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Review Ileana Cotrubas James Bowman Janet Baker Glyndebourne Festival Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Raymond Leppard  / Cavalli: La Calisto - realised by Raymond Leppard
Tracks Cavalli: La Calisto - realised by Raymond Leppard
  • Piacere maggiore havere non può - Hugues Cuenod, Ileana Cotrubas, Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Che non l'ami volete? - Janet Baker, James Bowman, Owen Brannigan, Federico Davia, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Ma come scherna acerbetta - Peter Gottlieb, Ugo Trama, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Calisto alle stelle - Ileana Cotrubas, Peter Gottlieb, Ugo Trama, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Improvvisi stupori - James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Del fuoco fulminato - Peter Gottlieb, Ugo Trama, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Al fin la tanto rigida quella - Janet Hughes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Vivo per te, pietosa - Janet Baker, James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Restino imbalasamate - Ileana Cotrubas, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Sien mortali o divini - Ileana Cotrubas, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Amara servitù - Janet Baker, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Ninfa bella, che mormora di marito - Hugues Cuenod, Janet Hughes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Ardo, sospiro e piango - Hugues Cuenod, Janet Baker, James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Resta, oh adorata Dea - Janet Hughes, Janet Baker, Federico Davia, Owen Brannigan, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Mi si fà gelo il sangue - Ileana Cotrubas, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Ascender qui ved'io - Janet Baker, James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Alme pure e volanti - Teresa Cahill, Enid Hartle, Marjorie Biggar, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • D'aver un consorte io son risoluta - Hugues Cuenod, Janet Hughes, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Numi selvatici - London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Chi non ti crederebbe - Ileana Cotrubas, Janet Baker, Peter Gottlieb, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Dalle gelose mie cure - Teresa Kubiak, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Racconsolata e paga - Teresa Kubiak, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Interprete mal buona - Hugues Cuenod, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Va pur, va pur, va seco - James Bowman, Peter Gottlieb, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Lucidissima face - James Bowman, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Sgorgate ancor sgorgate - Ileana Cotrubas, Teresa Kubiak, Janet Baker, Peter Gottlieb, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • E'Calisto, d'arco armata - Ileana Cotrubas, Peter Gottlieb, Ugo Trama, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
  • Cor mio, che vuoi tu? - Janet Baker, Janet Hughes, James Bowman, Peter Gottlieb, Federico Davia, Owen Brannigan, Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Raymond Leppard
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2004-09-09
Run time: 120 min.
RRP: £19.99
Price: £13.44

Review Cavalli: La Calisto - realised by Raymond Leppard / Ileana Cotrubas James Bowman Janet Baker Glyndebourne Festival Chorus London Philharmonic Orchestra Raymond Leppard:


Review Hyperion  / Schumann - Dichterliebe and other Heine settings Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: 2008-09-01
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Julius Drake
RRP: £15.99
Price: £11.03

Review Schumann - Dichterliebe and other Heine settings / Hyperion:


Review Hilary Hahn Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane  / Bach Concertos
Tracks Bach Concertos
  • 2. Largo ma non tanto - Hilary Hahn, Margaret Batjer, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
  • 3. Allegro - Hilary Hahn, Allan Vogel, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
  • 3. Allegro - Hilary Hahn, Margaret Batjer, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
  • 2. Andante
  • 3. Allegro assai
  • 2. Adagio - Hilary Hahn, Allan Vogel, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
  • 1. (Allegro moderato)
  • 2. Adagio
  • 3. Allegro assai
  • 1. Allegro
  • 1. Allegro - Hilary Hahn, Allan Vogel, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
  • 1. Vivace - Hilary Hahn, Margaret Batjer, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Kahane
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2003-09-29
Run time: 57 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.46

Review Bach Concertos / Hilary Hahn Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Jeffrey Kahane:


Review Collegium  / Feel the Spirit
Tracks Feel the Spirit
  • Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: It Was a Lover and His Lass
  • Heavenly Aeroplane
  • Feel the Spirit: I Got a Robe
  • Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Live With Me and Be My Love
  • Birthday Madrigals: Come Live With Me
  • Skylark
  • Feel the Spirit: Deep River
  • Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: When Daffodils Begin to Peer
  • Feel the Spirit: Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
  • Birthday Madrigals: My True Love Hath My Heart
  • Feel the Spirit: Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
  • Feel the Spirit: Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit
  • Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Who Is Silvia
  • Lord of the Dance
  • Birthday Madrigals: When Daisies Pied
  • Birthday Madrigals: Draw On, Sweet Night
  • Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Spring
  • Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Hey, Ho, the Wind and the Rain
  • Birthday Madrigals: It Was a Lover and His Lass
  • Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare: Fie on Sinful Fantasy
  • Feel the Spirit: When the Saints Go Marching In
  • Feel the Spirit: Steal Away
Publisher: Collegium
Release date: 2001-09-17
Run time: 75 min.
Creator: Cambridge Singers
RRP: £15.99
Price: £8.08

Review Feel the Spirit / Collegium:

John Rutter's Feel the Spirit for mezzo-soprano, choir and orchestra was premiered in June 2001 in Carnegie Hall, New York. Made up of appealing arrangements of familiar spirituals ("Deep River", "When the Saints" etc) in a range of styles (from big-band and the blues to Caribbean and close harmony) it was conceived as a showcase for Melanie Marshall. Her warm, creamy sound is certainly captivating, while the Cambridge Singers are fresh-voiced, flexible and alert. Of equal interest, though, are the smaller-scale Songs and Sonnets from Shakespeare from George Shearing and Rutter's Birthday Madrigals, written by Rutter for Shearing's 75th birthday. Both works feature Shakespearean texts, while Rutter also sets other poets of the same period. Plenty to catch the ear here-try Shearing's wistful "Who is Silvia?" with its naughty take on Schubert, and the delightfully snappy "Fie on sinful fantasy". Rutter's madrigals are just as beguiling, and there in the middle is an example of the kind of introspective number which displays the intriguing other side to his musical personality-a setting of "Draw on Sweet Night" as searching in its own way as John Wilbye's original madrigal. Rutter's direction is exemplary throughout. -Andrew Green.

Review London  / Brahms: Complete Piano Works
Tracks Brahms: Complete Piano Works
  • 7. Intermezzo in A minor
  • 1. Allegro
  • Variation I
  • 6. Intermezzo in A
  • 4. Intermezzo in E major
  • Variations on a Hungarian Song in D major, op.21, no.2
  • 3. Capriccio in G minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.6 in D flat
  • 3. Intermezzo in C
  • Hungarian Dance No.11 in D minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • 2. Intermezzo in A
  • Hungarian Dance No.20 in E minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • 1. Capriccio in D minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.7 in F Hungarian Dance No. 7 in A
  • Hungarian Dance No.21 in E minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.1 in G minor
  • Variation II
  • 1. Intermezzo in A minor
  • 3. in C sharp minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.8 in A minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.16 in F minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • 3. Scherzo (Allegro energico)
  • 4. Intermezzo in B flat
  • Hungarian Dance No.17 in F sharp minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.10 in F
  • Hungarian Dance No.9 in E minor
  • Nos.9-16
  • Rhapsody in G minor, Op.79, No.2
  • Scherzo in E flat minor, Op.4
  • Hungarian Dance No.4 in F sharp minor
  • 4. Finale (Introduzione. Sostenuto - Allegro non troppo e rubato)
  • No.2 in D
  • 4. Intermezzo (Andante molto)
  • Hungarian Dance No.15 in B flat - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Nos.1-8
  • 3. Intermezzo in A flat
  • Hungarian Dance No.2 in D minor
  • 2. Capriccio in B minor
  • 3. Scherzo. Allegro
  • 2. in B flat minor
  • Hungarian Dance No.18 in D - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • 1. Allegro non troppo, ma energico
  • 5. Finale (Allegro moderato ma rubato)
  • Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, Op.24
  • 6. Intermezzo in E major
  • 4. Finale (Allegro con fuoco)
  • 2. Andante espressivo
  • Hungarian Dance No.3 in F
  • Hungarian Dance No.12 in D minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.13 in D - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.14 in D minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • 2. Andante
  • 6. Intermezzo in E flat minor
  • Variations on a theme by Schumann
  • 8. Capriccio in C
  • Variations on an Original Theme in D, Op.21, No.1
  • 3. Scherzo (Allegro molto e con fuoco)
  • 5. Romance in F
  • No.4 in B
  • 2. Andante con espressione
  • 1. Intermezzo in B minor
  • 1. Capriccio in F sharp minor
  • 4. Rhapsody in E flat
  • Hungarian Dance No.19 in B minor - Julius Katchen, Jean Martinon
  • Hungarian Dance No.5 in G minor
  • 1. Allegro maestoso
  • 4. Intermezzo in F minor
  • 5. Intermezzo in E minor
  • 2. Intermezzo in A minor
  • No.3 in B minor
  • No.1 in D minor
  • 7. Capriccio in d minor
  • 2. Intermezzo in E minor
  • Rhapsody in B minor, Op.79, No.1
  • 5. Capriccio in C sharp minor
  • 3. Ballade in G minor
  • 1. in E flat major
Publisher: London
Release date: 1997-11-10
Run time: 382 min.
Creator: Jean-Pierre Marty
RRP: £29.99
Price: £19.14

