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Review EMI Classics / Carols from King's
Tracks Carols from King's
  • Hark The Herald Angels Sing
  • Silent Night Holy Night
  • On Christmas Night
  • O Come All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fidelis)
  • In The Bleak Midwinter
  • Personet Hodie
  • Holly And The Ivy
  • Quem Pastores Laudavere
  • Spotless Rose
  • It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
  • Merrily On High
  • My Dancing Day
  • I Saw A Maiden
  • Adam Lay Y Bounden
  • Up Good Christian Folk And Listen
  • In Dulchi Jublio
  • While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks By Night
  • O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  • Ding Dong Ding Dong
  • Three Kings
  • Once In Royal David's City
  • I Saw Three Ships
  • Away In A Manger
  • Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance Flowing
  • First Noel
  • Angels From The Realms Of Glory
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 1997-11-17
Creator: John Wells
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.98

Review Carols from King's / EMI Classics:


Review Orchestra Mozart Claudio Abbado / Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35
Tracks Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35 "Haffner", 38 "Prague", 41 "Jupiter"
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • 4. Molto allegro
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 3. Menuetto (Allegretto)
  • 1. Adagio - Allegro
  • 2. Andante cantabile
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Finale (Presto)
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 1. Allegro vivace
  • 2. Andante
  • 2. Andante
  • 4. Allegro assai
  • 1. Allegro assai
  • 3. Finale (Presto)
  • 1. Allegro con spirito
  • 4. Allegro con spirito
  • 3. Menuetto
  • 2. Andante moderato
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2008-07-14
Run time: 147 min.
RRP: £22.99
Price: £9.89

Review Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 29, 33, 35 "Haffner", 38 "Prague", 41 "Jupiter" / Orchestra Mozart Claudio Abbado:


Review Philips / Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias
Tracks Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias
  • Ave Maria, "Ellens Gesang III", D839 - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Adeste Fideles (O come, all ye faithful) - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Mille Cherubini in coro - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Ave Maria: arr. from Bach's Prelude No.1 BWV 846 - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Gloria a te, Cristo Gesù - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Ave Maria - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • 2. Ingemisco - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Sancta Maria - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Domine Deus - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Der Engel - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Frondi tenere e belle ... Ombra mai fu - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Pietà, Signore - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Panis Angelicus - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro dell'Accademia Nazionale Di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Ave verum corpus, K.618 - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • 2. Cujus animam gementem - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Myung-Whun Chung
  • Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht - Andrea Bocelli, Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, Coro Di Voci Bianche Dell' Arcum, Myung-Whun Chung
Publisher: Philips
Release date: 2002-05-13
Run time: 62 min.
Creator: Andrea Bocelli
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.97

Review Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias / Philips:

When he was growing up, Andrea Bocelli recalls finding inspiration in a favourite recording of sacred music performed by tenor legend Franco Corelli. Bocelli-who in the meantime has come to inspire millions of fiercely loyal fans himself-returns to the genre as the guiding theme of Sacred Arias, the release of which coincides with the first major English-language biography of the singer. These performances are filled with the singer's phenomenally well-known vocal signature: his flair for long, sweetly floating high notes and the gentle sense of cadence he brings to a melody. It's a mistake to compartmentalise Bocelli into a singer of "operatic" versus "popular" styles: in truth his approach is at heart the same. Lack of colour and control in his phrasing remains a drawback, but the emotional empathy Bocelli evokes is never in doubt. The arias collected here sample some of the most famous devotional pieces: Schubert's "Ave Maria" and Mozart's transporting "Ave Verum," as well as an arrangement of "Silent Night" in which Bocelli tries out his English. There's also a decidedly odd choice of bedfellows for a programme of "sacred" music, such as a song from Wagner's Wesendonck Lieder (whose "angel" is the object of an overpoweringly erotic attraction) and Handel's figurative ode to a tree, "Ombra mai fu". Still, Bocelli sings with an unfeigned directness that is sure to expand his already enormous following even further. -Thomas May.

