Album DescriptionThese eleven new releases in the Classics for Pleasure series feature some of the finest orchestral and vocal music ever composed. Works for orchestra include Brahms's towering Piano Concertos, Bach's intimate Cello Suites, Haydn's elegant London Symphonies, and Tchaikovsky's wrenching Pathetique Symphony, while vocal music is represented by Strauss's autumnal Four Last Songs, and highlights from Wagner's Ring Cycle, Villa-Lobos's Bachianas Brasileiras, and Gilbert and Sullivan's The Gondoliers. These definitive performances feature artists such as Paul Tortelier, Sir Simon Rattle, Sir Adrian Boult, Victoria de los Angeles, Bernard Haitink, and more!