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Review Mitsuko Uchida / Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.30, 31 & 32
Tracks Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.30, 31 & 32
  • 3. Adagio ma non troppo
  • 2. Prestissimo
  • 2. Allegro molto
  • 4. Fuga (Allegro ma non troppo)
  • 1. Moderato cantabile molto espressivo
  • 2. Arietta (Adagio molto semplice e cantabile)
  • 1. Vivace, ma non troppo - Adagio espressivo - Tempo I
  • 1. Maestoso - Allegro con brio ed appassionato
  • 3. Gesangvoll, mit innigster Empfindung (Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo)
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2006-03-13
Run time: 67 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £6.49

Review Beethoven: Piano Sonatas Nos.30, 31 & 32 / Mitsuko Uchida:


Review Julian Bream Golden Age Singers Margaret Field-Hyde / Julian Bream Plays Dowland And Bach
Tracks Julian Bream Plays Dowland And Bach
  • Mrs. White's Nothinge - Julian Bream
  • 18. His golden locks - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • Mrs. Vaux's Gigge - Julian Bream
  • 4. If my complaints could passions move - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 12. Rest awhile you cruel cares - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 7. Stay, Time, awhile thy flying - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 1. Prelude - Julian Bream
  • 2. Fugue - Julian Bream
  • 9. Praise blindness eyes - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • Queen Elizabeth's Galliard - Julian Bream
  • 19. The lowest trees have tops - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • Farewell (A Fancy) - Julian Bream
  • 1. Unquiet thoughts - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens - Julian Bream
  • Forlorne Hope Fancy - Julian Bream
  • 5. Shall I strive with words to move - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 13. O what hath overwrought - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 22. Humor say what mak'st thou here - Julian Bream, Edith Steinbauer, Beatrice Reichert, Frieda Litschauer, Ernst Knava, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 8. Burst forth my tears - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 18. My heart and tongue were twins - Julian Bream, Beatrice Reichert, Frieda Litschauer, Ernst Knava, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • Almain (An Unnamed Piece) - Julian Bream
  • Prelude In C Minor Bwv 999 (Played In D Minor) - Julian Bream
  • Lachrimae Antiquae Pavan - Julian Bream
  • Orlando sleepeth - Julian Bream
  • 21. Away with these self-loving lads - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 7. Dear, if you change - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 1. Prelude - Julian Bream
  • My Ladye Hunsdon's Puffe - Julian Bream
  • 3. Allegro - Julian Bream
  • 5. Can she excuse my wrongs - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • King of Denmark's Galliard - Julian Bream
  • 21. Come when I call - Julian Bream, Edith Steinbauer, Beatrice Reichert, Frieda Litschauer, Ernst Knava, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • 5. Bourée - Julian Bream
  • 13. Sleep wayward thoughts - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • Melancholy Galliard - Julian Bream
  • 5. Chaconne - Julian Bream
  • 11. If floods of tears - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • Fantasia - Julian Bream
  • 19. Awake, sweet love - Julian Bream, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
  • Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral - Julian Bream
  • 4. Sarabande - Julian Bream
  • 2. Fugue - attacca: - Julian Bream
  • 8. Flow not so fast, ye fountains - Julian Bream, Edith Steinbauer, Beatrice Reichert, Frieda Litschauer, Ernst Knava, Golden Age Singers, Margaret Field-Hyde
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2008-06-16
Run time: 141 min.
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.21

Review Julian Bream Plays Dowland And Bach / Julian Bream Golden Age Singers Margaret Field-Hyde:


Review Opus Arte Media Productions / Eroica [2003]
Tracks Eroica [2003]
  • Anton Lesser
  • Tim Pigott-Smith
  • Leo Bill
  • Ian Hart
  • Robert Glenister
  • Simon Cellan Jones
Publisher: Opus Arte Media Productions
Release date: 2005-05-02
Run time: 129 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £14.30