Review Decca / Puccini: La Bohème
Tracks Puccini: La Bohème
  • "C'è Mimì..." - Elizabeth Harwood, Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maffeo, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Vecchia zimarra, senti" - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maffeo, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Beviam!" - Luciano Pavarotti, Gianni Maffeo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Rolando Panerai, Michel Sénéchal, Elizabeth Harwood, Schonberger Sangerknaben, Chorus Master Gerhart Hellwig, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Mimì è una civetta" - Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Mirella Freni, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "O Mimì, tu più non torni" (Duetto) - "Che ora sia" - Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Gianni Maffeo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Mimì!" - "Rodolfo m'ama e mi fugge" - Rolando Panerai, Mirella Freni, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì" - Mirella Freni, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Ohè, là, le guardie!" - "Aprite!" - Hans-Dietrich Pohl, Elizabeth Harwood, Mirella Freni, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "O soave fanciulla" - Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Rolando Panerai, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Questo Mar Rosso" - Rolando Panerai, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Oh Dio! Mimì!" - Gianni Maffeo, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Elizabeth Harwood, Rolando Panerai, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Dunque: è proprio finita!...Addio, dolce svegliare" - Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Elizabeth Harwood, Rolando Panerai, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Si sente meglio?" - Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Donde lieta uscì" - Mirella Freni, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • Pensier profondo" - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Rolando Panerai, Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Arranci, datteri!" - Rolando Panerai, Gianni Maffeo, Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Schonberger Sangerknaben, Chorus Master Gerhart Hellwig, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Che gelida manina" - Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "In un coupé?" - Rolando Panerai, Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Mimì è tanto malata!" - Luciano Pavarotti, Mirella Freni, Rolando Panerai, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Chi guardi?" - "Ecco i giocattoli di Parpignol" - Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Mirella Freni, Gianni Maffeo, Gernot Pietsch, Schonberger Sangerknaben, Chorus Master Gerhart Hellwig, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Marcello. Finalmente!" - Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Abasso, abbasso l'autor!" - Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maffeo, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Quando m'en vo'" (Musetta's Waltz) - Elizabeth Harwood, Michel Sénéchal, Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Rolando Panerai, Gianni Maffeo, Schonberger Sangerknaben, Chorus Master Gerhart Hellwig, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Caro!" - "Fuori il danaro!" - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maffeo, Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Elizabeth Harwood, Schonberger Sangerknaben, Chorus Master Gerhart Hellwig, Chor der Deutschen Oper Berlin, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Gavotta" - Nicolai Ghiaurov, Rolando Panerai, Gianni Maffeo, Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Sono andati" - Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Sa dirmi, scusi" - Mirella Freni, Hans-Dieter Appell, Hans-Dietrich Pohl, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Io resto" - Luciano Pavarotti, Rolando Panerai, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maffeo, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Viva Parpignol..." - "Una cuffietta a pizzi" - Rolando Panerai, Mirella Freni, Gianni Maffeo, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Si può" - "Chi è là?" - Michel Sénéchal, Rolando Panerai, Luciano Pavarotti, Nicolai Ghiaurov, Gianni Maffeo, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
  • "Chi è là?" - Mirella Freni, Luciano Pavarotti, Berliner Philharmoniker, Herbert von Karajan
Publisher: Decca
Release date: 1987-08-05
Run time: 110 min.
Creator: Giacomo Puccini
RRP: £22.99
Price: £11.97

Review Puccini: La Bohème / Decca:

From the exquisite phrasing of the opening orchestra, this recording establishes itself as the standard by which all others should be measured. Herbert von Karajan's orchestra is no less than perfect, as much a virtuostic performer as the singers, evoking each moment's unique mood. Can there be any doubt that Luciano Pavarotti and Mirella Freni were born to sing Puccini? Their sweet, creamy voices splendidly blend, creating a complete aural portrait of the bohemians' souls. Elizabeth Harwood is a wonderfully high-strung Musetta, with the vocal talent to support her many moods. The greatest recording ever of the world's most beloved opera. -Barbara Eisner Bayer.