Review Brahms: Complete Piano Works / London:


Review Tristan Murail  / Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphonie
Tracks Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphonie
  • VIII. Louange A I'Immortalite De Jesus - William Pleeth
  • III. Abime Des Oiseaux - William Pleeth
  • VII. Fouillis D'arcs-En-Ciel, Pour I'Ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps - William Pleeth
  • I. Introduction - Peter Donohoe
  • VIII. Developpement De I'amour - Peter Donohoe
  • V. Joie Du Sang Des Etoiles - Peter Donohoe
  • Le Merle Noir - William Pleeth
  • X. Final - Peter Donohoe
  • I. Liturgie De Cristal - William Pleeth
  • III. Turangalila I - Peter Donohoe
  • IV. Intermede - William Pleeth
  • VI. Danse De La Fureur, Pour Les Sept Trompettes - William Pleeth
  • IX. Turangalila III - Peter Donohoe
  • II. Vocalise, Pour I'Ange Qui Annonce La Fin Du Temps - William Pleeth
  • II. Chant D'amour I - Peter Donohoe
  • V. Louange A I'Eternite De Jesus - William Pleeth
  • VII. Turangalila II - Peter Donohoe
  • IV. Chant D'amour II - Peter Donohoe
  • VI. Jardin Du Sommeil D'amour - Peter Donohoe
Publisher: Gemini
Release date: 2005-04-04
Run time: 132 min.
Creator: Erich Gruenberg
RRP: £10.99
Price: £5.39

Review Messiaen - Turangalîla Symphonie / Tristan Murail:


Review Hyperion  / The English Hymn 4 - All Things Bright and Beautiful
Tracks The English Hymn 4 - All Things Bright and Beautiful
  • Loving shepherd of thy sheep
  • From out of a wood did a cuckoo fly
  • All things bright and beautiful
  • Children of the heavenly King
  • All glory laud and honour
  • Rocking
  • Jesus friend of little children
  • Gentle Jesus meek and mild
  • What a friend we have in Jesus
  • When a Knight won his spurs
  • There's a friend for little children
  • He who would valiant be
  • Now the day is over
  • Dear lord and Father of mankind
  • Onward Christian soldiers
  • All things which live below the sky
  • God my Father loving me
  • Morning has broken
  • Jesus good above all other
  • Daisies are our silver
  • Jesus tender shepherd hear me
  • Tell me the story of Jesus
  • There is a green hill far away
  • Away in a manger
  • Lord of the dance
Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: 2003-05-05
Run time: 64 min.
Creator: Rupert Gough
RRP: £9.99
Price: £7.98

Review The English Hymn 4 - All Things Bright and Beautiful / Hyperion:


Review EMI Classics  / Beethoven - Violin Concerto/Romances 1 & 2
Tracks Beethoven - Violin Concerto/Romances 1 & 2
  • Romance No. 1 In G Major, Op. 40
  • Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra, Op.61: Allegro ma non troppo
  • Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra, Op.61: Rondo
  • Romance No. 2 In F Major, Op. 50
  • Concerto In D Major For Violin And Orchestra, Op.61: Larghetto
Publisher: EMI Classics
Release date: 1989-09-11
Run time: 61 min.
Creator: Itzhak Perlman
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.59

Review Beethoven - Violin Concerto/Romances 1 & 2 / EMI Classics:


Review Naxos  / Dunstable - Sweet Harmony (Masses and Motets)
Tracks Dunstable - Sweet Harmony (Masses and Motets)
  • Sanctus
  • Gloria A 4
  • Gloria In Canon
  • Kyrie
  • Veni Sancte Spiritus-Veni Creator
  • Credo: Jesu Christe Fili Dei
  • Quam Pulchra Es
  • Gloria: Jesu Christe Fili Dei
  • Credo A 4
  • Agnus Dei
  • Sanctus: Da Gaudiorum Premia
  • Credo: Da Gaudiorum Premia
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 2005-10-10
Run time: 70 min.
Creator: Antony Pitts
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.66

Review Dunstable - Sweet Harmony (Masses and Motets) / Naxos:


Review Sarah Connolly  / Elgar - Sea Pictures; The Music Makers
Tracks Elgar - Sea Pictures; The Music Makers
  • Sabbath Morning At Sea
  • A Breath Of Our Inspiration
  • We Are The Music Makers
  • In Haven (Capri)
  • And Therefore Today Is Thrilling
  • We, In The Ages Lying
  • Great Hail! We Cry To The Corners
  • Sea Slumber-Song
  • But We, With Our Dreaming And Singing
  • Where Corals Lie
  • For We Are Afar With The Dawning
  • With Wonderful Deathless Ditties
  • They Had No Vision Amazing
  • The Swimmer
  • Introduction-Moderato
Publisher: Naxos
Release date: 2006-10-30
Run time: 63 min.
Creator: Bournemouth Symphony Chorus
RRP: £5.99
Price: £3.34

Review Elgar - Sea Pictures; The Music Makers / Sarah Connolly:


Review Vladimir Ashkenazy  / Schumann: The Works For Solo Piano
Tracks Schumann: The Works For Solo Piano
  • Etude VIII
  • Einfach - Sehr rasch und leicht
  • 11. Einfach
  • Etude X
  • 3. Langsam getragen. Durchweg leise zu halten - Etwas bewegter
  • 14. Zart und singend
  • 1. Äusserst bewegt
  • 4. Sehr langsam
  • No.2 in D (Äusserst rasch und mit Bravour)
  • 6. Wichtige Begebenheit
  • 3. Sehr aufgeregt
  • 9. Ritter vom Steckenpferd
  • Etude VII
  • Stücklein II: Sehr rasch
  • Albumblätter I: Ziemlich langsam, sehr gesangvoll
  • 4. Ungeduldig
  • Etude IX
  • 6. Sehr langsam
  • 10. Balladenmässig, sehr rasch
  • 7. Träumerei
  • 2. Kuriöse Geschichte
  • Variation II [Symphonic Studies, Op.13]
  • Arabeske in C, Op.18
  • 4. Intermezzo (Colla più grande energia)
  • 9. Abschied
  • 1. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen - Im Legenden-Ton
  • 2. Markiert und lebhaft
  • Etude XII (Finale)
  • 3. Scherzo (Sehr rasch und markiert)
  • Pierrot-Arlequin-Valse noble
  • Variation III [Symphonic Studies, Op.13]
  • 3. Etwas hahnbüchen
  • 2. Sehr innig und nicht zu rasch - Intermezzo I (Sehr lebhaft) - Tempo I - Intermezzo II (Etwas bewegter) - Tempo I
  • Etude IV
  • 14. Geschwindmarsch
  • 1. Mehr langsam, oft zurückhaltend
  • 1. Des Abends
  • 8. Frisch
  • No. 1 in B flat minor (Sehr markiert)
  • 7. Sehr lebhaft
  • Pause-Marche des Davidsbundler contre les Philistins
  • Variation IV [Symphonic Studies, Op.13]
  • 8. Schnell und spielend
  • Abegg Variations, Op.1
  • 5. Sehr lebhaft
  • 8. Jagdlied
  • 6. Fabel
  • Stücklein III: Frisch
  • Coquette-Replique-Papillons
  • Etude II
  • 4. Bittendes Kind
  • 5. Freundliche Landschaft
  • 1. Lebhaft
  • Etude V
  • No. 3 in B (Sehr markiert)
  • 7. Nicht schnell
  • 13. Scherzo
  • Albumblätter III: Ziemlich langsam, sehr gesangvoll
  • Valse allemande-Paganini-Aveu-Promenade
  • 10. Fast zu ernst
  • Etude I
  • 3. Scherzo (Allegrissimo) ed Intermezzo
  • Reconnaissance-Pantalon et Colombine
  • No. 2 in F sharp (Einfach)
  • 4. Verrufene Stelle
  • ASCH-SCHA-Chiarina-Chopin-Estrella
  • 18. Nicht schnell
  • 2. Aria
  • 2. Mäßig. Durchaus energisch - Etwas langsamer - Vielbewegter
  • Albumblätter V. Langsam
  • 4. Einfach
  • 9. Novellette
  • Eusebius-Florestan
  • Einfach und zart - Intermezzo
  • 6. Sehr rasch
  • Papillons, Op.2
  • 1. Eintritt
  • 2. Innig
  • 3. Scherzino
  • 11. Fürchtenmachen
  • 7. Sehr rasch
  • 4. Finale (Allegro un poco maestoso - Più allegro)
  • 5. Einfach
  • 7. Traumes-Wirren
  • Albumblätter II: Schnell
  • Variation V [Symphonic Studies, Op.13]
  • 2. Romanze (Piuttosto lento)
  • Etude III
  • 12. Kind im Einschlummern
  • 6. Herberge
  • 1. Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
  • 5. Glückes genug
  • No.1 in F (Markiert und kräftig)
  • 4. Rondo (Presto - Etwas langsamer - Prestissimo, quasi cadenza - Immer schneller und schneller)
  • 2. Aufschwung
  • 3. Mit grosser Lebhaftigkeit
  • 15. Frisch
  • 5. Finale (Il più vivace possibile)
  • 7. Vogel als Prophet
  • 8. Finale
  • 4. Grillen
  • Theme
  • 8. Ende vom Lied
  • 3. Hastig
  • 12. Abendsmusik
  • Albumblätter IV. Sehr langsam
  • 2. Andantino
  • 13. Wild und lustig
  • Stücklein I: Nicht schnell, mit Innigkeit
  • 2. Jäger auf der Lauer
  • 17. Wie aus der Ferne
  • Variation I [Symphonic Studies, Op.13]
  • 11. Marsch
  • 12. Mit Humor
  • 1. So rasch wie möglich - Schneller - Noch schneller
  • 1. Préambule
  • 3. Warum?
  • 1. Introduzione (Un poco adagio - Allegro vivace - Più lento)
  • 5. In der Nacht
  • 10. Praeludium
  • Etude VI
  • 13. Der Dichter spricht
  • 1. Allegro (Vivace assai)
  • 9. -
  • Etude XI
  • No.8 in F sharp minor (Sehr lebhaft)
  • 3. Einsame Blumen
  • Blumenstück, Op.19
  • 6. Innig
  • 8. Am Kamin
  • 16. Mit gutem Humor
  • 3. Hasche-Mann
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2002-10-14
Run time: 448 min.
RRP: £34.99
Price: £22.48