Review Eroica [2003] / Opus Arte Media Productions:


Review Harmonia Mundi / Cavalli - La Calisto [1996]
Tracks Cavalli - La Calisto [1996]
  • Graham Pushee
  • Dominique Visse
  • Concerto Koln
  • Maria Bayo
  • Rene Jacobs
  • Herbert Wernicke
Publisher: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: 2006-11-06
Run time: 232 min.
RRP: £29.99
Price: £15.89

Review Cavalli - La Calisto [1996] / Harmonia Mundi:


Review Twyla Robinson / Beethoven - Symphony No 9, 'Choral' (LSO, Haitink)
Tracks Beethoven - Symphony No 9, 'Choral' (LSO, Haitink)
  • Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
  • Scherzo: Molto Vivace
  • Presto-Allegro Ma Non Troppo-Vivace-Adagio Cantabile
  • Adagio Molto E Cantabile
Publisher: Lso Live
Release date: 2006-09-04
Run time: 68 min.
Creator: London Symphony Chorus
RRP: £5.99
Price: £4.20

Review Beethoven - Symphony No 9, 'Choral' (LSO, Haitink) / Twyla Robinson:


Review Jackson/Maggini Quartet / Vaughan Williams - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Phantasy Quintet
Tracks Vaughan Williams - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Phantasy Quintet
  • String Quartet No. 2 in A minor: Romance: Largo
  • Phantasy Quintet: Prelude: Lento ma non troppo
  • String Quartet No. 1 in G minor: Minuet and Trio: Tempo do minuetto
  • Phantasy Quintet: Burlesca: Allegro moderato
  • Phantasy Quintet: Scherzo: Prestissimo
  • String Quartet No. 1 in G minor: Allegro moderato
  • String Quartet No. 2 in A minor: Scherzo: Allegro
  • String Quartet No. 2 in A minor: Epilogue: Andante sostenuto
  • String Quartet No. 2 in A minor: Prelude: Allegro appassionato
  • String Quartet No. 1 in G minor: Finale: Rondo Capriccioso - Allegro
  • Phantasy Quintet: Alla Sarabanda: Lento
  • String Quartet No. 1 in G minor: Romance: Andante sostenuto
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 67 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.06

Review Vaughan Williams - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2; Phantasy Quintet / Jackson/Maggini Quartet:

The second of Vaughan Williams' two-string quartets proves particularly fascinating listening in these marvellously sympathetic and beautifully recorded performances of some unjustly overlooked repertoire. Completed in 1943, it's a searching, formidably taut utterance, whose troubled demeanour points the way forward to the apocalyptic Sixth Symphony of five years later. Only in the hushed final movement do the clouds finally lift, but it's a hard-won serenity that never quite banishes the work's nervy undertow. By contrast, the bracing First Quartet of 1908 is more obviously influenced by folk and often acquires a distinctly Gallic hue-no great surprise, perhaps, given that VW had finished his studies with Ravel in Paris just a few months previously. It's a wonderfully melodious, exquisitely wrought piece, whose comparative neglect down the years continues to baffle, and it's preceded here by the Phantasy Quintet, another prodigiously inventive, raptly lyrical essay, completed in 1912. Throughout, the Magginis respond with exhilarating assurance, irreproachable sensitivity and unstinting dedication; for the lovely Phantasy Quintet they are joined by the excellent Garfield Jackson (violist of the Endellion Quartet). This is yet another remarkable Naxos bargain, in sum, and absolutely not to be missed. -Andrew Achenbach.

