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!
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Special offer. 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
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 5 in D major, etc.
Christopher Balmer, Jonathan Small Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir, Vernon Handley
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Building a Library, April 2003, Budget Choice
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Special offer. Byrd and his Contemporaries | Motets in Paired Settings
Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks
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Penguin Guide, Rosette
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Partita for double string orchestra, etc.
Alison Hargan (soprano), Ian Tracey (organ) Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir and Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Building a Library, October 2001, Choral Recommendation
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Gramophone Magazine, April 2011, Collection Winner
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 3 'A Pastoral Symphony', etc.
Alison Barlow Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Building a Library, May 2005, Budget Choice
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Special offer. The Music Of Eric Coates
Sir Charles Groves, Sir Charles Mackerras & Reginald Kilbey
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Special offer. Ravel: String Quartet in F major, etc.
Philippa Davies (flute) Chilingirian Quartet & Markus Klinko & ensemble
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Special offer. English Choral Classics
Malcolm Sargent & Vernon Handley
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, etc.
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
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Special offer. 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
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Special offer. Puccini: La Bohème
Renata Scotto (Mimì), Alfredo Kraus (Rodolfo), Sherrill Milnes (Marcello) & Carol Neblett (Musetta) James Levine
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Special offer. Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony No. 3, The Carnival of the Animals & other popular works
Christopher Robinson (organ) City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Frémaux
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Special offer. Mozart - Die Entführung aus dem Serail | and selected opera arias by Léopold Simoneau
Lois Marshall (Konstanze), Ilse Hollweg (Blonde), Léopold Simoneau (Belmonte), Gerhard Unger (Pedrillo), Gottlob Frick (Osmin) & Hansgeorg Laubenthal (Bassa Selim) Beecham Choral Society & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Special offer. Wagner - The Ride of the Valkyries | and other orchestral favourites
London Philharmonic, Mark Elder, Karl Anton Rickenbacher
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Special offer. Mozart: Oboe Quartet in F major, K370, etc.
Andrew Marriner, Gordon Hunt Chilingirian Quartet, London Mozart Players, Jane Glover
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Special offer. Berlioz: Harold en Italie, Op. 16, etc.
Yehudi Menuhin Philharmonia Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis, Sir John Pritchard
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Special offer. Viennese Night | Waltzes and Polkas by the Strauss Family
Hallé Orchestra, James Loughran
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Special offer. Wagner: The Ring (highlights)
Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Bernard Haitink
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Special offer. Mozart - Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 24
Daniel Barenboim (piano & director) English Chamber Orchestra
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Special offer. Romberg, S: The Student Prince (highlights), etc.
Marion Grimaldi, John Wakefield, Paul Regan, Stephanie Voss, Laurie Payne Sinfonia of London, New World Show Orchestra, John Hollingsworth, Alan Braden
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Special offer. Anthems from King's
James Lancelot (organ) Choir of King’s College, Cambridge, David Willcocks
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Special offer. Sullivan, A: Pineapple Poll Suite, etc.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras
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Special offer. Mozart: Così fan tutte, K588 (highlights)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Fiordiligi), Nan Merriman (Dorabella), Léopold Simoneau (Ferrando), Rolando Panerai (Guglielmo), Lisa Otto (Despina) & Sesto Bruscantini (Don Alfonso) Philharmonia Orchestra, Herbert von Karajan
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Special offer. Organ Recital
Ian Tracey at the organ of Liverpool Cathedral
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Special offer. Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4, etc.
Claire Briggs (french horn) & Ian Balmain (trumpet Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Stephen Kovacevich
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Special offer. Khachaturian: Spartacus, etc.
Philharmonia Orchestra & London Symphony Orchestra, Yevgeny Svetlanov & Aram Khachaturian
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Special offer. Classics For Pleasure Presents...Natalie Clein
Natalie Clein (cello) & Charles Owen (piano)
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Special offer. Vaughan Williams: Symphony No. 8 in D minor, etc.
Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Special offer. Bizet: Carmen
Grace Bumbry (Carmen), Jon Vickers (Don José), Mirella Freni (Micaëla) & Kostas Paskalis (Escamillo) Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20
London Symphony Orchestra, André Previn
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Special offer. Schubert: String Quartet No. 14 in D minor, D810 'Death and the Maiden', etc.
Dame Moura Lympany Gabrieli String Quartet
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Special offer. Russian Spectacular
Hallé Orchestra & London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley
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Special offer. Favourite Callas
Maria Callas (soprano)
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Special offer. Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64 - excerpts, etc.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard
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Special offer. Sullivan, A: The Mikado, etc.
Sadler's Wells Orchestra & Chorus, Alexander Faris
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Special offer. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, etc.
Philip Fowke (piano) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yuri Temirkanov
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Special offer. Fauré: Requiem, Op. 48, etc.
Arleen Augér & Benjamin Luxon Choir of King’s College, Cambridge & English Chamber Orchestra, Winchester Cathedral Choir, Sir Philip Ledger, Martin Neary
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Special offer. Verdi: Va, pensiero (from Nabucco), etc.