Review Schumann: The Works For Solo Piano / Vladimir Ashkenazy:


Review British Composers  / Britten: Choral Works Publisher: British Composers
Release date: 1995-02-20
Run time: 73 min.
Creator: Ian Hare
RRP: £6.99
Price: £4.25

Review Britten: Choral Works / British Composers:


Review Lang Lang Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev  / Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Tracks Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  • Variation 24
  • Variation 21
  • Variation 6
  • 2. Adagio sostenuto
  • Variation 12
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 15
  • Theme
  • 3. Allegro scherzando
  • Variation 5
  • Introduction
  • Variation 13
  • Variation 11
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 14
  • Theme
  • Variation 17
  • Introduction
  • Variation 16
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 11
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 20
  • Variation 21
  • 2. Adagio sostenuto
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 19
  • Variation 18
  • 1. Moderato
  • Variation 12
  • Variation 22
  • Variation 15
  • Variation 20
  • Theme
  • Variation 2
  • Variation 19
  • Variation 22
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 24
  • Variation 18
  • Variation 23
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 14
  • Variation 11
  • Introduction
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 21
  • 1. Moderato
  • Variation 23
  • Variation 14
  • Variation 2
  • 3. Allegro scherzando
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 20
  • 1. Moderato
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 5
  • Variation 13
  • 3. Allegro scherzando
  • Variation 19
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 17
  • Variation 23
  • Variation 15
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 24
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 16
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 8
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 10
  • Variation 17
  • Variation 4
  • Variation 18
  • Variation 9
  • Variation 7
  • Variation 22
  • Variation 1
  • Variation 6
  • Variation 16
  • Variation 3
  • Variation 12
  • Variation 13
  • 2. Adagio sostenuto
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 2005-03-07
Run time: 181 min.
RRP: £16.99
Price: £9.65