Review Various Artists / Cello Adagios
Tracks Cello Adagios
  • Panis Angelicus - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • 3. Andante - Heinrich Schiff, Elisabeth Leonskaja
  • Mélodie, Op.20, No.1 - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • Ebben?...Ne andrò lontana - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • Après un rêve - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • Salut d'amour, Op.12 - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • Kol Nidrei, Op.47 - Adagio on Hebrew Melodies for Cello and Orchestra (Adagio ma non troppo) - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • Le Cygne - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • 2. Adagio non Troppo - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • Beau Soir - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • Sicilienne - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • Rêverie - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • 1. Berceuse - John Lenehan, Julian Lloyd Webber
  • 2. Adagio - János Starker, György Sebök
  • Nocturne - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • 1. Prayer - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • Valse sentimentale, Op.51, No.6 - Heinrich Schiff, Samuel Sanders
  • Sicilienne, Op.78 - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • Elégie, Op.24 - Julian Lloyd Webber, English Chamber Orchestra, Yan Pascal Tortelier
  • Liebesleid - Arr. for Cello and Piano - Heinrich Schiff, Samuel Sanders
  • Romance, Op.62 - Julian Lloyd Webber, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Neville Marriner
  • 3. Adagio - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Yehudi Menuhin
  • Ave Maria - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • Méditation de Thaïs - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • Clair de lune - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Cleobury
  • Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2 - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • Air on the G string - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • Vocalise, Op.34, No.14 - Version Cello and Piano - Lynn Harrell, Vladimir Ashkenazy
  • An die Musik, D.547 (Op.88/4) - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • 7. Träumerei - Lynn Harrell, Bruno Canino
  • 2. Adagio ma non troppo - János Starker, London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti
  • Cantilena from Sonata No.11 in D minor, Op.148 - Julian Lloyd Webber, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, James Judd
  • Cantabile - Heinrich Schiff, Samuel Sanders
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2004-05-10
Run time: 154 min.
RRP: £9.99
Price: £6.13

Review Cello Adagios / Various Artists:


Review Corydon Singers / Vaughan Williams: Choral Works
Tracks Vaughan Williams: Choral Works
  • Mystical Songs (5): no 5, Antiphon
  • Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings: no 2, Who is this fair one?
  • Old Hundredth Psalm Tune
  • The Pilgrim's progress: The Way
  • The Pilgrim's progress: The Gate
  • Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings: no 1, Lord! come away!
  • The Pilgrim's progress: Vanity Fair
  • Dona nobis pacem: no 3, Word over all, beautiful as the sky
  • The Pilgrim's progress: The Shepherd
  • Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings: no 3, Come Love, come Lord
  • Dona nobis pacem: no 4, The last sunbeam
  • O clap your hands
  • The Pilgrim's progress: The Kingdom
  • Hymns (4) for Tenor, Viola and Strings: no 4, O gladsome light - O grace
  • Lord, thou hast been our refuge
  • The Pilgrim's progress: The Palace Beautiful
  • The Pilgrim's progress: Epilogue
  • The Pilgrim's progress: Prologue
  • Dona nobis pacem: no 1, Agnus Dei qui tollis peccata mundi
  • The Pilgrim's progress: Apollyon
  • Mystical Songs (5): no 3, Love bade me welcome
  • Serenade to music
  • The Pilgrim's progress: The Trial
  • Dona nobis pacem: no 2, Beat! beat! drums! - Blow! bugles! blow!
  • Mystical Songs (5): no 1, Easter
  • Mystical Songs (5): no 4, The call
  • Fantasia on Christmas Carols
  • Shepherds of the delectable mountains
  • Mystical Songs (5): no 2, I got me flowers
  • Choral Hymns (3): no 1, Easter Hymn
  • Choral Hymns (3): no 3, Whitsunday Hymn
  • A Song of thanksgiving
  • Choral Hymns (3): no 2, Christmas Hymn
  • Magnificat
  • Dona nobis pacem: no 5, The Angel of Death has been abroad throughout the land
  • Flos campi
  • The Pilgrim's progress: The Delectable Mountains
  • The Pilgrim's progress: Giant Despair
  • Toward the unknown region
Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: 2008-06-02
Run time: 281 min.
RRP: £24.99
Price: £16.41

