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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | Ioan Holender Farewell ConcertGala from Vienna State Opera
Bellini: | Ah, non credea mirarti (from La Sonnambula) Diana Damrau (soprano) | Donizetti: | Ah! tardai troppo...O luce di quest'anima (from Linda di Chamounix) Stefania Bonfadelli (soprano) Pour ce contrat fatal...Salut à la France (from La fille du régiment) Natalie Dessay (soprano) | Giordano, U: | Amor ti vieta (from Fedora) Ramon Vargas (tenor) | Gounod: | L'amour, l'amour... Ah, lève-toi soleil (from Roméo et Juliette) Ramon Vargas (tenor) Quel trouble inconnu me pénètre… Salut! Demeure chaste et pure (from Faust) Piotr Beczala (tenor) | Hiller, W: | Holenderchen! Ich war dein Traumfresserchen (from Das Traumfresserchen) Herwig Pecoraro (tenor) | Korngold: | Glück, das mir verbleib 'Marietta's Lied' (from Die Tote Stadt) Angela Denoke (soprano), Stephen Gould (tenor) | Lehár: | So kommen Sie! ? Ich bin eine anstnd'ge Frau (from Die lustige Witwe) Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo), Michael Schade (tenor) | Massenet: | Vision fugitive (from Hérodiade) Boaz Daniel (baritone) Werther! Werther!…Je vous écris de ma petite chambre (from Werther) Roxana Constantinescu (mezzo) Toute mon âme - Pourquoi me réveiller (from Werther) Piotr Beczala (tenor) Suis-je gentille ainsi? ... Je marche sur tous les chemins ... Obéissons quand leur voix appelle (from Manon) Anna Netrebko (soprano) | Mozart: | Un'aura amorosa del nostro tesoro (from Così fan tutte) Michael Schade (tenor) Prenderò quel brunettino (from Così fan tutte) Barbara Frittoli (soprano), Angelika Kirchschlager (mezzo) E Susanna non vien! … Dove sono i bei momenti (from Le nozze di Figaro) Barbara Frittoli (soprano) | Offenbach: | Hélas! mon cœur s'égare encore! (from Les Contes d'Hoffmann) | Puccini: | Firenze è come un albero fiorito (from Gianni Schicchi) Saimir Pirgu (tenor) Se come voi piccina io fossi (from Le Villi) Krassimira Stoyanova (soprano) | Strauss, R: | Wie schön ist doch die Musik (from Die schweigsame Frau) Thomas Quasthoff (bass-baritone) Nun will ich jubeln wie keiner gejubelt (from Die Frau ohne Schatten) Adrianne Pieczonka, Deborah Polaski (sopranos), Johan Botha (tenor), Falk Struckmann (baritone) Er ist der Richtige nicht für mich … Aber der Richtige, wenn's einen gibt für mich (from Arabella) Adrianne Pieczonka, Genia Khmeier (sopranos) | Verdi: | Stride la vampa (from Il Trovatore) Nadia Krasteva (mezzo) In braccio alle dovizie (from I Vespri Siciliani) Leo Nucci (baritone) Va, pensiero (from Nabucco) Elle ne m'aime pas! (from Don Carlos) Ferruccio Furlanetto (bass) Pace, pace mio Dio! (from La forza del destino) Violeta Urmana (soprano) Perfidi!…Pietà, rispetto, amore (from Macbeth) Simon Keenlyside (baritone) Tutto nel mondo è burla (from Falstaff) Elisabeth Kulman, Krassimira Stoyanova, Ileana Tonca (sopranos), Nadia Krasteva (mezzo), Gergely Nmeti, Herwig Pecoraro, Michael Roider (tenors), Leo Nucci, Alfred Ramek, Boaz Daniel (baritones) | Wagner: | Rienzi Overture Winterstürme wichen dem Wonnemond (from Die Walküre) Placido Domingo (tenor) Mild und leise 'Isolde's Liebestod' (from Tristan und Isolde) Waltraud Meier (soprano) O sink hernieder, Nacht der Liebe (from Tristan und Isolde) Maria Schnitzer (soprano), Peter Seiffert (tenor) In fernem Land (from Lohengrin) Johan Botha (tenor) Über Stock und Stein (from Das Rheingold) Elisabeth Kulman (soprano), Gergely Nmeti, Adrian Erd (tenors), Boaz Daniel (baritone) | Weber: | Und ob die Wolke sie verhülle (from Der Freischütz) Soile Isokoski (soprano) |
A star-studded benefit concert to celebrate Ioan Holender’s farewell after 19 years as the director of one of the world’s leading and most famous opera houses. The highly acclaimed cast was headed by brilliant singers such as Diana Damrau, Natalie Dessay, Angelika Kirchschlager, Waltraud Meier, Anna Netrebko, Pjotr Beczala, Plácido Domingo, Thomas Hampson, Leo Nucci, Thomas Quasthoff, Ramon Vargas and many others. No fewer than twelve conductors including Marco Armiliato, Bertrand de Billy, Fabio Luisi, Zubin Mehta, Antonio Pappano and Franz Welser-Möst led the way through a program lasting over four hours at the fully-packed Wiener Staastoper. Subtitles: English, German, French, Spanish, Chinese | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Hélène Grimaud: Résonance