Review Bryn Terfel / Simple Gifts
Tracks Simple Gifts
  • Still, Still, Still Weils Kindlein Schlafen Will - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
  • Send in the Clowns - Arranged by Jonathan Tunick - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Panis Angelicus - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, Aled Jones, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Ave verum Corpus - Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Nearer My God To Thee - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • The Rose - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
  • Bless this house - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • 1. Stabat Mater - Bryn Terfel, Simon Keenlyside, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Cavatina - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, John Williams
  • God will be with You - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
  • Morning has broken - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • The Lord Bless You and Keep You - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
  • God's Mercy - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Ave verum corpus, K.618 - Adapted by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
  • I'll Walk Beside You - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Ave Maria - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Amazing Grace - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Simple Gifts - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
  • Deep River - Arranged by Chris Hazell - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
  • How Great Thou Art - Bryn Terfel, London Symphony Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth, London Voices, Terry Edwards
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2005-10-10
Run time: 70 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £1.25

Review Simple Gifts / Bryn Terfel:


Review Universal Classics / Chopin: Favourite Piano Works
Tracks Chopin: Favourite Piano Works
  • Waltz No.6 in D flat, Op.64 No.1 -"Minute"
  • Scherzo No.2 in B flat minor, Op.31
  • Prélude No.25 in C sharp minor, Op.45
  • Ballade No.3 in A flat, Op.47
  • Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2
  • Ballade No.1 in G minor, Op.23
  • 5. in D major
  • Barcarolle in F sharp, Op.60
  • Nocturne No.5 in F sharp, Op.15 No.2
  • No. 3 in E "Tristesse"
  • Waltz No.9 in A flat, Op.69 No.1 -"Farewell"
  • Scherzo No.3 in C sharp minor, Op.39
  • Waltz No.11 in G flat, Op.70 No.1
  • Polonaise No.3 in A, Op.40 No.1 - "Military"
  • No. 11 in A minor "Winter Wind"
  • No. 12 in C minor "Revolutionary"
  • Impromptu No.4 in C sharp minor, Op.66 "Fantaisie-Impromptu"
  • Waltz No.10 in B minor, Op.69 No.2
  • Mazurka No.23 in D Op.33 No.2
  • Waltz No.1 in E flat, Op.18 -"Grande valse brillante"
  • Nocturne No.9 in B, Op.32 No.1
  • No. 5 in G flat "Black Keys"
  • Polonaise No.6 in A flat, Op.53 -"Heroic"
  • Waltz No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.64 No.2
  • Nocturne No.15 in F minor, Op.55 No.1
  • Waltz No.3 in A minor, Op.34 No.2
  • Mazurka No.5 in B flat Op.7 No.1
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 1995-09-18
Run time: 127 min.
Creator: Vladimir Ashkenazy
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.43

Review Chopin: Favourite Piano Works / Universal Classics:


Review Arthaus Musik / DV8 - Three Ballets By DV8 Physical Theatre
Tracks DV8 - Three Ballets By DV8 Physical Theatre
  • David Hinton
  • Clara van Gool
Publisher: Arthaus Musik
Release date: 2007-02-05
Run time: 158 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.25

Review DV8 - Three Ballets By DV8 Physical Theatre / Arthaus Musik:


Review John Williams / The Ultimate Guitar Collection
Tracks The Ultimate Guitar Collection
  • Cueca
  • El condor pasa - Traditional Peruvian Folksong solo guitar & previously unreleased
  • Saltarello Instrumental
  • Una limosna por el amor de Dios (La ultima canción)
  • The Mission (Gabriel's Oboe, Mission Theme, On Earth as it is in Heaven) Voice
  • No. 3 Sevilla (Sevillanas) from Suite española, Op. 47
  • El Colibri Instrumental
  • Nkosi Sikelel'i Afrika
  • Concierto de Aranjuez for Guitar and Orchestra : II. Adagio
  • El Decaméron negro Instrumental : II. La Huida de los Amantes por el Valle de los Ecos
  • Suite española, Op. 47 Instrumental : No. 5 Asturias (Leyenda)
  • Triangular Situations
  • Schindler's List Instrumental
  • Recuerdos de la Alhambra
  • The Entertainer from The Sting Instrumental
  • Lute Suite No. 4 in E Major, BWV 1006a Instrumental : III. Gavotte en Rondeau
  • Three Blues for Classic Guitar Instrumental : Spanish Guitar Blues/Blues for Felix/Swing 59
  • Gnossienne No. 1 Instrumental
  • Courante Instrumental
  • I. Prelude from Suite for Lute (Guitar) No. 4 in E Major, BWV 1006a: Excerpt
  • Pavane for Guitar and String Orchestra Instrumental
  • Preludio en do menor 213
  • Dance from "La Vida Breve" Instrumental
  • Romance for Guitar and String Orchestra previously unreleased
  • Concerto for Lute (Guitar), Two Violins (Strings) and Basso Continuo in D Major, R. 93 Instrumental : I. Allegro giusto
  • Sunburst Instrumental
  • Trio for Violin, Lute (Guitar) and Basso Continuo in C Major, R. 82 Instrumental : III. Allegro
  • Gymnopédie No. 3 (for guitar and small orchestra) Instrumental
  • Scherzino mexicano Instrumental
  • The Godfather (Love Theme, Godfather Waltz) Instrumental
  • Cavatina from The Deer Hunter Instrumental
  • Malinke Guitars
  • Como Llora una Estrella
  • El Diablo Suelto
  • Salut D'Amor Instrumental
  • Sonata in E Major, K. 380 (L. 23) Instrumental
  • Aeolian Suite for guitar and small orchestra Instrumental : I. Aeolian Chant
  • Tórre Bermeja
  • La catedral
Publisher: Sony Classical
Release date: 2007-08-20
RRP: £17.99
Price: £8.57

Review The Ultimate Guitar Collection / John Williams:


Review John Adams / A Flowering Tree
Tracks A Flowering Tree
  • Scene 4
  • Scene 2
  • Scene 3
  • Scene 6
  • Scene 1
  • Scene 5
Publisher: Nonesuch
Release date: 2008-09-22
Run time: 112 min.
RRP: £31.99
Price: £14.26

Review A Flowering Tree / John Adams:


Review Great Recordings of the Century / Orff: Carmina Burana
Tracks Orff: Carmina Burana
  • II. In Taberna
  • Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
  • Uf Dem Anger
  • Fortuna Imperatrix Mundi
  • III. Cours D'Amour
  • I. Primo Vere
  • Blanziflor Et Helena
Publisher: Great Recordings of the Century
Release date: 1998-10-05
Creator: Thomas Allen
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.66

Review Orff: Carmina Burana / Great Recordings of the Century:


Review Original Soundtrack / The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings
Tracks The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Paths of the Dead
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Dernhelm in Battle
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Passing of Théoden
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/A Far Green Country
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Palantír
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Journey to the Cross-Roads
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Eagles
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Return to Edoras
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Passing of the Grey Compa
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Bilbo's Song
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Grace of Undómiel
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Merry's Simple Courage
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Marshalling at Dunharrow
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Tomb of the Stewards
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Eleanor
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Grond - The Hammer of the Und
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Mount Doom
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Parting of Sam and Frodo
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Allegiance to Denethor
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Mouth of Sauron
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Land of Shadow
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Master Meriadoc, Swordthain
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Siege of Gondor
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Mûmakil
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Shieldmaiden of Rohan
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Dwimorberg - The Haunted Moun
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Gollum's Villany
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Battle of the Pelennor Fi
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Sacrifice of Faramir (Inc
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/For Frodo
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Flight from Edoras
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Pyre of Denethor
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Last Debate (Includes "As
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Andúril - Flame of the West
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Shelob's Lair
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Roots and Beginnings
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Osgiliath Invaded
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Days of the Ring (Includes "I
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Shelob the Great
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Green Dragon
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Houses of Healing
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Stairs of Cirith Ungol
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/A Coronal of Silver and Gold
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/Éowyn's Dream
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Road to Isengard
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Fellowship Reunited
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Eyes of the White Tower
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Crack of Doom
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Tower of Cirith Ungol
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Lighting of the Beacons
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Chalice Passed
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Journey to the Grey Haven
  • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King/The Foot of Orthanc
Publisher: Reprise/WEA
Release date: 2007-11-20
Run time: 229 min.
RRP: £58.99
Price: £33.50

Review The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King - The Complete Recordings / Original Soundtrack:


Review Sixteen / Ikon
Tracks Ikon
  • De Profundis - Arvo Part
  • Pater Noster - Stravinsky
  • Bless The Lord, O My Soul (Blagoslovi, Dushe Moya, Ghospoda) - Chesnokov
  • We Hymn Thee (Tebe Poyem) - Rachmaninov
  • Lord, Now Lettest Thou (Nine Otpushchayeshi) - Kalinnikov
  • A New Song - MacMillan
  • O Weisheit - Arvo Part
  • Ave Maria - Rachmaninov
  • Kohima - John Tavener
  • Ave Maria - Stravinsky
  • Exhortation - John Tavener
  • We Hymn Thee (Tebe Poyem) - Chesnokov
  • Nunc Dimittis - Holst
  • The Cherubic Hymn (Izhe Heruvimi) - Rachmaninov
  • A Child's Prayer - MacMillan
  • Song For Athene - John Tavener
  • The Woman With The Alabaster Box - Arvo Part
Publisher: Ucj
Release date: 2006-04-03
Run time: 63 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £6.61

Review Ikon / Sixteen:


Review ECM New Series / Pärt: Alina
Tracks Pärt: Alina
  • Spiegel im Spiegel
  • Spiegel im Spiegel
  • Für Alina
  • Spiegel im Spiegel
  • Für Alina
Publisher: ECM New Series
Release date: 1999-10-25
Run time: 51 min.
Creator: Dietmar Schwalke
RRP: £14.99
Price: £6.67

Review Pärt: Alina / ECM New Series:

This is a remarkable release, both for its beauty and its novelty at programming. Für Alina is a two-minute solo piano piece composed by Pärt in l976 that ushered in his "tintinnabuli" style, that is, the bell-like, simple, no-notes-wasted method for which he has become beloved and famous. On this CD, pianist Alexander Malter plays it twice, as the second and fourth tracks; each iteration takes almost 11 minutes (Pärt assumed it would be embellished, and he chose this pair for the CD). There are minute variations in tempo, emphasis, and rubato from one to the other, but, all that being said, it amounts to 22 minutes of the most beautiful, contemplative music ever performed. Almost equally gentle is Spiegel im Spiegel , played as tracks 1, 3 and 5 and scored for piano and, respectively, violin, cello, and then violin again. The notes the instruments mirror one another (Spiegel is German for mirror), with notes added to the scale with each repetition, and so on. Almost impossible to describe in its loveliness, each of the three sets is beautiful; the cello in track 3 gives it extra mellowness. This is music staggering in its simple complexity and a treat for the ear and heart. -Robert Levine.