Review Vaughan Williams: Choral Works / Corydon Singers:


Review EMI / Janácek: Sinfonietta / Glagolitic Mass
Tracks Janácek: Sinfonietta / Glagolitic Mass
  • Sinfonietta: Andante con moto (The Town Hall, Brno)
  • Glagolitic Mass: I: Introduction
  • Sinfonietta: IV. Allegretto (The Street Leading To The Castle)
  • Glagolitic Mass: VI: Agnus Dei
  • Glagolitic Mass: III: Gloria
  • Glagolitic Mass: VIII: Intrada
  • Sinfonietta: II: Andante (The Spilberg Castle, Brno)
  • Sinfonietta: I: Allegretto (Fanfare) - Simon Rattle
  • Glagolitic Mass: IV: Credo
  • Sinfonietta: III: Moderato (The Queen's Monastery, Brno)
  • Glagolitic Mass: II: Kyrie
  • Glagolitic Mass: VII: Organ solo
  • Glagolitic Mass: V: Sanctus
Publisher: EMI
Release date: 1999-09-14
Run time: 62 min.
Creator: John Mitchinson
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.48

Review Janácek: Sinfonietta / Glagolitic Mass / EMI:


Review DG / Chopin: Complete Nocturnes
Tracks Chopin: Complete Nocturnes
  • Nocturne No.19 in E minor, Op.72 No.1
  • Nocturne No.11 in G minor, Op.37 No.1
  • Nocturne No.9 in B, Op.32 No.1
  • Nocturne No.18 in E, Op.62 No.2
  • Nocturne No.16 in E flat, Op.55 No.2
  • Nocturne No.6 in G minor, Op.15 No.3
  • Nocturne No.3 in B, Op.9 No.3
  • Nocturne No.2 in E flat, Op.9 No.2
  • Nocturne No.7 in C sharp minor, Op.27 No.1
  • Nocturne No.8 in D flat, Op.27 No.2
  • Nocturne No.10 in A flat, Op.32 No.2
  • Nocturne No.13 in C minor, Op.48 No.1
  • Nocturne No.1 in B flat minor, Op.9 No.1
  • Nocturne No.4 in F, Op.15 No.1
  • Nocturne No.14 in F sharp minor, Op.48 No.2
  • Nocturne No.15 in F minor, Op.55 No.1
  • Nocturne No.12 in G, Op.37 No.2
  • Nocturne No.5 in F sharp, Op.15 No.2
  • Nocturne No.20 in C sharp minor, Op.posth.
  • Nocturne No.21 in C minor, Op.posth.
  • Nocturne No.17 in B, Op.62 No.1
Publisher: DG
Release date: 1997-11-10
Run time: 114 min.
Creator: Daniel Barenboim
RRP: £10.99
Price: £7.05

Review Chopin: Complete Nocturnes / DG:

On the 150th anniversary of his death, Deutsche Grammophon released this impressive box set featuring the complete works of Frédéric Chopin. Spread out over 17 CDs, it contains some truly big-name artists-Argerich, Pollini, Barenboim, and Ashkenazy-and a few you've probably never heard of. The majority of the set's nine volumes contain some music newly produced for this undertaking, and a few items (Chopin's songs, for instance) were recorded specifically for this collection. A well-illustrated book is included-it contains an essay, dateline, and illustrations-and each volume in the set gets its own liner notes. The music? It varies from great to less than great, but most of it is worth hearing. Those accustomed to Rubinstein's readings of the Mazurkas will find those played by Jean-Marc Luisada less fluid and lacking Rubinstein's power. Chopin's songs, seldom heard and filled with elements of Polish folk dances and the less-than-stellar lyrics of the composer's friend Stefan Witwicki, get a college try here by soprano Elzbieta Szmytka. They sound as good as you'll hear anywhere (if you can find them). It probably goes without saying that Martha Argerich's rousing 26 Préludes are some of the set's more exciting moments. But, really, the entire collection is solid. [+]
It should be noted that budget label Naxos has released its own Chopin edition at less than half the price of this set. With Idil Biret as the only performer on that set, you miss out on some of the diverse performances and personalities found here. Also, to please those of us who already own favourite performances of these works, each two-CD volume in the Complete Chopin Edition can be purchased individually. Bravo. -Jason Verlinde.