After a brief absence from the concert platform, Hélène Grimaud is back and presenting a brand new solo recital programme, which she will take on a world-wide tour during the upcoming concert season. The pianist has conceived another programme of works spanning a wide range of emotions and styles, yet all linked by their origin in that singular musical line of succession: the great composers of the Austro-Hungarian empire. Her new album bears the title Résonance, reflecting Grimaud’s imaginative approach to this stimulating compilation of masterpieces. Hélène Grimaud brings all her artistic maturity and a perfect balance between intellect and emotion to bear on highly dramatic sonatas by Mozart – the A minor K.310 – Liszt and Berg, leavened by Bartók’s irresistible Romanian Folk Dances. For Grimaud the keystone here is Alban Berg’s hyper-charged, ultra-romantic Opus 1. In this highly concentrated work, the fascinating interrelationships, resonances, between the composers and pieces are summarized and condensed. “This is a music drama in the miniature form of a single-movement sonata,” comments Grimaud, “a maximum of expression that seems to emanate directly from the heart – contained within a piece of incredibly clear structure.” “The best is Bartók’s Romanian Folk Dances — a pungent coda” The Times, 20th November 2010 *** “Mozart's A minor Sonata comes through the Grimaud experience much the best. Her booklet interview gives an intriguing view of the composer...and her way of bringing out the music's dramatic, pre-Beethoven manner convinces strongly...In Liszt's Sonata she deploys her technical command with total fearlessness” BBC Music Magazine, January 2011 *** “This richly varied selection of works...opens with probably the most powerful of Mozart's two minor-key sonatas and Grimaud's interpretation is suitably involved and full-blooded...Her ardour and romanticism are entirely suited to the Berg and Liszt Sonatas: the technical challenges are effortlessly overcome and the tonal architecture is clearly paramount.” International Record Review, December 2010 “The Liszt Piano Sonata...is given a powerful and fluent reading that gets to the heart of the piece...skip the Mozart, sample the Berg and revel in the outstanding performance of the Liszt and the delightful Bartok.” Classic FM Magazine, February 2011 *** | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Menuhin conducts Mozart
Mozart: | Divertimento in D major, K136 Serenade No. 6 in D major, K239 'Serenata Notturna' Serenade No. 9 in D major, K320 'Posthorn' Marches (2) in D major, K335 Symphony No. 35 in D major, K385 'Haffner' Symphony No. 36 in C major, K425 'Linz' Symphony No. 38 in D major, K504 'Prague' Symphony No. 39 in E flat major, K543 Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K550 version with clarinets Symphony No. 41 in C major, K551 'Jupiter' Flute & Harp Concerto in C major, K299 Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K313 Flute Concerto No. 2 in D major, K314 Lucio Silla, K135: Overture Die Zauberflöte, K620: Overture Le nozze di Figaro, K492: Overture Die Entführung aus dem Serail, K384: Overture La finta giardiniera, K196: Overture La clemenza di Tito, K621: Overture Idomeneo, K366: Overture Don Giovanni, K527: Overture Così fan tutte, K588: Overture Bastien und Bastienne, K50: Overture Il re pastore, K208: Overture Der Schauspieldirektor, K486: Overture |