Review Sony Classical / My Fair Lady - Original Soundtrack
Tracks My Fair Lady - Original Soundtrack
  • Rain In Spain
  • Just You Wait
  • Intermission
  • Why Can't The English
  • On The Street Where You Live
  • Ascot Gavotte
  • Overture
  • On The Street Where You Live
  • Embassy Waltz
  • Show Me
  • Exit Music
  • Servants' Chorus
  • Transylvanian March
  • Ascot Gavotte
  • Flower Market
  • I've Grown Accustomed To Her Face
  • Get Me To The Church On Time
  • Flowermarket
  • Just You Wait
  • Without You
  • I'm An Ordinary Man
  • End Titles
  • Hymn To Him
  • I Could Have Danced All Night
  • Wouldn't It Be Loverly
  • You Did It
  • With A Little Bit Of Luck
Publisher: Sony Classical
Release date: 1999-11-01
Creator: Bill Shirley
RRP: £8.99
Price: £4.15

Review My Fair Lady - Original Soundtrack / Sony Classical:

Lerner and Loewe's elegant, indestructible musical is one of those rare Broadway triumphs to be transferred to the big screen with practically every note and lyric intact. Warner's plush film version also preserved for posterity the definitive performances of Rex Harrison as Professor Higgins (though Jack Warner originally wanted Cary Grant) and Stanley Holloway as Alfred Dolittle. But if the decision to replace Broadway's radiant Julie Andrews (then a stranger to Hollywood) with the more bankable Audrey Hepburn remains a tad controversial, there is little doubt that Miss Hepburn made a captivatingly chic Eliza Dolittle; albeit with a singing voice provided by game dubber-for-the-stars, Marni Nixon. My Fair Lady was lovingly restored to its full Technicolored, widescreen glory in 1994, and from the spectacularly revitalised soundtrack comes this sumptuous rival to its legendary Broadway counterpart. Greatly expanded to present every beautifully constructed number in its entirety, as well as previously unreleased nuggets from André Previn's luminous, Oscar-winning underscore, the earlier CD of the 1964 soundtrack album now sounds distinctly moth-eaten.

Review Johnny Morris / Carnival Of The Animals - Narrated by Johnny Morris
Tracks Carnival Of The Animals - Narrated by Johnny Morris
  • Kangaroos
  • Pianists
  • The Swan
  • Introduction
  • The Sorcerer's Apprentice
  • Introduction
  • The Conversation
  • Birds
  • Little Ugly, Empress Of The Pagodas
  • Hop-O'-My-Thumb
  • Wild Asses
  • Finale
  • The Cuckoo In The Depths Of The Woods
  • People With Long Ears
  • Fossils
  • Elephants
  • Aquarium
  • Cocks And Hens
  • The Fairy Garden
  • The Tortoise
  • Royal March Of The Lion
  • Sleeping Beauty's Parade
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 1998-10-05
Run time: 68 min.
Creator: Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.35

Review Carnival Of The Animals - Narrated by Johnny Morris / Johnny Morris:


Review Bryn Terfel Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera Gareth Jones / We'll Keep a Welcome
Tracks We'll Keep a Welcome
  • We'll keep a welcome
  • Diolch i'r ior
  • Sunset poem
  • Cymru fach
  • Hyfrydol
  • Calon lan
  • Hen wlad fy nhadau
  • My little welsh home
  • Hen wlad fy nhadau
  • Dafydd y garreg wen
  • Ar lan y mor
  • Myfanwy
  • Men of harlech
  • Cwm rhondda
  • Suo gan
  • Sosban fach
  • Bugal aberdyfl
  • Hiraeth
  • Ar hyd y nos
  • Tydi a roddaist
  • Sul y blodau
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2000-10-16
Run time: 74 min.
RRP: £8.99
Price: £3.84

Review We'll Keep a Welcome / Bryn Terfel Orchestra of the Welsh National Opera Gareth Jones:

As one of the UK's leading opera singers, bass-baritone Bryn Terfel is known and universally admired for his recordings and live performances. He has, however, taken time out to head back to Wales and record a disc of songs and hymns from his homeland. To quote "Cymru Fach", "There's a place for the whole of her in my heart, dearest Wales. Each mountain, each valley, each river, dearest Wales. 'Though I travel far from her hilltops, far from her resounding waterfalls, within minutes I will dream my way back from afar to that sanctuary of my childhood: dearest Wales". The resulting CD comprises 21 tracks, from the rousing and joyous "Cwm Rhondda" to the poignant and introspective "My Little Welsh Home". Joined by the massed forces of the Black Mountain Chorus, Risca Male Choir and the Orchestra of Welsh National Opera, Terfel is the perfect ambassador for this music, while Chris Hazell should be commended for his imaginative orchestrations of 17 of the tracks. The sleeve notes for We'll Keep a Welcome cite the Welsh proverb "To be born Welsh is to be born with music in your blood and poetry in your soul". Terfel was born with music, poetry and a little bit of magic, all of which he brings to this CD. Whether or not you are Welsh, this is one disc sure to send tingles up and down your spine. [+]
-Rebecca Agnew.

Review Victor / The Only Piano Album You'll Ever Need
Tracks The Only Piano Album You'll Ever Need
  • Moonlight Sonoata Op. 27/2 (1st Mvt) - Beethoven
  • Liebestraume, No. 3 in A Flat - Liszt
  • Piano Concerto No. 5 "Emperor" (3rd Mvt) - Beethoven
  • Gymnopedie No. 1 - Satie
  • Le Onde - Einaudi
  • The Girl With The Flaxen Hair - Debussy
  • The Entertainer - Joplin
  • Intermezzo in A, Op. 118/2
  • Rondo Alla Turca from Sonata K331 - Mozart
  • Nocturne in E Flat, Op. 9/2 - Chopin
  • Rhapsody on a Theme of Pafnini (Variation 18) - Rachmaninov
  • Impromptu in G flat, D.899/3 - Schubert
  • Piano Concerto No. 21, K467 'Elvira Madigan' (2nd Mvt) - Mozart
  • Pavane for a Dead Infanta - Ravel
  • Mephisto Waltz No. 1 - Liszt
  • Prelude in C Minor - Rachmaninov
  • Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18 (3 Mvt) - Rachmaninov
  • Minute Waltz in D falt, Op. 64/1 - Chopin
  • Fur Elise - Beethoven
  • Pinao Concerto, Op. 16 (2 Mvt) - Grieg
  • Transcendental Study No. 5 'Flex Follets' - Liszt
  • Traumerie (Kinderszenen) - Schumann
  • Clair de Lune - Debussy
  • Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring - Bach, Arr Hess
  • Revolutionary Study, Op. 10/12 - Chopin
  • Rhapsody in Blue (finale) - Gershwin
  • Piano Concerto No. 1 in B flat Minor, Op. 23 (3 Mvt) - Tchaikovsky
Publisher: Victor
Release date: 2003-05-26
Run time: 146 min.
Creator: Andrew Wilde
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.70

Review The Only Piano Album You'll Ever Need / Victor:

Whoever first dreamt up the title "The Only Piano/Opera/Banjo Album You'll Ever Need" must have been hoping record buyers wouldn't take it too literally. A translation would be "We Hope That When You've Listened To This You'll Want To Buy Lots More Piano/Opera/Banjo Albums". So as an attempt to lure listeners into the world of the piano, how does this set measure up? Most of the all-time favourite piano pieces are here (though you won't find Golliwogg's Cakewalk) and childhood memories may well be stirred by the likes of Für Elise and Rondo alla Turca. It's not all solo piano-the orchestra is wheeled on for the Big Moments from concertos by Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven, Mozart and Rachmaninov (who also gets the famous 18th variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini). Among the big-name pianists represented are Geza Anda, Emanuel Ax, Emil Gilels, Vladimir Horowitz, Alfredo Perl, Kathryn Stott and Andrew Wilde. Recordings range in time from 1955 to 1999. Purists may bridle at the lollipop nature of the programme, but for those genuinely looking for an introduction to the instrument's richly rewarding repertoire, the 150 minutes of music on these two CDs should fit the bill nicely. -Keith Clarke.