Review Hyperion / Essential Purcell
Tracks Essential Purcell
  • Complete Anthems And Services Vol.7: Thou Knowest, Lord, The Secrets Of Our Hearts
  • Complete Secular Solo Songs Vol.1: Oh, Fair Cedaria
  • The Choir Of The King's Consort: Hear My Prayer, O Lord
  • Complete Secular Solo Songs Vol.1: If Music Be The Food Of Love (First Setting)
  • Complete Anthems And Services Vol.3: Hosanna To The Highest
  • Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol. 5: Welcome, Welcome Glorious Morn. Symphony And Opening Chorus
  • Complete Anthems And Services Vol. 11: An Evening Hymn
  • Great Baroque Arias: When I Am Laid In Earth ('Dido's Lament')
  • Complete Anthems And Services Vol.1: Let Mine Eyes Run Down With Tears (Part 1)
  • Complete Anthems And Services Vol.3: Remember Not, Lord, Our Offences
  • Mr. Henry Purcell's Most Admirable Composures: Fairest Isle, All Isles Excelling
  • Complete Church Music Vol.2: Vouchsafe, O Lord, To Keep Us This Day
  • Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.6: Mark, How Readily Each Pliant String
  • Complete Secular Solo Songs Vol.3: She Loves And She Confesses Too
  • Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.8: O How Blest Is The Isle
  • Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.2: With Rapture Of Delight... Hail Bright Cecilia
  • Complete Anthems And Services Vol.5: Rejoice In The Lord Always ('The Bell Anthem')
  • Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.4: The Sparrow And The Gentle Dove
  • Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol. 3: Be Welcome Then, Great Sir
  • Complete Odes And Welcome Songs Vol.8: Sound The Trumpet
Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: 1994-10-01
Run time: 79 min.
Creator: Gillian Fisher
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.42

Review Essential Purcell / Hyperion:

The "Essential" Purcell? Well, you could get a bunch of critics to argue about that for a few days, but in the meantime, here is a sampler of highlights from the King's Consort's three admirable Purcell series: the Complete Odes and Welcome Songs, Complete Anthems and Services, and Complete Secular Solo Songs. There are, of course, some of Purcell's most-performed pieces (which probably are "essential"): Dido's Lament from Dido and Aeneas, "Sound the trumpet" from Come, ye sons of Art, Rejoice in the Lord always (the "Bell Anthem," named for the string figure at the opening that sounds like pealing bells), the gently patriotic "Fairest isle, all isles excelling" (sung by a miscast James Bowman), and a selection from the funeral music for Queen Mary. There are also some delightful surprises-particularly among the little-known secular songs and church music. The plaintive "O fair Cedaria" gets a lovely performance by Barbara Bonney (a singer not usually associated with Purcell); tenor Rogers Covey-Crump (possibly the ideal high tenor for Purcell) sings the enchanting "If music be the food of love"; the church anthems "Let mine eyes run down with tears" and "Remember not, O Lord, our offences" have some startling harmonies as daring as any Monteverdi ever wrote. If you're unfamiliar with Purcell, this reasonably priced disc is a good place to start exploring without a big initial investment. -Matthew Westphal.