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The mid-price collection presents some of the most important and admired recordings of the EMI Classics and Virgin Classics catalogue which make EMI - The Home of Opera. Bonus Disc contains synopsis and libretto with translation. “The sturdy tempos of Joseph Krips (1966) give time and space to relish Gedda in his cool, elegant youth” BBC Music Magazine, January 2011 *** “Anneliese Rothenberger sings Constanze’s music quite beautifully. Krips takes all the arias at just the right pace, never hurrying her and always allowing her time to phrase as she wants to … Popp is an enchanting Blonde.” Gramophone Magazine “With Anneliese Rothenberger as Konstanze - light-voiced, agile and pleasing - and a youhtful Lucia Popp as a delectable Blonde, the female roles are attractively done, while Nicolai Gedda's Belmonte is lean and elegant. The Osmin is Gottlob Frick, no less, and he's predictably excellent.” International Record Review, January 2011 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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[1] Overture [2] (Act I): Se a casa Madama [3] Non so più, cosa son [4] Non più andrai [5] (Act II): Porgi amor [6] Voi che sapete [7] Susanna, or via sortite [8] Aprite, presto, aprite [9] Voi signor, che giusto siete [10] (Act III): Crudel, perché finora [11] Hai già vinta la causa..Vedrò mentr’io sospiro [12] Riconosci in questo amplesso [13] E Susanna non vien…Dove sono [14] (Act IV): L’ho perduto [15] Tutto è disposto…Aprite un po quegli’ occhi [16] Giunse alfin il momento…Deh, vieni non tardar [17] Pian pianin le andrò più presso
“another of the classics of the gramophone, beautifully played by the VPO, conducted with poise and vitality and a real sense of the drama unfolding through the music. It's very much a Viennese performance...warm, sensuous and alive to the interplay of character” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Vladimir Horowitz: Complete Recordings on Deutsche Grammophon
| | Valse-Caprice No. 6 Liszt after Schubert | Chopin: | Mazurka No. 25 in B minor, Op. 33 No. 4 Polonaise No. 6 in A flat major, Op. 53 'Héroïque' | Liszt: | Ständchen Liszt after Schubert | Moszkowski: | Étincelles, Op. 36 No. 6 | Mozart: | Rondo in D major, K485 Piano Sonata No. 13 in B flat major, K333 Rondo in A minor, K511 Piano Sonata No. 3 in B flat, K281 Adagio in B minor, K540 Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 Carlo Maria Giulini | Schubert: | Moments Musicaux, D780: No. 3 in F minor Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 | Schumann: | Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Live Recording May 1987 |
CD 1: HOROWITZ – The Last Romantic April 1985: recordings made at home Bach arr. Busoni,. Mozart, Chopin, Schubert, Liszt, Schumann, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Moszkowski CD 2: HOROWITZ – The Studio Recordings November 1985: first studio recording since the 1970s Schumann: Kreisleriana op. 16, Scarlatti, Liszt, Scriabin, Schubert CD 3: HOROWITZ in Moscow April 1986: his historic return to Moscow for the first time in 61 years Scarlatti, Mozart, Rachmaninov, Scriabin, Liszt, Chopin, Schumann, Moszkowski, Rachmaninov Live recording CD 4: HOROWITZ PLAYS MOZART March 1987: First recording by Horowitz ever of a Mozart piano concerto Piano Concerto no. 23 in A major K.488, Piano Sonata in B flat major K.333 With Carlo Maria Giulini conducting CD 5: HOROWITZ AT HOME New York, February 1986, January 1989 Mozart: Sonata in B flat major K. 281 (189f), Adagio in B minor K. 540, Rondo in D major K. 485, Schubert: Moment musical in F minor D780/3, Liszt after Schubert: Ständchen, Soirées de Vienne: Valse Caprice No. 7, Valse Caprice no. 6 CD 6: HOROWITZ THE POET February 1986 (Schubert), May 1987 (Schumann) Schubert,: Piano Sonata in B flat major D960, Schumann: Kinderszenen op. 15 (Live Recording) BONUS TRACKS: Studio chatter, Mozart: Rondo in A minor K. 511, Liszt: • Horowitz: Ehemals (No. 10 from Weihnachtsbaum) CD 7: HOROWITZ in HAMBURG His last public appearance as a recitalist: Hamburg 21 June 1987 Mozart: 1 Rondo in D major K. 485, Piano Sonata in B flat major K .333, Liszt after Schubert: Valse-Caprice no.6, Schumann: Kinderszenen op. 15, Chopin: Mazurka in B minor op. 33 no.4, Polonaise in A flat major op. 53, Schubert: Moment musical in F minor D 780/3; Moszkowski: Etincelles op. 36 no. 6
