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See Terms & Conditions for p&p rates. | |  | 20th Century Masterpieces - 100 Years of Classical Music
Adams, J: | The Chairman Dances City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Adès: | Asyla City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | Barber: | Adagio for Strings, Op. 11 London Symphony Orchestra, Michael Tilson Thomas | Bartók: | Piano Concerto No. 3, BB 127, Sz. 119 Martha Argerich (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit | Berg: | Violin Concerto 'To the Memory of an Angel' (1935) Frank Peter Zimmermann (violin) Radio-Sinfonieorchester Stuttgart, Gianluigi Gelmetti | Bernstein: | West Side Story - Symphonic Dances City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Paavo Järvi | Birtwistle: | Tragoedia Melos Ensemble, Lawrence Foster | Boulez: | Le Soleil des Eaux Josephine Nendick, Barry McDaniel & Louis Devos BBC Chorus & Symphony Orchestra, Pierre Boulez | Britten: | Sinfonia da Requiem, Op. 20 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Copland: | Fanfare for the Common Man Orquesta Filarmónica de la Ciudad de México, Enrique Bátiz | Debussy: | La Mer Philharmonia Orchestra, Carlo Maria Giulini | Delius: | Brigg Fair Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham | Dutilleux: | Cello Concerto Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo | Elgar: | Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85 Jacqueline du Pré (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Sir John Barbirolli | Falla: | Noches en los jardines de Espana Gonzalo Soriano Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Gershwin: | Rhapsody in Blue orch. Grofé London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | Gorecki: | Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' Zofia Kilanowicz Kraków Symphony Orchestra, Jacek Kaspszyk | Henze: | Barcarola City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Hindemith: | Symphony 'Mathis der Maler' Philadelphia Orchestra, Wolfgang Sawallisch | Holst: | The Planets, Op. 32 Geoffrey Mitchell Choir & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult | Honegger: | Movement symphonique No. 1 'Pacific 231' Oslo Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons | Janacek: | Sinfonietta Pro Arte Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Khachaturian: | Masquerade Philharmonia Orchestra, Efrem Kurtz | Landowski: | Adagio cantabile for string orchestra Ensemble Orchestral de Paris, Marcel Landowski | Lutoslawski: | Concerto for Orchestra | Mahler: | Der Abschied (from Das Lied Von Der Erde) Christa Ludwig (soprano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer | Maw: | Dance Scenes Philharmonia Orchestra, Daniel Harding | Messiaen: | Et Expecto Resurrectionem Mortuorum Ensemble de Percussion de l'Orchestre de Paris & Orchestre de Paris, Serge Baudo | Milhaud: | La Création du Monde, Op. 81 Orchestre National de France, Leonard Bernstein | Nielsen: | Symphony No. 5, Op. 50 (FS97) Danish Radio Symphony Orchestra, Herbert Blomstedt | Orff: | Carmina Burana Lucia Popp, Gerhard Unger, Raymond Wolansky & John Noble Wandsworth School Boys' Choir & New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos | Penderecki: | Tren (Threnody), "To the Victims of Hiroshima" Polish Radio National Symphony Orchestra, Krzysztof Penderecki | Poulenc: | Concerto in G minor for Organ, Strings & Timpani Gillian Weir City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox | Prokofiev: | Piano Concerto No. 1 in D flat major, Op. 10 Martha Argerich (piano) Orchestre Symphonique de Montreal, Charles Dutoit | Pärt: | Spiegel im Spiegel Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe | Rachmaninov: | Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 Leif Ove Andsnes (piano) Berliner Philharmoniker, Antonio Pappano | Ravel: | Boléro Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan | Respighi: | Pines of Rome London Symphony Orchestra, Lamberto Gardelli | Rodrigo: | Concierto de Aranjuez Angel Romero London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn | Schnittke: | Minuet for String Trio Gidon Kremer, Yuri Bashmet & Mstislav Rostropovich | Schoenberg: | 5 orchestral pieces, Op. 16 City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Shostakovich: | Symphony No. 5 in D minor, Op. 47 Wiener Philharmoniker, Mariss Jansons | Sibelius: | Symphony No. 5 in E flat major, Op. 82 Helsinki Philharmonic Orchestra, Paavo Berglund | Strauss, R: | Four Last Songs Nina Stemme Orchestra of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Antonio Pappano | Stravinsky: | The Rite of Spring London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras | Takemitsu: | Water-ways London Sinfonietta, Oliver Knussen | Tavener: | The Protecting Veil Steven Isserlis (cello) London Symphony Orchestra, Gennadi Rhozdestvensky | Tippett: | Concerto for double string orchestra Moscow Chamber Orchestra & Bath Festival Orchestra, Rudolf Barshai | Turnage: | Drowned Out City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle | Vaughan Williams: | The Lark Ascending Sarah Chang (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bernard Haitink | Walton: | Cello Concerto Lynn Harrell (cello) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle | Webern: | Six Pieces for Orchestra Op. 6 (revised version) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Simon Rattle |
