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1. Appassionato (2007)
performed by Edgar Meyer (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), Gaby Casadesus (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Joel Fan (piano), John Williams (piano), Kathryn Stott (piano), Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi), Mark O'Connor (violin), Octavio Brunetti (piano)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzolla, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Chinese Traditional, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Edgar Meyer, Ennio Morricone, Felix Mendelssohn, George Gershwin, Jacob Do Bandolim, Johannes Brahms, John Williams, Michio Mamiya
This disc repackages tracks of a romantic mood from a variety of Yo-Yo Ma discs released over the course of his strong-selling album career. A few of ... More
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2. The Guitarist (2011)
performed by John Williams (guitar), Julian Bream (guitar), Timothy Kain (guitar)
composed by Agustín Barrios-Mangoré, Anonymous, Antonio Lauro, Antonio Vivaldi, Bolivian Traditional, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, Ennio Morricone, Enoch Sontonga, Enriqué Granados, Erik Satie, Francisco Tárrega, Franz Schubert, Gabriel Fauré, Gaspar Sanz
This three-disc set was released in spring 2011 to celebrate John Williams 60th birthday. The compilation divides selections into examples of his ... More
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3. 300 (2013)
performed by Ingolf Wunder (piano)
composed by Alexander Scriabin, Arcadi Volodos, Claude Debussy, Domenico Scarlatti, Ennio Morricone / Amedeo Tommasi, Franz Liszt, Frédéric Chopin, John Williams, Moritz Moszkowski, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Raoul Koczalski, Sergey Rachmaninov, Vladimir Horowitz
Following his all-Chopin debut on Deutsche Grammophon, Austrian pianist Ingolf Wunder offers a program of considerable variety for his second album, ... More
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4. Relax: The World's Most Beautiful Music (2008)
performed by André Previn (piano), Cécile Ousset (piano), Fritz Helmis (harp), Gerald Finley (cantor), Hugh Bean (violin), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), James Galway (flute), Janice Watson (soprano), Julia Thornton (harp), Julian Bream (guitar), Lucia Popp (soprano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Carl Orff, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Ennio Morricone, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, George Gershwin, Gregorio Allegri, Gustav Mahler, Joaquín Rodrigo, Johann Pachelbel, Max Bruch
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5. A Company of Voices - Conspirare in Concert (2009)
performed by Bion Tsang (cello), Ian Davidson (oboe), Tom Burritt (percussion), Conspirare (choir, chorus), Craig Hella Johnson (conductor)
composed by American Traditional, Annie Lennox, Carly Simon, Craig Hella Johnson, Dolly Parton, Eliza Gilkyson, Ennio Morricone, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, Samuel Barber, Sydney Carter, Tarik O'Regan, Traditional Spiritual, Various Composers
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6. Classical Chillout (2002)
performed by Andrei Gavrilov (piano), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Craig Armstrong (piano), Jay Ungar (violin), Maria Callas (soprano), Michael Nyman (piano), Moura Lympany (piano), Sarah Brightman (soprano), Yehudi Menuhin (violin)
composed by Alfredo Catalani, Antonio Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, Claude Debussy, Craig Armstrong, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, Giacomo Puccini, Gregorio Allegri, Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, James Horner, Jay Ungar, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Tavener, Léo Delibes
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7. Guitar Recital (Laureate Series) (2010)
performed by Adriano del Sal (guitar), Matthias Dammann (guitar)
composed by Ennio Morricone, Federico Moreno Torroba, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tárrega, Joaquín Rodrigo
The classical guitar is an especially challenging instrument, in that one must accompany oneself. That is, the guitarist is playing both melody and ... More
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8. Breathe: The Relaxing Piano (2005)
performed by Horacio Gutiérrez (piano), Jacques Loussier Trio, John O'Conor (piano), Lang Lang (piano), Michael Chertock (piano), Rudolf Serkin (piano)
composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Claude Debussy, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Franz Schubert, George Gershwin, Johann Sebastian Bach, Johannes Brahms, Ludwig van Beethoven, Richard Strauss, Sergey Rachmaninov, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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9. Classical 2009 [B&N Exclusive] (2008)
performed by Academy of Ancient Music, Alfie Boe (tenor), Alison Balsom (trumpet), Andrés Segovia (guitar), Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Carsten Heusmann (keyboards), David Daniels (counter tenor), Della Jones (alto), EMO Ensemble, Fernando Lima (tenor)
composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Carl Orff, Charles Gounod, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, English Traditional, Ennio Morricone, Francesco Sartori, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriela Montero, George Frederick Handel, Giacomo Puccini
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10. Serenade (2007)
performed by Antoine Spencer (piano), Dawn Stahler (violin), Delmar Pettys (violin), Erin Hannigan (oboe), Kari Nostbakken (cello), Kristen Swanson (viola), Peter Steffens (cello), Roger Fratena (double bass), Thomas Demer (viola), Turtle Creek Chorale (choir, chorus)
composed by Emile Paladilhe, Ennio Morricone, Eric Helmuth, Eric Whitacre, Ernest Charles, Franz Schubert, Giulio Caccini, James Granville Eakin III, Johannes Brahms, John Rutter, Karl Jenkins, Leos Janácek, Morten Lauridsen, Stephen Paulus
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11. Plaintive Melody (2003)
performed by Kenneth Hamrick (harpsichord), Thomas Stacy (horn)
composed by Alexander Borodin, Anonymous, Antonio Pasculli, Ennio Morricone, Enriqué Granados, Eugène Bozza, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Joaquín Rodrigo, Johann Sebastian Bach, Joseph-Hector Fiocco, Maurice Ravel, Samuel Barber, Stanley Myers, Wayne Barlow
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12. Classical Legends (2002)
performed by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Angela Gheorghiu (soprano), Cécile Ousset (piano), Delphine Haidan (soprano), Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano), Fritz Helmis (harp), Itzhak Perlman (violin), Izzy (soprano), Jacqueline du Pré (cello)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Edward Elgar, Ennio Morricone, Franz Schubert, Frédéric Chopin, Gabriel Fauré, George Frederick Handel, George Gershwin, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gustav Holst, Gustav Mahler, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Johannes Brahms
Classical Legends is an EMI two-disc set that provides a way for non-expert listeners to get a grip on classical music and opera from the artist's, ... More
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13. Route 66 (2005)
performed by Dale Evans (vocals), Roy Rogers (vocals), Accademia di Santa Cecilia Chorus (choir, chorus)
composed by Aaron Copland, Arthur Shepherd, Dale Evans, Dimitri Tiomkin, Elmer Bernstein, Ennio Morricone, Ferde Grofé, Nelson Riddle, Virgil Thomson
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14. Summertime (2011)
performed by Craig Ogden (guitar), Tippett Quartet, BBC Philharmonic Orchestra, Sachio Fujioka (conductor)
composed by Anonymous, Barrington Pheloung, English Traditional, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Gabriel Fauré, George Gershwin, Harold Arlen, Isaac Albéniz, Joaquín Rodrigo, Nino Rota, Pietro Mascagni, Stanley Myers, Stephen Warbeck, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Widely considered as one of the most gifted guitarists of his generation, Australian-born Craig Ogden further cements his virtuoso reputation with ... More
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15. The Essential Itzhak Perlman (2009)
performed by Daniel Barenboim (piano), David Garvey (piano), Itzhak Perlman (violin), John Williams (guitar), Jorge Bolet (piano), Juilliard String Quartet, Lynn Harrell (cello), Pinchas Zukerman (viola), Vladimir Ashkenazy (piano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Bazzini, Ennio Morricone, Ernest Bloch, Ernest Chausson, Ernst von Dohnányi, Jean Sibelius, Johannes Brahms, John Williams, Ludwig van Beethoven, Maurice Ravel, Niccolò Paganini, Pablo de Sarasate, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
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16. Classic FM Hall of Fame 2012 (2012)