Here is the perfect gift box for your Fourth Quarter: the complete set of Vladimir Horowitz’s DG recordings in a single box, including Horowitz in Hamburg from 2008 and three bonus tracks only previously available on the compilation The Magic of Horowitz (now deleted). | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Clara Haskil Edition
Beethoven: | Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Henry Swoboda Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37 Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58 London Philharmonic Orchestra, Carlo Zecchi Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest' Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt' Piano Sonata No. 17 in D minor, Op. 31 No. 2 'Tempest' Piano Sonata No. 18 in E flat major, Op. 31 No. 3 'The Hunt' Violin Sonatas Nos. 1-10 (Complete) with Arthur Grumiaux (violin) | Chopin: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch | Falla: | Noches en los jardines de Espana Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch | Haydn: | Andante & Variations in F minor, Hob.XVII:6 (Sonata - un piccolo divertimento) | Mozart: | Piano Concerto No. 9 in E-flat major, K271 "Jeunehomme" Wiener Symphoniker, Paul Sacher Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 Wiener Symphoniker, Bernhard Paumgartner Rondo for Piano & Orchestra in A major, K386 Wiener Symphoniker, Bernhard Paumgartner Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K491 Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux, Igor Markevitch Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K459 Berliner Philharmoniker, Ferenc Fricsay Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K488 Wiener Symphoniker, Paul Sacher Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 RIAS Symphony Orchestra, Ferenc Fricsay Piano Concerto No. 27 in B flat major, K595 Bayerisches Staatsorchester, Ferenc Fricsay Piano Concerto No. 13 in C major, K415 Lucerne Festival Strings, Rudolf Baumgartner Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K466 Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Henry Swoboda Piano Concerto No. 19 in F major, K459 Winterthur Symphony Orchestra, Henry Swoboda Variations (9) in D on a Menuet by Duport, K573 Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K330 Variations (12) on ‘Ah, vous dirai-je, Maman' in C major, K265 Piano Sonata No. 2 in F, K280 Violin Sonata No. 18 in G major, K301 with Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Violin Sonata No. 21 in E minor, K304 with Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Violin Sonata No. 24 in F major, K376 with Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Violin Sonata No. 26 in B flat major, K378 with Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major, K454 with Arthur Grumiaux (violin) Violin Sonata No. 35 in A major, K526 with Arthur Grumiaux (violin) | Pescetti: | Sonata in C minor | Ravel: | Sonatine | Scarlatti, D: | Keyboard Sonata K193 in E flat major Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor Keyboard Sonata K386 in F minor Keyboard Sonata K247 in C sharp minor Keyboard Sonata K2 in G major Keyboard Sonata K132 in C major Keyboard Sonata K35 in G minor Keyboard Sonata K193 in E flat major Keyboard Sonata K386 in F minor Keyboard Sonata K519 in F minor Keyboard Sonata K322 in A major Keyboard Sonata K87 in B minor Keyboard Sonata K515 in C major Keyboard Sonata K437 in F major | Schubert: | Piano Sonata No. 21 in B flat major, D960 | Schumann: | Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 Hague Philhrmonic Orchestra, Willem van Otterloo Waldszenen, Op. 82 Bunte Blätter, Op. 99 Abegg Variations, Op. 1 Kinderszenen, Op. 15 Waldszenen, Op. 82 | Soler, A: | Sonata in D |