At no time in its long history did European music go through a period of such revolution and diversification as in the 20th Century. Wagner had transformed music in the 19th century to the extent that every composer coming after had to acknowledge his existence, to a lesser or greater extent. The advent of the new century saw a great flourishing of compositional styles and techniques that were largely the direct result of Wagner's influence. Not only that, the new century was to be one of great technological advance and invention. The gramophone and, later, the spread of radio, brought about massive changes in the way that ordinary people accessed and perceived music. Suddenly a whole new world of serious music was to open up to an audience that had hitherto been excluded from what had previously been, albeit unintentionally, an elitist art form. The works in this set of 16 CDs have been arranged in strict chronological order of composition and the first disc begins with a work from 1901 that has become one of the most popular works in the classical repertoire, mainly through it's use in another great 20th-century art form – the film: Rachmaninov's Second Piano Concerto. Thereafter each disc in the set takes the listener on a fascinating journey through the century, composer by composer and work by work, from Russian Romanticism, French Impressionism, English Pastoralism, Atonalism, Neo Classicism right up to Post Modernism, and from as wide a range of countries and genres as possible. | 
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| |  | Falla - Siete canciones populares españolas
Victoria de los Angeles & Lluís Vidal (harpsichord) Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons |
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| |  | De Fuego Y De Agua - Spanish Songs
Mayte Martín (voice) & Katia & Marielle Labèque (pianos) Hailed by The New York Times as 'the best piano duet in front of an audience today', Katia and Marielle Labèque are joined by the female flamenco vocalist of her generation, Catalan singer Mayte Martin, in a programme featuring arangements of Spanish classics. |
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| |  | David Oistrakh - The Complete EMI Recordings
Beethoven: | Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 Lev Oborin (piano) & Sviatsolav Knushevitzky (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent Piano Trio No. 7 in B flat Major, Op. 97 'Archduke' Lev Oborin (piano) & Sviatsolav Knushevitzky (cello) Triple Concerto for Piano, Violin, and Cello in C major, Op. 56 Sviatoslav Richter (piano) & Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Stockholm Festival Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61 Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Française, André Cluytens Violin Sonata No. 9 in A major, Op. 47 ‘Kreutzer' Lev Oborin (piano) Violin Sonata No. 3 in E flat major, Op. 12 No. 3 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Brahms: | Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Mstislav Rostropovich (cello) Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell Violin Sonata No. 3 in D minor, Op. 108 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 Orchestre National de la Radioffusion Française, Otto Klemperer Double Concerto for Violin & Cello in A minor, Op. 102 Pierre Fournier (cello) Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 77 Cleveland Orchestra, George Szell | Bruch: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26 London Symphony Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic | Debussy: | Clair de Lune Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Falla: | Jota Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Franck, C: | Violin Sonata in A major Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Khachaturian: | Violin Concerto in D minor Philharmonia Orchestra, Aram Khachaturian Violin Sonata, Op. 1 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Kodály: | Three Hungarian Folksongs Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Lalo: | Symphonie espagnole, Op. 21 Philharmonia Orchestra, Jean Martinon | Mozart: | Violin Sonata No. 32 in B flat major, K454 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 Berliner Philharmoniker Violin Concerto No. 1 in B flat major K207 Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh Violin Concerto No. 2 in D major, K211 Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola & Orchestra in E flat major, K364 Igor Oistrakh (viola) Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K218 Berliner Philharmoniker Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K219 "Turkish" Berliner Philharmoniker Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K261 Berliner Philharmoniker Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in B flat, K269 Berliner Philharmoniker Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K216 Philharmonia Orchestra, David Oistrakh Concertone in C for 2 Violins and Orchestra, K190 Igor Oistrakh Berliner Philharmoniker, David Oistrakh | Prokofiev: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 19 London Symphony Orchestra, Lovro von Matacic Violin Concerto No. 2 in G minor, Op. 63 Philharmonia Orchestra, Alceo Galliera Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94a Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Schubert: | Piano Trio No. 1 in B flat major, D898 Lev Oborin (piano) & Sviatsolav Knushevitzky (cello) Octet in F major, D803 Peter Bondarenko, Mikhail Terian, Sviatoslav Knushevitzky,
