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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Verdi : Aida
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 2 Oct 2015
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Forgotten Arias
Philippe Jaroussky, Julien Chauvin, Le Concert de la Loge
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 27 Oct 2023
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Verdi: Il trovatore
Maria Callas, Orchestra del Teatro della Scala di Milano, Herbert von Karajan
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Jan 1956
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Berlioz: Les nuits d'été, Op. 7, H 81b - Ravel: Shéhérazade, M. 41 - Saint-Saëns: Mélodies persanes, Op. 26
Marie-Nicole Lemieux, Orchestre Philharmonique de Monté-Carlo, Kazuki Yamada
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 29 Sep 2023
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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 1 “Spring” & 2, Genoveva Overture & Manfred
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 23 Jun 2023
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Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1 & 3 "Eroica"
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 2 Jun 2023
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Bach: St Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 6 Mar 1989
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 38 "Prague", 39 & 34
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 16 Jun 2023
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Schumann: Symphonies Nos. 3 "Rhenish" & 4, Overture to Goethe's Faust
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 7 Jul 2023
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Chopin: The Legendary 1965 Recording (2021 Remastered Version)
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 1 Mar 1999
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Strauss R. : Der Rosenkavalier (2017 Remastered)
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 11 Sep 2001
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Handel: Theodora, HWV 68
Lisette Oropesa, Joyce DiDonato, Michael Spyres, Paul-Antoine Bénos-Djian, Il pomo d’oro, Maxim Emelyanychev
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 28 Oct 2022
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Stravinsky: Symphony in Three Movements, Pulcinella Suite & Petrushka
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 15 Sep 2023
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Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 31 "Paris", 40 & 41 "Jupiter"
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 9 Jun 2023
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Mozart: Don Giovanni, K. 527 (Remastered)
Nicolaï Ghiaurov, Christa Ludwig, Mirella Freni, Nicolai Gedda, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Opera - Released by Warner Classics on 16 Aug 1991
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Mozart : Complete Piano Sonatas
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 30 Sep 2016
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Thrive
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 14 Apr 2023
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J. S. Bach: Goldberg Variations, BWV 988
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 25 Nov 2022
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Aranjuez
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 2 Oct 2020
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Ravel : Miroirs, Valse - Stravinsky: Petrushka, The Firebird
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 25 Oct 2019
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Debussy : Préludes - Satie: Gymnopédies, Gnossiennes
Solo Piano - Released by Warner Classics on 31 Aug 2018
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