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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Discover the SymphonyIncludes music by: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Schubert, Berlioz, Brahms, Mahler, Sibelius, Elgar, Shostakovich, Lutoslawski and others.
From modest beginnings in eighteenth-century Italy, the symphony soon developed into the highest form of western instrumental music at the hands of Haydn, Mozart and Beethoven. The symphony became a big, public form that used the community of the orchestra to address the community of the audience. After two and a half centuries of the most varied masterpieces, the symphony still remains an ideal means for the individual voice to convey a world of ideas and feelings to a wide audience. Discover the Symphony, comprising two CDs and a 100-page booklet, traces the colourful and exciting story of a musical form that has expressed the most intimate emotions of the greatest composers and at the same time reflected the fascinating and often turbulent state of the world in which they lived. | 
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| |  | Angela & Roberto Forever
Angela Gheorghiu & Roberto Alagna |
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Bach, J S: | Cantata BWV82 'Ich habe genug' Arias and recits from "Christmas oratorio" St John Passion, BWV 245 (excerpts) | Berlioz: | Les Nuits D'été, Op. 7 | Brahms: | Alto Rhapsody, Op. 53 | Chausson: | Poème de l'amour et de la mer, Op. 19 | Elgar: | Sea Pictures, Op. 37 Softly and gently, dearly-ransomed soul (from The Dream of Gerontius) | Handel: | Messiah: He was despised Selected Italian cantatas Nos. 1 & 13 | Liszt: | Lieder | Mahler: | Kindertotenlieder Rückert-Lieder Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen Urlicht (from Symphony No. 2) | Ravel: | Shéhérazade | Schubert: | Selected Lieder | Schumann: | Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 | Strauss, R: | Liebeshymnus, Op. 32 No. 3 Das Rosenband, Op. 36 No. 1 Ruhe, meine Seele!, Op. 27 No. 1 | Wagner: | 5 Wesendonk Lieder Der Engel / Stehe still / Im Treibhaus / Schmerzen / Traume |
and works by Dowland, Campion, Purcell, Boyce, Monro & Ame
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| |  | Elgar - The Dream of Gerontius
“Vickers doesn’t disappoint, singing with an intensity and a care for the sound and sense of every word that
are well nigh ideal. As the Angel, Constance Shacklock, gravely beautiful if occasionally too grand, is firstclass,
too…..it’s Vickers who makes this a must-have .” The Guardian, Friday May 23, 2008 |
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Von Otter, Cachemaille, Van Dam, Bastin & Rolfe-Johnson Monteverdi Choir & Orchestre de l’Opera de Lyon, John Eliot Gardiner “John Eliot Gardiner in his vivid reading also has the advantage of fine modern recording… very well balanced and atmospheric. Anne Sofie von Otter’s Mary is outstanding, singing with rapt simplicity.” (Penguin Guide, 3 Stars) |
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| |  | Jonas Kaufmann - Romantic Arias
Jonas Kaufmann (tenor) Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Marco Armiliato "One of the most important, and versatile, singers of our age" The Times |
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| |  | Viva Villazón! (STANDARD)The Best of Rolando Villazón
Berlioz: | Dieu tout puissant, Dieu de l’aurore Thomas Gounet d’après Thomas Moore Chœur « Les Eléments » & Orchestre du Capitole de Toulouse, Michel Plasson | Bizet: | La fleur que tu m'avais jetée (from Carmen) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson A cette voix quel trouble… Je crois entendre encore (from Les Pêcheurs de Perles) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Cilea: | Il lamento di Federico (L'Arlesiana) | Donizetti: | L'elisir d'amore: 'Una furtiva lagrima' Tombe degl'avi miei … Fra poco a me ricovero (Edgardo) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti | Gounod: | Faust - Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre... Salut, demeure chaste et pure Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Polyeucte - Source délicieuse Roméo & Juliette - L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil | Grüber, F: | Stille Nacht arr.Philippe Rombi Orchestre Symphonique Bel Arte, Philippe Rombi | Mascagni: | Mamma, quel vino (from Cavalleria Rusticana) with Teresa Blank (mezzo-soprano) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Massenet: | Ah ! Parais, astre de mon ciel Zarastra from Le Mage Chœur et Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pido Roma - Je vais la voir! Je suis seul, seul enfin... Ah fuyez douce image (from Manon) Traduire ! Ah ! Bien souvent mon rêve s’envole… Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther) Ah! Tout est bien fini... O souverain (from Le Cid) Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Evelino Pído | Monteverdi: | Sì dolce è'l tormento Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim Eri già tutta mia Le Concert d’Astrée, Emmanuelle Haim | Offenbach: | Il était une fois à la cour d'Eisenach (Hoffmann) With Florian Laconi (ténor) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Puccini: | Rodolfo's Aria from La bohème Manon Lescaut: 'Donna non vidi mai' (previously unreleased) Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Recondita armonia (Tosca) | Sorozábal: | La Taberna del Puerto – ‘No puede ser’ Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Tchaikovsky: | Eugene Onegin: Lensky's aria | Verdi: | La Donna è mobile Conte from Rigoletto Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Marcello Viotti Lunge da lei de’ miei bollenti Alfredo from La Traviata Io l'ho perduta (from Don Carlos) Ma se m'è forza perderti (from Un ballo in maschera) Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks & Münchner Rundfunkorchester, Michel Plasson | Vives: | Por el humo se sabe donde esta el fuego Fernando from Dona Frasquita Orquesta de la Communidad de Madrid, Placido Domingo | Wade: | O come, all ye faithful arr.Philippe Rombi |
Standard Version “Villazón's singing offers a combination of intelligence and glamour not seen since the ascendancy of Domingo.” The New Yorker | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | 50 Milestones of Western MusicThe 50th Anniversary Boxed Set
| | Vida / A chantar La Comtessa de Dia Pilar Figueras (soprano) Clemencic Consort, René Clemencic Lord Herbert of Cherbury's Lute Book Paul O'Dette (lute) | Anglebert: | Pièces de clavecin (1689) Kenneth Gilbert | anon.: | The three ravens Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Black is the colour of my true love's hair Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The oak and the ash Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Barbara Allen Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Lord Rendall Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Water is wide Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The tailor and the mouse Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Down by the sally garden's Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) I will give my love an apple Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Bushes and briars Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) The foggy, foggy dew Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) She moved through the fair Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Evening Prayer Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Prière de Marie-Madeleine Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès Messe de saint Marcel Ensemble Organum, Marcel Pérès | Bach, J S: | St Matthew Passion, BWV244 Barbara Schlick (soprano), René Jacobs (alto), Hans-Peter Blochwitz (ténor) & Peter Kooy (basse) Chœur et Orchestre de La Chapelle Royale, Collegium Vocale Gent & Chœur d'enfants "In dulci jubilo" de Saint-Nicolas, Philippe Herreweghe Musical Offering, BWV1079 Davitt Moroney, Janet See, John Holloway, Jaap ter Linden & Martha Cook The Art of Fugue, BWV1080 Fretwork | Banchieri: | Barca di Venetia per Padova Ensemble Clément Janequin | Bartók: | Contrasts for violin, clarinet & piano Ensemble Walter Boeykens | Beethoven: | Symphony No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 