Review Rachmaninov: Piano Concerto No.2; Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini / Lang Lang Orchestra of the Mariinsky Theatre Valery Gergiev:


Review Hyperion  / MacMillan - Mass and Sacred Music
Tracks MacMillan - Mass and Sacred Music
  • Changed
  • A New Song
  • Mass: Kyrie
  • Gaudeamus in loci pace
  • A Child's Prayer
  • Mass: Sursum Corda and Preface
  • Mass: Gloria
  • Mass: Alleluia
  • Seinte Mari moder milde
  • Mass: Sanctus and Benedictus
  • Christus vincit
  • Mass: Eucharistic Prayer and Acclamations
  • Mass: Agnus Dei
Publisher: Hyperion
Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 65 min.
Creator: Westminster Cathedral Choir
RRP: £15.99
Price: £10.41

Review MacMillan - Mass and Sacred Music / Hyperion:

This recording of James MacMillan's Mass is an intense, emotionally charged 70 minutes reflecting the composer's deeply held religious beliefs. These are beliefs which, as he has said in commenting on the mood of Mass, are not immune to doubts and fears and an awareness of the "tragedies and uncertainties of our age". So don't expect an easy listen. The music featured on this album unfolds slowly, patiently, seeming to exist outside time, yet is coloured by extremes of pitch and dynamic requiring great virtuosity and control. The Mass, which is written in Latin and incorporates priest and congregation in liturgical use, could have been written for the singers of the Westminster Cathedral Choir, who know its contours intimately. The traditional hard-edged sound of the Westminster Cathedral trebles cuts through the vast acoustic like a knife, right up until the wonderfully imaginative hold-your-breath ending of the "Agnus Dei". A range of other British cathedrals and churches boast connections with MacMillan works included here, among them St Paul's Cathedral and King's College Chapel, Cambridge. The Scottish accents of "A New Song" beguile and bewitch while the moving "A Child's Prayer" commemorates the 1996 Dunblane tragedy. Among the soloists, treble David de Winter provides some breathtaking moments in "Christus Vincit". -Andrew Green.

Review Gimell  / Tallis: Spem in Alium /The Tallis Scholars · Phillips Publisher: Gimell
Release date: 2001-04-02
Run time: 43 min.
Creator: Tallis Scholars
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.93

Review Tallis: Spem in Alium /The Tallis Scholars · Phillips / Gimell:


Review Cecilia Bartoli György Fischer  / Si tu m'ami / If You Love Me : 18th-Century Italian Songs
Tracks Si tu m'ami / If You Love Me : 18th-Century Italian Songs
  • Quella fiamma che m'accende
  • Chi vuol la zingarella (from Zingari in Fiera)
  • Se tu m'ami (formerly attributed to Pergolesi)
  • Spesso vibra per suo gioco
  • Sposa son disprezzata
  • Pur dicesti, o bocca bella
  • O leggiadri occhi belli
  • Nel cor più non mi sento
  • Se Florindo è fedele (from "La donna ancora è fedele")
  • Gia il sole dal gange
  • O cessate di piagarmi (from Il Pompeo)
  • Il mio ben quando verrà
  • Son tutta duolo
  • Intorno all'idol mio
  • Tu ch'hai le penne, amore
  • Amarilli mia bella
  • Vittoria, mio core!
  • Caro mio ben
  • Selve amiche
  • Sebben crudele mi fai languir'
  • Delizie contente
Publisher: Universal Classics
Release date: 1992-11-10
Run time: 65 min.
RRP: £15.99
Price: £7.65

Review Si tu m'ami / If You Love Me : 18th-Century Italian Songs / Cecilia Bartoli György Fischer:

Alessandro Parisotti put together three volumes of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century arias in Rome in the 1880s, and called the whole series Arie antiche. These three books have since become the bane of almost every student singer's life, since their simplicity makes them ideal teaching fodder-but the same quality also makes them fearsomely difficult to perform convincingly. Singers often begin a recital with a couple just to prove that they can. Cecilia Bartoli takes the unusual step of performing a recital entirely made up of these pieces-and finds hitherto unsuspected riches in them, without ever sacrificing the simplicity necessary for stylistic accuracy. There is little here of her jaw- dropping coloratura technique, and much more of her ability to let the different colours of her wonderful voice tell the story of the song. She transforms a classroom war-horse like "Caro mio ben", for example, into a moment of pure spiritual intensity and longing. And she makes Vivaldi's portrait of a spurned wife ("Sposa son") truly heartbreaking. This is wonderful singing. -Warwick Thompson.