Review Universal Classics / Göran Söllscher - From Yesterday to Penny Lane
Tracks Göran Söllscher - From Yesterday to Penny Lane
  • 4. Yesterday - Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Mats Rondin
  • 5. Got to get you into my life - Mats Rondin, Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker
  • Westward Look - Mats Rondin, Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker
  • New York - Mats Rondin, Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker
  • 3. Here, There & Everywhere - Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Mats Rondin
  • 7. Penny Lane - Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Mats Rondin
  • 2. A Ticket to Ride - Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Mats Rondin
  • I will - Göran Söllscher
  • Can't buy me Love - Göran Söllscher
  • In My Life - Göran Söllscher
  • Norwegian Wood (The Bird has Flown) - Göran Söllscher
  • Help! - Göran Söllscher, Per Arne Glorvigen
  • Old Boston - Mats Rondin, Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker
  • 1.She's Leaving Home - Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Mats Rondin
  • 6. Eleanor Rigby - Göran Söllscher, Göteborgs Symfoniker, Mats Rondin
  • The Long and Winding Road - Göran Söllscher
  • I want to hold you hand - Göran Söllscher, Per Arne Glorvigen
  • Come together - Göran Söllscher, Per Arne Glorvigen
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2001-04-16
Run time: 59 min.
Creator: Per Arne Glorvigen
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.40

Review Göran Söllscher - From Yesterday to Penny Lane / Universal Classics:

From Yesterday to Penny Lane is the follow-up to Göran Söllscher's first disc of Beatles guitar transcriptions-and it is every bit as enjoyable, and stylistically even more adventurous. Söllscher has the knack of knowing how far to take each song-teasing out the pathos in "Norwegian Wood" and "The Long and Winding Road", while respecting the simple yet sublime melodic writing of "In My Life" and "I Will". Per Arne Glorvigen joins him on bandoneon for three tango transformations, including a suitably ominous "Come Together", complete with guitar percussives. For many the fifth Beatle, George Martin's roots in the world of 1950s light music are vividly evoked in his Three American Sketches. "Westward, Look!" engages with its catchy rhythmic syncopation, while "New York, New York" has a breeziness recalling classic Dave Brubeck. Finally, there' a seven-song suite arranged by Cuban Leo Brouwer, guitar composer second to none. Highlights include a wistful and harmonically sumptuous "Here, There and Everywhere", and the elaborate fantasy conjured from "Eleanor Rigby". Crisply and atmospherically recorded, this is worth investigating. -Richard Whitehouse.

Review Decca Eloquence / Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem
Tracks Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem
  • 1. Introitus: Requiem aeternam - Kyrie - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
  • Sanctus - Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  • In paradisum - Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  • Lux Aeterna - Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  • Pie Jesu - Felicity Palmer, Rod McGrath, Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  • 2. Offertorium: Domine Jesu Christe - Benjamin Luxon, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
  • 5. Agnus Dei - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
  • 6. Libera me - Benjamin Luxon, Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
  • 4. Pie Jesu - Jonathon Bond, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
  • 3. Sanctus - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
  • Libera me - John Shirley-Quirk, Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  • 7. In paradisum - Choir Of St. John's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury, The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, George Guest
  • Domine Jesu Christe - John Shirley-Quirk, Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  • Agnus Dei - Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
  • Introït - Kyrie - Westminster Cathedral Boys Choir, London Symphony Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Hickox
Publisher: Decca Eloquence
Release date: 2000-10-16
Run time: 78 min.
Creator: Gabriel Fauré
RRP: £4.99
Price: £3.66

Review Fauré: Requiem/Duruflé: Requiem / Decca Eloquence:


Review Deutsche Grammophon / Rachmaninov - Piano concerto No 2; Paganini Rhapsody
Tracks Rachmaninov - Piano concerto No 2; Paganini Rhapsody
  • Variation X
  • Variation XVI. Allegretto
  • Moderato
  • Introduction. Allegro Vivace
  • Variation XIV. L'istesso Tempo
  • Variation II. L'istesso Tempo
  • Allegro Scherzando
  • Variation XXII. Un Poco Piu Vivo (Alla Breve)
  • Variation IV. Piu Vivo
  • Variation XIX. L'istesso Tempo
  • Variation (Precedente)
  • Tema. L'istesso Tempo
  • Variation XXIII. L'Listesso Tempo
  • Variation VI. L'istesso Tempo
  • Variation VII. Meno Mosso, A Tempo Moderato
  • Variation XVII.
  • Variation X. Piu Vivo. Scherzando
  • Variation XIII. Allegro
  • Variation XX. Un Poco Piu Vivo
  • Variation VIII. Tempo I
  • Variation V. Tempo Precedente
  • Adagio Sostenuto
  • Variation XXI. Un Poco Piu Vivo
  • Variation XII. Tempo Di Minuetto
  • Variation XI. Moderato
  • Variation III. L'istesso Tempo
  • Variation XVIII. Andante Cantabile
  • Variation XXIV. A Tempo Un Poco Meno Mosso
  • Variation IX. L'istesso Tempo
Publisher: Deutsche Grammophon
Run time: 60 min.
Creator: Lang Lang
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.01

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Review Helios / Favourite Baroque Classics
Publisher: Helios
Release date: 2003-03-03
Run time: 79 min.
Creator: Brandenburg Consort
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.36

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Review Samuel Barber / Barber - Adagio for String
Publisher: Sony Classical
Release date: 2005-09-19
RRP: £9.99
Price: £4.73

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Review Erato / Bach - Complete Organ Works
Publisher: Erato
Release date: 2007-09-17
Creator: Johann Sebastian Bach
RRP: £43.99
Price: £30.59

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Review Various Composers / The Complete Wedding Album
Tracks The Complete Wedding Album
  • Through The Eyes Of Love - William Tritt
  • Entrance Of The Queen Of Sheba - Keith Clark
  • Trumpet Tune In D Major - Michael Murray
  • Love Theme From Romeo And Juliet - William Tritt
  • Allegro - Boston Symphony Orchestra
  • Canon In D Major - Yolanda Kondonassis
  • Largo - Keith Clark
  • 'Treulich Gefuart,' Bridal Chorus - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
  • Adagio For Strings - Erich Kunzel
  • Unchained Melody - Erich Kunzel
  • Air - Orchestra Of St. Luke's
  • Ave Maria - Michael Murray
  • Ave Maria - Michael Murray
  • Clair De Lune - Michael Chertock
  • Sheep May Safely Graze - Michael Murray
  • Adagio In G Minor For Strings - Keith Clark
  • Toccata - Michael Murray
  • Wedding March - Michael Murray
  • Adagio Sostenuto - Michael Chertock
  • Prelude No. 1 In C Major - Yolanda Kondonassis
  • Wedding March - Atlanta Symphony Orchestra
  • Sinfonia - Michael Murray
  • Rigaudon - Empire Brass
  • Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - Yolanda Kondonassis
  • Dodi Li - Shira Kammen
  • The Prince Of Denmark's March - Michael Murray
  • Hornpipe - Orchestra Of St. Luke's
  • Largo - Larry Cooperman
  • Largo - Angel Romero
  • Te Deum - Michael Murray
  • Rondeau - Empire Brass
  • The Wedding Song (There Is Love - Danny Donnelly
  • Fantasia On 'Greensleeves' - Leonard Slatkin
  • Rondeau - Michael Murray
  • Gymnopedie No. 1 - Michael Chertock
Publisher: Telarc
Release date: 2001-04-04
RRP: £14.99
Price: £7.46

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Review James Last / Tenderly
Tracks Tenderly
  • Wedding Song (There Is Love) - James Last
  • Tenderly (Try A Little Tenderness) - James Last
  • Love Theme From "The Godfather" - James Last
  • Lara's Theme - James Last Band
  • This Is My Song - James Last Band
  • A Man And A Woman - James Last Band
  • Now I Know - James Last Band
  • The Air That I Breathe - James Last
  • Fly Me To The Moon - James Last Band
  • Hey Jude - James Last
  • What Now My Love - James Last Band
  • I Don't Know How To Love Him - James Last
  • A Whiter Shade Of Pale - James Last
  • I Left My Heart In San Francisco - James Last And His Orchestra
  • Elisabeth-Serenade - James Last Band
  • Games That Lovers Play - James Last
  • Romeo And Juliet - James Last
  • Close Your Eyes - James Last
Publisher: Commercial Marketing
Release date: 1996-03-18
Run time: 58 min.
RRP: £5.99
Price: £0.50