55 'Eroica' Transcribed for piano by Franz Liszt Georges Pludermacher (piano ) | Berlioz: | Les Nuits D'été, Op. 7 Brigitte Balleys (mezzo-soprano) Orchestre des Champs-Élysées, Philippe Herreweghe | Biber: | The Rosary Sonatas Andrew Manze & Richard Egarr | Brahms: | Clarinet Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120 No. 1 Michel Portal (clarinette) & Georges Pludermacher (piano) | Bruna: | Tiento sobre la letania de la Virgen Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Cabanilles: | Corrente Italiana Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Chausson: | Piano Quartet in A major, Op. 30 Les Musiciens | Chopin: | Ballades Nos. 1-4 Cédric Tiberghien (piano) | Copland: | Trio 'Vitebsk' Trio Wanderer | Couperin, A-L: | Simphonie de clavecins William Christie & David Fuller | Couperin, F: | Messe à l'usages des Paroisses Michel Chapuis, à l'orgue des Frères Isnard de Saint-Maximin | Dufay: | Intégrale des Motets isorythmiques Huelgas-Ensemble, Paul Van Nevel | Duron: | Gaitilla de mano izquierda Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Falla: | El Amor Brujo Ginesa Ortega, (cantaora), Joan Martin (niño soprano / sopraniste), Iñaki Fresán (baryton) & Joan Cabero (ténor) Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons | Haydn: | Piano Trio No. 39 in G major, Hob.XV:25 'Gypsy' Patrick Cohen, Erich Höbarth & Christophe Coin Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb:1 Jean-Guihen Queyras (violoncelle) Freiburger Barockorchester, Petra Müllejans | Heredia: | Salve de lleno Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada Tiento de falsas de quarto tono Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada Tiento lleno de primer tono Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Hildegard: | Laudes de Sainte Ursule Chants for the Feast of St. Ursula Anonymous 4 | Janacek: | Sur un sentier recouvert Alain Planès (piano) String Quartet No. 2 'Intimate Letters' Melos Quartett | Jones, R: | Sweet Kate Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) | Keiser: | Croesus Roman Trekel, Johannes Mannov, Dorothea Röschmann, Werner Güra, Klaus Häger, Markus Schäfer, Salomé Haller, Kwangchul Youn, Graham Pushee, Brigitte Eisenfeld, Kurt Azesberger, Jörg Gottschick & Johanna Stojkovic Rias-Kammerchor & Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin, René Jacobs | Liszt: | La Lugubre Gondola for cello & piano, S134 Emmanuelle Bertrand (violoncelle) & Pascal Amoyel (piano) | Lully: | Atys Guy de Mey, Guillemette Laurens, Agnès Mellon & Jean-François Gardeil Les Arts Florissants, William Christie | Marais: | La Gamme London Baroque, Charles Medlam | Monteverdi: | Pianto della Madonna Maria Cristina Kiehr (soprano) Concerto Soave, Jean-Marc Aymes | Morley: | Sweet nymph, come to thy lover Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) I go before my darling Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) Miraculous Love's wounding Alfred Deller & Mark Deller (contre-ténors) & Desmond Dupré (luth et guitare) | Mozart: | 6 German Dances, K509 Andreas Staier & Christine Schornsheim Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' Freiburger Barockorchester, René Jacobs | Muffat, Georg: | Apparatus musico-organisticus René Saorgin, orgue Charles Boisselin de Malaucène | Purcell: | King Arthur Maurice Bevan, Paul Elliott, Mark Deller, Honor Sheppard, Alfred Deller, Jean Knibbs, Rosemary Hardy & Honor Sheppard The King's Musick & The Deller Consort and Choir, Alfred Deller | Pärt: | Berliner Messe Christopher Bowers-Broadbent (orgue) Theatre of Voices, Paul Hillier | Rameau: | Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin Alexandre Tharaud (piano) | Rossini: | Petite Messe solennelle Krassimira Stoyanova, Birgit Remmert, Steve Davislim & Hanno Müller-Brachmann RIAS Kammerchor, Marcus Creed Sonata a quattro No. 4 in B flat major Christine Busch, Margarete Adorf, Roel Dieltiens & Love Persson Roel Dieltiens | Schobert: | Quatuor pour pianoforte deux violons et violoncelle Luciano Sgrizzi, Chiara Banchini, Véronique Méjean & Philipp Bosbach | Schubert: | Fantasie in C major for