Review Julian Bream Edition  / Bream Edition, Vol.20 - Bach
Tracks Bream Edition, Vol.20 - Bach
  • Suite in E Minor, S. 996: Bourée
  • Suite in E Minor, S. 996: Allemande
  • Sonata No. 5 in C, S. 529 -edited by Bream: Allegro
  • Suite in E Minor, S. 996: Prelude
  • Sonata No. 1 In E-flat, S. 525 (Edited By Bream): Allegro
  • Suite In A Minor (Originally C Minor), S. 997: Fugue
  • Suite In A Minor (Originally C Minor), S. 997: Prelude
  • Sonata No. 1 In E-flat, S. 525 (Edited By Bream): Adagio
  • Suite in E Minor, S. 996: Sarabande
  • Suite In A Minor (Originally C Minor), S. 997: Sarabande
  • Sonata No. 5 in C, S. 529 -edited by Bream: Allegro
  • Suite In A Minor (Originally C Minor), S. 997: Gigue
  • Suite in E Minor, S. 996: Courante
  • Suite in E Minor, S. 996: Gigue
  • Sonata No. 5 in C, S. 529 -edited by Bream: Largo
  • Sonata No. 1 In E-flat, S. 525 (Edited By Bream): Sonata No. 1 in E-flat, S. 525 (edited by Bream) Allegro moderato
Publisher: Julian Bream Edition
Release date: 1993-10-02
Run time: 63 min.
Creator: George Malcolm
RRP: £9.99
Price: £2.98

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Review Dowland Project  / Romaria
Tracks Romaria
  • Kyrie
  • In Flagellis
  • Ein Iberisch Postambel
  • Veris Dulcis
  • Got Schepfer Aller Dingen
  • Credo
  • Saudade
  • O Beata Infantia
  • Sanctus
  • Ein Gut Preambel
  • Pulcherrima Rosa
  • Ora Pro Nobis
  • Dulce Solum
  • Der Oben Swebt
  • La Lume
  • O Rosa
  • O Beata Infantia
Publisher: ECM New Series
Release date: 2008-01-28
RRP: £14.99
Price: £8.40

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Review Harmonia Mundi  / Stile Antico - Music for Compline
Tracks Stile Antico - Music for Compline
  • Responsory
  • Responsory
  • Motet
  • Antiphon
  • Responsory
  • Antiphon
  • Antiphon
  • Hymn
  • Canticle
  • Hymn
  • Hymn
  • Responsory
  • Antiphon
  • Antiphon
  • Responsory
  • Responsory
  • Hymn
Publisher: Harmonia Mundi
Release date: 2007-02-05
Run time: 74 min.
Creator: Hugh Aston
RRP: £15.99
Price: £9.23

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Review Virgin TV  / Pheloung - The Magic of Inspector Morse
Tracks Pheloung - The Magic of Inspector Morse
  • Concerto for 2 Mandolini in G (allegro)
  • Stay of execution
  • Yesterday is here
  • Inspector Morse (full theme)
  • Canal theme
  • The final case
  • Best endeavours
  • In pardisum from Faure's requiem
  • Clarinet concerto in A K622
  • Irish connection
  • Excerpt from Adagio in Quintest C, D.956
  • The remorseful day
  • Debussy prelude from preludes for piano book 1
  • Chorale er kenne mich mein huter
  • Signora, ascolta from Turandot
  • Warm thoughts
  • Concerto for 2 Mandolini in G (andante)
  • Past solutions - old crimes
  • Andante from piano quartet in G Minor Kv 478
  • Mystery in the woods
  • Libera me from Faure's requiem
  • Minuet from string quartet opus S4 No.2
  • Morse's second chance
  • Goodbye sir
  • Concerto for 2 Mandolini in G (allegro 2)
  • Vigil and waiting
  • The way through the woods
  • Laudate dominum
  • Mysterioso
Publisher: Virgin TV
Release date: 2000-11-13
Creator: Pat Treacy
RRP: £10.99
Price: £6.88

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