Review RCA Victor / The Only Guitar Album You'll Ever Need
Tracks The Only Guitar Album You'll Ever Need
  • Verano Porteno - Piazzolla
  • Sonata in C, Op.15 - Allegro - Giuliani
  • Romance - Anonymous
  • Danzas espanolas, Op.37, No.5 - Andaluza - Granados
  • Malaguena - Pujol
  • La Catedral - Barrios
  • Fandanguillo, Op.36 - Turina
  • Prelude No.2 - Villa-lobos
  • Miller's Dance (The three cornered hat) - Falla
  • Choros No.1 - Villa-lobos
  • Prelude in D major - J.S.Bach
  • Semper Dowland, semper dolens - Dowland
  • Concierto de Aranjuez - Adagio - Rodrigo
  • Recuerdos de la Alhambra - Tarrega
  • Spanish dance No.1 (La vida breve)
  • Homenaje, le tombeau de Debussy - Falla
  • Adelita - Tarrega
  • Sevilla - Albeniz
  • En los Trigales - Rodrigo
  • Variations on Greensleeves - Cutting
  • Cavatina (Deer Hunter) - Myers
  • Lagrima - Richoly
  • Natalie (Vals Venezulano No.3) - Lauro
  • Pavane pour une infante defunte - Ravel
  • Homenaje a Tarrega, Op.69 - Garrotin & Soleares
  • Divertimenti, K.Anh.229 - Larghetto & Allegro - Mozart
  • Canarios - Sanz
  • Fantasia in E minor - Weiss
  • Concerto in D for lute & strings, RV93 - Largo
  • Asturias - Albeniz
  • Zapateado (from 3 spanish pieces) - Rodrigo
  • Danzas espanolas, Op.37, No.11 - Zambra - Granados
Publisher: RCA Victor
Release date: 2003-10-06
Creator: Kurt Schneeweiss
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.75

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Review Sony Classical / Bach - Goldberg Variations (1981)
Publisher: Sony Classical
Release date: 2004-07-26
Creator: Glenn Gould
RRP: £6.99
Price: £2.97

Review Bach - Goldberg Variations (1981) / Sony Classical:


Review Philips / Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos
Tracks Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos
  • 3. Presto
  • 3. Presto - Arthur Grumiaux, Arrigo Pelliccia, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
  • 3. Rondeau (Tempo di minuetto)
  • 2. Adagio
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro aperto
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Rondo (Allegro)
  • 2. Adagio
  • Adagio for Violin and Orchestra in E, K.261 - Arthur Grumiaux, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro moderato
  • 3. Rondeau (Allegro)
  • 2. Adagio
  • Rondo for Violin and Orchestra in C, K.373 - Arthur Grumiaux, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • 2. Andante - Arthur Grumiaux, Arrigo Pelliccia, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
  • 2. Andante cantabile
  • 3. Rondeau (Andante grazioso - Allegro ma non troppo)
  • 1. Allegro maestoso - Arthur Grumiaux, Arrigo Pelliccia, London Symphony Orchestra, Colin Davis
Publisher: Philips
Release date: 1993-05-10
Run time: 152 min.
Creator: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.61

Review Mozart: Complete Violin Concertos / Philips:

At the ripe old age of 19 Mozart wrote five violin concertos, and they represent his coming of age as a composer of orchestral music. From here on, it's basically one masterpiece after another. Though not difficult works, technically speaking, they partake in full measure of Mozart's uniquely sensual brand of melody. That means that successful performances must know how to spin out a singing musical line, while at the same time making the most of the rare opportunities for soloistic display. Taste and musicianship are more important qualities than virtuosity, and that makes these pieces ideal vehicles for Arthur Grumiaux's aristocratic temperament and technical polish. -David Hurwitz.

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