violin and piano, D934 Isabelle Faust (violon) & Alexander Melnikov (piano) Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 Paul Lewis (piano) | Schumann: | Frauenliebe und Leben, Op. 42 Bernarda Fink (mezzo-soprano) & Roger Vignoles (piano) | Shostakovich: | String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110 Jerusalem Quartet | Sola: | Medio registro de mano derecha Francis Chapelet, à l'orgue Diego de Orio Tejada | Telemann: | Du aber Daniel, gehe hin Cantus Cölln, Konrad Junghänel La Bizarre Akademie Für Alte Musik Berlin | Vivaldi: | Stabat Mater, RV621 Andreas Scholl (contre-ténor) Ensemble 415, Chiara Banchini | Wolf, H: | Goethe-Lieder Juliane Banse (soprano) & Dietrich Henschel (baryton) Rundfunkchor Berlin & Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, Kent Nagano |
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| | The Vagabond Whither Must I Wander Sea Fever Little Prince (The Little Prince) They Call the Wind Maria (Paint Your Wagon) English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel Come Home (Allegro) English Northern Philharmonia, Paul Daniel Ar Hyd Y Nos (All Through the Night) Suo-Gan (Lullaby) Sì, tra i ceppi e le ritorte (Berenice) Vouchsafe, O Lord (Dettingen Te Deum) Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Mackerras | Berlioz: | Une puce gentille (Flea Song) Voice des roses (Air de Méphistophélès) Philharmonia Orchestra and Chorus, Myung-Whun Chung | Gurney: | Sleep | Hughes, J: | Guide me, O thou great Redeemer (Cwm Rhondda) The Black Mountain Chorus, Risca Male Choir & The Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Gareth Jones | Mahler: | In diesem Wetter, in diesem Braus (Kindertotenlieder) Philharmonia Orchestra, Giuseppe Sinopoli | Mendelssohn: | Lord God of Abraham (Elijah) Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | Mozart: | Non più andrai (The Marriage of Figaro) Guglielmo and Dorabellas's Duet (Il core vi dono) from Così fan tutte Cecilia Bartoli (Dorabella) & Bryn Terfel (Guglielmo) Orchestra dell’Accademia die Santa Cecilia, Myung-Chun Chung Ein Mädchen oder Weibchen (from Die Zauberflöte) Concert Aria, KAnh. 245: Io ti lascio, oh cara, addio Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Quilter: | Go, lovely Rose, Op. 24 No. 3 (Edmund Wailer) Malcolm Martineau (piano) | Rutter: | The Lord bless you and keep you London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth | Schubert: | Erlkönig, D328 Du bist die Ruh D776 (Rückert) Der Musensohn, D764 (Goethe) | Schumann: | Du bist wie eine Blume, Op. 25 No. 24 Die beiden Grenadiere, Op. 49 No. 1 Mein Wagen rollet langsam, Op. 142 No. 4 | Sullivan: | Hereupon we’re both agreed (The Yeomen of the Guard) Academy of St. Martins in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner | trad.: | Amazing Grace London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth Shenandoah London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth Deep River arr. Chris Hazell | Vaughan Williams: | Silent Noon | Verdi: | Eh Paggio! (from Falstaff) MET Orchestra, James Levine | Wagner: | Die Frist ist um (Holländer) Berliner Philharmoniker, Claudio Abbado O du, mein holder Abendstern (Wolfram) The Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, James Levine |
Bryn Terfel (bass-baritone) | DG - 4776686 (CD - 2 discs) £12.49 (£10.63 ex. VAT) |
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Yann Beuron (narrator/centurion), Karen Cargill (Marie), William Dazeley (Joseph), Matthew Rose (Herod) & Peter Rose (Father/Polydorus) London Symphony Orchestra & Tenebrae Choir, Sir Colin Davis "Sustaining a mood of angelic sweetness for nearly two hours is quite a challenge, but this wonderful performance brought it off. Everything seemed to be just right - the chorus, the choice of soloists, the delicate but pointed orchestral sound. And of course the conductor, Colin Davis, who has long been Berlioz's champion on this earth … the real core of this performance was the wonderful chorus, Tenebrae" Daily Telegraph Concert Review | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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