Classical

Pergolesi's Stabat Mater is a setting of 13th century text that expresses the Virgin Mary's suffering as she stands by the Cross. Written for solo soprano and solo alto accompanied by strings, the two singers on this new recording Philippe Jaroussky and Julia Lezhneva...

Claudio Abbado had only made a very few recordings for EMI Classics (now Warner), including Mozart's Flute Concertos with Emmanuel Pahud. This live rendition of Verdi's Messa da Requiem is definitively a major modern version of the work. In 2001, Abbado was doing his....

This recording of Turandot, Puccini's spectacular final opera marks a number of important firsts. Before the recording sessions in Rome in March 2022, Sir Antonio Pappano had never conducted Turandot; neither Sondra Radvanovsky, who takes soaring title role, nor Jonas Kaufmann as Turandot's suitor,...

This recording brings together unique orchestral suites by the Soviet composer Sergei Prokofiev and the Soviet-Armenian composer Aram Khachaturian. Summer Night Suite is based on the music from Prokofiev’s opera Betrothal in a Monastery and Scythian Suite was derived from his ballet Ala and...

Double vinyl LP pressing. Tchaikovsky's most famous work, The Nutcracker, is presented in this stunning new recording by the world's greatest orchestra, the Berliner Philharmoniker, under the baton of their celebrated conductor Sir Simon Rattle. This musical fairytale follows Clara and her unusual prince...

With teacher's guide.

Adriana Lecouvreur

Lovers of Il trovatore a work famous for its perennially popular cavatinas and cabalettas rightly expect the singers to be at the very top of their vocal game and particularly look forward to the top C at the end of Manrico s stretta, a...

Joan Sutherland's historic farewell to operatic stage taped live at the Sydney Oper House in 1990. English subtitles. Two tapes. Running time: 200 minutes.

Album of the Week (April 13, 2015) on Classic FM (UK)Download of the Week on KDFC (San Francisco)Portrait is a string of recordings presenting contemporary composers with a unique musical signature. Ludovico Einaudi is one of them. This grand and prolific Italian composer creates...

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Mozart's piano works performed by award-winning pianist, Andr?s Schiff. Presented as part of the Decca Collection focusing on composers and their most famous pieces of all time, encompassed in beautifully hand-drawn packaging in an expressionist style.

This brand-new deluxe edition is part of Decca's anniversary program commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of the great opera composer Giacomo Puccini. Made in January 1974 at Vienna's Sofiens?le, this recording features the finest ensemble of the era, led by Mirella Freni...

This brand-new deluxe edition is part of Decca's anniversary program commemorating the 100th anniversary of the death of the great opera composer Giacomo Puccini. Made in January 1974 at Vienna's Sofiens?le, this recording features the finest ensemble of the era, led by Mirella Freni...

Pianist Yunchan Lim has taken the world by storm, aged just 21. He now presents Tchaikovsky's timeless and rarely recorded piano suite, The Seasons, his third release on Decca Classics. In just a few short years, Lim's technical flourish, deft control and unprecedented mastery...

Inspired by the 150th anniversary of Ravel's birth, Asal curates a personal program that combines the French composer's music with his own improvisatory pieces. SIENA TAPES presents Ravel's Jeux d'eau, Prelude in A minor, Menuet sur le nom de Haydn and A la mani?re...

Thomas Newman

Glenn Gould

With over 5.6 million hits, 2Cellos became a worldwide YouTube sensation with their passionate, dueling cellos version of Michael Jacksons -Smooth Criminal-. Their debut album is a thrilling collection of chart-topping rock and pop songs from Guns N Roses, U2, Coldplay, Kings of Leon...

Cool 2010 covers collaboration! Cameos by Jeff Beck ; Dave Matthews ; Tinariwen ; Ravi Shankar ; Pink ; Los Lobos & more.

Galway, James

Anomaly (Vinyl)