Vladimir Sorokin, Joseph Gertovich, Joseph Stidel & Jacov Shapiro | Shostakovich: | Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 99 New Philharmonia Orchestra, Maxim Shostakovich | Sibelius: | Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47 Stockholm Festival Orchestra, Sixten Ehrling | Suk: | Love-song from Six Pieces Op. 7 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Szymanowski: | Violin Sonata in D minor, Op. 9 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Taneyev: | Suite de Concert Op. 28 Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Malko | Tartini: | Violin Sonata in G minor 'Devil's Trill' arr. Kreisler Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Tchaikovsky: | Waltz-Scherzo for Violin and Piano Op. 34 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Wieniawski: | Légende in G minor, Op. 17 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Ysaye: | Extase Op. 21 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) | Zarzycki: | Mazurka in G, Op. 26 Vladimir Yampolsky (piano) |
EMI Classics are proud to be able to present this 17-CD set of some of the finest recordings by David Oistrakh, one of the truly great violin virtuosi of the past 100 years. Like Nathan Milstein, five years before him, Oistrakh was born in Odessa in the Ukraine, on 30 September 1908, and grew up and was educated in what was soon to become the Soviet Union. In spite of this he was a frequest visitor to the West and, in his early years, took part in many of Europe's best-known instrumental competitions, winning first prize in many cases.
During World War II Oistrakh gave many concerts in his homeland: at the front, in factories and hospitals and in besieged Leningrad. Being an eager advocate of new music brought him into contact with most Soviet composers of the time and he befriended many of them. Prokofiev, Shostakovich, Miaskovsky, Khachaturian, Rakov and Vainberg all dedicated works to him, many of which were specially written for him.
Aside from his activities on the concert platform Oistrakh also taught many young and up-coming violinists amongst whom were Oleg Kagan, Gidon Kremer, Cyrus Forough and his own son, Igor Oistrakh.
After an immensely successful international career Oistrakh suffered a fatal heart attack whilst working with the Concertgebouw Orchestra in Amsterdam in 1974. His remains were returned to Moscow where he was interred in Moscow's famous Novodevichy Cemetery where, in 2007, Rostropovich was also buried. The asteroid '42516 Oistrakh' is named in honour of him and his son Igor.
Oistrakh was a prolific recording artist and left behind him a large legacy of incomparable recorded performances. Naturally, the majority of these recordings were made for Melodiya, the Soviet State recording company, but EMI Classics are privileged to have worked with Oistrakh in the studio more than any other record company in the West and these recordings are not only technically superior but are of immeasurable musical worth.
This unique set brings together for the first time all of Oistrakh's EMI recordings on 17 CDs. The collection includes most of the great works of the violin repertoire, both solo and concerto, and there are some fine examples of Oistrakh as a player of chamber music. |
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| |  | Vuelta al MundoA musical journey around the world
Nicolas Altstaedt (cello) & Elsbeth Moser (bayan) Rarely heard, the bayan is a small Russian style accordion and Elisbeth Moser has skillfully transcribed these pieces for performance by cello and bayan. An unusual combination but the result is a charming CD full of colour and atmosphere. |
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| |  | Debussy - The Complete Piano Music Volume 4This set completes Bennett Lerner's distinguished survey of Debussy's Complete Piano Music, and adds additional works written in Debussy's memory by admirers of the great French composer-Bela Bartok, Paul Dukas, Manuel de Falla, and Florent Schmitt.
2 CDs for 1 “(Lerner's)...sense of color and poetry washed the music with every possible evocative tinge, and the collection, ending appropriately with “Feux d'artifice”, offered Debussy at his most imaginative, played with stunning insight and control.” -Byron Belt, Newhouse Newspapers | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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| |  | QuijotesThis release features music associated with Cervantes' famous novel Don Quixote, published over 400 years ago.
Carlos Álvarez Orquesta de la Comunidad de Madrid, Jose Ramon Encinar 'Recommended' (CD Compact) | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Victoria de los Angeles, Pablo Civil, Rosario Gomez, Emilio Paya & Josefina Puigsech Orquesta Sinfonica de la Opera de Barcelona & Capilla Clasica Polifonica, Ernesto Halffter Recorded in the Palacio de la Musica, Barcelona, 1954 | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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Ginesa Ortega Orquestra de Cambra Teatre Lliure, Josep Pons | | | In stock - usually despatched within 1 working day. |
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