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Review Chandos / Vaughan Williams - The Poisoned Kiss
Tracks Vaughan Williams - The Poisoned Kiss
  • No. 31 Ensemble - Empress: 'You Can Leave Us'
  • No. 8 Duet - Amaryllus - 'It's True I'm Inclined...'
  • No. 27 Introduction
  • No. 29 Ensemble - Empress: 'Monstrous Vision!'
  • No. 17 Trio - Lob: 'Ho There!'
  • No. 21 Song And Duet - Tormentilla; 'There Was...'
  • No. 36 Quartet - All: Love In A Hut...'
  • No. 14 Introduction
  • No. 6 Ensemble - Hob, Lob And Gob: 'Here We Come...'
  • Overture
  • Amaryllus And Gallanthus: 'O, Come To Our Arms'
  • No. 20 Chorus - 'Tormentilla! Tormentilla!'
  • No. 11 Ensemble - Dispacus: 'Who's In My Forest?'
  • No. 5. Duet - Gallanthus: 'It's Really Time...'
  • No. 4. Scena Angelica: 'Day Is Dawning'
  • Tormentilla: 'You Must Not Kiss Me'
  • No. 30 Ballad - Empress: When I Was Young...'
  • No. 9 Ensemble - Tormentilla: 'Hush, Lovely Cobra'
  • No. 39 Finale - Chorus: 'Love Has Conquered!'
  • Amaryllus: 'Blue Larkspur In A Garden'
  • Empress: 'Love Breaks All Rules...'
  • No. 2 Opening Chorus: 'Secret Are The Sounds...'
  • No. 16 Song And Chorus - Angelica And Flower Girls: 'By All The Powers...'
  • No. 18 Duet - Angelica: 'It Does Not Appear...'
  • No. 33 Invocation - Empress: 'Imps And Demons'
  • No. 13 Finale - Dispacus: 'All Is Ready!'
  • No. 35 Duet - Empress: 'Can You, Can You Remember'
  • Dispacus: 'North Wind, South Wind'
  • No. 24 Duet - Tormentilla: 'Sleeping Or Waking'
  • No. 3 Scena - Gallanthus: 'What's That?'
  • No. 32 Duet - Tormentilla: 'Is My Love Alive?'
  • No. 22 Ensemble - Amaryllus: 'was Here It Bade...'
  • No. 23 Serenade - Amaryllus: 'Dear Love, Behold...'
  • No. 37 Sextet - First Medium: 'Horrid Monster!'
  • No. 12 Song - Tormentilla: 'O Who Would Be...'
  • No. 26 Finale. Tormentilla: 'Too Dark For Me...'
  • No. 10 Duet - Amaryllus: 'I KNow We See...'
  • No. 15 Chorus - 'Here We Come'
  • Amaryllus: 'Desist, lest You Die!'
  • No. 38 Duet - Gallanthus: 'It's The Proper Thing To Do'
  • No. 7 Duet And Chorus - Dispacus: 'I'm A Sorcerer Bold'
  • No. 34 Ensemble - Empress: 'Come, O Gentle Powers'
  • No. 19 Trio - Third Medium: 'If You Want To Escape'
  • No. 28 Trio - Mediums: 'Behold Our Mystic...'
  • Tormentilla: 'Angelica?'
Publisher: Chandos
Release date: 2003-10-17
Run time: 116 min.
Creator: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
RRP: £30.99
Price: £16.25

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