performed by Andrea Bocelli (tenor), Bryn Terfel (bass baritone), Craig Ogden (oboe), Emma Johnson (clarinet), José Carreras (tenor), Julian Lloyd Webber (cello), Kyung-Wha Chung (violin), Luciano Pavarotti (tenor), Ludovico Einaudi (piano), Maurice Gendron (cello)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Aram Khachaturian, Carl Orff, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Ennio Morricone, Felix Mendelssohn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Frédéric Chopin, George Frederick Handel, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi, Gregorio Allegri
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18. Essential Relaxing Classics
performed by Anne Queffélec (piano), Cécile Ousset (piano), Fritz Helmis (harp), Han-Na Chang (cello), Hans Kalafuzs (violin), Hugh Bean (violin), Jacqueline du Pré (cello), James Galway (flute), Julia Thornton (harp), Julian Bream (guitar), Leonard Pennario (piano)
composed by Antonin Dvorák, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saëns, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Claude Debussy, Dmitry Shostakovich, Edvard Grieg, Edward Elgar, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Felix Mendelssohn, Frédéric Chopin, Gustav Mahler, Joaquín Rodrigo, Max Bruch
Unless one has scrupulously avoided all compilations, one is bound to have several of the selections on EMI's double-disc Essential Relaxing Classics ... More
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19. Gala Night (1995)
performed by Dagmar Schellenberger (vocals), David Michael Johnson (vocals), Deborah Cole (vocals), Eike Wilm Schulte (vocals), Ewa Podles (vocals), Jewgenij Nesterenko (vocals), Lars Lettner (vocals), Martin Bruns (vocals), Vesselina Kasarova (vocals)
composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Claude-Michel Schoenberg, Eduard Künneke, Emmerich Kálmán, Ennio Morricone, George Gershwin, Georges Bizet, Giacomo Puccini, Gioachino Rossini, Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, John Kander, John Williams, Mikhail Glinka
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20. Paris Mécanique (2005)
performed by Michael Riessler (clarinet), Pierre Charial (barrel organ), Sabine Meyer (clarinet), Trio Di Clarone
composed by Daniel Goyone, Darius Milhaud, Ennio Morricone, Erik Satie, Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Pierné, Jean Françaix, Leroy Anderson, Michael Riessler, Scott Joplin, Various Composers
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21. Glas & Steine (2007)
performed by Wiener Glasharmonika Duo
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Arvo Pärt, Edvard Grieg, Ennio Morricone, Gerald Schönfeldinger, Karl Leopold Röllig, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Vienna Glasharmonika Duo, consisting of husband and wife Gerald and Christa Schönfeldinger, is one of the longest established groups wholly ... More
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22. Cello Duello (2010)
performed by Cello Duello, Jens Peter Maintz (cello), Wolfgang Emanuel Schmidt (cello)
composed by Ennio Morricone, Franz Joseph Haydn, Jacques Offenbach, Jan Müller-Wieland, Jean-Baptiste Barrière, Jens Peter Maintz, Johan Halvorsen
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23. Voyage (2004)
performed by Emma Johnson (clarinet), John Lenehan (piano), Rolf Wilson (violin), Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Julian Reynolds (conductor)
composed by Barrington Pheloung, Claude Debussy, Emma Johnson, English Traditional, Ennio Morricone, Frédéric Chopin, George Gershwin, Gerald Finzi, Giuseppe Verdi, Johann Sebastian Bach, John Barry, Leroy Anderson, Ludovico Einaudi, Maurice Ravel, Niccolò Paganini
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24. Appassionato [Barnes & Noble Exclusive Bonus Track] (2007)
performed by Edgar Meyer (piano), Emanuel Ax (piano), Gaby Casadesus (piano), Isaac Stern (violin), Jeffrey Kahane (piano), Joel Fan (piano), John Williams (piano), Kathryn Stott (piano), Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi), Mark O'Connor (violin), Octavio Brunetti (piano)
composed by Antonio Vivaldi, Astor Piazzolla, Camille Saint-Saëns, César Franck, Chinese Traditional, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Edgar Meyer, Ennio Morricone, Felix Mendelssohn, George Gershwin, Jacob Do Bandolim, Johannes Brahms, John Williams, Michio Mamiya
What makes Yo-Yo Ma a great cellist? His controlled lyricism, his focused tone, and his restrained passion. What makes Ma a great musician? His ... More
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