Warner Classics
Warner Classics and its sister label Erato together comprise one of the world’s leading global classical music recording companies. In 2013, with WMG’s acquisition of Parlophone Label Group, the renowned EMI Classics roster and catalog became part of Warner Classics. The label exclusively records such acclaimed artists as Alison Balsom, Emmanuel Pahud, Sir Antonio Pappano, and distinguished organisations like the Orchestra dell’Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and l’Arpeggiata.
Warner Classics is the custodian of an unrivaled catalogue of recordings by international superstars Nigel Kennedy, Kiri Te Kanawa, Itzhak Perlman, Sir Simon Rattle, André Previn, and Riccardo Muti, and the historic recordings of Mstislav Rostropovich, Maria Callas, Victoria de los Angeles, Dame Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Jacqueline du Pré, Herbert von Karajan, Otto Klemperer, Sir Adrian Boult, and Sir John Barbirolli, as well as the longest-serving artist in the history of the record industry: violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin.
Erato was established in Paris in 1953 with a founding mission to focus on recording French composers and artists, with an emphasis on Renaissance and Baroque music. Over the years, the Erato catalog grew to feature such noted artists as Plácido Domingo, Maxim Vengerov, Daniel Barenboim, Pierre Boulez, Maurice André, Hélène Grimaud, Scott Ross, Marie-Claire Alain, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Susan Graham, and José van Dam. Erato joined the WMG family in 1992. In 2013, Erato was relaunched when the Virgin Classics label became part of WMG through Warner’s acquisition of Parlophone Label Group. Today, Erato records such acclaimed artists as Philippe Jaroussky, Joyce DiDonato, Diana Damrau, the Ébène Quartet, Renaud Capuçon, Gautier Capuçon, and Alexandre Tharaud.
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100 Best Opera Classics
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 12 Apr 2019
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Verdi: Rigoletto
Maria Callas, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Tito Gobbi, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Tullio Serafin
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1956
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Bach, CPE: Symphonies & Cello Concertos
Anner Bylsma, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Gustav Leonhardt
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jun 2000
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Evening Piano - Debussy: Clair de lune
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 10 Feb 2023
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Chopin: Preludes & Nocturnes
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 4 Apr 2005
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Verdi: Don Carlos (Live)
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1996
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Tchaikovsky: Piano Trio, Op. 50 - Dvorák: Piano Trio No. 3 (Live)
Renaud Capuçon, Kian Soltani, Lahav Shani
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 12 Apr 2019
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Pop - Released by Warner Classics on 12 Aug 2022
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Eternal Light: A Requiem
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Sep 2008
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Lars Vogt & Friends Live in Heimbach, Vol. 2
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 23 Jun 2023
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Bartók: Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta - Hindemith: Symphony (Mathis der Maler)
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 24 Mar 2014
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Beethoven: Symphony No. 7, Op. 92
Wiener Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 17 Sep 2021
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Bartók: Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion & Pieces from Mikrokosmos
Katia Labèque, Marielle Labèque, Sylvio Gualda, Jean Pierre Drouet
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1972
24-Bit 192.0 kHz - Stereo