Chorus of the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, New Philharmonia Orchestra & Chorus & Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Riccardo Muti & Sir Richard Armstrong
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Special offer. Mozart: Don Giovanni, K527
Roger Soyer (bass), Antigone Sgourda (soprano), Luigi Alva (tenor), Peter Lagger (bass), Heather Harper (soprano) & Sir Geraint Evans (baritone) Scottish Opera Chorus & English Chamber Orchestra, Daniel Barenboim
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Special offer. Delibes: Lakmé (highlights)
Mady Mesplé (soprano), Danielle Millet (mezzo-soprano), Charles Burles (tenor), Roger Soyer (bass) & Jean-Christophe Benoit (baritone) Paris Opéra-Comique Chorus & Orchestra, Alain Lombard
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Special offer. Gounod: Faust (highlights)
Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Victoria de los Angeles (soprano), Ernest Blanc (baritone, Boris Christoff (bass), Liliane Berton (soprano), Rita Gorr (mezzo-soprano) & Victor Autran (baritone) Paris Opéra Chorus & Orchestra, André Cluytens
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Special offer. Verdi: Nabucco (highlights)
Matteo Manuguerra (Nabucco), Renata Scotto (Abigaille), Veriano Luchetti (Ismaele), Robert Lloyd (Gran Sacerdote), Elena Obraztsova (Fenena), Nicolai Ghiaurov (Zaccaria), Kenneth Edwards (Abdallo), Anne Collins (Anna) Ambrosian Opera Chorus & Philharmonia Orchestra, Riccardo Muti
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Special offer. Schubert - Symphonies Nos. 8 & 9
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir John Pritchard
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Special offer. Barber
Elmar Oliveira (violin), Ralph Kirshbaum (cello) Scottish Chamber Orchestra & Winchester Cathedral Choir, London Symphony Orchestra, Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste & David Hill, André Previn, Leonard Slatkin
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Special offer. Favourite Gregorian Chant
R.P. Lucien Deiss, C.S.SP (lead vocals), Schola des Pères du Saint-Esprit du Grand Scolasticat de Chevilly, R. P. Lucien Deiss C. S. SP., Lucien Deiss C.S.SP.
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Special offer. Gilbert & Sullivan - Iolanthe & Overture di Ballo
The Lord Chancellor - George Baker The Earl of Mountararat - Ian Wallace Earl Tolloller - Alexander Young Private Willis - Owen Brannigan Strephon - James Cameron Queen of the Fairies - Monica Sinclair Iolanthe - Marjorie Thomas Celia - April Cantelo Leila - Heather Harper Phyllis - Elsie Morison Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, Pro Arte Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Sir Malcolm Sargent
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Special offer. Benatzky, Stolz and Youmans
Mike Sammes Singers/20th Century Symphony Orchestra/Johnny Douglas, David Croft (vocals, tenor), Helen Wilson (vocals), Marion Grimaldi (vocals), Leonard Weir (vocals), Billy Moore (vocals), Barbara Leigh (vocals), Michael Sammes (vocals), Jeremy Hawk (vocals), Rita Williams Singers, Michael Collins & His Orchestra, Kevin Scott (vocals), June Marlow (vocals), Peter Knight Singers/New World Show Orchestra/Alan Braden, 20th Century Symphony Orchestra, The Michael Sammes Singers, The Michael Collins Orchestra, The Rita Williams Singers, Michael Collins Orchestra, New World Show Orchestra, Peter Knight Singers, Johnny Douglas, Michael Collins, Alan Braden
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Special offer. Straus, O: Highlights from A Waltz Dream, etc.
June Bronhill (soprano), David Hughes (vocals), Elizabeth Osborne (vocals), Marion Grimaldi (vocals), John Lawrenson (vocals), Kevin Scott (vocals), Marion Lowe (vocals), Rita Williams Singers, Michael Collins & His Orchestra, The Williams Singers
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Special offer. Strauss - Four Last Songs & Songs with Orchestra
Heather Harper London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
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Special offer. Shostakovich: Piano Concertos Nos. 1 & 2, Jazz Suite No. 1 & other orchestral works
Dmitri Alexeev (piano) English Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields & Philadelphia Orchestra, Mariss Jansons, Sir Neville Marriner & Jerzy Maksymiuk
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Special offer. Schubert - String Quintet & Lieder
Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano) & Gerald Moore (piano) Chilingirian Quartet with Jennifer Ward Clarke (cello)
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Special offer. Music Of The Four Countries
Scottish National Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson
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Special offer. Tchaikovsky - Symphony No. 6 & Piano Concerto No. 3
Philip Fowke (piano) Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Litton, Wilfred Boettcher
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Special offer. Mozart: Die Zauberflöte, K620
Kurt Moll (Sarastro), Peter Schreier (Tamino), Edda Moser (Königin der Nacht), Anneliese Rothenberger (Pamina), Walter Berry (Papageno), Olivera Miljakovic (Papagena), Theo Adam (Sprecher), Willi Brokmeier (Monostatos) Chorus & Orchestra of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, Wolfgang Sawallisch
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Special offer. Elgar: In the South (Alassio), Op. 50, etc.
London Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult
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Special offer. More Choral Favourites from King’s
Choir of King’s College Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, Sir Philip Ledger & Sir David Willcocks
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Special offer. Favourite Wedding Classics
Noel Rawsthorne (organ), Maurice André (trumpet), Jane Parker-Smith (organ), Fredrico Bayco (organ), Frederic Bayco (vocals), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Philip Ledger (organ), Sir George Thalben-Ball, Léon Goossens (oboe), George Thalben-Ball (organ, oboe), John Shirley-Quirk (baritone), Krzysztof Jakowicz (violin), Anneliese Rothenberger (soprano), Prague Chamber Orchestra, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Temple Church Choir, English Chamber Orchestra, Choir of King's College Cambridge, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Symphonie-Orchester Graunke, Hallé Choir, Hallé Orchestra, Bamberger Symphoniker, Sir Charles Mackerras, Sir Neville Marriner, Sir David Willcocks, Jerzy Maksymiuk, Gerhard Schmidt-Gaden, Maurice Handford, Rudolf Kempe
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Special offer. Orff: Carmina Burana, etc.
Halle Choir & Orchestra, Maurice Handford
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Special offer. Halle Encore
Halle Orchestra, Maurice Handford
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Special offer. Virtuoso Violin
Tasmin Little (violin), Piers Lane (pianoforte)
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