SHADES OF CLASSICS ESSENTIAL ARTISTS AND WORKS
(All categories are in alphabetical order)


 Essential Classical Crossover Artists 
  • All Angels
  • Anúna
  • Ariaphonics
  • Biggs, Julie
  • Brightman, Sarah
  • Celtic Woman
  • Chvatal, Janet
  • Frangoulis, Mario
  • Fumanti, Giorgia
  • Grigolo, Vittorio
  • Katya (Ekaterina Shelehova)
  • Leaverland, Mary-Jess
  • Marsh, Natasha
  • OperaBabes
  • Pacheco, Nathan
  • Schwartz, Paul
  • Shapplin, Emma
  • Sissel
  • The Tenors (Canadian Tenors)
  • Voces8
  • Westenra, Hayley

 Essential New Age & Instrumental Artists 
  • 2002
  • Ackerman, Will
  • Amethystium
  • Arkenstone, David
  • Barry, John
  • Bekker, Hennie
  • Bone, Richard
  • Bongiorno, Joe
  • Bowles, Meg
  • Braheny Fortune, Kevin
  • Breyer, Heidi
  • Bryan EL
  • Budd, Harold
  • Cacciapaglia, Roberto
  • Carr, Richard
  • Clannad
  • Conti, Al
  • Cook, Jesse
  • Cossu, Scott
  • Coulter, Phil
  • Coxon, Robert Haig
  • Cunningham, Dana
  • Danna, Mychael & Jeff
  • DeFrayne, Jennifer
  • deLise, Louis Anthony
  • Denler, Charles
  • Dockery, Sean (Christopher)
  • Douglas, Bill
  • Dudley, Anne
  • Dulin, Michael
  • Einaudi, Ludovico
  • Enfroy, Marc
  • Eno, Brian
  • Enya
  • Fendrich, Sharon
  • Foster, Betsy
  • Garrett, Karen Marie
  • Gauthier, Alysha
  • Hawkins, Fiona Joy
  • Hoppé, Michael
  • Huygens, Michel
  • Isham, Mark
  • Jarre, Jean-Michel
  • Janelle, Amy
  • Jenkins, Jon
  • Johnson, Jeff
  • Kaempfert, Bert
  • Kaye, Kathryn
  • Keller, Kevin
  • KevOz
  • Kitaro
  • Korb, Ron
  • Kula, Kevin
  • Lanier, Stanton
  • Lanz, David
  • Lauren, Amy
  • Lawson, Chad
  • Leslie, Bill
  • Liebert, Ottmar
  • Linstead, Johannes
  • Logozar, Michael
  • Long, Helen Jane
  • Lynch, Ray
  • Mancini, Henry
  • Masako
  • Mauriat, Paul
  • McKennitt, Loreena
  • Montenegro, Hugo
  • Nevue, David
  • Oakes, Cathy
  • Oldfield, Mike
  • Ottaway, Jim
  • Pacek, Antonija
  • Partafylla, Anastasia
  • Raphael
  • Secret Garden
  • Serrie, Jonn
  • Shoop-Wu, Nancy
  • Shore, Howard
  • Silvard
  • Sora
  • Southworth, Carolyn
  • Smith, Frank
  • Stribling, Michael
  • Sweeten, Ann
  • Tredeau, Lynn
  • Trenning, Anne
  • Urquhart, Craig
  • Vangelis
  • Vitali, Steven
  • Wahler, David
  • Winston, George
  • Yanni
  • Young, Denise

 Essential Classical Artists 
  • Tenor Marcelo Alvarez
  • Pianist Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • Pianist & Composer Michael Conway Baker
  • Soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian
  • Violinist Joshua Bell
  • Tenor José Cura
  • Flutist James Galway
  • Classical guitarist Rachel Gauk
  • Cellist Ofra Harnoy
  • Pianist Angela Hewitt
  • Classical guitarist Ian Hodges
  • Tenor Jonas Kaufmann
  • Violinist Nigel Kennedy
  • Classical guitarist Norbert Kraft
  • Cellist Yo-Yo Ma
  • Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter
  • Pianist Jon Kimura Parker
  • Tenor Luciano Pavarotti
  • Pianist Murray Perahia
  • Violinist André Rieu
  • Soprano Dawn Upshaw
  • Classical guitarist John Williams

 Essential Classical Works 
  • Bach, J. S. - Brandenburg Concertos
  • Bach, J. S. - Violin Concertos
  • Baker, Michael Conway - Cinderella: Frozen in Time
  • Baker, Michael Conway - Through the Lions' Gate
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van - Piano Concertos
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van - Symphonies
  • Bruch, Max - Violin Concerto
  • Bruckner, Anton - Symphony No. 4
  • Dvorak, Antonin - Serenades
  • Dvorak, Antonin - Symphony No. 9
  • Handel, George Frederick - Water Music
  • Holst, Gustav - The Planets
  • Mendelssohn, Felix - Symphonies
  • Mendelssohn, Felix - String Symphonies
  • Mendelssohn, Felix - Violin Concerto
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Clarinet Concerto
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Flute & Harp Concerto
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Symphonies
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus - Violin Concertos
  • Pachelbel, Johann - Kanon
  • Schubert, Franz - Symphonies
  • Vivaldi, Antonio - The Four Seasons

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