Brazil op.67.
ORCHESTRA: Orchestre National de France and Concert Arts Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Leonard Bernstein and Darius Milhaud

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1976 and 1956 - Aug-2006 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5626462
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 01-Aug-2003

COMPOSER: Dmitri Shostakovich
TRACKS: Concerto for piano trumpet & strings in C minor op.35. Piano Concerto No.2 in F op.102. Three Fantastic Dances op.5. Five Preludes & Fugues from op.87.
ORCHESTRA: Radiodiffusion Francaise National Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Andre Cluytens
ARTISTS: Dmitri Shostakovich   Ludovic Vaillant    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded in stereo 1958 with op.87 in mono - Penguin Guide 2/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5669142
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 05-Oct-1998

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg
TRACKS: Peer Gynt. Symphonic Dance No.2. In Autumn.
ORCHESTRA: Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Beecham

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'this record presents Grieg marvellously well.. ..every piece is a delight.. ..a Beecham winner.' Gramophone. - Penguin Guide Rosette star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5679822
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 03-Feb-2003

COMPOSER: Edvard Grieg  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor op.16 (Grieg). Concerto for Piano and Orchestra in A minor op.55 (Schumann). Papillons op.2 (Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Monte Carlo Opera Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Lovro Matacic
ARTISTS: Sviatoslav Richter      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1974 & 1962 - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: 5677482
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 11-Mar-2002

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Enigma Variations (Elgar). The Planets (Holst).
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Adrian Boult

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This magnificent performance of The Planets, recorded with an opulent realism, brings to a final culmination Boult’s supreme understanding of this work. This account of the Enigma Variations is also a classic; a performance by a great conductor who has lived a lifetime with this music.’ Gramophone - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the reading shows this conductor's long experience of the work, with each variation growing naturally and seamlessly out of the music that has gone before'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5628862
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 02-Aug-2004

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in E minor op.85. Sea Pictures - Contralto and Orchestra op.37. Cockaigne 'In London Town' - overture op.40.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: John Barbirolli
ARTISTS: Jacqueline Du Pre   Janet Baker    

- Penguin Guide Rosette star 'brilliant virtuoso playing'

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CATALOGUE NR: 5669792
RECORD LABEL: EMI Great Recordings
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.17
RELEASE DATE: 15-Feb-1999

COMPOSER: Edward Elgar
TRACKS: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in B minor op.61. Variations on an Original Theme - Engima op.36
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and Royal Albert Hall Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Edward Elgar
ARTISTS: Yehudi Menuhin      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: 'The concerto receives a most moving and affectionate rendering' Gramophone - May-1999 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 3 star 'the 1932 Menuhin/Elgar recording of the Violin Concerto emerges on this nely remastered EMI CD with a fine sense of presence and plenty of body to the sound'

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