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Browse: Great Artists of the Century (series)

Great Artists of the Century

An artist-based series celebrating many of EMI's greatest artists.

The mid-price series Great Artists of the Century celebrates the art and artistry of a roster of the most distinguished musicians of the 20th century and of the first decade of the 21st century.

Each release in Great Artists of the Century focuses on one eminent musician. The CD offers a programme of important EMI recordings chosen to demonstrate the qualities and achievements of the featured artist, and major works in notable performances taken from EMI's vast and unique catalogue of great recordings.

The lavish packaging of Great Artists of the Century includes a striking cover photograph plus a facsimile of the artist's signature and new accounts of the artists' lives and assessments of their achievements by leading writers. The superb recordings have been transferred and, where appropriate, newly remastered from the original source materials (78s and tapes) by EMI's renowned team of engineers at Abbey Road Studios.

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  • Nigel Kennedy

    Nigel Kennedy

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    Nigel Kennedy (violin, viola)

    Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, André Previn, Simon Rattle

    Kennedy is in his element, while Previn captures the lushness of the colourful score. — BBC Music Magazine, Proms 2008 More…
    • Release Date: 1st Mar 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5628132
    • Label: EMI
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 56 minutes

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  • Hans Hotter

    Hans Hotter

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    Hans Hotter (bass-baritone), Gerald Moore (piano)

    Philharmonia Orchestra, Anthony Bernard

    • Release Date: 1st Mar 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5628072
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 75 minutes

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  • Stephen Kovacevich

    Stephen Kovacevich

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    Stephen Kovacevich (piano)

    • Release Date: 1st Mar 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5628172
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 72 minutes

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  • Ian Bostridge - Schubert Lieder

    Ian Bostridge - Schubert Lieder

    Ian Bostridge & Julius Drake (piano)

    A voice more for Schöne Müllerin than Winterreise, Bostridge's fresh, buoyant, beautifully articulated tenor suits these Lieder perfectly. The literary and musical impulses are in perfect equilibrium,... — BBC Music Magazine, January 2006, 4 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 4th Jul 2005
    • Catalogue No: 4768512
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 78 minutes

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  • Puccini: Choral Works

    Puccini: Choral Works

    Roberto Alagna (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone)

    London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra, Antonio Pappano

    Puccini's early (1880) Mass is not a great piece of religious music, but its virtues shine forth in Pappano's loving performance. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2006, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 3rd Jul 2006
    • Catalogue No: 3565192
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 60 minutes

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  • Mariss Jansons

    Mariss Jansons

    St Petersburg Philharmonic Orchestra, Mariss Jansons

    • Release Date: 1st Mar 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5628092
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 72 minutes

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  • Choir of Kings College Cambridge

    Choir of Kings College Cambridge

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    Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Sir David Willcocks, Sir Philip Ledger

    • Release Date: 1st Mar 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5627962
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 77 minutes

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  • Herbert von Karajan

    Herbert von Karajan

    Elizabeth Schwarzkopf, Hans Hotter

    Vienna Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

    • Release Date: 1st Mar 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5628112
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 75 minutes

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  • Sir Thomas Beecham

    Sir Thomas Beecham

    Orchestre National de la Radiodiffusion Française, Thomas Beecham

    • Release Date: 6th Sep 2004
    • Catalogue No: 5629482
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 71 minutes

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  • Solomon

    Solomon

    Solomon (piano)

    Volatile, truculent, risk-taking, the outer movements of Solomon's Hammerklavier live on the edge - a complete contrast to the measured, searching transcendence of the great Adagio. — BBC Music Magazine, September 2005, 5 out of 5 stars More…
    • Release Date: 4th Jul 2005
    • Catalogue No: 4768652
    • Label: Warner Classics
    • Series: Great Artists of the Century
    • Length: 74 minutes

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