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Classics for Pleasure

Classics for Pleasure

The nation's favourite budget CD label.

Launched in 1970, Classics for Pleasure soon became the biggest-selling and best-loved UK classical budget label.

The CFP mantra was always the same - make top quality recordings of the most popular classical music, played by the best British artists and orchestras...and then sell them at a price that makes them accessible to all.

Classics for Pleasure soon became the first port of call for newcomers to classical music who appreciated the quality and affordability of the recordings and the new musical world that opened out before them. Indeed, an amazing number of music lovers say their first-ever classical LP was a Classics for Pleasure one!

We are pleased to say that CFP has again been making new recordings as well as continuing its fascinating reissue programme. Already available are discs from Tasmin Little, John Lill and Natalie Clein, with plenty more to come. Visit us regularly to keep up with what is going on.

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Showing 1 - 10 of 97 results
  • The Best Of Arvo Pärt

    The Best Of Arvo Pärt

    Tasmin Little & Martin Roscoe

    Estonian National Symphony Orchestra/Paavo Järvi, Bournemouth Sinfonietta/Richard Studt, Choir of King’s College, Cambridge/Stephen Cleobury, Vasari Singers/Jeremy Backhouse

    An admirable and enterprising collection. In the two works for violin and piano, Tasmin Little holds the listener's attention by the intensity of her commitment and the powerful projection of... — Penguin Guide, 2011 edition More…
    • Release Date: 3rd May 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5859142
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 77 minutes

    CD

    $7.50

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  • Vaughan Williams: Partita for double string orchestra, etc.

    Vaughan Williams: Partita for double string orchestra, etc.

    Recommended

    Alison Hargan (soprano), Ian Tracey (organ)

    Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vernon Handley

    • Catalogue No: 5753132
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 76 minutes

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  • The Best of the Academy

    The Best of the Academy

    Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner

    • Release Date: 3rd Nov 2003
    • Catalogue No: 5856242
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

    2 Presto CDs

    $16.50

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  • The Music Of Eric Coates

    The Music Of Eric Coates

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    Sir Charles Groves, Sir Charles Mackerras & Reginald Kilbey

    • Release Date: 6th Mar 2006
    • Catalogue No: 3523562
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

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  • Ravel: String Quartet in F major, etc.

    Ravel: String Quartet in F major, etc.

    Philippa Davies (flute)

    Chilingirian Quartet & Markus Klinko & ensemble

    • Release Date: 5th Feb 2007
    • Catalogue No: 3822312
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 68 minutes

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  • Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20

    Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20

    London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn

    • Release Date: 2nd Jul 2007
    • Catalogue No: 3932432
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

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  • Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626, etc.

    Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K626, etc.

    Edith Mathis, Grace Bumbry, George Shirley & Marius Rintzler

    New Philharmonia Chorus & Orchestra, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Otto Klemperer

    • Release Date: 6th Nov 2006
    • Catalogue No: 3759342
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 59 minutes

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  • Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)

    Strauss, R: Der Rosenkavalier (highlights)

    Dame Kiri Te Kanawa (soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Anne Sofie von Otter (mezzo-soprano), Kurt Rydl (bass), Claire Powell (mezzo-soprano) & Franz Grundheber (baritone)

    Dresden State Opera Chorus & Staatskapelle Dresden, Bernard Haitink

    • Release Date: 5th Nov 2007
    • Catalogue No: 3933722
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 75 minutes

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  • Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012

    Bach, J S: Cello Suites Nos. 1-6, BWV1007-1012

    Paul Tortelier (cello)

    Tortelier echoed Casals, saying 'First comes Bach - then all the others'. His edition is festooned with symbols coolly analysing every bow-stroke, but their synthesis in his playing is passionate... — BBC Music Magazine, May 2009, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 1st Sep 2008
    • Catalogue No: 2283582
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure
    • Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

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  • English Choral Classics

    English Choral Classics

    Recommended

    Malcolm Sargent & Vernon Handley

    • Release Date: 16th Sep 2002
    • Catalogue No: 5757582
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Classics for Pleasure, Budget Box Sets
    • Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

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