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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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... — More…
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Vaughan Williams: Partita for double string orchestra, etc. RecommendedAlison 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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Ravel: String Quartet in F major, etc. Philippa Davies (flute)
Chilingirian Quartet & Markus Klinko & ensemble
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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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The Music Of Eric Coates RecommendedSir Charles Groves, Sir Charles Mackerras & Reginald Kilbey
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Building a Library, June 2011, Featured
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Vivaldi - Gloria Sir Philip Ledger (organ), Dame Janet Baker (mezzo-soprano), Barbara Hendricks (soprano), Ann Murray (mezzo-soprano), Jean Rigby (alto), Uwe Heilmann (tenor) & Jorma Hynninen (bass)
CPE Bach Chamber Orchestra Berlin, Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields Chorus & Orchestra, Choir of King’s...
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Saint-Saëns: Organ Symphony No. 3, The Carnival of the Animals & other popular works Christopher Robinson (organ)
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Louis Frémaux
A splendid Third Symphony that will deliver more pleasure for longer than many ‘definitive’ versions. — More…
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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
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Building a Library, December 2017, First Choice
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