With 45 tracks, and over 2 ½ hours of classical favorites, Classical 2013 is a double album featuring the best and most popular names in classical music from EMI and Virgin Classics. Among the many outstanding singers featured on this release are Diana Damrau, Joyce Didonato, Angela Gheorghiu and Philippe Jaroussky. There are also guest appearances by two of the world s leading opera stars, namely jonas Kaufmann singing La fleur que tu m avais jetee from Carmen s Flower Song, and Kathleen Ferrier in the beautiful Che faro senza Euridice.Instrumentalist include violinists Renaud Capucon and Vilde Frang; guitarist Xuefei Yang; pianists Martha Argerich, Hj Lim, Alexander Tharaud and Yundi; trumpeter Alison Balsom; the Elias String Quartet and the Artemis Quartet.Also appearing on the album are a number of the world s greatest conductors, including Antonio pappano with his Italian orchestra of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia and Sir Simon Rattle.