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Artist: Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|
For 30 years Michel Plasson has recorded French music exclusively for EMI Classics. This exclusive box is truly unique as it covers all the masterpieces of French repertoire: concertos by Ravel, Fauré's Requiem, Berlioz's Symphonie Fantastique, Bizet's only symphony, L'Arlesienne; Lalo's Symphony; etc . . . |
Artist: Michel Plasson, Orchestre National du Capitole de Toulouse|
Continuing his Mahler cycle on RCO Live, Mariss Jansons turns in a euphoric reading of the brightest of the symphonies, the Symphony No. 4 in G major. |
Artist: Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, Dorothea Röschman|
Despite its formidable scale and extreme length, Gustav Mahler's Symphony No. 3 in D minor has become one of his most popular works, and recordings of it have steadily increased with each passing year. |
Artist: Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|
The two chief reasons to collect live recordings are for the excitement of the performance and for the natural sound quality, which, at its best, can beat many studio recordings for depth and resonance. |
Artist: Mariss Jansons, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra|
The programme of Maurice Clement’s album Confluences represents ‘a process of merger’ in which works by a number of composers are contrasted with one another. Taking a transcription of the Prelude from Tristan (in a concert version arranged by the composer) as point of departure, the pieces illustrate the influence of Wagner on German and French composers from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth. |
Artist: Maurice Clément|
Ultimate Classical Chill Out: The Essential Masterpieces basically delivers what it promises: a large selection of mellow classical music appropriate for unobtrusive background listening. |
Artist: VA|
It includes one Baroque aria, from Handel's Rodelinda, and several from the Classical era - two arias from Gluck's Orfeo ed Eurydice, and seven from Mozart's operas - and the rest range from the bel canto of Rossini to the verismo of Cilea and Puccini. |
Artist: VA|
Fantastic 5CD Decca Box Set, ARTISTS include Dame Joan Sutherland, Leontyne Price, Renata Tebaldi, sopranos, Giulietta Simionato, Rita Gorr, mezzo sopranos, Jose Carreras, Carlo Bergonzi, tenors & Robert Merrill, baritone, Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Sir Colin Davis, Coro del Teatro dell'Opera di Roma & Sir Georg Solti. |
Artist: VA|
Both accomplished soloists with impressive international careers, violinist Judith Ingolfsson and pianist Vladimir Stoupel began their successful collaboration in 2006. The duo devotes themselves to the discovery and performance of uncommon repertoire. |
Artist: Judith Ingolfsson & Vladimir Stoupel