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The 50 Greatest Pieces of Classical Music is a compilation of classical works recorded by the London Philharmonic Orchestra with conductor David Parry. [2] Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, Royal Festival Hall and Henry Wood Hall in London, the compilation was released in digital formats in November, 2009 and as a 4-CD set in 2011. [3]
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Album was awarded from 1962 to 2011. The award had several minor name changes: From 1962 to 1963, 1965 to 1972 and 1974 to 1976 the award was known as Album of the Year – Classical; In 1964 and 1977 it was awarded as Classical Album of the Year; In 1973 and from 1978 onward it was awarded as Best Classical ...
In 1970, it won Grammy Awards for Best Classical Album, Best Classical Performance – Instrumental Soloist or Soloists (With or Without Orchestra), and Best Engineered Classical Recording. After Carlos came out as a transgender woman in 1979, reissues of Switched-On Bach amended the artist credit to reflect her change of name, as was the case ...
Compassion is a live album recorded at the Sydney Opera House in September 2013 by Nigel Westlake, Lior and Sydney Symphony Orchestra. Compassion is an orchestral song cycle for voice and orchestra consisting of original melodies and orchestration set to ancient texts in Hebrew and Arabic, all centred around the wisdom of compassion.
The Grammy Award for Best Classical Compendium is an honor presented to recording artists for the best compendium album in the classical music genre at the Grammy Awards, a ceremony that was established in 1958 and which was originally called the Gramophone Awards. [1]
The ARIA Music Award for Best Classical Album, is an award presented within the Fine Arts Awards at the annual ARIA Music Awards.The ARIA Awards recognise "the many achievements of Aussie artists across all music genres", [1] and have been given by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) since 1987.
This is a list of the world's best-selling albums of recorded music in physical mediums, such as vinyl, audio cassettes or compact discs. To appear on the list, the figure must have been published by a reliable source and the album must have sold at least 20 million copies and certified at least 10 million units (the equivalent of a diamond ...
Many of classical music's conductor–orchestra partnerships have recorded the complete set, colloquially known as the "Sibelius cycle". [2] Specifically, the standard cycle includes: Symphony No. 1 in E minor, [a] Op. 39 (1899; minor revisions 1900) Symphony No. 2 in D major, [b] Op. 43 (1902) Symphony No. 3 in C major, [c] Op. 52 (1907)