The first comprehensive edition containing all of Clara Haskil's recordings for the Decca, Philips, Deutsche Grammophon and Westminster labels 17-CD set released to mark the 50th anniversary [6 December 1960] of the death of the great Romanian-born pianist. Booklet includes an article on Haskil "A prodigy of nature" by piano specialist Jeremy Siepmann. | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | The World of Castrati: The Voices of Angels
Bach, J C: | Ebben si vada...lo ti lascio: Ebben si vada Adriano in Siria: Cara, la dolce fiamma | Broschi, R: | Qual guerriero in campo armato (from Idaspe) | Caldara: | Giacché mi tremi in seno (from La Passione di Gesù Cristo Signor Nostro) | Gluck: | Se mai senti spirarti sul volto (from La clemenza di Tito) | Handel: | Crude furie degli orridi abissi (from Serse) Scherza, infida (from Ariodante) Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fù (from Serse) Mi lusinga il dolce affetto (from Alcina) Dall'ondoso periglio (from Giulio Cesare) Dolci chiodi, amate spine (from La Resurrezione) Ho un non so che nel cor (from La resurrezione) Se l'arco avessi (from Admeto) Quivi, tra questi soltari orr In mille dolci modi (from Sosarme) Ritorna pur, ritorna...Voglio che sia l'indegno (from Faramondo) Lunga serie d'alti eroi (from Parnasso in festa) | Hasse, J A: | Spesso tra vaghe rose (from Il Siroe Re di Persia) | Monteverdi: | Hor mentre i canti alterno (from L'Orfeo) | Mozart: | Deh, per questo istante solo (from La Clemenza di Tito) Venga pur, minacci e frema (from Mitridate, rè di Ponto) | Rossini: | Dolci silvestri... Perché mai le luci apprimo Arsace (from Aureliano in Palmira) | Vivaldi: | Sposa son disprezzata (from Bajazet) Il Bajazet (Il Tamerlano) : Anch'il mar par che sommerga Destin nemico...Destin avaro (from La fida ninfa) |
Natalie Dessay, Véronique Gens, Kate Royal, Patrizia Ciofi (sopranos), Vivica Genaux, Elina Garanca, Joyce DiDonato, Della Jones, Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzos), Sonia Prina, Stephanie Blythe (contraltos), Philippe Jaroussky, James Bowman, René Jacobs, Max Emanuel Cencic, Gérard Lesne, David Daniels (countertenors) In this double album, the greatest vocal artists of the present day offer their own vision of the singing of their legendary predecessors. The extraordinary adulation accorded to castrati during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries is still today one of the most fascinating phenomena in the history of music. During this golden age of the castrato, these male singers endowed with high voices that combined incredible refinement, amazing power and superhuman virtuosity took the musical world by storm. The whole of Europe was overcome by infatuation for these vocal prodigies. In the absence of the castrati themselves, the singers of today face the formidable challenge of reviving their repertoire. Both male and female singers now undertake the task of bringing back to life the wondrous voices of their androgynous forebears, in music that is by turns unsettling, deeply moving and of a dizzying virtuosity. A 2CD-Compilation for the Price of 1 + 1 Bonus DVD - Digipack Format | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: Piano Quartets Nos. 1 & 2
“For freshness, insight and sheer beauty of tone and phrase, this new disc takes the palm … it’s pure joy” BBC Music Magazine “It is in fact clear from the opening that this is a performance to reckon with, exemplified by its careful measured tempo, its poise and its subtle handling of the balance between strings and piano. A real winner, this
disc; warmly recommended” Gramophone Magazine “These are deeply musical performances, perceptive and satisfying, of two masterpieces” International Record Review | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | Mozart: Exsultate jubilate!
“Unreservedly recommended” BBC Music Magazine “This is a sunny and unpretentious disc which deserves to be among the successes of the Mozart year” Gramophone Magazine | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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